Hi Nancy,


 RH> We've not had that much to look at this winter. If we'd not gone out
 RH> west, it would have been just the left overs from the storm last
 RH> month. Going to get cold briefly later this week but not wet and cold
 RH> enough at the same time around here to generate white stuff.

 NB> This winter things just keep turning to slush and making messes...
 NB> this morning we woke up to sleety ice on the car windows...
 NB> fortunately not
 NB> too hard to clean off to get to church...  Now it's settling down to
 NB> snow again.... they're predicting 2-4 inches, last I saw... I think
 NB> that the possible ice we were threatened with earlier is passed by
 NB> now... I
 NB> hope, anyway.... (G)

After hitting a record 83 degrees at the Raleigh airport yesterday,
today is back into the 50s. But, no rain/snow for the immediate future.
We've been watching video of what the northeast has gotten, glad we're
not up there right now.

 NB>  RH>> supplies catalog. I'd bought a piece of fabric that I liked,
 NB>  RH>> not sure what to do with it until I saw the picture. Took some
 NB>  RH>> time to do the maths but it'll be a pretty quilt when done.
 NB>  RH>> Wall hanging or snuggle under on a cold day size.
 NB>  NB>> Sounds nice.  :)

 RH> You will see pictures of it probably next summer. (G)

 NB> To be expected... ;)

Why not? (G)


 RH> Tomorrow I'm going to put something into the crock pot before my
 RH> dental appointment so it can cook while I'm there and at quilting.
 RH> Supper will be ready for us to enjoy before heading out to church.

 NB> Good planning..  :)

I used the leftover beef from making chili, should have gotten a cut
with more fat on it as this one dried out too much. But, it was easy do,
just the beef, a small can of V8, some presliced portabello mushrooms
and leftover diced peppers from the chili.

 NB> Back in the days  NB>> when I went to Sit'N Stitch sessions for our
 NB> local Embroiderer's
 NB>  NB>> Guild, there were always munchies out...  I found it easier to
 NB> resist  NB>> them once I realized that they were usually upsetting my
 NB> stomach as  NB>> well as messing up my hands.... ;0

 RH> Better all around then, not to snack.

 NB> That's the conclusion I came to...   :)

Makes sense--if you don't have to wash the work before framing.......
When we set up for retreat, someone put small bags of assorted
chocolates at each place--mine came home so I wouldn't be tempted. (G)


 NB>  NB>>> ... Did you say that MNP means Modem Needs Pizza?
 NB>  RH>> We recently saw a sign for a new business here in WF, also in
 NB>  RH>> Raleigh, called MOD Pizza. No idea what the MOD stood for so
 NB>  RH>> I suggested mushrooms, olives and durian. Steve disagreed, but
 NB>  RH>> hasn't come up with anything better.
 NB>  NB>> Daikon, maybe....?   (G)   Oh, I know... Dairy...!   ;)
 NB>  NB>> Hopefully not Dog...   (G)
 NB>  RH>> We're half thinking that since they are advertising "fresh and
 NB>  RH>> fast", it could mean "made on demand" but I like my idea better.
 NB> (G)  NB>> I saw where Jim confirmed that "made on demand"....
 NB> Besides, how  NB>> common is durian where you are, anyway..... (G)

 RH> Not very, we've got a small Asian population, but not that many
 RH> in/aroundWF. They're more toward the Research Triangle/Durham/Cary
 RH> area.

 NB> Well, there you go.... wouldn't be durian, then....  ;)

No, but it was the first thing that popped into my head for a "D" food.


 RH> We have only the one Chinese place in WF proper, but it does a
 RH> good business from non Asians, including, us, from time to time.

 NB> Lots of people like Chinese food... of one sort or another, anyway..
 NB> ;)

Seems so, most every small town has a Chinese restaurant either in it or
close to it. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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