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Skriven 2011-02-15 16:59:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7186 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: well water
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> survive more than a year, so she made
->  hn> lots of arrangements in advance.
 hn> ->
-> 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

 hn> Anne's mom was a sensible woman.
 hn> Did great raising her three daughters
 hn> to be smart strong women...did a less
 hn> than stellar job on the one son...who's
 hn> turned out to be pretty much useless
 hn> at almost everything...except being a
 hn> bad example. Seems it was her one
 hn> weakness...she just could not let
 hn> go of him.

Is he the youngest? Sometimes an only male lat child is the hardest to
let go of. Her husband obviously didn't object to the situation but it's
having repercussions now.

-> able to change to village water relatively easily. I'll miss the ice
-> cold (even in summer) well waater tho.

 hn> There's something about well water.
 hn> When I was a kid the well water
 hn> on my grandfather's farm was Ice COLD
 hn> even in hot humid Tennessee summers.
 hn> When they converted to an electric
 hn> pump on the well...they ran the
 hn> pipe through the rootcellar before
 hn> it came to the house. Kept the
 hn> stored veggies nice and cool even
 hn> on the hottest days...and we
 hn> kids used to get into trouble for
 hn> sneaking into the rootcellar to
 hn> cool off on hot days!

My parents don't have a root cellar but I know what you mean about a
cool cellar on a hot day. I'm presuming we'll get an update this week
but they were to have a plumber in to do some other work (previously
scheduled) and have him take a look at the situation. I think they were
hoping to get access back to the well water without a lot of fuss,
bother or expense.

-> 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)

 hn> It's wonderful that you can have a good
 hn> relationship with her even though
 hn> you are far distant!! Shades of
 hn> Dick Tracy!!

It's nice that the grand kids know who we are so we're not total
strangers to them. David's parents don't have Skype and they can't get
out to LV very often. Because of David's job, they can't come back East
very often either so Robert & Sarah don't know their paternal
grandparents as well as they know us. Sarah was (correctly) identifying
colors for us the other night. The Skype screen showed the rust
(persimmon) colored sweater I was wearing as red which was easier for
her to name. She's a pink diva. (G)

->  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> Looking for valentine's presents!

It's a running joke with us that I usually get my Valentine's present
the day after. Steve dropped a perscription off today and brought home
2 boxes of half price chocolates. They're put up away from the ant's
paths of travel.

Steve was grilling burgers for lunch today and noticed another tree that
didn't look to good. After checking it out, he called the landlord who
agreed to have it taken down. More sunlight out back, better chance of
getting grass to grow into a proper lawn and sunlight for a garden.

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

-> Did you feed her some chicken soup?

 hn> More of a stew...nice and thick!
 hn> Also a goood roast beef!

And she appreciated both of them, I know.

->  hn> Good timing to put out feelers and look

-> -> 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.

 hn> We make our plans on the information
 hn> available to us...he has a bigger library
 hn> than we do! (grin)

For sure, and I'm glad we don't read all of the books at once!


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