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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Hello, Bev.  Good to see you here too!

Let's see, we bought 12 acres and moved up to the Trinity Alps.  Last winter 
was the pits and we lost a lot of trees but DH is putting them to good use 
and we now have 3 acres with split rail fencing.

I had to move my garden.  The original space turns out to have a lot of 
sitting water spots and we would have had to put in french drains to dry it 
out.  Surprise, surprise.  Now we know why the space had been abandoned as a 
garden by the last folks!  So now I'm up on the 2nd tier and putting in 
raised beds.  The fruit trees are happy with the move and by next year we 
should have grapes on the vines we put in.  We've eaten all the strawberries 
this year (the last are dessert tonight) and will put in more for next year 
so there will be enough to make jam.

We just finished remodeling the kitchen  We didn't look close enough when we 
bought and later discovered the woman had painted the kitchen sink.  Found 
that out when I went to clean it one day and it peeled off in my hands. 
What was underneath was UGLY!  AND she had rinky dinked the stove piping 
together (one burner blew up).  So, new counters, new sink, new stove.  Next 
is new flooring!  This stuff is soooo ugly.  It is a project we are saving 
when it is too hot this summer to work outside.

Youngest, and last at home kidlet is learning to quilt.  Her baking skills 
have gotten to the advanced stage and she made a Black Forest cake a few 
weeks ago.  She used a traditional German recipe which makes for a real 
light cake but uses a ton of eggs!  She wants to tackle sourdough bread 
next.

All in all, we are busy, busy, busy!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bevanron" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> Looking through the archives, I see that some of my old friends are here
> but haven't jumped up to say hi...
> (((WENDY!!!!))) How the heck are ya??
> Rob Walton....I was looking for you a while back.  What ever happened in
> Central America? El Salvador was it?
> Don, I guess you are still traveling?  How are you?
> James and Denise...still contrary in Tennessee? ;)
> Bill, Jerry, Lynda...
> And Barterman and Chris Clarke, I couldn't forget you guys, either!
> Is Dan Settles still around?
> Chris Hedemark?
> Lee?  What's up with you?  Need more bamboo? ;)
> Come on people, catch me up on what's going on in your lives!
> I'm sure I'm omitting a lot of folks...sorry...just chime in people
> whether I named you or not.  I know I have seen a lot of life changes
> since the mid 90's, how about you?