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4816. thoughtful - 11/17/2012 4:40:18 AM Finished afghan...will be wedding gift for a gal I know....
Now I'm working on a crocheted quilt which is a new one for me....consists of over 700 small squares that then get sewed together to create a pattern. 4817. arkymalarky - 11/17/2012 4:45:01 AM I love crochet. Used to do it a lot and I've been wanting to get back to it. Lovely afghans! 4818. judithathome - 11/17/2012 8:25:39 PM Man, that was a lot of work!! My sister does a lot of crochet...I have a beautiful afghan she made for my son.
I doubt I could take that up as a hobby now...I can hardly hold a pen to do my crosswrd puzzles and have given up driving altogether because of my problems with my hands. 4819. wabbit - 11/19/2012 8:16:10 PM Beautiful quilt, t'ful. I used to knit, now wish I had learned to crochet, though doubtful whether I could do either anymore.
JaH - squishy squeezie balls! I have them at work, at home, almost always within reach. You've seen my hands, exercise is the only reason I have any use of them these days. 4820. magoseph - 11/20/2012 6:07:51 PM Squeezie balls--Thanks for the tip, Wabbit. 4821. judithathome - 11/20/2012 8:26:18 PM Well, the food was fabulous at the Hawaiian Grille in Kileen TX yeaterday (160 miles from here) and the ride down south got off to a little later start than we'd planned; another couple went with us...not much later but just enough to set our return timeline coming home north being off and preventing us from being in a humongous multi-vehicle pile-up wreck on the way back!!!
Five huge trailer-trucks, one carrying hazardous waste, overturned and piled up...15 cars rammed into one another and one fatality happened when one of the cars was crushed between two of the semis. We were way in back of the traffic jam, coming upon it about an hour after the intial wreck...we were in that jam for 45 minutes until we got to an exit ramp and took backroads all the way to the next town....
Saw the news story after we got home and they said the interstate wouldn't re-open until after 9pm.
There were about 7 helicopters, HasMat trucks, ambulances, police, highway patrol...just scary shit. The other woman and I were crazed by the traffic all the way down to Kileen...we're not used to a lot of "open road" travel. Both of us would tense up each time a huge truck would go by; in fact, we finally ended up taking a mild "nerve" pill to calm down and thank god I had them in my purse! 4822. judithathome - 11/20/2012 8:26:52 PM Hey, Mags...howzit? 4823. arkymalarky - 11/21/2012 12:52:09 AM Very scary! 4824. thoughtful - 11/23/2012 3:46:25 PM Saw the Beaumont thing on the news this a.m. How awful...over 100 cars for over 2 miles. Just terrible. Amazing the loss of life was so low. 4825. thoughtful - 11/29/2012 2:53:15 AM Latest project...I'm making a veil for a bride who is getting married next july....she wants a cathedral length veil with some fanciness, so I designed this pattern out of alencon lace, with a monogram and will hand embroider with beads once the lace is appliqued onto the veil....a challenge since i've never done this before, but fun nonetheless. The pic is a mock up using an old sheet for the veil and I photo copied the lace to mock up the layout with....
 4826. arkymalarky - 11/29/2012 8:35:48 PM Lovely! 4827. judithathome - 11/30/2012 12:30:32 AM Beautiful, Thoughful...be sure to show us the finished product! 4828. arkymalarky - 12/2/2012 7:51:50 PM Burning a rabid skunk carcass in the yard. Stan shot him repeatedly and he just kept moving. Ugh. This is the second we've had. A big downside of rural Southern living. 4829. thoughtful - 12/6/2012 4:31:58 PM And how is that the good life????
Yuck. 4830. judithathome - 12/6/2012 11:10:51 PM Better than posting it in Politics or Religion & Philosophy!! 4831. alistairconnor - 12/26/2012 3:18:13 PM Probably a safe bet that the skunk was Republican. 4832. arkymalarky - 12/26/2012 5:57:11 PM He was awfully stubborn about accepting his fate. 4833. Ms. No - 12/30/2012 3:49:54 AM snicker
Wish me luck --- I'm off to make my first attempts at pesto. I'm trying a roasted red pepper and a chipotle, both. If it turns out okay, I'll post recipes!
If it sucks, I'll come plead for help. ;-) 4834. arkymalarky - 12/30/2012 4:09:14 AM I hope it works because I'd love the recipe but I'd be no help.
When do you go back? I go back the 3rd but Stan is out to the 7th. 4835. thoughtful - 1/11/2013 4:58:14 PM Update on wedding veil....the veil is cut, straight and even. Yeah!
I've appliqued on 7 of the 11 pieces of lace and so far so good... then I have to do the hand beading on it...then I still have to figure out how best to dye the monogram as it's white and needs to be ivory. I'll attach that last.
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