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Skriven 2013-11-22 19:55:50 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6931 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

-> -> He stayed with buying cut flowers when we came back but I think it's
-> -> been a couple of years or so since he bought any as the budget's been
-> -> tighter.

->  RH> Hmmm - time to raid the cemetery?

-> No, just wait until finances improve.

 RH> No plastic flowers for you eh?

No, no plastics. Silk, maybe.

->  RH> My church office is often quite happy with those finds.  They got K
->  RH> cups of chai tea once, and the youth pastor has been busily making
->  RH> sure they don't have to store it for long.

-> Sounds like a good idea to me. Got a $2.00 off coupon a box of K
cups, forget what brand of coffee, from Lowe's the other day. Good thru
January 2, 2014 which is good because Steve just ordered a bunch from
Keurig. He also ordered a box of British Blend tea K cups for me.

-> RH> I generally just get a box of bags and nuke a mug here and there.
It's easier than having yet another appliance around. Way cheaper too.

We got a Keurig machine about a year ago for the main coffee brewer tho
Steve still uses his French press and espresso maker from time to time.
I generally drop a tea bag into a mug and just run hot water thru the
Keurig; it is definately cheaper than the K cup tea but Steve wanted me
to give them a try. I suggested that when this pack is used up, let me
save a bit and go back to doing it my way.

->  RH> I tend to make quilts out of colors that look lousy on me.  No clue
->  RH> why.

-> Because you've been given the fabric and can't use it to make clothes
-> for yourself? I knew I had to go with blues for this quilt and wanted to

 RH> More likely because I found it in a rummage/yard/moving sale or on the
 RH> clearance rack and couldn't resist.

I can resist, especially if money is tight.

-> use batiks, hence my color choices. Current QoV quilt in progress is
-> blues and reds, not quite a vintage look but one lady yesterday said it
-> looked very 40s/50s as I'm using an old pattern.

 RH> Sounds good to me.

And looks pretty to me.


->  RH> One brand is now making a 90% cocoa solids bar. Lindt?  I want to
 RH> find some on sale and decrease the supply.

-> I'll keep my eyes open; we've been buying a lot of the one brand at
-> Aldi's. It's good, and low carb for the darker chocolate.

 RH> I'm told Aldi's has good chocolate.  The Walgreen's here had the 90%
 RH> when I was there last.

We generally don't go to Walgreens, got a CVS only about a 5 minute walk
away.

->  RH> I don't know Southwestern designers worth anything.  He's Navajo,
 RH> but hadn't seen his work before. It's a little more modern than
 the things I generally deal with.

-> I've been looking at some of the traditional Indian designs, trying to
-> find replacements. Hadn't found any but enjoyed browsing his traditional
-> type pieces. Did find a gold cross similar to one that was taken; once I
-> came across the descriptor term "budded", it helped narrow the search.

 RH> It's worth hunting Ebay and searching for keywords that describe what
 RH> you're
 RH> after.  Sometimes you hit a sleeper that way.  People don't know a
 RH> signature
 RH> and don't use the right name, and the piece goes for half what it
 RH> should have.  I've hit a hail mary play or two that way before.  It
 RH> doesn't happen often but it does happen.

We're winding down the search now, except for some 12mm light green with
brown malachite beads.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... It isn't hard to meet expenses...they're everywhere!

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