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Skriven 2013-02-08 20:11:18 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33455 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: just stuff                                               [1]
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> so much for granted and are so happy
->  HN> to see after a long absence than our
->  HN> own bed!

-> Even a short absence makes us realise how much we miss ouw own bed. Just
-> got back last night from an unexpected 5 day trip up to NY--the wife of
-> Steve's oldest brother passed away unexpectedly last Monday. Services
-> were Friday so we drove up Thursday, returned over Sunday & Monday.

 HN> So sad to hear that. Never a good
 HN> trip to have to make.

No, never. Best part about it is that we saw all of Steve's siblings and
his parents plus some family friends. I got to meet the other brother
(of a pair) that Steve & his brothers, especially the older two, played
with (and got into mischief with) when they were younger. I'd met the
one a few years ago, he's now a first grade teacher.

->  HN> make a chicken soup...but she was not very
->  HN> hungry for most of the week. She also had a
->  HN> severe sinus infection as well as the flu

-> Misery loves company. I saw that she's now beginning to perk up again,
-> and hopefully able to eat & enjoy some of the soup.

 HN> She stayed home for the week
 HN> and we went through 6 gallons
 HN> of distilled water for nasal
 HN> rinses!

That's just short of a gallon a day--sounds like you were rinsing with a
hose. (G)


->  HN> There is no such thing as an
->  HN> easy dental anything.

-> Compared to drilling & filling it was easy.

 HN> Not for me...walking into the
 HN> dentist's office is the hardest thing
 HN> I have to make my self do. Everything
 HN> that happens there is horrible. I come
 HN> home from the dentist's office in shock
 HN> and usually go to bed for the rest of the
 HN> day.

I'm not that bad. Sometimes I have to go with meals that don't take a
lot of chewing afterward but usually by the next day I'm doing better.
Some of the meds I use for the arthritis help with the achy mouth as
well.

->  HN> Amanda is having a meeting with her Phd advisor
->  HN> on publication work.

-> So she's busy, but not found a new job yet.

 HN> Still busy...still no job..she's
 HN> putting out a lot of resumes, and
 HN> making some phone and video interviews
 HN> but nothing back yet (that I've heard
 HN> of at least).

Steve is working on his resume and looking at job listings. A lot of
them want so many years of pastoral exerience that he doesn't have. I'd
think some places might take military leadership time in lieu of
pastoral leadership tho.

->  HN> We use the Sandwich thins as well..and
->  HN> look for higher fiber ones as well.

-> So do we, and those without white flour. BTW, my last A1C was 5.6 and
-> I'm now down to 8 units of insulin.

 HN> Congrats!! Good work!!

Thanks, the "fun" part now is trying to get the morning reading to be
around 100 (per doctor's suggestion). It's usually in the mid 70s to mid
80s.

->  HN> You're doing very well indeed...buy
->  HN> some suspenders!!

-> Actually, I'm going to give those slacks away as taking them in would
-> take more time than what I've got right now. The project is a lot more
-> involved than I originally thought, once I looked at the construction
-> better.

 HN> Church rummage sale !!

Sharing Shop at the seminary. Bring stuff in, take stuff home for free.
Steve also works on the donated computers, wiping drives, adding memory,
cleaning innards, etc. He brought home the salad crafter attachment to
the KA mixer the other day--and found out who donated it (a friend from
church). Haven't tried it yet but maybe will when we get back from the
next trip.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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