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Skriven 2015-03-04 21:33:00 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 24491 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> There is that... ;)   Plus, Daddy was always willing to pass on
 NB> his  NB>> knowledge to the kids...  :)

 RH> That was your dad's specialty?

 NB> One of them... another was oatmeal cookies, in a number of
 NB> varieties... He also did a fair bit of regular cooking, and Sunday
 NB> night suppers
 NB> after church were his domain... he'd put various things on saltine
 NB> crackers and heat/grill them in the toaster oven... such as sardines,
 NB> cheese and pickles (usually bread/butter), and/or marshmallows... ;)

Sounds like he enjoyed putting together interesting taste combinations.
(G)


 RH> My dad had made cheeseburgers a couple of the times he cooked when
 RH> Mom couldn't. We thought that was special as Mom always did just
 RH> plain hamburgers.

 NB> That would make a nice break from the normal routine.. :)

Those were the rare exception to Mom's cooking--she had pnuemonia and
was in the hospital the couple of times I remember Dad doing that. I
don't remember what else he cooked; he asked a neighbor to do a ham one
time. She put pineapple on it, something new to us, but Mom never did it
afterwards.

 NB>  NB>> Maybe not always eating properly, but he usually did take time
 NB> to eat.  NB>> Besides, he discovered that he had an allergy to the
 NB> pottery dust, so  NB>> had to stop that....

 RH> What is he doing now, something still in the arts?

 NB> I'm not sure if his current job is at all related to the arts, it's
 NB> some sort of computer accounting...  For a while, he was managing an
 NB> art
 NB> gallery in Manhattan... but that only was viable for a while... :)  I
 NB> think with the recession, people weren't buying enough to keep things
 NB> afloat...

That kind of art is a luxury to most people and in a recession, the
luxuries are the first to suffer.


 NB> initially, but when  RH>> they see the finished top, they see how well
 NB> the various choices have  RH>> come together.
 NB>  NB>> Some things are a bit surprisingly copasetic... ;)

 RH> I've seen the potential that the other ladies haven't. Could be from
 RH> my art training, could be I just "know" those colors/patterns will
 RH> work.

 NB> Art training can be a plus...  plus, some people just have a natural
 NB> eye for color and pattern... and a sense for what will fit together...
 NB>  :)

It may look crazy now, but wait until you see the finished item before
making up your mind on it. I'll have to show you pictures of the 9 Patch
top I did--82 different fabrics, 81 9 patch blocks laid out on a 9 by 9
grid.

 NB> it's not  NB>> the warmest of times... ;)  I do have to admit that
 NB> housekeeping is  NB>> not one of my better skills... ;)

 RH> I know, I could be better too. Sometimes it's easier to let the dust
 RH> lie than to disturb it and stir up allergy issues. (G)

 NB> Makes a nice excuse, anyway...  ;)

Yes, but it's true.

 NB>  NB>> Then it's probably easier than pi...  ;)  Did you notice that
 NB> next  NB>> month will be PI day... when the first 10 digits will show
 NB> up twice  NB>> that day...?   3/14/15 at 9:26:53 am and pm...  ;)
 NB> Happens once
 NB>  NB>> every hundred years...  :)

 RH> I'd not thought about that; I knew of the 3.14 but not the extra
 RH> sequencing of numbers.

 NB> Now, to remember it on the day, at the exact right time...  (G)  And
 NB> plan to have pies to eat, to celebrate it...  :)  Pot pies, dessert
 NB> pies... ;)

The newest Penzey's catalog had a pie/pi theme to it. They didn't carry
it out to the 10 digits tho.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... It's as easy as 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841!

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