Subj : Presents was:Scones was:
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Shawn Highfield
Date : Sun Nov 03 2024 05:05:47

Hi Ruth,
On <Sat, 01 Nov 24>, you wrote me:

 RH> And complaining about the cooking. She gave the kitchen some of her
 RH> recipies when she first moved in but they've never used them.

Laugh.  That's to be expected from anyone who cooked. :)  They thanked
her and promptly threw the recipes out.  Probably have a huge list of 
ingredients they can't use, and another list of ones they must use to cook
for that many people.

Seasoning?!  No, this is for a home.  We just boil everything and slop it
on a plate.

 RH> treats from time to time. Also, my one sister in law will pick her up
 RH> and take her home to do some baking, especially around holidays. Mom
 RH> has to have tight supervision when doing that but she does enjoy 

That's nice though.  I'm sure the SIL pays close attention.

 SH>> writing to get 8 total pages out of one peice of paper.
 RH> I've read about that being done, especially in the time of the
 RH> American War Between the States, on the Southern side.

The crazy thing was her husband worked in a printing press and used to
get all the notepads you want from scrap paper.   He'd save up the scraps
cut them to the same size and run them through the machine to stick 'em
together.   The entire family got free paper for 45 years.

They still criss crossed it.  I'm going to ask my mother if she has any
of the old letters from her, and scan one if she does.

 RH> Takes a special skill to figure it out. Now if everybody wrote in a
 RH> different colored ink, it might be easier to decipher.

Plus she had a very "loopy" hand writing style as she was a left handed
person who the teachers smacked until she learned to use her right hand.

 RH> Is his a quiet, gentle dementia? That's what my mom's was but my dad

Mostly yes.  He's settled down and even lets the kids climb on him now. LOL

 RH> said that his grandmother had a mean, nasty dementia. It took Dad

He can get nasty, especially with Mom, but she just turns off her hearing
aids so she can't hear him.  He has a bell that she can hear without them
if he falls or anything serious happens.

Shawn

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