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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Going 'sploring                                          [1]
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Hola Ruth!

-> -> And my last day or so before class starts Friday afternoon. Trying to
-> -> get healthy enough to be able to sit in class without hacking all the
-> -> time. The antibiotics should be kicking in by then.
-> 
->  HN> Nasal congestion...we've become
->  HN> big netti pot users here. Anne's
->  HN> chemo treatments caused a lot of
->  HN> "stuff" in her nasal cavities and
->  HN> we started her on nasal rinses and
->  HN> boy did/do they help!
-> 
-> We use the squeeze bottle for rinsing; Steve does it more than I do &
-> has gotten both of our daughters and at least one of his sisters doing
-> so also.
->
We swear by ours!!
 
-> -> -> fast food but they were familiar enough with easy, quick sort of
->  HN> Asian
-> -> -> from some of my cooking.
-> 
-> ->  HN> True, When I was first in the Navy
-> ->  HN> and on my own, one of my aunts told
-> ->  HN> me to try to go out to a "formal"
-> ->  HN> restaurant at least once a month.
-> 
-> -> Smart lady! Not as many fast food joints at that time either.
-> 
->  HN> She is a smart lady, and a pretty cool
->  HN> one too...Army Officer's wife. Well, retired
->  HN> army now.
-> 
-> So she had to be "up" on her etiquette, much more so in her day than
-> today's Army. But, we had enough formal events that it was helpful to
-> know good manners. We went to quite a few events in HI but I don't think
-> the unit in GA had any formal events on its own, maybe they let Fort
-> Stewart handle the big things.
->
She grew up in that life, her father was the 
man responsible for rebuilding Germany's 
manufacturing base after WWII, I believe 
under both Truman and Eisenhower. 

-> ->  HN> She said it was important to eat
-> ->  HN> in a place with cloth napkins and
-> ->  HN> proper place settings, and it was
-> ->  HN> important to develop the sense of
-> ->  HN> being comfortable in those surroundings.
-> 
-> -> Very true; you never know when that knowledge will come in handy.
-> 
->  HN> And it has on many occasions!
-> 
-> I'm not surprised. I know how to cut up a wedding cake & a couple weeks
-> after I learned, I was asked to do so.
-> 
I've only had to do that once! (grin)
-> 
-> ->  HN> And now, Steve and you do not need
-> ->  HN> to scrimp as much as you did when
-> ->  HN> the kids were young.
-> 
-> -> They're not at home so we don't have to feed them. Now our problem is
-> -> mostly finding the time away from books, papers, classes, etc.
-> 
->  HN> Finding time is often even more
->  HN> difficult than finding the money!!
-> 
-> Very much so, especially as the end of the semester approaches.
->
Things will always find a way to 
fill up your "free time".

-> ->  HN> It is a good cause!
-> ->  HN> and it's always fun to get
-> ->  HN> together with like minded
-> ->  HN> folks!
-> 
-> -> Is it ever! Sitting there, running a sewing machine is fun. Had to 
show
-> -> some of them pictures on my phone of some of the quilts I've done.
I'm
-> -> trying to convince one of the ladies at the farmer's market how easy 
it
-> -> is to sew squares together.
-> 
->  HN> Even easier if you can do it
->  HN> by machine!!
-> 
-> It's the only way I do major sewing projects.
->
Makes good sense!
 
->  HN> I have a nephew and his wife and
->  HN> child living with my Mom now so
->  HN> she has them available for her
->  HN> when she needs them.
-> 
-> Good for all of them to be involved with each other's lives.
->
Yes, and my great niece adores her
great grandmother and I know my
Mom LOVES having her around!
 
-> ->  HN> She still cooks, but not like she used to.
-> 
-> -> No family, no incentive to. My mom's has gone from bad to worse.
-> 
->  HN> That's part of it, but I think the
->  HN> physical aspect of standing up at
->  HN> the stove and around the kitchen
->  HN> is becoming more of an issue as well.
-> 
-> I can see that; I have problems standing for long times myself. We keep
-> a tall stool in the kitchen and have some mats on the floor in some
-> areas where I have to stand for food prep, cooking, clean up, etc.
->
I think the fact that Mom is on 
oxygen 100% of the time enters 
into it for her as well. 
 
->  HN> Right now I think Mom and my youngest
->  HN> sister are visiting my other sister
->  HN> in Knoxville Tn...for a couple of weeks
->  HN> I think.
-> 
-> On the road again..................
->
Still not sure, Mom's not answering the phone
(grin)
 
-> ->  HN> We made it a point to find interesting
-> ->  HN> places to eat.
-> 
-> -> So what new ethnic cuisine did you try?
-> 
->  HN> Nothing particularly new. BBQ, Mexican,
->  HN> Asian...all things we've had before.
-> 
-> Just in a new location. Fun to see how different restaurants of the same
-> general grouping (Mexican, Chinese, etc) do the same basic meals.
->
We were just basically looking for a good
meal at a decent price. If we saw a 
place that looked interesting we went
in and looked at the menu.
 
-> ->  HN> No meds ever worked for my
-> ->  HN> migraines...glad they work
-> ->  HN> for someone!!
->  HN> ->
-> -> Newer ones don't even work? Try a heavy dose of B complex vitamins; I
-> 
-> 
For me, nothing EVER worked except heat and
sleep and darkness, and that usually took
about three days to pass.
chat with you soon!
ha
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