Text 38425, 130 rader
Skriven 2010-05-29 23:00:42 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 38332 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Growing kids
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Hi Ruth,

>> up from Steve's family. On > my side, they're #s 1 & 2; the next one
>> down is 4 years younger than
>> > Deborah.  Our 2 are my parents only grand daughters too.

>> My Mom now has 9 grandchildren including our two.. don't think I'll
>> ever see that many grandchildren (G). But my daughter's 3 son's are
>> great.

> You have it nice--they're not too far away to pop in often, far enough
> that they don't take advantage of it.

I wish they were closer - If we lived in Ithaca, it would be great to have them
stop by after school, etc. (G)

> He may change his mind in years to come; don't give up on him yet.

That's true, you never know :)

>> Makes sense.  Most people who know me, know how to contact me so it's
>> not a big deal.  I use other services like ICQ, aim, yahoo and gmail.

> Same here; we've had the earthlink accounts since about 04 while we were
> in HI.  Or, they can get hold of me thru Steve's FB. Friends of our
> girls have befriended us; some of them were "adpoted" kids for us & our
> girls were for their parents. (G)

That's neat :)

>> a > fair amount of the meal prep before he broke his hip.  I saw,
>> taped to

>> Those type injuries are always rough on elder folk, but not just those
>> of the age of our parents.  One of the reasons my doc insisted that I
>> go for therapy and start taking this drug is because he knows that if
>> I had such a bad fall as to break my hip, things can then sometimes
>> just get progressively worse, in many respects..

> Very true.  Are you using anything like Fosamax or Boniva?  We did see

No, he hasn't had me take any additional drugs like those.  I guess the tests
are ok for bone density.

> some research tho, that long term Fosamax may be a contributer towards
> DCIS.  We were wondering what caused it for me & saw that as a potential
> smoking gun.

That's terrible, but no, I didn't know that :(

>> for something
>> > she's made so much in the past but now needs help remembering how
>> much > to use, how to cook it.

>> That can be rough for people her age.. mom has the same kinds of
>> problems I noticed when she was here.

> Scary to think about tho.  One time she sort of asked out loud if she
> remembered to salt the water (They really could consume much less salt
> than they do, same with sugar.) for potatoes.  If I hadn't seen her do
> it, they would have been double salted.  Made me wonder how many times
> that has happened.

Understand :(  When Mom comes, she helps out when she's up to it, but I'm
always right there to make sure things like that don't happen.. it helps her
feel somewhat useful so I don't mind her helping.

>> > I remember her--she did not care for the durian, did she? (G)

>> Nope, she did not.. her face was absolutely great in that pic.. I
>> think Dale captured it IIRC.  I still look at those pictures of that
>> picnic and break up when I see her reaction :)

> It's one of those that you'll crack up every time you see it from now
> until forever. (G)

Definitely :) :)

>> > But there's hidden fat too. We weren't allowed to be picky--too many
>> > mouths to feed on too little pay meant take it and don't complain.

>> This was way back, during the depression.  I'm sure they weren't
>> allowed to do much more than complain about it (g).

> Most likely.  OTOH, even in the Deperssion, some moms went to great
> lengths to fix foods they knew their kids would eat.  Those were the
> exceptions, generally better off in terms of finances, type people tho.

Yes, I would think so.  Did you see those recipes that Lee Lofaso posted..
Vinegar pie, etc.  I thought those were such neat recipes .. want to try them
:)

>> > It does sound interesting.  As long as he's willing to work--it'll
>> help > him keep his mind sharp too.

>> I am sure it will, and why he's always agreed to work for them when
>> they've called him, since he 'retired'.

> Extra money, something to keep hismind challenged & out of his wife's
> hair...........(G)

haha.. That may be true :)  Right now they have an alpaca farm in Virginia.
That must be very interesting also.

>> When my daughter was born, the pediatrician said, you'll have to watch
>> what this one eats .. even though I was only nursing her, her weight
>> gain was beyond the expected amount.  Exact opposite with my son when
>> he was younger :)

> Ours grew fast too.  The pediatrician I took Rachel to, didn't like it,
> turned out he had a kid with "formula fatties."  OTOH, I took Deborah to
> an older GP who was very encouraging & accepted the weight gain for what
> it was.

That's good, that really helps.  Some of the older doctors were irreplacable I
think.

>> Hmm.. there are parts of NY that are empty of anything for hours.. not
>> quite as bad as what I remember in parts fo Indiana or Tennessee
>> though :)

> Neither of them are as desolate as some parts of the west, believe me.

I bet :) :)

Take care,
Janis

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