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Skriven 2013-03-06 16:15:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 34462 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: goodies
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Hi Ruth,

-> Steve will go thru most of them but at least one bag of Hartley's will
-> be used the next time we do the meal for Life Group.

 RH> Good idea.  I tend to dump them in the church office.  Gotta keep the
 RH> staff happy.

We don't have a church office per se. I just have to keep the house
muncher happy. Other than the fabric, the best thing we bought on this
trip was the assortment of Rada cutlery. Our knife block has only a few
of the cheap knives in it now, plus the Swiss (Victorinox) ones and a
good selection of Rada knives.


->  RH> That depends on how bad Steve gets the munchies; it doesn't sound
 RH> like
->  RH> something you should be disposing of in quantity.

-> I don't consume in quantity, didn't, even before I found out about the
-> diabetes. Main difference now is that I get out the kitchen scale and
-> weigh out a serving instead of just grabbing a bowlful as a serving.

 RH> I just don't open them, unless I plan to eat a lot of them.

I plan on not eating a lot. Helps in other ways too, went shopping for
some slacks today to replace the ones that were a couple of sizes too
big for me. Picked up a couple pairs in a size I thought I'd never fit
into again.

->  RH> Sandy dumped a pile on them this year.

-> You've not lived here; this is our 2nd time living in the state. 33
-> years ago this past week end a storm that was supposed to turn north
-> dropped 18" on the coast of NC. I was expecting Deborah at the time but
-> had a few months to go yet; one of my friends had her baby that Friday
-> and was snowed in at the hospital for the week end.

 RH> At least she was snowed in at the hospital instead of at home.  My
 RH> cousins in Virginia may get a foot out of the storm blowing through
 RH> tomorrow.

We had rain and wind, still quite windy out. After the storm in 1980
Steve walked out to the grocery store (with a list) and ended up not
getting some of the more important items on the list. So, he went out
again. Both times he came back with some non list items as well. (G)


->  RH> Rain would be OK, but ice ... ice can make for problems.
 RH> ->
-> It was clear, but cold. The wedding was in the campus chapel, reception
-> at the student center. I was at the student center before the ceremony
-> (last minute set up jobs), then after. Bride's mom had had emergency
-> surgery the week before and wasn't able to attend so the ceremony was
-> Skyped to her.

 RH> I love doing that.  We did it with a missions group in the Dominican
 RH> on Sunday.  The connection wasn't great unfortunately.  Even so, it
 RH> beats
 RH> paying long distance.

We do it with our daughters and parents quite often. One of the churches
we visited in Las Vegas Skyped a connection to their choir who were in
Israel the Sunday we visited.


->  RH> Me too, but a longer time ago.  I was working off a DOS box for
 RH> most
->  RH> of it.

-> When I got my BA, computers took up a big room and I did my papers on a
-> manual typewriter.

 RH> I used a manual as an undergrad too; I could work with the power out.

Agreed, but we didn't have many power outages.

-> Now that we're home, I'll probably make a rice bag or 2.

 RH> Or three.  The longer skinnier ones are good for around the neck.

He's declined any for right now, says the heating pad works well for it.


->  RH> can throw one in bed and sleep on it.  You can't do that with an
->  RH> electric pad.

-> True, Steve used the heating pad yesterday & said it felt good. Had a
-> therapy session this morning and I think it helped some.

 RH> Those can make things even sorer for a while but should help down the
 RH> road.

Time will tell.


-> We've got some older towels that could be used for a good sized cover.
-> Just have to get several pounds of rice.

 RH> I tend to use feed corn these days, but it's easier to get the rice
 RH> here. You can use barley too, if available.

Available but rice is cheaper.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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