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Skriven 2010-06-21 10:42:08 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Somewhat behind in my reading but I got a dress delivered on time. (G)
-> 
->  hn> Good for you! I'm usually behind on most
->  hn> things, when the Mariners are in town.
-> 
-> I know the feeling; I'm trying to stay up to date before we start the
-> next travel time.  BTW, we will probably be in the Vancouver area in
-> late June, and again, early July next year.  May get in early or stay
-> late to visit friends in the S-T area.
-> 
-> Saw that the Mariners didn't do so well against the Mets recently. (G)
-> 
Mets? We haven't played the Mets!

-> ->  hn> long very narrow "bed" and it had a huge "donut" that
-> ->  hn> travelled up and down it's length to where they'd
-> ->  hn> shoot the images. I had to hold very still, so they
-> 
-> -> Sounds like quite the proceedure. Did you glow in the dark afterward?
-> 
->  hn> dunno! everything was done before 2pm,
->  hn> and it's light until about 9:45 or so...it
->  hn> had worn off by then I expect!
-> 
-> But could you have served as a microwave for a bit afterward? (G)
-> 
No...but I didn't let any pregnant 
women sit on my radioactive knee!
(grin)

-> 
-> ->  hn> got me situated on the "bed" and then taped me
-> ->  hn> into place! I took advantage of that and dozed
-> ->  hn> off for the time of the procedure.
-> ->  hn> I guess I'll know the results sometime
-> ->  hn> next week or so.
-> 
-> -> I'll probably catch up to them later.  Between Steve upgrading my
-> -> computer and my sewing job, I had to let Fido "stay" for a bit.  Now I'm
-> -> trying to get caught up again.
-> 
->  hn> I try to get in every day, but
->  hn> when I'm working at the ballpark
->  hn> it often gets to be every 2nd or
->  hn> third day.
-> 
-> I saw that you will be calling tomorrow (Monday).  I've got to call and
-> reschedule a double appointment tomorrow--was supposed to be in July 
but
-> found out the one doctor will be gone so..................  It's over in
-> Chapel Hill so I want it taken care of before classes start.
->
It's 8:30 am here and I'm going to call right after
9am. Lots to do today, day off from the ballpark!

-> ->  hn> With four hungry kids to feed, canning was a
-> ->  hn> way of life at our house, as was a stocked
-> ->  hn> freezer full of fish, game and meat.
-> 
-> -> My parents had 5 kids to feed so my mom canned a lot too.  She and 
Dad
-> -> have done more stocking of the freezer with meat than they did the 
first
-> -> few years they had it.  I think it was more fruits and veggies then,
-> -> things Mom used to can.  Now the garden isn't as big so less produce is
-> -> going in the freezer or being canned. The freezer is also used for
-> -> stocking up on bread whenever they get to an outlet store. Frozen juice
-> -> concentrate and other things like that they get on major stock up
-> 
->  hn> We used to do all that too. Now we
->  hn> seldom drink juices or soft drinks, mostly
->  hn> water and tea or coffee (me).
-> 
-> I like a big (12 oz) glass of orange juice in the morning so we still
-> buy the concentrate.  For years, I only had juice in the morning, with
-> an occaisional mug of tea if it was cold.  Now it's both the juice and
-> tea; when I was going for radiation (early am appointment), I'd have the
-> juice and yogurt before going.  After getting home, I'd have tea and
-> whatever else I wanted for breakfast.  Kept up with having both even
-> after finishing treatments.
->
I like tomato juice, grapefruit juice
and even the occaisional orange juice,
but seldom have them as a regular 
addition to any meal.

-> ->  hn> Certainly not with Pop gone.
-> 
-> -> Was he big into pickles?  My mom makes a "pickle" (actually, green
-> -> tomato) relish but doesn't do pickles. She also does a (wimpy) chili
-> -> sauce that I've made a few times--but made hotter. (G)
-> 
->  hn> We always had dill, dill hot, sweet,
->  hn> and "bread and butter" pickles. We
->  hn> sometimes had a green tomato relish,
->  hn> but my dad was not overly fond of it
->  hn> so we didn't have it often.
-> 
-> We had it as an alternative to ketchup on some things. It was always one
-> condiment on burgers--ketchup, chili sauce or pickle relish.  If you
-> didn't like the cook's choice, you ate a plain burger.
->
Pop liked catsup..but he made his own
version of it which was much hotter 
than any commercial product.
 
-> ->  hn> My dad never even had to pour his own coffee!
-> ->  hn> Mom waited on him hand and foot.
-> 
-> -> So she was really at loose ends at first last year when he passed away.
-> -> Her life's "job" had ended.
-> 
->  hn> It will be a year on father's day, been a
->  hn> VERY rough year for Mom. My youngest
->  hn> sister's husband passed away on the 14th
->  hn> of June from bone cancer. He went very
->  hn> fast and was in a LOT of pain. Mom's still
->  hn> in Knoxville recovering from her broken hip
->  hn> and could not make the journey back home
->  hn> for the funeral.
-> 
-> Our sympathy--hope next year is better as your mom continues to
-> recouperate.
-> 
I'm hoping, and keeping my fingers crossed!

-> ->  hn> Love a field ripened tomato and watermelons...ahhhhh.
-> ->  hn> Wish we could grow decent ones up here!
-> 
-> -> Too far north and wet. (G)
-> 
->  hn> To far north yes...our summers
->  hn> are drier than yours are.
-> 
-> Don't know about that one; ours seem to be pretty dry unless a hurricane
-> blows thru.
->
Summers in the southeast are hot humid and 
often have daily thundershowers. One of the 
things I do miss here, we have showers but 
seldom accompanied by thunder.
 
chat with you soon!
hap 
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