-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-01-19  16:47 <=-

 RH>>> I think most all of us on the echo are of the same feeling.
 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
 NB>> that young any more, either.... I don't think we have anyone
 NB>> at the moment that's younger than in the 40's...  

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

Time just keeps flowing along...  (G)  I've been realizing lately that I
am now older than either of my parents were the first year we went
camping as a family.... it was the year of their 40th anniversary... so
they would have been 57 and 65 respectively...
 
 RH>> Same here--some good lines in the movie but our favorite song
 RH>> has been Tevye and Goldie's duet "Do You Lov-a Me?".
 NB>> That's another of my favorites, too...   ["...I suppose I
 NB>> do..." "Then I suppose I love you, too..."]

 RH> In the days of arranged marriages you either learned to love or hate
 RH> your spouse. Presumably more spouses learned to love, rather than
 RH> hate, tho it may have taken 25 years before they realised it.
 
Considering that most of love is the commitment and the working out
thereof, and less of the emotional, no wonder that the parents of the
couple would tell them that they'd "learn to love each other" as Tevye
says... perhaps not as exciting a prospect, but it's what the
"love-matches" need for the marriage to last and stay firm just as
much... 
 
 RH>>>> Got some more cherries but I think Steve is going to try
 RH>>>> drying them.
 NB>>>> A worthy experiment... has he done that before with the
 NB>>>> cherries...?
 RH>>> No, but we've got the resources to tell him how to do it and
 RH>>> they dried nicely. I could (almost) eat them like candy.
 NB>>> Probably just a little bit healthier for you than candy, at
 NB>>> least... 
 RH>> They came out well--the jar is in the pantry. So far I've
 RH>> resisted digging into it. Guess I ought to put it in the back so
 RH>> I won't see it. (G)
 NB>> That might help...  (G)

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

As long as you don't go overboard, they should be ok for you... 
 
 NB>>> We did have fun, catching up with each other... not really so
 NB>>> many goodies this year... fewer people showed up this year than
 NB>>> in other years, and of those, a fairly significant percentage
 NB>>> only came on a day trip, or to drop off their kids to be there
 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
 NB>> the first day as a day trip, and were only at my sister MG's
 NB>> campsite... I never was told they were there until after the
 NB>> fact... at the time, I was in my cabin getting settled, I think...

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

Actually they only live a couple of miles from Lydia, in Bloomfield, but
our paths just don't cross that much... they go to a different church..
but they usually show up for Elder Christmas, and also the camping...
 
 NB>>> I took about half of it with me, and, as you saw, I uploaded
 NB>>> those when I got back from Selkirk Shores....   Now, I'm
 NB>>> tackling that week's message packet....   At least I'm not
 NB>>> planning any more trips for a few weeks... 
 RH>> We're not planning any until September but will be working on
 RH>> odds and ends around the house until then. Baby shower is
 RH>> August 9, got the quilt pieces cut yesterday for that.
 NB>> You should be in good shape on that...  

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

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

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

Sounds good.... 

ttyl        neb

... Paraffins: Found on the sides of fish

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