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Skriven 2014-12-12 21:47:30 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 21629 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> But they've both been up to Mount Charleston to play in deeper snow.

 NB> Being close enough, that makes sense, too...  A nice experience for
 NB> kids...  ;)

Yes, the year Rachel was 4, we went up from NC to NY for Christmas. Got
to Steve's folks after dark, told her she could play in the snow the
next day. it turned warmer and rainy overnight, no snow the rest of the
trip. One disappointed kid but she's seen quite a bit of snow since
then.


 RH> I'd rather not live in the Phoenix area; I'd rather live in the
 RH> southeastern corner of the state (in the area where we did live). Got
 RH> some good restaurants down there. (G) It's also about 15-20 degrees
 RH> cooler than the Phoenix area, year round.

 NB> The heat of the Phoenix area is what finally convinced our son that he
 NB> didn't really want to stay there forever...  ;)

He should have checked out other parts of the state.

 NB>  RH>> My grandmother and mom would usually have the meal around
 NB> 1:30-ish.  NB>> I think Richard's mom set it for about 2...  that put
 NB> dessert at
 NB>  NB>> about an early supperish time...  :)

 RH> We always had it right after the meal, which doesn't make a lot of
 RH> sense unless you wanted to get all the dishes washed up at once. I
 RH> think that was my mom (and grandmothers) reasoning.

 NB> I'd help Mom with the dishes after the meal... and we'd do the dessert
 NB> dishes after everyone else had left..  :)  There was no point in
 NB> trying to eat dessert right away, since everyone was full to the
 NB> gills, and
 NB> things needed to at least settle, to say nothing of digest...  ;)

It does make more sense to let the main part of the meal settle before
dessert. I never knew why my mom and her mom didn't see that, didn't
question it as a kid either because I had to go with what the grown ups
wanted. I've served dessert some time after the main meal when I cooked
dinner, disrupting the family "tradition".

 NB>  RH>> Overall, yes. I'm going to treat myself to a Krispy Kreme
 NB> doughnut  RH>> tomorrow morning and work the carbs off all day.
 NB>  NB>> Somewhere along the line, I lost my taste for doughnuts... when
 NB> I  NB>> finally had a chance to taste a KK, I wasn't terribly
 NB> impressed... :)

 RH> I'm not impressed but they are sugar fuel for these days I've been
 RH> putting in a lot of work. They've pulled the machinery out of most
 RH> stores now so they aren't as fresh/hot off the line as they used to
 RH> be.

 NB> Never had one fresh off the line... that might have made a little
 NB> difference...  ;)  I know that the chinese doughnuts fresh from the
 NB> kitchen are the best they can possibly be...  ;)  Those are the only
 NB> ones I eat any more, when at all...  :)

We usually don't do doughnuts but got these in anticipation of the
moving crew coming in. The crew was smaller than expected so we had left
overs, which are now gone. I probably won't have another one for years.


 NB>  RH>> I'll probably look during the winter too. The boots aren't
 NB> really  RH>> snow boots but will work if I'm on cleared paths. I do
 NB> have some
 NB>  RH>> snow boots, actually bought them at the Dick's Sporting Goods
 NB> shop  RH>> up in one of the malls in your area 4 years ago.
 NB>  NB>> And in Wake Forest, you don't have much need for snow boots
 NB> generally  NB>> anyway...  ;)

 RH> There are times..................................but I got them
 RH> mostly for the times we head up north during the winter months.

 NB> You'd more likely need them then, true...  :)   I know, sometimes you
 NB> do get some snow, and it's better to be prepared...  :)

Better to be safe, and have warm feet, than to be sorry, have cold feet
and slip/fall.

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Ruth
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