Subj : Towing the Line
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jul 31 2024 14:11:22

Hi Shawn,

 RH> would rather pay somebody to do it now. At the moment he is over at
 RH> the church house mowing, but on a riding mower. He and several other
 RH> the yard there, each one doing it once or twice a month, and usually
 RH> working in 2s.

 SH> That's a good way to get it done without hurting anyone.  Probably
 SH> more then enough men who have time to help out the church.

We aren't a very big congregation, mostly younger families with a few
singles. There is one couple about our age, another couple in their 80s
and one in their 50s but all the other families are in their mid 30s or
younger. The singles are all of college age or older, here mostly
because of the seminary and college but some locals with no school
connection. It's a small property but has a lot of trees so a lot of
hand mowing has to be done.


 SH>  SH>> however if they don't like the look of you it's "booked solid."
 RH> Good to know if we ever get up that way.

 SH> You wouldn't have an issue.  Besides I'd let them know you were coming
 SH> and to give you guys the VIP spot. :)

OK, we'll have to give it some thought. We were in Nova Scotia a couple
of years ago as part of the fall cruise with Steve's family--visited
Halifax and docked in Sydney but we took the bus tour up to Badeck.
Steve has said he wants to go back to Badeck, see some other places in
Canada, so we may head that way some summer.


 RH> Not a good thing. I presume there's alternate ways to get it out.

 SH> Just in peices.  But we don't care as with luck we'll be replacing it
 SH> in 2026 with something new.

 RH> Younger daughter's older son is on the autism spectrum so is more
 RH> picky about what he likes to eat. When we visited last year, he'd
 RH> gone vetetarian but was happy when his mom found vegetarian hot dogs
 RH> at Ikea.

 SH> My daughter wasn't raised to be picky, but she sure lets her boy get
 SH> away with it. :)

I know, our younger daughter is more liberal about the way her boys eat
than our older daughter. Both girls have introduced some of the foods
they grew up with to their families; younger daughter's family was more
willing to eat whole wheat pasta & brown rice than older daughter's.
But, she tried--her husband is more meat and potatoes than how she was
brought up.


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Ruth
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