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Skriven 2008-01-07 17:34:16 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: vegas trip
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Aloha Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> Welcome home!
-> 
-> Thanks; today was spent stocking up at the commissary, Fresh Market,
-> etc.
-> 

I need to go through the Fridge and glean out the things
we won't be eating now that Amanda's gone back home.
And we'll be doing the diet thing by the end of the week!

-> 
->  hn> Yep, at the big reunion in Tabernacle TN
->  hn> each year there is a "calling of the names"
->  hn> of all the new additions to the family.....
-> 
-> Sounds like a fun time. My extended family has carried the Ruth on for
-> several generations but I suspect it may die out pretty quick.
-> 

We didn't have many Ruth's but lots of Sarah's and Amanda's
My great grandmother was a Sarah. Lots of Elizabeths' too!

-> -> Rachel and David were going to name Robert Aiden Alexander until he 
was
-> -> born and they decided he didn't look like an Aiden.  There are so many
-> -> little boys running around with Aiden or varients like Kayden or Drayden
-> -> (or others) that I'm glad they went with Robert Stephen.
-> 
->  hn> I'm sure Steve was happy with that choice!
-> 
-> We all were. (G)
-> 

I am a "Third" so I was glad we had a daughter, so 
there was not much pressure for a "fourth"!

-> ->  hn> We travelled so much I had to become adept at "fitting in"
-> ->  hn> quickly. Not sure about the self confidence as much as
-> ->  hn> it was a survival instinct (grin)!
-> 
-> -> I stayed in one place (except for family trips) until I went away to
-> -> college.  Got married after college and moved away, then Steve joined
-> -> the Army.  Been moving every so often ever since.
-> 
->  hn> So your childhood was vastly different from mine,
->  hn> and from Rachel and Deborah's! Growing up
->  hn> "military" certainly gives one a different
->  hn> outlook as one grows up!
-> 
-> Very much so!  Now it's been part of my life for so long, it'll be wierd
-> not being an active part when Steve retires next year. I think part of
-> the reason Deborah joined initially is because of her experiences
-> growing up in it.
-> 
Very likely, she was much more comfortable on base than
off base, most military brats are like that...and most (the
guys at least) do enlist and serve. A good percentage of 
those make it a career as well.

-> ->  hn> memories! oh, and TAKE PICTURES!! (grin)
-> 
-> -> We did, and even got to eat some Hawaiian food.  There's an L&L Drive 
In
-> -> about 5 minutes from the kids.  Robert likes chicken katsu without the
-> -> katsu sauce; he prefers straight ketchup.  I had kalua pork (with
-> -> cabbage), Steve had bbq chicken. Everything comes with a scoop of 
rice
-> -> (for mini plate, 2 for regular) and a scoop of mac salad.
-> 
->  hn> Ahhhhh, home cookin! (grin)
-> 
-> Without the fuss & bother of clean up.  It was ONO!
-> 
-> -> ->  hn> had Saimin and huli huli chicken! it was ONO!
-> 
-> -> -> Sounds good to me. Just don't indulge so often that you get to 
looking
-> -> -> the size of some of the folks I saw over there.
-> 
->  hn> I've been very good about not going there
->  hn> too often.
-> 
-> ->  hn> Slowly working in the opposite direction!
-> 
-> -> As I'll probably have to now. (G)
-> 
->  hn> Mee toooo! took a break from all of it for
->  hn> the holidays...now it's time to pay the piper!
-> 
-> I probably ate more than I would have, had we stayed here.  I didn't do
-> as much helping Robert make cookies as I'd thought I would but did have
-> fun the bit I did.  He had a great time helping Mommy with it.
-> 
-> 
That's what Holidays and Grandma's are for! 
chat with you soon
hap 
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