Subj : Presents was:Scones was:
To : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Oct 28 2024 17:47:56
Hi Shawn,
RH> years he had (various ones) it, he had to show her every week how to
RH> turn it on and delete the previous one. Looking back, that may have
SH> Laugh, sounds like my mother using my old c64 when I was a kid.
SH> Wrote down instructions on how to play her majong game.
Steve wrote out instructions for his mom to use her DVD player but I
think she has stopped watching much tv/many movies. She's getting more
active in her assisted living community now, good for her to get out
with other people.
RH> her in 2014. The weekly letters had stopped some years before she
RH> passed away.
SH> Could have been, or she was just running out of things to write about?
No, she always wrote about the same basics--what was in bloom, rainfall
amounts, anything of note in the community. Her mind had gotten so bad
after a broken hip and out of control diabeties before she went into the
nursing home that Dad banished her from the kitchen and basically doing
any household work. They'd hired a part time housecleaner a few years
before; just increased her hours. Dad took over some of the work, then
Mom went into the nursing home. For a while Dad did OK on his own, then
broke his 2nd hip so we hired a full time aide for him and the
housekeeper's hours increased again. A few weeks after Mom died, Dad
went into a nursing home for the rest of his life.
RH> the C=64 for 10 years, before finally upgrading to a PC thru
RH> military surplus sales. I still don't use it a lot, but more than I
RH> used the C=64.
SH> I still have a few c64's, they are in storage now but I have an
SH> emulator installed on the desktop.
I think Steve has an emulator on the desktop system but I don't use that
one so don't know for sure.
RH> It helps to have a working oven in the house, even if it's only
RH> toaster oven size. At one point we'd bought a toaster oven that would
RH> hold a 13"x9" cake pan, had to pass it on (to a friend) when we
SH> I can put two loaf pans in this one. I"m not sure of the size but it
SH> will also fit a whole chicken.
Sounds about as big as the one we gave away. I'd rather have the bigger
fridge tho, since I do have a working oven otherwise.
RH> By this time next week, all the trick or treaters will be in a sugar
RH> coma. Down at the farmer's market today, all the vendors were passing
RH> out candy to the kids so some have had an early start.
SH> LOL I think our trainer will be dropping off her yearly bucket of
SH> candy soon. She likes to keep us hopped up on sugar. hahaha
Most often, the major sweet we have on hand is some form of chocolate.
We've still got some that we got out in Ohio in May, plus bars from Aldi
and some bars we got at Ikea last summer. Bit by bit tho, it is
disappearing. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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