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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: back to school                                           [1]
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Aloha Ruth!

-> -> More like June temps out here--been in the 80s for almost 2 weeks.
Due
-> -> to cool off to the 70s early next week.
-> 
->  HN> 26F here this morning at 6 am. will get up to
->  HN> a whopping 46 sometime today.
-> 
-> We might have broken 70 today--if the sun was able to poke out long
-> enough between thunderstorms. Right now we're in a severe
-> thunderstorm/tornado watch until 11 pm. Good day to stay inside but we
-> did go out for a couple of hours this afternoon.
-> 
-> ->  HN> Your clothes your choice I'd say.
-> 
-> -> Yes, and today's choice was jeans, a blue and white aloha shirt (that 
I
-> -> made) plus my usual walking shoes.
-> 
->  HN> For me today is bluejeans and t-shirt.
->  HN> pretty much every day is bluejeans and
->  HN> t-shirt...unless I'm wearing shorts...then
->  HN> it's shorts and t-shirt.
-> 
-> But no shorts today. (G)
->
Nope, but they're ready when ever
I am! 
 
-> ->  HN> You can do like I do; make them in disposable
-> ->  HN> aluminum foil pans, and when they are done
-> ->  HN> freeze them then remove them from the pans
-> ->  HN> and store them in ziploc bags.
-> 
-> -> That's most likely what I'll do. Do you do pot pies that way as well? 
If
-> -> so, single or double crust?
-> 
->  HN> Have not made a pot pie in years
->  HN> and years. Did go out last night
->  HN> and pick up two of KFC's chicken
->  HN> pot pies last night for dinner;
->  HN> not bad at all, not sure that it's
->  HN> worth the $3.99 price though.
-> 
-> Convenience is worth the money spent sometimes. I'm doing it often
-> enough but will bake cakes & bread from scratch, and other things like
-> that. Some things the taste of the home done far outweighs the
-> convenience and what appears to be a good price. Our youth group at
-> church is sponsoring a cake auction again this year as a fund raiser for
-> camp; I'll probably do another lemon pound cake; it's very popular in
-> our Life Group as the last 2 I've made have vanished.
->
We're still trying to avoid the extra
carbs when we can, so no cakes and 
such being made here. Did buy a Trader
Joe's flourless chocolate tore for my
birthday cake...but we're eating it in
small doses! 
 
-> ->  HN> and I'm not going to modify it to make
-> ->  HN> a different letter (grin).
-> 
-> -> Not even if Amanda asked you to do a special one for her?
-> 
->  HN> If she asked I'd make a nice
->  HN> styleized "A" for her a bit more
->  HN> "cursive" than my pie marks.
-> 
-> And how would you do Anne's?
->
Probably the same.
 
-> ->  HN> Same here, as she was my grandmother
-> ->  HN> from the time I was born (grin). I just
-> ->  HN> never knew I was listening to classical
-> ->  HN> music until much later when I heard the
-> ->  HN> same songs my grandmother played being
-> ->  HN> played by others.
-> 
-> -> My dad would put records on, usually Sunday afternoons, but it was a
-> -> mixed bag of Sousa, 1812 Overture (and other classical), train sound
-> -> pretty much tuned it out--heard it but didn't really listen.
->
As far as I can remember my 
grand parents did not even
have a record player...but
always had a piano in the house.
 
->  HN> My folks played country and western most of
->  HN> the time...I tuned it out as best I could
->  HN> unitl I could buy my own radio and tune
->  HN> into stations that I wanted to hear.
-> 
-> Takes all kinds to make the world go round.
->
Yep, and they can listen to theirs and
I'll listen to mine.
 
-> ->  HN> Never know for sure! The benefit is
-> ->  HN> that you can go where your heart calls
-> ->  HN> you to go.
-> 
-> -> Now we can, as long as there's a job in that area as well. We're not
-> -> ready to settle back in our rockers full time yet.
-> 
->  HN> True, but you could survive on Steve's
->  HN> retirement income if you wished to do so.
->  HN> Which gives you the liberty to follow your
->  HN> heart to wherever you wish to look for that
->  HN> job.
-> 
-> As we will be doing. Will consider factors like cost of living, access
-> to medical care, etc, etc as well. Should start the ball rolling on all
-> that in about 6 weeks.
->
Yup. Since you'll be on Tricare 
wherever you go it's no longer 
as essential to be near a military
hospital...but it's nice to have
a good exchange and commissary to 
shop at!
 
-> ->  HN> I love pulled pork, even better than ribs
-> ->  HN> and I LOVE ribs!! I have found a new bbq
-> ->  HN> place here in town and am looking forward
-> ->  HN> to giving them a try one of these days.
-> 
-> -> Soon as you have somebody to go with? Steve just pulled a chuck roast
-> -> off the smoker; a Boston butt is still on.
-> 
->  HN> I think I'll wait until Michael's next
->  HN> visit and we may make a BBQ safari for a
->  HN> day or two!
-> 
-> Sounds like fun. If I figure right, he will be visiting shartly after
-> Steve starts his last semester of school work.
-> 
Don't know when he'll decide to visit.
We always manage to have a fun time though!
chat with you soon!
ha
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