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Skriven 2011-03-12 19:06:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8241 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: rosemary 944                                             [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> once a week, that was ok.. anything more would start stomach trouble
>> and worse (asthma).

 JK> > Niether of which are any fun.

 JK> I understand :(   IIRC Theophylline was about it when she was getting
 JK> it the worst as very young child..

That was the basic treatment, with albuterol for whenever there was an
attack. Mine was diagnosed on the tail end of the theophylline and
albuterol only era but it was a while before Advair (my miracle drug)
came out.


 JK> > For the most part I handle the asthma OK
 JK> > but when the bronchitis kicks in, then the asthma goes somewhat out
 JK> of > control. It usually settles down in a few weeks tho.


 JK> Thankfully her asthma went away when she was about 12 or 13.  My mom's
 JK> also went away for a good many years, only to come back when she was
 JK> about 65 or 70.. Considering she's over 85 now, I guess that's not so
 JK> bad :)  But as I understand it, allergies continue to change all
 JK> throughout one's life so it kind of makes sense.

I suspect I had both all my life but not diagnosed until I was grown &
gone.


 JK> > Its cooler again, had a major front come thru. I suspect you got
 JK> some > snow out of the same one; we had rain.

 JK> Some snow, but mostly rain rain rain... now we're in the midst of a
 JK> large number of flash flood, and flood warnings from melted snow.. :(

No surprise there. At least the reservoirs will be fuller and NYC won't
be able to complain about no water. My dad gets annoyed when he sees on
tv the shots of kids playing in water from an open fire hydrant. It's
Catskills water they're wasting.


 JK> > I usaually make them work hard for my "ouch". (G)

 JK> hahaha :)  Well, with this one, they didn't have to do much :)

Even if I'm in a lot of pain they have to work for it. I've had enough
problems over the years that my level of pain tolerance is higher than
the average person's.

 JK> > Don't want you thrown into a complete loop. Today wasn't good for
 JK> > cutting, chopping or whatever; it was cold and wet. I did do some
 JK> cut up > but also traced a pattern for a jumper (for Sarah) and cut
 JK> out a pattern > for making a bbq apron for Steve.

 JK> Have you ever tried electric scissors?  I have two pair here, and I've
 JK> never even tried them.. they came with an older sewing machine I'd
 JK> bought several years ago... I was just curious if they would be easier
 JK> for you to use than regular scissors.

I've not really given them a try. I had some battery operated ones once
but gave them away as the stroke was so short. I'd need a long extention
cord for electric scissors to work in the area where my cutting table
is. It's near an outlet but the one side of the table is aganst that
wall with no really good room to pull it out from the wall. I've got
some Fiskars spring loaded ergonomic scissors that work well; just have
to make sure I don't over do it on the cutting out.

>> having kids (g). It's fast though, but it really did me in after that
>> one I had so many years ago..

 JK> > Try to take some of the stress off it whenever you can tho. I know,
 JK> > easier said than done.

 JK> And evertime Indy jumps on it, I about scream (g)  He's getting to be
 JK> a BIG boy Lol

You may need to get really firm with him. If he does it when Ron is
around, maybe he could help get Indy off of you. Indy's too big to be a
lap dog now.

>> Yes, this is the time to do it since most lettuces don't like warm
>> weather... for us, I usually start them inside around now.. this year
>> I haven't with the shoulder and such.

 JK> > Steve got basil seeds into starter pots today. He also harvested
 JK> mung > and alfalfa sprouts; I used some of the latter in spinach salad
 JK> tonight.

 JK> That's really nice.  Sometimes if I'm really not up to dealing with
 JK> the weather outdoors, I start things inside like lettuce and
 JK> spinach... I make a little greenhouse in the bay window, and they seem
 JK> to love it (g)

I'd love to have a bay window but it would look odd on this house. (G)


>> A lot of it is examining the way people do things, and of course lots
>> of reading.. a lot of reading :)

 JK> > About the way with most anything I guess.

 JK> Yes, that's true.  I'm about ready to put a new version of my pages
 JK> up, perhaps by Sunday night..

About the time I start reading for the week end class I have at the end
of the month.


>> programming, I've always felt that I was on the upside of the "battle"
>> when I realized how much more there was to understand and learn.
>> (smile)

 JK> > I know enough to do what I need to do; Steve puts out a lot of fires
 JK> > tho.

 JK> That's nice, really.

Very nice; I really appreciate his efforts. But, he says I do a lot more
with computers than a lot of folks our age (except for serious
progamming type people like you).


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Ruth
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