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Skriven 2007-04-24 14:30:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 14389 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: footsie
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Hi Carol,

RH> did with our girls; military environments overseas seem to be more of
RH> the "everybody looks out for each other" as you've described more so
RH> than state side.

 CS> Yes, we'll have to tighten down on that.  Very different from here.

Better start letting her know now so it won't be  a major shock. (G)


 CS> I just finished working my shift at the local Furniture Bazaar (and
 CS> other stuff got added in, rug maker, jewlrey, asian dolls in cases,
 CS> etc).  Really nice stuff for prices you wont see outside here.  The
 CS> little end table I got would sell for 600$ stateside easy, was marked
 CS> helping.  I helped some new folks find their way back to the base
 CS> (walking).  Charlotte helped the food sales place.

Sounds like it would have been fun to explore. Any thimbles?  One of the
bazaars in Frankfurt occaisonally had Hummel ones; I got several.


 CS> The CPO's ran a little food stall.  Pulled pork (outstanding!), pulled
 CS> beef (I had the pork).  Home made scratch baked beans (not overly
 CS> sweet, very very good!), fresh home made coleslaw.  Soda or water.  5$
 CS> a plate.  Charlotte was out huckstering for them <g>.

Sounds good.  I don't eat too many baked beans these days but would have
asked for a small bit with extra cole slaw.

 CS> it though.  She's gonna have to repeat this year's english i think...

RH> Summer school?

 CS> I guess.  Not sure what happens.

She will outgrow it eventually.

 CS> She spent her time reading 'Linux Unleashed' instead of doing her book

RH> Couldn't do a book report on that?

 CS> Thats what we worked out.  She's finishing it up this weekend.

She should have thought to have asked the teacher about doing the report
on it originally.

 CS> Good on Deborah!  FT Lenord Wood school right?

RH> unit had her as his interface with the military and was downright
RH> impressed.  He e-mailed Steve's battalion commander, who's a friend of
RH> his, after looking in the AKO directory and finding 3 Haffly's listed,
RH> with Steve at this unit.  He's putting her in for a county commendatio
RH> & wanted to know if Steve was her dad.

 CS> Cool!

Shows that there's hope yet; don't give up on Charlotte.  Right now
Deborah is somewhere in Maryland (not sure if it's Fort Meade or not)
for another school.

 CS> her age group.  34B is a little loose still but 32B is tight.  34A is
 CS> just about right depending on the style but some are too small.  (The

RH> Check on line; I think it's Haines, but could be another company, make
RH> odd sizes.  They're hard to find in stores so on line is probably your

 CS> Actually I can get her outfitted easier here but have to go in town.
 CS> She's a little bigger but not my much, than the average Japanese lady.
 CS>  Thats why the base doesnt stock 'teen bras' much.

We had trouble in Germany because we the PX was on the small side, both
in Frankfurt and Berlin, but did manage to find "close enough" for our
girls.


RH> I still don't have the beef bones.  I just finished simmering down abo
RH> 4 quarts of stock into one.  We smoked turkey breast abut a week ago,

 CS> I dont have much in that line but locally out in town I can get them.
 CS> Here, they are still pretty cheap. 50cents or so for a good 2 lb bag
 CS> of chopped marrow bones.

I'll have to check; we're shopping more in town now than we did in HI or
AZ.



 CS> There's a mild flavor diffrence in cooking with them that i like, but
 CS> not enough to pay 2-3$ a lb for when we get back home.  I'll try
 CS> growing them again though in my backyard.

RH> Be careful not to grow other (hot) peppers nearby; one year we had mil
RH> jalapenos and hot bells. (G) I'd put in a garden plot if I could but m
RH> just do some hanging baskets or tubs. Tomatoes would be the main crop,
RH> then peppers.


 CS> Baskets would well for the smaller items.  Tubs work great to handle
 CS> tomatoes. For 'hot peppers' it would be banana peppers for me.  I like
 CS> those quite a bit.

Steve would want habbies; I'd go for jalapenos.  We've not really
discussed it and growing season is upon us.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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