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Skriven 2011-02-10 23:41:35 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6905 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Prep work                                                [1]
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> that may create some difficulties as to who
->  hn> gets what and how they'll get it where "they"
->  hn> live. I know there are several large pieces of
->  hn> furniture that more than one of the kids want.
 hn> ->
-> That's going to be "interesting" to say the least. After she had her
-> first stroke, my grandmother sat down one night with her 3 daughters and
-> they worked out who would get what big things. My unmarried aunt bought
-> out the other 2 sister's shares of the house and some of the
-> furnishings. Mom got the granfather clock, the mahogany monster (a big!
-> desk), the dining room table & chairs and some other pieces. I don't
-> recall what my other aunt got; she passed away a bit over a year later.

 hn> Smart Grandmom! Anne's mom had

My folks have done a little bit along the same lines but not much. It
will be interesting...............................


 hn> quite a lot spelled out...and hopefully
 hn> nothing else will pop up to upset
 hn> the cart as we proceed. I don't think

Time will tell but it's good she made as many advance decisions as she
could.

 hn> Anne has any interest in any of the
 hn> big pieces of furniture (at least I
 hn> hope not!) and if she did it would
 hn> be really quite expensive to get it
 hn> from NY to here.

Rent a U-Haul. (G)

->  hn> in law may want to keep a bunch of
->  hn> the furniture as he has none of his
->  hn> own. Negotiations will ensue I'm sure.

-> To be sure! One of my brothers in law (married to Steve's younger
-> sister) is executor of his dad's estate (mom had died some years before)
-> and is still dealing with it. With several siblings involved, it is not
-> an easy job. Steve's brother left everything to his wife but Steve and
-> his other brother have made a couple of specific requests which she is
-> honoring.

 hn> That is good of her. I'm sure it's not
 hn> easy for her to deal with all the issues
 hn> that are coming up.

No, but she will make good decisions, I'm sure. One thing I think she is
wishing she'd done earlier is to tie into the town water when it was
first put in. It'll cost a lot more to do so now but it's pretty much
needed to sell the house. Nobody wants sulpher water or to buy bottled
water for drinking, cooking, etc during the summer.

->  hn> We have Gmail accounts (great for when
->  hn> you're on the road or want an email account
->  hn> that does not take much room on the HD) and
->  hn> it offers free video chatting as well...so we
->  hn> use that, nothing to sign up for or anything.
->  hn> I have to admit it's fun and nice to see Amanda
->  hn> and talk to her as well!

-> We have Skype on all of our travel computers too. Made it nice in
-> November; we connected with Rachel while in NY so her Haffly side
-> grandparents, aunts and cousins could talk to her.

 hn> My guess is that skype and Gmail
 hn> video chatting are probably
 hn> quite similar.

I think so; it has been very enjoyable using it with the kids.

->  hn> If we had ants I'd do the same!!

-> We don't have the roaches (thankfully) but the ants are a persistant
-> issue. They're even out in the cold weather!  Sigh!

Steve had to wait for a perscription the other day and in wandering the
store, he found an ultrasonic thing you plug in. Seems to be doing the
trick, finally!

 hn> You have cold weather??? (grin)

Had snow this morning; it was gone by mid day tho. (G)

-> If at all possible, no. I know Anne is glad she made the trip, I suspect
-> even work-a-holic Amanda is too.

 hn> She is very glad that she made it
 hn> there in time for the funeral, and
 hn> to be a support for her Mom.  It was
 hn> also good that she came here on
 hn> her way back, so she could
 hn> "decompress" for a couple of days
 hn> before she went back to Cali and
 hn> teaching and writing.

And shake off the last of the flu bug. Plus it gave you a chance to see
her. (G)

->  hn> Looking for places to settle when you're
->  hn> done with NC??

-> Possibly; Steve will be a bit over a year from finishing when we go
out -> in the fall. hn> -> hn> Good timing to put out feelers and look
 hn> at various options.

That's part of the long range plan.

 hn> ->
-> -> Enjoy the time with Anne and Amanda. Are you gearing up for spring
-> -> training? How's the knee?


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Ruth
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