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Skriven 2008-01-31 19:11:10 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Kommentar till text 1550 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave [1]
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Hi Ruth!
>> Yep.. Ron is the same way.. It's good to have some backup <g>.. in
>> other words, someone who sees the same thing you do when you're taking
>> something like that.
> Yes, and sometimes they see things that you might not pick up on. I was
> having major problems with it, more than I was aware of, but Steve saw
> some and let the doctors know.
That is great to hear, and important as well. And I know what you mean about
'not picking up on" something like that ... I don't realize for instance when
the heat is getting to me.. Ron will though, and he'll point it out to me and
I'll say, oh rats.. <laugh>
>> > Had another blood check today; they did the analysis right
>> > away and gave us a print out. Everything is OK, if on the low side
>> of > the normal range.
>> That is good news.. Glad things are progressing positively :)
> So am I! My energy level has stayed decent so far; I've had a bit of
> nausea a couple of times but we're wondering if that could have come
> from other sources.
Yes, it sounds like your energy level has been ok :) Don't worry about
answering mail if it starts to get to you, though, ok? I know things can
change as time goes on with this kind of thing. I'm glad the nausea hasn't
been to bad either.. My son did eventually take some other medication to help
with that, and it worked for him.
> We've barely touched the meals I made and put in the
> freezer last November and December in anticipation of problems. But,
> I've still got a stretch to go and we may dig deeply into them before
> it's all over.
It's great that you have them prepared, that probably took some "organizing".
We joke with Lauren that she inherited Ron's family's organizational
"skills"... When Lauren was little she'd start planning her birthday parties 6
mos. in advance.. and I'd say to her, Wow, it's only January (she was born in
July <g>).. Later in talking with Ron's cousin, I found out she is the exact
same way and so are a number of others in his family.. It was noticible to Ron
and I because we're a little more laid back <grin> That particular gene that
some of them have makes them a little more on the extreme side <bg>
>> > Doctor figures I'll finish treatments in early March;
>> That's good news! I don't remember how long my son had to receive his
>> treatment, but I do remember being relieved when it was over and
>> things were getting back to normal around here for him <smile>... but
>> really, it's hard when you're kids get sick with anything.
> I know; you want to be there for them but realise that they are adults
> and you can't baby them.
Yep, very true..
> Rachel called last week; her family has had a
> touch of flu and strep--I'm here doing this and can't go out to make
> chicken soup for them. I can't also go up to take care of my parents.
Poor kid.. this is the time of year, no doubt.. hopefully getting it now will
protect them some later.
>> That's really neat! I hope you have a great time!
> We should; a friend in Berlin introduced us to their music about 16
> years ago. I think I've got all of their Christmas CDs.
I noticed they have a good number of them :)
>> I remember Ron and the kids here really enjoying homemade bread for
>> lunches as well :) Kind of spoiled them all <bg>
> Yes, but did your kids go on a "we want white bread" spell? Our girls
> did, first in their early school years, then a bit in high school. What
Probably not, because when they were young, I made bread for sandwiches with
unbleached white flour.. I'd always throw in 1/4 cup of wheat germ in with each
cup of flour.. that and some soy flour for added protein.
> "cured" them the first time was after we packed out for going to
> Germany, we had to buy school breakfasts and lunches for a few days.
> After severaldaysof eating the white bread, they decided they liked the
> whole wheat better.
Hehe.. that's good.
> Getting out on their own after high school made
> them realise they liked whole wheat bread better--when they did't have
> me around to make it. Rachel's husband was a hard convert but he's
> coming around.
Ron's not a big fan of whole wheat flours either, though I try to throw it in
more and more recipes when I can. I figure if I work into it as you mentioned,
it will help <grin>
>> hehe :) Understand :) Back then though, it wasn't allergies that
>> demanded it.. corn wasn't so apparent in our diet then like it is
>> _now_. I think Ominvore's Dillema put a date of around the mid-1980's
>> when corn started getting pushed in this country, but I'd have to
> I'm going to have to get me a copy of that book. (G) We had various ones
Yes, it's great - You won't be sorry :) The first half of the book is very
very damning of our industrialized food supply and people with problems should
know about what they're really eating.. especially these days when every other
day we hear about Mad Cow disease, ecoli, etc. etc. etc..
> influence our decision, IIRC, "The Supermarket Handbook" (I'm pretty
> sure that was the name of it.), "More With Less" and "The Deaf Smith
> County Cookbook" were all early influences, with a bit from "Laurel's
> Kitchen" as well.
I'll have to check them out :)
>> check <grin>. For us at the time, the kids were little, and costing a
>> bunch, and Ron and I hadn't started working as
>> programmers/designers yet.. Work was just plain hard to find where we
>> were living.. Ron did find work as a manager in the hospital field,
>> but it's not what he went to school for <grin>.
> When we got married, Steve was working building fiberglass pleasure
> boats. When Rachel was a year old (4 years into our marriage), he was
> laid off. He then got a job working for the Marine Corps Exchange, non
> appropriated funds (bare minimum wage) and we found out that Deborah was
> on the way. He was also pastoring a small church (very minimal income),
> on the volunteer fire department and going to school two nights a week
> for his associate's degree. About a year after the church closed and we
> lost that income is when he decided to go into the Army; we were losing
> money every month keeping up with normal expenses.
I can understand that! What we did at the time, when we realized things
weren't going "anywhere", was we decided to make programming our career.. Ron
had a degree in Psychology, but that wasn't helping much <grin>. We stayed up
most nights until 3AM teaching ourselves more and more programming languages..
I had already taught Ron how to program in a few of them - and then the two of
us working together at night made it a cinch in picking up the new languages.
We got some work from area businesses, made a little cash and then took the big
jump. We sold our house, and lived on the $$ for a year as we continued to
build up our customers.. I think about it now and think we must have been nuts
haha.. or young <vbg>
> Yes, I've seen rice pasta and other kinds as well, at the various
> natural food stores. We don't have Wegman's but a couple of the grocery
> stores have a fair selection of natural foods--better selection than
> what we would have thought. Even the commissary is carrying some
> organic products and whole grain pasta--big change from when we first
> went in.
That's incredible.. thinking about the commissary having natural and organic
foods.. I guess it is taking off in this country <grin>
>> Hmm.. have to remember the name ... sucranot I think? It's very
>> molasses tasting, and good. It's really the only one that Eoin can
>> tolerate.
> OK, I'm not familiar with that. But if it's all Eoin can tolerate, then
> that's what's needed. Now that he's over a year old, has Lauren tried
> honey with him?
She uses honey, but doesn't like to over do it. I guess in some recipes
sucronot works better, texture-wise.
>>> 20's now, knowing what we "know", I'd be doing the same <g>.
>> > Our problem then was the cash flow. We did do as much as we could
>> with > whole grains but didn't have the extra money to buy a mill.
>> Instead I'd > buy 25 or 50 pound sacks of (usually) Arrowhead Mills
>> flour and other > whole grains in smaller quantities.
>> I sure understand that. :)
> Been there, done that, no tee shirt? (G)
Lol :) Yep :)
>>> Wow.. both wrists? that sounds SO painful :( I had to give up
>> > It was but I had external fixitures instead of casts. That gave me
>> some > use of my hands. That was in 1992; in 93 the right wrist was
>> > reconstructed followed by the left one in 94. I've got plates and
>> screws > in both of them now, as well as my left elbow.
>> That's amazing to hear, really. You've been through a bit there :(
> Yes, but I'm still living and breathing. Beats the alternative. (G)
Lol, you aren't kidding :) That's what's important :)
>> I'm the same way as you.. I go by the feel of the dough and don't
>> watch the clock.. even after I got my kitchenaid, I'd run it for what
>> the manual said since it's a shorter time than the flour packages
>> state, then I'd take it out, give it a push to get a sense of the
>> "feel" of it, and go from there <grin>.
> I tried it a few times with the Oster bu was never happy with the dough
> hooks. They implied no need to knead more but I always had to so I told
> Steve it was just as easy to do it all from scratch to start with.
Yes, I did the same with mine before the KA.. I'm trying to remember the
mixer.. I think it wasn't oster, but similar.. I still have the bowls here,
will have to check :)
off to make dinner.. kinda late, guess I'll do something lazy <grin>
Take care,
Janis
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