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Skriven 2014-12-12 21:56:22 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 21630 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Peppers
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> we do live in
 NB>  NB>> Wegmans' home town...  :)

 RH> Yes, and they are gradually expanding out. Whole Foods is based in
 RH> Austin, TX but the first one I was in, was in Las Vegas.

 NB> Whole Foods spread out some, too...  :)   But then, they are a bigger
 NB> corporation, too.

Wegman's might get that way eventually.

 NB>  NB>> That too...  And as I said, old habits are hard to break...
 NB> sometimes  NB>> it takes something catastrophic to break the
 NB> pattern...  :)

 RH> She broke her hip in the summer of 2012 and never got back into the
 RH> kitchen after she came home from the hospital/rehab. By then, the
 RH> dementia was getting more pronounced so she probably wouldn't have
 RH> known what to do.

 NB> Those last probably put final paid to the whole idea...

It was at that point Dad wouldn't let her do any more cooking. I think
she was able to do some rote work like peeling potatoes but he'd cut
them up and cook them. As I understand, they had several close calls
with stove coils left one before Dad took over, then he's done it from
time to time as well, according to Don.

 NB>  NB>>> not as good for putting up and keeping the quality up...  :)
 NB>  RH>> Probably not, but they put it up and ate it.
 NB>  NB>> Another habit... can't waste food...  :)

 RH> That was drilled into our heads!

 NB> We grew up with it, too..  ;)

Were you only allowed one open jar of jelly/jam at once & had to use
that up before opening another? We were--"use up the old before you
start the new" was also drilled into the brain. I broke that when I got
married but it took a while to do so.

 NB>  NB>> So how did the move go...?   And did the weather cooperate for
 NB>  NB>> you? :)

 RH> A nice day on Friday for moving the big stuff, rain on Saturday so we
 RH> did a lot of run around, nice on Sunday for a big push, with help from
 RH> our Life Group. The house on Pearce is just about empty now; the house
 RH> on Tacy is full of boxes, furniture, etc waiting to be organised.

 NB> Sounds like the weather didn't do bad at all then...  and you only
 NB> have the last bits to finish off now... plus, of course, the major job
 NB> of moving in properly...  :)

Hopefully the major part of resettling will be done by the end of the
year, the secondary settling a month or 2 after that and settling the
dust the rest of the time we're here. I'm finding more kitchen stuff
now, have the drinking glasses unpacked and put up.

 NB>  RH>> One end, but the unpacking end hasn't started yet.
 NB>  NB>> Yup, now the real fun starts...  ;)

 RH> Has it ever! We've been adding our personal touches in hardware, extra
 RH> shelving for the pantry (which is now loaded) and other areas.
 RH> Tomorrow I'm going to lay down shelf liner, then start opening boxes
 RH> and putting things away, Just have to figure out what will go where.

 NB> And before too long, order will start to emerge from the chaos... and
 NB> you'll be able to enjoy your new house.  :)

Progress is being made, bit by bit. Got some Christmas lights tonight as
ours are buried in the storage unit.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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