Text 24188, 119 rader
Skriven 2012-04-28 18:18:56 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 24138 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: 2012 Picnic 558                                          [2]
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Hi Ruth,

>> Definitely as they grow up way too soon.  My oldest grandson is going
>> to be a senior next year, and colleges had  already contacting him
>> about applying.. that is such a shock to me, but it's not like he

> That old already! I remember our girls got flooded with material; I
> think they both filled several paper bags worth of brochures from
> schools they had no interest whatsoever in.

It sure is hard thinking of him as that old :) :)  I'm reminded of my Dad
always joking about our age when my sisters and brother were growing up.. He
used to say things like, "Let's see how old are you now? 15?"  I was 20.. Lol..
the again maybe he wasn't joking and just didn't want to keep track of our ages
hehe

>> hasn't seemed so grownup for a lot longer!  I guess really, he's a lot
>> like Ron.  Ron's mom always used to tell me that everyone considered
>> Ron to be like a wise old man when he was just a kid (g).

> And now he's grown into it. (G)


LOL so true :) :)


>> Sounds kind of what it will be like for us.. Ithaca is going to be say
>> less than 10 minutes away for dining/cultural things.. Binghamton will
>> be probably 30-45 minutes away.. We'll keep our doctors in Binghamton
>> since it won't be rough getting to their offices.

> Nice; we had to change primary care doctors late last year so now we
> have to go to Raleigh.

Our insurance is changing also.. what a pia..I'll probably pay a visit to the
holistic physician my daughter sees just because she seems very sharp and has
helped my daughter a lot. There are some people who swear by that type of
medicine for MS.. who knows. The only trouble is she doesn't accept any
insurance.. but I've dealt with that kind of thing before (Dr. Bihari, in NYC,
who is the one who prescribed LDN which I still take).

> The office is near the new Whole foods Market so
> we usually do some shopping there afterward. Ran in for one thing the
> other day and ended up getting more than that. (G)

Yep, I do that often enough :)

>> house.. We have visited the Korean restaurant and decided that
>> take-out suffered some.  But it is really handy that you can have any
>> food you want delivered in Ithaca.. and where we'll be located seems
>> like everyone will deliver to us.

> That helps. We're a bit too far from Raleigh to have delivery service
> from there and expect good quality. There are a number of nice places in
> Wake Forest but we've not tried delivery. As to be expected with the
> seminary & college here in a smallish town, lots of fast food places but
> some nicer dining. A new bbq place opened up about a month ago, not too
> far from where we live. First visit was good, need to go again & see if
> the quality has kept up. (G)

I remember getting so upset with a pizza place in Warwick when we living
there...  on our first few visits, the food was great.. after about a month,
the owner started cutting corners though, and the food suffered for it.  I
understand what it must be like for new businesses, but it's such a
disapointment when that happens.  I hope your BBQ restaurant stays "good"..
perhaps it will if business is doing well.

>> glad > Steve kept the sound baffle blanket from the old one to put on
>> the new > one; it definatly cuts down on the sound.

>> hehe.. yes, glad you mentioned that kind of thing.  That will also be
>> a consideratio since the living room and study will be very close by!

> Close doors, add sound absorbing materials (quilts, etc), run it in off
> hours......................

Yep.. I essentially do that here now since we've rearranged the rooms and room
that was the Dining room here is now the living room :)

>> My mom had done somthing similar at some point with her cabinets, it
>> made QUITE a difference with hers.  I think she had them done when she
>> had new countertops installed, because with the shiny new countertops,
>> the cupboards looked... well you know (g).

> I know, and these were looking on the sad side. I also washed the
> curtains, first time in who knows how long and that perked up the
> kitchen a bit too. A good wall scrubbing would help, maybe a new coat of
> paint.................doubt it's been painted since the redoing (or
> before).

Understand that one.. we'll be doing quite a bit of painting here as well once
we've finished moving to the new house.  At least not having all the furniture
in the house should help that go quickly.

>>>> Also,  we have to expand the upstairs 1/2 bath to a full bathroom..

>>> > Always handy, especially if all the bedrooms are up there.

>>> One is downstairs, and two others are upstairs.. right now we're
>>> thinking my son will take the downstairs one since Toby insists on
>>> sleeping in his room (g).. and he's now 10.. the stairs will get to
>>> him in a few years, meanwhile the 'pups' (well, they're 2 now (g))
>>> have boundless energy for things like stairs right now.  The s


>> > Probably a good idea all around then.

>> Yes and darn it, it will be good excercise for me to use those darn
>> steps twice a day hehehehe

> Twice a day but don't overdo.

I shouldn't have to really...

Take care,
Janis

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