Subj : Biscuits was: Olives
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Shawn Highfield
Date : Sun Feb 09 2025 16:35:00

Hi Ruth,
On <Sun, 08 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

RH> pillows, then further down under the comforter. Always knew that if
RH> we saw a lump in the bed, it was Jenny. She had no particular

LOL yes, Ruby did that as well.

RH> but definatly disliked lamb and rice. She had some health problems so
RH> the vet put her on a lamb and rice diet--she went on a hunger strike.

Oh no.

RH> Ever see a cat push away a dish of food? She did, so the vet said to
RH> put her back on her regular diet.

Pickle (who we are cat sitting) will only eat a specific type of food and
it must be chicken.  He doesn't eat anything but chicken.  Even the treats
MUST be chicken. LOL

RH> years, probably since Dad passed away in 2017 for one sibling, maybe
RH> 5 minutes in 2018 for the other 2. Just basically resumed
RH> communication with one in the last 6 months.

We're not a close family.  I moved out very young and stayed with other
family etc.

RH> We'd planned to get take out Chinese that night so I
RH> told her that it was taken care of--really took a lot of persuasion
RH> to get her to understand that she didn't have to do what she'd been
RH> doing for so many years.

That would be hard to see for sure.

RH> Sunday afternoon Steve came down with a noro-type virus, got pretty
RH> it by Tuesday. It hit me in the wee small hours of Wednesday morning;

Oh no.  At least he kicked it pretty quickly, and sounds like you're
on the mend anyway!

RH> I've just had the most substantual meal since Tuesday's supper.
RH> Basically liquids the first day, a bit of bread with the liquids the
RH> next couple of days and then some chicken noodle soup last night. By

Amazing how this virus that's going around affects people differently.

RH> tomorrow I should be back to just about normal, whatever that is,
RH> besides a setting on my washer. (G)

LOL.  That would be a good tagline!

Shawn

... Normal?  The only normal I know is a setting on my washer.


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