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Skriven 2011-05-08 20:14:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10466 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: rosemary 944                                             [1]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > In this case it's more a reflection of what I've picked up
 JK> technically > over the last 8 years.

 JK> No doubt.. I remember there was a time when I'd be working on some
 JK> program or code, and darn, if I had a dream about it, I knew I was
 JK> immersed totally in "the language".  This was at a time though when we
 JK> were trying to learn as many computer programming languages as we
 JK> could (grin). That's when the big "Aha" moment would come :)

Must have been about as much fun as Steve learning Greek and Hebrew. (G)
He's officially done with them the end of this month but will be taking
Hebrew 3 this summer for elective credit. Same professor he had for
Hebrew 1 & 2, one of his favorite instructors.


 JK> > Yes, but I'll need time to learn. Got enough on the table before
 JK> that > can happen that I'll be busy for some months to come.

 JK> Same here.. Still haven't had time to finish at least one project for
 JK> Ron.. The trouble here is we need to finish moving some rooms around..
 JK> like move the dining room into the room where the 2nd Kitchen is, that
 JK> kind of thing.. Once we get the rooms settled, I can get organized..
 JK> drives me nuts trying to find things "all over the house" so to speak
 JK> :)

I know what you mean. But, for a while, you'll be looking for things in
the places you had kept them before the big change up. I do that,
especially with kitchen stuff, as a result of our many moves. I'll
continue to do so probably the rest of my life. Rachel's kitchen has the
garbage disposal & over the sink lights on the opposite side of the sink
from where they are in our place in WF. I still am, after almost a
month, reaching for them on the right side of the sink. I'm going back
to WF on Thursday so will probably reach for them on the left side for a
while. (G)

 JK> Plan is:  Move the dining room into that 2nd kitchen ( a little
 JK> cramped, but not so bad, I sold the antique Dining room set I had in
 JK> there), move the Computer room into what was the Living Room at the
 JK> picnic (we have too many systems!!! <laugh>), Make the existing Dining
 JK> Room in the front of the house into the living room, and then (and
 JK> this is the whole reason :)) put a bathroom in what is now the
 JK> computer room.  poor Ron.. I do keep him busy :)

Just so long as you plan to keep it that way for a good long time. We
don't have the space to re-arrainge in our little house; everything is
shoehorned into whatever room they will "live" in until we move.  There
are times I have to move things out of my sewing room to have "wiggle
room" to set up the cutting table fully. Most of the time I keep it
"half set" because of the space limitations. But, this too shall pass.

>> The biggest trick with the singer futura 350 embroidery machine was
>> using a thread 'enclosure' on the spool of thread when embroidering
>> (it looks like white webbing).. The machine didn't like keeping the

 JK> > Thread nets can make all the difference with some of those threads.
 JK> I > also use them to keep cones of thread tidy when I stow them.

 JK> I don't have that many of them.. only two I believe.  As far as

They are handy; I think I got some when I bought my first serger.

 JK> thread, oh I have tons of embroidery thread spools I bought on sale on
 JK> day.. One of those, every-color-you-could-ever-use sales.. it was


Drool! I've been adding embroidery thread either as we have the need for
a color or hit a good sale. It'll be a long time and a bigger house
before I have as much as you do. My new serger does a wave stitch (upper
looper thread crosses to lower and lower comes up on top so can change
colors as you serge) feature. I'm looking forward to experimenting with
that on clothing.

 JK> great :) I ended up having to buy a spool holder frame from
 JK> allthreads.com just to keep them all organized.

No surprise with that amount. Mine is mostly kept in shallow drawers in
these plastic "dressers" on wheels. Polyester is kept in one area, rayon
in another so as not to mix them up.

>> I wish Singer had stuck with the slant shank,etc.. It just seemed to

 JK> > I got my first Singer in 1975; I think they had gone to low shank

 JK> No, I don't think so.. I bought my Athena in about 1978.. the slant
 JK> shanks were going strong.. I made all of my kids school clothes with

OK, I thought my old Stylist had the low shank. Shows you how much I
knew about it.

 JK> that machine.. jeans, shirts, dresses, the works :) Before that, I was
 JK> using a sewing machine I'd bought when I was in HS, since I'd always
 JK> worked and saved my $$.. It was a Singer Stylist machine with cams -
 JK> pretty low end, but it did the job.. as a matter of fact, I traded
 JK> that one in when I bought the Athena :)

I had a Stylist 514 for starters, then a Futura 2. Got a used Stylist
534 (with the free arm) to take for sewing classes, quilting groups,
while the Pfaff was in the shop, etc just before we went to HI. It was
so heavy I bought a Brother 1080 instead & sold the other.

>> They work well with this machine at least.. I can understand why you
>> wouldn't need them hehe :)

 JK> > Bells & whistles to some people but a great time & money saver to
 JK> > others.

 JK> Sure, that's true.  The pre-wound bobbins supposedly don't work on all
 JK> machines either, though I haven't run into any problems with any of my
 JK> machines.. right now I have the CE-350 Embroidery machine for fancy
 JK> stuff, the brother cs-90, and my "work horse" machine, a singer CG-500
 JK> Commercial Grade.. and a few Athena's I've bought second hand to play
 JK> with repairing them and using them for an embroidery attachment device
 JK> I have for it (G)

The continous bobbin is a handy feature of the XL5000. All of my other
machines I have to take the bobbin out to wind it. If I'l doing a big
project with one color bobbin, I'll wind several before starting. I've
also got a Side Winder so I can wind with another spool of maybe a
different color without unthreading the current set up.

>> That's nice ;)  We might do that for Mother's day... not sure if I
>> want to .. weather is just getting nice though :)

 JK> > I'll be here for Mother's day, returning to NC Thursday of that
 JK> week. I > think we'll go out on Friday to celebrate that and a number

 JK> Sounds good.. :)  Did I see that you've had another grandchild born?
 JK> Neat :) God Bless all of you :)

Thanks; Audrey Elaine Walton was born on April 13. She joined big
brother Robert and big sister Sarah. We've had a quiet Mother's Day;
David will cook some ribs later. Rachel put a dry rub on them.

 JK> We went to Ithaca today and I was able to find a spaghetti attachment
 JK> for my Atlas macaroni machine - I've been looking for that for ages :)
 JK>  The kitchen gadget store there had it.. so now I can make fettutcine,
 JK> capellini, and spaghetti with that hand machine.. really nice :)  Also

Finally! Just remember that the pasta has to be rolled several times
before you try to cut it. I'd like to make more pasta than we've done
but it seems like something else is always taking the time away from
doing it. Plus, my longer arms to "catch" the pasta" are busy too. Maybe
once we both finish school..........................

 JK> picked up two really pretty dresses on a lark (smile)

Good! you have to treat yourself every once in a while. Something nice
to wear to the next doctor's check up?

>> No, I don't think so.. but to be honest, I can't remember what we
>> had.. Was a while ago (G)


 JK> > Look at pictures of the reception. (G) But, I know what you mean ib

 JK> Oh, who knows where they are now Lol.. seriously, we've moved too many
 JK> times to even think about where they are :( Ron and I were just
 JK> talking about 'the wedding' photos.. well, there weren't that many,
 JK> really. Now I remember all the details of my daughter's wedding :)

Not a big deal in the long run anyway. What's more important than the
food is that you've stayed together.

 JK> [broth]

 JK> > Fat and skin add flavor too. If we have a rotisserie or roast
 JK> chicken, I > save the carcasse to make a quickie soup. I'll also save
 JK> any scraps of > skin and some of the fat that are left when we're done
 JK> picking at it.

 JK> Lately all the chicken bones from roast chicken go into that
 JK> tomoto-chicken bone stock I mentioned to you, from when I saw that
 JK> diners, dives and drive-ins gravy.  It's Ron's favorite :)

We go on fits and spurts as to where ours goes. I like to cook rice in
poutlry stock--gives it a nice flavor. Just have to make sure I'm not
planning beef fried rice with left overs. (G)


>> Linzer Shapes

>> 1 cup strawberry or raspberry jam

 JK> > Never seen them with strawberry jam as an option; I thought
 JK> raspberry > was the traditional filling.


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Ruth
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