View entire thread: Houston quilt show pictures
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:04 AM    Post subject: Re: Houston quilt show pictures



Howdy! We talked to the quilt maker, Sieglinde Schoen Smith, a very charming woman, who was standing w/ the quilt thru'
a good part of the show, pointing out many of the special things she had included in/on her quilt. When someone who
had not read the background story & did not understand the comment, "The quilt was my psychiatrist," asked
Mrs. Smith, "While you worked on this quilt, did you eat, sleep, do anything else?" Mrs. Smith replied,
"I cried. A lot." She said this with the sweetest smile, tears in her shining eyes. What a lovely woman.
Last night we saw her in the lobby at the Hilton, about 10 pm, she smiled and greeted us again, and paused to see if we
wanted to speak with her-- charming lady. But we knew she'd been on her feet all day, and Nona & I were headed to
the Skyline Lounge --we'd had a long, hard day, too. <g> The colors in that quilt just jump out at the
viewer; it really is exquisite. Several of the Big Winners are quilters and artists who are not so well-known as
are many of the people in the Big Winners Circle. I really liked that aspect, new winners, new faces, new names, new
styles, and just so humble and friendly and surprised & pleased to be in the spotlight. Another story: David
Taylor, creator of the quilt "Sally At The Window" told of his friend, attorney Sally; when she heard that he
had such success w/ the quilt, Sally reminded David that he had not asked for nor received her written permission to use
her image and name, and when he's won more awards with it and finally retires the quilt, she may come looking for her
share of the kudos and prizes. He said, "I reminded her that when I made that quilt, I could have made her butt
bigger!" LOL It was a good show, fun and interesting and just so huge we couldn't see everything in the time
we allowed ourselves. We loved it all. And I've hooked another one! My non-quilting s-i-l fell in love with several
of the quilts, and then saw the batik fabrics-- Ohmygod! So we got some batik fqs and I'll make her a table runner which
she is to embellish w/ beads & sequins. And it all started at The Really Big Quilt Show in Houston!
Ragmop/Sandy-- laughing when Nona said, "You get to talk to the actual quilters!! Right here with their
quilts!!!!" ;-P On 11/3/06 4:22 PM, in article 1162592557.608578.140970@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
"Bronnie" <bf@australiamail.com> wrote: [quote:e7da011f69] Patti wrote: Thanks ever so much, Sandy, for
the story behind that glorious winning quilt. Third quilt? Wow!! It's so lovely. For me, definitely an 'I wish I had
made/could make that'. . In message <C16FD991.D8A0%eltex@sbcglobal.net>, Sandy Ellison eltex@sbcglobal.net>
writes Howdy! Here's another link: http://www.quilts.com/webcast0325/JudgedShow/index.html and for those New Quilters
who think they don't have enough experience to enter shows or otherwise show their work, it's not about the number of
years quilting or number of quilts completed that makes a winner:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4304663.html Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy --Cruising to Houston on Saturday
w/ a non-quilter. oh! is she in for a surprise! ;-P -- Best Regards pat on the hill What a beautiful quilt and story
Pat! or was it Sandy? -- Bronnie [/quote:e7da011f69]

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View entire thread: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Posted by Cats on Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:27 AM    Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?

lol I know most people have a love affair with plastic boxes, but I never got over my conviction that fabric should
not be stored in plastic. The boxes are all labelled and are just the right size to take folded fabric on edge so I
can see everything at a glance when I lift the lids. But plastic drawer units - ah, that is another matter entirely.
At last count I had about 2doz, with countless other small boxes and trays for threads, needles, pins, thimbles,
cutters, other tools, markers, beads, . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Most of my non-quilty sewing stuff has been relegated
to a shed/garage right next to the house. -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o (
> Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:-dqdnV7GFc_0ktnYnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : WOW -- what
a wonderful space! Those white boxes are nice -- but I'm not sure I'd like not seeing : what is inside... but I guess
if they were labeled... I have a few of those little plastic drawer : units. I think I will be purchasing more to
store thread and other embroidery machine "stuff". : : I thought I had a lot of books/magazines. WOW --
you've been collecting a long time! I cleaned out : about 4 years worth last fall -- tearing out pages of things I
wanted to keep -- and losing the : rest! : : Thanks for all the good ideas! : : Kate in MI :
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- : : : "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote in message
news:4543f0c6_1@news.chariot.net.au... : > http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/471547456lAZvXS : > My
"play pen" has been rearranged a bit since these, and is : > used by about two dozen sewers each week at
classes and : > sit-n-sews. It's about 30' X 24' overall I think. : > http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614090075796722DXPBLP : > Most of the shelving is from Ikea, and most of the boxes are
: > from the Post Office. : > http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614065075796722zujnsG : > I made
the work tables - 6 tables 6' X 3', one raised for : > pinning. : > http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/2992397730075796722TlpYgL : > The plastic drawer units come from a local discount store :
> and just fit on the tall book cases and shelves. : > http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/2232332200075796722ayYMcJ : > Numbers on some days dictate that even my kitchen must run :
> like a cafe! : > : > At Christmas time (long school break over here so fewer : > classes) I usually take
everything down and give it a : > thorough sort and clean. This year I really need to tidy up : > the
"library" shelves. : > -- : > : > Cheryl & the Cats in OZ : > o o o o
o o : > ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) : > Enness Boofhead Donut : >
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest : > catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau : > : > : > "Kate
G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message : >
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : > : Mine isn't... but I want it to be! : > : : > : So
let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing : > spaces... so please attach a link. : > : : > : Or
tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large : > (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 : > : walls.
The other two are: Closet and room entry door; : > floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : > : make
furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out : > the front of the house). : > : : > : One wall is
about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I : > maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors : > : or without?
shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or : > wire drawers? : > : : > : How do you store your thread? With a
new (new to me... : > used machine) embroidery machine -- my : > : thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly.
: > : : > : If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to : > use one for piecing... while the
other is : > : stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is : > there a rule of thumb like the kitchen :
> : triangle? : > : : > : HELP! : > : : > : Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) : > :
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : > : : > : : > : -- : > : : > : : > : : > : > : :

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View entire thread: Where in the world is Jeanne???
Posted by Jenn/Jalynne on Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:02 PM    Post subject: Re: Where in the world is Jeanne???

Just got a message that she'll arrive in Houston around 7 pm this evening. Tina's been notified by email as to the
details. Just wanted you to know. -- Jenn/Jalynne quilting, beads, scrapbooking, cross stitch and other 'crafti'
obsessions http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jalynne29/my_photos Live! http://kinneykreations.com "off kilter
quilter" <spamfree@somewherequiet.net> wrote in message
news:C5Odnegzy813KabYnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@adelphia.com... [quote:67ee674ac4]Update: Jeanne is driving a rental car from
Charlottesville, VA to Charlotte, NC today. ALL flights were completely overbooked, so this was the only way she could
start her travels to Houston. Things are WAY out of control here, and it was at the decision of my husband that her
trip was so short. We are still trying to figure out what the heck happened, but he was furious, and Jeanne and I were
both freaked out. However, She now has good maps and is heading to Houston early, where she will more than likely be
helping set things up for the show (earning herself a free pass as well...lucky girl!). I will try to get information
as to what caused husband to get so wigged out and will get it to Jeanne. TINA - Jeanne might not get to Houston until
tomorrow, and I just noticed that she left the info sheet about your work days and such along with your phone numbers on
my desk <sigh>. I think she has them written down elsewhere...if I hear from her once she gets to Charlotte, I
will give you a call and pass along any information Larisa, headachey and completely confused[/quote:67ee674ac4]

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View entire thread: SHE'S HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE
Posted by Jenn/Jalynne on Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:56 PM    Post subject: Re: SHE'S HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE

pay a little extra and get photo CDs! It's worth it, when you don't have a scanner that works or a digital cam. --
Jenn/Jalynne quilting, beads, scrapbooking, cross stitch and other 'crafti' obsessions
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jalynne29/my_photos Live! http://kinneykreations.com "nzlstar*"
<nzlstar@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1161487595.079510.195930@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
[quote:e29ca4aeeb]well i dont have a digital camera so cant post pix as i move around. i'm using a single use type
cameras will try to get them developed, scanned and online before i leave usa. one is ready now so will get that
developed in Houston where i should be by sometime tomorrow. moving there sooner than expected...flights worked out that
way...i had little choice really if i want to get there in time for the show, so early it is. oh rats i didnt get pix of
Larisa and the kidlets, darn it.they are both soooo adorable too. her 'new blue belt boy' and wee miss becca, princess
in residence, lol. they're off to sunday school and church first thing in the morning so will miss them no doubt. L will
have to get some of them kicking the fall leaves raked up today but didnt quite get bagged up today. bummer. well tis on
to Houston and i might get a chance to work a day or two at the show with Tina. then i can spend rest of time seeing the
show, wooooohooooooo. right now, to bed, to sleep, perchance to dream. hugz all around my favouritestesteset
cyberquiltingframe. jeanne look out Houston here i come, lol KJ wrote: I'm having visions of "Where's Waldo?"
or "Flat Stanley" with this Pony Express method of travel for our dear Jeanne. What a wonderful tribute to
the generosity of quilters to arrange to transport and house someone from across the world! Have fun Jeanne! And
thanks Larisa for your part in this experience for all of us to share. Too bad we haven't had pictures posted as she
moves from place to place. Best wishes to everyone involved. KJ "off kilter quilter"
<spamfree@somewherequiet.net> wrote in message news:Vc-dnUNhjbBBm6XYnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d@adelphia.com... Yup, Jeanne
has moved on to her next layover spot. Mother picked her up and they arrived in time for dinner and running to karate.
We are back home and she will be online in a bit. Larisa [/quote:e29ca4aeeb]

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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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View entire thread: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!
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 to be ready on time. Paulette has been a wonderful
hostess, tho i think i'm pretty easy to have. i try my best to look after myself, clean up after myself and will happily
help round the house doing what needs doing for day to day living and whatever i can, just need to ask. maybe i can do
some of those things that annoy your arm/shoulder/back at least while i'm there. the show should be a blast and i can
carry your stash too if need be. :) on arrival here, P showed me how the filter on kitchen tap worked, how to load/run
the coffee machine, not to put fingers into any but one of the birds cages, two will gladly eat your finger and not
think twice about the pain you might go thru. rofl. the other wee one is a delight and we bonded in the ten days here
(no Paulette, i will not be getting a bird of my own, lol). the dogs too have kept me on the move as well as the cat who
will get her snuggles when she requires regardless of what i might be doing, including typing on the puter, lol, she
walks across in front of you to get her way. not much interaction with the horses, chooks or peacocks tho they are fun
to look at. its been a real animal experience here for me and totally had a ball. i'm allowed to return but must be
during school breaks so we can do some sightseeing properly. so i plan on just that in the not too distant future. now
as for Houston, my dh emailed this morning and had the audacity to try to convince me the nz govt had a new law limiting
the amount of fabric you can bring back. like i care, hrmph. too late, i need to buy a suitcase now to get the rest i
will acquire in Houston and points west before return flight on 17th Nov out of SFO. :)) he tried, i'll give him credit
for trying, albeit pointless with me, lol. talk to ya soon from L's house. ttfn. hugz, jeanne Tina wrote:
[quote:e9b29915d7]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