Hi Nancy,

 RH> Yes, we loaded the peaches picked up in Pa into it to keep them from
 RH> going bad. They were quite ripe, had to trim the bad spot here & there
 RH> while putting them up but not too much lost, thankfully.

 NB> Kept them cool, but couldn't totally protect against bruising, I'd
 NB> guess... :)

Not quite, given how ripe they were.


 NB>  RH>> Yes--we had very few left overs this year as compared to last.
 NB> May  RH>> tweak the list more if we go next year to reduce them even
 NB> more.
 NB>  NB>> Sounds like you are getting the knack of it, for sure...  :)

 RH> Helps to have shopped for Life Group cooking and a good many more
 RH> years of family shopping than any of the other team members. We came
 RH> in under budget for the food.

 NB> I'm not at all surprised... :)  Lots of experience on many levels of
 NB> food shopping, both bulk and not.... and of knowing how much to get
 NB> and whether something is a bargain or not...  :)

The store brand (Hanniford's) is of a decent quality; we had no qualms
about buying a lot of that. Some things we had to get name brands but
tried to keep that to a minimum. We went with a better grade of ground
beef to avoid a lot of waste from fat--all in all, shopping the way we
did was much better than the way we did it last year.


 NB>  RH>> My first cards were done by a friend in exchange for proof
 NB> reading  RH>> her husband's master's degree papers.
 NB>  NB>> Nice exchange...  :)   I never needed any more cards... probably
 NB>  NB>> still have some tucked away somewhere......

 RH> I've needed new ones every time we've moved. (G)

 NB> As long as the phone number didn't change, you might have been able to
 NB> keep using the old.... ;)   But if you put your address on there
 NB> too... yeah, that changes...... ;)

We had just a land line when I got my first couple of sets of cards.
Once I got a cell phone, that number went on instead (and has changed
several times). I've always put my address on them so yes, that has made
for a change in cards several times. I've only done a major change in
design once tho, in close to 20 years.

 RH> Give me needle, thread and fabric & I'm happy. I'm beginning to
 RH> think of what to do for my next QoV project, even tho I'm only
 RH> about 5/8 done with the current one.

 NB> A good match for you, obviously....  :)

Yes, very much so. (G)

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