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“When we travel, we like to spend considerable time in one place,” said Jeanne. Agreed Tommy, “We always stay a week or ten days in one place. Sometimes we’ve traveled with our friends, but mostly we’ve traveled alone. You might miss some things when you’re not part of a group or a tour, but it’s okay to miss some things in order to be able to do your own thing. There are pluses and minuses.” *** After their three babies had grown into young adults, Jeanne went back to work as a dietician. “It was looked down upon to work while you were pregnant, especially if you were showing,” she stated. "Besides, I would never let anyone else raise my children anyway.” “Then I had a friend at Waconia who asked me if I ever thought of going back to work,” she said. “When our youngest, Laurie, was in the tenth grade, I thought it might be okay. This was in the early 1970’s that I went to work at Ridgeview as a dietician. When I started, there were only 50 beds at Ridgeview and I saw every one of my patients who had special diets, every day. Then the hospital expanded -- it doubled -- and now I hardly know my way around there anymore.” Jeanne enjoyed her work at Ridgeview and she learned even more about people’s eating habits. “I learned that people do not like to be told what not to eat,” she said, “so I framed it according to what they could eat. Then they didn’t hate you so much. But I loved that job. I loved that place. It had such a nice family feeling there. Every time I would go on a trip, my cooks knew that when I returned, they would have to learn how to make something new in the kitchen. I liked to introduce at least one new recipe every week.” Stated Tommy, “You also tell me what to eat.” Admitted Jeanne, “I am the boss in that kitchen! There aren’t too many people allowed in my kitchen. Besides that, it’s not very big.” “I’d stick my nose in there sometimes but it didn’t stay there very long,” said Tommy. “He’s really a meat and potatoes person,” said Jeanne of her longtime mate. “I have to make things that he likes. That’s how he grew up, with meat and potatoes. But we mostly eat a lot of poultry and fish and very little red meat, maybe once a week.” Stated the husband of 70 years, “She has many good qualities in the kitchen.” Stated the wife of 70 years, “He’s very mechanical and always good at fixing things. All those years, we rarely had to call a repair man to our house.” Tommy and Jeanne came to travel far beyond visits to their children. In fact, they have traveled much of the world. For example, they've been to New Zealand (“They welcome Americans to both the North Island and the South Island”), to South America (“We were there three to four weeks and went all the way to the southern tip, to Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Brazil”), to much of Europe, England, the British Isles (“Gary was putting on a show over there”), Hong Kong (“for our 50th wedding anniversary”), Alaska, and Hawaii. Any advice for a long married life? “Yes,” stated Tommy. “You must love your wife. That’s mandatory.”
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Jeanne water skiing on Smithtown Bay in Victoria. |