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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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"allo Ruth!

-> ->  HN> my mom worked most of the time
-> ->  HN> and a bouillon cube in a cup
-> ->  HN> of hot water was easy and
-> 
-> -> My mom worked full time from the time I was in 6th grade.
-> 
->  HN> I'm not sure if I remember a time when
->  HN> my mom was not working.
-> 
-> I should have said "worked outside of the home" because for years she
-> gathered the "Local and Personal" news from the community for the
-> newspaper Dad worked on. But, since she did it while I was in school
-> (except vacations), I wasn't all that aware of it.
->
My mom did both, when I was young
my dad was a lower enlisted man with
4 kids and a wife...we were below 
the poverty level by most measurements 
as this was LONG before military pay
got anywhere close to civilian equality.
So Mom worked where she could and Pop
often took side jobs as well when he
was not flying off somewhere. I 
think my favorite job of his was as
a projector operator at a drive in
movie (not sure where it was as I
was really young). Mom would load us
all into the station wagon (we always
had a station wagon) with quilts and
such and we'd go to the movies. Pop
would start the projector and then
come down and see us while it ran.
I got to see tons of cartoons that
way (grin).
 
-> ->  HN> when I've picked up some
-> ->  HN> sort of tummy bug I will
-> ->  HN> sometimes grab one of those
-> ->  HN> cubes and toss it in a
-> ->  HN> cup of boiling water, just like
-> ->  HN> back in my childhood days.
-> ->  HN> Not sure that it does any
-> ->  HN> good, but it's comforting if
-> ->  HN> nothing else.
-> 
-> -> Psychological lift, if nothing else. Plus, it gets fluids into your
-> -> system and a bit of salt. Same comforting effect as tomato soup and a
-> -> toasted cheese sandwich.
-> 
->  HN> Oh that's the very biggest of my
->  HN> comfort foods!
-> 
-> Red soup--as Rachel named it years ago. (G) We've switched away from
-> Campbell's and gone with various organic ones, Annie's makes a good one.
-> I might try making my own while tomatoes are still in season now that
-> we're having some cool weather.
->
When I'm sick it's Campbells, for sure
when I'm well I'll make it from scratch
and often add fresh basil to it as well.
 
-> -> -> a lot of goodies in them.
-> 
-> ->  HN> Mustard we have, ketchup no, hot sauces only
-> ->  HN> a small number as Anne does not partake (grin).
-> ->  HN> Our fridge tends to fill up with cheese,
-> ->  HN> yogurt, fresh produce, and leftovers.
-> 
-> -> We've got those too. Almost every time we go to Whole Foods, I buy a 
new
-> -> kind of cheese to try. Fresh produce comes from the farmer's market, 
we
-> -> generate left overs.
-> 
->  HN> Pretty much how it works here too!
-> 
-> And cheese is carb free! (G)
->
Yeah, but it's higher in sodium
and if you get the right cheeses
higher in fat as well! Last night
Annie and I shared a very nice 
double creme brie on soy crackers.
Sooo good!
 
-> ->  HN> I'd like to get a small freezer again, and
-> ->  HN> if it came down to freezer or
-> ->  HN> dishwasher I'd go for freezer.
-> 
-> -> I appreciate having the dishwasher with my wrists the way they are.
-> -> Steve will appreciate it while I'm recouperating from the surgery
next
-> -> month; there are no girls at home any more to take up the slack on
-> -> kitchen clan up. (G) One of the criteria we established in looking
for 
a
-> -> place to rent here was that it have a dishwasher.
-> 
->  HN> With our needs actually getting smaller
->  HN> I'm not sure a big dishwasher would
->  HN> "pay" a smallish chest freezer on
->  HN> the other hand.....
-> 
-> I think you would appreciate a dishwasher. Just think, you may be having
-> grand kids some day..........................BTW, how is Amanda doing
-> with her job, still in Sacramento?
->
It would be a "nicety" but not a
necessity, and if the budget can
allow it it might manage to get 
in...but it would require extra
plumbing as well....
chat with you soon!
hap
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