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Skriven 2012-04-29 21:12:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 24176 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: Going 'sploring                                          [1]
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Hi Hap,

-> And my last day or so before class starts Friday afternoon. Trying to
-> get healthy enough to be able to sit in class without hacking all the
-> time. The antibiotics should be kicking in by then.

 HN> Nasal congestion...we've become
 HN> big netti pot users here. Anne's
 HN> chemo treatments caused a lot of
 HN> "stuff" in her nasal cavities and
 HN> we started her on nasal rinses and
 HN> boy did/do they help!

We use the squeeze bottle for rinsing; Steve does it more than I do &
has gotten both of our daughters and at least one of his sisters doing
so also.

-> -> fast food but they were familiar enough with easy, quick sort of
 HN> Asian
-> -> from some of my cooking.

->  HN> True, When I was first in the Navy
->  HN> and on my own, one of my aunts told
->  HN> me to try to go out to a "formal"
->  HN> restaurant at least once a month.

-> Smart lady! Not as many fast food joints at that time either.

 HN> She is a smart lady, and a pretty cool
 HN> one too...Army Officer's wife. Well, retired
 HN> army now.

So she had to be "up" on her etiquette, much more so in her day than
today's Army. But, we had enough formal events that it was helpful to
know good manners. We went to quite a few events in HI but I don't think
the unit in GA had any formal events on its own, maybe they let Fort
Stewart handle the big things.

->  HN> She said it was important to eat
->  HN> in a place with cloth napkins and
->  HN> proper place settings, and it was
->  HN> important to develop the sense of
->  HN> being comfortable in those surroundings.

-> Very true; you never know when that knowledge will come in handy.

 HN> And it has on many occasions!

I'm not surprised. I know how to cut up a wedding cake & a couple weeks
after I learned, I was asked to do so.


->  HN> And now, Steve and you do not need
->  HN> to scrimp as much as you did when
->  HN> the kids were young.

-> They're not at home so we don't have to feed them. Now our problem is
-> mostly finding the time away from books, papers, classes, etc.

 HN> Finding time is often even more
 HN> difficult than finding the money!!

Very much so, especially as the end of the semester approaches.

->  HN> It is a good cause!
->  HN> and it's always fun to get
->  HN> together with like minded
->  HN> folks!

-> Is it ever! Sitting there, running a sewing machine is fun. Had to show
-> some of them pictures on my phone of some of the quilts I've done. I'm
-> trying to convince one of the ladies at the farmer's market how easy it
-> is to sew squares together.

 HN> Even easier if you can do it
 HN> by machine!!

It's the only way I do major sewing projects.

 HN> I have a nephew and his wife and
 HN> child living with my Mom now so
 HN> she has them available for her
 HN> when she needs them.

Good for all of them to be involved with each other's lives.

->  HN> She still cooks, but not like she used to.

-> No family, no incentive to. My mom's has gone from bad to worse.

 HN> That's part of it, but I think the
 HN> physical aspect of standing up at
 HN> the stove and around the kitchen
 HN> is becoming more of an issue as well.

I can see that; I have problems standing for long times myself. We keep
a tall stool in the kitchen and have some mats on the floor in some
areas where I have to stand for food prep, cooking, clean up, etc.

 HN> Right now I think Mom and my youngest
 HN> sister are visiting my other sister
 HN> in Knoxville Tn...for a couple of weeks
 HN> I think.

On the road again..................

->  HN> We made it a point to find interesting
->  HN> places to eat.

-> So what new ethnic cuisine did you try?

 HN> Nothing particularly new. BBQ, Mexican,
 HN> Asian...all things we've had before.

Just in a new location. Fun to see how different restaurants of the same
general grouping (Mexican, Chinese, etc) do the same basic meals.

->  HN> No meds ever worked for my
->  HN> migraines...glad they work
->  HN> for someone!!
 HN> ->
-> Newer ones don't even work? Try a heavy dose of B complex vitamins; I


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full.

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