Ridin out the Recession

Good morning and we hope this finds all well.

As you know, Deb decided on a second opinion, and boy, we’re all sure glad she did!

First off, no surgery, and since we had an appointment with her new Doctor Monday afternoon this was stressed once more…no surgery.
Upon leaving his office yesterday, we left with our game plan in hand. I have to tell you guys that after we had gotten back home, I literally could see that she obviously was relieved just from now, finally knowing the direction we are headed. Plus, we are finally fixing to settle in once more to some sort of schedule in our lives.
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You know, Dale brought his grandson Race, to the house with him the other day. That little guy is cute as a button and just keeps a little grin on his face. Race is 5 years old.

We’d met Race once before, but I really didn’t have time to visit with him on that occasion, so I’m glad Dale brought him back by to see us.

Race loves to hunt, fish, camp, and do just about any “boy thing” there is to do. He is the apple of Dale’s eye, and I gotta tell you, I believe little Race kinda thinks highly of his granddaddy Dale too!
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Now you all know little Shelby Lynn. Shelby is our son Red’s daughter, and is 4 years old. Boy this little girl loves her Nana! The sun rises and sets in Deb’s rear-end as far as Shelby Lynn is concerned!

I’ve never seen a young’un that loves to clean like Shelby does. I swear, it’s amazing. Not just clean, but help out in any way she can.

She always sweeps the kitchen and living room for Deb, and it’s every time she comes! No joke. She absolutely just loves to do it.
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I’d mentioned earlier that I’d purchased a book last week called “Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine.” It’s about Appalachian cooking, and lore.

I’m really, really enjoying this book. It has a little of everything in it. I got a kick of one old man talking about a neighbor of his had been out admiring his cornfield.

The neighbor stated how good the man’s cornfield looked this year, and how much did he expect to produce from it this year, per acre?
The man looked at him and replied, “Oh, I reckon bout a hundred gallons!”
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I’m going to share with you guys today a couple of recipes. These recipes are for one of our friends from North Carolina way. She’s very active in her comments on articles we discuss, and is a very, very knowledgeable in regards to gardening, canning, cooking, and I have come to believe…most anything in general! If you’ve been reading this site for very long you’ll recognize her as Bonnie!

Well, Bonnie kept sending me little teasers about a wild growin’ veggie, and she kept referring to it as “ramps.” I’m sure many out there are aware of what these are, but I gotta’ admit that I had no idea what a dern “ramp” was.

Not wanting to sound like a complete idiot, although Deb kept assuring me that most of you already knew in fact that yes, I am an idiot, I finally asked Bonnie, “What is a dern ramp?”
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