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Skriven 2014-10-16 12:13:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: changes  was: Sugars
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-10-14  20:30 <=-

 RH>> And, going about an idea from a different tack than "you must" makes
 RH>> a big difference. Dad finally had the ramp put in 2 years ago when
 RH>> Don told him that without it, Mom was a prisoner in her own house.
 RH>> Ouch, yes, but true so Dad acquesced. We'd been fussing at him to
 RH>> get one put in but it took Don's blunt statement to get it done.
 NB>> And his seeing it from his wife's perspective probably had an
 NB>> influence on his understanding the necessity of the ramp... as well
 NB>> as for the stair lift...

 RH> The "aha!" moment! Mom only used the ramp a few times before she went

Exactly... :)

 RH> into the nursing home but it was there for her. Dad has used it a lot;
 RH> he broke his hip last year and now has to use a walker all the time.
 RH> It's easier to get outside and down to the driveway (to go out in the
 RH> car or check the mail box) using the ramp instead of the stairs.

For sure.  I tend to use ramps rather than stairs when available, since
stairs are often a problem for me, even though I'm not in wheelchair or
using a walker... with a walker, a ramp is just so much more convenient,
and probably safer as well... :)

 RH> Don is planning to take it down when he moves into the house; I
 RH> hope he stows it somewhere so he can have it put back in place when
 RH> he gets to the age he needs it. Same with the chair lift.
 
One never knows when one might need such a thing... If it's already been
purchased, one would be very wise to hang onto it, if not just leaving
it in place...  :)

 RH>> I cooked for both
 RH>> brothers, Dad, Steve and myself the one night when we were up in May.
 RH>> I made a beef stew, set a loaf of bread with it and both brothers ate
 RH>> like they'd not eaten in months, instead of hours.
 NB>> Well, there, I think you might have an indication that at least they
 NB>> both enjoyed your cooking... ;)  And that might be a touch point for
 NB>> discussing cooking/eating in general...  :)

 RH> It's a start anyway. Neither one said anything about liking or not
 RH> liking the meal but the way they tucked into it, no words were
 RH> neccessary.
 
Exactly.  If they didn't like it, they certainly made a good show.. (G)

 NB>> The thought of one meal ending up having to be eaten for many days is
 NB>> rather daunting for many people...  especially if they never got the
 NB>> concept of planovers vs leftovers... ;)

 RH> I'll usually let Steve know if I plan a dish to go for several meals
 RH> or not. If there are sufficient (unplanned) left overs, I will decide
 RH> as I'm putting them away if I want to use them for lunch, another meal
 RH> during the week or put them in the freezer for another meal down the
 RH> road. Left overs from the beef stew went into a box in the fridge
 RH> freezer for fairly immediate use and a box (or was it 2?) for the
 RH> cellar freezer for Dad to have down the road.

That sort of thinking is totally foreign to some, though... as we both
know well..  :)  Having figured out planning for leftovers, it's a lot
easier to deal with unexpected leftovers... will we eat this quickly for
a lunch, or should it be tucked into freezer containers to reappear
later for another meal...?  Richard's not keen on having the same meal
appear two nights in a row, but doesn't mind it reappearing a couple
nights later, so something that would keep (and maybe even benefit from
steeping) for a day or so could just go into the fridge...  But that's a
sort of planning and thinking that one has to learn..  :)

ttyl          neb

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