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Skriven 2014-09-16 20:41:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: exactitude 702
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-12-14  20:16 <=-

 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... ;')

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

All depends on one's perspective, after all...
 
 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...

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

You could put that master chef in quotes... I suspect there's usually at
least, one person heading the crew...  :)
 
 NB>>> oldest of 6, ages 10 down to infant...  I think I might have
 NB>>> been allowed to get up to tend to one of the youngest, if
 NB>>> necessary, so that Mommy 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..  :)

 RH> Part of the "perks" of being the oldest child. (G) I was only 5 when
 RH> the youngest was born in our family so I couldn't do much beyond fetch
 RH> diapers, etc. I started school about 3 weeks later so my time doing
 RH> that was limited.
 
At 3 I was probably fetching diapers already... at 5 or so I brought my
3yo sister with me to kindergarten one day... walking the half-mile or
so with her in tow...  :)  I was probably changing diapers by then, or
at least a year or two later at the latest...  My sister was 4 when she
started (on her own initiative) to bring Mommy and Daddy their morning
coffee every morning before they got out of bed...  She was the one that
took more to the household tasks, too...  ;)
 
 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 hotter days...  :)  Today was supposed to be rainy, but I'm
 NB>> seeing sun shining in the window at the moment...  we did get some
 NB>> rain overnight though... :)

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

It's been quite autumnal here, too...  fortunately we are having mostly
sunny days to go with the coolness... Haven't turned on the furnace yet,
but it's actually been cold enough the cats think we should be... ;) 
Supposed to get cooler mid-week, and then be back in the mid-70s by the
weekend...  Now we have to open windows to let the heat in, instead of
for cooling off the place... ;)  And the soup I made for supper tonight
was very pleasantly warming...  (G)

 RH>> deconstructed lasagne for supper tonight, with a lettuce, tomato
 RH>> and yellow squash salad.
 NB>> Sounds tasty...  ;)

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

Maybe some of each...  ;)   Has Steve had any responses yet from sending
out resumes...?  Or hasn't he sent any out quite yet...?
 
 NB>> I can imagine it was busy...  ;)   Any report yet on how things are
 NB>> actually going with Bill?

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

Not at all surprising, after all...  I passed that along for prayers
Sunday... I know there are a number of people at church that are
faithfully praying for him and for Don as well... :)

ttyl          neb

... GONE MISSING: Small calico cat. Answers to the sound of a can opener.

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