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Skriven 2015-04-30 20:34:54 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 26475 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: picnic? 492
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> before the official gathering;  RH>> it would be a bit too far to go
 NB> to M'ville.
 NB>  NB>> I can see if the cottage is available any earlier...

 NB> I checked, and likelihood is slim... So Sunday would be the earliest
 NB> day to get into the cottage, probably.

No problem, we can putter around somewhere. It might even be possible to
stay Friday night in VT after the rest of the team leaves--have to ask
about that one.

 NB>  NB>> another possibility would be to stay at my camp until picnic
 NB> proper,  NB>> although right now I don't know what sort of shape it's
 NB> in, and it  NB>> would certainly be lacking some amenities...

 RH> Things will work out but I'm going to need a place to do laundry on
 RH> Friday after we're done in VT. We'll probably find a laundromat and
 RH> fill several machines with clothes and quarters. (Memo to self, take
 RH> along rolls of quarters.)  It'll probably be a quiet night for us.

 NB> We can play it by ear as we get closer to the time...  At least now my
 NB> cell phone works down at the camp, so communication should be easier
 NB> than it used to be...  :)

Good that the phone works. We're with ATT&T now; they seem to be fairly
reliable and you have my number....................

 NB>  RH>> We'll be in Waterbury--want us to bring some Ben & Jerry's ice
 NB> cream?  NB>> If you wish... ;)   Cherry Garcia is one of my
 NB> favorites... (G)

 RH> Can't bring you Green Mountain coffee but don't know how well ice
 RH> cream would keep. We'll have a cooler but not a freezer with us so,
 RH> nice thought but probably not workable.

 NB> No, the coffee would be wasted on me... ;(  No fair teasing me on the
 NB> ice cream...  (G)  Considering it might be a couple days before you
 NB> get to the Pond, I suppose ice cream might not be all that workable.
 NB> Unless they had some sort of dry ice containers for keeping it in...
 NB> ;)

Who knows--they might have something. If we do stay Friday in VT and
meet you somewhere Saturday, we might be able to swing it. We can do
some on line checking in the interim.


 NB>  RH>> We'll see how things play out as we get closer to the date but
 NB> it does  RH>> sound like a fun time. Steve is already thinking of one
 NB> thing he wants  RH>> to make, to get opinions from this group how he's
 NB> doing on developing  RH>> his gluten free, dairy free cooking.
 NB>  NB>> One of the joys of picnicking...  checking out things...  :)

 RH> He's trying out ideas now, so some of the folks at church can enjoy
 RH> the same basic goodies as the rest of the congregation.

 NB> That's been behind Richard's trying out some ready-made gluten-free
 NB> items to bring to church dinners... There's enough good cooks in the
 NB> church that the desserts are pretty well covered, but bread isn't
 NB> always available, especially decent bread...  Richard's getting very
 NB> good at
 NB> reading labels to figure out how good it will taste... and the gluten
 NB> intolerant kids are glad to have the bread they can eat... last couple
 NB> times it's been Glutino's english muffins... rarely have leftovers,
 NB> and when there are, we just send them home with the family with two
 NB> gluten
 NB> intolerant kids and a gluten intolerant papa...  :)

That's a blessing for them that someone else is looking out for them.
The family in our Life Group with the dairy intolerant child (and mom
going gluten free) has thanked us several times that we think of them in
our cooking. Her parents were visiting last week and her mom told me
that her daughter told her of our cooking to accomodate their needs.


(pound cake)
 RH> well appreciated by the buyer and his sister.

 NB> Was there really any doubt...?   (G)

No, seeing that this is the 3rd year in a row he's bought it.

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Ruth
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