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Skriven 2013-12-30 20:13:32 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8313 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: egg-planting
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Hi Ruth,

-> Amazon gift cards for some of the grandkids, thought they might be
-> delayed but all got there on time. We're northbound tomorrow but plan to
-> stop in GA for the night.

 RH> They can blame weather in Maine and Minnesota for sure, but not
 RH> elsewhere.

I understand that most of the country has had some pretty nasty weather
the past few weeks. Talked with our neighbor a bit when we got home last
night; she said it rained the whole week we were gone. It cleared up
yesterday afternoon but more is due in later this week. Beats snow tho.

-> -> I do them in a very limited amount. Had a bit of sweets yesterday but

->  RH> Now it's after Christmas and they can be avoided a bit easier.

-> Not yet; my MIL still has quite a few on hand. I had a piece of banana
-> split pie (a friend of hers made) today at lunch.

 RH> I tried to avoid them today.  Failed miserably.  There's always
 RH> tomorrow, which will be worse since I have a cookies and popcorn
 RH> reception to go to after a memorial service.

Actually, popcorn isn't too bad unless it's something like carmel corn.
Regular popcorn is only 5 carbs/cup so you do better with that than
cookies. Yesterday, before leaving Savannah, we stopped at one of our
favorite (in town) seafood places. I had a shrimp po'boy & cole slaw;
Steve had a shrimp/oyster one, I think also with cole slaw. We split a
piece of key lime pie for dessert.

->  RH> That too, but I think it's a ligament strain of some kind.  Or was
->  RH> anyway.

-> Time for one of your rice bags? Found out my MIL keeps hers in the
-> freezer when she's not using it.

 RH> Not really.  Not any more.

Doing better then?

->  some light powder, maybe half an inch total if that. A guy in an SUV
->  lost control on a hill behind me and ran off the road.  I don't think
->  he got hurt, but it didn't do the traffic sign he wiped out any good.

-> A little bit of snow is worse than a lot of snow. A lot of snow packs
-> down but a little bit goes thru the thaw/refreeze bit on the road,
-> creating slick driving. Better to stay home with the canned emergency
-> rations--oh, add some hot cocoa and marshmallows to the list of
-> emergency food. (G)

 RH> It was still falling at the time, and I'd just been down the same hill
 RH> with no problem in my little front wheel drive. I suspect speed was an
 RH> issue. The kicker is it wasn't supposed to snow.

Speed is generally an issue with snow/ice, especially when there's not
much of the latter and more of the former than conditions warrant.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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