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Skriven 2013-12-28 20:48:54 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8278 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: egg-planting
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> light  NB>> coating of snow... maybe an inch if that, but enough to
 NB> have a white  NB>> Christmas anyway...  :)

 RH> I suspect the Catskills had snow. Steve's folks talked with their one
 RH> daughter (in western NY) a short time ago; she said it was 0 this
 RH> morning. My folks were probably below 0 then. Have to make sure Dad is
 RH> bundled up good before he goes out today.

 NB> I think we were only in the teens for Christmas...

Dad said it was around zero but don't know when he checked. I suspect it
was probably colder than that in the morning and after the sun went
down. Back in 1980, it was -25 on Christmas Day--Steve had never heard
snow crunch (low humidity) before then.

 RH> Update--Mom had just gotten home when we called, late morning. Don't
 RH> know how many folks it took to get her there or the logistics involved
 RH> but did talk to her. (She sounded very vague, could only respond in
 RH> generalities, nothing specific so doubt she knew it was us on the
 RH> phone.) My sister, her significant other, son, my brother, female
 RH> cleaning lady/aide (and probably Dad's aide) were all there.

 NB> Probably either your sister or your brother went and got her... they
 NB> probably decided that Christmas would seem more normal for everyone if
 NB> it were held at your parents' home...  :)   Sounds like it worked out
 NB> ok all around for them...  Mom might have been somewhat vague from
 NB> being a bit discombulated by being brought home, and not settled there
 NB> yet...

I suspect a combination of factors. Skyped with Dad the next day; he
said that Mom asked to go back so there was no trouble with her possibly
wanting to stay. I guess she realised she wasn't comfortable there any
more.

 NB> Did anyone happen to mention what they were having for dinner?  ;)

No, but I suspect there was celery sticks, pickles and olives. They only
show up for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners. Stockings all probably
had an orange, box of raisins and most likely a chocolate bar. Dad's
stocking probably had 2 oranges and no raisins.


 RH> Had some ice and about an inch of snow, temps at about 0.

 NB> Not too bad weather, all told... especially for this time of year, and
 NB> for the nasty storm that came through...

 RH> Hopefully Mom will go back without too much of a problem and Dad will
 RH> continue to accept the fact it's for the best she not live at home.

 NB> Hopefully.  If it was sufficiently complicated getting her home just
 NB> for this, and she was clearly not up to taking care of herself, he
 NB> might just see that it really is for the best.  It's tough, for
 sure...

See above; he's having some health issues right now so better he doesn't
have to deal with taking care of Mom as well. He's not happy she's not
home but knows it's for better for both of them.

 NB> ... Yeast are gracious enough to eat carbohydrates for us.

Some, but not all carbs.

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Ruth
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