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Skriven 2009-10-24 17:00:04 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: eggplant                                                 [1]
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Hi Ruth!

-> -> Tuesday is long gone and Wednesday is approaching gone.  It'll be
-> -> Thursday when you get this--I've been busy writing for school.
-> 
->  hn> Thursday it is!~!
-> 
-> And now it's Friday; I'll upload on Saturday.  Just one more writing
-> project for me this term--a 1-2 page paper due Thursday.  Got a 97 on
-> the first book review.  The second one and study questions were for the
-> intensive class I took last month.
-> 
Saturday here, Anne and I will be heading
out to go to Costco for a major shopping
when I get finished here on the puter.

-> ->  hn> We've settled into our winter weather
-> ->  hn> pattern, cool, wet, and wet and cool (grin)
-> 
-> -> We're very unsettled.  After a start in the low 40s, today got up to the
-> -> high 70s and sunny.  The next couple of daysare supposed to be like
-> -> Good soup/stew weather.
-> 
->  hn> No frost here yet, temp this am when I got up
->  hn> was 52 at 5:30am. Will get up to mid 60's for
->  hn> the day, cloudy, as much a chance for rain as
->  hn> there is for "sunbreaks".
-> 
-> When is the frost date for you?  I understand it's about October 20 here
-> so we're a bit late.  But, we still have tomatoes on the vine we'd like
-> to ripen so hopefully, it'll hold off a bit more.  If not, we look into
-> making fried green tomatoes.
->
Our "average" first frost date is around 10/25 
which is tomorrow. Don't think we are gonna
make that this year...maybe sometime in the
first two weeks of November (which is more 
norm than not I think)
You can also make green tomato relish, and
green tomato pickles!
 
-> ->  hn> evening when I go to bed, otherwise
-> ->  hn> I'm doing ok, the pain is there, but
-> ->  hn> tolerable, and preferred to the
-> 
-> -> One week post op and you're doing well.  I couldn't even put any weight
-> -> on my knee until early August after I damaged it in late February.
-> 
-> -> hn> There's still some  pain, and some stiffness.
->  hn> I have not tried any "range of motion" things  yet, will discuss
->  those with Dr tomorrow at  my post op appt.
-> 
-> Which you are having today & I'll read about it probably tomorrow or
-> Sunday (or Monday).  Hopefully it is going well.
->
Went well, still some pain and some
stiffness, Dr says proceed at my own
pace from here. Work on weight bearing
and range of motion as I can tolerate it.
I also pointed out as she removed the 
stitches, an area of swelling...which she
says is scar tissue underneath, and proceeded
to "massage" it to break up the scar tissue...
now THAT HURT!!!!!!!! And she expects me to
continue doing that.....ouch and a half!
 
-> ->  hn> woozy-ness of the drugs. I've got a
-> ->  hn> combo of vicodin and oxycontin, both
-> 
-> -> Understood; that'll knock you out for a while.
-> 
->  hn> If I take them too early in the evening
->  hn> I'll just conk out on the couch till Anne
->  hn> wakes me to let me know it's time to
->  hn> go to bed (grin)!
-> 
-> Most of the time they don't affect me like that after the first few
-> days.  But, better to take them than not, and have the pain.
->
I try not to take them often enough to 
get "used" to them!
 
-> ->  hn> Difference between farm life and city
-> 
-> -> My parents were rural, not farm but lived outside of the main part of
-> -> town.  They were white collar workers but Dad had been raised very 
blue
-> -> collar.
-> 
-> ->  hn> life I expect (grin). My Grandparents
-> ->  hn> raised almost all their own food, both
-> ->  hn> meat and veg. Hunting and fishing were
-> ->  hn> a big part of that as well. Freezer or
-> ->  hn> smokehouse were the destinations
-> ->  hn> for meats and such.
-> 
-> Typical for the time and area.  Both of my parents were raised in urban
-> areas.
-> 
-> -> My dad wasn't a hunter or fisherman.  My younger brother took up 
hunting
-> -> as an adult but doesn't rely on game (He'd starve if he did.)  for his
-> -> meat.
-> 
->  hn> For my grandparents (and parents) it
->  hn> was a matter of budget as much as
->  hn> anything else. enough Game meant
->  hn> they didn't have to eat more of the
->  hn> farm animals, and could breed or
->  hn> sell the animal or it's meat to supplement
->  hn> the budget.
-> 
-> I can undertand that.  My dad worked over the summer between 
sophomore
-> and junior years of high school at the lumber yard where his dad worked.
-> Because he had some schooling, he was doing office work for 15
-> cents/hour vs the 10/cent his dad made in the yard.  His parents weren't
-> happy that he quit the job and went back to school in the fall.
-> 
Heck, your grandad should have gone back with him!

-> -> -> BTW, how is your mom doing?
-> 
-> ->  hn> She's doing great! Physically she's
-> ->  hn> done a great recovery, (that hospital
-> ->  hn> stay worked wonders for her) and
-> ->  hn> emotionally I think she's dealing
-> 
-> -> Good, I'm happy to hear that.
-> 
->  hn> Me too, I was worried about her. I call her
->  hn> at least once a week, (usually more often)
->  hn> to chat and see how she's doing.
-> 
-> We try to do that with our parents too.
-> 
-> ->  hn> buns are just a bit easier to hold (grin)
-> 
-> -> Just a bit easier but we have the bread on hand.  We'd have to buy 
buns
-> -> or make them.
-> 
->  hn> I'd have to buy either one.
->  hn> haven't had that in a good while.
->  hn> Might consider it this next week or so!
-> 
-> 
-> It's always a good one to have.  I like to add mushrooms and garlic as
-> well.
-> 
Mushrooms yes, but for some reason I don't 
care for garlic in this dish.

chat with you soon!
hap 
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