Text 2944, 88 rader
Skriven 2010-10-21 16:19:46 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2925 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: MOW  was: Anne's Mom
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> I'm not surprised; cooking for just one person is hard. Nobody to
 RH> there to appreciate it. Besides, at her age, she's probably cooked more
 RH> meals in her lifetime than she wants to remember.  Add (possible)
 RH> health issues to that and I wouldn't blame her in the least for wanting
 RH> to take the easy way out from time to time.

 NB> Even at my age, I begin to appreciate more of those factors..

Same here, especially on days we've got so much else going on.  I've got
class tonight and spent some time this afternoon sewing. Steve had 2
classes and chapel this morning; spent most of the day working on a
paper.  He left about 20 minutes ago to take it to the Writing Center
for them to look over and offer suggestions to improve it.

 NB> Thankfully for her, she doesn't have any really major health issues at
 NB> the moment... some scares in the past, but recently even those are
 NB> well under control.  A little less steady on her feet, though...  But

I think we all get less steady on our feet the older we get.  Nice that
her health is good; that's a major issue right there.

 NB> I've been saying all along that she's a spry old bird if no spring
 NB> chicken...  <G>  94 going on maybe 70, except on her bad days, when it
 NB> might hit 80...  ;)

Sounds like one of the men we knew in HI; he should be somewhere around
90 (maybe a bit older?) now and going strong. He had health issues that
have cleared up so he keeps going like the energizer bunny.

 NB>  NB>> For her, MOW, as long as it doesn't just taste like hospital
 NB> food,  NB>> might be an answer, too...

 RH> Yes, it would also give her contact with somebody face to face, if
 RH> even only for a few minutes several days a week.  It's got to be better

 NB> I'm more concerned that she not end up IN the hospital... ;)   Where
 NB> she is now living, it's a senior apartment building, and she gets out
 NB> of her apartment regularly to interact with others there, in the
 NB> common room.
 NB> She's been there only a few months, but she's already making friends
 NB> there... :)

My parents could use something like that but it's unlikely they will
ever do it. Too much stuff and they don't want to move away from where
they're living now.


 NB> Microwave and neighbor...
 NB>  NB>> Some things are pretty standard, but it isn't automatic by any

 RH> Yes, you think you know how all the variouos ones operate but every so
 RH> often you get one that'll surprise you.  Our immediate past one had a
 RH> of push the SR, wait a few seconds and then "oh yeah, I've got to push
 RH> the start button too" yet.  We've had this one just under a year now.

 NB> You'll get used to it..  And then it'll be time to get a new one...

Hopefully this one will last a good while. We had the other one for 12.5
years--bought a week or so before Rachel's wedding.  Our previous one
died and I told Steve I was not going to have all those people coming in
and out of the house for wedding related activities with no working
microwave.  So, we went down to the PX the next day or so to get a
replacement.

 NB> there...  (G)  Maybe  NB>> she'll give it a try eventually...  ;)

 RH> She may, or she may decide it's not worth the effort.  Time will tell.

 NB> True... time, and circumstances... ;)  And how brave she may be
 NB> feeling... ;)   As long as she does have someone to help her with
 NB> getting her meals that can run it, it doesn't matter too much anyway.
 NB> :)

No, not really, in the long run.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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