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Skriven 2014-01-10 20:08:43 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8626 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> I found one of those at an estate sale myself recently.  Rescued,
 RH> of course. The blocks are hand sewn.  I don't know yet if it's all
 there, but there's enough for a throw at least, most likely.

-> What pattern? IIRC, the one I "inherited" is an Irish Chain. Tealish
-> green and burgundy fabrics.

 RH> No idea what to call it. It has blocks that aren't quite log cabin
 RH> interspersed with solid blocks. It's possible the guy who owned the
 RH> house made it up.

Courthouse Steps or Pineapple Welcome possibly? Could be one of those,
with an alternating solid block.

->  RH> I generally eat real food at breakfast, but if I'm out on the road
->  RH> hunting stuff I don't want to stop and eat fast food.  The bar is
 RH> just as bad/good nutritionally and costs less.

-> Breakfast varies for me, depending on how late I have it. We may do
-> scrapple & eggs tomorrow--get some fuel before we head out shopping. Not
-> sure what we'll do for lunch, depends on how late we get away, how much
-> time spent at the fabric store and Whole Foods, etc.

 RH> I generally go for oatmeal this time of year.  It's hot and quick and
 RH> doesn't require me to gag down an egg.  Eggs and I don't mix first
 RH> thing in the morning.

I did a lot of grab and go type stuff the last few days. Toss some bread
into the toaster, grab a cup of yogurt and a few apricots, use the
Keurig for tea,..............you get the picture. We'll get to the
scrapple some time this week end.


-> He'll try it when he feels the need to. Getting some custom orthotics
-> next week, thanks to the VA.

 RH> Good idea. They'll help.  He probably should have had them before his
 RH> back really went south.

Should have, but they will have to wait now until the appointment is
rescheduled. He was down in Raleigh, in the hospital, the day he was
supposed to get the orthotics.

-> -> it appraised at a pretty penny. It's not for sale tho.

->  RH> I'd hope not.  If it's Victorian it might be 15k; they often were.

-> It is Victorian but don't recall if the gold was 14 or 18k. The surround
-> is missing a small piece of gold filigree but it's not that important at
-> the moment.

 RH> If it's being kept in the family it doesn't matter at all. Besides,
 RH> perfection is boring.  Some of my favorite pieces have some form of
 RH> old damage.

Makes you more curious about their history.


->  RH> We even have an independant Judaica store in the next town over.
 RH> The Christian book stores I know of closed down, but that place is
 RH> still going.

-> Sounds like it would be an interesting place to visit.

 RH> It is, if you're not used to having it around.

I've not been in one so would have fun exploring it.


->  RH> It's also useful for finding a few bargains.

-> Why am I not surprised? (G)

 RH> You just benefited from my bargain hound ways.  Might that be part of
 RH> it? I've got a baggie of random guy stuff started again.  Some of it
 RH> is things that have been hiding here for years.

Sounds interesting.


->  RH> Something like that might have to be done to order.  If you had the
->  RH> coin and some glass a bench jeweler could probably make
something.  The coins aren't hard to find; in this country the problem
would be the glass.

-> I can find the glass on line, same as the coin. Biggest problem would be
-> the financing, especially of the gold, right now. But, it's something to
-> consider for the future.

 RH> Whenever you get that far.  Gold's down right now, so it might be a
 RH> bit cheaper now than later.

Have to do some looking, now that things are semi settling down again. I
made a beef stew for supper but Steve made the biscuits to go with it.
Stew used crushed tomatoes as part of the liquid; veggies used in it
were onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, mushrooms and parsnips. Ended up
with enough to put a couple of boxes into the freezer for future meals.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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