View entire thread: Floss Box
Posted by Naomah on Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:23 PM    Post subject: Floss Box



I wind my floss on the little plastic or cardboard bobbins. I then keep them in 6 plastic craft boxes with dividers.
Over the years I am getting tired of having to open all close these boxes or else I just want a change (Grin). In
looking through XS magazines from the 80's I saw some advertisements for a floss storage / carrying box that looks just
like the empty wooden artist boxes I've seen at Hobby Lobby and Dick Blick ( my husband is a pastel artist). Since I go
back and forth to Helen, Ga. fairly often I would like to be able to take all my floss with me sometimes. Has anyone
used one of the wooden satchels? They look kind of like a wood briefcase. Any other suggestions of what would hold
nearly 500 bobbins and be portable? Many Blessings to you and yours, Naomah

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View entire thread: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Posted by Judy SA on Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:56 PM    Post subject: Re: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online

Thanks Marilyn - saving this one aswell! Judy, SA "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:GrFDg.40618$Ca.31481@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... [quote:e3aea3d216]Hi folks, Just sending through a link to a
site that has taken over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines. They have put some i-mags online for a few of
the magazines and you can view them for free :o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative
Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Ideas magazine sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the
page and click to view. Any of the pages containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a
button on the page for that! The CS mag they have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my
money......boooohoooo!!! It is the mag they have featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini
album, matchbook album, techniques with shrink plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the
Cardmaking Ideas mag for free....hahaha! -- Take care, Marilyn [/quote:e3aea3d216]

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View entire thread: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Posted by Deb in AR on Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:50 PM    Post subject: Re: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online

Thanks for the link Marilyn! I've bookmarked it for future use. -- Deb in AR - Desert Rat at heart!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bsrdjr@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Pages complete 2006
= 3 Goal for 2006: 1 LO a week "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:yCFDg.40621$Ca.26114@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... [quote:85cb0f3fe2]Grrgh.....lost the link because I missed a
space....sigh! http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:GrFDg.40618$Ca.31481@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... Hi folks, Just sending through a link to a site that has taken
over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines. They have put some i-mags online for a few of the magazines and
you can view them for free :o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative Scrapbooking and
Cardmaking Ideas magazine sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the page and click
to view. Any of the pages containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a button on the page
for that! The CS mag they have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my money......boooohoooo!!! It
is the mag they have featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini album, matchbook album,
techniques with shrink plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the Cardmaking Ideas mag for
free....hahaha! -- Take care, Marilyn [/quote:85cb0f3fe2]

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Posted by Linda C on Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:42 PM    Post subject: Re: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online

I checked out the magazine Creative Scrapbooking, and it had a lot of really neat ideas, so many to mention on here, but
I loved the altered coin book! Dave if you check this out, you should look at the Mosaic pages! I never even thought of
using contact prints as mosaic in a scrapbook...what a cool idea Once again, thanks for the link Marilyn!! Linda
Marilyn wrote: [quote:57b7104aff]Grrgh.....lost the link because I missed a space....sigh!
http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:GrFDg.40618$Ca.31481@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... Hi folks, Just sending through a link to a site that has taken
over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines. They have put some i-mags online for a few of the magazines and
you can view them for free :o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative Scrapbooking and
Cardmaking Ideas magazine sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the page and click
to view. Any of the pages containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a button on the page
for that! The CS mag they have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my money......boooohoooo!!! It
is the mag they have featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini album, matchbook album,
techniques with shrink plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the Cardmaking Ideas mag for
free....hahaha! -- Take care, Marilyn [/quote:57b7104aff]

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Posted by Marilyn on Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:08 PM    Post subject: Re: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online

Katrina....I think that it was going to/or had ceased publication completely but they have been saved by the Ashdown
Media people. Ashdown's have divisions in US/UK/Netherlands and seem to produce several craft magazines! Hope you can
find it again soon :o) Meantime...you might be able to get a "fix" at the link I gave you!!! -- Take care,
Marilyn "Katrina" <GardnerKS@webtv.net> wrote in message news:28766-44DF2D8E-162@storefull-
3153.bay.webtv.net... [quote:be1bc39721]Thanks Marylin. I'll have to check it out. I love Creative Scrapbooking. Just a
couple days ago I was at Micheals w/ my coupon looking for it. They way cut back the mags and the last couple times I
was in couldn't find it. I said something this time. Hopefull they'll get it back. Katrina in KS [/quote:be1bc39721]

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View entire thread: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Posted by Marilyn on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:16 PM    Post subject: Re: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online

Grrgh.....lost the link because I missed a space....sigh! http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm "Marilyn"
<nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message news:GrFDg.40618$Ca.31481@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... [quote:15f1534434]Hi
folks, Just sending through a link to a site that has taken over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines. They
have put some i-mags online for a few of the magazines and you can view them for free
:o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Ideas magazine
sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the page and click to view. Any of the pages
containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a button on the page for that! The CS mag they
have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my money......boooohoooo!!! It is the mag they have
featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini album, matchbook album, techniques with shrink
plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the Cardmaking Ideas mag for free....hahaha! -- Take
care, Marilyn [/quote:15f1534434]

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View entire thread: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Posted by Marilyn on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:04 PM    Post subject: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online

Hi folks, Just sending through a link to a site that has taken over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines.
They have put some i-mags online for a few of the magazines and you can view them for free
:o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Ideas magazine
sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the page and click to view. Any of the pages
containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a button on the page for that! The CS mag they
have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my money......boooohoooo!!! It is the mag they have
featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini album, matchbook album, techniques with shrink
plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the Cardmaking Ideas mag for free....hahaha! -- Take
care, Marilyn

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View entire thread: Plastic Canvas Magazines for Sale....
Posted by T's Place on Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:37 PM    Post subject: Plastic Canvas Magazines for Sale....

After throughly cleaning some craft boxes last week, I have discovered a lot of magazines that I haven't used in a long
time but that were in binders in plastic covers and still in great condition. Each of these Magazines, which has a lot
of projects in each of them, are now up for sale at $1.25 a piece plus shipping (or 6 for $6.00 plus shipping): Plastic
Canvas World: January 1992, September 1993, April 1994, July 1994, September 1994, November 1994 May 1995, March 1995,
September 1995 July 1996, September 1996, November 1996 January 1997, March 1997, September 1997 July 1998 Plastic
Canvas Corner: August 1990, March 1992, March 1993 March 1994, May 1994, September 1994 November 1994, January 1995,
March 1995 July 1995, September 1995, May 1996 July 1996, July 1997, March 1997 PC Magazine: January-February 1992,
July-August 1995 September-October 1995, Septemeber-October 1997 November-December 1997, Janaury-February 1998 March-
April 1998, January-February 1999 Quick & Easy PC: February-March 1993, August-Septemeber 1996 December-January
1996, December-January 1997 February-March 1997, April-May 1997 October-November 1997, June-July 1998 October-November
1998 PC Crafts: June 1995, August 1995, August 1996 November 1996, December 1996, February 1997 June 1997, August
1997, December 1997 April 1998, April 2000 PC Home & Holiday: March-April 2000, July-August 2000 September-October
2000, December 2000

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View entire thread: OT: Bonjour mes amis
Posted by Estelle Gallagher on Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:17 PM    Post subject: Re: Bonjour mes amis

Nice to hear you are making progress with your new lives!Good luck! -- Estelle UK http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal
lagher11@btinternet.com/album?.dir=c431&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my
_photos "Janner" <jan.chambers@removethisbit.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1159132713.9053.0@proxy01.news.clara.net... [quote:d73f9f8831]Bonjour everyone Well, we have finally got to the
south of France. Staying in a holiday rental, with plenty of local wildlife!!!! Tomorrow we are looking at 2 renovated
farmhouses, in the view of longterm rental. DH has already had 1 job interview. The children haven't started school
yet, but that we'll sort when we get a more permanent address. I haven't done any sewing yet, but have bought plenty of
craft magazines, although they are in French, they are very inspiring. By chance the other day I walked in on a hall
with a group of women sewing, making rugs and quilts and although my french is not great, it was lovely to meet like
minded people. I'll call in again soon, and happy quilting by the way there were 19 000 headers on here, don't think
that I'll read all of them, so hugs to those who need them, congrats to those completed projects and hope you all have
enough chocolate to tide you by!!! Janner France!!!!![/quote:d73f9f8831]

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View entire thread: OT: Bonjour mes amis
Posted by Carolyn McCarty on Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:20 PM    Post subject: Re: Bonjour mes amis

Cool, Janner! Everything will sort itself out. You are in a serious language immersion situation, which will be a
wonderful way to learn the language and the culture. How I envy you! Be sure to keep us up-to-date on the
differences between quilting as you know it now and quilting as done in the new home. -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo
If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you
don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn
McCarty "Janner" <jan.chambers@removethisbit.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1159132713.9053.0@proxy01.news.clara.net... [quote:5e6ca1e391]Bonjour everyone Well, we have finally got to the
south of France. Staying in a holiday rental, with plenty of local wildlife!!!! Tomorrow we are looking at 2 renovated
farmhouses, in the view of longterm rental. DH has already had 1 job interview. The children haven't started school
yet, but that we'll sort when we get a more permanent address. I haven't done any sewing yet, but have bought plenty of
craft magazines, although they are in French, they are very inspiring. By chance the other day I walked in on a hall
with a group of women sewing, making rugs and quilts and although my french is not great, it was lovely to meet like
minded people. I'll call in again soon, and happy quilting by the way there were 19 000 headers on here, don't think
that I'll read all of them, so hugs to those who need them, congrats to those completed projects and hope you all have
enough chocolate to tide you by!!! Janner France!!!!![/quote:5e6ca1e391]

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View entire thread: Quilt Show in Melbourne
Posted by Sandy Foster on Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:32 PM    Post subject: Re: Quilt Show in Melbourne

In article <44c88c49$1_3@news.chariot.net.au>, "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote:
[quote:a9422c0efe]I just got home from the quilt and craft show in Melbourne. The Japanese quilts were just
breathtaking! There were not as many quilts in the local show as in past years but some real stunners. I strolled
through the "market" but was most restrained in my purchases - just a few nick-nacks, some flannel for one of
my sewers for a border, and a book. The book is on meshwork - woven and bonded strips of bias tape. Has anyone tried
it? All round a good day, even if expensive. Off to put my feet up ((sigh)) [/quote:a9422c0efe] Sounds wonderful,
Cheryl! I'm always blown away by the Japanese quilts I see in magazines or at the Houston show -- they're amazing. :)
-- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

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Posted by Cats on Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:13 AM    Post subject: Re: Quilt Show in Melbourne

I don't get to many shows these days but this was worth it. I saw an exhibition a few years ago that had a wall hanging
of a waterfall by night. Some of the pieces were 1/2", and the quilting was in silver (real silver) thread. As
you walked past you would swear the water was flowing as the light moved over the threads. For me one of the most
breathtaking in this exhibit was an applique done entirely on organza. Pieces were matched front and back and all the
seams were finished so that when the piece was hung and you could not tell which was the front. There was another
very dark quilt in browns and indigo, in an abstract pattern from log cabin blocks. But they were all unique in some
way. Exhausting, but I wouldn't have missed it! Our own local quilts were also very impressive. Some of the applique
was just breathtaking, and there were some truly masterful quilting pieces. There were not as many quilts as in past
years, but the overall standard was as high or higher I think. Hats off to the Victorian Quilters Guild - they can
hold their heads high among the best anywhere. You can take photos in the Victorian Quilt show but only for personal
use. But as the signs for "NO PHOTOS" were so prominent at the show entry I checked my camera with my bag
before going in and being told that. I may send my digital camera down with a friend over the weekend. -- Cheryl
& the Cats _ _ _ _ _ _ ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
~ ~ ~ Enness Boofhead Donut Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for
Spring! http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Sandy Foster"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-BFF67C.10325527072006@news.west.earthlink.net... : In
article <44c88c49$1_3@news.chariot.net.au>, : "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote: : : > I just got
home from the quilt and craft show in Melbourne. : > : > The Japanese quilts were just breathtaking! : > :
> There were not as many quilts in the local show as in past : > years but some real stunners. I strolled
through the : > "market" but was most restrained in my purchases - just a : > few nick-nacks, some
flannel for one of my sewers for a : > border, and a book. : > : > The book is on meshwork - woven and bonded
strips of bias : > tape. Has anyone tried it? : > : > All round a good day, even if expensive. Off to put my
feet : > up ((sigh)) : : : Sounds wonderful, Cheryl! I'm always blown away by the Japanese quilts I : see in
magazines or at the Houston show -- they're amazing. :) : -- : Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas : my ISP is
earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front : http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 : : AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of
Education

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View entire thread: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!
Posted by Heather in WestOz on Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:35 AM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

PiggyBacking here to say Welcome back Tina. Glad to hear all is well and hope you settle in quickly. Having a dedicated
sewing room makes a huge difference. I know I can just shut the door on mine and leave it if I have visitors without
having to pack it all away. Good quilting Heather in West Oz "Michelle" <bookbug2005@gmail.com> wrote
in message news:3f8q04-0p.ln1@news.air-internet.com... [quote:804e2b6e70]Wow, Tina, what a lot of excitement! The new
house sounds terrific, and your sewing room is especially awesome. What fun! Yes, a lot of work, but certainly
rewarding. Let the quilting commence! -- Michelle in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter
"Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in Katy, Texas and I used
to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a bigger house in another
city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing, sorting, boxing, moving,
unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the most part. Today,
tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of the old houses,
mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday
we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we left in both houses.
But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my spare/sewing room this
week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those plastic tubs sitting out
in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric, every "color"
is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc.
are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf, in the new sewing area.
It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly sort through years worth
of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they were all packed away in
boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty house! This is going to be
the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the "spare" room is a bit small.
(It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back upstairs after hubby finds a commercial
space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole room dedicated to sewing, quilting and
crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not out in the garage, exposed to the
elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the course of the last three days -
that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store! LOL Told DH yesterday, that I
could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers unit from DH in the move (since
we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of drawers is now crafters heaven!
One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about 10 glue guns now, and I have
located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments! One whole drawer dedicated
to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it is stacked, FLOOR TO
CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible and viewable! The new
daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu hotel for any and every
quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to take a break, and a
great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the extra cutting mats
flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take some photos today.
I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had one of the cameras to
take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But it will be fun to
finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next time it comes up!
<g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving. The stomach flu
ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated discs have tried
repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking. I pulled my
shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't done this one
yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do, if you DO
decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!! You will
be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and rotation
of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"? The
teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house and
moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle for a
GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this tough
cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all his
friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:804e2b6e70]

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Posted by Michelle on Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:19 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Wow, Tina, what a lot of excitement! The new house sounds terrific, and your sewing room is especially awesome. What
fun! Yes, a lot of work, but certainly rewarding. Let the quilting commence! -- Michelle in NV
http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter "Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:f9ab2b46c0]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in
Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a
bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the
most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of
the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we
left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my
spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those
plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric,
every "color" is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books,
magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf,
in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly
sort through years worth of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they
were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty
house! This is going to be the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the
"spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back
upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole
room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not
out in the garage, exposed to the elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the
course of the last three days - that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store!
LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers
unit from DH in the move (since we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of
drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about
10 glue guns now, and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments!
One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it
is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu
hotel for any and every quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to
take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the
extra cutting mats flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take
some photos today. I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had
one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But
it will be fun to finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next
time it comes up! <g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving.
The stomach flu ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated
discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking.
I pulled my shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't
done this one yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do,
if you DO decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!!
You will be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"?
The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house
and moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle
for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this
tough cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all
his friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:f9ab2b46c0]

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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:49 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

So good to see you back, and congrats on the new room of your own! It will surely be worth all the misery of moving,
(The things people do just to clean closets!) Roberta in D "Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:4e94ccd0e2]Hi, my name is Tina and I now
live in Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses
and buy a bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning,
trashing, sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house
- for the most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the
garages of the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away.
Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell
whatever we left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start
setting up my spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder
when all those plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted
all the fabric, every "color" is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting
supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new
home, drawer, shelf, in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up
there, and just slowly sort through years worth of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be
found because they were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in
the itty bitty house! This is going to be the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the
"spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back
upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole
room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not
out in the garage, exposed to the elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the
course of the last three days - that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store!
LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers
unit from DH in the move (since we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of
drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about
10 glue guns now, and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments!
One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it
is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu
hotel for any and every quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to
take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the
extra cutting mats flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take
some photos today. I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had
one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But
it will be fun to finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next
time it comes up! <g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving.
The stomach flu ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated
discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking.
I pulled my shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't
done this one yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do,
if you DO decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!!
You will be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"?
The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house
and moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle
for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this
tough cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all
his friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:4e94ccd0e2]

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Posted by Sharon Harper on Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:51 AM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Welcome Home Tina! So good to hear that everything has gone okay. One day I hope to make use of that daybed (can't
guarantee when) if possible and I promise I'll bring my HUG to play with your HUG while we play too! -- Sharon from
Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) "Tina" <tina@ogd-
graphics.com> wrote in message news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:0ff74b0f39]Hi, my
name is Tina and I now live in Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family
decided to sell two houses and buy a bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total
chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing, sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We
are now into our new house - for the most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the
"stored" boxes out of the garages of the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon,
just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and
Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll
pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and
for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to
start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric, every "color" is now in its respective tub and
the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being
unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf, in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my
spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly sort through years worth of sewing and craft
supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the
garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty house! This is going to be the coolest room I
have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the "spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome
when the family gets the full "game room" back upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his
business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not
just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not out in the garage, exposed to the elements and
dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the course of the last three days - that I
actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store! LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could
have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers unit from DH in the move (since we both
now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole
drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about 10 glue guns now, and I have located about
5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments! One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry
making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs
full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible and viewable! The new daybed (newly
retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu hotel for any and every quilter who
dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to take a break, and a great place
(underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the extra cutting mats flat. I
finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take some photos today. I
really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had one of the cameras to
take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But it will be fun to
finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next time it comes up!
<g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving. The stomach flu
ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated discs have tried
repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking. I pulled my
shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't done this one
yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do, if you DO
decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!! You will
be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and rotation
of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"? The
teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house and
moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle for a
GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this tough
cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all his
friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:0ff74b0f39]

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Posted by Carolyn McCarty on Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:15 AM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Thanks for the update, Tina! Good to see you back. Sit back and enjoy yourself for a while, you have earned it! --
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine.
--Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get
a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:4b57bed109]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in
Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a
bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the
most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of
the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we
left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my
spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those
plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric,
every "color" is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books,
magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf,
in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly
sort through years worth of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they
were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty
house! This is going to be the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the
"spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back
upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole
room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not
out in the garage, exposed to the elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the
course of the last three days - that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store!
LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers
unit from DH in the move (since we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of
drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about
10 glue guns now, and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments!
One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it
is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu
hotel for any and every quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to
take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the
extra cutting mats flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take
some photos today. I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had
one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But
it will be fun to finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next
time it comes up! <g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving.
The stomach flu ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated
discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking.
I pulled my shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't
done this one yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do,
if you DO decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!!
You will be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"?
The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house
and moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle
for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this
tough cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all
his friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:4b57bed109]

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Posted by Butterflywings on Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:36 AM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEE'S BBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCKKK
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Butterfly (counting the sleeps to Houston)
"Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:7d1b4856a7]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in
Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a
bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the
most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of
the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we
left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my
spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those
plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric,
every "color" is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books,
magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf,
in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly
sort through years worth of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they
were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty
house! This is going to be the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the
"spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back
upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole
room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not
out in the garage, exposed to the elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the
course of the last three days - that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store!
LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers
unit from DH in the move (since we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of
drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about
10 glue guns now, and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments!
One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it
is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu
hotel for any and every quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to
take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the
extra cutting mats flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take
some photos today. I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had
one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But
it will be fun to finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next
time it comes up! <g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving.
The stomach flu ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated
discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking.
I pulled my shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't
done this one yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do,
if you DO decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!!
You will be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"?
The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house
and moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle
for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this
tough cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all
his friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:7d1b4856a7]

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Posted by Cats on Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:26 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Tina So nice to see you back online. Glad the move has had such a good finale but horrified to hear about all the
injuries you suffered. Take Care of yourself. Wish I could meet you all at the SHOW - but maybe one day. -- Cheryl
& the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau
"Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... : Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in Katy, Texas and I
used to be a : quiltaholic! : : That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and : buy a bigger
house in another city! : : Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, : cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, : sorting, trashing some more...... : : We are now into our new house -
for the most part. Today, tomorrow and : Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the
: garages of the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed : pretty soon, just weren't imperative right
away. Tomorrow, Saturday : and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to : just
flat sell whatever we left in both houses. : : But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY
got to : start setting up my spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for : me and for DH, I guess. He was
starting to wonder when all those : plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start : dwindling away...
: : Well, I have resorted all the fabric, every "color" is now in its : respective tub and the tubs with
miscellaneous sewing/quilting : supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being : unpacked and
sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf, in : the new sewing area. : : It sure has improved my spirits the
last few days to sit in the floor : up there, and just slowly sort through years worth of sewing and craft : supplies
that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they : were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage
because there just : flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty house! : : This is going to be the coolest room I have
ever had in my life. : Albeit a bit cramped because the "spare" room is a bit small. (It will : be awesome
when the family gets the full "game room" back upstairs : after hubby finds a commercial space for his
business!) But it is : SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole room dedicated to sewing, : quilting and crafts!
Not just the dining room table (and no formal : place to eat dinners), not out in the garage, exposed to the elements
: and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered : over the course of the last three days - that
I actually own enough : craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store! LOL Told : DH yesterday, that I
could have an after school craft group for kids. : : I inherited a small chest of drawers unit from DH in the move
(since we : both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and : that chest of drawers is now crafters
heaven! One whole drawer : dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about : 10 glue guns now,
and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A : gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments! One whole :
drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. : : I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it is
stacked, : FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of : (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! : : The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the : location of the
impromptu hotel for any and every quilter who dares : make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific
spot : for me to take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the : shallower tubs that hold individual quilt
projects and lay the extra : cutting mats flat. : : I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras :
yesterday - so will try to take some photos today. I really wish we : would have taken video as we were going along,
or that I would have at : least had one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures : as the
spare/sewing room was coming together. But it will be fun to : finally be able to participate in that "Show us
your sewing room : photos" thread the next time it comes up! <g> : : Health is holding up as well as can be
expected under the stress of : selling, buying and moving. The stomach flu ran through the kids : (literally) as of
the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My : herniated discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their
idea of : R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking. I pulled my : shoulder out, impinged and
ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in : the process. For anyone who hasn't done this one yet - I really, :
strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right : handed, whatever you do, if you DO decide you just
want to try out a : torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one : !!!!! You will be
absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the : things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation : of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable : living through pain
medication"? : : The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for : herself before we even
closed on the new house and moved. It's been : rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop
out" and : she won't settle for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and : fight her way to a diploma.
Did I mention how proud I am of this tough : cookie? : : The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time
adjusting : to the new school and missing all his friends at his old school. He : was Mister Popularity at the old
school and finds it rather upsetting : not to be "Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless
: supply of friends and playmates. It is finally starting to get : better......but as the old adage goes, "It
just takes time...." We : have scheduled a "Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday : to
invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to play games and : hopefully initiate some new friendships in the
neighborhood. : : Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in what, almost six months now? I : did catch up on Birthday
Blocks back in June I guess, but have been : behind ever since. I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I :
made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that : this/next month and give it to her for Christmas
at least. I did : manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days as I was : sorting, to catch up/finish up
blocks for the Birthday swap before the : year is over with, sheesh! : : Next week of course begins The Greatest Show
On Earth....ummmm, wait, : that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the International : Quilt Festival !!!!!!
Same difference right? The Greatest Show on : Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am scheduled to work set up next week and a
: few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and : after overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT
commit myself to a lot : of festival work days this year. This year I am going to take more : time to enjoy it for
myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from : out of town (hurry up Jeanne and Pati!, your reservations are made!)
I : figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and : adding to my stash, a couple of classes and
hours of fun and frivolity : with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into my : Quiltaholism ! Right
?!?!?!? : : I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read : and rarely respond to a post here
or there, just isn't the same as : being able to sew along with you and feel like a real participant. I : have cried
with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I : didn't share it publicly. : : And just so you know, my HUG
was NEVER packed away. It was hand held : and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it for many a :
moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and : they will still be there when you come up for
air. Now my HUG has a : place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to : admire as they walk
into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to : touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed : for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. : : Love and HUGS to you all, : I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! : Tina :

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Posted by Pati Cook on Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:43 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Great!!! Sounds wonderful and I am looking forward to it. <G> I will be heading out a week from
today.........yikes. I am so not ready to go but will be there for sure. (Even will have a machine in the car if you
want to plan some sewing time while I am there. <G> If there is room to set it up.....<G> ) Glad to have
you back on the group. and looking forward to meeting you and your family. Pati, in Phx Tina wrote:
[quote:6ec35e5362]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of
course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and
what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing, sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting,
trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will
finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be
needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a
"Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll
pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and
for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to
start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric, every "color" is now in its respective tub and
the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being
unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf, in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my
spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly sort through years worth of sewing and craft
supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the
garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty house! This is going to be the coolest room I
have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the "spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome
when the family gets the full "game room" back upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his
business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not
just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not out in the garage, exposed to the elements and
dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the course of the last three days - that I
actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store! LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could
have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers unit from DH in the move (since we both
now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole
drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about 10 glue guns now, and I have located about
5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments! One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry
making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs
full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible and viewable! The new daybed (newly
retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu hotel for any and every quilter who
dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to take a break, and a great place
(underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the extra cutting mats flat. I
finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take some photos today. I
really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had one of the cameras to
take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But it will be fun to
finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next time it comes up!
<g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving. The stomach flu
ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated discs have tried
repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking. I pulled my
shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't done this one
yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do, if you DO
decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!! You will
be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and rotation
of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"? The
teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house and
moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle for a
GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this tough
cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all his
friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:6ec35e5362]

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Posted by Charlotte Hippen on Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:30 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Finishing up settling in after a move myself!! Glad to see you back here!! -- Charlotte
http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108 "Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:1ee42a93c5]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in
Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a
bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the
most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of
the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we
left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my
spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those
plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric,
every "color" is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books,
magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf,
in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly
sort through years worth of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they
were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty
house! This is going to be the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the
"spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back
upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole
room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not
out in the garage, exposed to the elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the
course of the last three days - that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store!
LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers
unit from DH in the move (since we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of
drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about
10 glue guns now, and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments!
One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it
is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu
hotel for any and every quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to
take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the
extra cutting mats flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take
some photos today. I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had
one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But
it will be fun to finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next
time it comes up! <g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving.
The stomach flu ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated
discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking.
I pulled my shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't
done this one yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do,
if you DO decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!!
You will be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"?
The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house
and moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle
for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this
tough cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all
his friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:1ee42a93c5]

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Posted by Boca Jan on Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:38 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

Tina, breeeeaaaaaaaaathe! WOW What a busy lady. I am glad that things are starting to slow down a bit, maybe you will
be able to start quilting a bit. -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/myphotos "Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:70c6b2d953]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in
Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a
bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting, trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the
most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of
the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we
left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my
spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those
plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric,
every "color" is now in its respective tub and the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books,
magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf,
in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly
sort through years worth of sewing and craft supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they
were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty
house! This is going to be the coolest room I have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the
"spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome when the family gets the full "game room" back
upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole
room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not
out in the garage, exposed to the elements and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the
course of the last three days - that I actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store!
LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers
unit from DH in the move (since we both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of
drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about
10 glue guns now, and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments!
One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it
is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu
hotel for any and every quilter who dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to
take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the
extra cutting mats flat. I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take
some photos today. I really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had
one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But
it will be fun to finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next
time it comes up! <g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving.
The stomach flu ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated
discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking.
I pulled my shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't
done this one yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do,
if you DO decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!!
You will be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"?
The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house
and moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle
for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this
tough cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all
his friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:70c6b2d953]

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Posted by Patti on Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:43 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

So great to have you back again, Tina. We miss you too when you go AW(with) L. Hope you'll be enormously happy and
healthy in your new home. Good luck; and have a wonderful time in Houston. .. In message
<1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, Tina <tina@ogd-graphics.com> writes
[quote:b5c3f67662]Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in Katy, Texas and I used to be a quiltaholic! That was, of
course, until our family decided to sell two houses and buy a bigger house in another city! Well, after a summer and
what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, cleaning, trashing, sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, sorting,
trashing some more...... We are now into our new house - for the most part. Today, tomorrow and Sunday DH and I will
finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the garages of the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be
needed pretty soon, just weren't imperative right away. Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday we will open both houses up for a
"Moving and Yard Sale" to just flat sell whatever we left in both houses. But the big, "Drumroooooolllll
pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY got to start setting up my spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for me and
for DH, I guess. He was starting to wonder when all those plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to
start dwindling away... Well, I have resorted all the fabric, every "color" is now in its respective tub and
the tubs with miscellaneous sewing/quilting supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being
unpacked and sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf, in the new sewing area. It sure has improved my
spirits the last few days to sit in the floor up there, and just slowly sort through years worth of sewing and craft
supplies that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the
garage because there just flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty house! This is going to be the coolest room I
have ever had in my life. Albeit a bit cramped because the "spare" room is a bit small. (It will be awesome
when the family gets the full "game room" back upstairs after hubby finds a commercial space for his
business!) But it is SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole room dedicated to sewing, quilting and crafts! Not
just the dining room table (and no formal place to eat dinners), not out in the garage, exposed to the elements and
dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered over the course of the last three days - that I
actually own enough craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store! LOL Told DH yesterday, that I could
have an after school craft group for kids. I inherited a small chest of drawers unit from DH in the move (since we both
now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and that chest of drawers is now crafters heaven! One whole
drawer dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about 10 glue guns now, and I have located about
5000 glue sticks! A gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments! One whole drawer dedicated to jewelry
making, wire, beads, etc. I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it is stacked, FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs
full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of (organized) colors! Easily accessible and viewable! The new daybed (newly
retired mom's "home away from home") and the location of the impromptu hotel for any and every quilter who
dares make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific spot for me to take a break, and a great place
(underneath) to store the shallower tubs that hold individual quilt projects and lay the extra cutting mats flat. I
finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras yesterday - so will try to take some photos today. I
really wish we would have taken video as we were going along, or that I would have at least had one of the cameras to
take some "before and after" pictures as the spare/sewing room was coming together. But it will be fun to
finally be able to participate in that "Show us your sewing room photos" thread the next time it comes up!
<g Health is holding up as well as can be expected under the stress of selling, buying and moving. The stomach flu
ran through the kids (literally) as of the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My herniated discs have tried
repeatedly to convince me that their idea of R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking. I pulled my
shoulder out, impinged and ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in the process. For anyone who hasn't done this one
yet - I really, strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right handed, whatever you do, if you DO
decide you just want to try out a torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one !!!!! You will
be absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the things you do with your right hand, that require the use and rotation
of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable living through pain medication"? The
teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for herself before we even closed on the new house and
moved. It's been rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop out" and she won't settle for a
GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and fight her way to a diploma. Did I mention how proud I am of this tough
cookie? The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time adjusting to the new school and missing all his
friends at his old school. He was Mister Popularity at the old school and finds it rather upsetting not to be
"Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless supply of friends and playmates. It is finally
starting to get better......but as the old adage goes, "It just takes time...." We have scheduled a
"Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday to invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to
play games and hopefully initiate some new friendships in the neighborhood. Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in
what, almost six months now? I did catch up on Birthday Blocks back in June I guess, but have been behind ever since.
I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that
this/next month and give it to her for Christmas at least. I did manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days
as I was sorting, to catch up/finish up blocks for the Birthday swap before the year is over with, sheesh! Next week of
course begins The Greatest Show On Earth....ummmm, wait, that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the
International Quilt Festival !!!!!! Same difference right? The Greatest Show on Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am
scheduled to work set up next week and a few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and after
overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT commit myself to a lot of festival work days this year. This year I am going
to take more time to enjoy it for myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from out of town (hurry up Jeanne and
Pati!, your reservations are made!) I figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and adding to my
stash, a couple of classes and hours of fun and frivolity with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into
my Quiltaholism ! Right ?!?!?!? I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read and rarely
respond to a post here or there, just isn't the same as being able to sew along with you and feel like a real
participant. I have cried with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I didn't share it publicly. And just
so you know, my HUG was NEVER packed away. It was hand held and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it
for many a moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and they will still be there when you come
up for air. Now my HUG has a place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to admire as they
walk into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. Love and HUGS to you all, I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! Tina [/quote:b5c3f67662] -- Best Regards pat on the hill

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Posted by nzlstar* on Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:25 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!

oh Tina, i am soooooo looking forward to meeting you. this will be my first every vist to Houston for the show or
anything. leaving for Larisas today so will get in touch with you from there and see if we can sort out the best
day/time for me to arrive. hopefully either you or Pati can pick me up at the airport. if thats not possible, i'll
figure out something. i'm now off to shower and pack in anticipation of L's mom arriving and we'll drive down to Ls
place. i only have a couple of hrs to do tha so hope i manage t