OT On the Move Again!!

Slightly Belated Happy New Year to all!!!

Long time no posts from me but the reasons are too many and too boring for
most here so I won't waste your time with them......suffice to say medical
issues were a major factor and me suffering from a large dose of the
depressions....... anyway here's whats been happening that is a tad more
interesting.....

Long timers here will know that almost 3 years ago I returned to the UK
after 10 years in Holland..... well the house is almost to our liking BUT we
are moving again only this time we'll be moving for a large proportion of
the year as in we are having a narrowboat built for us to live aboard. It's
a 57' x 6' semi trad which will compromise of a bedroom, bathroom,
galley...... aka kitchen, dinette which will convert to a double bed and a
saloon .....aka sitting room which will also be able to sleep 2 more.....

'Erbert.......aka Robert......me hubby, and I had thought about buying a
narrowboat for holidays but in Feb..... last year his heart decided that it
would play up and finally in July he was an emergency case for a triple
heart bypass...the angina was too unstable by that time.........so we looked
long and hard at our lives and decided that he should retire for 7 or 8
months of the year and us sell up and move aboard.( I have been medically
retiried since November 1996)......Quality not quantity is our goal......
and more P & Q is a must for us both.

So at the moment we have builders and painters in the house finishing off
the odd jobs 'Erbert can no longer do like painting the upstairs windows,
fitting a new ceiling in one bedroom, plastering the bathroom etc........

We have sold almost everything we own because we have far too much to fit in
boat BUT my sewing cabinet and machine, books and tools are coming with me
along with a slightly reduced stash LOL.....If anyone in the UK wants a
Singer Treadle Base please let me know via (Remove
the ono first though) and if you can collect it, it's yours for
free......it's a 5 drawer version if that helps you decide and I think I do
have a load of fabrics to go with it LOL.....

We have come down from having a computer each to sharing a laptop UGH! but
we'll still be able to read and post when we are afloat....

Anyway, I have been sewing.... went on a course a couple of weeks ago to
learn how to make faux chenille and had a wonderful time stitching and
slashing a gillet aka a weskit! Great way to use all those bits of fabrics
and the gillet has come in very handy in this cold weather......Well, I
expect I have bored the eyes off you already so will leave you in peace for
the time being.

Take care all, speaketh soonest. ConnieD aka RHLadyCD

It's so good to hear from you, Connie! What an exciting adventure you
have ahead of you. I wish you happy times on your boat.

Leslie

The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life...they make my
life whole.

RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of
jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...
that was fun!

Connie! So good to see you, you're still my younger sister :-)
You're selling the doll's house?? Did you talk to Helen before buying that
boat?
Dear one, this is just Not Enough Info!!
Roberta in D, wishing I could come collect that cabinet

"ConnieD." wrote in message
...
Slightly Belated Happy New Year to all!!!

Long time no posts from me but the reasons are too many and too boring for
most here so I won't waste your time with them......suffice to say medical
issues were a major factor and me suffering from a large dose of the
depressions....... anyway here's whats been happening that is a tad more
interesting.....

Long timers here will know that almost 3 years ago I returned to the UK
after 10 years in Holland..... well the house is almost to our liking BUT
we
are moving again only this time we'll be moving for a large proportion of
the year as in we are having a narrowboat built for us to live aboard.
It's
a 57' x 6' semi trad which will compromise of a bedroom, bathroom,
galley...... aka kitchen, dinette which will convert to a double bed and a
saloon .....aka sitting room which will also be able to sleep 2 more.....

'Erbert.......aka Robert......me hubby, and I had thought about buying a
narrowboat for holidays but in Feb..... last year his heart decided that
it
would play up and finally in July he was an emergency case for a triple
heart bypass...the angina was too unstable by that time.........so we
looked
long and hard at our lives and decided that he should retire for 7 or 8
months of the year and us sell up and move aboard.( I have been medically
retiried since November 1996)......Quality not quantity is our goal......
and more P & Q is a must for us both.

So at the moment we have builders and painters in the house finishing off
the odd jobs 'Erbert can no longer do like painting the upstairs windows,
fitting a new ceiling in one bedroom, plastering the bathroom etc........

We have sold almost everything we own because we have far too much to fit
in
boat BUT my sewing cabinet and machine, books and tools are coming with me
along with a slightly reduced stash LOL.....If anyone in the UK wants a
Singer Treadle Base please let me know via (Remove
the ono first though) and if you can collect it, it's yours for
free......it's a 5 drawer version if that helps you decide and I think I
do
have a load of fabrics to go with it LOL.....

We have come down from having a computer each to sharing a laptop UGH! but
we'll still be able to read and post when we are afloat....

Anyway, I have been sewing.... went on a course a couple of weeks ago to
learn how to make faux chenille and had a wonderful time stitching and
slashing a gillet aka a weskit! Great way to use all those bits of
fabrics
and the gillet has come in very handy in this cold weather......Well, I
expect I have bored the eyes off you already so will leave you in peace
for
the time being.

Take care all, speaketh soonest. ConnieD aka RHLadyCD

HULLOOO Connie!
Well, there's a turn-up g So good to hear from you.

I must come over and see you before you go a-wandering. Sounds as if it
will be lovely. Funny, you getting ready to get aboard and sail off;
Helen (or Armadillo fame) and her DH have come off the boat and settled
on land!!
..
In article , ConnieD.
writes
Slightly Belated Happy New Year to all!!!

Long time no posts from me but the reasons are too many and too boring for
most here so I won't waste your time with them......suffice to say medical
issues were a major factor and me suffering from a large dose of the
depressions....... anyway here's whats been happening that is a tad more
interesting.....

Long timers here will know that almost 3 years ago I returned to the UK
after 10 years in Holland..... well the house is almost to our liking BUT we
are moving again only this time we'll be moving for a large proportion of
the year as in we are having a narrowboat built for us to live aboard. It's
a 57' x 6' semi trad which will compromise of a bedroom, bathroom,
galley...... aka kitchen, dinette which will convert to a double bed and a
saloon .....aka sitting room which will also be able to sleep 2 more.....

'Erbert.......aka Robert......me hubby, and I had thought about buying a
narrowboat for holidays but in Feb..... last year his heart decided that it
would play up and finally in July he was an emergency case for a triple
heart bypass...the angina was too unstable by that time.........so we looked
long and hard at our lives and decided that he should retire for 7 or 8
months of the year and us sell up and move aboard.( I have been medically
retiried since November 1996)......Quality not quantity is our goal......
and more P & Q is a must for us both.

So at the moment we have builders and painters in the house finishing off
the odd jobs 'Erbert can no longer do like painting the upstairs windows,
fitting a new ceiling in one bedroom, plastering the bathroom etc........

We have sold almost everything we own because we have far too much to fit in
boat BUT my sewing cabinet and machine, books and tools are coming with me
along with a slightly reduced stash LOL.....If anyone in the UK wants a
Singer Treadle Base please let me know via (Remove
the ono first though) and if you can collect it, it's yours for
free......it's a 5 drawer version if that helps you decide and I think I do
have a load of fabrics to go with it LOL.....

We have come down from having a computer each to sharing a laptop UGH! but
we'll still be able to read and post when we are afloat....

Anyway, I have been sewing.... went on a course a couple of weeks ago to
learn how to make faux chenille and had a wonderful time stitching and
slashing a gillet aka a weskit! Great way to use all those bits of fabrics
and the gillet has come in very handy in this cold weather......Well, I
expect I have bored the eyes off you already so will leave you in peace for
the time being.

Take care all, speaketh soonest. ConnieD aka RHLadyCD




--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Connie,
It's great to hear from you. I tried to e-mail you, but the e-mail address
I had must have been an old one. I'm glad to hear of your traveling plans.
This sounds so adventurious to me. grin Glad to hear that Erbert is doing
better.

Kris ( in northern Virginia)

Lordy Lordy!!!!Connnnniiiieeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! why
is it that haven't been able to get through? i have sent quite a
few amils but nothing - probably part of it you and your combined
health problems, and the rest of it....and now you're moving,
fancy that!
where will you be moored? and do we say Ahoy!!! now????

it's good to know you're sewing/ slashing and all that. maybe
afore you sail away in yer stripy t-shirt , bellbottom navy
troosers and captains's hat, complete with a white beard and a
pipe we can meet in Malvern in May??? perleez?
if nobody wants the cabinet wrapped in fabric, you know who would
))

lotsa lotsa love

Krysia

Slightly Belated Happy New Year to all!!!

Long time no posts from me but the reasons are too many and too boring for
most here so I won't waste your time with them......suffice to say medical
issues were a major factor and me suffering from a large dose of the
depressions....... anyway here's whats been happening that is a tad more
interesting.....

Long timers here will know that almost 3 years ago I returned to the UK
after 10 years in Holland..... well the house is almost to our liking BUT we
are moving again only this time we'll be moving for a large proportion of
the year as in we are having a narrowboat built for us to live aboard. It's
a 57' x 6' semi trad which will compromise of a bedroom, bathroom,
galley...... aka kitchen, dinette which will convert to a double bed and a
saloon .....aka sitting room which will also be able to sleep 2 more.....

'Erbert.......aka Robert......me hubby, and I had thought about buying a
narrowboat for holidays but in Feb..... last year his heart decided that it
would play up and finally in July he was an emergency case for a triple
heart bypass...the angina was too unstable by that time.........so we looked
long and hard at our lives and decided that he should retire for 7 or 8
months of the year and us sell up and move aboard.( I have been medically
retiried since November 1996)......Quality not quantity is our goal......
and more P & Q is a must for us both.

So at the moment we have builders and painters in the house finishing off
the odd jobs 'Erbert can no longer do like painting the upstairs windows,
fitting a new ceiling in one bedroom, plastering the bathroom etc........

We have sold almost everything we own because we have far too much to fit in
boat BUT my sewing cabinet and machine, books and tools are coming with me
along with a slightly reduced stash LOL.....If anyone in the UK wants a
Singer Treadle Base please let me know via (Remove
the ono first though) and if you can collect it, it's yours for
free......it's a 5 drawer version if that helps you decide and I think I do
have a load of fabrics to go with it LOL.....

We have come down from having a computer each to sharing a laptop UGH! but
we'll still be able to read and post when we are afloat....

Anyway, I have been sewing.... went on a course a couple of weeks ago to
learn how to make faux chenille and had a wonderful time stitching and
slashing a gillet aka a weskit! Great way to use all those bits of fabrics
and the gillet has come in very handy in this cold weather......Well, I
expect I have bored the eyes off you already so will leave you in peace for
the time being.

Take care all, speaketh soonest. ConnieD aka RHLadyCD



K.T. - starannie opakowana

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:54:50 +0100, "Roberta Zollner"
wrote:

Connie! So good to see you, you're still my younger sister :-)
You're selling the doll's house?? Did you talk to Helen before buying that
boat?
Dear one, this is just Not Enough Info!!
Roberta in D, wishing I could come collect that cabinet

would she sell the dolls house? no, can't be and the royal
Worcester cups and saucers that looked so good on the mantlepiece
in the sewing room? what about the dog?????

krysia, horrified
K.T. - starannie opakowana

A boat???? How exciting!

Deena in Florida/Piper


"ConnieD." wrote in message
...
Slightly Belated Happy New Year to all!!!

Long time no posts from me but the reasons are too many and too
boring for
most here so I won't waste your time with them......suffice to
say medical
issues were a major factor and me suffering from a large dose
of the
depressions....... anyway here's whats been happening that is a
tad more
interesting.....

Long timers here will know that almost 3 years ago I returned
to the UK
after 10 years in Holland..... well the house is almost to our
liking BUT we
are moving again only this time we'll be moving for a large
proportion of
the year as in we are having a narrowboat built for us to live
aboard. It's
a 57' x 6' semi trad which will compromise of a bedroom,
bathroom,
galley...... aka kitchen, dinette which will convert to a
double bed and a
saloon .....aka sitting room which will also be able to sleep 2
more.....

'Erbert.......aka Robert......me hubby, and I had thought about
buying a
narrowboat for holidays but in Feb..... last year his heart
decided that it
would play up and finally in July he was an emergency case for
a triple
heart bypass...the angina was too unstable by that
time.........so we looked
long and hard at our lives and decided that he should retire
for 7 or 8
months of the year and us sell up and move aboard.( I have been
medically
retiried since November 1996)......Quality not quantity is our
goal......
and more P & Q is a must for us both.

So at the moment we have builders and painters in the house
finishing off
the odd jobs 'Erbert can no longer do like painting the
upstairs windows,
fitting a new ceiling in one bedroom, plastering the bathroom
etc........

We have sold almost everything we own because we have far too
much to fit in
boat BUT my sewing cabinet and machine, books and tools are
coming with me
along with a slightly reduced stash LOL.....If anyone in the UK
wants a
Singer Treadle Base please let me know via
(Remove
the ono first though) and if you can collect it, it's yours for
free......it's a 5 drawer version if that helps you decide and
I think I do
have a load of fabrics to go with it LOL.....

We have come down from having a computer each to sharing a
laptop UGH! but
we'll still be able to read and post when we are afloat....

Anyway, I have been sewing.... went on a course a couple of
weeks ago to
learn how to make faux chenille and had a wonderful time
stitching and
slashing a gillet aka a weskit! Great way to use all those
bits of fabrics
and the gillet has come in very handy in this cold
weather......Well, I
expect I have bored the eyes off you already so will leave you
in peace for
the time being.

Take care all, speaketh soonest. ConnieD aka RHLadyCD

In article ,
"ConnieD." wrote:

Slightly Belated Happy New Year to all!!!

snip

It's good to see you again, Connie! I hope your narrowboat will put joy
and health into your lives -- and lots of quilting time, of course.

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put s-foster@ in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~s-foster

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:55:29 -0000, "ConnieD."
wrote:

BUT we
are moving again only this time we'll be moving for a large proportion of
the year as in we are having a narrowboat built for us to live aboard. It's
a 57' x 6' semi trad which will compromise of a bedroom, bathroom,
galley...... aka kitchen, dinette which will convert to a double bed and a
saloon .....aka sitting room which will also be able to sleep 2 more.....


Please explain what a narrow boat is and where it will be moored,
where will it sail/motor?

I assume that, being long and narrow, it will move on canals, but
where are the canals?

I am so envious! I'd like to live in a motor home, or sail boat and
move about whenever the mood hits. To warmer weather, cooler weather,
the mountains, the beach. I know, kind of hard to get to the mountains
in a sail boat. Of course I'd have to have room for my sewing machine
collection, stash, and computers. Maybe I could move about part time.

I could use the warmer weather RIGHT NOW! So could poor Ruffles (the
Ridgeback) I have to force her out side to perform her business.

Bonnie, in freezing Middletown, VA