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Skriven 2015-12-02 22:39:22 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Ruth,

 RH> >  RH> Aldi?  Trader Joe's is great for produce, if you have one.  I
 RH> used >

 RH> > Aldi's is local, TJ's is in Raleigh, same as Whole Foods and The
 RH> Fresh > Market.

 RH> One more reason to shop Aldi.  I do have one of those relatively close
 RH> to me, but it's still a good 15 minutes beyond my regulars.

I'll shop Aldi's locally. If we're in Raleigh near TJ's, Fresh Market or
Whole Foods and what I need is at one of them, we'll get it there. If
we're in Wake Forest and Aldi's doesn't have what I want/need, I'll go
to Lowe's, Harris Teeter or wherever it can be found.

 RH> >  RH> costing $12. My sister made only a breast the other day, so I
 RH> wanted >  RH> my dark(er) meat.
 RH> >
 RH> > Sounds like a deal to me.

 RH> Yep - especially considering the highway robbery prices they had on
 RH> the turkey.

We didn't get one--full freezer and a turkey breast in it already.


 RH> >  RH> Too true. We don't get those. but sometimes the meat markdowns
 RH> can be >  RH> pretty
 RH> >  RH> steep if you hit them at the right time.  The fresh turkeys
 RH> were 59 >  RH> cents/pound today too, but with only two of us who
 RH> needs a whole bird. >  RH>  The freezer is already full.

 RH> > If the freezer has room, you get the meat department to cut it into
 RH> > quarters for you. Most often they will, at no extra charge. It's a
 RH> more > reasonable size for 2 people.

 RH> I passed. It would mean dealing with that pesky breast meat.

I like the white better than the dark. (G)

 RH> >  RH> Curled up on his footlocker at least once.  The sarge said
 RH> "this one >  RH> passes".

 RH> > Sergeant was outranked on that one.

 RH> Outranked in more ways than one!

 RH> >  RH> Poor kitty.  Cats can't really digest vegetable matter, but
 RH> maybe the >  RH> grease
 RH> >  RH> and salt were OK.  Cats like salty stuff.
 RH> >
 RH> > But lived to an advanced age, once he got "normal" cat food.

 RH> And I'll bet sneaked the other stuff too.

I've no idea.

 RH> >  RH> Here too - low 20s too.
 RH> >
 RH> > Hopefully we're not having a prolonged winter. It's starting early
 RH> > enough this fall that it's possible, but I hope less snow/ice than
 RH> last > year's storms.

 RH> It's been warmer than normal here, oddly enough.

It's warm right now but going to be much cooler by morning, if I
understand rightly. We're in the yo-yo weather phase, trying to decide
if it should just go ahead & cool down or tease people with a few more
(sporadically placed) warm days before cooling down for the season. (G)

 RH> >  RH> Good idea. I buy some of the quick cook and hit it with boiling
 RH> water. >  RH> Works about as well and it doesn't take space in the
 RH> freezer.
 RH> >
 RH> > Just as easy, smaller portions that I can add yogurt or some other
 RH> > protein without blowing my carb count sky high.

 RH> Good idea. Speaking of carbs, I made pumpkin "pudding" the other night
 RH> - pumpkin pie without the crust.  The crust on that pie always ends up
 RH> soggy anyway, so I just left it off.

I'll pass my piece of pumpkin pie to Steve.


 RH> >  RH> > seasoning on foods but said that the nursing home
 RH> Thanksgiving >  RH> dinner > was very bland, like it was out of a can.

 RH> >  RH> Ewwwww.  Ick.  Only jellied cranberry sauce should come from a
 RH> can. >  RH> It's tradition.

 RH> > He had no choice in the matter.

 RH> I have a friend living in a nursing home here.  He has schizophrenia
 RH> and some physical problems and could probably live in a group home of
 RH> some
 RH> kind,
 RH> but for a lot of reasons lives there.  I bring him a bottle of hot
 RH> sauce every so often.  ...and just remembered I was going to get him
 RH> some coffee creamer and totally blew it for the second day in a row.
 RH> Arggh.

Whoops, have you gotten it to him yet? Dad is doing better in the
nursing home than he was at home with just one care giver.

 RH> >  RH> and printers > took over so to save weight, space, etc, the
 RH> >  RH> typewriters found new
 RH> >  RH> > homes.
 RH> >
 RH> >  RH> OTOH, teenagers and young adults have found the old manuals.
 RH> There's >
 RH> > Third World countries with a less than stable power supply like them
 RH> > too.

 RH> That too.  I used mine during a power outage more than once.

I had a manual in college so could type any time, power off or on.

 RH> >  RH> a fad for typing parties.  Old letterpress stuff is hot too -
 RH> hand set >  RH> type.
 RH> >
 RH> > And harder to find, probably.

 RH> Getting that way.

No surprise there.


 RH> >  RH> > possibly the beginnings of her memory loss.
 RH> >
 RH> >  RH> Quite likely, although some memory quirks happen to everyone
 RH> sooner or >  RH> later.
 RH> >
 RH> > Nobody seems to want to give it a name other than old age initially.
 RH> > Then, when it's more apparant there's more issues than age, it's
 RH> "which > is it, A or D?" and doctors can't tell until an autopsy is
 RH> done.

 RH> Sometimes they can, but the rest of the time not so much.

It's hard to do so, if I understand rightly.


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Ruth
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