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Skriven 2010-06-01 23:15:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38357 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
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Hi Janis,

 JK> They're coming tomorrow night to spend the weekend, should be great to
 JK> see them.  Tomorrow morning Ron is taking the car into ANOTHER place
 JK> we've dealt with before... and then if all goes well, he'll stop and
 JK> do some shopping for me.. Just need some meats and so on since I've
 JK> pretty much cleaned out the freezer this week (bg). Ah boy.. it better
 JK> go well (bg)

I presume he's a pretty good shopper, even without you along. (G)

>> That's good.  Do you have to pay for the heat?  Hmm.. do you have a

 JK> > Yes, we have a heating system and we pay. The house is total
 JK> electric. > The power has been steady but it's expensive, especially
 JK> with a winter > as cold as the last one.

 JK> Yes, it cost us a bundle this year as well.. it was terrible.  Just
 JK> before this heatwave hit, I was thinking we might have to get the oil
 JK> furnace filled one last time ..

After trying a friend's, we got a small oil filled heater (looks like a
radiator).  With it, we were able to cut the thermostat a degree or 2
and save a few pennies.  I baked a bit more from time to time to help
warm the house (and our tummies) too.

>> just can't stand air-conditioned air.  I'd much rather rely on ceiling
>> fans, and breezes from open windows. If we have a real heat wave

 JK> > Fans help soe, open windows let in more humidity.  I need the AC to
 JK> dry > things out.

 JK> Right, asthma would do that.. Mom was the same way when she was here..
 JK> we had an AC in her room as well, and let her control it.  She was
 JK> really happy about that because my sister wouldn't let her touch the
 JK> settings at their house even though my sister turned every up (down,
 JK> whaterver (g)) when she left for work, to save money.

Bummer!  Sister needs to experience what it's like to be elderly!


>> though, I literally can't even think when it gets that hot.  Those are
>> the times when Ron picks up on my reactions to the heat and just turns
>> on the air conditioning ... I get so affected by it, I don't even know
>> it's hitting me that way.  Then as the cold air makes it way through
>> the house, I say, wow, I guess I did need it on (G).

 JK> > And start thinking of comfort food for supper.

 JK> Or call out to the Chinese place across the street (g)

Sounds good to me. (G)

 JK> really > had any other tangible things to be graded on--class
 JK> participation,
 JK> > attendance, wearing the name tag-got all them down.  More
 JK> participation > than I usually do but the Israel trip helped. (G)

 JK> I bet :)

>> migrant children.  She had so much paperwork because the children came
>> and went seasonally, and a number of factors had to be tracked.  It
>> would have been so much easier to take care of things on a computer :(

 JK> > Very much so.  Steve has Meal Master on his system; I still like to
 JK> buy > and read cook books. (G)

 JK> Would be nice if I had the time :)

I hear you loud & clear here!


>> I just spoke with her yesterday, and she's not feeling very strong.
>> She wants to wait to see if she is going to get stronger first.  I can
>> understand that. I remember how much that type treatment knocked out
>> my son.. and he was young, comparitively.

 JK> > I asked the oncologist and he said the feeling of being totally
 JK> wiped > out is a lifetime side effect. Some days I'll be working in
 JK> the kitchen > & just have to stop & rest for a bit. Good thing I'm not
 JK> in charge of a > cafeteria or something like that--folks might not
 JK> eat. (G)

 JK> Strange, that one.  My son's doctor never mentioned that to him..
 JK> perhaps it's a matter of how much one has or what's being treated?
 JK> Who knows.. maybe he just never mentioned it :(

Depends on the person too.  Some have a better energy level naturally.

>> Older folks really like the warm, I can understand that.

 JK> > And it seems to be cold every summer they're in NY.

 JK> Not this one, at least not right now.


My in laws are coming up to NY next week--it'll cool off!


 JK> I just figured with our insurance, we'd end up paying so much money
 JK> for it .. I could be wrong..

Do you qualify for any kind of govenment help?


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