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Skriven 2006-05-06 13:06:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1145 av hap newsom (1:275/311)
Ärende: Mahi Mahi
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> life just keeps getting tougher (grin)

-> But you wouldn't want to go the opposite way & shirnk down to nothing
-> would you?

 hn> In a word, yes, that is at least headed in the right direction!!

Well, head that way but know when to stop.  I know, easier said than
done with so much good food out there to steer us upward. (G)

->  hn> same here, a sad commentary on our society that people are just as
->  hn> easliy discarded as objects.

-> Very much so; serial monogamy is not the intention of being married for
-> life means.  OTOH, Steve & I kid that we took each other for better or
-> worse and sometimes one of us is worse than the other one took us for.
-> He spoils me tho. (G)

 hn> Anne's family is very old school.....they don't believe in
 hn> divorce....they believe

Nobody of our parent's generation actually believed in it but there was
a lot of "he's off working on a project" or "she's visiting relatives
for an extended time" kind of thing.  Our generation and the "free love"
movement took a lot of the stigma out of divorce there had been
previously.  (geting out of my social analyst mode)

 hn> in funerals (grin)! I'm lucky though....I spent 6 years on my own
 hn> being a bachelor and got that out of my system....and I was smart
 hn> enough to
 hn> recognize Anne as the wonderful girl she was and that I'd be a bigger
 hn> fool to let her go than I'd ever been before....I immediately changed
 hn> all my life plans and asked her to marry me and we have been lucky in
 hn> love ever since.

I think it took Steve moving to NC just before my senior year of college
for us to really realise we had such a good in our relationship.  Even
tho we met in January, 72 & didn't get married until September, 75, we
were only together about month, total--but it was long enough to know we
wanted to be together for the rest of our lives.  Letters and phone
calls sufficed in the gaps between seeing each other; after one time
(fairly early on) of going for 5 1/2 months, we said "never again that
long" and kept to that.

->  hn> put your foot down (figuratively!!) and demand some response and a
->  hn> reliable diagnosis that can get you on the track to being whole again!

-> appointment scheduled for the 15th.  Part of the problem is, it's a
-> stress fracture in a bad area and my bones aren't in the greatest shape.
-> Back in 1993 I got the diagnosis of osteopenia--not full blown
-> osteoporosis but if I don't watch out, it could go that way easily.  So
-> far I've been doing OK but part of that is taking a calcium suppliment
-> plus Fosamax (for almost 10 years now), chugging lots of soy milk which

 hn> Have you talked to a good nutritionist on good ways to get calcium in
 hn> you in forms that will be used easily?

No, actually I eat better than a lot of them do. (G)

-> were steaming, I cut up some garlic, onion and green pepper.  Shoved it
-> all in the fridge until Steve called about an hour later, then sauteed
-> the veggies & browned the sausage.  With a slice of whole wheat bread,
-> it made a good supper; had a small thing (6oz) of strawberry yogurt
-> later for a bit more calcium.  Tonight will be a commissary run; we

 hn> I do a very similar dish with the onions red and green bell peppers
 hn> and italian sausages ( I boil em in beer) that are chopped into chunks
 hn> and added to the pepper melange and put on hoagie rolls....a devine
 hn> meal any time!!

If I'd have had mushrooms, they would have been added to the mix.
Steve's mom taught me the basic onion/pepper mix but I took it the step
further and added the mushrooms & garlic--much to Steve's enjoyment. (G)
We also use the hot turkey sausage vs the mild pork based one she does.


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Ruth
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