Subj : Crampers
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Apr 24 2023 11:42:56
Hi Dave,
RH> Good to see you're back home after giving all of us another scare.
DD> You wwere scared? I was terrified. (no joke) I knew that my kidneys
DD> had shut down and if they didn't come back I was going to have to ca$h
DD> in that pre-paid cremation I bought a few years ago.
Glad that you didn't cash in and are still around.
DD> I guess I'm just used to the Seven League Boots driving from being a
DD> long haul trucker. But that had its pitfalls as well. Bv)=
RH> Long haul truckers are used to spending hours on the road; we prefer to
RH> do the shorter trips. We also stop more often, just to move around a
RH> little and get the circulation going. Hopefully that will prevent any
RH> more long haul sitting possiblities of another stroke.
DD> Got to do what you can to shift the odds to your favour.
RH> Yes, and that includes regular check ups with a cardiologist. He had
RH> one yesterday and all went well. Scheduled one for next year so it's on
RH> the calendar now.
DD> My cardiologist keeps track of that for me. They are also in the loop
DD> on all of my medical procedures so that they and my regular doc can
DD> mix and match exams without "stepping on toes".
I stopped seeing a cardiologist when the one I'd been going to retired a
few years ago. After having one of these abdominal aorta scans, it
showed a slight bulge so my then dr. sent me to a cardiologist.
Everything checked out, even a few stress tests over the years, so I've
not found a new heart doctor. My primary care dr didn't object that I
had dropped the cardiologist so figured all was good. OTOH, my dad had a
grapefruit sized abdominal aneurism removed so I need to keep in mind
the need for occaisional checks.
RH> found it and stopped in back of us just after Steve finished the change
RH> to let us know he had it.
DD> I asked Phil what he was going to do with the old Winnie as he was
DD> providing transport for me to come home from hospital. His comment was
DD> "It's too good to junk and not worth spending a lot on." He's going to
DD> enquire among the extended family.
RH> Somebody may want to take it and make a get away room. Steve is again
RH> looking at sheds; the one that came with this house is so full of tools
RH> that he has to work outside. A friend suggested getting a big
RH> one--letting me have half as a sewing studio. I'd rather extend the
RH> back wall of the house another 10' or so, so I could do other things
RH> (laundry, work on meals, etc) without running back and forth from a
RH> shed to the house.
DD> This one was used as a "honeymoon suite" for my brother's youngest
DD> grand daucheter ... and the launchpad for his latest GG-kid. Bv)=
So it has had some use, just sitting there. We thought we'd be getting
our camper back last week but when Steve called, they said it wasn't
quite ready. Hopefully this week............... He figured if push came
to shove, we could cook the meals for our VT mission team in the camper
kitchen this year. Between the 3 burner stove inside, a grill outside, a
(small) oven, a microwave and whatever extra cooking gear we bring, it's
a possibility. The fridge is small but that would just mean more
frequent shopping trips.
DD> 8<----- Brevity edit ----->B
DD> Here's another I stumbled across and made my own. Highly recommended.
Looks good. We provided dessert for our small group at church yesterday,
did a blueberry torte. Basically a graham cracker bottom layer, a mix of
eggs, sugar & cream cheese on the second layer--baked both of those for
a bit. After it cooled, topped with blueberry pie filling and chilled,
then topped with Cool Whip. Our single guy in the group really enjoyed
it, said it was even better than the lemon pound cake I make that (now
had been) was his all time favorite.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.
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