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Skriven 2015-01-11 22:49:41 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22702 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> So probably wouldn't have been into the scented dolls, had he
 NB> been  RH>> a girl, anyway. He'd have been more into Barbie then.
 NB>  NB>> Possibly, hard to tell... faddish things weren't a high priority
 NB> in  NB>> this household...  ;)

 RH> They were only in our household courtesy of grandparents. We couldn't
 RH> afford the toy de' jure either.

 NB> Wouldn't have come from my parents, or my grands, either... and
 NB> Richard's mom was more practical...  ;)

My parents did the more practical all the time. Steve's mom splurged
from time to time on the name brand toys but also did a lot of the non
name brand as well.


 NB>  NB>>> And he's pretty good at scrambling to get some sort of job when
 NB>  NB>>> needed to keep himself in food and shelter... done that since
 NB> he  NB>>> went away to college...  :)  I don't worry about him.  :)
 NB>  RH>> You did a good job of raising him then.
 NB>  NB>> We think we did pretty well, usually...  ;)

 RH> And, he sounds like he appreciates his upbringing, tho, like most
 RH> kids, probably wasn't as appreciative as he was going thru it. Our
 RH> girls have let us know how much they appreciate how we raised them,
 RH> especially after they became parents.

 NB> Pretty much so... he hasn't had any kids yet, though... we'll see if
 NB> that makes any difference...  ;)

I don't think you've got anything to worry about. Having your own kids
helps you understand what your parents went thru raising you. I used to
tell Steve's mom "Now I know what you went thru, raising Steve" because
Deborah is so much like her dad. (G)


 NB>  RH>>> How many years now? We'll reach 40 next year.
 NB>  NB>>> It'll be 42 coming up...  :)
 NB>  RH>> So, just a couple of years ahead of us.
 NB>  NB>> Yup.

 RH> We've usually kept celebrations low key, not sure what we'll do this
 RH> year. Visit grandkids maybe?

 NB> Ours have always been low-key generally... at most, going out to eat
 NB> somewhere a little special... For our 25th, we met up with two other
 NB> couples from our church that also had their 25th that year, within a
 NB> month of ours, and went down to Charlotte Beach, rode the carousel,
 NB> walked the beach, and then ate supper at Schaller's.  No big parties,
 NB> no cruises or other trips... ;)  And so far, no grandkids to visit...
 NB> you've got a lead on us there...  ;)

We didn't do anything big for our 25 as it was just 10 days after Steve
had the one major bleed out after his jaw surgery. He did surprise me
with the ruby & diamond ring tho. We usually just go out to dinner but
went to Kauai for a few days before one anniversary while we were
stationed on Oahu. Came back and went to (for the first, but not last
time) an Austrian/German restaurant in Honolulu.

 NB>  RH>> Also, harder to sing on a fuller stomach. I'd rather have less
 NB> to  RH>> eat, than more, before a practice if I didn't have the time
 NB> to let  RH>> it settle.
 NB>  NB>> So the doughnuts were being offered before practice, not
 NB> after....?

 RH> They were available when we walked in, and offered again after
 RH> practice.

 NB> So no inclination at the beginning, from just having had supper, and
 NB> no inclination at the end of practice from having had the leftover
 NB> donuts
 NB> from the move...  ;)

Actually, we'd just had lunch. Had practice Saturday afternoons for the
Christmas special music, but yes, we declined KK doughnuts.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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