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  Kommentar till text 24602 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>>> Worth the work, then.  :)
 NB>  RH>> Very good, and going to be repeated, maybe at an echo picnic?
 NB>  NB>> I'd look forward to it... :)

 RH> Have to figure out where and when the picnic will be this year. Then
 RH> look at our schedule and see if it's do-able, and go from there.

 NB> Still far enough in the future....

Yes, but we've already made a committment for part of August already.

 NB>  NB>> Some things just take a higher (if unexpected) priority... :)
 NB> I've  NB>> managed to somehow get almost a week behind, just from
 NB> busier days  NB>> and needing some time away from the computer...  :)

 RH> I understand, I figured something of a higher priority kept you from
 RH> the computer. I didn't get too much, but some, sewing time in last
 RH> week, but have done some this week.

 NB> As long as one keeps doing a little at a time, one doesn't get TOO far
 NB> behind...  ;)

No, and next week I'll get back to the sewing. Got busy with other
things (like shopping & cooking for LG) the past few days.

 NB> and  NB>> liveable... and you can't do things in the garden for a
 NB> little while  NB>> yet anyway... :)

 RH> Today would have been a good day for it (we were in the 70s!) but it's
 RH> to chill off again tomorrow, with the possiblility of snow/freezing
 RH> rain. Steve did some under the house work today so he can do inside
 RH> work tomorrow.

 NB> If it's only one day, one might as well let something else take
 NB> priority... is the ground workable yet anyway...?  I'd work inside if
 NB> there were snow/freezing rain outside, too..  ;)  Plenty to be done as
 NB> it is, of course... :)

Normal highs are supposed to be in the upper 50s/low 60s this time of
year. We will have a couple of days like that, then down to the low 50s
later next week. The last frost is normally around the 3rd week or so of
April but we can start ground prep before then if we want to put a
garden in.


 RH> We've had a couple of bad winters. Part of it is from the weather,
 RH> part from people not knowing enough to stay in and out of the weather.

 NB> Snow's been reaching down further south than usually expected, I've
 NB> seen... And when weather isn't the norm, people don't necessarily know
 NB> how to deal with it... nor is the equipment there to deal with it,
 NB> either...

You would think they'd have a bit more snow removal stuff than they do,
seeing as we get some almost every year. We also get more ice than you
do, and you can't plow that. Some people think they can drive on it, but
those are the ones you see on TV sliding all over the road.


 NB>  NB>> We did, however, just survive the coldest February on record
 NB> since  NB>> 1871, here... ;)

 RH> I don't recall what ours was in relation to previous Februaries, but
 RH> it was cold and wet.

 NB> Ours just didn't let up all month... it was snowier than it's been,
 NB> too...

Hopefully ours is done for the season but I'm not holding my breath.

 NB>  NB>> were there, we had one snowfall with all of 1 inch... ;) They've
 NB>  NB>> had a snow with 5"... she was saying, think of the snowmen we
 NB>  NB>> could have made with THAT snow... (G)

 RH> She might not have appreciated the 5" now, the way she would have
 RH> as a kid.

 NB> Possibly not... :)

Most likely, not.


 NB>  NB>> Dunno if that was a record for them or not, though... :)

 RH> Depends on what part of the state. Down near the gulf, it most likely
 RH> would have been a record.

 NB> I'm not sure where that snowfall actually was, only heard it on news
 NB> briefs, so only the state, not the specifics... We were living in
 NB> Jackson when we were there...  :)

OK, near the Alabama border. We've got some friends in Alabama that
aren't too far from Jackson.


 RH> SHRIMP CREOLE
 RH> Serves 6.

 NB> And did you get 3 meals from it....?  (G)  We find that things that
 NB> say 4 servings are often just enough for the two of us for one meal..
 NB> ;)

I only had about half a pound of shrimp so got supper for both of us,
and a light lunch for me out of it. Lots of sauce because I didn't cut
down the recipe.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Always butter up the SYSOP, they taste better that way.

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