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Skriven 2006-04-27 14:33:07 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 815 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Dinner out
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Hi Ruth,

-> Yes, with my medical problems now, I'm basically uninsurable.  One of

 RH> Me too, as far as I know.  Auto-immune neurological disorders will do
 RH> that.

Or, asthma & other problems.  Just got back from seeing the doctor for
my foot (scheduled this time).  He wants a CT scan done since I"m still
having problems and to wear the ortho shoe only, not my new walking shoe
on it.  Bummer!


-> the reasons Steve enlisted was that he was going to be hit for higher
-> insurance deduction where he worked without a matching pay increase. As
-> is, we were barely exsisting on $500./month take home pay and $75./month
-> in food stamps. for a family of 4

 RH> Ouch.

Yes, $155. or so was our trailer payment and land rental, fixed; then we
also had the expenses of electricity, phone, etc that had to be paid.
Steve commuted 30 miles each way to work & home, then another 25 or so
each way in the opposite direction 2 nights a week to finish his AA
degree.


->  RH> Liberty area, that's the population of the entire county.
 RH> ->
-> Probably, especailly because you do have several larger towns there.
-> OTOH, it probably equals more than one Delaware County where my parents

 RH> Sheesh - no wonder the big retailer in the area is Wal-Mart, if
 RH> they've decided there are enough people to bother!

Unfortunatly, some of the chain grocery stores couldn't make a go of it
in that area.  My parents get basics like milk locally but most of their
major shopping is saved for times when they go to Oneonta or Kingston
(an hour away in opposite directions).  There's an A&P in Margaretville
but the prices are (artificially) high because people from the NY City
area will pay them without batting an eye.

->  RH> Having hot and cold running Missionary families through the church
->  RH> didn't hurt either.
 RH> ->
-> True; I didn't grow up with that.  I've had more exposure since joining
-> with the Southern Baptists, even getting to work with some in Europe.

 RH> Cool.  My church always did support more missionaries than it looked
 RH> like we could.  We still have them all over the place.

Thru the Southern Baptist Convention's Co-operative Program, we help
support over 5,000.  Locally, our church gives about 20% of its budget
to the CP; each church decides its own share of their budget to
designate.  We've always been in churches that give 10% or more.  The
bonus is getting to meet and work with some of the missionaries from
time to time.

->  RH> Crazy quilt.  Log cabin?  It wouldn't work for trad. Hawaiian, but
->  RH> just about anything else goes.
 RH> ->
-> More crazy than log cabin.

 RH> Fits.<G>  A crazy quilt from a bunch of crazy quilters.

I think I'm th only crazy one in our group. (G)

-> Friday and Saturday nights, Steve set up the big one so I could press
-> quilt binding strips while watching the Merrie MOnarch festival hula
-> competition, while seated.

 RH> Cool - my big one won't go low enough to use it seated.

It is a nice feature; this is the first time I've used it to watch
something on tv and iron at the same time.

->  RH> sick of
->  RH> turquoise and various shades of pink.
 RH> ->
-> I don't do pink. (G)
 RH> ->
 RH> I wouldn't if I had a choice!  I'm more a screaming red kind of woman,
 RH> or would be if I looked any good in it.

Blues, greens, browns are my colors with the occaisional red just to
prove I'm not totally boring. (G)

->  RH> Usually frozen.  Frozen veggies generally aren't much of a
 RH> temptation.
 RH> ->
-> No, but they beat boiled to death ones.

 RH> Eaten those too.  Bletch.

If there's a choice, I'll go for frozen over boiled.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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