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Skriven 2014-09-12 20:16:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16893 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> It's the rare person who reaches even the quarter century mark without
 RH> at least one life issue, whether it be health or otherwise. And, the
 RH> saying goes, "............after age (insert 40, 50, etc), life is
 RH> nothing but patch, patch, patch".

 NB> That's the saying... but it doesn't always hold true...  and, besides,
 NB> sometimes the patches are pretty small... ;')

Sometimes small, sometimes major. I've been hit with what a lot of
people would consider major, but to me, they're minor compared to what
others I know are going thru.

 NB>  NB>> Ah... that's a little different from what I'm used to... but
 NB> then here  NB>> it's probably a somewhat larger operation, wherever
 NB> one might be... :)

 RH> Probably a much larger operation in your area. M'ville has a
 RH> population of around 800, surrounding towns are even smaller. M'ville
 RH> has a hospital, nearest one otherwise is 25 miles away. Mearest good
 RH> sized ones are 45/50 miles away. So, the food is probably better in the
 RH> smaller facility, even if they have to have it cooked next door and
 RH> brought over.

 NB> Or at least it would be cooked in smaller quantities...  possibly even
 NB> by one master chef...  :)   Some of the stand-alone facilities here
 NB> have that sort of kitchen...

Most likely cooked in much smaller quantities than a place like Strong
would have. I doubt there's any sort of chef, more likely a kitchen crew
of local folks cooking. Probably following standard recipies, without
much, if any, creative enhancements.


 NB> oldest  NB>> of 6, ages 10 down to infant...  I think I might have
 NB> been allowed to  NB>> get up to tend to one of the youngest, if
 NB> necessary, so that Mommy  NB>> didn't have to...  ;)

 RH> By then you were an old hand at it. Your mom probably appreciated it
 RH> more than you realised at the time.

 NB> By then, yup, I was an old hand at it.  She may have appreciated it,
 NB> but she also rather took it for granted..  :)

Part of the "perks" of being the oldest child. (G) I was only 5 when the
youngest was born in our family so I couldn't do much beyond fetch
diapers, etc. I started school about 3 weeks later so my time doing that
was limited.


 NB>  NB>> Yup.  Don't blame your brother not liking the heat/humidity...
 NB> it can  NB>> get pretty brutal down there...

 RH> It was pretty bad here last week, finally broke Saturday night. Today
 RH> has been rainy and in the low 70s--good day to stay in. We had the

 NB> We've been having rather wide swings of weather... from hot to cool
 NB> and back again... fortunately not too terribly humid, especially on
 NB> the
 NB> hotter days...  :)  Today was supposed to be rainy, but I'm seeing sun
 NB> shining in the window at the moment...  we did get some rain overnight
 NB> though... :)

We're having crazy, seasonal transitional weather. It's more fall like
than summer; I'd rather have it this way but hoping the sun will be out
more than its been the last week or so.

 RH> deconstructed lasagne for supper tonight, with a lettuce, tomato and
 RH> yellow squash salad.

 NB> Sounds tasty...  ;)

Yes, it was good but I'm realising my freezer is getting quite depleted.
Don't know if I should do some stock up cooking or just work on emptying
it out, filling empty spaces with water jugs.


 RH> Had an e-mail from Don, they got home Friday night after a busy
 RH> week in Florida.

 NB> I can imagine it was busy...  ;)   Any report yet on how things are
 NB> actually going with Bill?

Things are going slow; he's in for quite an extensive rehab because of
his neglect of major health issues for the last who knows how many
years.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... ... Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans-J.
Lennon

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