Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>>>> Or you're too young for him to be that old!  
 NB>  RH>>> That's more like it.
 NB>  NB>>> I know the feeling well...  (G)
 NB>  RH>> I think most all of us on the echo are of the same feeling.
 NB>  NB>> At least those of us that aren't youngsters anymore...  

 RH> Which is probably most all of us regulars.

 NB> Yeah... I suppose that even the somewhat youngsters aren't all that
 NB> young any more, either.... I don't think we have anyone at the moment
 NB> that's younger than in the 40's...  

I was thinking recently, that Rachel, on her next birthday will be the
age I was when I started with Fido. I've been here THAT long?

 NB>  RH>>> Quite so. Another family had #2 (#1 was born before they moved
 NB>  RH>>> here) just a few days after Audrey was born. He turned 8 in
 NB>  RH>>> April, just a few weeks after becoming a big brother to #6.
 NB>  NB>>> Reminds one of the song from Fiddler... Sunrise, Sunset...  
 NB>  RH>> One of my favorites. I saw the movie for the first time (but not
 NB> the  RH>> last) while in college.
 NB>  NB>> I've seen it a few times also... and listened to the soundtrack
 NB>  NB>> recording many more times... 

 RH> Same here--some good lines in the movie but our favorite song has been
 RH> Tevye and Goldie's duet "Do You Lov-a Me?".

 NB> That's another of my favorites, too...    ["...I suppose I do..."
 NB> "Then I suppose I love you, too..."]

In the days of arrainged marriages you either learned to love or hate
your spouse. Presumeably more spouses learned to love, rather than hate,
tho it may have taken 25 years before they realised it.


 NB>  RH>>> They both were, and both gone now so I'll be making another pie
 NB>  RH>>> tomorrow. This time it will be with local (We know the grower.)
 NB>  RH>>> blueberries. Got some more cherries but I think Steve is going
 NB>  RH>>> to try drying them.
 NB>  NB>>> A worthy experiment... has he done that before with the
 NB>  NB>>> cherries...?
 NB>  RH>> No, but we've got the resources to tell him how to do it and
 NB> they  RH>> dried nicely. I could (almost) eat them like candy.
 NB>  NB>> Probably just a little bit healthier for you than candy, at
 NB>  NB>> least... 

 RH> They came out well--the jar is in the pantry. So far I've resisted
 RH> digging into it. Guess I ought to put it in the back so I won't see
 RH> it. (G)

 NB> That might help...  (G)

I tried a few when Steve pulled out the jar for Rachel to try some.
Other than that, I've been good, tempting as they are.

 NB>  RH>> Hopefully you're having fun, eating lots of goodies and
 NB>  RH>> catching up with everybody.
 NB>  NB>> I was indeed at the family camping... this set of messages was
 NB>  NB>> in the huge packet I downloaded when I got home...   We did
 NB>  NB>> have fun, catching up with each other... not really so many
 NB>  NB>> goodies this year... fewer people showed up this year than in
 NB>  NB>> other years, and of those, a fairly significant percentage
 NB>  NB>> only came on a day trip, or to drop off their kids to be there
 NB>  NB>> (under grandparent supervision)...

 RH> Good to see everybody, even if it is just for a short time.

 NB> Very true...  I missed my cousin & family... they showed up on the
 NB> first day as a day trip, and were only at my sister MG's campsite... I
 NB> never
 NB> was told they were there until after the fact... at the time, I was in
 NB> my cabin getting settled, I think...

Sigh! I presume they're family you don't see that often?

 NB>  RH>> catch up on.
 NB>  NB>> I took about half of it with me, and, as you saw, I uploaded
 NB>  NB>> those when I got back from Selkirk Shores....   Now, I'm
 NB>  NB>> tackling that week's message packet....   At least I'm not
 NB>  NB>> planning any more trips for a few weeks... 

 RH> We're not planning any until September but will be working on odds and
 RH> ends around the house until then. Baby shower is August 9, got the
 RH> quilt pieces cut yesterday for that.

 NB> You should be in good shape on that...  

I'll spend a lot of time on it tomorrow--went to a sewing/quilting expo
in Raleigh with Steve and a friend today. Fun!

 NB>  RH>> We cooked for LG yesterday, ended up only being 2 others
 NB>  RH>> besides Steve and me. Did a taco salad with blueberry cobbler
 NB>  RH>> (local berries) for dessert. Cobbler was enhanced by vanilla
 NB>  RH>> ice cream--yummy!
 NB>  NB>> Had you known ahead of time how few people there were to be
 NB>  NB>> there...? Sounds like a fairly simple and easy meal...   Did
 NB>  NB>> you have lots of leftovers....?

 RH> We knew one family wasn't going to be there, found out 2 more people
 RH> couldn't make it at the last minute. We were able to adjust the
 RH> cooking so as not to have a lot of "use right away" left overs--extra
 RH> beans into the pantry, greens into salad, tortillas into the freezer,
 RH> etc. Nice flexible meal. (G)

 NB> That worked out nicely, then...  

Quite so, things that you can adapt on the fly are always good. We
should have the full group next time we cook--just have to figure out
what to do. It'll still be hot weather time so could go with something
on the grill again.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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