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Skriven 2015-03-25 14:46:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: changes  was: Sugars
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 03-21-15  17:14 <=-

 RH>> It looks like this spring and summer will be a series of trips and
 RH>> home for short times between. It'll start next month, and hopefully
 RH>> finish by late summer. But, we're going to semi plan that we'll need
 RH>> another trip north at some unspecified time yet this year.
 NB>> Now that your dad is in the facility, y'all are going to start in on
 NB>> the house...?  Plus, there is your mom's burial still to plan...

 RH> I think the burial will be a simple service, not much to plan but
 RH> thanks for the reminder. I need to remind Don to touch base with the
 RH> pastor (or see if Steve will do it) to start laying out basic plans.

I was thinking more in terms of the timing... but yes, the actual
service would take some planning too..  :)  Even if it is kept quite
simple..  :)

 RH> As far as the house goes, we began a bit of it a couple of years
 RH> ago but are now moving into a serious "push to finish" phase. The
 RH> majority of what I want is small stuff, but have to put in claims
 RH> for it so if overlapping ones are made, we can decide who gets what.
 
And now it won't seem quite so much like being the circling vultures. ;)

 RH>> First off, we have to get a soil test done. Steve also bought on
 RH>> markdown and clearance (or was it the other way around) a compost
 RH>> barrel today so I'll have to start saving scraps for it. That'll help
 RH>> the ground and our water bill (less use of the garbage disposal).
 NB>> True, the soil test would give you a better sense for what is
 NB>> needed... Composting almost always helps enrich the soil,
 NB>> though... :)  It's a good ecological practice, too...  :)

 RH> The compost barrel has been started. Looks like the back yard is
 RH> mostly clay, a clay/sand mix out front. Amazingly, stuff grows, but
 RH> don't know how well veggies would do.

In any case, the compost will only help...  :)  
 
 NB>> That's way too warm for this time of year...!  This weekend, temps
 NB>> are supposedly going to be hovering around freezing and a bit below
 NB>> for highs... and we had some snow in the air a little while ago,
 NB>> seems to have stopped now... :)

 RH> We're too warm for snow right now but its been a yo-yo week and it
 RH> looks like next week will be the same. I'm keeping the flannel sheets
 RH> on the bed at least another week. (G)
 
One can always toss off the blankets if it gets too warm... but the
flannel is handy for those colder nights...  ;)
 
 RH>> I decided to wait and cook my
 RH>> corned beef & cabbage tomorrow; it'll be cooler then so the house
 RH>> won't heat up with the stove going all afternoon.
 NB>> Makes sense.  Our house was cool enough Tuesday that having the stove
 NB>> going all afternoon didn't make any problems at all..  :)  We finshed
 NB>> the rest of the boiled dinner last night for supper...

 RH> We've got a bit left, enough for a small meal for 2 or a hearty one
 RH> for one person. 

You either had smaller portions of the meat, or you bought a larger
chunk of meat to begin with...

 RH> We finished the Lowe's Italian sausage for lunch; that one is
 RH> worth buying again. Might check out some of the other store made
 RH> ones and see if they're as good.
 
Worth a try... if they are, you've got more choices... if not, you know
which ones not to get again... ;)

 NB>>> I knew it wasn't intended to be casserole style... but one could
 NB>>> conceivably adapt it that direction to serve more people with
 NB>>> less shrimp...  :)
 RH>> It might work, but I think I'd rather serve it with the rice they
 RH>> suggest or pasta. It's most authentic with rice.
 NB>> Of course.  :)  The other would be Shrimp Creole Casserole... not
 NB>> really the same thing... :)  And not necessary for a meal for just
 NB>> two people...  :)

 RH> It would need more stuff added to make it a decent casserole. I'd
 RH> also use smaller shrimp. The medium/large ones I used were good for
 RH> creole style but a rice, sauce, shrimp casserole would be better
 RH> with the small ones.

Possibly...  :)  maybe not large ones for casserole, but medium would
have the advantage of being more obviously there...  :)

ttyl         neb

... Try this. I haven't tested it, but I think it will work.

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