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Skriven 2014-12-26 22:01:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22249 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: houses
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> strawberry. Then too, hers is a summer birthday so more fresh
 NB> air  RH>> circulating in and around probably dissappated the smell
 NB> somewhat.  NB>> Probably helped.  :)

 RH> Very much so! It was a softer doll too, and that might have made a
 RH> difference in the smell. As I recall, there were a lot of fruit
 RH> scented dolls in that line but Strawberry Shortcake was the big one.
 RH> She's making a come back now I've seen.

 NB> Those I didn't pay much if any attention to... then or now... ;)  Not

Because you had a boy, not girls. Don't know the age difference, but
these dolls were big in the early to mid 80s--Rachel got hers in 82,
Deborah in 84, both at age 4.


 NB> the sort of thing you'd give a boy... he got to borrow my dollhouse,
 NB> and had dolls, and toy pots and pans and dishes, along with the cars
 NB> and
 NB> trucks and muscle men and Legos and all...  but not the scented
 NB> dolls...

Can't imagine why not. (G)

 NB> he's  NB>> looking for Caribbean jobs this year.  Last year he was
 NB> mostly in the  NB>> Dominican Republic...  Haven't heard yet if he's
 NB> found one yet... he  NB>> can support himself with day jobs on boats
 NB> and/or picking up some kind  NB>> of restaurant job...

 RH> He's a big kid and can fend for himself now. A restaurant job this
 RH> year may remind him to apply earlier next year for a boat job.

 NB> He had a boat delivery job that took longer than anticipated, so that
 NB> got in the way of hooking up with some of the earlier available jobs.

OK, so he was working boats, but scheduling problems made making a Med
cruise a no go for right now.

 NB> He missed the deadline for the Med by changing his priorities earlier
 NB> this year as to when to leave the North Country...  As you say, he's
 NB> able to fend for himself now... has been for a long time.  Just talked
 NB> to him yesterday, and he's got leads on a couple decent possibilities,
 NB> but nothing solid yet...  :)

Something may turn up, not what he really wants, but enough to pay the
bills, pay the rent and buy food.


 NB>  RH>> But by that time it was pretty obvious there was going to be
 NB> one?  NB>> Welll.... to everybody but us, probably...  I'd been burnt
 NB> bad in  NB>> the past, and was being extra-specially careful not to
 NB> just jump
 NB>  NB>> into anything any more... and he was willing to give me all the
 NB>  NB>> space I needed to get there...  :)  Definite permanent-feeling
 NB>  NB>> connection, but not the surety I needed to actually commit for
 NB>  NB>> something as serious as marriage...

 RH> But, it all worked out in the long run. (G)

 NB> Yup.  He gave me the space I needed, and the support, and we're still
 NB> quite happily together now.... :)  or at least, contentedly... ;)

How many years now? We'll reach 40 next year.


 RH> Steve's dad was out
 RH> hunting when we called with the news of our official engagement, his
 RH> mom was at his older sister's for something so we told his younger
 RH> sister, asked her not to tell Mom & Dad but we would call back later.
 RH> When we did, his dad was still out; Steve said his (dad's) reaction
 RH> would probably be on the lines of "What took you so long?".

 NB> And was it...?  ;)

IIRC, Steve said it was something on that line. By the time he talked
with his dad, I was on the way back to NY and the last bit of the
semester. Got snowed in, in WV for several days on the way.

 NB>  RH>> Yes, and we didn't need the calories or carbs.
 NB>  NB>> And they weren't sitting on your counter begging to be eaten...
 NB> ;)

 RH> Correct! We didn't want to throw them out so we ate them, even as
 RH> they got staler by the day.

 NB> And, having essentially overeaten, there was little to no temptation
 NB> left for the ones at choir, besides...  ;)


Not really overeaten, just had more than we usually do, in a tighter
time frame. We'd had lunch not that long before choir practice so we
weren't hungry enough for a doughnut.

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