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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: sticky situations 871
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-25-15  20:08 <=-

 RH>> Good stores do tend to spoil you. BTW, I remembered to ask at the
 RH>> market yesterday about the brussels sprouts. I was told that they're
 RH>> that sixe because that's when her husband decides to pick them, nothing
 RH>> special about a smaller size sprout. They'd probably get bigger if he
 RH>> left them on the stalk longer.
 NB>> Ah... so they probably aren't selling the whole stalk, for you to take
 NB>> the sprouts off of, but just the sprouts themselves... then he can let
 NB>> the smaller ones at the top of the stalk continue to develop to the
 NB>> same size as the already picked ones...  :)

 RH> I guess that's the size he likes, so figures others like them that
 RH> size as well.

Makes sense... :)
 
 RH>> At least she's in a familiar environment, with her kids and grandkids
 RH>> looking out for her. A hospital or rehab place can be overwhelming,
 RH>> even under the best of conditions. I'm sure you and your sister are
 RH>> firm about her doing the exercises but without the "intimidation" of a
 RH>> professional in uniform.
 NB>> She's prone to the hospital-setting induced delirium, so definitely
 NB>> better to have her home.  No professionals in uniform... at least not
 NB>> the PT that comes twice a week... all he has is the nametag... ;)

 RH> SO! much better for her to be in a a familiar, comfortable
 RH> environment. And not to have to wear those hospital gowns is a big
 RH> plus. (G) 

That, too... 

 NB>> Between visits, Lydia mostly is the one running her through the
 NB>> exercises and monitoring it... although Marguerite does a fair bit,
 NB>> too, and the rest of us as well when we are there...  ;)  I've done a
 NB>> bit of encouraging, and working on the attitude... reminding her that
 NB>> she doesn't want to be just another statistic on hip fractures being
 NB>> the beginning of the end...  :)

 RH> No, she doesn't want to become another statistic.
 
Daddy had broken both hips, at two separate times... and bounced back
nicely both times...  It was the Parkinsons that laid him low, a few
years later...  
 
 RH> Is there a televised service she can catch? True, it's not "her"
 RH> church but it's at least an option to hear the Word preached.

She doesn't do TV, for starters....  But Richard tapes the services, so
she gets a copy of the services to listen to at home.  She's been doing
that for evening services since before Daddy died, when they couldn't
make it for the second service any more...  She sings along with the
hymns, using her hymnal, and reads along with the Scripture reading in
her Bible... and then listens to the sermon... Lately Lydia's been
sitting with her and running the tape machine...  :)
 
 RH>>> Very much so. Had a short visit with her, a longer one with
 RH>>> another former neighbor.
 NB>>> Always nice to renew old friendships...  :)
 RH>> Yes, and Steve was able to help her out with a problem she was having
 RH>> with her fridge. She's going to have to order a new part but Steve
 RH>> will put it in when we get home. Beats having to buy a new fridge which
 RH>> is what she was thinking of doing.
 NB>> Apparently the fridge is still working somewhat, then, just not
 NB>> optimally... :)

 RH> Some parts need to be replaced to enable the crisper drawers to slide
 RH> freely. She didn't realise that replacement parts could be ordered and
 RH> a handy (former) neighbor could install them at no cost.
 
Ah... a nice simple fix... for a frustration...  ;)

 RH>>> Some days I feel every day of my age, others I wonder why I'm
 RH>>> (chronologically) as old as I am when I feel like I'm so much
 RH>>> younger. 
 NB>>> Some parts of me are definitely younger than other parts... ;)
 RH>> Young at heart, slightly older in other places?
 NB>> Among other things...  ;)

 RH> Better than "You can be young once but you can be immature forever".
 RH> I'd rather have the first quote define me than the second one. (G)

Well, yeah... ;)

ttyl      neb

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