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Skriven 2007-02-15 11:31:22 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Flat Stanley
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Hi Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> The end result for me is I make fewer trips to the art store but 
spend
-> ->  hn> more on each trip (grin). It's all stuff I'm gonna use, it just
takes
-> ->  hn> me a little longer
-> 
-> -> And then too, it helps you by having more of an assortment of paper,
-> -> paint or whatever on hand.  You might even come up with some new
-> -> combination of print paper, mat, frame, etc you wouldn't have thought 
of
-> -> otherwise.  I stopped at Hancock's Fabrics on Saturday and came home
-> -> with a few more things that I'd meant to get on that trip but had
-> -> planned to, at some point, pick up.
-> 
->  hn> That's my rationalization too (grin) although I have not bought any
->  hn> new shades of paint recently and have been very happy with my
->  hn> "pallette" at this point.
-> 
-> Fun, isn't it?  Sometimes I'll get several yards of the same color solid
-> fabric but in different hues so I can have blenders to go with prints.
-> It means I may have to pick up one extra piece of fabric for a quilt
-> I've got in mind vs several, sort of like "almost free". I did my greens
-> quilt that way; only one piece besides the backing was bought just for
-> that.  The other 3 pieces were in my stash.
-> 
Sure, but with quilting don't you save all the scraps of material you use for
all 
those other projects too? I have a friend who quilts and when ever she has 
scraps she will either sew them to other scraps to make a "square" or cut 
them into squares and she files them away for future quilts...she keeps them 
in 1 gall ziploc bags! she has a vacuum sealer thingy and gets them pretty 
compact too!
-> 
-> -> Friday night to "celebrate" liberation from crutches, Steve took me to
-> -> Love's Seafood Restaurant on the Ogeechee River.  We'd been there
-> -> shortly after we got to the area and had a nice meal out on the porch,
-> -> with cats for company.  Friday was cold and wet so we ate inside, no
-> -> cats and the food wasn't nearly as good as last time.  The scallops 
were
-> -> disappointing as compared to the first time. We're trying some places a
-> -> couple, three times to get an idea of where to take visitors for good
-> -> seafood; that went from an A list down to maybe a C+ average of 2
-> 
->  hn> That's the way to do it! We have a hard time finding good Italian
->  hn> places anymore...Olive garden has lowered prices (as well as
->  hn> standards) for Italian food that most places that were less than great
->  hn> went out of business, and the ones that are left are overpriced 
and/or
->  hn> very limited in what they serve. We do have a couple of good places
->  hn> left but not as many as we used to
-> 
-> Bummer, isn't it?  I'm not so thrilled with OG any more; tried Carrabbas
-> on our way out here and I like them better. We have both fairly nearby
-> but it's hard finding a seat on Friday or Saturday night. (G)
-> 
We went to OG back when my mother in law was visiting last august....and to 
me the sauces were over salty, over sweet, and rather poorly 
seasoned....and the pasta was cooked to death...But my mother in law likes 
them and she likes to treat all of us to a "nice dinner out" when she 
visits...I'd prefer to do the cooking at home but......well you know mothers! 
(G)
chat with you soon
hap 
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