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Skriven 2011-02-12 18:12:10 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Prep work                                                [1]
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Hi Ruth!

-> ->  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.
-> 
Anne's Mom had the unfortunate
knowledge that she was not likely to 
survive more than a year, so she made
lots of arrangements in advance.

->  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.
-> 
Yup!

-> ->  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.
->
It's very nice to be able to 
video chat with Amanda!
 
-> ->  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!
->
Cool! I know they have em for 
mice and rats...didn't know about
one for Ants!! Does it work on 
uncles too? (grin)
 
->  hn> You have cold weather??? (grin)
-> 
-> Had snow this morning; it was gone by mid day tho. (G)
-> 
Brrr!

-> -> 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)
->
yes indeed! and I was really happy she did!
 
-> ->  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> Good timing to put out feelers and look
->  hn> at various options.
-> 
-> That's part of the long range plan.
->
chat with you soon!
hap 
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