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Skriven 2012-02-21 17:32:35 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 21504 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: oddities 163
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Hi Ruth,

-> Yes, I should have kept the ones I used with Rachel & Deborah but.....
-> Talked with Rachel via Skype for a few minutes tonight & showed her the
-> jumper & jeans jacket for Sarah--she loved them!

 RH> Then again that would have meant hauling useless, at the time, stuff
 RH> all over pillar to post.  And post, and post.

And probably going over weight allowance but good. Can always find kids
patterns cheap or free so I wasn't too concerned. Girls & I went to
Sesame Place in PA with my aunt before we joined Steve in California; I
bought the girls each a hat & tee shirt. Don't recall what happened to
the shirts (probably passed on) but the one hat was alternating panels
of a character on fabric & clear plastic. A couple of years later, I
made a jumper for Rachel, using a couple of the fabric panels for
triangular pockets.

->  RH> Exactly.  I have a really cool shirt here that was made in the
 RH> early
->  RH> 80s, but of course I got it later. No shoulder pads at all.  It's a

-> I'm redoing a skirt that I made in the early 80s; it was a wrap around,
-> not any longer.  I also restyle the collars on a lot of the basic shirt
-> patterns I have from that era.

 RH> I rescued a 60s wrap skirt that way once.  Maxi red velvet with a
 RH> crazy print on it.

Stopped work on the skirt to do a job for someone and will move on to
something else. Skirt needs some more time and attention than I want to
give it right now, next project is quick.

-> Never associated sweet potatoes with gravy but if you like them that
-> way, it's fine with me. Wonder what Steve would think about trying them
-> that way.

 RH> It's not a favorite, but it's one up on butter.  Or worse, orange
 RH> juice and butter.  I can't stand that one.

It's not common around here. At home Steve usually uses our butter blend
and spices (cinnamon, sometimes nutmeg) on his sweet potato.

-> Several good sized congregations as I understand. One has a food
-> festival every year called Shalom Y'all. We never went; too much else
-> going on that conflicted but it sounded like fun.

 RH> Definitely.

Probably won't have the chance to go back for one either; IIRC, it's
during the school year which means we can't take the time to run down
for the day.

->  RH> Or got an overdose like my mother did and can't stand the smell of
->  RH> turmeric any more.

-> I don't know what turned my dad off but my mom said she made curried
-> eggs when they were newly weds. She said it was Dad's turn to have
-> morning sickness. I found a fairly new container of chili powder in her

 RH> Could be; some folks just plain can't stand the stuff.

-> cabinet last time we were up so it came home with me. I think she needed
-> a pinch for her chili sauce she'd made the year before and didn't open
-> it after that so it was quite fresh still. I doubt she'll make chili
-> sauce again but she will need to buy fresh curry powder when she does.
-> (G) Maybe I should do that with some more of her spices?

 RH> Maybe most of them?

Probably should do that with most of them but she would get suspicious.
No, one or two at a time won't cause concern, especially if they're
lesser used ones. To do so, I'd want to be sure they were fresh tho; I
don't want to take something just to throw it out. I've got her supply
down to a number of basics, some had a couple of bottles/jars because
one was almost out. Still, I've got a lot more variety to my spices than
she ever did.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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