Helloooooooo! Anyone there?

Finally, past weekend was a guild workshop - we brought in Beth Robertson &
Suzanne Howren "SHEAR Designs" - to do "Effective Embellishments" - which
was basically doing kind of a starting point for a stitch guide for a
painted canvas - each person had their own. We gave them color copies -
full size - they gave us some thread suggestions, and at class then 6 stitch
ideas & 6 areas to play with. It was opening up some creativity - and
treating the canvases like an outline with the threads as the painting tools
- very good class. There is another 2 day session in April. Great fun -
they also periodically would announce "teachable" moments. DH is quite
thrilled because I am finally working on the rather large bell pull that I
bought for him at market 10 years ago. Started on the parrot in the middle
- will then move to the Sun Conure on the bottom - the parakeet is the top
bird and outside the area the class covers - but that's okay. The teachers
were great about it - the piece is limited in size to 196 sq in - so I
marked off to essentially do slightly more than 2/3, There are also
leaves/branches/vines & some flowers. Very nicely, I had some awesome JL
Walsh silk, which is no longer made, and between myself, and their stash -
we had enough - as none of us can use it for a teaching piece. So very kind
of them to give it to me - like 5 skeins (3 colors). But, I'll be
recompensing with some refreshment when we're all at seminar in August.

So, I've been doing some stitching - albeit slowly.

Well, that's the deal here - today DH was off work for some DC kind of
reasons involving it being better to avoid where he works. So we took
advantage of the fabulous weather, and after taking our digi=projector to
loan to the EGA chapter president, then hit the road west, to a vineyard we
like - and went wine tasting (using a great coupon from a site sponsored by
the local Fine Dining group or somesuch). It was a bargain - expires on the
31 - so we thought to beat the crowd - they're open on Friday. Beautiful
out in the hills - had tasting of 4 reds, 3 whits, cheese/cracker plate & 2
glasses of wine, plus $20 towards a bottle of wine. So, we left with 3
bottles of wine - and this is the vineyard that sells at our farmers mkt -
so the manager actually gave us the employee discount - it was quite a
bargain day - considering I think our coupon only cost $30. And they had
just started selling a new vintage of one of the reds... Then on the scenic
route home - windows open, saw lots of horses all out and about - we stopped
at the very good pizza place owned by/adjacent to our favorite restaurant in
Leesburg and had a little pizza & salad - pizza with mushrooms,sausage,
caramelized onions/garlic, feta cheese & white truffle oil. Yum. Then
home. Very good day.

With any luck the CAPS will win a game tonight. Or not.

Ellice


Fireworks - always a good choice. Hate that I have to drive that far to get great pizza! BTW, the roasted olives are rather addictive.

You know that I'm kicking myself for not taking the Canvas Embellishment class. But I just didn't see how I could fit it in to my current schedule. I did hear good things about the class from a couple of people. Which only made me jealous.

Donna in Virginia

On 3/27/12 9:06 AM, in article
11306341.18.1332853565915.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbyj18, "Donna"
wrote:


*big snip*
just started selling a new vintage of one of the reds... Then on the scenic
route home - windows open, saw lots of horses all out and about - we stopped
at the very good pizza place owned by/adjacent to our favorite restaurant in
Leesburg and had a little pizza & salad - pizza with mushrooms,sausage,
caramelized onions/garlic, feta cheese & white truffle oil. Yum. Then
home. Very good day.

With any luck the CAPS will win a game tonight. Or not.

Ellice


Fireworks - always a good choice. Hate that I have to drive that far to get
great pizza! BTW, the roasted olives are rather addictive.

You know that I'm kicking myself for not taking the Canvas Embellishment
class. But I just didn't see how I could fit it in to my current schedule. I
did hear good things about the class from a couple of people. Which only made
me jealous.

Donna in Virginia

LOL- on both topics . Too true about the olives. It was just lovely
sitting on the deck and smelling the wood ovens going.

I hated spending the $$ on that class, but I can honestly say, a worthy
investment. If it didn't require all the up-front effort from the
instructors, I would have let you join in for the half-class, but it's not
possible.

Sincerely - if you're thinking of doing the seminar in Philly - do their
class. Especially as it's taught with Tony & Meredith. When they do it at
seminar, that is the absolute happiest class all week. However, it does rob
you of the opportunity to do anything else for several days. Thought that
PANG is going to try and get them to do it in another year or so??? We may
get them to do an encore in 2014, and they'll do something commercial though
it will be more costly if thru a shop.

Oh, well....we just got back from the day of pincushion - DH had to take me
as I'm not supposed to drive today with the combo medicine., so of course
I'm not risking stitching 'cause that would mean more ripping than
sittchin'. Now....where to get dinner.......

Ellice

On Mar 22, 10:22*am, Joan wrote:
Where has everyone gone? *I have finally gotten set up with Eternal
September and now no one is posting?????

I'm having stitchy (and related) news withdrawal symptoms!!!!!

Joan (sending this through Google Groups to make sure my E/S
connection is working....)

I HATE not getting the rctn emails anymore with any new
postings!!!!!!!! I try to remember to check Google Newsgroups a few
times a week but it's not nearly as easy as just getting the emails
used to be. :-)

I've been working on the "may the hinges of friendship never rust"
project, finished the baby's name section (except for the date) on
TIAG's "Baby in a Basket" and actually have the graph paper out to
chart the horse's ears project. I'd be working on the mom's
tabletopper, too, but I'm waiting for the purple #12 Perle Cotton to
arrive. :-) Just as well.

DH just had allergy testing last week & we need to work on dust mites
& mold. He's also allergic to some trees, grasses & weeds but we
can't really do much about that without moving so they'll have to be
dealt with later. :-) Has anyone here tried deMite? It looks good on
line and in the brochure the Dr's office gave us but $17 for an 8 oz
bottle seems a little steep. Oh well. I DID find a CA King mattress
cover for the bed on Overstock.com last night (or was it early this
morning ?) before I went to bed. We may pull up the carpets this
summer. We're waiting for warm weather so we don't have to worry
about the pulled up carpet getting rain sodden before we can afford to
take it to the dump. :-) Since we're now having the rain that we are
supposed to get in February, we don't want to be messing around making
dust in the house. We only have plywood/pressed wood floors underneath
the carpet, except for the concrete (not the trendy kind) floor in the
family room but it will be better for his health than the 21 year old
carpet is now. :-) The new meds have made an amazing difference
though, as has the news that Singulair is going generic (hopefully) by
the end of the year. Yikes! Before the new inhaler and the
Singulair, DH wasn't in any danger of ending up in that Medicare
prescription doughnut hole thing but, with those added, we may have to
be looking at prescriptions more carefully. I would gladly pay the
amount to have his coughing go away (as it has in the past month) but
he is more hesitant to pay for drugs & medical visits. Sometimes I
wish he were 6 instead of 64!!! :-)))

On Mar 22, 10:22*am, Joan wrote:
Where has everyone gone? *I have finally gotten set up with Eternal
September and now no one is posting?????

I'm having stitchy (and related) news withdrawal symptoms!!!!!

Joan (sending this through Google Groups to make sure my E/S
connection is working....)

I HATE not getting the rctn emails anymore with any new
postings!!!!!!!! I try to remember to check Google Newsgroups a few
times a week but it's not nearly as easy as just getting the emails
used to be. :-)

I've been working on the "may the hinges of friendship never rust"
project, finished the baby's name section (except for the date) on
TIAG's "Baby in a Basket" and actually have the graph paper out to
chart the horse's ears project. I'd be working on the mom's
tabletopper, too, but I'm waiting for the purple #12 Perle Cotton to
arrive. :-) Just as well.

DH just had allergy testing last week & we need to work on dust mites
& mold. He's also allergic to some trees, grasses & weeds but we
can't really do much about that without moving so they'll have to be
dealt with later. :-) Has anyone here tried deMite? It looks good on
line and in the brochure the Dr's office gave us but $17 for an 8 oz
bottle seems a little steep. Oh well. I DID find a CA King mattress
cover for the bed on Overstock.com last night (or was it early this
morning ?) before I went to bed. We may pull up the carpets this
summer. We're waiting for warm weather so we don't have to worry
about the pulled up carpet getting rain sodden before we can afford to
take it to the dump. :-) Since we're now having the rain that we are
supposed to get in February, we don't want to be messing around making
dust in the house. We only have plywood/pressed wood floors underneath
the carpet, except for the concrete (not the trendy kind) floor in the
family room but it will be better for his health than the 21 year old
carpet is now. :-) The new meds have made an amazing difference
though, as has the news that Singulair is going generic (hopefully) by
the end of the year. Yikes! Before the new inhaler and the
Singulair, DH wasn't in any danger of ending up in that Medicare
prescription doughnut hole thing but, with those added, we may have to
be looking at prescriptions more carefully. I would gladly pay the
amount to have his coughing go away (as it has in the past month) but
he is more hesitant to pay for drugs & medical visits. Sometimes I
wish he were 6 instead of 64!!! :-)))

On 3/31/2012 10:41 PM, Liz from Humbug wrote:

I HATE not getting the rctn emails anymore with any new
postings!!!!!!!! I try to remember to check Google Newsgroups a few
times a week but it's not nearly as easy as just getting the emails
used to be. :-)

Liz, you really *must* try eternalseptember! I finally bit the bullet
and took the time to figure it all out (with the help of our
usually-not-so-helpful-for-personal-things IT guy). It's *so* nice to
be back to the "old" way of getting the ng!

Now that I have it set up, I will be getting a new 'puter at work and
will have to redo it all. sigh.

I've been working on the "may the hinges of friendship never rust"
project, finished the baby's name section (except for the date) on
TIAG's "Baby in a Basket" and actually have the graph paper out to
chart the horse's ears project. I'd be working on the mom's
tabletopper, too, but I'm waiting for the purple #12 Perle Cotton to
arrive. :-) Just as well.

Wow, you have a lot of projects going! Progress, progress!

DH just had allergy testing last week ... The new meds have made an
amazing difference though,

Great news!


--
Joan


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If worries can cure your sickness, prolong your life, or replace
happiness, then go ahead and worry! If they can't, why worry?

Enjoy every moment of your life...there is no second chance.

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On 3/31/2012 11:41 PM, Liz from Humbug wrote:

DH just had allergy testing last week& we need to work on dust mites
& mold. He's also allergic to some trees, grasses& weeds but we
can't really do much about that without moving so they'll have to be
dealt with later. :-) Has anyone here tried deMite? It looks good on
line and in the brochure the Dr's office gave us but $17 for an 8 oz
bottle seems a little steep. Oh well. I DID find a CA King mattress
cover for the bed on Overstock.com last night (or was it early this
morning ?) before I went to bed. We may pull up the carpets this
summer. We're waiting for warm weather so we don't have to worry
about the pulled up carpet getting rain sodden before we can afford to
take it to the dump. :-) Since we're now having the rain that we are
supposed to get in February, we don't want to be messing around making
dust in the house. We only have plywood/pressed wood floors underneath
the carpet, except for the concrete (not the trendy kind) floor in the
family room but it will be better for his health than the 21 year old
carpet is now. :-) The new meds have made an amazing difference
though, as has the news that Singulair is going generic (hopefully) by
the end of the year. Yikes! Before the new inhaler and the
Singulair, DH wasn't in any danger of ending up in that Medicare
prescription doughnut hole thing but, with those added, we may have to
be looking at prescriptions more carefully. I would gladly pay the
amount to have his coughing go away (as it has in the past month) but
he is more hesitant to pay for drugs& medical visits. Sometimes I
wish he were 6 instead of 64!!! :-)))


DD had terrible allergies/asthma, and we had good results from pulling
up carpet in bedroom and encasing mattress and pillows. We did not go as
far as the DeMite stuff...I think I bought one package with the best of
intentions...but you know where that leads: It's still in the closet.

sue

--
Susan Hartman

On 01/04/2012 04:46, Liz from Humbug wrote:
The new meds have made an amazing difference
though, as has the news that Singulair is going generic (hopefully) by
the end of the year. Yikes! Before the new inhaler and the
Singulair, DH wasn't in any danger of ending up in that Medicare
prescription doughnut hole thing but, with those added, we may have to
be looking at prescriptions more carefully. I would gladly pay the
amount to have his coughing go away (as it has in the past month) but
he is more hesitant to pay for drugs& medical visits. Sometimes I
wish he were 6 instead of 64!!! :-)))

I've been on Singulair, Spiriva, Seretide, Phyllocontin and Nasonex for
several years. Since the specialist in Aberdeen put me onto them I've
had NO trouble with my asthma apart from a couple of bad colds which
made me wheeze a bit. Taked those meds together with diabetes (type 2)
and HBP medication means quite a drug regime morning & evening. Getting
old is not for the faint-hearted!
--
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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Bruce wrote:

quite a drug regime morning & evening. Getting
old is not for the faint-hearted!


Or the poor. A friend calculated they spent several hundred dollars a
month on prescription co-pays for the two of them.


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On 04/04/2012 13:14, Karen C in Calif wrote:
Bruce wrote:

quite a drug regime morning & evening. Getting old is not for the
faint-hearted!


Or the poor. A friend calculated they spent several hundred dollars a
month on prescription co-pays for the two of them.


COPYRIGHT 2012 -- PERMISSION GIVEN TO POST ON
USENET AND GOOGLE GROUPS NEWSREADER ONLY,
BUT IF FOUND ON TWITTER OR SEW GIRLS, IT HAS
BEEN REPUBLISHED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION WHICH
CONSTITUTES ILLEGAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Fortunately I live in Scotland so all NHS prescriptions are free!
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/Health-Costs/pres-charges
--
©2012
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around is he still wrong?

On 3/26/2012 10:59 AM, ndjoan wrote:
On 3/24/2012 9:55 AM, Karen C in Calif wrote:
After 31.5 years, my microwave finally needs to be replaced. ... When
I turned
it on the other night, the rust spot was glowing orange like it was
about to catch fire, so as a safety matter, I ordered a new one.


Certainly sounds like it needs replacing! Good thing you caught it when
you did!


My microwave died last month, also a GE. However, we bought it Dec
2010...so just out of warranty!

I can't believe I was so silly, but I replaced it with the identical
machine (however, it was "built" last October). Hopefully the dead one
was just a lemon.

Gill