I've been thinking about this - in my case, none
of my charities has ever directly benefited me
personally but has been (of course) compatible
with my goals in life. For dollar donations it

Ours are mostly compatable with our beliefs. Some, like Asthma/Allergy Foundation support health related to us causes.

Beliefs, sure - I'd be appalled if someone
gave to causes incompatible with their belief
system. It would not be a stretch for some of
us to give against our raw self-interest, though.

has been pretty easy, as there are a lot of
people and organizations that think similarly to
me; for goods, the agencies tend to be of a more
conservative religious bent, because it seems that
those who actually interact with the poor have
callings of that nature, but as long as good is
being done, I don't mind that.

Our donations have usually been monitary but we've done volunteer work
on the line of mission (work) trips as well.

Mine have been monetary and in-kind, and I've
seldom taken a deduction for the former and
never for the latter, which usually have
involved me playing in a concert for free
and stuff like that.

Montgomery Hospice fell afoul of my rule as
well; but you can't blame them completely,
because such organizations depend on dollar
contributions to keep going. Nonetheless, I
won't give in a way that identifies me at all
nor that can be interpreted as rewarding
fundraising efforts.

Hard to make a donation by check without signing it. (G)

Not at all - for a while I was buying money
orders for the purpose; later, my vigilance
diminishing, I used traveler's checks. Most
recently I've scratched the info off the
checks I've used, but one or two enterprising
groups found me out anyway, and they've never
got another penny out of me.

No, but it was a nice place to go to college.

I'm sure.

Met Steve while I was a student there, but he wasn't a student, there
anyway. He was going to a different college, met thru a mutual friend.

That's the way for people from smaller social
circles meet. I'd have guessed church for you.

Also meeting lots of neat people, trading recipies, etc. Talked to

one > lady a couple of years ago about beets; a few months later she
saw us in > a different town. She told us that she'd tried--and likes--beets.
Corrupting the youth, I see.

No, this was someone about our age. Shows you're never too old to try
new foods. (G)

I had a "three cheese" canape last week,
and one of the cheeses was feta. I nearly
but did not spit it out.

Caramelised onion and feta tartlets
Categories: British, appetizer, gross
servings: 4

70 g salted butter, plus extra for greasing
70 g lard
300 g plain flour
1 Tb olive oil
3 red onions, thinly sliced
1 Tb brown sugar
2 Tb balsamic vinegar
100 g feta
2 free-range eggs
200 ml double cream
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Grease 4 x 10 cm loose-bottomed tartlet tins with
a little butter.

Rub the butter and lard into the flour in a large
bowl until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 2 or
3 Tb cold water and use your hands to bring it
into a rough dough (do not knead). Split the
pastry into quarters and roll each into a circle
slightly larger than the tin. Carefully line the
tins with the pastry. Refrigerate at least 10 min
until needed.

Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6/400F.

Put the oil in a large frying pan over a medium
heat and add the onions. Cook for 10 min. Add the
sugar, vinegar and season with salt and pepper.
Cover and cook on a low heat 20 to 30 min until
really soft and sticky. Set aside.

Meanwhile, line the chilled pastry cases with
greaseproof paper and add ceramic baking beans
or rice, and bake for 12 to 15 min. Remove the
paper and beans and bake for a further 5 min,
until lightly golden. Set aside to cool slightly.

Reduce the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3/325F.

Divide the onion and feta between the tins. Mix
the eggs and cream together and season well with
salt and pepper. Pour the egg equally into each
tin and cook in the oven for 30 min, or until
the egg mixture is cooked and golden-brown.

Cool the tartlets in their tins and then remove
carefully. Serve.

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Hi Michael,

I've been thinking about this - in my case, none
of my charities has ever directly benefited me
personally but has been (of course) compatible
with my goals in life. For dollar donations it

Ours are mostly compatable with our beliefs. Some, like

Asthma/Allergy > Foundation support health related to us causes.

Beliefs, sure - I'd be appalled if someone
gave to causes incompatible with their belief
system. It would not be a stretch for some of
us to give against our raw self-interest, though.

Some people might make a donation to a group, just to get whoever's in
charge of fund raising off their back. When Steve was active duty, all
soldiers were expected to contribute to the CFC (Combined Forces
Campaign) and a co-ordinator was appointed in each company. I think some soldiers may have made donations without going thru the fairly thick
booklet of various charities that could be supported. THe booklet gave a
short blurb on each listing with a note of what % of the donation
actually went to the charity.

has been pretty easy, as there are a lot of
people and organizations that think similarly to
me; for goods, the agencies tend to be of a more
conservative religious bent, because it seems that
those who actually interact with the poor have
callings of that nature, but as long as good is
being done, I don't mind that.

Our donations have usually been monitary but we've done volunteer

work > on the line of mission (work) trips as well.

Mine have been monetary and in-kind, and I've
seldom taken a deduction for the former and
never for the latter, which usually have
involved me playing in a concert for free
and stuff like that.

I'm not sure, since Steve does the taxes, what sort of breakdown he
does. We don't take a deduction for the VT trip as we roll other travel
into it--I do know that much.

contributions to keep going. Nonetheless, I
won't give in a way that identifies me at all
nor that can be interpreted as rewarding
fundraising efforts.

Hard to make a donation by check without signing it. (G)

Not at all - for a while I was buying money
orders for the purpose; later, my vigilance
diminishing, I used traveler's checks. Most

That works but I thought you had to double sign the latter.

recently I've scratched the info off the
checks I've used, but one or two enterprising
groups found me out anyway, and they've never
got another penny out of me.

They'll get all the information they can off a check.

No, but it was a nice place to go to college.

I'm sure.

Met Steve while I was a student there, but he wasn't a student,

there > anyway. He was going to a different college, met thru a mutual friend.

That's the way for people from smaller social
circles meet. I'd have guessed church for you.

Actually, it was in a church but the mutual friend was involved. We can
tell you the full story at the picnic if you want.

Also meeting lots of neat people, trading recipies, etc.

Talked to > ML> one > lady a couple of years ago about beets; a few months later she > ML> saw us in > a different town. She told us that she'd tried--and

likes--beets.
Corrupting the youth, I see.

No, this was someone about our age. Shows you're never too old to

try > new foods. (G)

I had a "three cheese" canape last week,
and one of the cheeses was feta. I nearly
but did not spit it out.

I've had cheeses like that, mostly of the blue/roquefort variety. Feta
is good in some things tho, IMO. (G)

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Michael Loo on 06-01-18 11:54 <=-

Some people might make a donation to a group, just to get whoever's in charge of fund raising off their back. When Steve was active duty, all soldiers were expected to contribute to the CFC (Combined Forces
Campaign) and a co-ordinator was appointed in each company. I think
some soldiers may have made donations without going thru the fairly
thick booklet of various charities that could be supported. THe booklet gave a short blurb on each listing with a note of what % of the
donation actually went to the charity.

When Richard was working at Kodak, he had to (was expected to, and
strongly encouraged to, not absolutely forced to, but close) donate to
the United Way fund through work... He could designate one charity from
under that umbrella for it to go to, and I think usually did choose one
of the causes that we felt comfortable with...

ttyl neb

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spoke to Michael Loo about 802 other froggish + <=-

Some people might make a donation to a group, just to get whoever's in charge of fund raising off their back. When Steve was active duty, all soldiers were expected to contribute to the CFC (Combined Forces
Campaign) and a co-ordinator was appointed in each company. I think
some soldiers may have made donations without going thru the fairly
thick booklet of various charities that could be supported. THe booklet gave a short blurb on each listing with a note of what % of the
donation actually went to the charity.

When I was working for the federal government, there was a yearly
campaign for contributing to the UFC (United Federal Campaign (or
charity?) ). What you say above sounds like the soldiers were expected
to contribute "or else". The official policy of the UFC was that it was voluntary, and that if you wished your designated contributions could be
made anonymous. I firmly believe that sort of policy should be honored. Unfortunately, it was not. One year, I put my contribution form into a
sealed envelope only to be opened at the campaign headquarters. Shortly
there after, I got a thank you from one or two levels of organization
above me, even stating who I had designated. That was the last year
that I participated at all. The other bad thing about UFC was that
one's designated contributions might well not increase the total
contributions made by UFC to that charity because of a complicated
formula to allocate the funds.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Kent Newbury's Honey Chicken
Categories: Main dish, Poultry, Kent
Yield: 6 servings

1 Frying chicken, cut up
2 tb Butter
4 sl Bacon
1 md Onion, chopped
5 tb Honey
1 cn Chicken broth
1 pn Rosemary

Clean and cut up chicken. Heat butter in skillet and brown chicken
pieces. Place chicken in baking dish. Lay bacon strips across the
chicken pieces and sprinkle the chopped onion over all. Pour 5
tablespoons of honey over all. Add the can of chicken broth and the
pinch of rosemary. Bake covered for 40 minutes.
Remove the chicken and onions to a serving platter. Use the stock to
make gravy. Fry up the bacon and add it to the gravy. Serve.
From: Diane Newbury Date: 08-15-94

MMMMM


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Hi Nancy,

Some people might make a donation to a group, just to get whoever's in charge of fund raising off their back. When Steve was active duty, all soldiers were expected to contribute to the CFC (Combined Forces
Campaign) and a co-ordinator was appointed in each company. I think
some soldiers may have made donations without going thru the fairly
thick booklet of various charities that could be supported. THe booklet gave a short blurb on each listing with a note of what % of the
donation actually went to the charity.

When Richard was working at Kodak, he had to (was expected to, and strongly encouraged to, not absolutely forced to, but close) donate to
the United Way fund through work... He could designate one charity
from under that umbrella for it to go to, and I think usually did
choose one of the causes that we felt comfortable with...

Always good to be able to choose where your money goes. The CFC was
(is?) the military equivalent to the United Way--when Steve first went
in, the listing of carities was relatively small. The longer he stayed
in, the thicker the booklet got to be as more and more charities came
aboard. The donation was usually done thru allotment so the LES
(Leave/Earnings Statement) showed it but I didn't miss it as part of my
grocery money.

---
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Hi Dale,

Some people might make a donation to a group, just to get whoever's in charge of fund raising off their back. When Steve was active duty, all soldiers were expected to contribute to the CFC (Combined Forces
Campaign) and a co-ordinator was appointed in each company. I think
some soldiers may have made donations without going thru the fairly
thick booklet of various charities that could be supported. THe booklet gave a short blurb on each listing with a note of what % of the
donation actually went to the charity.

When I was working for the federal government, there was a yearly
campaign for contributing to the UFC (United Federal Campaign (or charity?) ). What you say above sounds like the soldiers were
expected to contribute "or else". The official policy of the UFC was
that it was voluntary, and that if you wished your designated

It was supposed to be voluntary but I got the impression that it was not
as actually voluntary as it was supposed to be.

contributions could be made anonymous. I firmly believe that sort of policy should be honored. Unfortunately, it was not. One year, I put
my contribution form into a sealed envelope only to be opened at the campaign headquarters. Shortly there after, I got a thank you from
one or two levels of organization
above me, even stating who I had designated. That was the last year
that I participated at all. The other bad thing about UFC was that
one's designated contributions might well not increase the total contributions made by UFC to that charity because of a complicated
formula to allocate the funds.

Steve mentioned that as well. I think Steve contributed every year but
we often changed up the charities we donated to. The listing of how much
went to overhead costs was a help as we wanted our money to be used effectively.

Title: Kent Newbury's Honey Chicken
Categories: Main dish, Poultry, Kent
Yield: 6 servings

1 Frying chicken, cut up
2 tb Butter
4 sl Bacon
1 md Onion, chopped
5 tb Honey
1 cn Chicken broth
1 pn Rosemary

Looks good, quick and easy.

---
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Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-03-18 23:16 <=-

Some people might make a donation to a group, just to get whoever's
in charge of fund raising off their back. When Steve was active
duty, all soldiers were expected to contribute to the CFC (Combined
Forces Campaign) and a co-ordinator was appointed in each company.

When Richard was working at Kodak, he had to (was expected to, and
strongly encouraged to, not absolutely forced to, but close) donate
to the United Way fund through work...

The CFC was (is?) the military equivalent to the United Way--when
Steve first went in, the listing of charities was relatively small.
The longer he stayed in, the thicker the booklet got to be as more
and more charities came aboard. The donation was usually done thru allotment so the LES (Leave/Earnings Statement) showed it but I
didn't miss it as part of my grocery money.

I'd say it is the military equivalent... ;) Richard's was a regular
deduction from his paycheck... and, come tax time, I'd just take that
number off the W-2 form.... the per check amount was small enough it
didn't make that much of an impact... :)

I think some soldiers may have made donations without going
thru the fairly thick booklet of various charities that could be
supported. THe booklet gave a short blurb on each listing with
a note of what % of the donation actually went to the charity.

He could designate one charity from under that umbrella for it
to go to, and I think usually did choose one of the causes that
we felt comfortable with...

Always good to be able to choose where your money goes.

Indeed. I don't remember there being a booklet that listed the various charities covered by the UW contributions, we'd be sent, by individual charities, a number to use to designate our gift should we so desire...
there were about half a dozen local ones that we were to some extent
involved with, but he could only designate one for the UW donation... If
one didn't designate, the whole donation would just go to the UW to
divvy as it saw fit.... including some organizations we'd just as soon
not be supporting...

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

The CFC was (is?) the military equivalent to the United Way--when
Steve first went in, the listing of charities was relatively small.
The longer he stayed in, the thicker the booklet got to be as more
and more charities came aboard. The donation was usually done thru allotment so the LES (Leave/Earnings Statement) showed it but I
didn't miss it as part of my grocery money.

I'd say it is the military equivalent... ;) Richard's was a regular deduction from his paycheck... and, come tax time, I'd just take that number off the W-2 form.... the per check amount was small enough it didn't make that much of an impact... :)

Same here, I think it was something like $10. or $15./month at our
highest rate of giving.

a note of what % of the donation actually went to the charity.

He could designate one charity from under that umbrella for it
to go to, and I think usually did choose one of the causes that
we felt comfortable with...

Always good to be able to choose where your money goes.

Indeed. I don't remember there being a booklet that listed the
various charities covered by the UW contributions, we'd be sent, by individual
charities, a number to use to designate our gift should we so

We had the numbers in the booklet, as well as a "mission statement" of
the charities. Steve had to write the numbers on the form, to save space
I guess. (G)

desire... there were about half a dozen local ones that we were to
some extent
involved with, but he could only designate one for the UW donation...
If one didn't designate, the whole donation would just go to the UW to divvy as it saw fit.... including some organizations we'd just as soon
not be supporting...

That's why we always designated where we wanted our money to go. Could
have gone to a group like the Heifer Project which buys cows for 3rd
World groups to raise/breed/sell. Gives the kids there milk, and when
the cows age out, beef. Don't think we ever donated to them but it was
one of the ones worth considering.

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Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-07-18 13:11 <=-

The CFC was (is?) the military equivalent to the United Way--when
Steve first went in, the listing of charities was relatively small.
The longer he stayed in, the thicker the booklet got to be as more
and more charities came aboard. The donation was usually done thru
allotment so the LES (Leave/Earnings Statement) showed it but I
didn't miss it as part of my grocery money.

I'd say it is the military equivalent... ;) Richard's was a regular
deduction from his paycheck... and, come tax time, I'd just take that
number off the W-2 form.... the per check amount was small enough it
didn't make that much of an impact... :)

Same here, I think it was something like $10. or $15./month at our
highest rate of giving.

I really don't remember the figures at all now... his check was every
two weeks, and then the deduction showed up at tax time... ;)

a note of what % of the donation actually went to the charity.

He could designate one charity from under that umbrella for it
to go to, and I think usually did choose one of the causes that
we felt comfortable with...

Always good to be able to choose where your money goes.

Indeed. I don't remember there being a booklet that listed the
various charities covered by the UW contributions, we'd be sent,
by individual charities, a number to use to designate our gift
should we so desire...

We had the numbers in the booklet, as well as a "mission statement" of
the charities. Steve had to write the numbers on the form, to save
space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill in the
numbers on his form, too...

there were about half a dozen local ones that we were to some
extent involved with, but he could only designate one for the UW
donation... If one didn't designate, the whole donation would
just go to the UW to divvy as it saw fit.... including some
organizations we'd just as soon not be supporting...

That's why we always designated where we wanted our money to go. Could have gone to a group like the Heifer Project which buys cows for 3rd
World groups to raise/breed/sell. Gives the kids there milk, and when
the cows age out, beef. Don't think we ever donated to them but it was
one of the ones worth considering.

That's one I sometimes get solicitations from... and one phone call
recently... I agree that it is worth considering, but, as I told the
friendly lady on the other end of the line, I can only give just so much
and there are so many worthy causes out there...

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Hi Nancy,

regular NB>> deduction from his paycheck... and, come tax time, I'd
just take that NB>> number off the W-2 form.... the per check amount
was small enough it NB>> didn't make that much of an impact... :)

Same here, I think it was something like $10. or $15./month at our
highest rate of giving.

I really don't remember the figures at all now... his check was every
two weeks, and then the deduction showed up at tax time... ;)

I don't remember if ours showed up again or we were on our honor with charitable deductions.

Indeed. I don't remember there being a booklet that listed the
various charities covered by the UW contributions, we'd be sent,
by individual charities, a number to use to designate our gift
should we so desire...

We had the numbers in the booklet, as well as a "mission statement" of
the charities. Steve had to write the numbers on the form, to save
space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill in the numbers on his form, too...

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what the
different charities did.

there were about half a dozen local ones that we were to some
extent involved with, but he could only designate one for the UW
donation... If one didn't designate, the whole donation would
just go to the UW to divvy as it saw fit.... including some
organizations we'd just as soon not be supporting...

That's why we always designated where we wanted our money to go. Could have gone to a group like the Heifer Project which buys cows for 3rd
World groups to raise/breed/sell. Gives the kids there milk, and when
the cows age out, beef. Don't think we ever donated to them but it was
one of the ones worth considering.

That's one I sometimes get solicitations from... and one phone call recently... I agree that it is worth considering, but, as I told the friendly lady on the other end of the line, I can only give just so
much and there are so many worthy causes out there...

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice stretch of
it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after supper at TR. Fathers
were given their cone or whatever free, then they also took the military deduction off the cost of mine. Nice surprise there.

---
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Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-17-18 21:38 <=-

regular deduction from his paycheck... and, come tax time, I'd
just take that number off the W-2 form.... the per check amount
was small enough it didn't make that much of an impact... :)

Same here, I think it was something like $10. or $15./month at
our highest rate of giving.

I really don't remember the figures at all now... his check was
every two weeks, and then the deduction showed up at tax
time... ;)

I don't remember if ours showed up again or we were on our honor with charitable deductions.

There's a spot on the W-2 form designated for reporting certain
deductions from the paycheck, and that was one of those... :)

Indeed. I don't remember there being a booklet that listed the
various charities covered by the UW contributions, we'd be sent,
by individual charities, a number to use to designate our gift
should we so desire...

We had the numbers in the booklet, as well as a "mission
statement" of the charities. Steve had to write the numbers
on the form, to save space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill
in the numbers on his form, too...

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what the different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

there were about half a dozen local ones that we were to some
extent involved with, but he could only designate one for the UW
donation... If one didn't designate, the whole donation would
just go to the UW to divvy as it saw fit.... including some
organizations we'd just as soon not be supporting...

That's why we always designated where we wanted our money to go.
Could have gone to a group like the Heifer Project which buys cows
for 3rd World groups to raise/breed/sell. Gives the kids there
milk, and when the cows age out, beef. Don't think we ever donated
to them but it was one of the ones worth considering.

That's one I sometimes get solicitations from... and one phone
call recently... I agree that it is worth considering, but, as I
told the friendly lady on the other end of the line, I can only
give just so much and there are so many worthy causes out there...

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice stretch of
it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after supper at TR. Fathers
were given their cone or whatever free, then they also took the
military deduction off the cost of mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

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Hi Nancy,

I really don't remember the figures at all now... his check was
every two weeks, and then the deduction showed up at tax
time... ;)

I don't remember if ours showed up again or we were on our honor with charitable deductions.

There's a spot on the W-2 form designated for reporting certain
deductions from the paycheck, and that was one of those... :)

Steve does the taxes so I'm not aware of it. Only times I got a W-2 were
when I was still living at home and a dependent of my folks. Other times
I've been self employed.

statement" of the charities. Steve had to write the numbers
on the form, to save space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill
in the numbers on his form, too...

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what the different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

Helps to know where the money goes--do you want to support teaching
somebody how to raise cows or support inner city basketball? (G)

That's one I sometimes get solicitations from... and one phone
call recently... I agree that it is worth considering, but, as I
told the friendly lady on the other end of the line, I can only
give just so much and there are so many worthy causes out

there...

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice stretch of
it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after supper at TR. Fathers
were given their cone or whatever free, then they also took the
military deduction off the cost of mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place we get the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste buds set for the real
thing in a few weeks. (G)

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-25-18 13:51 <=-

I really don't remember the figures at all now... his check
was every two weeks, and then the deduction showed up at tax
time... ;)

I don't remember if ours showed up again or we were on our honor
with charitable deductions.

There's a spot on the W-2 form designated for reporting certain
deductions from the paycheck, and that was one of those... :)

Steve does the taxes so I'm not aware of it. Only times I got a W-2
were when I was still living at home and a dependent of my folks. Other times I've been self employed.

I do our taxes... have ever since we got married... :) Mostly the W-2's
have been Richard's, as I didn't work much after the first year other
than self-employment....

statement" of the charities. Steve had to write the numbers
on the form, to save space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill
in the numbers on his form, too...

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what the
different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

Helps to know where the money goes--do you want to support teaching somebody how to raise cows or support inner city basketball? (G)

Both can be worthwhile enterprises... :)

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice
stretch of it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after
supper at TR. Fathers were given their cone or whatever free,
then they also took the military deduction off the cost of
mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place we get
the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste buds set for the
real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple creemees...?

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

There's a spot on the W-2 form designated for reporting certain
deductions from the paycheck, and that was one of those... :)

Steve does the taxes so I'm not aware of it. Only times I got a W-2
were when I was still living at home and a dependent of my folks. Other times I've been self employed.

I do our taxes... have ever since we got married... :) Mostly the
W-2's have been Richard's, as I didn't work much after the first year other
than self-employment....

My parents used to do it together. I remember one time when I was in
high school, we had something going on at the school that all of us kids
went to. I'd forgotten to grab something on the way out the door so ran (walked) home quickly to get it. (We lived a brisk 15 minute walk from
the school.) Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and
quite peeved I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out the door
within 5 minutes; when we got home, no sign of the tax work session.

statement" of the charities. Steve had to write the numbers
on the form, to save space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill
in the numbers on his form, too...

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what

the RH>> different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

Helps to know where the money goes--do you want to support teaching somebody how to raise cows or support inner city basketball? (G)

Both can be worthwhile enterprises... :)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had food/milk than
played basketball, given the choice of these two.

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice
stretch of it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after
supper at TR. Fathers were given their cone or whatever free,
then they also took the military deduction off the cost of
mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place we get
the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste buds set for the
real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple creemees...?

Yes, and looking forward to getting the real thing in about a month.

---
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Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-29-18 12:03 <=-

Steve does the taxes so I'm not aware of it. Only times I got a
W-2 were when I was still living at home and a dependent of my
folks. Other times I've been self employed.

I do our taxes... have ever since we got married... :) Mostly
the W-2's have been Richard's, as I didn't work much after the
first year other than self-employment....

My parents used to do it together.

Daddy did our family's taxes... he'd sit at the dining room table and
collect all the paperwork... he took care of most of the financial
stuff, although he did keep Mommy in the loop... I'm sure they made
decisions as to what to spend on things and to contribute to causes
together...

I remember one time when I was in high school, we had something
going on at the school that all of us kids went to. I'd forgotten
to grab something on the way out the door so ran (walked) home
quickly to get it. (We lived a brisk 15 minute walk from the school.)
Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and quite peeved
I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out the door within 5 minutes; when we got home, no sign of the tax work session.

They probably figured it was best to work on the taxes without anything
to distract them... :)

statement" of the charities. Steve had to write the numbers
on the form, to save space I guess. (G)

Not sure exactly how ours worked... I think Richard had to fill
in the numbers on his form, too...

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what
the different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

Helps to know where the money goes--do you want to support teaching
somebody how to raise cows or support inner city basketball? (G)

Both can be worthwhile enterprises... :)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had food/milk
than played basketball, given the choice of these two.

If I had to only support one, I might lean towards food/milk... but
there are definite long-term benefits to inner city kids having
recreational options as well...

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice
stretch of it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after
supper at TR. Fathers were given their cone or whatever free,
then they also took the military deduction off the cost of
mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place
we get the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste
buds set for the real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple creemees...?

Yes, and looking forward to getting the real thing in about a month.

I'm sure you are....(G)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

I do our taxes... have ever since we got married... :) Mostly
the W-2's have been Richard's, as I didn't work much after the
first year other than self-employment....

My parents used to do it together.

Daddy did our family's taxes... he'd sit at the dining room table and collect all the paperwork... he took care of most of the financial
stuff, although he did keep Mommy in the loop... I'm sure they made decisions as to what to spend on things and to contribute to causes together...

My mom was the main bill payer; don't know if major financial decisions
were joint or otherwise. I know for church contributions they just put a
bill into an envelop, don't know if they had a pledge to meet the budget
or just put in what they thought they could afford. I do know that they
didn't tithe.

I remember one time when I was in high school, we had something
going on at the school that all of us kids went to. I'd forgotten
to grab something on the way out the door so ran (walked) home
quickly to get it. (We lived a brisk 15 minute walk from the school.)
Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and quite peeved
I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out the door within 5 minutes; when we got home, no sign of the tax work session.

They probably figured it was best to work on the taxes without
anything to distract them... :)

Probably so, otherwise it was usually after most of us had gone to bed.

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what
the different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

Helps to know where the money goes--do you want to support

teaching RH>> somebody how to raise cows or support inner city basketball? (G)

Both can be worthwhile enterprises... :)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had food/milk
than played basketball, given the choice of these two.

If I had to only support one, I might lean towards food/milk... but
there are definite long-term benefits to inner city kids having recreational options as well...

True, like taking a kid fishing or buying fish. Both feed a person but
teaching them to find ways to feed themselves is much more profitable.

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice
stretch of it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after
supper at TR. Fathers were given their cone or whatever free,
then they also took the military deduction off the cost of
mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place
we get the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste
buds set for the real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple

creemees...?

Yes, and looking forward to getting the real thing in about a month.

I'm sure you are....(G)

Just have to finish pulling a bunch of stuff together and repack the
camper. Still too hot to do the latter but have started doing the
former.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-03-18 16:07 <=-

I do our taxes... have ever since we got married... :)

My parents used to do it together.

Daddy did our family's taxes... he'd sit at the dining room table
and collect all the paperwork... he took care of most of the
financial stuff, although he did keep Mommy in the loop... I'm
sure they made decisions as to what to spend on things and to
contribute to causes together...

My mom was the main bill payer; don't know if major financial
decisions were joint or otherwise. I know for church contributions they just put a bill into an envelop, don't know if they had a pledge to
meet the budget or just put in what they thought they could afford. I
do know that they didn't tithe.

My parents did tithe, and taught us to from the beginning... we'd earn a
dime for some project/job and a penny would go into the tithe account...
it was just a given... :)

When Daddy got so that he couldn't write well, or see well, Mommy took
over the accounts... but I think they still did things together at that point... she was mostly just the "secretary"... :)

I remember one time when I was in high school, we had something
going on at the school that all of us kids went to. I'd forgotten
to grab something on the way out the door so ran (walked) home
quickly to get it. (We lived a brisk 15 minute walk from the school.)
Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and quite peeved
I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out the door within 5
minutes; when we got home, no sign of the tax work session.

They probably figured it was best to work on the taxes without
anything to distract them... :)

Probably so, otherwise it was usually after most of us had gone to
bed.

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes... :)

It was always interesting to go thru the booklet and see what
the different charities did.

I could understand that... :)

Helps to know where the money goes--do you want to support
teaching somebody how to raise cows or support inner city
basketball? (G)

Both can be worthwhile enterprises... :)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had
food/milk than played basketball, given the choice of these two.

If I had to only support one, I might lean towards food/milk...
but there are definite long-term benefits to inner city kids
having recreational options as well...

True, like taking a kid fishing or buying fish. Both feed a person but teaching them to find ways to feed themselves is much more profitable.

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching them how to
choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable lesson... :)

Agreed, you can only stretch a dollar so far. We had a nice
stretch of it tonight--went for soft serve ice cream after
supper at TR. Fathers were given their cone or whatever free,
then they also took the military deduction off the cost of
mine. Nice surprise there.

That was indeed a nice surprise... :)

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place
we get the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste
buds set for the real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple
creemees...?

Yes, and looking forward to getting the real thing in about a month.

I'm sure you are....(G)

Just have to finish pulling a bunch of stuff together and repack the camper. Still too hot to do the latter but have started doing the
former.

The focus is now towards VT... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

table NB>> and collect all the paperwork... he took care of most of
the

financial stuff, although he did keep Mommy in the loop... I'm
sure they made decisions as to what to spend on things and to
contribute to causes together...

My mom was the main bill payer; don't know if major financial
decisions were joint or otherwise. I know for church contributions they just put a bill into an envelop, don't know if they had a pledge to
meet the budget or just put in what they thought they could afford. I
do know that they didn't tithe.

My parents did tithe, and taught us to from the beginning... we'd earn

All depends on how you were brought up--it wasn't a part of our church
so I didn't know about it until I went to Houghton.

a dime for some project/job and a penny would go into the tithe
account... it was just a given... :)

We tried to instill that in our girls as well but......

When Daddy got so that he couldn't write well, or see well, Mommy took over the accounts... but I think they still did things together at
that point... she was mostly just the "secretary"... :)

I think Dad took over for a while when Mom reached that point, then Don
took over after that.

school.) RH>> Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and quite peeved RH>> I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out
the door within 5 RH>> minutes; when we got home, no sign of the tax
work session.

They probably figured it was best to work on the taxes without
anything to distract them... :)

Probably so, otherwise it was usually after most of us had gone to
bed.

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes... :)

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it over to Steve.
(G)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had
food/milk than played basketball, given the choice of these two.

If I had to only support one, I might lean towards food/milk...
but there are definite long-term benefits to inner city kids
having recreational options as well...

True, like taking a kid fishing or buying fish. Both feed a person but teaching them to find ways to feed themselves is much more profitable.

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching them how
to choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable lesson... :)

True, also how to cook/clean up for themselves so they don't have to
rely on fast food.

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place
we get the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste
buds set for the real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple
creemees...?

Yes, and looking forward to getting the real thing in about a

month. NB>> I'm sure you are....(G)

Just have to finish pulling a bunch of stuff together and repack the camper. Still too hot to do the latter but have started doing the
former.

The focus is now towards VT... :)

Yes, as it's the next trip on the agenda. Most of the supplies will fit
into a smaller than previously taken box--much easier for me to keep
track of what's where for each day.

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-06-18 15:00 <=-

table and collect all the paperwork... he took care of most of
the financial stuff, although he did keep Mommy in the loop...
I'm sure they made decisions as to what to spend on things and
to contribute to causes together...

My mom was the main bill payer; don't know if major financial
decisions were joint or otherwise. I know for church
contributions they just put a bill into an envelop, don't know
if they had a pledge to meet the budget or just put in what they
thought they could afford. I do know that they didn't tithe.

My parents did tithe, and taught us to from the beginning...

All depends on how you were brought up--it wasn't a part of our church
so I didn't know about it until I went to Houghton.

Dunno if they grew up with it (they might well have) or came to it
later... but it was fully established by the time I was born... :)

we'd earn a dime for some project/job and a penny would go into
the tithe account... it was just a given... :)

We tried to instill that in our girls as well but......

Dunno if all my siblings still do... pretty sure my youngest brother
doesn't, not being a church-goer even...

When Daddy got so that he couldn't write well, or see well,
Mommy took over the accounts... but I think they still did things
together at that point... she was mostly just the "secretary". :)

I think Dad took over for a while when Mom reached that point, then
Don took over after that.

Yup, Lydia took over for Mommy, eventually.... :)

Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and
quite peeved I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out
the door within 5 minutes; when we got home, no sign of the
tax work session.

They probably figured it was best to work on the taxes without
anything to distract them... :)

Probably so, otherwise it was usually after most of us had gone
to bed.

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes... :)

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it over to
Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had
food/milk than played basketball, given the choice of these two.

If I had to only support one, I might lean towards food/milk...
but there are definite long-term benefits to inner city kids
having recreational options as well...

True, like taking a kid fishing or buying fish. Both feed a
person but teaching them to find ways to feed themselves is much
more profitable.

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching
them how to choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable
lesson... :)

True, also how to cook/clean up for themselves so they don't have to
rely on fast food.

That too...

Never expected that so it was a sweet treat. It was the place
we get the imitation maple creemees from--getting our taste
buds set for the real thing in a few weeks. (G)

So that's what you both had...? the imitation maple
creemees...?

Yes, and looking forward to getting the real thing in about a
month.

I'm sure you are....(G)

Just have to finish pulling a bunch of stuff together and
repack the camper. Still too hot to do the latter but have
started doing the former.

The focus is now towards VT... :)

Yes, as it's the next trip on the agenda. Most of the supplies will
fit into a smaller than previously taken box--much easier for me to
keep track of what's where for each day.

And takes up less room in the camper, as well... ;)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

thought they could afford. I do know that they didn't tithe.

My parents did tithe, and taught us to from the beginning...

All depends on how you were brought up--it wasn't a part of our church
so I didn't know about it until I went to Houghton.

Dunno if they grew up with it (they might well have) or came to it later... but it was fully established by the time I was born... :)

Helps out in more ways than are visible. In Frankfurt, we raised money
for some renovations by asking people to "tithe the tithe"--it worked
quite well. The extra little bit of money with every tithe allowed for
the work to be done without a capital stewardship campaign.

we'd earn a dime for some project/job and a penny would go into
the tithe account... it was just a given... :)

We tried to instill that in our girls as well but......

Dunno if all my siblings still do... pretty sure my youngest brother doesn't, not being a church-goer even...

My brother and youngest sister don't go, other sister is Roman Catholic.
They have their own forms of giving programs. Enough said on the
subject; we can continue the conversation in September.

When Daddy got so that he couldn't write well, or see well,
Mommy took over the accounts... but I think they still did

things NB>> together at that point... she was mostly just the "secretary". :)

I think Dad took over for a while when Mom reached that point, then
Don took over after that.

Yup, Lydia took over for Mommy, eventually.... :)

And Steve's younger sister does a lot of the same for his folks. I think
they still write an occaisional check but she keeps accounts in order.

Came in the door, Mom and Dad were working on taxes and
quite peeved I'd interrupted. I got what I needed and was out
the door within 5 minutes; when we got home, no sign of the
tax work session.

They probably figured it was best to work on the taxes without
anything to distract them... :)

Probably so, otherwise it was usually after most of us had gone
to bed.

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes... :)

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it over to
Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Yes, basically plugging numbers into the computer.

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had
food/milk than played basketball, given the choice of these

two. NB>>> If I had to only support one, I might lean towards food/milk...

but there are definite long-term benefits to inner city kids
having recreational options as well...

True, like taking a kid fishing or buying fish. Both feed a
person but teaching them to find ways to feed themselves is much
more profitable.

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching
them how to choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable
lesson... :)

True, also how to cook/clean up for themselves so they don't have to
rely on fast food.

That too...

Trouble is, if they don't have the examples when they're young, how are
they going to learn cooking skills. Too many young parents today just
buzz into the nearest fast food place to "prepare supper" rather than
cooking for themselves. Could be that's what their parents did, and the
younger generation never really learned how to cook after home ec was
taken out of the schools.

Just have to finish pulling a bunch of stuff together and
repack the camper. Still too hot to do the latter but have
started doing the former.

The focus is now towards VT... :)

Yes, as it's the next trip on the agenda. Most of the supplies will
fit into a smaller than previously taken box--much easier for me to
keep track of what's where for each day.

And takes up less room in the camper, as well... ;)

Very much so! We'll be grocery shopping for the team up in VT again but
I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the last few years but
less time on my feet to make a long simmered sauce for example. One that
can be made in an hour or so will taste just as good. (G)

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-12-18 17:03 <=-

thought they could afford. I do know that they didn't tithe.

My parents did tithe, and taught us to from the beginning...

All depends on how you were brought up--it wasn't a part of our
church so I didn't know about it until I went to Houghton.

Dunno if they grew up with it (they might well have) or came to it
later... but it was fully established by the time I was born... :)

Helps out in more ways than are visible. In Frankfurt, we raised money
for some renovations by asking people to "tithe the tithe"--it worked quite well. The extra little bit of money with every tithe allowed for
the work to be done without a capital stewardship campaign.

That did work out well for them.... :)

When Daddy got so that he couldn't write well, or see well,
Mommy took over the accounts... but I think they still did
things together at that point... she was mostly just the
"secretary". :)

I think Dad took over for a while when Mom reached that point,
then Don took over after that.

Yup, Lydia took over for Mommy, eventually.... :)

And Steve's younger sister does a lot of the same for his folks. I
think they still write an occaisional check but she keeps accounts in order.

Until close to the end, Mommy was still signing the checks, but Lydia
wrote them out for her... :)

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes... :)

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it over to
Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Yes, basically plugging numbers into the computer.

I still do it without the computer's help... ;)

Agreed, just depends on priorities. I'd rather people had
food/milk than played basketball, given the choice of these
two.

If I had to only support one, I might lean towards
food/milk... but there are definite long-term benefits to
inner city kids having recreational options as well...

True, like taking a kid fishing or buying fish. Both feed a
person but teaching them to find ways to feed themselves is
much more profitable.

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching
them how to choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable
lesson... :)

True, also how to cook/clean up for themselves so they don't
have to rely on fast food.

That too...

Trouble is, if they don't have the examples when they're young, how
are they going to learn cooking skills.

They could learn from classes, either from adult education or the
Extension Service... or learn from a friend, young or old....

Too many young parents today just buzz into the nearest fast food
place to "prepare supper" rather than cooking for themselves.
Could be that's what their parents did, and the younger generation
never really learned how to cook after home ec was taken out of
the schools.

Lots of reasons why they might not have learned... but also lots of ways
that the lack could be made up... :)

Just have to finish pulling a bunch of stuff together and
repack the camper. Still too hot to do the latter but have
started doing the former.

The focus is now towards VT... :)

Yes, as it's the next trip on the agenda. Most of the supplies
will fit into a smaller than previously taken box--much easier
for me to keep track of what's where for each day.

And takes up less room in the camper, as well... ;)

Very much so! We'll be grocery shopping for the team up in VT again
but I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the last few years but less time on my feet to make a long simmered sauce for example. One that can be made in an hour or so will taste just as good. (G)

Yup, you do need to streamline things a bit for the sake of your
knee.... :) I'm sure it will still all be well received... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

it NB>> later... but it was fully established by the time I was
born... :)

Helps out in more ways than are visible. In Frankfurt, we raised money
for some renovations by asking people to "tithe the tithe"--it worked quite well. The extra little bit of money with every tithe allowed for
the work to be done without a capital stewardship campaign.

That did work out well for them.... :)

Quite so!

Mommy took over the accounts... but I think they still did
things together at that point... she was mostly just the
"secretary". :)

I think Dad took over for a while when Mom reached that point,
then Don took over after that.

Yup, Lydia took over for Mommy, eventually.... :)

And Steve's younger sister does a lot of the same for his folks. I
think they still write an occaisional check but she keeps accounts in order.

Until close to the end, Mommy was still signing the checks, but Lydia wrote them out for her... :)

My mom couldn't do anything like that her last few years. Dad could
have, but my brother handled the check book, even before Dad went into
the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot point.

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes...

:) RH>> That's why I try to have everything together and hand it over
to

Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Yes, basically plugging numbers into the computer.

I still do it without the computer's help... ;)

I think I'd want some one/thing to double and triple check my figuring
if I were to try it.

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching
them how to choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable
lesson... :)

True, also how to cook/clean up for themselves so they don't
have to rely on fast food.

That too...

Trouble is, if they don't have the examples when they're young, how
are they going to learn cooking skills.

They could learn from classes, either from adult education or the Extension Service... or learn from a friend, young or old....

Doubt they'd do it thru adult ed, unless really serious about it. More
than likely, a friend who cooks would be the best source. Once they got
basics down and wanted to go into the food services industry as a
career, then adult ed (vocational school or college) would be the way to
go.

Too many young parents today just buzz into the nearest fast food
place to "prepare supper" rather than cooking for themselves.
Could be that's what their parents did, and the younger generation
never really learned how to cook after home ec was taken out of
the schools.

Lots of reasons why they might not have learned... but also lots of
ways that the lack could be made up... :)

If they want learn, and are serious about it, there are, as you say,
lots of ways to reach the goal.

The focus is now towards VT... :)

Yes, as it's the next trip on the agenda. Most of the supplies
will fit into a smaller than previously taken box--much easier
for me to keep track of what's where for each day.

And takes up less room in the camper, as well... ;)

Very much so! We'll be grocery shopping for the team up in VT again
but I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the last few years but less time on my feet to make a long simmered sauce for example. One that can be made in an hour or so will taste just as good. (G)

Yup, you do need to streamline things a bit for the sake of your
knee.... :) I'm sure it will still all be well received... :)

Yes, and since lunches will be provided for us, we may get by with a
lighter supper.


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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-17-18 14:42 <=-

Posting from my family's camping at Selkirk Shores SP.... to be uploaded
when I get home....

Mommy took over the accounts... but I think they still did
things together at that point... she was mostly just the
"secretary". :)

I think Dad took over for a while when Mom reached that point,
then Don took over after that.

Yup, Lydia took over for Mommy, eventually.... :)

And Steve's younger sister does a lot of the same for his
folks. I think they still write an occaisional check but she
keeps accounts in order.

Until close to the end, Mommy was still signing the checks,
but Lydia wrote them out for her... :)

My mom couldn't do anything like that her last few years. Dad could
have, but my brother handled the check book, even before Dad went into
the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot point.

Mommy refused to give anyone POA, so when she couldn't sign anymore, a
little while after her first stroke, we ended up setting up an account
to transfer her money into that Lydia could pay bills out of... that
only worked because she'd been handling one bank's accounts for Mommy
online...

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes...

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it
over to Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Yes, basically plugging numbers into the computer.

I still do it without the computer's help... ;)

I think I'd want some one/thing to double and triple check my figuring
if I were to try it.

I run most figures long hand first, then check on the calulator... then
when it's all done, I hand it off to Richard to check...

As long as the opportunity to fish is available... teaching
them how to choose wisely in the supermarket is also a valuable
lesson... :)

True, also how to cook/clean up for themselves so they don't
have to rely on fast food.

That too...

Trouble is, if they don't have the examples when they're young,
how are they going to learn cooking skills.

They could learn from classes, either from adult education or
the Extension Service... or learn from a friend, young or old..

Doubt they'd do it thru adult ed, unless really serious about it. More than likely, a friend who cooks would be the best source. Once they
got basics down and wanted to go into the food services industry as a career, then adult ed (vocational school or college) would be the way
to go.

I was thinking more the adult ed thru the highschools... that tends
to be more practical, and less vocational... as would cooking classes
from the cooperative extension...

The focus is now towards VT... :)

Yes, as it's the next trip on the agenda. Most of the supplies
will fit into a smaller than previously taken box--much easier
for me to keep track of what's where for each day.

And takes up less room in the camper, as well... ;)

Very much so! We'll be grocery shopping for the team up in VT
again but I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the
last few years but less time on my feet to make a long simmered
sauce for example. One that can be made in an hour or so will
taste just as good. (G)

Yup, you do need to streamline things a bit for the sake of your
knee.... :) I'm sure it will still all be well received... :)

Yes, and since lunches will be provided for us, we may get by with a lighter supper.

That sounds helpful, too... :

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Posting from my family's camping at Selkirk Shores SP.... to be
uploaded when I get home....

That's OK, we're out of state but have a connection for a few days, hot
spot when we're on the road again. Main problem is finding time/energy
to post as the days are long, and busy.

Until close to the end, Mommy was still signing the checks,
but Lydia wrote them out for her... :)

My mom couldn't do anything like that her last few years. Dad could
have, but my brother handled the check book, even before Dad went into
the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot point.

Mommy refused to give anyone POA, so when she couldn't sign anymore, a little while after her first stroke, we ended up setting up an account
to transfer her money into that Lydia could pay bills out of... that
only worked because she'd been handling one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't given her a
POA.

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes...

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it
over to Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Yes, basically plugging numbers into the computer.

I still do it without the computer's help... ;)

I think I'd want some one/thing to double and triple check my figuring
if I were to try it.

I run most figures long hand first, then check on the calulator...
then when it's all done, I hand it off to Richard to check...

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but cooking
and many other areas.

Trouble is, if they don't have the examples when they're young,
how are they going to learn cooking skills.

They could learn from classes, either from adult education or
the Extension Service... or learn from a friend, young or old..

Doubt they'd do it thru adult ed, unless really serious about it. More than likely, a friend who cooks would be the best source. Once they
got basics down and wanted to go into the food services industry as a career, then adult ed (vocational school or college) would be the way
to go.

I was thinking more the adult ed thru the highschools... that tends
to be more practical, and less vocational... as would cooking classes
from the cooperative extension...

That would work, if offered. I thought those usually concentrated on
academic classes.

again but I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the
last few years but less time on my feet to make a long simmered
sauce for example. One that can be made in an hour or so will
taste just as good. (G)

Yup, you do need to streamline things a bit for the sake of your
knee.... :) I'm sure it will still all be well received... :)

Yes, and since lunches will be provided for us, we may get by with a lighter supper.

That sounds helpful, too... :

Change in plans for the lunches but I'm still doing less fuss for the
suppers. The team has enjoyed baked ziti with tossed salad and garlic
bread last night & poppy seed chicken, brown rice and broccoli salad
tonight. The mother of a young man on the team introduced us to the
poppy seed chicken--made it for an occaision we were at. I inadvertantly
made a substitution in the recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and
was well received.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-29-18 22:01 <=-

Posting from my family's camping at Selkirk Shores SP.... to be
uploaded when I get home....

That's OK, we're out of state but have a connection for a few days,
hot spot when we're on the road again. Main problem is finding
time/energy to post as the days are long, and busy.

Understood... ;) I'm still in catch-up mode, but getting there.... :)

Until close to the end, Mommy was still signing the checks,
but Lydia wrote them out for her... :)

My mom couldn't do anything like that her last few years. Dad
could have, but my brother handled the check book, even before
Dad went into the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot point.

Mommy refused to give anyone POA, so when she couldn't sign
anymore, a little while after her first stroke, we ended up
setting up an account online to transfer her money into that
Lydia could pay bills out of... that only worked because she'd
been handling that one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't given her
a POA.

If she's already set up her mom's accounts with an online access and
knows the passwords, it should be possible....

One does need a certain level of concentration to do taxes...

That's why I try to have everything together and hand it
over to Steve. (G)

Let him do the concentrating.... ;)

Yes, basically plugging numbers into the computer.

I still do it without the computer's help... ;)

I think I'd want some one/thing to double and triple check my
figuring if I were to try it.

I run most figures long hand first, then check on the calulator...
then when it's all done, I hand it off to Richard to check...

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but cooking
and many other areas.

Indeed. :)

Trouble is, if they don't have the examples when they're young,
how are they going to learn cooking skills.

They could learn from classes, either from adult education or
the Extension Service... or learn from a friend, young or old..

Doubt they'd do it thru adult ed, unless really serious about
it. More than likely, a friend who cooks would be the best
source. Once they got basics down and wanted to go into the food
services industry as a career, then adult ed (vocational school
or college) would be the way to go.

I was thinking more the adult ed thru the highschools... that
tends to be more practical, and less vocational... as would
cooking classes from the cooperative extension...

That would work, if offered. I thought those usually concentrated on academic classes.

Not in my experience... there are academic classes, but there are also a
raft of enrichment type classes... years ago, Richard taught a class on
TV repair in a highschool night school...

again but I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the
last few years but less time on my feet to make a long simmered
sauce for example. One that can be made in an hour or so will
taste just as good. (G)

Yup, you do need to streamline things a bit for the sake of your
knee.... :) I'm sure it will still all be well received... :)

Yes, and since lunches will be provided for us, we may get by
with a lighter supper.

That sounds helpful, too... :

Change in plans for the lunches but I'm still doing less fuss for the suppers. The team has enjoyed baked ziti with tossed salad and garlic bread last night & poppy seed chicken, brown rice and broccoli salad tonight. The mother of a young man on the team introduced us to the
poppy seed chicken--made it for an occaision we were at. I
inadvertantly made a substitution in the recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and was well received.

Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution was it...?

So were these meals back in WF, or was the whole team already in VT for
the weekend...?

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Posting from my family's camping at Selkirk Shores SP.... to be
uploaded when I get home....

That's OK, we're out of state but have a connection for a few days,
hot spot when we're on the road again. Main problem is finding
time/energy to post as the days are long, and busy.

Understood... ;) I'm still in catch-up mode, but getting there.... :)

Same here, home by the end of the week tho.

could have, but my brother handled the check book, even before
Dad went into the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot

point. NB>> Mommy refused to give anyone POA, so when she couldn't
sign

anymore, a little while after her first stroke, we ended up
setting up an account online to transfer her money into that
Lydia could pay bills out of... that only worked because she'd
been handling that one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't given her
a POA.

If she's already set up her mom's accounts with an online access and
knows the passwords, it should be possible....

Don't think she is but will ask.

figuring if I were to try it.

I run most figures long hand first, then check on the

calulator... NB>> then when it's all done, I hand it off to Richard
to check...

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but cooking
and many other areas.

Indeed. :)

Same as with some recipies with ingredients lists and instructions a
mile long each. (G)

I was thinking more the adult ed thru the highschools... that
tends to be more practical, and less vocational... as would
cooking classes from the cooperative extension...

That would work, if offered. I thought those usually concentrated on academic classes.

Not in my experience... there are academic classes, but there are also
a raft of enrichment type classes... years ago, Richard taught a class
on TV repair in a highschool night school...

OK, guess I'm out of touch with night school on the high school level.

again but I think the meals will be more basic. Similar to the
last few years but less time on my feet to make a long simmered
sauce for example. One that can be made in an hour or so will
taste just as good. (G)

Yup, you do need to streamline things a bit for the sake of

your NB>>> knee.... :) I'm sure it will still all be well
received... :)

Yes, and since lunches will be provided for us, we may get by
with a lighter supper.

That sounds helpful, too... :

Change in plans for the lunches but I'm still doing less fuss for the suppers. The team has enjoyed baked ziti with tossed salad and garlic bread last night & poppy seed chicken, brown rice and broccoli salad tonight. The mother of a young man on the team introduced us to the
poppy seed chicken--made it for an occaision we were at. I
inadvertantly made a substitution in the recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and was well received.

Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution was it...?

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called for. Still
tasted good and I may keep that as a personal adaptation.

So were these meals back in WF, or was the whole team already in VT
for the weekend...?

We got to VT Wednesday, met up with the team on Saturday. We spent a
couple of nights at a state park, then went to Washington to set up the
camper on Friday. Ran up to Burlington Costco, had supper at a
Vietnamese place (brought half back for Saturday lunch). Finished
grocery shopping Saturday, fixed supper for the team, had it ready when
they got in.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-05-18 16:10 <=-

Posting from my family's camping at Selkirk Shores SP.... to be
uploaded when I get home....

That's OK, we're out of state but have a connection for a few
days, hot spot when we're on the road again. Main problem is
finding time/energy to post as the days are long, and busy.

Understood... ;) I'm still in catch-up mode, but getting there. :)

Same here, home by the end of the week tho.

So now, we should both be mostly back to normal, or at least that which
passes for normal... (G)

could have, but my brother handled the check book, even before
Dad went into the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot
point.

Mommy refused to give anyone POA, so when she couldn't sign
anymore, a little while after her first stroke, we ended up
setting up an account online to transfer her money into that
Lydia could pay bills out of... that only worked because she'd
been handling that one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't
given her a POA.

If she's already set up her mom's accounts with an online
access and knows the passwords, it should be possible....

Don't think she is but will ask.

If she can get her mom to let her set up the online access, it should
work... otherwise, she might just have to work harder at getting her mom
to give her POA... and or be joint on her mom's account...

I run most figures long hand first, then check on the
calulator... then when it's all done, I hand it off to Richard
to check...

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but
cooking and many other areas.

Indeed. :)

Same as with some recipies with ingredients lists and instructions a
mile long each. (G)

I'm not likely to try any recipes like that... I'll leave it to you guys instead... ;)

I was thinking more the adult ed thru the highschools... that
tends to be more practical, and less vocational... as would
cooking classes from the cooperative extension...

That would work, if offered. I thought those usually
concentrated on academic classes.

Not in my experience... there are academic classes, but there
are also a raft of enrichment type classes... years ago, Richard
taught a class on TV repair in a highschool night school...

OK, guess I'm out of touch with night school on the high school level.

You might find a look at the offerings quite interesting... ;)

Change in plans for the lunches but I'm still doing less fuss
for the suppers. The team has enjoyed baked ziti with tossed
salad and garlic bread last night & poppy seed chicken, brown
rice and broccoli salad tonight. The mother of a young man on
the team introduced us to the poppy seed chicken--made it for an
occaision we were at. I inadvertantly made a substitution in the
recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and was well received.

Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution was it...?

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called for.
Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that should
work out fine... :)

So were these meals back in WF, or was the whole team already in
VT for the weekend...?

We got to VT Wednesday, met up with the team on Saturday. We spent a couple of nights at a state park, then went to Washington to set up
the camper on Friday. Ran up to Burlington Costco, had supper at a Vietnamese place (brought half back for Saturday lunch). Finished
grocery shopping Saturday, fixed supper for the team, had it ready
when they got in.

OK... sounds like that all worked out well... :) Was it a good
Vietnamese restaurant...? What did you order...?

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

days, hot spot when we're on the road again. Main problem is
finding time/energy to post as the days are long, and busy.

Understood... ;) I'm still in catch-up mode, but getting there.

:)

Same here, home by the end of the week tho.

So now, we should both be mostly back to normal, or at least that
which passes for normal... (G)

Normal is a setting on the washer or dryer. I'm pretty well caught up
but still some major work to do. Have to re-organise the sewing room to
fit in a work station (replacing the cutting table).

could have, but my brother handled the check book, even before
Dad went into the nursing home. After he did, it was a moot
point.

Mommy refused to give anyone POA, so when she couldn't sign
anymore, a little while after her first stroke, we ended up
setting up an account online to transfer her money into that
Lydia could pay bills out of... that only worked because she'd
been handling that one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't
given her a POA.

If she's already set up her mom's accounts with an online
access and knows the passwords, it should be possible....

Don't think she is but will ask.

I mentioned it to my friend yesterday--she's going to try to pursue it.

If she can get her mom to let her set up the online access, it should work... otherwise, she might just have to work harder at getting her
mom to give her POA... and or be joint on her mom's account...

Hopefully daughter will be able to take over the finances; she told me
that mom is showing early signs of dementia now. The sooner the finances
are settled, the better, given the new development.

I run most figures long hand first, then check on the
calulator... then when it's all done, I hand it off to Richard
to check...

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but
cooking and many other areas.

Indeed. :)

Same as with some recipies with ingredients lists and instructions a
mile long each. (G)

I'm not likely to try any recipes like that... I'll leave it to you
guys instead... ;)

I've done it from time to time but not as a general rule for my cooking.
If I read over the recipe and see it has a mile long list of ingredients
but most are small things like spices, etc, I'll consider it. If it's
chop, then brown, then puree, then mix with something else that's had a
number of prep steps, I'll probably not try making it.

I was thinking more the adult ed thru the highschools... that
tends to be more practical, and less vocational... as would
cooking classes from the cooperative extension...

That would work, if offered. I thought those usually
concentrated on academic classes.

Not in my experience... there are academic classes, but there
are also a raft of enrichment type classes... years ago, Richard
taught a class on TV repair in a highschool night school...

OK, guess I'm out of touch with night school on the high school level.

You might find a look at the offerings quite interesting... ;)

Possibly, but it's not on the radar for this fall.

Change in plans for the lunches but I'm still doing less fuss
for the suppers. The team has enjoyed baked ziti with tossed
salad and garlic bread last night & poppy seed chicken, brown
rice and broccoli salad tonight. The mother of a young man on
the team introduced us to the poppy seed chicken--made it for an
occaision we were at. I inadvertantly made a substitution in the
recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and was well received.

Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution was it...?

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called for.
Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that should
work out fine... :)

It didn't, and the young man whose mom gave me the recipe had no
problems with chowing down a large helping (and seconds) of the modified version.

So were these meals back in WF, or was the whole team already in
VT for the weekend...?

We got to VT Wednesday, met up with the team on Saturday. We spent a couple of nights at a state park, then went to Washington to set up
the camper on Friday. Ran up to Burlington Costco, had supper at a Vietnamese place (brought half back for Saturday lunch). Finished
grocery shopping Saturday, fixed supper for the team, had it ready
when they got in.

OK... sounds like that all worked out well... :) Was it a good Vietnamese restaurant...? What did you order...?

Small, family run business. I had a noodle bowl with a lot of protein
ranging from chicken to shrimp to beef to a couple of quail eggs. Sort
of salad thing underneath. Very good; but I don't remember the name.
Steve had the Kung Pao Chicken, said it was good, but not as spicy as
he'd anticipated--no hot peppers like he got from Gail's at Janis's
Windsor picnic. We'd probably go back if it's still going.

---
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Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-13-18 15:43 <=-

Same here, home by the end of the week tho.

So now, we should both be mostly back to normal, or at least
that which passes for normal... (G)

Normal is a setting on the washer or dryer. I'm pretty well caught up
but still some major work to do. Have to re-organise the sewing room
to fit in a work station (replacing the cutting table).

That will also serve as a cutting table, then...?

setting up an account online to transfer her money into that
Lydia could pay bills out of... that only worked because she'd
been handling that one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't
given her a POA.

If she's already set up her mom's accounts with an online
access and knows the passwords, it should be possible....

Don't think she is but will ask.

I mentioned it to my friend yesterday--she's going to try to pursue
it.

If she can get her mom to let her set up the online access, it
should work... otherwise, she might just have to work harder at
getting her mom to give her POA... and/or be joint on her mom's
account...

Hopefully daughter will be able to take over the finances; she told me that mom is showing early signs of dementia now. The sooner the
finances are settled, the better, given the new development.

Yup, things like this have to be set up while the mom is still pretty
much considered non-demented... so better sooner than later.... and
especially before it's too late to do so...

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but
cooking and many other areas.

Indeed. :)

Same as with some recipies with ingredients lists and instructions
a mile long each. (G)

I'm not likely to try any recipes like that... I'll leave it to
you guys instead... ;)

I've done it from time to time but not as a general rule for my
cooking. If I read over the recipe and see it has a mile long list of ingredients but most are small things like spices, etc, I'll consider
it. If it's chop, then brown, then puree, then mix with something else that's had a number of prep steps, I'll probably not try making it.

That's the sort of thing to get at a restaurant... or have someone else
fuss over it... ;)

That would work, if offered. I thought those usually
concentrated on academic classes.

Not in my experience... there are academic classes, but there
are also a raft of enrichment type classes... years ago, Richard
taught a class on TV repair in a highschool night school...

OK, guess I'm out of touch with night school on the high school
level.

You might find a look at the offerings quite interesting... ;)

Possibly, but it's not on the radar for this fall.

I wasn't thinking of it as courses you'd be interested in taking, just a
more general, be interesting to see what was being offered... ;)

the team introduced us to the poppy seed chicken--made it for an
occaision we were at. I inadvertantly made a substitution in the
recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and was well received.

Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution was it...?

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called for.
Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that
should work out fine... :)

It didn't, and the young man whose mom gave me the recipe had no
problems with chowing down a large helping (and seconds) of the
modified version.

Tasted close enough then... ;) I wonder what his mom would have thought
of the substitution, though... ;)

had supper at a Vietnamese place (brought half back for Saturday
lunch). Finished grocery shopping Saturday, fixed supper for the
team, had it ready when they got in.

OK... sounds like that all worked out well... :) Was it a good
Vietnamese restaurant...? What did you order...?

Small, family run business. I had a noodle bowl with a lot of protein ranging from chicken to shrimp to beef to a couple of quail eggs. Sort
of salad thing underneath. Very good; but I don't remember the name.

Sounds a lot like what I had at Nam Vang, but as a soup, not a salad....

Steve had the Kung Pao Chicken, said it was good, but not as spicy as
he'd anticipated--no hot peppers like he got from Gail's at Janis's Windsor picnic. We'd probably go back if it's still going.

Sounds like there's a good chance they'd still be in business another
year and on... I don't remember any Chinese dishes on the menu at
either Nam Vang or Saigon Pho... But a previous Vietnamese restaurant
had a wider selection, and then merged into another more varied
restaurant called The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Same here, home by the end of the week tho.

So now, we should both be mostly back to normal, or at least
that which passes for normal... (G)

Normal is a setting on the washer or dryer. I'm pretty well caught up
but still some major work to do. Have to re-organise the sewing room
to fit in a work station (replacing the cutting table).

That will also serve as a cutting table, then...?

Yes, it will. It comes with a reversible (yellow/purple for dark/light
fabrics) rotary cutter mat and is height adjustable. I can also tip one
side (looks like a drafting table) if I want. I can also put a cutting
board on it for when I'm cutting clothing or other large yardage
projects. Only down side is that I can't set it up half size like my
current (double drop leaf) table so it will take a bit more room.

setting up an account online to transfer her money into that
Lydia could pay bills out of... that only worked because she'd
been handling that one bank's accounts for Mommy online...

Hmmmmmmmmm, might suggest that to a friend whose mom hasn't
given her a POA.

If she's already set up her mom's accounts with an online
access and knows the passwords, it should be possible....

Don't think she is but will ask.

I mentioned it to my friend yesterday--she's going to try to pursue
it.

If she can get her mom to let her set up the online access, it
should work... otherwise, she might just have to work harder at
getting her mom to give her POA... and/or be joint on her mom's
account...

Hopefully daughter will be able to take over the finances; she told me that mom is showing early signs of dementia now. The sooner the
finances are settled, the better, given the new development.

Yup, things like this have to be set up while the mom is still pretty
much considered non-demented... so better sooner than later.... and especially before it's too late to do so...

Hopefully she was able to get things set up with mom this week. School
has started so daughter will be busier now but if she follows thru, bill paying, etc will be a lot easier than previously.

Another set of eyes is always useful, not only in finances but
cooking and many other areas.

Indeed. :)

Same as with some recipies with ingredients lists and

instructions RH>> a mile long each. (G)

I'm not likely to try any recipes like that... I'll leave it to
you guys instead... ;)

I've done it from time to time but not as a general rule for my
cooking. If I read over the recipe and see it has a mile long list of ingredients but most are small things like spices, etc, I'll consider
it. If it's chop, then brown, then puree, then mix with something else that's had a number of prep steps, I'll probably not try making it.

That's the sort of thing to get at a restaurant... or have someone
else fuss over it... ;)

Most likely a restaurant. (G) Tonight I did salmon patties, (pre made) rice--just reheated it, and sliced cucumber with a fig bar for dessert.
Simple, filling and tasted good.

Richard NB>>> taught a class on TV repair in a highschool night
school...

OK, guess I'm out of touch with night school on the high school
level.

You might find a look at the offerings quite interesting... ;)

Possibly, but it's not on the radar for this fall.

I wasn't thinking of it as courses you'd be interested in taking, just
a more general, be interesting to see what was being offered... ;)

Might tempt me to sign up for one or two. I've thought about it when I
see what the local community centers offer but there's usually something
(time, money, travel) to keep me from doing so.

the team introduced us to the poppy seed chicken--made it for

an RH>>> occaision we were at. I inadvertantly made a substitution in
the RH>>> recipe--turned out without a problem tho--and was well received. NB>>> Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution
was it...?

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called

for. RH>> Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal
adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that
should work out fine... :)

It didn't, and the young man whose mom gave me the recipe had no
problems with chowing down a large helping (and seconds) of the
modified version.

Tasted close enough then... ;) I wonder what his mom would have
thought of the substitution, though... ;)

Probably would have liked it; she didn't seem to be a strictly "by the
book" cook when I met her.

had supper at a Vietnamese place (brought half back for Saturday
lunch). Finished grocery shopping Saturday, fixed supper for the
team, had it ready when they got in.

OK... sounds like that all worked out well... :) Was it a good
Vietnamese restaurant...? What did you order...?

Small, family run business. I had a noodle bowl with a lot of protein ranging from chicken to shrimp to beef to a couple of quail eggs. Sort
of salad thing underneath. Very good; but I don't remember the name.

Sounds a lot like what I had at Nam Vang, but as a soup, not a
salad....

It wasn't really a salad nor a soup. Sort of a dry soup, not enough
greens to make it a salad.

Steve had the Kung Pao Chicken, said it was good, but not as spicy as
he'd anticipated--no hot peppers like he got from Gail's at Janis's Windsor picnic. We'd probably go back if it's still going.

Sounds like there's a good chance they'd still be in business another
year and on... I don't remember any Chinese dishes on the menu at
either Nam Vang or Saigon Pho... But a previous Vietnamese restaurant
had a wider selection, and then merged into another more varied
restaurant called The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

That would be an interesting place--trying to make up your mind for the
meal might be a bit of a challenge. Do I go Chines, Viet Namese, Thai,
or what? (G)

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-17-18 19:54 <=-

but still some major work to do. Have to re-organise the sewing
room to fit in a work station (replacing the cutting table).

That will also serve as a cutting table, then...?

Yes, it will. It comes with a reversible (yellow/purple for dark/light fabrics) rotary cutter mat and is height adjustable. I can also tip
one side (looks like a drafting table) if I want. I can also put a
cutting board on it for when I'm cutting clothing or other large
yardage projects. Only down side is that I can't set it up half size
like my current (double drop leaf) table so it will take a bit more
room.

Win some, lose some... ;) Sounds like it will be mostly a gain... and
give you a bit more flexibility over all... :)

If she can get her mom to let her set up the online access, it
should work... otherwise, she might just have to work harder at
getting her mom to give her POA... and/or be joint on her mom's
account...

Hopefully daughter will be able to take over the finances; she
told me that mom is showing early signs of dementia now. The sooner
the finances are settled, the better, given the new development.

Yup, things like this have to be set up while the mom is still
pretty much considered non-demented... so better sooner than
later.... and especially before it's too late to do so...

Hopefully she was able to get things set up with mom this week. School
has started so daughter will be busier now but if she follows thru,
bill paying, etc will be a lot easier than previously.

And hopefully her mom sees the benefit in turning over the reins to her daughter... While Mommy never got that concept, my neighbor that I was
helping with medical and finances, saw a good thing when it presented...
One day when she was struggling to sign her name on a check, I asked her
if she'd like to put me on the account so that I could just sign it for
her... she looked at me for a moment and then said YES!... we let her
daughter know what we were planning and she gave her approval, and off
to the bank we went.... :)

Same as with some recipies with ingredients lists and
instructions a mile long each. (G)

I'm not likely to try any recipes like that... I'll leave it to
you guys instead... ;)

I've done it from time to time but not as a general rule for my
cooking. If I read over the recipe and see it has a mile long list of
ingredients but most are small things like spices, etc, I'll consider
it. If it's chop, then brown, then puree, then mix with something else
that's had a number of prep steps, I'll probably not try making it.

That's the sort of thing to get at a restaurant... or have someone
else fuss over it... ;)

Most likely a restaurant. (G) Tonight I did salmon patties, (pre made) rice--just reheated it, and sliced cucumber with a fig bar for
dessert. Simple, filling and tasted good.

And no-fuss... :)

Richard taught a class on TV repair in a highschool night school...

OK, guess I'm out of touch with night school on the high school
level.

You might find a look at the offerings quite interesting... ;)

Possibly, but it's not on the radar for this fall.

I wasn't thinking of it as courses you'd be interested in taking, just
a more general, be interesting to see what was being offered... ;)

Might tempt me to sign up for one or two. I've thought about it when I
see what the local community centers offer but there's usually
something (time, money, travel) to keep me from doing so.

Ah... Yeah... I haven't taken any classes for years, either... similar somethings keeping me, too... ;)

I inadvertantly made a substitution in the recipe--turned out
without a problem tho--and was well received.

Those sound good... :) What sort of substitution was it...?

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called
for. Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal
adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that
should work out fine... :)

It didn't, and the young man whose mom gave me the recipe had no
problems with chowing down a large helping (and seconds) of the
modified version.

Tasted close enough then... ;) I wonder what his mom would have
thought of the substitution, though... ;)

Probably would have liked it; she didn't seem to be a strictly "by the book" cook when I met her.

And if you have occasion to serve her your version, you can confirm
that... ;)

Sounds like there's a good chance they'd still be in business another
year and on... I don't remember any Chinese dishes on the menu at
either Nam Vang or Saigon Pho... But a previous Vietnamese restaurant
had a wider selection, and then merged into another more varied
restaurant called The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

That would be an interesting place--trying to make up your mind for
the meal might be a bit of a challenge. Do I go Chines, Viet Namese,
Thai, or what? (G)

Main problem there was that they weren't all that good overall... ;)
They were better to begin with as mostly Vietnamese... :)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-22-18 15:49 <=-

That will also serve as a cutting table, then...?

Yes, it will. It comes with a reversible (yellow/purple for
dark/light fabrics) rotary cutter mat and is height adjustable.
I can also tip one side (looks like a drafting table) if I want.
I can also put a cutting board on it for when I'm cutting
clothing or other large yardage projects. Only down side is that
I can't set it up half size like my current (double drop leaf)
table so it will take a bit more room.

Win some, lose some... ;) Sounds like it will be mostly a gain...
and give you a bit more flexibility over all... :)

Quite so, once I get it set up. I'm on the "off my feet" restriction again, had the 2nd shot earlier this afternoon so I can't work on the
room clean out. Also got a more heavy duty knee brace.

So is Steve doing the clean out, or is the project put on hold for a few
days until you are able to work on it...? A good knee brace should be
quite helpful, too.... :)

As of now, I believe the daughter is writing the checks/mom is signing
but I don't think mom has given up physical control of the check book.

Sounds like how Lydia was doing it with Mommy...

If things can be set up to do it all on line, that would be much
easier for both.

Just have to get the mom to agree to doing things on line at all...

That's the sort of thing to get at a restaurant... or have
someone else fuss over it... ;)

Most likely a restaurant. (G) Tonight I did salmon patties,
(pre made) rice--just reheated it, and sliced cucumber with a
fig bar for dessert. Simple, filling and tasted good.

And no-fuss... :)

Very much so. Tonight is pulled pork (from the freexer, potato salad
(left over from Sunday, bought at Sam's) and beets (frozen, but from
the farmer's market originally. Little time on my feet, out the door
for church to get there on time sort of supper.

That works out... :)

Possibly, but it's not on the radar for this fall.

I wasn't thinking of it as courses you'd be interested in
taking, just a more general, be interesting to see what was
being offered... ;)

Might tempt me to sign up for one or two. I've thought about it
when I see what the local community centers offer but there's
usually something (time, money, travel) to keep me from doing so.

Ah... Yeah... I haven't taken any classes for years, either...
similar somethings keeping me, too... ;)

Some do look interesting. Others, I could probably teach but for the scheduling.

True. :)

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called
for. Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal
adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that
should work out fine... :)

It didn't, and the young man whose mom gave me the recipe had no
problems with chowing down a large helping (and seconds) of the
modified version.

Tasted close enough then... ;) I wonder what his mom would have
thought of the substitution, though... ;)

Probably would have liked it; she didn't seem to be a strictly
"by the book" cook when I met her.

And if you have occasion to serve her your version, you can
confirm that... ;)

True, turned out good with the cream of chicken-mushroom (or was it mushroom-chicken?) soup I found the other night. It would probably
work with a home made white sauce as well, just not as quick and easy.

Probably any number of viable variations.... ;)

But a previous Vietnamese restaurant had a wider selection,
and then merged into another more varied restaurant called
The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

That would be an interesting place--trying to make up your mind
for the meal might be a bit of a challenge. Do I go Chinese,
Viet Namese, Thai, or what? (G)

Main problem there was that they weren't all that good
overall... ;) They were better to begin with as mostly
Vietnamese... :)

Sigh! Sometimes it doesn't pay to stretch yourself too thin.

I think it may have been more that by combining the two restaurants, the
cooks were also combined, and some may have better than others... they
may also have lost a cook or two from the original place...

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

I can't set it up half size like my current (double drop leaf)
table so it will take a bit more room.

Win some, lose some... ;) Sounds like it will be mostly a

gain... NB>> and give you a bit more flexibility over all... :)

Quite so, once I get it set up. I'm on the "off my feet" restriction again, had the 2nd shot earlier this afternoon so I can't work on the
room clean out. Also got a more heavy duty knee brace.

So is Steve doing the clean out, or is the project put on hold for a
few days until you are able to work on it...? A good knee brace

I'm doing bits and pieces of the clean out but don't expect to have it
done for a while. Steve is on the last stage of rebuilding the chimney.
When we got home from VT, he saw that the under layer in (what he
thought was) one part was rotten, turned out to be the whole thing and
some of the siding. Nails had been used to attach the chimney cap,
allowing water to get in and rot everything. He tore off all the old
stuff and rebuilt it, is now to the stage of adding the siding. It has
taken many long days but the chimney will outlast the rest of the house
now.

should be
quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments so I
don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread earlier today
but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

As of now, I believe the daughter is writing the checks/mom is signing
but I don't think mom has given up physical control of the check book.

Sounds like how Lydia was doing it with Mommy...

If things can be set up to do it all on line, that would be much
easier for both.

Just have to get the mom to agree to doing things on line at all...

That may be easier said than done.

That's the sort of thing to get at a restaurant... or have
someone else fuss over it... ;)

Most likely a restaurant. (G) Tonight I did salmon patties,
(pre made) rice--just reheated it, and sliced cucumber with a
fig bar for dessert. Simple, filling and tasted good.

And no-fuss... :)

Very much so. Tonight is pulled pork (from the freexer, potato salad
(left over from Sunday, bought at Sam's) and beets (frozen, but from
the farmer's market originally. Little time on my feet, out the door
for church to get there on time sort of supper.

That works out... :)

Tomorrow's supper will go into the baby crock pot in the morning so I
don't have to be on my feet that long. I'll cut up stuff tonight since I
can be on my feet a bit longer.

Possibly, but it's not on the radar for this fall.

I wasn't thinking of it as courses you'd be interested in
taking, just a more general, be interesting to see what was
being offered... ;)

Might tempt me to sign up for one or two. I've thought about it
when I see what the local community centers offer but there's
usually something (time, money, travel) to keep me from doing

so. NB>> Ah... Yeah... I haven't taken any classes for years,
either...

similar somethings keeping me, too... ;)

Some do look interesting. Others, I could probably teach but for the scheduling.

True. :)

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for a bit,
out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Subbed cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken called
for. Still tasted good and I may keep that as a personal
adaptation.

As long as the mushroom doesn't overwhelm the poppyseed, that
should work out fine... :)

It didn't, and the young man whose mom gave me the recipe had

no RH>>> problems with chowing down a large helping (and seconds) of
the

modified version.

Tasted close enough then... ;) I wonder what his mom would

have NB>>> thought of the substitution, though... ;)

Probably would have liked it; she didn't seem to be a strictly
"by the book" cook when I met her.

And if you have occasion to serve her your version, you can
confirm that... ;)

True, turned out good with the cream of chicken-mushroom (or was it mushroom-chicken?) soup I found the other night. It would probably
work with a home made white sauce as well, just not as quick and easy.

Probably any number of viable variations.... ;)

Undoubtedly.

But a previous Vietnamese restaurant had a wider selection,
and then merged into another more varied restaurant called
The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

That would be an interesting place--trying to make up your mind
for the meal might be a bit of a challenge. Do I go Chinese,
Viet Namese, Thai, or what? (G)

Main problem there was that they weren't all that good
overall... ;) They were better to begin with as mostly
Vietnamese... :)

Sigh! Sometimes it doesn't pay to stretch yourself too thin.

I think it may have been more that by combining the two restaurants,
the cooks were also combined, and some may have better than others...
they
may also have lost a cook or two from the original place...

Some things have to be learned the hard way.

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-28-18 14:27 <=-

Win some, lose some... ;) Sounds like it will be mostly a
gain... and give you a bit more flexibility over all... :)

Quite so, once I get it set up. I'm on the "off my feet"
restriction again, had the 2nd shot earlier this afternoon so
I can't work on the room clean out. Also got a more heavy
duty knee brace.

So is Steve doing the clean out, or is the project put on hold
for a few days until you are able to work on it...?

I'm doing bits and pieces of the clean out but don't expect to
have it done for a while.

So not quite on hold, but not top speed ahead, either...

Steve is on the last stage of rebuilding the chimney. When we got
home from VT, he saw that the under layer in (what he thought was)
one part was rotten, turned out to be the whole thing and some of
the siding. Nails had been used to attach the chimney cap, allowing
water to get in and rot everything. He tore off all the old stuff
and rebuilt it, is now to the stage of adding the siding. It has
taken many long days but the chimney will outlast the rest of the
house now.

Ah... yes, that is a more important/urgent job to get taken care of... I
can see how that would keep him busy all the available daylight hours,
too...! I'm sure he's doing a very creditable job on it, too... :)
Sounds like it was a good thing he noticed that when you got home from
VT.... it's the sort of thing that just gets worse as you let it go...

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments so I
don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread earlier today
but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

As of now, I believe the daughter is writing the checks/mom is signing
but I don't think mom has given up physical control of the check book.

Sounds like how Lydia was doing it with Mommy...

If things can be set up to do it all on line, that would be much
easier for both.

Just have to get the mom to agree to doing things on line at all...

That may be easier said than done.

Sadly, very true.... But if she can get that accomplished, the daughter
will have the lever she needs to put something else in place down the
road in case mom ends up needing it, and can no longer specifically
approve....

Very much so. Tonight is pulled pork (from the freexer, potato salad
(left over from Sunday, bought at Sam's) and beets (frozen, but from
the farmer's market originally. Little time on my feet, out the door
for church to get there on time sort of supper.

That works out... :)

Tomorrow's supper will go into the baby crock pot in the morning so I don't have to be on my feet that long. I'll cut up stuff tonight since
I can be on my feet a bit longer.

And presumably still had some oomph left still.... :)

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for a bit,
out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space between to
almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

But a previous Vietnamese restaurant had a wider selection,
and then merged into another more varied restaurant called
The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

That would be an interesting place--trying to make up your mind
for the meal might be a bit of a challenge. Do I go Chinese,
Viet Namese, Thai, or what? (G)

Main problem there was that they weren't all that good
overall... ;) They were better to begin with as mostly
Vietnamese... :)

Sigh! Sometimes it doesn't pay to stretch yourself too thin.

I think it may have been more that by combining the two
restaurants, the cooks were also combined, and some may have
better than others... they may also have lost a cook or two from
the original place...

Some things have to be learned the hard way.

When I tried out the place (a couple times, I think), I got the
impression they thought they were good enough... another reason not to return... ;)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Quite so, once I get it set up. I'm on the "off my feet"
restriction again, had the 2nd shot earlier this afternoon so
I can't work on the room clean out. Also got a more heavy
duty knee brace.

So is Steve doing the clean out, or is the project put on hold
for a few days until you are able to work on it...?

I'm doing bits and pieces of the clean out but don't expect to
have it done for a while.

So not quite on hold, but not top speed ahead, either...

No, sort of a middle ground. Need to work on the living room and kitchen
some first, anyway.

Steve is on the last stage of rebuilding the chimney. When we got
home from VT, he saw that the under layer in (what he thought was)
one part was rotten, turned out to be the whole thing and some of
the siding. Nails had been used to attach the chimney cap, allowing
water to get in and rot everything. He tore off all the old stuff
and rebuilt it, is now to the stage of adding the siding. It has
taken many long days but the chimney will outlast the rest of the
house now.

Ah... yes, that is a more important/urgent job to get taken care of...
I can see how that would keep him busy all the available daylight
hours,

And some parts of it, into the night. He has about one more board to put
up, then caulk and paint. Should be done tomorrow.

too...! I'm sure he's doing a very creditable job on it, too... :)
Sounds like it was a good thing he noticed that when you got home from VT.... it's the sort of thing that just gets worse as you let it go...

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an inspection
done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it appears he just did a
very superficial job.

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments so I
don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread earlier today
but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

Yes, kicked back off my feet. I was on them for a bit taking care of
laundry, doing the last preliminary cutting for a quilt, lunch time dishes............but sat down again a few minutes ago.

As of now, I believe the daughter is writing the checks/mom is signing RH>> but I don't think mom has given up physical control of

the check book. NB>> Sounds like how Lydia was doing it with Mommy...

If things can be set up to do it all on line, that would be much
easier for both.

Just have to get the mom to agree to doing things on line at

all...

That may be easier said than done.

Sadly, very true.... But if she can get that accomplished, the
daughter will have the lever she needs to put something else in place
down the
road in case mom ends up needing it, and can no longer specifically approve....

Mom is in some sort of assisted living right now, not sure what level of
care she needs but can't really be on her own. Trying to get her
husband's estate settled too; her daughter has been working on that all
summer. School has started so she doesn't have as much time to do that
right now.

Very much so. Tonight is pulled pork (from the freexer, potato

salad RH>> (left over from Sunday, bought at Sam's) and beets
(frozen, but from RH>> the farmer's market originally. Little time on
my feet, out the door RH>> for church to get there on time sort of supper.

That works out... :)

Tomorrow's supper will go into the baby crock pot in the morning so I don't have to be on my feet that long. I'll cut up stuff tonight since
I can be on my feet a bit longer.

And presumably still had some oomph left still.... :)

I did, and what was in the crock pot was enough for 2 meals with a
probable lunch also. Either that, or combine with other stuff for a
clean out the fridge type meal.

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for a bit,
out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully that will be
all until the latter part of December.

But a previous Vietnamese restaurant had a wider selection,
and then merged into another more varied restaurant called
The Wok... all sorts of Asian dishes there....

That would be an interesting place--trying to make up your mind
for the meal might be a bit of a challenge. Do I go Chinese,
Viet Namese, Thai, or what? (G)

Main problem there was that they weren't all that good
overall... ;) They were better to begin with as mostly
Vietnamese... :)

Sigh! Sometimes it doesn't pay to stretch yourself too thin.

I think it may have been more that by combining the two
restaurants, the cooks were also combined, and some may have
better than others... they may also have lost a cook or two from
the original place...

Some things have to be learned the hard way.

When I tried out the place (a couple times, I think), I got the
impression they thought they were good enough... another reason not to return... ;)

Sigh! Peter Principle--rose to their level of incompetance?

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-31-18 15:08 <=-

Steve is on the last stage of rebuilding the chimney. When we got
home from VT, he saw that the under layer in (what he thought was)
one part was rotten, turned out to be the whole thing and some of
the siding. Nails had been used to attach the chimney cap, allowing
water to get in and rot everything. He tore off all the old stuff
and rebuilt it, is now to the stage of adding the siding. It has
taken many long days but the chimney will outlast the rest of the
house now.

Ah... yes, that is a more important/urgent job to get taken care
of... I can see how that would keep him busy all the available
daylight hours, too...!

And some parts of it, into the night. He has about one more board to
put up, then caulk and paint. Should be done tomorrow.

It's a big job... :) But will be a very good thing when done... :)

I'm sure he's doing a very creditable job on it, too... :) Sounds
like it was a good thing he noticed that when you got home from
VT.... it's the sort of thing that just gets worse as you let it go...

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an
inspection done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it appears he just did a very superficial job.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago, but,
yes, one would have thought something like this would have shown up
already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments
so I don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread
earlier today but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

Yes, kicked back off my feet. I was on them for a bit taking care of laundry, doing the last preliminary cutting for a quilt, lunch time dishes............but sat down again a few minutes ago.

Sounds like you are able to get more done now, though... :)

If things can be set up to do it all on line, that would be
much easier for both.

Just have to get the mom to agree to doing things on line at
all...

That may be easier said than done.

Sadly, very true.... But if she can get that accomplished, the
daughter will have the lever she needs to put something else in
place down the road in case mom ends up needing it, and can no
longer specifically approve....

Mom is in some sort of assisted living right now, not sure what level
of care she needs but can't really be on her own. Trying to get her husband's estate settled too; her daughter has been working on that
all summer. School has started so she doesn't have as much time to do
that right now.

Tough job for the daughter, to be sure...

Tomorrow's supper will go into the baby crock pot in the morning
so I don't have to be on my feet that long. I'll cut up stuff
tonight since I can be on my feet a bit longer.

And presumably still had some oomph left still.... :)

I did, and what was in the crock pot was enough for 2 meals with a probable lunch also. Either that, or combine with other stuff for a
clean out the fridge type meal.

That works... :)

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for
a bit, out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space
between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully that will
be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

I think it may have been more that by combining the two
restaurants, the cooks were also combined, and some may have
better than others... they may also have lost a cook or two from
the original place...

Some things have to be learned the hard way.

When I tried out the place (a couple times, I think), I got the
impression they thought they were good enough... another reason
not to return... ;)

Sigh! Peter Principle--rose to their level of incompetance?

Possibly.... may just not have recognized competence or incompetence...
lots of people think quite highly of themselves, ya know... ;)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Ah... yes, that is a more important/urgent job to get taken care
of... I can see how that would keep him busy all the available
daylight hours, too...!

And some parts of it, into the night. He has about one more board to
put up, then caulk and paint. Should be done tomorrow.

It's a big job... :) But will be a very good thing when done... :)

Now done and you saw pictures of it.

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an
inspection done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it appears he just did a very superficial job.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago, but,
yes, one would have thought something like this would have shown up already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments
so I don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread
earlier today but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

Yes, kicked back off my feet. I was on them for a bit taking care of laundry, doing the last preliminary cutting for a quilt, lunch time dishes............but sat down again a few minutes ago.

Sounds like you are able to get more done now, though... :)

Somewhat, especially if I take time off my feet between major jobs.
Caught up on both laundry and newspapers today. (G)

Mom is in some sort of assisted living right now, not sure what level
of care she needs but can't really be on her own. Trying to get her husband's estate settled too; her daughter has been working on that
all summer. School has started so she doesn't have as much time to do
that right now.

Tough job for the daughter, to be sure...

Tomorrow's supper will go into the baby crock pot in the morning
so I don't have to be on my feet that long. I'll cut up stuff
tonight since I can be on my feet a bit longer.

And presumably still had some oomph left still.... :)

I did, and what was in the crock pot was enough for 2 meals with a probable lunch also. Either that, or combine with other stuff for a
clean out the fridge type meal.

That works... :)

Have to see what else is on hand to work with but more likely need a
trip to the store for supplies before I can do that.

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for
a bit, out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space
between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully that will
be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

Don't want to have to travel south right now with the flooding but will
if we have to.

I think it may have been more that by combining the two
restaurants, the cooks were also combined, and some may have
better than others... they may also have lost a cook or two

from NB>>> the original place...

Some things have to be learned the hard way.

When I tried out the place (a couple times, I think), I got the
impression they thought they were good enough... another reason
not to return... ;)

Sigh! Peter Principle--rose to their level of incompetance?

Possibly.... may just not have recognized competence or
incompetence... lots of people think quite highly of themselves, ya know... ;)

Sigh!

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to NANCY BACKUS on 17-Sep-2018 22:32 <=-

Ah... yes, that is a more important/urgent job to get taken care
of... I can see how that would keep him busy all the available
daylight hours, too...!

And some parts of it, into the night. He has about one more board to
put up, then caulk and paint. Should be done tomorrow.

It's a big job... :) But will be a very good thing when done... :)

Now done and you saw pictures of it.

Yup. :)

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an
inspection done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it appears he
just did a very superficial job.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago, but,
yes, one would have thought something like this would have shown up
already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

At least the beginning stages of it....

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments
so I don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread
earlier today but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

Yes, kicked back off my feet. I was on them for a bit taking care of
laundry, doing the last preliminary cutting for a quilt, lunch time
dishes............but sat down again a few minutes ago.

Sounds like you are able to get more done now, though... :)

Somewhat, especially if I take time off my feet between major jobs.
Caught up on both laundry and newspapers today. (G)

The first being a mostly on your feet...? Or can you fold sitting
down...? I'm sure the newspapers were with your feet up... :)

Tomorrow's supper will go into the baby crock pot in the morning
so I don't have to be on my feet that long. I'll cut up stuff
tonight since I can be on my feet a bit longer.

And presumably still had some oomph left still.... :)

I did, and what was in the crock pot was enough for 2 meals with a
probable lunch also. Either that, or combine with other stuff for a
clean out the fridge type meal.

That works... :)

Have to see what else is on hand to work with but more likely need a
trip to the store for supplies before I can do that.

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading north for
the picnic and all...

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for
a bit, out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space
between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully that
will be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

Don't want to have to travel south right now with the flooding but
will if we have to.

True, and hopefully it won't be necessary until the flooding and all has settled back....

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

daylight hours, too...!

And some parts of it, into the night. He has about one more

board to RH>> put up, then caulk and paint. Should be done tomorrow.

It's a big job... :) But will be a very good thing when

done... :)

Now done and you saw pictures of it.

Yup. :)

Thankfully, before the rains came down too. If he'd taken up the one
offer (guy scheduling jobs 5 weeks out), it would have been wide open
last week end.

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an
inspection done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it

appears he RH>> just did a very superficial job.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago,

but, NB>> yes, one would have thought something like this would have shown up NB>> already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

At least the beginning stages of it....

Don't know if I'd hire that inspector again.

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments
so I don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread
earlier today but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

Yes, kicked back off my feet. I was on them for a bit taking

care of RH>> laundry, doing the last preliminary cutting for a quilt, lunch time RH>> dishes............but sat down again a few minutes
ago.

Sounds like you are able to get more done now, though... :)

Somewhat, especially if I take time off my feet between major jobs.
Caught up on both laundry and newspapers today. (G)

The first being a mostly on your feet...? Or can you fold sitting down...? I'm sure the newspapers were with your feet up... :)

I fold sitting down for the most part. Started doing that when I had to
fold one handed a couple of years ago.

I did, and what was in the crock pot was enough for 2 meals with

a RH>> probable lunch also. Either that, or combine with other stuff
for a RH>> clean out the fridge type meal.

That works... :)

Have to see what else is on hand to work with but more likely need a
trip to the store for supplies before I can do that.

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading north
for the picnic and all...

Very much so, and not felt like doing much shopping since we got home.
Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus 3 kinds
of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb lettuce and green
beans. Tonight's supper will be an easy do tho, brought home some
chicken piccotta from the Legion dinner the other night so have some of
that and (pre made) salad. Hopefully by Monday or so I'll feel more up
to cooking again.

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for
a bit, out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space
between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully that
will be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

Don't want to have to travel south right now with the flooding but
will if we have to.

True, and hopefully it won't be necessary until the flooding and all
has settled back....

For sure; we can do it if needs be--we know alternate routing--but hope
we don't have to do so.
---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-22-18 15:55 <=-

daylight hours, too...!

And some parts of it, into the night. He has about one more
board to put up, then caulk and paint. Should be done tomorrow.

It's a big job... :) But will be a very good thing when
done... :)

Now done and you saw pictures of it.

Yup. :)

Thankfully, before the rains came down too. If he'd taken up the one
offer (guy scheduling jobs 5 weeks out), it would have been wide open
last week end.

Yup, very good thing that Steve decided to do it himself before leaving
for the picnic....

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an
inspection done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it
appears he just did a very superficial job.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago,
but, yes, one would have thought something like this would have
shown up already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

At least the beginning stages of it....

Don't know if I'd hire that inspector again.

Unless he's the only one in town.... ;0 I'd be inclined to tell my
friends not to hire him either...

A good knee brace should be quite helpful, too.... :)

Quite, tho I'm trying to do on my feet jobs in short increments
so I don't need it very often. Wore it while mixing up bread
earlier today but it's off now, and bread is cooling.

And, I trust, you were off your feet by then... :)

Yes, kicked back off my feet. I was on them for a bit taking
care of laundry, doing the last preliminary cutting for a quilt,
lunch time dishes............but sat down again a few minutes
ago.

Sounds like you are able to get more done now, though... :)

Somewhat, especially if I take time off my feet between major jobs.
Caught up on both laundry and newspapers today. (G)

The first being a mostly on your feet...? Or can you fold sitting
down...? I'm sure the newspapers were with your feet up... :)

I fold sitting down for the most part. Started doing that when I had
to fold one handed a couple of years ago.

I generally fold sitting down, too... mostly just because I don't do
standing for long periods of time very well....

I did, and what was in the crock pot was enough for 2 meals with
a probable lunch also. Either that, or combine with other stuff
for a clean out the fridge type meal.

That works... :)

Have to see what else is on hand to work with but more likely
need a trip to the store for supplies before I can do that.

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading
north for the picnic and all...

Very much so, and not felt like doing much shopping since we got home.

Can't blame you there...

Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus 3
kinds of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb lettuce and green beans.

Nice haul... :) I've not seen patty pans up here yet... delicata's
available now, and I've bought it once already...

Tonight's supper will be an easy do tho, brought home some
chicken piccotta from the Legion dinner the other night so have some
of that and (pre made) salad. Hopefully by Monday or so I'll feel more
up to cooking again.

That sounds nice... and hopefully today you were feeling more like
cooking again... :) Tonight I made a beef stew... chopped up fresh
carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, broccoli, garlic... added a package of
sliced mushrooms, a can of diced tomatoes and a package of Hormel's
beef tips in gravy... turned out pretty nice, and there are leftovers
for another meal...

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home for
a bit, out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space
between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully that
will be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

Don't want to have to travel south right now with the flooding but
will if we have to.

True, and hopefully it won't be necessary until the flooding and all
has settled back....

For sure; we can do it if needs be--we know alternate routing--but
hope we don't have to do so.

Alternate routing is good... especially if it really does avoid all the
mess... but, agreed, much better if you don't have to, and can just wait
for the planned December trip... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

It's a big job... :) But will be a very good thing when
done... :)

Now done and you saw pictures of it.

Yup. :)

Thankfully, before the rains came down too. If he'd taken up the one
offer (guy scheduling jobs 5 weeks out), it would have been wide open
last week end.

Yup, very good thing that Steve decided to do it himself before
leaving for the picnic....

For sure! It was long, hard hours but that chimney chase will probably
outlast the rest of the house. (G)

Don't know how long this problem had been going on. We had an
inspection done when we bought the house 4 years ago but it
appears he just did a very superficial job.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago,
but, yes, one would have thought something like this would have
shown up already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

At least the beginning stages of it....

Don't know if I'd hire that inspector again.

Unless he's the only one in town.... ;0 I'd be inclined to tell my friends not to hire him either...

I don't recall, but he may have been hired thru our realtor. Steve would
know more so.

Sounds like you are able to get more done now, though... :)

Somewhat, especially if I take time off my feet between major

jobs. RH>> Caught up on both laundry and newspapers today. (G)

The first being a mostly on your feet...? Or can you fold

sitting NB>> down...? I'm sure the newspapers were with your feet
up... :)

I fold sitting down for the most part. Started doing that when I had
to fold one handed a couple of years ago.

I generally fold sitting down, too... mostly just because I don't do standing for long periods of time very well....

I've done it both ways over the years and various places we've lived. In
the rental we had here in WF, our chest freezer was right by the laundry
nook in the kitchen--handy folding spot. Most often I've had a place to
get off my feet to fold, very handy when I was doing wash for the
family.

for a clean out the fridge type meal.

That works... :)

Have to see what else is on hand to work with but more likely
need a trip to the store for supplies before I can do that.

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading
north for the picnic and all...

Very much so, and not felt like doing much shopping since we got home.

Can't blame you there...

Still doing it piecemal.

Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus 3
kinds of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb lettuce and green beans.

Nice haul... :) I've not seen patty pans up here yet... delicata's available now, and I've bought it once already...

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon rolls)
and green beans were good.

Tonight's supper will be an easy do tho, brought home some
chicken piccotta from the Legion dinner the other night so have some
of that and (pre made) salad. Hopefully by Monday or so I'll feel more
up to cooking again.

That sounds nice... and hopefully today you were feeling more like cooking again... :) Tonight I made a beef stew... chopped up fresh carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, broccoli, garlic... added a package
of sliced mushrooms, a can of diced tomatoes and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out pretty nice, and there are leftovers
for another meal...

Easy do meal. We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

This year especially has felt like an in and out time. Home

for RH>>>> a bit, out for a bit, then home again, etc.

Well, you did have some major trips, with just enough space
between to almost settle in, but not quite... ;)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully

that RH>>> will be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

Don't want to have to travel south right now with the flooding

but RH>> will if we have to.

True, and hopefully it won't be necessary until the flooding and

all NB>> has settled back....

For sure; we can do it if needs be--we know alternate routing--but
hope we don't have to do so.

Alternate routing is good... especially if it really does avoid all
the mess... but, agreed, much better if you don't have to, and can
just wait for the planned December trip... :)

I-95 is open thru NC now, don't know about SC (will have to check their
DOT web site). Two years ago when we went down to FL about 6 weeks after Matthew hit, we saw a lot of storm damage; I expect we'll see a lot more
this time.

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On 09-25-18 15:26, Ruth Haffly <=-
spoke to Nancy Backus about 802 other froggish + <=-

Yup, very good thing that Steve decided to do it himself before
leaving for the picnic....

For sure! It was long, hard hours but that chimney chase will probably outlast the rest of the house. (G)

These days, we sometimes look at a project or a purchase and say that it
will probably outlast us. Of course, the more that manufacturers lean
towards disposable versus repairable, that might not hold true.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: WHITE PIZZA
Categories: Pie, Italian
Yield: 8 Servings

Pizza shell, 12"
2 T Olive oil
4 ts Garlic; chopped fine
2 T Basil, fresh; OR
2 ts Basil, dried
2 md Tomato; thinly sliced
1/4 lb Mozzarella; grated, or to
-taste
1/4 lb Provolone; grated, or to
-taste
1/4 c Romano; grated
2 ts Oregano, dried; OR
1 T Oregano, fresh

Roll crust out to 12" circle. Brush crust with olive oil, sprinkle
with garlic and basil. Arrange tomato slices over crust and top with
grated mozzarella, provolone, and Romano cheeses. Bake in a hot
preheated oven (425 to 450 degrees) 12 to 15 minutes or until cheese
has melted and crust is lightly browned. Sprinkle with oregano. For
best results, bake on parchment paper directly on pizza stone or oven
tiles.

Best made with Neopolitan pizza crust (flour, yeast, water, salt, and
molasses); crust thin and crispy, yet soft enough to be folded over
and eaten with fingers

From Mario's Pizza, Regent Square, Pittsburgh, PA

From: Sam Waring Date: 01-23-96
Rec.Food.Reci

MMMMM


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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-25-18 15:26 <=-

Thankfully, before the rains came down too. If he'd taken up
the one offer (guy scheduling jobs 5 weeks out), it would have
been wide open last week end.

Yup, very good thing that Steve decided to do it himself before
leaving for the picnic....

For sure! It was long, hard hours but that chimney chase will probably outlast the rest of the house. (G)

Probably... :)

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years ago,
but, yes, one would have thought something like this would have
shown up already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

At least the beginning stages of it....

Don't know if I'd hire that inspector again.

Unless he's the only one in town.... ;0 I'd be inclined to tell
my friends not to hire him either...

I don't recall, but he may have been hired thru our realtor. Steve
would know more so.

Ah.

The first being a mostly on your feet...? Or can you fold
sitting down...? I'm sure the newspapers were with your feet
up... :)

I fold sitting down for the most part. Started doing that when
I had to fold one handed a couple of years ago.

I generally fold sitting down, too... mostly just because I
don't do standing for long periods of time very well....

I've done it both ways over the years and various places we've lived.
In the rental we had here in WF, our chest freezer was right by the laundry nook in the kitchen--handy folding spot. Most often I've had a place to get off my feet to fold, very handy when I was doing wash for
the family.

When I was younger, I'd fold standing at a laundry folding table, but
that was before I broke my ankle....

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading
north for the picnic and all...

Very much so, and not felt like doing much shopping since we
got home.

Can't blame you there...

Still doing it piecemeal.

Just the necessary things as needed, eh...?

Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus
3 kinds of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb
lettuce and green beans.

Nice haul... :) I've not seen patty pans up here yet...
delicata's available now, and I've bought it once already...

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon rolls)
and green beans were good.

I'm sure they were... :)

Tonight's supper will be an easy do tho, brought home some
chicken piccotta from the Legion dinner the other night so
have some of that and (pre made) salad. Hopefully by Monday or
so I'll feel more up to cooking again.

That sounds nice... and hopefully today you were feeling more
like cooking again... :) Tonight I made a beef stew... chopped
up fresh carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, broccoli, garlic...
added a package of sliced mushrooms, a can of diced tomatoes and
a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out pretty
nice, and there are leftovers for another meal...

Easy do meal.

Except for the chopping.... there was more of that than I would usually
do... ;)

We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

With another trip coming up, then one in October. Hopefully
that will be all until the latter part of December.

Yup, and yup...

Don't want to have to travel south right now with the flooding
but will if we have to.

True, and hopefully it won't be necessary until the flooding and
all has settled back....

For sure; we can do it if needs be--we know alternate routing--
but hope we don't have to do so.

Alternate routing is good... especially if it really does avoid
all the mess... but, agreed, much better if you don't have to,
and can just wait for the planned December trip... :)

I-95 is open thru NC now, don't know about SC (will have to check
their DOT web site). Two years ago when we went down to FL about 6
weeks after Matthew hit, we saw a lot of storm damage; I expect we'll
see a lot more this time.

Possibly... depending on how well they've been able to clean up
after.... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Dale,

Yup, very good thing that Steve decided to do it himself before
leaving for the picnic....

For sure! It was long, hard hours but that chimney chase will probably outlast the rest of the house. (G)

These days, we sometimes look at a project or a purchase and say that
it will probably outlast us. Of course, the more that manufacturers

That's what my dad said from the time he was in his 70s until he moved
into a nursing home. Some things did outlast him, others, I think had to
be redone or bought again before he passed away. Then too, he lived to 2
months short of 96 so there was time (20 years in some cases) for things
to fall apart.

lean
towards disposable versus repairable, that might not hold true.

Sad to say, too much is disposable these days. Some fast food places tho
have gone back to wrapping their products in paper--better that than
foam or even cardboard boxes. Still, when an item like a microwave is
made cheaply enough that disposal is a better solution than repair,
serious consideration should be made about things like available land
fill space.

---
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Ruth
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Hi Nancy,

the one offer (guy scheduling jobs 5 weeks out), it would have
been wide open last week end.

Yup, very good thing that Steve decided to do it himself before
leaving for the picnic....

For sure! It was long, hard hours but that chimney chase will probably outlast the rest of the house. (G)

Probably... :)

Hope so, anyways.

Hard to say if it would have been readily apparent 4 years

ago, NB>>>> but, yes, one would have thought something like this
would have NB>>>> shown up already, to an inspector's eye, anyway...

It should have been apparant then.

At least the beginning stages of it....

Don't know if I'd hire that inspector again.

Unless he's the only one in town.... ;0 I'd be inclined to tell
my friends not to hire him either...

I don't recall, but he may have been hired thru our realtor. Steve
would know more so.

Ah.

The first being a mostly on your feet...? Or can you fold
sitting down...? I'm sure the newspapers were with your feet
up... :)

I fold sitting down for the most part. Started doing that when
I had to fold one handed a couple of years ago.

I generally fold sitting down, too... mostly just because I
don't do standing for long periods of time very well....

I've done it both ways over the years and various places we've lived.
In the rental we had here in WF, our chest freezer was right by the laundry nook in the kitchen--handy folding spot. Most often I've had a place to get off my feet to fold, very handy when I was doing wash for
the family.

When I was younger, I'd fold standing at a laundry folding table, but
that was before I broke my ankle....

I never had a proper table except when we used commercial facilities.
Shared a common laundry room in both Frankfurt and Berlin but often
times I'd brong the clean stuff back to our apartment to fold, sitting
on the sofa.

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading
north for the picnic and all...

Very much so, and not felt like doing much shopping since we
got home.

Can't blame you there...

Still doing it piecemeal.

Just the necessary things as needed, eh...?

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when there.

Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus
3 kinds of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb
lettuce and green beans.

Nice haul... :) I've not seen patty pans up here yet...
delicata's available now, and I've bought it once already...

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon rolls)
and green beans were good.

I'm sure they were... :)

Nice thing about havng bakers that are regular vendors at the market.
(G)

Tonight's supper will be an easy do tho, brought home some
chicken piccotta from the Legion dinner the other night so
have some of that and (pre made) salad. Hopefully by Monday or
so I'll feel more up to cooking again.

That sounds nice... and hopefully today you were feeling more
like cooking again... :) Tonight I made a beef stew... chopped
up fresh carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, broccoli, garlic...
added a package of sliced mushrooms, a can of diced tomatoes and
a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out pretty
nice, and there are leftovers for another meal...

Easy do meal.

Except for the chopping.... there was more of that than I would
usually do... ;)

Quite so, hopefully no problems with being on your feet that long.

We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

but hope we don't have to do so.

Alternate routing is good... especially if it really does avoid
all the mess... but, agreed, much better if you don't have to,
and can just wait for the planned December trip... :)

I-95 is open thru NC now, don't know about SC (will have to check
their DOT web site). Two years ago when we went down to FL about 6
weeks after Matthew hit, we saw a lot of storm damage; I expect we'll
see a lot more this time.

Possibly... depending on how well they've been able to clean up
after.... :)

We'll see; there was a lot more damage this time around.

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-28-18 20:45 <=-

I've done it both ways over the years and various places we've
lived. In the rental we had here in WF, our chest freezer was
right by the laundry nook in the kitchen--handy folding spot.
Most often I've had a place to get off my feet to fold, very
handy when I was doing wash for the family.

When I was younger, I'd fold standing at a laundry folding
table, but that was before I broke my ankle....

I never had a proper table except when we used commercial facilities. Shared a common laundry room in both Frankfurt and Berlin but often
times I'd brong the clean stuff back to our apartment to fold, sitting
on the sofa.

The proper table was at a laundromat... at home, I'd fold either on the
bed or sitting on the sofa... or, when I was younger, standing at the
dryer and piling the folded clothes atop the dryer... or, as I took the
clothes off the line, folding into the laundry basket.... when we bring
things home from the laundromat now, it's likely to be folded while I'm
sitting on the bed...

You probably did a good clean out of the fridge before heading
north for the picnic and all...

Very much so, and not felt like doing much shopping since we
got home.

Can't blame you there...

Still doing it piecemeal.

Just the necessary things as needed, eh...?

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when there.

Need to make a list... ;)

Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus
3 kinds of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb
lettuce and green beans.

Nice haul... :) I've not seen patty pans up here yet...
delicata's available now, and I've bought it once already...

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon
rolls) and green beans were good.

I'm sure they were... :)

Nice thing about havng bakers that are regular vendors at the market.
(G)

For sure... :)

That sounds nice... and hopefully today you were feeling more
like cooking again... :) Tonight I made a beef stew... chopped
up fresh carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, broccoli, garlic...
added a package of sliced mushrooms, a can of diced tomatoes and
a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out pretty
nice, and there are leftovers for another meal...

Easy do meal.

Except for the chopping.... there was more of that than I would
usually do... ;)

Quite so, hopefully no problems with being on your feet that long.

Oh, I was sitting at the table, doing the chopping... :)

We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

That's what I meant... :)

but hope we don't have to do so.

Alternate routing is good... especially if it really does avoid
all the mess... but, agreed, much better if you don't have to,
and can just wait for the planned December trip... :)

I-95 is open thru NC now, don't know about SC (will have to check
their DOT web site). Two years ago when we went down to FL about
6 weeks after Matthew hit, we saw a lot of storm damage; I expect
we'll see a lot more this time.

Possibly... depending on how well they've been able to clean up
after.... :)

We'll see; there was a lot more damage this time around.

Maybe you won't have to go down too soon, and they'll have more time to
do the cleanup....

ttyl neb

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On 09-27-18 20:05, Ruth Haffly <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about 802 other froggish + <=-

These days, we sometimes look at a project or a purchase and say that
it will probably outlast us. Of course, the more that manufacturers

That's what my dad said from the time he was in his 70s until he moved into a nursing home. Some things did outlast him, others, I think had
to be redone or bought again before he passed away. Then too, he lived
to 2 months short of 96 so there was time (20 years in some cases) for things to fall apart.

lean
towards disposable versus repairable, that might not hold true.

Sad to say, too much is disposable these days. Some fast food places
tho have gone back to wrapping their products in paper--better that
than foam or even cardboard boxes. Still, when an item like a microwave
is made cheaply enough that disposal is a better solution than repair, serious consideration should be made about things like available land
fill space.

I wonder how long before someone comes up with the idea of shipping
waste to some active volcano and dumping it in to burn up? Of course,
that has the potential of releasing all sort of heavy metals and other
toxins into the air.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Panko Crusted Chicken With Dijon Sauce
Categories: Testing
Yield: 2 Servings

MMMMM----------------------------MEAT---------------------------------
2 ea Boned/skined chicken breast
(about 5 oz each)\
OR
1 lg Breast, pounded to 1 inch
Thick, cut into 2 pieces

MMMMM--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
2 tb Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tb Balsamic vinegar
1 ts Minced garlic

MMMMM---------------------------DREDGE--------------------------------
1/4 c Plus
2 tb Panko bread crumbs
2 ts Grated paremsan cheese
1 ts Dried parsley
1 tb Melted butter

MMMMM---------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
2 tb Mayo
1 ts Mustard
1 ts Capers

Preheat oven to 500 degrees (475 on convection oven)

For sauce, mix mayo, mustard, capers together - set aside.

In small bowl, blend mustard, vinegar and garlic. Set aside

In shallow flat bottomed bowl, mix bread crumbs, parsley and
parmesan cheese. Mix well.

Rinse chicken and pat dry.

If cutting one large breast in half, pound each piece so there is a
uniform thickness - about one inch.

If using smaller single serving size breasts, perhaps pound a bit to
make each piece about same uniform thickness.

Spread half of mustard/vinegar mixture on top of each chicken piece.

Place each piece of chicken, mustard side down in bread crumb mixture
~ pressing firmly to make sure each piece of chicken is well coated.
Place crumb side up and press any remaining crumbs into chicken.
Drizzle half of melted butter over each chicken piece. (OR POSSIBLY
SPRAY CRUMB TOP WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF PAM OR BUTTER SPRAY)

Place on baking sheet, bake for about 15 minutes. Do not turn.

Serve with sauce on the side.

Tested 1/08. Revised original recipe to the above because bottom
size of chicken in original test was soggy.

Variation of Safeway.Com recipe.

MMMMM


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Hi Nancy,

Most often I've had a place to get off my feet to fold, very
handy when I was doing wash for the family.

When I was younger, I'd fold standing at a laundry folding
table, but that was before I broke my ankle....

I never had a proper table except when we used commercial facilities. Shared a common laundry room in both Frankfurt and Berlin but often
times I'd brong the clean stuff back to our apartment to fold, sitting
on the sofa.

The proper table was at a laundromat... at home, I'd fold either on

I see.

the bed or sitting on the sofa... or, when I was younger, standing at
the
dryer and piling the folded clothes atop the dryer... or, as I took

I did that for a while here, but stayed with sitting down once the arm
healed.

the clothes off the line, folding into the laundry basket.... when we bring things home from the laundromat now, it's likely to be folded
while I'm sitting on the bed...

When we hit up a laundromat while on the road, I fold clothes while
there. Makes them easier to get back to the camper. We have a
collapsible tote (got at Sam's or Costco) they're loaded into--very
handy.

Can't blame you there...

Still doing it piecemeal.

Just the necessary things as needed, eh...?

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when there.

Need to make a list... ;)

I should, but the brain hasn't been firing on all cylinders, all the
time yet.

Did get to the farmer's market today and got some goodies, plus
3 kinds of squash (butternut, patty pans and spaghetti), bibb
lettuce and green beans.

Nice haul... :) I've not seen patty pans up here yet...
delicata's available now, and I've bought it once already...

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon
rolls) and green beans were good.

I'm sure they were... :)

Nice thing about havng bakers that are regular vendors at the market.
(G)

For sure... :)

That's why, if we have a picnic here, I think the folks would enjoy the
market.

That sounds nice... and hopefully today you were feeling more
like cooking again... :) Tonight I made a beef stew... chopped
up fresh carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, broccoli, garlic...
added a package of sliced mushrooms, a can of diced tomatoes

and NB>>> a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out
pretty

nice, and there are leftovers for another meal...

Easy do meal.

Except for the chopping.... there was more of that than I would
usually do... ;)

Quite so, hopefully no problems with being on your feet that long.

Oh, I was sitting at the table, doing the chopping... :)

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do in camp
meal.

We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

That's what I meant... :)

Helped get us over the first initial days of home and hurting. Doing
better, but still not fully recovered--it HURTS (!) to sneeze or cough
but I can take a half deep breath without as much pain.

We'll see; there was a lot more damage this time around.

Maybe you won't have to go down too soon, and they'll have more time
to do the cleanup....

Hoping to hold off until December. If all goes well, Dad will come home
later this week--home health care and other assistance will be utilised.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Dale,

lean
towards disposable versus repairable, that might not hold true.

Sad to say, too much is disposable these days. Some fast food places
tho have gone back to wrapping their products in paper--better that
than foam or even cardboard boxes. Still, when an item like a microwave
is made cheaply enough that disposal is a better solution than repair, serious consideration should be made about things like available land
fill space.

I wonder how long before someone comes up with the idea of shipping
waste to some active volcano and dumping it in to burn up? Of course,

Now that's an interesting (but not really workable) idea. Guess it would
have to be an iar drop, from quite some altitude tho, and the trash
would be likely to scatter.

that has the potential of releasing all sort of heavy metals and other toxins into the air.

As if the volccano doesn't put enough of that stuff into the air while erupting?

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-01-18 19:35 <=-

When I was younger, I'd fold standing at a laundry folding
table, but that was before I broke my ankle....

I never had a proper table except when we used commercial facilities.
Shared a common laundry room in both Frankfurt and Berlin but often
times I'd brong the clean stuff back to our apartment to fold, sitting
on the sofa.

The proper table was at a laundromat...

I see.

Richard still uses the table at the laundromat, standing to fold the
things he does... sheets, we do together, both standing....

at home, I'd fold either on the bed or sitting on the sofa...
or, when I was younger, standing at the dryer and piling the
folded clothes atop the dryer...

I did that for a while here, but stayed with sitting down once
the arm healed.

And now, it's good to do sitting down, to get you off your legs more...

or, as I took the clothes off the line, folding into the
laundry basket.... when we bring things home from the laundromat
now, it's likely to be folded while I'm sitting on the bed...

When we hit up a laundromat while on the road, I fold clothes while
there. Makes them easier to get back to the camper. We have a
collapsible tote (got at Sam's or Costco) they're loaded into--very
handy.

When we both go to the laundromat, we get it all folded there, Richard
at the table, me sitting on a chair there, folding and then loading into
the laundry basket, and then sorting out his socks into pairs... If for
some reason he does the laundry on his own, he brings back the socks for
me to sort, and sometimes the stuff that I'd've folded still to fold...
so it's more of a rare thing to bring things home to deal with...

Still doing it piecemeal.

Just the necessary things as needed, eh...?

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when there.

Need to make a list... ;)

I should, but the brain hasn't been firing on all cylinders, all the
time yet.

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon
rolls) and green beans were good.

I'm sure they were... :)

Nice thing about having bakers that are regular vendors at the
market. (G)

For sure... :)

That's why, if we have a picnic here, I think the folks would enjoy
the market.

It's always just on Saturdays...?

and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out
pretty nice, and there are leftovers for another meal...

Easy do meal.

Except for the chopping.... there was more of that than I would
usually do... ;)

Quite so, hopefully no problems with being on your feet that long.

Oh, I was sitting at the table, doing the chopping... :)

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do in
camp meal.

Dunno if you'd find all the ingredients satisfactory... but I'm ok with
it, as long as we don't do it too often... :) It does make a nice
shortcut for the beef and gravy... :) And the cats definitely
approve... they like to lick the package once I've added the contents
into whatever I'm fixing... and want their dibs from the meal as well...

We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

That's what I meant... :)

Helped get us over the first initial days of home and hurting. Doing better, but still not fully recovered--it HURTS (!) to sneeze or cough
but I can take a half deep breath without as much pain.

Lots of bruising in the chest and back areas, eh...? That does take
some time to fully heal....

We'll see; there was a lot more damage this time around.

Maybe you won't have to go down too soon, and they'll have
more time to do the cleanup....

Hoping to hold off until December. If all goes well, Dad will come
home later this week--home health care and other assistance will be utilised.

That sounds quite promising... and I'm glad there will be help... will
it be around the clock, or just for a few daytime periods....?

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Berlin but often RH>> times I'd brong the clean stuff back to our apartment to fold, sitting RH>> on the sofa.

The proper table was at a laundromat...

I see.

Richard still uses the table at the laundromat, standing to fold the things he does... sheets, we do together, both standing....

We'll do sheets together or, if Steve's not available, I'll use the bed
to keep the other end off the floor--while standing.

at home, I'd fold either on the bed or sitting on the sofa...
or, when I was younger, standing at the dryer and piling the
folded clothes atop the dryer...

I did that for a while here, but stayed with sitting down once
the arm healed.

And now, it's good to do sitting down, to get you off your legs
more...

Now, yes. Been wearing the brace more, including some time grocery
shopping earlier this afternoon.

or, as I took the clothes off the line, folding into the
laundry basket.... when we bring things home from the laundromat
now, it's likely to be folded while I'm sitting on the bed...

When we hit up a laundromat while on the road, I fold clothes while
there. Makes them easier to get back to the camper. We have a
collapsible tote (got at Sam's or Costco) they're loaded into--very
handy.

When we both go to the laundromat, we get it all folded there, Richard
at the table, me sitting on a chair there, folding and then loading
into the laundry basket, and then sorting out his socks into pairs...
If for some reason he does the laundry on his own, he brings back the socks for me to sort, and sometimes the stuff that I'd've folded still
to fold... so it's more of a rare thing to bring things home to deal with...

I'd rather put them right away from the basket, all nicely folded, once
I get back to home (camper). Even socks--Steve will fold his and
occaisionally mine but I'll fold for him and me.

Still doing it piecemeal.

Just the necessary things as needed, eh...?

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when

there. NB>> Need to make a list... ;)

I should, but the brain hasn't been firing on all cylinders, all the
time yet.

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

I didn't today and got all I need to make chili for Thursday night, as
well as other groceries. It'll be more the competition style chili so if there's left over, Steve can eat it without the worry of picking out
corn.

Not had it yet but some of the goodies (pumpkin cake, cinnamon
rolls) and green beans were good.

I'm sure they were... :)

Nice thing about having bakers that are regular vendors at the
market. (G)

For sure... :)

That's why, if we have a picnic here, I think the folks would enjoy
the market.

It's always just on Saturdays...?

Yes, except the week of Thanksgiving they have one on Tuesday, but not Saturday. The state one in Raleigh is every day except holidays, not
sure about Sunday tho.

and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy... turned out
pretty nice, and there are leftovers for another meal...

Easy do meal.

Except for the chopping.... there was more of that than I would
usually do... ;)

Quite so, hopefully no problems with being on your feet that

long. NB>> Oh, I was sitting at the table, doing the chopping... :)

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do in
camp meal.

Dunno if you'd find all the ingredients satisfactory... but I'm ok
with it, as long as we don't do it too often... :) It does make a

I'll take a look--migh do my own version to pop into the freezer in meal
size containers.

nice
shortcut for the beef and gravy... :) And the cats definitely
approve... they like to lick the package once I've added the contents
into whatever I'm fixing... and want their dibs from the meal as
well...

But, of course. (G)

We got a pre roasted chicken the other day, will work on
that some more tonight but not sure what sides.

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

That's what I meant... :)

Helped get us over the first initial days of home and hurting. Doing better, but still not fully recovered--it HURTS (!) to sneeze or cough
but I can take a half deep breath without as much pain.

Lots of bruising in the chest and back areas, eh...? That does take
some time to fully heal....

Not a lot of visible bruising but the internal shake up... I got hit
by both the seat/shoulder belt and air bag. To the point now where it
doesn't hurt quite as much to take a half deep breath.

We'll see; there was a lot more damage this time around.

Maybe you won't have to go down too soon, and they'll have
more time to do the cleanup....

Hoping to hold off until December. If all goes well, Dad will come
home later this week--home health care and other assistance will be utilised.

That sounds quite promising... and I'm glad there will be help... will
it be around the clock, or just for a few daytime periods....?

Don't know but probably as needed during the day. Steve's sister and BIL
are down there now, a big help.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-09-18 12:04 <=-

Richard still uses the table at the laundromat, standing to fold
the things he does... sheets, we do together, both standing....

We'll do sheets together or, if Steve's not available, I'll use the
bed to keep the other end off the floor--while standing.

I've been known to do the sheets on my own, sitting on the bed, and
keeping them off the floor on the bed, too, but it can be a bit
awkward... ;) It works better for the smaller sheets, of course...

And now, it's good to do sitting down, to get you off your legs
more...

Now, yes. Been wearing the brace more, including some time grocery shopping earlier this afternoon.

You're learning... ;)

When we hit up a laundromat while on the road, I fold clothes
while there. Makes them easier to get back to the camper. We
have a collapsible tote (got at Sam's or Costco) they're loaded
into--very handy.

When we both go to the laundromat, we get it all folded there,
Richard at the table, me sitting on a chair there, folding and
then loading into the laundry basket, and then sorting out his
socks into pairs... If for some reason he does the laundry on
his own, he brings back the socks for me to sort, and sometimes
the stuff that I'd've folded still to fold... so it's more of a
rare thing to bring things home to deal with...

I'd rather put them right away from the basket, all nicely folded,
once I get back to home (camper). Even socks--Steve will fold his and occaisionally mine but I'll fold for him and me.

Richard folds his own clothes there at the laundromat except for the
socks, which he leaves to me to sort, since he's mildly colorblind, so
has trouble matching the colors... I fold mine and things like towels
and such... when there's some reason I didn't go with him to the
laundromat, he usually will fold my lot as well, but still save the
socks for me to deal with....

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when
there.

Need to make a list... ;)

I should, but the brain hasn't been firing on all cylinders,
all the time yet.

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

I didn't today and got all I need to make chili for Thursday night, as well as other groceries. It'll be more the competition style chili so
if there's left over, Steve can eat it without the worry of picking out corn.

I bet there wasn't very much left... ;)

That's why, if we have a picnic here, I think the folks would enjoy
the market.

It's always just on Saturdays...?

Yes, except the week of Thanksgiving they have one on Tuesday, but not Saturday. The state one in Raleigh is every day except holidays, not
sure about Sunday tho.

Depending on how a picnic there is structured, it might not be so easy
to get to the Wake Forest one, then....

and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy...

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do
in camp meal.

Dunno if you'd find all the ingredients satisfactory... but
I'm ok with it, as long as we don't do it too often... :)

I'll take a look--might do my own version to pop into the freezer in
meal size containers.

That could be another option... :)

It does make a nice shortcut for the beef and gravy... :) And
the cats definitely approve... they like to lick the package
once I've added the contents into whatever I'm fixing... and
want their dibs from the meal as well...

But, of course. (G)

They were approving of the beef stroganoff I made with that as the base, also... ;)

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

That's what I meant... :)

Helped get us over the first initial days of home and hurting.
Doing better, but still not fully recovered--it HURTS (!) to
sneeze or cough but I can take a half deep breath without as
much pain.

Lots of bruising in the chest and back areas, eh...? That does
take some time to fully heal....

Not a lot of visible bruising but the internal shake up... I got
hit by both the seat/shoulder belt and air bag. To the point now where
it doesn't hurt quite as much to take a half deep breath.

Progress... But it does take time...

Hoping to hold off until December. If all goes well, Dad will
come home later this week--home health care and other
assistance will be utilised.

That sounds quite promising... and I'm glad there will be help...
will it be around the clock, or just for a few daytime periods....?

Don't know but probably as needed during the day. Steve's sister and
BIL are down there now, a big help.

Yes, that is a help.... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Richard still uses the table at the laundromat, standing to fold
the things he does... sheets, we do together, both standing....

We'll do sheets together or, if Steve's not available, I'll use the
bed to keep the other end off the floor--while standing.

I've been known to do the sheets on my own, sitting on the bed, and keeping them off the floor on the bed, too, but it can be a bit
awkward... ;) It works better for the smaller sheets, of course...

We have a queen bed so they're not that hard to handle. Worst ones were
with the water bed--the sheets were sewn together at the bottom. Major
pain to fold without some sort of help.

And now, it's good to do sitting down, to get you off your legs
more...

Now, yes. Been wearing the brace more, including some time grocery shopping earlier this afternoon.

You're learning... ;)

After some "guess I should have used it but didn't and feeling it now"
times, I'm grabbing the softer one more often. The firmer, less flexible
one (from the doctor) is for times I have to be on my feet for extra
long times..............not had any of those yet.

When we hit up a laundromat while on the road, I fold clothes
while there. Makes them easier to get back to the camper. We
have a collapsible tote (got at Sam's or Costco) they're loaded
into--very handy.

When we both go to the laundromat, we get it all folded there,
Richard at the table, me sitting on a chair there, folding and
then loading into the laundry basket, and then sorting out his
socks into pairs... If for some reason he does the laundry on
his own, he brings back the socks for me to sort, and sometimes
the stuff that I'd've folded still to fold... so it's more of a
rare thing to bring things home to deal with...

I'd rather put them right away from the basket, all nicely folded,
once I get back to home (camper). Even socks--Steve will fold his and occaisionally mine but I'll fold for him and me.

It's a job that we can do either all at once or between steps working on
a meal. If it's the latter, I try to pull things out of the dryer and
lay them out in a way they don't get too wrinkled.

Richard folds his own clothes there at the laundromat except for the socks, which he leaves to me to sort, since he's mildly colorblind, so
has trouble matching the colors... I fold mine and things like towels
and such... when there's some reason I didn't go with him to the laundromat, he usually will fold my lot as well, but still save the
socks for me to deal with....

Makes sense--red/green color blind or otherwise? Does he see a red
pepper as a green one or vice versa?

Yes, and even then, not all of what I should remember when
there.

Need to make a list... ;)

I should, but the brain hasn't been firing on all cylinders,
all the time yet.

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

I didn't today and got all I need to make chili for Thursday night, as well as other groceries. It'll be more the competition style chili so
if there's left over, Steve can eat it without the worry of picking out corn.

I bet there wasn't very much left... ;)

Under a cup, with lots of positive comments. I didn't stay too long,
hurting from some sneezes, but Steve brought home the pot scrapings.

That's why, if we have a picnic here, I think the folks would

enjoy RH>> the market.

It's always just on Saturdays...?

Yes, except the week of Thanksgiving they have one on Tuesday, but not Saturday. The state one in Raleigh is every day except holidays, not
sure about Sunday tho.

Depending on how a picnic there is structured, it might not be so easy
to get to the Wake Forest one, then....

It's Saturday morning from 8 to noon so a trip should be workable. Not
that big so, depending on how much you stop and talk to vendors, other
folks, can be done in an hour or less.

and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy...

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do
in camp meal.

Dunno if you'd find all the ingredients satisfactory... but
I'm ok with it, as long as we don't do it too often... :)

I'll take a look--might do my own version to pop into the freezer in
meal size containers.

That could be another option... :)

One I'd be more apt to do.

It does make a nice shortcut for the beef and gravy... :) And
the cats definitely approve... they like to lick the package
once I've added the contents into whatever I'm fixing... and
want their dibs from the meal as well...

But, of course. (G)

They were approving of the beef stroganoff I made with that as the
base, also... ;)

KItties with good taste. (G)

Putting off cooking just a little longer, eh... :)

Real cooking, yes. (G)

That's what I meant... :)

Helped get us over the first initial days of home and hurting.
Doing better, but still not fully recovered--it HURTS (!) to
sneeze or cough but I can take a half deep breath without as
much pain.

Lots of bruising in the chest and back areas, eh...? That does
take some time to fully heal....

Not a lot of visible bruising but the internal shake up... I got
hit by both the seat/shoulder belt and air bag. To the point now where
it doesn't hurt quite as much to take a half deep breath.

Progress... But it does take time...

Yes, and much as I'd like to say I'm all better, a sneeze or cough
brings me up short that I'm not.

Hoping to hold off until December. If all goes well, Dad will
come home later this week--home health care and other
assistance will be utilised.

That sounds quite promising... and I'm glad there will be

help... NB>> will it be around the clock, or just for a few daytime periods....?

Don't know but probably as needed during the day. Steve's sister and
BIL are down there now, a big help.

Yes, that is a help.... :)

Quite so; they missed the worst of the latest hurricane (got a bit of
wind and rain). I think it would have been harder for them this year if
they'd had to go to a shelter as they did last year. This year they
stayed home, and safe.

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-13-18 11:50 <=-

sheets, we do together, both standing....

We'll do sheets together or, if Steve's not available, I'll use
the bed to keep the other end off the floor--while standing.

I've been known to do the sheets on my own, sitting on the bed,
and keeping them off the floor on the bed, too, but it can be a
bit awkward... ;) It works better for the smaller sheets, of
course...

We have a queen bed so they're not that hard to handle. Worst ones
were with the water bed--the sheets were sewn together at the bottom. Major pain to fold without some sort of help.

We have a california king water bed, so we use king size flat sheets...
the sewn at the bottom ones didn't work on our bed... the guest bed's
just a double, as is the bed at camp...

Now, yes. Been wearing the brace more, including some time
grocery shopping earlier this afternoon.

You're learning... ;)

After some "guess I should have used it but didn't and feeling it now" times, I'm grabbing the softer one more often. The firmer, less
flexible one (from the doctor) is for times I have to be on my feet for extra long times..............not had any of those yet.

Or at least the soft brace has been sufficient...?

I'd rather put them right away from the basket, all nicely folded,
once I get back to home (camper). Even socks--Steve will fold his and
occaisionally mine but I'll fold for him and me.

It's a job that we can do either all at once or between steps working
on a meal. If it's the latter, I try to pull things out of the dryer
and lay them out in a way they don't get too wrinkled.

We do it all at the laundromat now... before, it was down in the
basement, so that wouldn't work all that well for me now even if the
set-tub hadn't sprung a leak so we can't drain the washer into it any
mroe....

Richard folds his own clothes there at the laundromat except for the
socks, which he leaves to me to sort, since he's mildly colorblind, so
has trouble matching the colors... I fold mine and things like towels
and such... when there's some reason I didn't go with him to the
laundromat, he usually will fold my lot as well, but still save the
socks for me to deal with....

Makes sense--red/green color blind or otherwise? Does he see a red
pepper as a green one or vice versa?

No, it's more subtle than that... I think it was at the picnic that he
was looking at somebody's book with color-blindness tests in it
(Steve's?)... It's a form of red-green... but it's more that he has
trouble with brown vs green or red vs orangy-yellow... :)

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

I didn't today and got all I need to make chili for Thursday
night, as well as other groceries. It'll be more the competition
style chili so if there's left over, Steve can eat it without
the worry of picking out corn.

I bet there wasn't very much left... ;)

Under a cup, with lots of positive comments. I didn't stay too long, hurting from some sneezes, but Steve brought home the pot scrapings.

You score again... ;)

It's always just on Saturdays...?

Yes, except the week of Thanksgiving they have one on Tuesday,
but not Saturday. The state one in Raleigh is every day except
holidays, not sure about Sunday tho.

Depending on how a picnic there is structured, it might not be
so easy to get to the Wake Forest one, then....

It's Saturday morning from 8 to noon so a trip should be workable. Not that big so, depending on how much you stop and talk to vendors, other folks, can be done in an hour or less.

Maybe, then...

and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy...

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do
in camp meal.

Dunno if you'd find all the ingredients satisfactory... but
I'm ok with it, as long as we don't do it too often... :)

I'll take a look--might do my own version to pop into the
freezer in meal size containers.

That could be another option... :)

One I'd be more apt to do.

True...

It does make a nice shortcut for the beef and gravy... :) And
the cats definitely approve... they like to lick the package
once I've added the contents into whatever I'm fixing... and
want their dibs from the meal as well...

But, of course. (G)

They were approving of the beef stroganoff I made with that as the
base, also... ;)

KItties with good taste. (G)

Yup. :)

Not a lot of visible bruising but the internal shake up... I got
hit by both the seat/shoulder belt and air bag. To the point now
where it doesn't hurt quite as much to take a half deep breath.

Progress... But it does take time...

Yes, and much as I'd like to say I'm all better, a sneeze or cough
brings me up short that I'm not.

It does take time...

Don't know but probably as needed during the day. Steve's sister
and BIL are down there now, a big help.

Yes, that is a help.... :)

Quite so; they missed the worst of the latest hurricane (got a bit of
wind and rain). I think it would have been harder for them this year
if they'd had to go to a shelter as they did last year. This year they stayed home, and safe.

That's very good... From what I heard it sounded like they should
probably be ok for this storm.... and yes, going to a shelter this year
might have been much more of a challenge for them....

ttyl neb

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-19-18 22:10 <=-

We have a queen bed so they're not that hard to handle. Worst
ones were with the water bed--the sheets were sewn together at
the bottom. Major pain to fold without some sort of help.

We have a california king water bed, so we use king size flat
sheets... the sewn at the bottom ones didn't work on our bed...

We should have, had we thought about it. That was our transition to
queen from a double bed so we just went with what the sales folks said
to use.

Our waterbed was given us by the neighbor in the other side of the
duplex we were renting/living in at the time... he was leaving with just
what he could fit into his car... he gave us at least one set of
sheets, maybe two... and they were just the flat ones... we found out
quickly enough that fitted bottoms didn't work for that bed because they weren't the right shape for the california king...

the guest bed's just a double, as is the bed at camp...

Our camper (main) bed is a short queen (about 4" short of standard
size). The extra bed made by converting the sofa area is a 3/4 double; it'll sleep a couple of small kids or one adult somewhat comfortably. Found sheets to fit that on Amazon.

We just used full sheets on the 3/4 we had at one time....

Now, yes. Been wearing the brace more, including some time
grocery shopping earlier this afternoon.

You're learning... ;)

After some "guess I should have used it but didn't and feeling
it now" times, I'm grabbing the softer one more often. The firmer,
less flexible one (from the doctor) is for times I have to be on
my feet for extra long times............not had any of those yet.

Or at least the soft brace has been sufficient...?

So far, wore it today to see TWTH (see prior message) and a bit of
grocery shopping afterward. Will be making a broccoli salad for the church's fall picnic this week end so had to get the main ingredient.

That's a pretty long time on your feet.... good that you were using the brace... ;)

We do it all at the laundromat now... before, it was down in
the basement, so that wouldn't work all that well for me now
even if the set-tub hadn't sprung a leak so we can't drain the
washer into it any more....

Sigh! Nice thing about the laundromat tho is that you can do multiple loads at once--get it all done in almost the same amount of time it
takes to do just one.

Exactly... and the folding can be done while waiting for the heavier
clothes to dry, so that is also sufficiently time-efficient... :)

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

I didn't today and got all I need to make chili for Thursday
night, as well as other groceries. It'll be more the competition
style chili so if there's left over, Steve can eat it without
the worry of picking out corn.

I bet there wasn't very much left... ;)

Under a cup, with lots of positive comments. I didn't stay too
long, hurting from some sneezes, but Steve brought home the pot
scrapings.

You score again... ;)

Yes, it's a winner, but I can't give the exact recipe away. (G)

For one thing, it's an inexact recipe anyway.... ;)

and a package of Hormel's beef tips in gravy...

I see, have to check out the beef tips for a possible easy do
in camp meal.

Dunno if you'd find all the ingredients satisfactory... but
I'm ok with it, as long as we don't do it too often... :)

I'll take a look--might do my own version to pop into the
freezer in meal size containers.

That could be another option... :)

One I'd be more apt to do.

True...

Maybe, after things settle down a bit here, I'll give it a try.

At least a few small containers worth, maybe... :)

Don't know but probably as needed during the day. Steve's sister
and BIL are down there now, a big help.

Yes, that is a help.... :)

Quite so; they missed the worst of the latest hurricane (got a
bit of wind and rain). I think it would have been harder for them
this year if they'd had to go to a shelter as they did last year.
This year they stayed home, and safe.

That's very good... From what I heard it sounded like they should
probably be ok for this storm.... and yes, going to a shelter this
year might have been much more of a challenge for them....

Probably a good bit of a challenge, especially with no family to help during some of the time. Neither Mom nor Dad drive now so they would
have had to have somebody take them.

Indeed... it was definitely a good thing they didn't need to go...

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

We have a california king water bed, so we use king size flat
sheets... the sewn at the bottom ones didn't work on our bed...

We should have, had we thought about it. That was our transition to
queen from a double bed so we just went with what the sales folks said
to use.

Our waterbed was given us by the neighbor in the other side of the
duplex we were renting/living in at the time... he was leaving with
just what he could fit into his car... he gave us at least one set of sheets, maybe two... and they were just the flat ones... we found out quickly enough that fitted bottoms didn't work for that bed because
they weren't the right shape for the california king...

Still ended up being a good deal for you. Did you ever try the regular California king sheets? Don't know if they would have fit; you would
have to check measurements.

the guest bed's just a double, as is the bed at camp...

Our camper (main) bed is a short queen (about 4" short of standard
size). The extra bed made by converting the sofa area is a 3/4 double; it'll sleep a couple of small kids or one adult somewhat comfortably. Found sheets to fit that on Amazon.

We just used full sheets on the 3/4 we had at one time....

Probably before the days of Amazon and easy ordering on line. (G)

Now, yes. Been wearing the brace more, including some time
grocery shopping earlier this afternoon.

You're learning... ;)

After some "guess I should have used it but didn't and feeling
it now" times, I'm grabbing the softer one more often. The

firmer, RH>> less flexible one (from the doctor) is for times I have
to be on

my feet for extra long times............not had any of those

yet. NB>> Or at least the soft brace has been sufficient...?

So far, wore it today to see TWTH (see prior message) and a bit of
grocery shopping afterward. Will be making a broccoli salad for the church's fall picnic this week end so had to get the main ingredient.

That's a pretty long time on your feet.... good that you were using
the brace... ;)

Knew I'd be on my feet a lot as I had to get things done. BTW, made a 2
1/2 batch of broccoli salad, got back a few sunflower seeds, onion bits,
a few bits of bacon and maybe a couple of raisins--not even 1/8 cup's
worth of oddiments.

We do it all at the laundromat now... before, it was down in
the basement, so that wouldn't work all that well for me now
even if the set-tub hadn't sprung a leak so we can't drain the
washer into it any more....

Sigh! Nice thing about the laundromat tho is that you can do multiple loads at once--get it all done in almost the same amount of time it
takes to do just one.

Exactly... and the folding can be done while waiting for the heavier clothes to dry, so that is also sufficiently time-efficient... :)

For sure! I had 4 loads to do on Monday, took me the better part of the
day but I was able to do other things while it was washing/drying.

All the more reason to make a list... ;)

I didn't today and got all I need to make chili for Thursday
night, as well as other groceries. It'll be more the

competition RH>>> style chili so if there's left over, Steve can eat
it without

the worry of picking out corn.

I bet there wasn't very much left... ;)

Under a cup, with lots of positive comments. I didn't stay too
long, hurting from some sneezes, but Steve brought home the pot
scrapings.

You score again... ;)

Yes, it's a winner, but I can't give the exact recipe away. (G)

For one thing, it's an inexact recipe anyway.... ;)

Very inexact. I can give a list of ingredients but that's about as close
as I can come to an actual recipe. (G)

I'll take a look--might do my own version to pop into the
freezer in meal size containers.

That could be another option... :)

One I'd be more apt to do.

True...

Maybe, after things settle down a bit here, I'll give it a try.

At least a few small containers worth, maybe... :)

Picked up 5 lbs of stew beef at Costco yesterday--will make stew with
about 1.5 and freeze the rest as 2 1lb containers, one 1.5lb container
until I figure out what to do with it. I can see the possibility of a
beef curry with some of it.

them RH>> this year if they'd had to go to a shelter as they did last year. RH>> This year they stayed home, and safe.

That's very good... From what I heard it sounded like they

should NB>> probably be ok for this storm.... and yes, going to a
shelter this NB>> year might have been much more of a challenge for them....

Probably a good bit of a challenge, especially with no family to help during some of the time. Neither Mom nor Dad drive now so they would
have had to have somebody take them.

Indeed... it was definitely a good thing they didn't need to go...

Called Dad today for his 89th birthday; he'd just had a therapy session
and was quite worn out.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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