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Skriven 2011-02-13 21:04:34 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7063 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Prep work
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Hi Hap,

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

Sensible woman. My grandmother survived just a bit short of 7 years
after her first stroke. All the while, tho, her mind was deteriorating
so it was good that a lot of decisions were made early on. My parents
had basic wills drawn up relatively early on in their marriage but
didn't update them for about 40 years. That was 10 years and no great
grand kids ago. We need to update ours as they predate grand kids.

->  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> Yup!

My parents had kept the well water for the cold water in the kitchen but
that system failed last week end, flooding the cellar. But, they were
able to change to village water relatively easily. I'll miss the ice
cold (even in summer) well waater tho.

->  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> It's very nice to be able to
 hn> video chat with Amanda!

We talked with Rachel, Robert and Sarah just a bit ago. Steve said that
Sarah should have been named Gabby as she does like to talk. (G)


-> 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> Cool! I know they have em for
 hn> mice and rats...didn't know about
 hn> one for Ants!! Does it work on
 hn> uncles too? (grin)

Steve said it's not ultrasonic but works on the same principle. We're
seeing a few more wander in now with the weather warming up & drying
out, maybe they're the uncles.

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

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

 hn> Brrr!

And a low of 18 the other night tho not the coldest. We've had 4 nights
of 16 this winter.

->  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> yes indeed! and I was really happy she did!

Did you feed her some chicken soup?

-> -> 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.

Even if it's one that only God knows of now. We stumble thru each day,
trusting He will show us more of the picture as we go along. Sometimes
it's only a nibble, other times it' a bigger bite.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


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