Hi Shawn,

 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.

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

Most likely, and with all the food restrictions people in those places
have, it wouldn't have been a good idea. If Joe can't tolerate garlic
but has no problem with salt and Mary can't have salt but likes garlic,
then Mom's recipe wouldn't have been able to be eaten bu either of them.
Multiply it by ever how many people are in a place like that and you get
bland, boring food.



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

That's about right.


 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

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

Definatly! She's also a nurse and goes with Mom for her medical
appointments.


 SH>  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.

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

 SH> They still criss crossed it.  I'm going to ask my mother if she has
 SH> 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.

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

My parents/teachers foreced me to use my right hand for a number of
years; I think I was in my early teens when I switched back. It just
felt more comfortable. Now, to a certain extent, I'm ambidexterous (or
as Steve likes to say, "amphibious").








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

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

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

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

 SH> Shawn

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