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The crowned one
14-04-2011, 17:43
I got a go on this one a bit early just because it was slow and I had energy
http://randomfunnypicture.com/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/types-of-labs.jpg
:D Love that! Just the thing to cheer me up this morning.
The crowned one
14-04-2011, 18:14
:D Love that! Just the thing to cheer me up this morning.
Good, as it is AM by your words, all I can offer you is Stout or champaign ;)
Stout it is then. :) Might be just the thing to get rid of my cough...
The crowned one
14-04-2011, 18:37
Here you go! Cheers.
And some nice fresh eggs, hash-browns and lox.
And now I must get some sleep as it is 1.40 here!
Crumbs. I just did a buy it now on Ebay on the rowing machine I want..... I saved over £500 on the price I would have paid! Its a cash on collection thing and about three hours drive away. But that's OK. We'll need to collect on Saturday, although if they get iffy I guess I could take tomorrow off as a short notice holiday. Himself is all of a dither. Not that great with quick decisions and actions :D
Hey I just noticed - new pub! Oh I love that Meth Lab :D Wonderful!
Wow, Wendy! That's a real bargain. At least you get a drive out, perfect excuse to stop off in a nice country pub somewhere I think.
Here you go! Cheers.
And some nice fresh eggs, hash-browns and lox.
And now I must get some sleep as it is 1.40 here!
Goodnight!
Yeah - I'm slightly stunned here - but very pleased :)
I might be gonna have to sell a couple of decks or so to cover it but I might - with a lot of care - manage not to. I'd rather not until I feel absolutely ready.
I'm all excited. Himself will be a real downer when I get home but I'll deal with that when I get there. Keep pointing out the savings - that should do it!
Here you go! Cheers.
And some nice fresh eggs, hash-browns and lox.
And now I must get some sleep as it is 1.40 here!
Night babe! Sleep well :)
The crowned one
14-04-2011, 18:47
Yeah - I'm slightly stunned here - but very pleased :)
I might be gonna have to sell a couple of decks or so to cover it but I might - with a lot of care - manage not to. I'd rather not until I feel absolutely ready.
I just did that to buy me a new jacket and to pay for Avery's birthday party LOL. I use my decks as sort of ready cash, as I have many but only love about 20 of them :)
And now really really to bed...lots to do tomorrow and I have to go to Vancouver on Friday, only for a few hours, I will spend more time travelling on the boat then I will on the mainland!
Definitely, it's a good thing in the long run isn't it. Exercise at home - no more gym fees or cost of petrol to drive to the gym. Rowing machines are supposed to be fantastic. My hubby would love one but we don't have the space in our tiny house.
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 18:57
Hi Flaxen and Wendy, goodnight TCO :)
Congratulations on getting the rowing machine Wendy, that's a huge saving. I've only just caught up on the news that you were thinking about it, and then saw you got it.
I've just got home from shopping and seeing a friend, and found my Wildwood had arrived while i was out. I'm going to have a cup of tea, and think about opening it :) I have to convince myself again that it is a different, entirely separate deck, and not go on making comparisons to the Greenwood. Sigh.
Ah - Wildwood. Yes. I've put it away and will get it out again in a couple of months when all the furore has died down and I have had time to let it settle in my mind as something different....
I have a really cheap rowing machine at home that doesn't even show the distance you've rowed, and it's a magnetic resistance. This means that it doesn't vary the speed/distance according to how hard I pull. So I can't gauge the effort beyond how much I'm gasping which is all very well but a little more precision would be good :D. But I should be able to sell it locally I think. Air resistance machines are sooooo much better. Our house is tiny but there is one space on the landing which I have grabbed. If I have to (and I think I might need to do this) I will move my wardrobe out of the bedroom into the space on the landing, and have the rower going along one wall in our bedroom. Won't that be a popular option :rolleyes:
Hi Lutestring,
Be interesting to see what you think of it. I'm on the fence about this one, can't decide if I like the artwork or not.
Definitely, it's a good thing in the long run isn't it. Exercise at home - no more gym fees or cost of petrol to drive to the gym. Rowing machines are supposed to be fantastic. My hubby would love one but we don't have the space in our tiny house.
Oh they are! Definitely! And they can be folded up and stood on end when they're not in use ....
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 19:12
Yoyoyo! I'm here for a nice quiet evening on my own, before picking the boytoy up from the airport at 9-ish. On the one hand, I can't wait to see him; on the other, I've been really enjoying having my space again! Not that he's bad at taking up my time, but still . . . I spent so long on my own that it's hard to have to share again.
Had an interesting day at work - we went on a tour of the Perth area looking at the geology and the vegetation in relation to subsurface conditions. Learnt a bit, got to show off a bit :P
Just watching the X-Files Season 6 now. Go 90's retro!
Just watching the X-Files Season 6 now. Go 90's retro!
I used to love the x-files! I caught some episodes of series 2 the other week - brilliant stuff!
And did matey find more of interest in your chest area than in the vegetation around him?
Yeah - space - freedom - yep, I remember it well :D
He is not taking this sudden expenditure of MY money all that well .....
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 19:28
Hey Flaxen! Yeah, a friend gave me seasons 1-3 and I've been getting the rest from Quickflix for a while now. It's brilliant. And I've happily been able to set my long-standing crush on Mulder/Duchovny to rest, thankfully. And did matey find more of interest in your chest area than in the vegetation around him?Yeah, I managed to sit in the seat behind him so he couldn't see me at all. It was a nice way to spend some of the day.He is not taking this sudden expenditure of MY money all that well .....Eh? I'm not following . . .
Also - my internet provider rang today and switched my plan over, and now my dongle isn't working. So I'm sponging off some nearby wireless network and it's really slow. I might disappear at any time . . .
I wanted a decent air resistance rowing machine at home and today I bought one on Ebay. I saved about £500 on the price I'd been thinking i'd have to pay. But he's not good at sudden things being sprung on him and I bought this within about 20 seconds of reading the write up, and then phoned him..... and of course he has to drive a six hour round trip with me to collect it. I'll pay petrol, but it's still a sudden thing. And we don't normally spend large sums (to us) without consultation and lots of discussion.
Will they provide a new dongle? You'd think they'd do that before they switched you, or else that they'd give you like, a month's notice...
And I've happily been able to set my long-standing crush on Mulder/Duchovny to rest, thankfully.
I used to have the biggest crush on him too. :D Now I wonder what it was that seemed so tempting! Funny how tastes change and how insubstantial a crush really is.
I wanted a decent air resistance rowing machine at home and today I bought one on Ebay. I saved about £500 on the price I'd been thinking i'd have to pay. But he's not good at sudden things being sprung on him and I bought this within about 20 seconds of reading the write up, and then phoned him..... and of course he has to drive a six hour round trip with me to collect it. I'll pay petrol, but it's still a sudden thing. And we don't normally spend large sums (to us) without consultation and lots of discussion.
Sounds like my hubby - he feels a bit put out if I do something spur of the moment without talking to him. Especially if it's a purchase to do with what are joint areas i.e. house, garden. He gets all defensive but comes round eventually.
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 19:48
I wanted a decent air resistance rowing machine at home and today I bought one on Ebay. I saved about £500 on the price I'd been thinking i'd have to pay. But he's not good at sudden things being sprung on him and I bought this within about 20 seconds of reading the write up, and then phoned him..... and of course he has to drive a six hour round trip with me to collect it. I'll pay petrol, but it's still a sudden thing. And we don't normally spend large sums (to us) without consultation and lots of discussion.Ah, I see. He'll calm down about it; maybe give him an opportunity to do some "revenge" spending and then call it even? :PWill they provide a new dongle? You'd think they'd do that before they switched you, or else that they'd give you like, a month's notice...You'd think. Yeah, they're sending me a new one but it won't get to me till Wednesday; added to that, I have to accept it personally, and of course they only deliver during business hours, and so I have to spend an entire day in the office waiting for the b*****s. It's all very inconvenient, but the deal is better - I get more data (I don't really need it but whatever) for $10 a month less. I can do with more $$ in my pocket right now, so I went with it.
Plus, a weekend with no internet is a weekend without online purchases! LOL
Plus, a weekend with no internet is a weekend without online purchases! LOL
This is very true. I wish I could somehow set my laptop to die the second I click "Shopping Basket" on the various sites that lure me in.....
Willpower!! Yeah, right :rolleyes:
How bulging are the yarn stashes now?
Rhinemaiden
14-04-2011, 20:01
Morning, all! :D
Ah Wendy... you found a HCYN (How Could You Not) rower and went for it! Brava! :party: :party: You gonna sell your present one on ebay? :?:
It's a lovely morning in the tropics... warm, no wind, cloudy skies with rain in the forecast (it's okay, we NEED rain), choppy seas... good day to go to work and tuck in. ;)
BlueDragonfly
14-04-2011, 20:07
Good Morning!
Wendy, Congrats on the rowing machine! I'm sure you'll enjoy having it at home, and himself will come around eventually. It sounds like you've gotten a really good deal, price wise!
BlueDragonfly
14-04-2011, 20:11
This is very true. I wish I could somehow set my laptop to die the second I click "Shopping Basket" on the various sites that lure me in.....
Willpower!! Yeah, right :rolleyes:
How bulging are the yarn stashes now?
I find that going to work hinders my ability to click the buy button, no access..... or laptop.....:P
G'Morning RM! Enjoy your rainy day indoors! I think we're headed into a rainy weekend here(haven't looked at the weather, lately), so I'll get out of yardwork on my day off! :D
This is very true. I wish I could somehow set my laptop to die the second I click "Shopping Basket" on the various sites that lure me in.....
Willpower!! Yeah, right :rolleyes:
How bulging are the yarn stashes now?
How I recognise that feeling. I find myself spending loads online when I'm not at work. My tarot collection suddenly grows by a few decks. :) Best for my finances that I work full-time...
Anything except have a few idle moments and a passing fancy .....
There's an interesting Roman fortification somewhere near the place the rower is to be picked up from. I might suggest a visit - he'd like that. We went there once before when we collected Dizzy from his breeder, but IIRC I had an appallingly bad back at that time and couldn't walk properly (we honestly thought I was headed for a wheelchair - it lasted for bloody months and my mobility got worse and worse, and the pain was horrendous). It would be great to visit it again and able to keep him company properly and roam round it :)
BlueDragonfly
14-04-2011, 20:43
Anything except have a few idle moments and a passing fancy .....
There's an interesting Roman fortification somewhere near the place the rower is to be picked up from. I might suggest a visit - he'd like that. We went there once before when we collected Dizzy from his breeder, but IIRC I had an appallingly bad back at that time and couldn't walk properly (we honestly thought I was headed for a wheelchair - it lasted for bloody months and my mobility got worse and worse, and the pain was horrendous). It would be great to visit it again and able to keep him company properly and roam round it :)
Now, that sounds like a plan! It'd be interesting to visit a site like that.
Sounds like a great idea, Wendy.
It always amazes me how many of these sites are scattered about the place. Very close to my house, are the foundations of a Romano-British temple. Really interesting energy around the place but you never see it advertised in tourist literature - probably because there isn't much to actually see.
Yes - I can't remember what the damn place is called but himself will, so that's OK. And I'll bribe him with a decent lunch somewhere :D
It'll actually be lovely to have a day out together :)
A very kind AT-er :heart: sent me the Tarot of the 78 Doors. I love it! Doors hold such possibilities - you can imagine peeking through, and what might be on the other side :). It's a LoS deck, and not all highly laminated and plasticky. Lovely!
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 21:03
This is very true. I wish I could somehow set my laptop to die the second I click "Shopping Basket" on the various sites that lure me in.....
Willpower!! Yeah, right :rolleyes:
How bulging are the yarn stashes now?It's not so much the yarn stash that's taking over - it's the unspun fibre. I just can't go past beautiful things like this (http://www.etsy.com/transaction/47413170) and this (http://www.etsy.com/transaction/41351203) . . .
The second one spun into the yarn attached . . .
Okay, no it's not. Internet too slow. You'll have to imagine it.
That's quite an intriguing deck. I do like how LS do decks with a different take on familiar cards. They often give me food for thought.
Nope - I can see 'em. Totally beautiful! I couldn't wear them as anything - I'd get too hot, but oh they are lovely yarns :).
That's quite an intriguing deck. I do like how LS do decks with a different take on familiar cards. They often give me food for thought.
Yes - that's the thing. People knock them, but sometimes they are really original in how they view cards and it makes for a very interesting deck. Not just your bog-standard RWS clone all the time!
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 21:08
That's quite an intriguing deck. I do like how LS do decks with a different take on familiar cards. They often give me food for thought.
How sad is it that I had to check my own profile to see if I owned that deck . . . :( I need to get them all back out and have a look at what I still own!
Heh - I posted an ISO in trading for the book that goes with Tarot of Transformation. Rodney posted to say he was absolutely certain I'd bought it off him at the same time I'd bought the deck. He was right, too :D
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 21:13
Heh - I posted an ISO in trading for the book that goes with Tarot of Transformation. Rodney posted to say he was absolutely certain I'd bought it off him at the same time I'd bought the deck. He was right, too :D
Hahahahaha! At least I've had a six-month hiatus to give me an excuse!
Hahahahaha! At least I've had a six-month hiatus to give me an excuse!
Do you think you'll get back into it or are you concentrating on other things?
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 21:16
Oh - and there's the spindle collection. Two dozen and counting. Ten currently in use, one just wound off. Yep, I've got eight spindle projects on the go. I need to focus . . .
thorhammer
14-04-2011, 21:17
Do you think you'll get back into it or are you concentrating on other things?
I did a reading the other night that turned out really well - but I'm really feeling a lack of confidence about it. And yes, still really focussed on spinning (and to a lesser extent, knitting). I have a theory that the roundandroundandroundandround thing with spinning is a self-perpetuating vacuum.
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 21:17
Good morning all, and welcome back Kat♥
Just a homework day today...gonna be a lot of that, much to do in 3 weeks time!
You do - it's just that it's a wide focus. Mine's on narrow beam. One isn't better than the other - just different!
Good morning all, and welcome back Kat♥
Just a homework day today...gonna be a lot of that, much to do in 3 weeks time!
Soon be over for a couple of years - hang in there!
BlueDragonfly
14-04-2011, 21:22
G'Morning Yira! You can do it! ;)
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 21:27
G'morning Blue :)
Yep, I can do it...I *will* do it! hehe I'm so eager for the END of that 3 weeks though LOL
Well I'd better tidy up and stuff before I go. See ya later :)
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 21:28
See ya later Wendy!
BlueDragonfly
14-04-2011, 21:29
We'll have to celebrate!
I've got to dash off, myself. Starting my workday with a stop at the grocery store for my early client.
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 21:31
You have a good day too Blue :)
Yes, time for me to go and have something to eat.
See you all later. :)
Saturness
14-04-2011, 21:46
Morning everyone!
It is raining dogs and cats here, so I couldn't buy my coffee.
I'll have some tea instead! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/f529a952.gif
How are you in this Earth's Rotation?
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 21:52
G'morning Marina! I'm doing pretty good I think (although I'll admit I'm still half asleep and when I'm all awake I may decide I was wrong LOL)
How's you?
Saturness
14-04-2011, 22:02
G'morning Marina! I'm doing pretty good I think (although I'll admit I'm still half asleep and when I'm all awake I may decide I was wrong LOL)
How's you?
Half asleep too! *yawns*
I hate hate hate hate waking up so early. Yes, I consider 7 am "too early". The day only begins at 9 am!
Oh wait, it is already 9 am. But I wish I was waking up NOW. LOL!
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:03
Me too actually...although it's not 9 here yet..I should still be asleep! GEEZ! LOL
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:13
goodmorning Yira and Marina :)
I sympathise with the early morning horribleness. I'm so not a morning person, and hated that when I was working.
It's just after 10pm here, and I've had dinner, and looked through the Wildwood that arrived today, meh. It's got a few slightly flawed cards,(on the edges) so I might send bookdepository an email, but I don't really care, because I don't like it. There's a couple of pretty cards, but a lot I hate,(for reasons I won't go into here) and I can't see myself using it. I got out the Druidcraft to compare the different styles, and I much prefer the Druidcraft tempera paintings.
new avvie, Marina? when did that happen? :D I'm so unobservant sometimes.
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:15
Hey Lutestring :)
I had read the style of art was different, which is a disappointment..I really do like the Druidcraft, aside from a certain card that prevents me from being comfortable using it... :rolleyes: I guess in a way I was hoping for similar to that in art style. Well, we'll see how it goes when I do get mine...
Saturness
14-04-2011, 22:20
goodmorning Yira and Marina :)
I sympathise with the early morning horribleness. I'm so not a morning person, and hated that when I was working.
It's just after 10pm here, and I've had dinner, and looked through the Wildwood that arrived today, meh. It's got a few slightly flawed cards,(on the edges) so I might send bookdepository an email, but I don't really care, because I don't like it. There's a couple of pretty cards, but a lot I hate,(for reasons I won't go into here) and I can't see myself using it. I got out the Druidcraft to compare the different styles, and I much prefer the Druidcraft tempera paintings.
new avvie, Marina? when did that happen? :D I'm so unobservant sometimes.
I am the anti-morning person! I'm surprised I am not a Godzilla at work, I suppose my Super-Ego is stronger than I thought, lol!
I change my avatar very often! You'll see! ;) Ask the train folk how many different avatars I had in 1 year, lol!
Is this the Wildwood:
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/wildwood/
I *LIKE* the look of it! :bugeyed:
How come I never heard of this deck!?!?!? http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_053_XD.gif
ETA: I think I don't like the "Pole Star" as the Star card. We don't have a pole star in the South. :(
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:23
It's still Will Worthington, but I'm not sure what he's painting with, and he's using lots of line drawing with added colour, maybe it's watercolour? I just don't like it as much, but that could just be me :D Don't let me put you off it, as I was biased from the start as you know, because I love the Greenwood. Some of the cards I do like, but as a deck, no. I've had a nice time going through the Druidcraft again, anyway, which was a pleasant way to spend the evening. (I did sneak a look at the Greenwood too, though I had tried hard not to :rolleyes: )
kaleanna
14-04-2011, 22:23
Morning everyone,
How is everyone.
Morning came way too early for me, but I keep thinking that I have half a day tomorrow, so that will be good
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:24
That's the deck, Marina :) I have heard the artwork doesn't have the same rich quality as the Druidcraft -- different mediums. Druidcraft was done in egg tempura, Wildwood is watercolor. The scans DO look nice...but computers do impart a rich glow to artwork that often doesn't translate to the cards so I reserve judgement til I'm holding the deck in my hand..which won't be til June! LOL
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:28
G'morning Kaleanna :)
Saturness
14-04-2011, 22:33
Morning, Kaleanna!
It's still Will Worthington, but I'm not sure what he's painting with, and he's using lots of line drawing with added colour, maybe it's watercolour? I just don't like it as much, but that could just be me :D Don't let me put you off it, as I was biased from the start as you know, because I love the Greenwood. Some of the cards I do like, but as a deck, no. I've had a nice time going through the Druidcraft again, anyway, which was a pleasant way to spend the evening. (I did sneak a look at the Greenwood too, though I had tried hard not to :rolleyes: )
I absolutely love Will Worthington's art! I will try to find in Canada any of his other decks: The Green Man Tree Oracle, The Druid Animal Oracle and The Druid Plant Oracle. I don't order them because these sets are usually heavy, and that makes the shipping rather expensive.
To be fully honest, I don't like the Greenwood art, and it's a deck I never even paid attention to. I think I'd prefer the Wildwood, even if it is different from the Druidcraft.
Lute, do the colors change in the scans? Are they richer than in the real deck?
That's the deck, Marina :) I have heard the artwork doesn't have the same rich quality as the Druidcraft -- different mediums. Druidcraft was done in egg tempura, Wildwood is watercolor. The scans DO look nice...but computers do impart a rich glow to artwork that often doesn't translate to the cards so I reserve judgement til I'm holding the deck in my hand..which won't be til June! LOL
Well, it's very clearly watercolor, but it doesn't seem as faded as Anna-Marie Ferguson's watercolors. I traded all the decks illustrated by her because the drawings were SO hard to see!
But I agree, make no judgements until you have the deck!
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:34
Hi kaleanna :) I'm whinging about the Wildwood, mine came today. I really thought I'd like it more than I do, but it just feels nothing, as a usable deck for me. I do love the World Tree card though, I really like Worthington's trees.
I just looked at your pendants, kaleanna. I like the one in the top left corner :)
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:35
Yep, and 'watercolor' doesn't necessarily mean bad...the Shadowscapes is watercolor :) It just depends on how they use their medium!
cardlady22
14-04-2011, 22:38
Crazed morning! I fell asleep without switching clothes to the dryer, so we all threw them on our backs literally as we got ready to head out the door! :laugh:
Haven't had my Coke yet . . .
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:39
I really really want the Greenman Tree Oracle, and I still have to get the Animal Oracle too. I've had the Plant one for ages and i love it, apart from the size of the cards. The Wildwood cards are much smaller, I LIKE the size of the cards :) The colours are quite bright, I'd say the same as the scans, without getting the cards to compare ( I will in a minute). They're not wishywashy watercolour.
Rhinemaiden
14-04-2011, 22:40
Half asleep too! *yawns*
I hate hate hate hate waking up so early. Yes, I consider 7 am "too early". The day only begins at 9 am!
Oh wait, it is already 9 am. But I wish I was waking up NOW. LOL!
Hi Marina... after you finish your tea and prop those peepers open, here are a couple of articles on Atlas Shrugged... so far, the movie is getting NOT GOOD reviews... :shrug:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576256782014528702.html?m od=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/12/135171116/the-rampant-rise-of-ayn-rand-o-mania
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:45
G'morning Cardlady and RM!
I've done that before too Cardlady...LOL Take a shower and get back in my jammies while waiting for the dryer to finish! hehe
Saturness
14-04-2011, 22:45
I really really want the Greenman Tree Oracle, and I still have to get the Animal Oracle too. I've had the Plant one for ages and i love it, apart from the size of the cards. The Wildwood cards are much smaller, I LIKE the size of the cards :) The colours are quite bright, I'd say the same as the scans, without getting the cards to compare ( I will in a minute). They're not wishywashy watercolour.
I think I'd have to trim the Druid Animal and Plant Oracles. They are as big as the Druidcraft, and I just couldn't use the DC until jcwirish gave me a trimmed copy of it... But Will's art is SO gorgeous!
And now that I know that the Wildwood cards are smaller and that the colors are bright like in the scans, I think I like it even more! })
Hi Marina... after you finish your tea and prop those peepers open, here are a couple of articles on Atlas Shrugged... so far, the movie is getting NOT GOOD reviews... :shrug:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576256782014528702.html?m od=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/12/135171116/the-rampant-rise-of-ayn-rand-o-mania
Thanks so much Rhinemaiden! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/074.gif I'll definitely take a look at the articles!
kaleanna
14-04-2011, 22:47
Hi kaleanna :) I'm whinging about the Wildwood, mine came today. I really thought I'd like it more than I do, but it just feels nothing, as a usable deck for me. I do love the World Tree card though, I really like Worthington's trees.
I just looked at your pendants, kaleanna. I like the one in the top left corner :)
Hiya Lute,
Thankies. That one is a bamboo jasper and i think the lil green stone is moss agate or tree agate, something like that.
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:49
I really think I'm gonna like the Wildwood....I don't have and never will have the Greenwood to compare it to...so I'll just take it on its own merits...and that's good enough for me :)
Stormdancer
14-04-2011, 22:51
G'Morning Ladies~~~
I LOVED the opening photo...great for a morning giggle :D
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 22:51
G'morning Stormy!
cardlady22
14-04-2011, 22:52
I have an inexplicable motivating factor that causes me to love/buy the decks people get in a tizzy about. :P
Sort of a reverse pride . . . yes, I do have that _____ deck. })
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:52
Hiya Lute,
Thankies. That one is a bamboo jasper and i think the lil green stone is moss agate or tree agate, something like that.
oooh, I like :) I don't know bamboo jasper, but I've never seen a jasper I didn't like, and I love moss agate. I have a moss agate pendant that I bought about fifteen years ago. I used to wear it a lot.
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:56
I have an inexplicable motivating factor that causes me to love/buy the decks people get in a tizzy about. :P
Sort of a reverse pride . . . yes, I do have that _____ deck. })
Hi cardlady :heart: Well, I have the celtic tree oracle on the way, thanks to your assistance :) So much for my resolution to stay away from the trade thread. Yay, trees :D
Hi Stormy and Rhinemaiden :)
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 22:59
I really think I'm gonna like the Wildwood....I don't have and never will have the Greenwood to compare it to...so I'll just take it on its own merits...and that's good enough for me :)
You will really like the Knight of Bows, a fox :)
talking to myself again... I think I'll go back to my sewing for a bit.
yirabeth
14-04-2011, 23:02
Cool, I do like seeing foxes (although I hate it when they're portrayed as merely bad beings hehe)
See ya soon Lute:)
I'm not here for long - I was half way to the gym when I suddenly realised I'd forgotten a T-shirt, and the top I was wearing was far too hot. I'd swelter - I do perspire freely when exercising at the best of times! So I had to phone himself to bring me home. I'm changed, and I shall nip upstairs and give the existing rowing machine one last go :)
Saturness
14-04-2011, 23:07
I have an inexplicable motivating factor that causes me to love/buy the decks people get in a tizzy about. :P
Sort of a reverse pride . . . yes, I do have that _____ deck. })
Hahahahahaha.... I understand that. It was my greatest pride to LOVE Fergus Hall's "Witches Tarot" when 99.5% of the forum thought it the ugliest deck they had ever seen.
I still love it! })
And the PCO... now it's "in" and getting popular, but in the beginning a lot of people found it ugly and disturbing. And I loved it!
Rhinemaiden
14-04-2011, 23:14
Hiya Lute,
Thankies. That one is a bamboo jasper and i think the lil green stone is moss agate or tree agate, something like that.
Did I miss a link to your pendants? :( I clicked on your website link, but there wasn't anything to see on your esty page :( I love jasper... and moss agate... wanna see! (that's a WHINE! ;) )
Rhinemaiden
14-04-2011, 23:24
Hi Stormy and Rhinemaiden :)
Hi Lute! How ARE you??? I know it's your evening... hope it's a pleasant one! It's autumn for you... getting cooler at night?
PathWalker
14-04-2011, 23:25
Did I miss a link to your pendants? :(
In the trade thread :)
ETA AH, I think maybe you're not able to access the trade thread - hang on....
cardlady22
14-04-2011, 23:25
Did I miss a link to your pendants? :(It's in her Trading thread, so maybe she can attach it here for you.
Rhinemaiden
14-04-2011, 23:36
In the trade thread :)
ETA AH, I think maybe you're not able to access the trade thread - hang on....
Thanks CL and PW for the info! I will close my eyes and visualize the stones ;)
I have a jasper pendant I bought in a rock shop in Jasper, Alberta on an RV trip with a good friend... we started in Montana and travelled all the way to her home in Anchorage on the Al-Can highway... what a GREAT trip! :D
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 23:52
Hi Pathwalker :) I'm staying up late tonight, sewing, as my fingers are finally behaving again.
Yes, Rhinemaiden, it is autumn, and getting much cooler at night, with lovely sunny days, was about 23C today. I love this weather, and the thought of winter coming.
morticia monroe
14-04-2011, 23:52
Goodmorning, everyone!
It's been a busy morning for me so far, I dropped Levi off at school and have been outside since, I've repotted a lot of plants to ready them for the summer, my ferns are massive, and there's a mother in law's tongue that is growing like crazy and I'm absolutely in love with! I also have my herbs going (cilantro, oregano, garlic, green onion, fennel, dill, basil, and spearmint) as well as some patchouli,,,and I just got my flowers going, mostly marigolds, zinnias, sweet peas, etc.
I was loving being outside so when I finished I dumped about 100 pounds of rocks out into the cement to wet them down and decide which stages they all need to tumble at, or whether or not they should be slabbed and polished. They all show their best when wet, and it makes it so much easier to decide which to use first,,,mostly turitella, apache tears, smoky quartz, rose quartz, quartz, and prairie, bubblegum, desert, ocean, and imperial jaspers, bloodstone, onyx, and a bazillion types of agates. I knew I had a lot of stones, but when they're all dumped out together it's quite a pile. I doubt I'll ever finish with it. And still I want more,,,lol. What a hoggy girl.
morticia monroe
14-04-2011, 23:53
Oh wow! I see we are discussing rocks! Cool! I'm going to take a few pics for y'all......
cardlady22
14-04-2011, 23:54
Pictures, heathen!
ETA: :P :laugh: cross-posted
morticia monroe
14-04-2011, 23:55
Pictures, heathen!
ETA: :P :laugh: cross-posted
LOL!! I'm on it!
Morning everyone!
Grats on the rowing machine Wendywu!
Enjoy your half-day at work tomorrow kaleanna. :)
So far at work I have made someone very happy by solving a quite odd and complicated problem for them. A good way to start the day! :D
Yesterday the Taschen Alchemy & Mysticism (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3822815144/) book that TCO and Marina recommended arrived. That book is AWESOME! Thanks for the recommendation!
Morticia, I'm looking forward to seeing the rocks. :)
Lutestring
14-04-2011, 23:59
I was loving being outside so when I finished I dumped about 100 pounds of rocks out into the cement to wet them down and decide which stages they all need to tumble at, or whether or not they should be slabbed and polished. They all show their best when wet, and it makes it so much easier to decide which to use first,,,mostly turitella, apache tears, smoky quartz, rose quartz, quartz, and prairie, bubblegum, desert, ocean, and imperial jaspers, bloodstone, onyx, and a bazillion types of agates. I knew I had a lot of stones, but when they're all dumped out together it's quite a pile. I doubt I'll ever finish with it. And still I want more,,,lol. What a hoggy girl.
Wow! :bugeyed:
yes, pictures please :) Oh, hi MM, and hi Oink :)
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 00:05
Oh wow! I see we are discussing rocks! Cool! I'm going to take a few pics for y'all......
oh, please do! Love stones! :D
mother-in-law tongue? a/k/a snake plant? Where I am, (an island in the Caribbean) we call a tamarind tree "the mother tongue tree" because of the noise the dry seed pods make in the breeze... ;)
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:22
Ok, loading some,,,wouldn't you know,it's trying to rain. But that's ok, the rocks love it.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:35
Here's a few,,,
this is a good chunk of it.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie220.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie222.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie225.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie223.jpg
Don't want to use too much space,,you get the jist of it.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:38
Oh wait, there's one really cool one I want to show you...trottrottrot
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 00:46
Oh wait, there's one really cool one I want to show you...trottrottrot
wowowowowow!!! great stones!! :D
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:48
I love this tiger eye,,
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie233.jpg
Don't freak on my hand, my fingers are double jointed.
I think this piece of obsidian looks like an alligator head,,,
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie231.jpg
copper
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie230.jpg
amethyst
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie232.jpg
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:51
Anyways,,dont mean to bore, I xould talk stones all day,,,they're my first love. :)
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:55
RM, I had to look up snake plant. Yep. that's her alright. I'd love to hear YOUR MIL's tongue, it sounds really cool.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 00:58
Oh and TCO, I loved the Meth Lab. :)
When I was a child, we had 6 or 7 dogs during the course of my childhood. My father was partial to black labs, and so that's what he'd get.
He also named every single one of them Otto Schwartz. :D
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 00:58
Oh wow, such a lovely pile of stones! I really like the gray one with black and gold stripes in the bottom center of the third picture of the first post (LOL) And that amethyst...I've never seen anything that beautiful before!!
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 01:05
Good Morning.
I'm going to have a long, long talk with Gaia about Alberta weather. About Japan too, but mostly about Alberta weather.
It's snowing.
It's snowing.
It's snowing.
It's snowing.
It's snowing.
ARGH
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:11
Oh wow, such a lovely pile of stones! I really like the gray one with black and gold stripes in the bottom center of the third picture of the first post (LOL) And that amethyst...I've never seen anything that beautiful before!!
That's a piece of onyx Yira, and you shall have it, then. It's got three more stages to go through before it's finished, but I'll include it when I send Jacks chunk of quartz. I'm still working on the ones for him and Wendy. The one thing about rocks is that they're slow going unless you're cabbing,,,you've really got to have patience.
But the piece is marked for you now. I also have a piece of onyx that I put aside for Stormy because I thought it looked like it had a thunderstorm going on in it,,,looks like lightning strikes,,
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/frankie235.jpg
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 01:13
Thanks CL and PW for the info! I will close my eyes and visualize the stones ;)
I have a jasper pendant I bought in a rock shop in Jasper, Alberta on an RV trip with a good friend... we started in Montana and travelled all the way to her home in Anchorage on the Al-Can highway... what a GREAT trip! :D
I see I'm not the only person who just HAD to buy a piece of jasper from Jasper. :D :D :D
Awesome pics morticia, thanks for sharing! Where do you come up with all your rocks?
Sorry you're dealing with snow, NT. It's past time for that kind of thing to be over on this continent, dammit!
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:18
Oh how fun it would be to have some snow here, NT. It's getting hotter here by the day and I don't even want to think about summer coming.
So everyone is buzzing about the Wildwood. Try as I may, I just can't get excited about it.
I DID, however, order the Picture Postcard Tarot day before yesterday. The Victorian Trade Card Tarot was my first deck of Marcia's. I had no idea she had created any others. But I fell in love with the VTCT and then found out there were others. Then I saw her thread in Advertisements that the PPT was being re-released (as is the VTCT)in a small batch of 100, and for only $30, I HAD to have it.
Does anyone else have these decks and love them as I do?
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 01:21
Awesome pics morticia, thanks for sharing! Where do you come up with all your rocks?
Sorry you're dealing with snow, NT. It's past time for that kind of thing to be over on this continent, dammit!
Unfortunately, in the city where I live, it has snowed at least once in every single month of the year. According to the records kept by meteorologists. And my own memory, in most cases.
(My sister was born August 13th, boy was she unhappy the day it snowed on her birthday.)
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:22
Awesome pics morticia, thanks for sharing! Where do you come up with all your rocks?
Sorry you're dealing with snow, NT. It's past time for that kind of thing to be over on this continent, dammit!
Long story, but to put it in a nutshell, I learned a few years back that you can dig for quartz crystals in Arkansas,,,so I went and have never been the same since. It's all I want to do. But along with the crystals, I had chunks of broken quartz, and so I bought a tumbler, which came with a few pounds of rough stone. I loved all of that as well, so went online to a rock tumbling enthusiasts website and started trading chunks of quartz for whatever anyone else had from their region. I also keep my eyes on the ground a lot,,lol.
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 01:26
Ahh MM♥ I didn't mean you had to give it to me! Although it's definitely beautiful! But you know...lol
I don't have either of those decks, although when she was doing the VTCT I did a quick peak in on the thread to see, because it *sounded* like my idea for a deck I'm planning but don't have time to work on right now. (I'm thinking I will have time after I graduate) I wanted to be sure my idea wasn't preempted..which it's not. Which shouldn't matter, I guess, as I'm only doing a personal deck, but then again I still like to be original... and the (probably) ONLY good piece of advice my ex-bf ever gave me was, even if you don't ever plan on selling it, make sure you're not impinging on copyrights or someone else's ideas, because you never know, and should never say never...LOL
So anyway that's why I looked at her first few examples then stayed away. It was enough to see my idea still is original, but not look at all of the cards and have my ideas 'shift' unwittingly and parallel hers too much :)
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 01:30
Well, I gotta go. No work today, but I have some volunteering to do.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 01:31
I see I'm not the only person who just HAD to buy a piece of jasper from Jasper. :D :D :D
:D :D :D backatcha! Yup, jasper from Jasper... and I also bought a rainbow fluorite crystal I :heart:
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 01:33
Oh how fun it would be to have some snow here, NT. It's getting hotter here by the day and I don't even want to think about summer coming.
So everyone is buzzing about the Wildwood. Try as I may, I just can't get excited about it.
I DID, however, order the Picture Postcard Tarot day before yesterday. The Victorian Trade Card Tarot was my first deck of Marcia's. I had no idea she had created any others. But I fell in love with the VTCT and then found out there were others. Then I saw her thread in Advertisements that the PPT was being re-released (as is the VTCT)in a small batch of 100, and for only $30, I HAD to have it.
Does anyone else have these decks and love them as I do?
I have the Picture Postcard AND the new Tea Tarot on order from Marcia and I'm thinking about getting the other two in her 2nd edition runs... love the idea of these decks. How are they in real life? Good quality cards?
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:34
Ahh MM♥ I didn't mean you had to give it to me! Although it's definitely beautiful! But you know...lol
I don't have either of those decks, although when she was doing the VTCT I did a quick peak in on the thread to see, because it *sounded* like my idea for a deck I'm planning but don't have time to work on right now. (I'm thinking I will have time after I graduate) I wanted to be sure my idea wasn't preempted..which it's not. Which shouldn't matter, I guess, as I'm only doing a personal deck, but then again I still like to be original... and the (probably) ONLY good piece of advice my ex-bf ever gave me was, even if you don't ever plan on selling it, make sure you're not impinging on copyrights or someone else's ideas, because you never know, and should never say never...LOL
So anyway that's why I looked at her first few examples then stayed away. It was enough to see my idea still is original, but not look at all of the cards and have my ideas 'shift' unwittingly and parallel hers too much :)
Good idea.
I've been thinking a lot lately about creating an oracle, mainly just for myself. There is something about oracles that I find so freeing. I love them more and more and use them more and more often.
I just traded the Fey, which I never used, for the Oracle of Shadows and Light. I can't wait to get it.
I LOVE the Dreaming In Color Luman Deck, Graven Images Oracle, and the Deck of Shadows. I'm getting to where I reach for an oracle a lot more often nowadays.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:37
I have the Picture Postcard AND the new Tea Tarot on order from Marcia and I'm thinking about getting the other two in her 2nd edition runs... love the idea of these decks. How's are they in real life? Good quality cards?
The Tea Tarot looks great, doesn't it? The VTCT is awesome, you won't regret it, I find it easy to read, beautiful, and elegant. The cardstock is great, and it's the perfect size. ANd there's no doubt that they'll be easy to sell or trade if you don't care for it.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:40
Man, I need my Dollar Store glasses more and more every day. Y'all have no idea how many times I have to go back and edit my posts.
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 01:41
Good morning all :)
MM that tigers eye is amazing! You must have some tumbler or are you polishing on a wheel?
It snowed here this AM... What is up with that???
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:42
I finally lost the 8 pounds that the Prempro put on me. It wasn't easy. And thank goodness this is my last day off is all I'm sayin'... *crunch, crunck, smack, lick*. Why does food have to taste so good? :D
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:44
Good morning all :)
MM that tigers eye is amazing! You must have some tumbler or are you polishing on a wheel?
It snowed here this AM... What is up with that???
Believe it or not I polished that sucker with sandpaper, finer and finer grade, and then a polishing cloth.
I love the look of the VTCT, but I don't have it (yet?). I'm kind of a sucker for Victorian-themed decks. It's not the type of art I go for in any other part of my life really, but the first deck I really loved was the Victoria Regina, so I think it gives me warm fuzzies to see that style on cards.
Re. the Wildwood, don't have it and don't want it. I don't have and don't want the Greenwood either. I make no bones about the fact that I 'wouldn't last 15 minutes in the pre-Celtic "Mythic" forest', and the very thought makes me think "how unpleasant". The closest thing to a forest I've ever lived near was the top half of Central Park. I'm also far too much of a nerd - give me technology or give me death! :D
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:49
I love the look of the VTCT, but I don't have it (yet?). I'm kind of a sucker for Victorian-themed decks. It's not the type of art I go for in any other part of my life really, but the first deck I really loved was the Victoria Regina, so I think it gives me warm fuzzies to see that style on cards.
Re. the Wildwood, don't have it and don't want it. I don't have and don't want the Greenwood either. I make no bones about the fact that I 'wouldn't last 15 minutes in the pre-Celtic "Mythic" forest', and the very thought makes me think "how unpleasant". The closest thing to a forest I've ever lived near was the top half of Central Park. I'm also far too much of a nerd - give me technology or give me death! :D
OO, I love the forests and the Piney woods, but I'm not the tiniest bit interested in the Wildwood or Greenwood either. And I'm so glad, because that Greenwood is a hard one to locate.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:51
Good morning all :)
MM that tigers eye is amazing! You must have some tumbler or are you polishing on a wheel?
It snowed here this AM... What is up with that???
There's an old old woman who owns a rock shop up by my Mama's and she has a stone age cabbing machine she said she'd sell me for $100. I've been chomping at the bit to get up there ever since. The problem is, she forgets. :) She told me a few times back that she'd sell me a copper tree to hang stones on, and when I went to get it, she didn't remember, and said it wasn't for sale. :(
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 01:53
I'm off, time to move around a little and shake off some of this bagel I just snorted.
Bye y'all, and thanks for the fine, fine company.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 01:55
I love the look of the VTCT, but I don't have it (yet?).
Me too :) and I really want the Tea Tarot, even more than the VTCT, I think. I hadn't seen it till now. I love tea :)
Re. the Wildwood, don't have it and don't want it. I don't have and don't want the Greenwood either. I make no bones about the fact that I 'wouldn't last 15 minutes in the pre-Celtic "Mythic" forest', and the very thought makes me think "how unpleasant". The closest thing to a forest I've ever lived near was the top half of Central Park. I'm also far too much of a nerd - give me technology or give me death! :D
:D :D :D
Lovely rocks, MM. I'm stilled stunned by the beautiful pictures. The tiger's eye polishing must have taken ages.
Ah rocks! yum yum :). Some of those in your pictures are gorgeous MM!
There - that was the last go rowing on the cheapie machine with the strange seat. Tomorrow morning we go and collect the new one. I thought it was to be Saturday but I'd passed our phone number to the seller and she got in touch to ask if we could go tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. It's a 3 hour drive so it means an early start :bugeyed:. But - it's worth it.
We're going to go and see the Iron Age hill fort (not Roman fortification after all) - Maiden Castle, one of the oldest intact examples in the country. I shall take photographs! It was started in 600 B.C.E. and finished in 450 B.C.E. - very old! I've said I'll treat us to lunch too. Going to be a good day :D
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 01:59
We're going to go and see the Iron Age hill fort (not Roman fortification after all) - Maiden Castle, one of the oldest intact examples in the country. I shall take photographs! It was started in 600 B.C.E. and finished in 450 B.C.E. - very old! I've said I'll treat us to lunch too. Going to be a good day :D
Looking forward to the pictures!
Lovely stones, MM. I just bought a 1/2 pound of rough amazonite for Emm to tumble. I'll be very annoyed if his new tumbler never gets put to use. I didn't buy it to sit on the table!
I've got the Wildwood on pre-order and look forward to meeting it. Since I've never had a Greenwood, I don't worry about comparing the two.
I liked the Greenwood in scans, but when I learned it was a high priced delicacy of the tarot world, it became less appealing.
So happy to be home today. Only need to hit the post office to send the Foxes on their way to yira, and there's a book I'm also sending off.
And a package that needs to be signed for!
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 02:00
Iron Age hill forts, yum! :) I love all that history, that Britain has all over the place. Pictures would be good.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 02:13
I love the look of the VTCT, but I don't have it (yet?). I'm kind of a sucker for Victorian-themed decks. It's not the type of art I go for in any other part of my life really, but the first deck I really loved was the Victoria Regina, so I think it gives me warm fuzzies to see that style on cards.
Oink, I share your feelings, love the decks but prefer different art on my walls. Have you seen the Victorian Flower Oracle? I have it and really like it.
http://www.magic-realist.com/Victorian_flower_oracle/
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 02:18
RM, I had to look up snake plant. Yep. that's her alright. I'd love to hear YOUR MIL's tongue, it sounds really cool.
I'm trying to google a pix of the seed pods... no luck... they're in clusters with a golden hue, individual pods are about one inch wide, perhaps seven inches long and they rattle in the breeze... a gentle, persistent sound... I find it very soothing. Right now the trees are almost bare except for the pods, all that gold against the green foliage of other trees is striking.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 02:24
I'm trying to google a pix of the seed pods... no luck... they're in clusters with a golden hue, individual pods are about one inch wide, perhaps seven inches long and they rattle in the breeze... a gentle, persistent sound... I find it very soothing. Right now the trees are almost bare except for the pods, all that gold against the green foliage of other trees is striking.
They must look and sound wonderful.
I'm very fond of the Victorian Flower Oracle. It's way past my bedtime, so goodnight everyone.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 02:25
They must look and sound wonderful.
I'm very fond of the Victorian Flower Oracle. It's way past my bedtime, so goodnight everyone.
'night, 'night Lute.... sweet dreams... talk to you anon! :)
Night Lute :).
Had to stop and munch dinner, and then I fed the dogs but neither of them want their food. I do hope they're just on a not-hungry day......
Beautiful rocks, Morticia! :)
Wendy, I stumbled across Maiden Castle on an outing once and loved it.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 02:33
Come on, WW buddies- don't frighten your mama that way.
Odd story: one of our radio hosts commented that he'd had a true test of his manhood recently.
While doing a live broadcast, someone came up with a small plastic-looking box that had shavings in the bottom of it. The radio guy is thinking hamster/gerbil? The individual asks if he'd like to see and the RG says yes. It was a scorpion.
He says he learned he can still move fast when/if he needs to! :laugh:
The owner said he wouldn't leave his friend in the car due to the heat & Radio Guy gets gobsmacked and asks, "But . . . don't they live in the desert?"
Yes - we went years ago on the way to collect one of our dogs from his breeder. Not terrific weather and I had back problems which affected mobility but it was still good enough to want to make me want to roam round again :)
Come on, WW buddies- don't frighten your mama that way.
Odd story: one of our radio hosts commented that he'd had a true test of his manhood recently.
While doing a live broadcast, someone came up with a small plastic-looking box that had shavings in the bottom of it. The radio guy is thinking hamster/gerbil? The individual asks if he'd like to see and the RG says yes. It was a scorpion.
He says he learned he can still move fast when/if he needs to! :laugh:
The owner said he wouldn't leave his friend in the car due to the heat & Radio Guy gets gobsmacked and asks, "But . . . don't they live in the desert?"
:D That's so funny!
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 02:36
You want Really Funny? Look at what TCO posted in the new Medical Ailments Chat Game thread:Death
"He's dead Jim"
Oink, I share your feelings, love the decks but prefer different art on my walls. Have you seen the Victorian Flower Oracle? I have it and really like it.
http://www.magic-realist.com/Victorian_flower_oracle/
YES! I saw it, had to have it, and love the images too! Confession time though: this is the only oracle deck I've ever had and since I haven't put in the time to read the book, I have no idea how to go about trying to "use" it. I take it out and look at the pictures and play with it at least once a week though. I also credit this deck for inspiring me to get a scented geranium from the farmers market a couple weeks back. :P
Out of curiosity, what type of art do you like on your walls? Among the things I like are really bright colors, graphic-style art, somewhat disturbing/creepy scenes, and a really "modern" feel. Oh, and naked people - I love me some nudity, though I don't have a ton of it on the walls because I know some people are uncomfortable with it. But man, all it took was one picture on the bathroom wall to get a call from the bf on a business trip, "I'm at this awesome beer bar in DC. You'd love it here - there is naked lady art everywhere!" :D
Our scorpions are cute little boys! Mind you, they're not even half grown up yet....
Here, Spud (our going-to-be dinner plate sized tarantula) is the same size as Cyd (our older tarantula) now. The two small girls are doing well too :)
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 02:46
YES! I saw it, had to have it, and love the images too! Confession time though: this is the only oracle deck I've ever had and since I haven't put in the time to read the book, I have no idea how to go about trying to "use" it. I take it out and look at the pictures and play with it at least once a week though. I also credit this deck for inspiring me to get a scented geranium from the farmers market a couple weeks back. :P
Out of curiosity, what type of art do you like on your walls? Among the things I like are really bright colors, graphic-style art, somewhat disturbing/creepy scenes, and a really "modern" feel. Oh, and naked people - I love me some nudity, though I don't have a ton of it on the walls because I know some people are uncomfortable with it. But man, all it took was one picture on the bathroom wall to get a call from the bf on a business trip, "I'm at this awesome beer bar in DC. You'd love it here - there is naked lady art everywhere!" :D
Naked lady art... ROFL!!! :D
I use my Vic Flower Oracle for a one card draw... (BTW, don't you LOVE the card backs? Wonderful design...) mix up the cards, draw one, open the book and read. I wanted a geranium too, haven't found one yet. My art taste... having limited wall space... it's mostly Egyptian... David Roberts watercolors of ancient Egyptian sites... Karnak and Philae... a full length poster from the 1977 King Tut exhibit... on another wall a Seurat poster from the National Gallery in London... eclectic, but gives me pleasure to look at it all.
Add me to the list of Victorian flower oracle fans. I love Victorian art especially for cards.
ETA Homemade cards like Christmas cards especially rather than just tarot cards. :)
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 02:56
Add me to the list of Victorian flower oracle fans. I love Victorian art especially for cards.
Oh good! We can form a club! ;) Do you have a favorite card in the oracle? Do you have more than one oracle?
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 02:56
Out of curiosity, what type of art do you like on your walls?Most of what we have is made by relatives. There's a lot of talented hobbyists . . .
*watercolor flowers (made by eye from real bouquets & plants)
*needlepoint & cross-stitch work (more small-town, old-fashioned themes)
*store-bought fantasy prints w/ shimmery metallic accents
Most of our statues & knickknacks are ceramics done by the grandmothers: wizards, dragons, Native American
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 02:58
Most of what we have is made by relatives. There's a lot of talented hobbyists . . .
watercolor flowers (made by eye from real bouquets & plants)
needlepoint & cross-stitch work (more small-town, old-fashioned themes)
store-bought fantasy prints w/ shimmery metallic accents
Most of our statues & knickknacks are ceramics done by the grandmothers: wizards, dragons, Native American
CL that sounds absolutely wonderful! What memories you have on your walls!
Oh good! We can form a club! ;) Do you have a favorite card in the oracle? Do you have more than one oracle?
Difficult to choose a favourite...I love Tulip - she looks so elegant,Thistle makes me smile -poking the threat with her spikes, and Tea and Coffee - nothing like enjoying a beverage with friends. I have Marcia's Picture Postcard Tarot and am eagerly awaiting her Tea one. :)
Most of what we have is made by relatives. There's a lot of talented hobbyists . . .
*watercolor flowers (made by eye from real bouquets & plants)
*needlepoint & cross-stitch work (more small-town, old-fashioned themes)
*store-bought fantasy prints w/ shimmery metallic accents
Most of our statues & knickknacks are ceramics done by the grandmothers: wizards, dragons, Native American
How wonderful to have a home filled with such treasures.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 03:05
We all do some sort of jewelry-making too. :grin:
My sister-in-law did some stained glass for a time. My daughter's room has a gorgeous blue & green Tiffany-style night light lamp.
What a creative bunch!
My mum was fantastic as sewing, I wish I'd taken the time to learn from her while she was still alive but my teenage self had other priorities. :) Now I really wish I could sew like her and create outfits.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 03:09
Sewing is my MIL's department. She made such fabulous costumes for the kids as they were growing up.
I have the same regrets about the crocheting my great-grandmother had started to teach me. (((:heart:)))
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 03:12
Difficult to choose a favourite...I love Tulip - she looks so elegant,Thistle makes me smile -poking the threat with her spikes, and Tea and Coffee - nothing like enjoying a beverage with friends. I have Marcia's Picture Postcard Tarot and am eagerly awaiting her Tea one. :)
It's funny... last Sat I did a favor for a friend who had car trouble... later that day I did a Flower Oracle draw... and drew "tea and coffee"... ;) seemed appropriate!
I'm glad to hear someone else liking Marcia's decks... can't wait for mine. I also bought both Kat Black decks... Golden and Touchstone. Have received the Touchstone and gone through all the cards... eagerly awaiting the Golden.
I haven't got either of the Kat Black decks. I keep looking at them and thinking 'Should I..?'. I'm trying to tighten the old money belt though so I think I will be putting more decks on my Christmas list - only 8 months to go. :)
Saturness
15-04-2011, 03:23
I haven't got either of the Kat Black decks. I keep looking at them and thinking 'Should I..?'. I'm trying to tighten the old money belt though so I think I will be putting more decks on my Christmas list - only 8 months to go. :)
Kat Black's decks are very pretty, though I confess I find the Touchstone a pain to shuffle. Big card, small and stiff hands.. you get the picture...
I don't used her decks as much as I should.... hum.... now that an idea. I think I'll bring a Kat Black deck with me tomorrow, instead of my Cosmic.
Yes, I'm back, after Pilates. Feeling so relaxed! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_095_.gif All I need is a cup of tea now! :heart:
I also bought both Kat Black decks... Golden and Touchstone. Have received the Touchstone and gone through all the cards... eagerly awaiting the Golden.
I have the Golden Tarot, but my copy makes me a bit sad. When I got it (from some place, at some time - why can't I remember this?!) the whole deck was flawed with one corner kind of smushed, but unable to be bent back into place due to the gilding and stiffness of the cards.
I didn't return it because normally that sort of thing doesn't bother me in the slightest. Despite being a total perfectionist (I edit compulsively too, morticia :P), stuff being "wrong" with my decks has never troubled me - to the point that I'm completely unphased by the fact that a couple of my decks are missing cards. I thought I'd get over it pretty quickly, but no such luck. So there it sits, in my cabinet, beautiful images completely wasted on me because that stupid corner drives me BSI. And I can't/won't even try to trade it since it's defective! It deserves better, really.
Yes, I'm back, after Pilates. Feeling so relaxed! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_095_.gif All I need is a cup of tea now! :heart:
Here you are. :)
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 03:28
Oink, do you have a way to post a pic of that smushy corner? You never know what a new trim and re-gilting would do . . .
*whistles innocently*
Oh no! The trimmers are here...:D
No deck is safe now...
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 03:30
;) I'm easily influenced to do things for people . . .
Oink, do you have a way to post a pic of that smushy corner? You never know what a new trim and re-gilting would do . . .
*whistles innocently*
That's a brilliant idea :lightbulb! I'll take a pic of it when I'm at home and post it to see what you think.
That would almost certainly fix the problem since we're talking "small smush" here, not "big smush". And I've been considering what to practice trimming on before I start chopping on one of my Thoths. Even if I still don't want to use it afterwards, it would have at least served some sort of purpose. The big fear I have with trimming is "ruining" something, but that would be totally out of the picture here since this flaw is preventing me from wanting to do much with it anyway...
Saturness
15-04-2011, 03:43
Here you are. :)
Thank you!
You have now a very happy Marina!
http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/f529a952.gif
Boss is calling! Be right back!
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 03:44
Oink, do you have a way to post a pic of that smushy corner? You never know what a new trim and re-gilting would do . . .
*whistles innocently*
Do I sense a caper in the making??? ;)
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 03:48
Do I sense a caper in the making??? ;)I'm not saying a word. Not one single word.
(know the movie? get brownie points)
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 03:49
Kat Black's decks are very pretty, though I confess I find the Touchstone a pain to shuffle. Big card, small and stiff hands.. you get the picture...
I don't used her decks as much as I should.... hum.... now that an idea. I think I'll bring a Kat Black deck with me tomorrow, instead of my Cosmic.
Yes, I'm back, after Pilates. Feeling so relaxed! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_095_.gif All I need is a cup of tea now! :heart:
do you do a two handed shuffle??? I think it's called a riffle??? I loved doing that with playing cards when I was a kid 'cause I liked the sound it made. :) with my tarot cards, I'm much more gentle... I do a top to bottom routine, back and forth through the deck, then cut the deck a few times, then a random draw. I dunno... works for me. Guess I don't want to crease or damage my cards! ;)
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 03:51
I'm not saying a word. Not one single word.
(know the movie? get brownie points)
could it be.... THE PARENT TRAP??????? ;)
I learnt my shuffling technique from my Nan - not sure what it's called though. Hand over hand? I hold the deck in one hand and pull cards from top to bottom...
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 03:54
I learnt my shuffling technique from my Nan - not sure what it's called though. Hand over hand? I hold the deck in one hand and pull cards from top to bottom...
sounds like what I was trying to describe... which you did so much better! :)
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 03:54
could it be.... THE PARENT TRAP??????? ;)Lovely thing . . .
http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Rainbow-icing-brownie_2-480x371.jpg
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 03:54
Kat Black's decks are very pretty, though I confess I find the Touchstone a pain to shuffle. Big card, small and stiff hands.. you get the picture...
I don't used her decks as much as I should.... hum.... now that an idea. I think I'll bring a Kat Black deck with me tomorrow, instead of my Cosmic.
Marina, you need the limited edition Touchstone, it's so much easier to shuffle, as it's quite a bit smaller (3"x4")than the MM Touchstone. It's one of my absolute favourite decks, but I only bought the MM deck to get the book.
I can't sleep, and had to get up to put out the rubbish, as it gets collected really early in the morning. Which it just about is now, and kitty thinks i got up to play with her.
My favourite Victorian Flower Oracle flower is violet :)
do you do a two handed shuffle??? I think it's called a riffle??? I loved doing that with playing cards when I was a kid 'cause I liked the sound it made. :) with my tarot cards, I'm much more gentle... I do a top to bottom routine, back and forth through the deck, then cut the deck a few times, then a random draw. I dunno... works for me. Guess I don't want to crease or damage my cards! ;)
I'm uncoordinated and small, so while I can shuffle some playing cards ok, I can't shuffle anything but the smallest of tarot decks. Can't riffle, can't hand-over-hand, nothing without leaving fingernail impressions, destroying edges, and sending cards flying in all directions. I deal them into several piles in changing patterns, then pick the piles up in whatever order seems right, and repeat a couple times.
It definitely requires more space than shuffling, but I usually read in the middle of my bed anyway (definitely not worthy of the "pictures of our reading spaces" thread! :D) so that's not an issue for me. As a bonus it works even with really big cards, which I tend to prefer.
Popping off to have some dinner - see you all later...
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 04:03
Lovely thing . . .
http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Rainbow-icing-brownie_2-480x371.jpg
oh.... nummy, nummy, nummy... I :heart: brownie points!!! :D Thank you!
Marina... PAWS OFF! :D
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 04:06
My favourite Victorian Flower Oracle flower is violet :)Does the VFO have a Pansy? I'm partial to those in real life because they were my grandmother's favorite.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 04:10
I'm uncoordinated and small, so while I can shuffle some playing cards ok, I can't shuffle anything but the smallest of tarot decks. Can't riffle, can't hand-over-hand, nothing without leaving fingernail impressions, destroying edges, and sending cards flying in all directions. I deal them into several piles in changing patterns, then pick the piles up in whatever order seems right, and repeat a couple times.
It definitely requires more space than shuffling, but I usually read in the middle of my bed anyway (definitely not worthy of the "pictures of our reading spaces" thread! :D) so that's not an issue for me. As a bonus it works even with really big cards, which I tend to prefer.
Same here, I can only shuffle small decks, usually end over end for anything bigger than a mini deck. Touchstone LE is the biggest one that I can manage without dropping too many, always over the bed :D I've tried shuffling not over my bed, and always drop cards and get worried about wrecking them. Other decks are just too hard to shuffle, and I do piles of cards too with big decks.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 04:13
Does the VFO have a Pansy? I'm partial to those in real life because they were my grandmother's favorite.
here you go, CL... second row...
http://www.magic-realist.com/Victorian_flower_oracle/cards3.htm
I also love pansies... am trying to grow some from seed as we speak... to me they say spring along with tulips, daffodils, violets, lily of the valley... but especially pansies
Does the VFO have a Pansy? I'm partial to those in real life because they were my grandmother's favorite.
YES! There is. All the VFO talk has had me stop working on the Druidcraft and i pulled them out.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 04:17
Thank you! No, my opinion of the VFO hasn't changed. I keep thinking they want to be freed from those corsets . . .
This is more my style:
http://www.strangeling.com/snapdragonfairy.html
http://www.strangeling.com/armfuloffrogs.html
http://www.strangeling.com/slimysalamander.html
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 04:19
You're much quicker than me with the link, RM :) I went off to find my VFO deck, and couldn't find where I've put it. Must tidy decks, but not now, I'm going back to bed, night all.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 04:21
You're much quicker than me with the link, RM :) I went off to find my VFO deck, and couldn't find where I've put it. Must tidy decks, but not now, I'm going back to bed, night all.
Oh, Lute... you know you want to hang out here and party all night! :party:
'night, 'night... z-z-z-z-z-z
How do you ever pick a single favorite? :P
I like Cornflower and Poppy
Lily
Tulip
Water Lily
Sweet Pea
Tea and Coffee
Narcissus
Pomegranate Flower
Cactus
Guess I just like the deck. :D
I haven't read the book either, so I'm another that doesn't actually use them. I do like to pull them out and look through. This is an odd favorite for me, since I don't generally go for anything Victorian style.
This deck, just draws me in.
Lutestring, I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only one who reads in bed! No glamorous altars here, as much as I enjoy looking at everyone else's.
I did have a kind of odd experience as a result of that though. I got the "Beautiful Tarot" app for my iPad, which allows you to customize it somewhat by choosing from a selection of different decks, card backs, backgrounds, etc. I customized it while sitting at my computer, picked out my favorite options, then went on about my business.
Later on that evening I was messing around with the iPad in bed and decided to play with that app. I sat the iPad down on the bed, opened the app, and got royally confused. The background I had chosen (without thinking about it, just "oh I like this one") happened to be the same unbleached linen as I have on my bed, so for a minute there it was like I was somehow looking through the iPad, or had managed to take a picture of the bed with it somehow. It was even a little bit creepy, because it matched so very exactly. :bugeyed:
I think I might be sounding crazy again. :P
PS: My favorite VFO card is certainly Dahlia, but I also really like Thistle and Water Arum. :)
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 04:30
Hi, everyone, just popping in and marking my place. Loved the pix of the beautiful stones that MM was showing!
I read at my office desk at work; that's my favourite reading place. Even though I have a lovely little Spirit Room where I keep my decks and books and everything - I read at my office desk. No spread cloth, just push the keyboard sideways and read right there. Works for me :). Or for the girls at the Posh Office I use one of the little interview rooms and a desk in there.... sooooo romantic :D
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 08:15
Hey gang :)
Question - If, let's say theoretically, my entire deck collection were on sale to raise money for Japan, especially any higher-ticket decks, is there anything you guys would want dibbs on before I opened a thread?
Busy day, ladies? 3 hours of quiet is alot.
I'm just in from my post office run. Had lunch in our favorite Mexican place and i am pleasantly full.
Laundry is on and I'm looking at my Hoi Polloi. Funny I'd forgotten it was on the way. I couldn't imagine what was waiting for me.
Question - If, let's say theoretically, my entire deck collection were on sale to raise money for Japan, especially any higher-ticket decks, is there anything you guys would want dibbs on before I opened a thread?
Before I even look, I want to say that even having this thought occur to you says everything about the type of person you are. :love:
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 08:16
Hey gang :)
Question - If, let's say theoretically, my entire deck collection were on sale to raise money for Japan, especially any higher-ticket decks, is there anything you guys would want dibbs on before I opened a thread?
Do not do that Zan, my friend. I would want dibs on some time to talk to you about this.
And I agree with TCO about the time issue.
As I'm sure you know, the road back for Japan is going to be a long one. Throwing all the $ in the world at the problem isn't going to work everything back out in a month, or even a year. The need is long-term, not short-term, so no need to do anything impulsive in response.
ETA: and on a much less serious note, emmsma I have been craving Mexican all day! TCO, I don't know if you saw earlier but the Alchemy book you recommended arrived. It is flat-out amazing! Thanks again :heart:
Geez. There are several I'd be interested in, but I wouldn't be able to til the middle of next week.
Hang onto a Haindl for me. :)
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 08:24
Not very impulsive really. I've been wanting to sell some of my fancier historics (Paris, Payen, Liguria) for a while anyway.
Meanwhile, there's a construction worker standing next to me on the subway who's missing an ear. Just a hole. Yikes. Sorta feel guilty wearing earbuds right next to him :eek:
I know you've felt you don't need those decks for some time, so if you are absolutely sure you won't regret it.
Perhaps I do need to send you a pre-sale pm. :P
Not very impulsive really.
Well in that case... :P I would love to have a Hermetic 1st ed. and an Alchemical Renewed. Not sure I could swing the $ for both of them at once, right now though, but I'll have a better idea after I send the gov't their cut.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 08:41
Do not do that Zan, my friend. I would want dibs on some time to talk to you about this.I ditto TCO and Oink on this...
OH...'Ello~~~ I think I've caught up on this page :bugeyed:
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 08:43
EGADS :bugeyed: Mom is emailing in French...I'll be back but it may take a bit...LOL
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 08:44
Meanwhile, there's a construction worker standing next to me on the subway who's missing an ear. Just a hole. Yikes. Sorta feel guilty wearing earbuds right next to him :eek:
Why? he cant wear them ;)
I am all for downsizing Zan I have done it many times and I am doing it now...
I have a method I use to decide what decks to keep and it is pretty effective: if I like them I keep them :D
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 09:05
Did I miss a link to your pendants? :( I clicked on your website link, but there wasn't anything to see on your esty page :( I love jasper... and moss agate... wanna see! (that's a WHINE! ;) )
Sorry Rhine,
Not sure why there arent anything on etsy page.
I will post the pic of pendants here for you also included the dreamcatchers. I was not sure if you can view the what are you creating now thread.
On my way tocheckout my etsy page to see what is up with that
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 09:05
Anyways,,dont mean to bore, I xould talk stones all day,,,they're my first love. :)
Lovely stones I missed MM. I too could talk stones all day :D
Hi Stormdancer! My poor mom (a college French major who lived in Switzerland for a while) tried her hardest to teach me French on-and-off for pretty much the first 15 years of my life. I unfortunately seem to have a very limited aptitude for picking up the spoken aspect of languages - I even have a difficult time understanding people who speak English well, but with an accent. :bugeyed: I'm quite good at learning the other parts of languages though, so everything sort of clicked for me when I started studying Latin instead. :D
Lots of lovely pendants you have there, Kaleanna.
Had a few panicked moments when I thought I was missing some cards from the Hoi Polloi. Breathing easier now that I've finished ordering the deck and found all present and accounted for.
Had a few panicked moments when I thought I was missing some cards from the Hoi Polloi.
Hey emmsma, what attracted you to the Hoi Polloi? I've noticed that this is one of the RWS clones(?) that people really seem to love. I like the retro color and overall look, but decks that stick that closely to the RWS art aren't my preference***. Do those of you who use that type of deck like the general style of the original RWS and think there's not a huge amount of room for improvement, or would you feel the same way towards a deck that had the same visual styling but followed a different "system"?
***I must not feel too strongly about it though since I did recently order a shinier RWS (http://www.koenigsfurt.com/shop/Tarot-und-Sets/Klassische-Tarot/Rider-Waite-Tarot-Jubilaeumsausgabe.html) because I like to have a reference copy, and that one was way prettier than any of mine. :P
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 09:46
Had a few panicked moments when I thought I was missing some cards from the Hoi Polloi. Breathing easier now that I've finished ordering the deck and found all present and accounted for.
YAY! You got it! What do ya think?? (I do this with every deck I get that's out of order...I must somehow think the cards jumped out on the journey here, preferrring a vacation in some warm spot or something...LOL!)
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 09:51
Lots of lovely pendants you have there, Kaleanna.
Had a few panicked moments when I thought I was missing some cards from the Hoi Polloi. Breathing easier now that I've finished ordering the deck and found all present and accounted for.
Thankies emmsma
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 09:51
Hey gang :)
Question - If, let's say theoretically, my entire deck collection were on sale to raise money for Japan, especially any higher-ticket decks, is there anything you guys would want dibbs on before I opened a thread?
Oh Zan ((((((((Zan & Japan))))))))
Why not consider reading for Japan -- perhaps at some sort of fundraiser, with all your proceeds going to Japan's recovery...or post on your facebook if there's nothing happening right now...
Of course selling off decks you don't much care for anyway is probably a good idea...but...your Haindl's? and some of the other ones you love? Would be a sad thing :(
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 09:52
Hey everyone :)
Does anyone else count the number of cards in the deck before and after doing readings to make sure there are 78? Or am I the only one compulsive enough to do this??
It was yira who taught me that all RWS clones are not created equal - they are all different and deserve space on my shelf. :D
I like the funky 70's coloring of the Hoi Polloi. I like to be able to lay out several decks, comparing the cards between them all. Each has their own voice/mood/tone.
I got my start with a yellow box Rider, so I don't have the animosity that I see some have towards the imagery.
Besides, I just like to collect. :D I have many RWS, but I have many other decks as well. I guess most run in the RWS school of thought, but I've a pile of Marseilled decks as well.
They are wonderful and freeing and I could never part with them, or choose between illustrated minors and pips.
Both have a place in my world.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 09:53
Hey everyone :)
Does anyone else count the number of cards in the deck before and after doing readings to make sure there are 78? Or am I the only one compulsive enough to do this??I count them. Sometimes, I reorder them too.
I reorder more than I count. Yeah, I don't count. I just reorder. :P
Guess we are both compulsive.
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 09:56
I count them. Sometimes, I reorder them too.
I used to reorder them frequently when getting used to recognizing and learning the RWS images. Since I don't like shuffling too much I don't reorder them anymore.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 09:57
And I agree with TCO about the time issue.
As I'm sure you know, the road back for Japan is going to be a long one. Throwing all the $ in the world at the problem isn't going to work everything back out in a month, or even a year. The need is long-term, not short-term, so no need to do anything impulsive in response.
ETA: and on a much less serious note, emmsma I have been craving Mexican all day! TCO, I don't know if you saw earlier but the Alchemy book you recommended arrived. It is flat-out amazing! Thanks again :heart:
Oink... which book was that???
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 09:58
I reorder them when I get a deck in just to make sure that they are all there
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 09:58
Hi guys! I'm home, and can't think of a dam* thing to say! lol I'm just really tired tonight....
I was drooling over the pics of all MM's rocks! Wow!
Zan, I agree with TCO, as well. Changes and sales like that should be well thought out.
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 10:01
Hey everyone :)
Does anyone else count the number of cards in the deck before and after doing readings to make sure there are 78? Or am I the only one compulsive enough to do this??
Maybe not every time, but often.
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:02
welcome home Blue
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 10:03
Not usually, OS, but if I slip shuffling I have to recount immediately, since somehow, in a manner I cannot fathom, I lost a card in my last Shadowscapes..never did find it :( Had to replace it, it's not a deck I can say oh well, I'll use this other one instead!
Oink, I started off hating the RWS deck. So...poorly colored/drawn, I thought...I had ONE deck, given to me as a gift, I read once with it (and the reading was okay) but just never bothered to pull it out again.
Then I went to a friend's house, she wanted me to do a reading for her. Previously over the phone she had said, Oh I bought this tarot deck at a garage sale like 30 yrs ago, but never tried to read with it..what is it? From her description I said, probably a Rider Waite, but since she was unsure I was also. So between that phone conversation and my visit, she took the time to dig it out of a box in her basement. I said yeah..that's a Rider Waite..but..can I see it? It looks..odd...so she handed it to me.
Turns out it was a 1971 Switzerland Muller & Cie published Rider Waite, with the most awesome card stock and feel to it...I was in LOVE...so I had to find my own! That took several months. Once I got it...well the magic wasn't there..it was NICE but just not like Kathy's deck... but I liked it anyway. And I loved comparing the artwork/colors from that old version with my modern one (and found my modern one very lacking) and that started my initial quest to own every RWS deck I could find to decide which was the BEST RWS...LOL
So far my opinion is the PCS Commemorative and the Hoi Polloi are the two best :) However I don't own ALL of them yet....!!! Give me time :) (and money. please. ROFL)
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:04
Sorry Rhine,
Not sure why there arent anything on etsy page.
I will post the pic of pendants here for you also included the dreamcatchers. I was not sure if you can view the what are you creating now thread.
On my way tocheckout my etsy page to see what is up with that
thank you for the uploads... you do lovely work!!!! :D The dreamcatchers are especially beautiful!
I try to order the decks when they first come in, as Kaleanna said - to make sure they are all there. I've been lax lately, when too many show up at once, or when my focus is on shelving and where the new guys fit in. I'm happy that I do have room for 4 more RWS decks.
I enjoy shuffling, though. SOmetimes I'll shuffle so much, and enjoy it so well, that I never get to the reading.
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:05
thank you for the uploads... you do lovely work!!!! :D The dreamcatchers are especially beautiful!
Thank you Rhine :)
I like to be able to lay out several decks, comparing the cards between them all. Each has their own voice/mood/tone.
I can relate to this - I've enjoyed comparing my Universal Waite with my Morgan Greer and such...
I got my start with a yellow box Rider, so I don't have the animosity that I see some have towards the imagery.
Only speaking for myself here, but I don't have animosity towards it, it's sort of the opposite - lack of feeling of any sort. I find that the RWS reads very well for me on the occasions I do use it, and its popularity makes it clear that it's something very special. More often than not though, I choose to read with the ones with the art that I can even physically feel.
Besides, I just like to collect. :D I have many RWS, but I have many other decks as well. I guess most run in the RWS school of thought, but I've a pile of Marseilled decks as well.
I agree, having a nice variety of decks is so much fun! :D Did you have any good books that you used to familiarize yourself with the Marseilles, or did you pick it up over time by following the forum here, or ??? I would like to learn more about it.
Oink... which book was that???
This one:
http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Mysticism-Hermetic-Museum-Klotz/dp/382288653X
Came recommended by both TCO and Marina, so you can't lose!
yirabeth, I feel there's a possibility that I'll have an experience like that, so I enjoyed your story. :heart: I definitely haven't closed my mind to the notion...
I got my start with Marseille from the Lee Bursten booklet that came with the deck.
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Tarot-Marseille-Lee-Bursten/dp/8883955552/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1302826121&sr=1-2
This one. It was brief but gave me a solid start. I suppose in some ways I do still think in RWS terms, but not all the time. I think of it like with any reading - different aspects of the card will feel more pressing at one time or other.
I love looking at the decorative aspects of the pip cards. They speak volumes to me now. Are the leaves turning towards or away? Do the branches connect or block?
Love Marseille!
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:11
I am so glad I will only be working a half day tomorrow. I heard that it is suppose to be extremely BUSY. So busy infact that the only thing I will be doing is to put the calls on hold, the other operators will be taking the msgs, yes it is suppose to be that busy.
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 10:19
I am so glad I will only be working a half day tomorrow. I heard that it is suppose to be extremely BUSY. So busy infact that the only thing I will be doing is to put the calls on hold, the other operators will be taking the msgs, yes it is suppose to be that busy.
Whoa! Why would it be that busy?
Queen of Disks
15-04-2011, 10:19
hello everyone!
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:20
This one:
http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Mysticism-Hermetic-Museum-Klotz/dp/382288653X
Came recommended by both TCO and Marina, so you can't lose!
Thanks, Oink! :royal: I've bookmarked the page...
Yeah. Are fridays usually that busy? or why is this one expected to be so bad?
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 10:20
Hey QoD:)
Yeah, why so busy? Holiday or something I'm forgetting? hehe
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:22
Whoa! Why would it be that busy?
Because alot of businesses will be closed tomorrow and being an answering service we will get slammed.
Schools are closed, daycare is closing early, etc.
Here in San Antonio, We have this parade that happens every year called Battle of Flowers. Therefore alot of businesses close early or are closed tomorrow
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 10:25
Good evening, kaleanna & BD! What are you in the mood for?
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 10:27
Ooh, Blue sneaked in! Welcome home Blue :)
Anybody have the Imperial Dragon Oracle? Do you like them? How big are they? Cardstock?
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:29
Yeah. Are fridays usually that busy? or why is this one expected to be so bad?
Fridays can get busy but not so busy like what they were telling me it is going to be like.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 10:29
Stupid day today. 9:30am and already finished my first class. Next one starts at 7pm. Guess I'll go home and sleep again...
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:30
Good evening, kaleanna & BD! What are you in the mood for?
Hiya Cardlady
I sooooooooooo would love a huge strawberry daiquri.
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:30
Anybody have the Imperial Dragon Oracle? Do you like them? How big are they? Cardstock?
I dont have those, but have thought about getting them just havent yet.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:32
Because alot of businesses will be closed tomorrow and being an answering service we will get slammed.
Schools are closed, daycare is closing early, etc.
Here in San Antonio, We have this parade that happens every year called Battle of Flowers. Therefore alot of businesses close early or are closed tomorrow
That sounds cool! Is it like the Rose Bowl parade? floats decorared with flowers? What does the parade commemorate???
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:32
Hey QoD:)
Yeah, why so busy? Holiday or something I'm forgetting? hehe
Hiya Yira
It isn't a "federal" holiday sorry.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 10:32
I sooooooooooo would love a huge strawberry daiquri.I think these will do nicely:
http://img273.imageshack.us/img273/3420/frozen20daiquiri20small0jtdo2.jpg
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:34
That sounds cool! Is it like the Rose Bowl parade? floats decorared with flowers? What does the parade commemorate???
Hi Rhine,
We have a Fiesta Celebration every year and this is part of the Fiesta events: Below explains it better
The Battle of Flowers Parade is the oldest event and largest parade of Fiesta® San Antonio attracting crowds of more than 350,000. It is the only parade in the United States produced entirely by women, all of whom are volunteers. These ladies, dressed on Parade day in yellow and wearing yellow hats, direct operations with the valued assistance of the Texas Army National Guard. The Parade this year will be televised by KLRN. In keeping with the original purpose of the Parade, honoring the heroes of the Alamo, participants place a floral tribute on the lawn as they pass in front of the Alamo.
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:35
I think these will do nicely:
http://img273.imageshack.us/img273/3420/frozen20daiquiri20small0jtdo2.jpg
OhYeah,those will do nicely :D Thankies. Will start with the one on the right :D
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:40
Hi Rhine,
We have a Fiesta Celebration every year and this is part of the Fiesta events: Below explains it better
The Battle of Flowers Parade is the oldest event and largest parade of Fiesta® San Antonio attracting crowds of more than 350,000. It is the only parade in the United States produced entirely by women, all of whom are volunteers. These ladies, dressed on Parade day in yellow and wearing yellow hats, direct operations with the valued assistance of the Texas Army National Guard. The Parade this year will be televised by KLRN. In keeping with the original purpose of the Parade, honoring the heroes of the Alamo, participants place a floral tribute on the lawn as they pass in front of the Alamo.
thanks for sharing... it sounds wonderful!
Queen of Disks
15-04-2011, 10:42
this is how I feel right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gofji-JjCHc&feature=feedlik
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:46
Hiya Yira
It isn't a "federal" holiday sorry.
a week from tomorrow - 4/22 - is Good Friday... I don't know what that means in your area, but where I live it's a holiday and the only day you can't buy liquor anywhere (bars, restaurants, stores etc) until after 4 pm. The Easter holidays are big... govt workers are off from Holy Thursday through Easter Monday, camping on the beach over the long weekend is traditional.
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 10:48
Not much here...I guess the church goers go to church, etc...and I do get Easter baskets for the kids (and grandkid now!) and cook a big dinner but otherwise it's business as usual...hehe
They don't even time the spring break to match any more, mine was 2 weeks ago and Jack's ended Tuesday.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:49
this is how I feel right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gofji-JjCHc&feature=feedlik
out of synch? or you want to be sedated? ;)
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 10:50
I reorder them when I get a deck in just to make sure that they are all thereI am SO naughty...I don't do this...and sometimes they go out in the same way they came to me.... :(
***Lines up in the NAUGHTY corner***
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 10:51
a week from tomorrow - 4/22 - is Good Friday... I don't know what that means in your area, but where I live it's a holiday and the only day you can't buy liquor anywhere (bars, restaurants, stores etc) until after 4 pm. The Easter holidays are big... govt workers are off from Holy Thursday through Easter Monday, camping on the beach over the long weekend is traditional.Wow, REALLY??? I find this odd...
I am SO naughty...I don't do this...and sometimes they go out in the same way they came to me.... :(
***Lines up in the NAUGHTY corner***
This makes me think how I used to reorder the decks before I packed them for shipping. Stopped when it caused me to cancel the sale/trade of the decks.
Did that several times, too, before I learned my lesson and sent them out as is.
Queen of Disks
15-04-2011, 10:52
out of synch? or you want to be sedated? ;)
Sedated. I would prefer a vacation, but sedated would work.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:52
Wow, REALLY??? I find this odd...
why odd???
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 10:53
this is how I feel right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gofji-JjCHc&feature=feedlikyeah...i'm confused too....which one are you??
OH....HI ~~~~
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 10:53
(((Queen of Disks)))
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 10:53
Sedated. I would prefer a vacation, but sedated would work.
would a stiff drink do the trick? :)
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 10:53
Hey Stormy :)
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 10:54
Hiya Stormy
Queen of Disks
15-04-2011, 10:54
would a stiff drink do the trick? :)
That will work! :)
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 10:54
why odd???It's different here, that's all...ODD is not BAD...just different....
Stiff drinks for us all? Yes?
Hey Storm.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 10:57
This makes me think how I used to reorder the decks before I packed them for shipping. Stopped when it caused me to cancel the sale/trade of the decks.ok...I am obviously just dense tonight. Wouldn't this be a reason TO do so????
ok...I am obviously just dense tonight. Wouldn't this be a reason TO do so????
Yes, of course, but for me, I would see the cards and then not be able to send the decks off to a new home.
If I want to make the sale/trade, I cannot look through the deck again.
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 11:01
Hehe, I hear ya there Emmsma :) I don't know how you do it anyway! Selling I mean...I have issues trading with people I like, even if I don't care for the deck all that much!
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 11:01
Hi Stormy!
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 11:01
Stiff drinks for us all? Yes?
here we go... QOD gets first pick... ;) plenty for all...
http://www.ifood.tv/blog/the-5-best-places-to-have-a-martini-in-nyc
It gets harder every time. Trading.
I've finally started getting a few dupes for the purpose.
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 11:05
I did that once, had quite a few duplicates, and trading was good :) Money ran short though so that's out...LOL
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 11:05
goodmorning/evening, I'm getting a cup of tea, back soon. Not caght up yet,
except with decks I've got on ebay, I always have a frantic moment of panic till they are all in order and i know there is nothing missing. Decks I use rarely get put back in order, because shuffling is too hard.
Yeah, gathering extras is expensive and hard to justify. I mean, the cost of an extra deck is the price of another deck on your list.
The swap meet is in 2 weeks? Having a hard time waiting.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 11:07
Hi Lute... did you finally get some sleep???
Queen of Disks
15-04-2011, 11:08
here we go... QOD gets first pick... ;) plenty for all...
http://www.ifood.tv/blog/the-5-best-places-to-have-a-martini-in-nyc
Thanks! The drinks in the first picture reminds me of Romulan Ale. :P
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 11:10
Yep, coming up...hoping I have time to make something for it as I know my deck list isn't great...LOL
Hey Lute!
Yira, thanks for the thought. I should get started on something too.
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 11:14
Hey Lute :)
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 11:15
Hi Lute... did you finally get some sleep???
Yes, thanks, I got to sleep eventually, then woke up two hours later when the garbage truck went past, got back to sleep and then the recycling truck came past :rolleyes:
At least I have a Wonderful Cat who lets me sleep in, and doesn't hassle me to get up to feed her. She's just not a your average cat :)
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:41
Hi Stormy!
DUDE...how are ya?????
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 11:42
Hi Stormy, I was wondering where everyone went.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:42
At least I have a Wonderful Cat who lets me sleep in, and doesn't hassle me to get up to feed her. She's just not a your average cat :)
G'Morning M'Dear....I'd like one o these....LOL
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 11:43
'Lo, all :) What's up? I'm doing my usual thing of not reading all the posts since I was in last :P
I started a blog today, y'all :D (preens). I'm embarking on what could be a very deep rabbit-hole of a spinning/art project, and I wanted some sort of accountability. But then, my past blogging exploits really didn't do all that well, so who knows?
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 11:43
*pulls hair out*
bedtime routine is not happening the way it should
guess i shouldn't try to play ID games at the same time, huh? ;)
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 11:47
'Lo, all :) What's up? I'm doing my usual thing of not reading all the posts since I was in last :P
Not sure either as I never look back in a pub :)
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:48
'Lo, all :) What's up? I'm doing my usual thing of not reading all the posts since I was in last :P
I started a blog today, y'all :D (preens). I'm embarking on what could be a very deep rabbit-hole of a spinning/art project, and I wanted some sort of accountability. But then, my past blogging exploits really didn't do all that well, so who knows?So....M'Dear Kat....If I were to take up the ...ahem,,,,"textile addiction"....would I see more of you?...LOL
JK....my needle experience yields "Granny Squares"...and I WUB them...
I find it SO cool that you're still spinning...OH...and how is "BoyToy" ??? Does HE know we think of him like that????
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:49
*pulls hair out****offers SUPER glue to remedy this ****
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 11:49
Hi thorhammer, where's the blog? Can we have a look? :)
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 11:49
DUDE...how are ya?????
Crummy mood today, until I hit the pub that is. Wasn't feeling like cooking so I got some sushi. I talk a lot about food in here :neutral:
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:50
Not sure either as I never look back in a pub :)DUDE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5_pEO8a8U)
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 11:51
***offers SUPER glue to remedy this ****What I need is something like this:
http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/6/18/rememberthet128583135659189486.jpg
DUDE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5_pEO8a8U)
Muahaha!
OS. I think we all do a good bit of food talk here. :D
Mmm. Sushi.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 11:53
So....M'Dear Kat....If I were to take up the ...ahem,,,,"textile addiction"....would I see more of you?...LOL
JK....my needle experience yields "Granny Squares"...and I WUB them...
I find it SO cool that you're still spinning...OH...and how is "BoyToy" ??? Does HE know we think of him like that????
Haha, nothing wrong with granny squares! Many fine blankets made that way! Including the one I sent to VictoriaStar or whatever her handle was.
Boy toy is . . . himself. I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that he's never happy unless he's miserable; if this doesn't change then we don't really have much in common and our paths won't coincide for long. And no, he doesn't know that's how you think of him, and shall we keep it that way? :angel: })
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:53
Crummy mood today, until I hit the pub that is. Wasn't feeling like cooking so I got some sushi. I talk a lot about food in here :neutral:We do that a lot here...sorry about the crummy mood, BUT...."crummy mood" could equal "Crumby mood"...like muffins or something....lol.....sorry ...
I kinda liked todays weather in the burbs. The wind was cold, but the sun was shining. You're in the city, how was it?
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 11:54
Hi thorhammer, where's the blog? Can we have a look? :)
I dunno - is it ok for me to post it here, TCO Boss-Man?
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 11:55
Not sure either as I never look back in a pub :)
Such a fine, simplistic way to approach it. I can't even imagine trying to catch up . . .
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 11:57
Boy toy is . . . himself. I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that he's never happy unless he's miserable; MUMS the word...and young sometimes yields this attitude....
I so like the granny squares because each one is DONE, if ya know what I mean. I also LOVE doilies....or the idea of them, but ....mine end up as coasters....'cause I get tired of the whole pattern. I guess I'm just a square....ROTF....
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 11:58
We do that a lot here...sorry about the crummy mood, BUT...."crummy mood" could equal "Crumby mood"...like muffins or something....lol.....sorry ...
I kinda liked todays weather in the burbs. The wind was cold, but the sun was shining. You're in the city, how was it?
Crumby, good call, I did get a box of baklava to munch on. It was partly cloudy from what I remember, and a bit windy. I'm a wimp, I had a scarf and hat on.
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:01
Hi thorhammer, random question: I'm wondering if there's a sub-genre of metal you like best. Power, Death, Speed, etc... Or maybe a particular country whose musicians you like?
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 12:02
Muahaha!
OS. I think we all do a good bit of food talk here. :D
Mmm. Sushi.
I bought all the stuff to make my own sushi yesterday, rice, vinegar,nori, mat, wasabi etc, just have to get the fresh ingredients. I've always meant to try making it myself.
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:05
I bought all the stuff to make my own sushi yesterday, rice, vinegar,nori, mat, wasabi etc, just have to get the fresh ingredients. I've always meant to try making it myself.
How did it turn out? The one time I tried making it I had no mat so it looked like a nori burrito. One had canned sardines (AWFUL, couldn't find safe raw fish) and the other, cucumber and avocado (acceptable)
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 12:07
I am going to go. Want to spend a bit of time looking over the pathfinder's deck.
(((((((((AT Family)))))))))))
Enjoy your exploration, K.
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:09
Good night, Kaleanna!
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:09
Hi thorhammer, random question: I'm wondering if there's a sub-genre of metal you like best. Power, Death, Speed, etc... Or maybe a particular country whose musicians you like?HeeHee....
***sits back to hear this***
***trying not to fall asleep***
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:10
OMG> Kat said "y'all"...I could just kiss her on the lips for that.
Stormy, I NEVER put my cards back in order unless I'm sending them on to someone else and I think they'd prefer it. For some reason, it makes me feel like I'm neutralizing the deck, like I'm erasing it's memory, and making it weaker.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 12:11
How did it turn out? The one time I tried making it I had no mat so it looked like a nori burrito. One had canned sardines (AWFUL, couldn't find safe raw fish) and the other, cucumber and avocado (acceptable)
LOL! I haven't done it yet :) I've got some avocado, I need to get some cucumber, and I might get some fish tomorrow, if I go out to the shops, but the good fish shop is a train ride away (I don't drive), there's nowhere nearby to buy nice fish.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:11
I bought all the stuff to make my own sushi yesterday, rice, vinegar,nori, mat, wasabi etc, just have to get the fresh ingredients. I've always meant to try making it myself.
:bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
I have NEVER thought of making my own.....***huddles in a corner***
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:12
Crumby, good call, I did get a box of baklava to munch on. It was partly cloudy from what I remember, and a bit windy. I'm a wimp, I had a scarf and hat on.
Mmmmm, baklava . . . *droool*
Metal - well, I am a huge fan of this or that or the other band from this or that or the other genre . . . but my fave genre, if pressed, is doom/sludge metal. In that vein, Sunn 0))) is top of the list. Then there's the closely related stoner metal, where Witchcraft rules the roost. Power metal - I just can't help but love Dragonforce (how could you not love that level of commitment to total cheesiness?) . . . black metal brings to mind Cradle of Filth, L'Acephale and Pathogen . . . yeah, it's best not to get me started :P
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:12
Emm. I saw that you bought your son a tumbler. Bravo! PM your address, and I'll send him an assortment of rough.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:13
OMG> Kat said "y'all"...I could just kiss her on the lips for that.
Stormy, I NEVER put my cards back in order unless I'm sending them on to someone else and I think they'd prefer it. For some reason, it makes me feel like I'm neutralizing the deck, like I'm erasing it's memory, and making it weaker.MM....Kat....= stormy heaven...LOL
it's an illusion, right?
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 12:13
:bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
I have NEVER thought of making my own.....***huddles in a corner***
Wot, never? :laugh: It's much easier to think about making it, than actually make it, I have discovered.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:13
LOL @ stormy ;)OMG> Kat said "y'all"...I could just kiss her on the lips for that. And you know where I got it, doncha?
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 12:13
I dunno - is it ok for me to post it here, TCO Boss-Man?
I did not see a thing ( translation: I don't know) To play it safe put it in your profile, everyone that is here will now know that :)
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:14
Mmmmm, baklava . . . *droool*
Metal - well, I am a huge fan of this or that or the other band from this or that or the other genre . . . but my fave genre, if pressed, is doom/sludge metal. In that vein, Sunn 0))) is top of the list. Then there's the closely related stoner metal, where Witchcraft rules the roost. Power metal - I just can't help but love Dragonforce (how could you not love that level of commitment to total cheesiness?) . . . black metal brings to mind Cradle of Filth, L'Acephale and Pathogen . . . yeah, it's best not to get me started :P'm guessing AU english differs from mine, right? Did ya get this OS???
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:15
LOL @ stormy ;)And you know where I got it, doncha?What, the kiss on the lips??? :angel:
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:15
I did not see a thing ( translation: I don't know) To play it safe put it in your profile, everyone that is here will now know that :)
Aye-aye, cap'n!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:16
'm guessing AU english differs from mine, right? Did ya get this OS???
What'd I get OS? Yes, AU english differs from US, but I'm not sure which part of my post was incomprehensible . . . at least to a metal afficionado ;)
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 12:16
OMG> Kat said "y'all"...I could just kiss her on the lips for that.
"y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all"... what will that get me }) :D
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:18
"y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all"... what will that get me }) :D
Oh, I see how this goes . . .
*mutters* you go away for six months and every b@$tard forgets you, I just don't know . . .
My my, TCO. What were you hoping for?
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 12:19
Mmmmm, baklava . . . *droool*
Metal - well, I am a huge fan of this or that or the other band from this or that or the other genre . . . but my fave genre, if pressed, is doom/sludge metal.
I love that there is a genre called "doom/sludge metal" :)
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:19
Power metal - I just can't help but love Dragonforce (how could you not love that level of commitment to total cheesiness?)
Absolutely, also I'll say that I wish I could play like Herman Li :D I'm not a huge metal fan; I don't know that many bands so I can't push this topic too far. What appeals to me are memorable riffs and long solos. Opeth is my favorite band.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:20
LOL @ stormy ;)And you know where I got it, doncha?
From that guy who was wearing a turtle shell on his head? ;)
Can't hardly believe it's been a year since many of us met face to face. Wonder what they'd do if we pulled up in their driveway? We may have to find out one day.
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 12:20
I love making my own sushi...crab is good in them..avocado...strips of cucumber...must add wasabi to them! Love wasabi.
Just got done talking to my dad, he says he's in physical therapy so he can take mom and go home...he says he's quite sure they were trying to kill him today, the physical therapy just wore him out. LOL He sounds good though...still wish I could go home and take care of them. They'd probably hate me there though! LOL
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 12:20
Oh, I see how this goes . . .
*mutters* you go away for six months and every b@$tard forgets you, I just don't know . . .
Brings six Strongbow to the table and a charming smile ? LOL :D
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 12:20
Home now. What a day.
The delivery-driver forgot that it was food day until we phoned the main office and they phoned the driver. Food arrived almost two hours late, but we had so many (bored) volunteers that the sorting/portioning went really fast. There were a few emotional soap-opera dramas going on at the same time. But that always seems to happen, so I'm not too surprised.
After everyone picked up the food, there was the monthly volunteer slow-cooker meal, followed by some general visiting. Did a few readings with the Sidhe.
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 12:23
I have four hours of driving anf four hours of water crossing for a 2 hour visit with my son...sounds good to me!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:23
I love that there is a genre called "doom/sludge metal" :)
I know, right? :P
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:24
"y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all"... what will that get me }) :D
Grab the keys, Kat, we're road trippin to Canada. We know what he'll get, let's see what he'll give.... ;)
We'd all be darn near useless if we lived in the same town, eh? Life would be like one big CHEERS episode.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:24
at least to a metal afficionado ;)**meekly raises her hand***
I'm not one o those..... :(
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:25
'm guessing AU english differs from mine, right? Did ya get this OS???
I'll have to spend some serious time on Youtube to get a better idea. I was expecting a bunch of names I haven't heard of before. Sludge metal, now that's a new discovery.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:25
Grab the keys, Kat, we're road trippin to Canada. We know what he'll get, let's see what he'll give.... ;)
We'd all be darn near useless if we lived in the same town, eh? Life would be like one big CHEERS episode.Just so we're all on the same page....
Jo and I have dibs on the teepee, and JO has the coffee...just sayin....
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 12:26
**meekly raises her hand***
I'm not one o those..... :(It's okay, Stormy! I had never heard of any of those.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:27
"y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all" "y'all"... what will that get me }) :DWear a kilt whilst and let's see....})
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:27
Absolutely, also I'll say that I wish I could play like Herman Li :D I'm not a huge metal fan; I don't know that many bands so I can't push this topic too far. What appeals to me are memorable riffs and long solos. Opeth is my favorite band.
90-degree subject change - is your avatar from . . . that . . . silver . . . thing . . . Mantegna! That's the one I was thinking of! Is it from that?
I must pull that deck out and play the game again. I had fun with that.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 12:27
I love making my own sushi...crab is good in them..avocado...strips of cucumber...must add wasabi to them! Love wasabi. I love wasabi too :D
Just got done talking to my dad, he says he's in physical therapy so he can take mom and go home...he says he's quite sure they were trying to kill him today, the physical therapy just wore him out. LOL He sounds good though...still wish I could go home and take care of them. They'd probably hate me there though! LOL
Do you know when he will be allowed home? (((Yira)))
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:27
I have four hours of driving anf four hours of water crossing for a 2 hour visit with my son...sounds good to me!
(((Avery))) :love:
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:29
I love making my own sushi...crab is good in them..avocado...strips of cucumber...must add wasabi to them! Love wasabi.
Just got done talking to my dad, he says he's in physical therapy so he can take mom and go home...he says he's quite sure they were trying to kill him today, the physical therapy just wore him out. LOL He sounds good though...still wish I could go home and take care of them. They'd probably hate me there though! LOLSO...they're both soon to be home....what a worry for you!!!! And how is "the woman" out there dealing? Ya think she's ok???
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:30
90-degree subject change - is your avatar from . . . that . . . silver . . . thing . . . Mantegna! That's the one I was thinking of! Is it from that?
I must pull that deck out and play the game again. I had fun with that.
Yes! It's on the cover of the Lo Scarabeo box and it's card #48. I've only played the memory game once. I think I'll loosen up the rules if I ever play it again. This is the only deck I like to keep in order. Wait... finishing the game puts it back in order. Needless to say I didn't get too far before running out of moves!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:30
From that guy who was wearing a turtle shell on his head? ;)
What was his name again? I was trying to find that photo of him online to show some Ravelers . . .
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:31
Brings six Strongbow to the table and a charming smile ? LOL :D
I'm always charming, my dear :P
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:32
90-degree subject change - is your avatar from . . . that . . . silver . . . thing . . . Mantegna! That's the one I was thinking of! Is it from that?
Kat...being....all ...coherent...and ....CRAP....LOL
So sorry...I'm soon to sleep :eek:
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:32
Grab the keys, Kat, we're road trippin to Canada. We know what he'll get, let's see what he'll give.... ;)
We'd all be darn near useless if we lived in the same town, eh? Life would be like one big CHEERS episode.
Cheers meets Sex & the City? LOL Totally agree!
How are we ever going to manage to visit all the peeps we have to? Now that I've got a whole new website full of friends to catch up with too. LOL
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 12:34
Well, he said his regular doctor said see him in his office in 10 days, so he should go home in 9 days or less...LOL! He didn't really know :) hehe
Tina seems to be okay, if somewhat...hard? I dunno...LOL She's watching mom and dad's dogs, etc...but seems very defiant/defensive maybe? Strange situation though, maybe she'd seem a little more normal in a normal situation :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:35
(((Avery))) :love:
Yeah, and (((TCO))) too!
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 12:36
You know, I keep thinking I ought to plan a trip to Australia. I mean, I know people in Melbourne, in Perth... it's not like I'd have to pay for accomodations.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:37
I have to admit I don't know who any of those bands are. :D
I like some sushi, other not so much. But when I lived in Hawaii we had this stuff called cone sushi, it was mixed with rice, and it was super good.
Queen of Disks
15-04-2011, 12:37
I feel better now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZ9HhHU86o
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 12:40
I have to admit I don't know who any of those bands are. :D
I like some sushi, other not so much. But when I lived in Hawaii we had this stuff called cone sushi, it was mixed with rice, and it was super good.
I love sushi but it needs to be made in front of you and preferable with fish from local waters :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:41
You know, I keep thinking I ought to plan a trip to Australia. I mean, I know people in Melbourne, in Perth... it's not like I'd have to pay for accomodations.
Just don't do it in summer time ;) it might well kill ya!
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 12:42
M'Lords & M'Ladies~~~~~
G'Night....'Tis been mega fun but I need to check out....
Have fun and don't destroy the pub, please?????
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 12:43
M'Lords & M'Ladies~~~~~
G'Night....'Tis been mega fun but I need to check out....
Have fun and don't destroy the pub, please?????
I made 'em I can wreak em ;)
OctavaSpera
15-04-2011, 12:45
Good night Stormy!
*runs from Mod wrecking pubs*
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 12:45
Just don't do it in summer time ;) it might well kill ya!
I don't know about that. Sometimes, in the middle of December, it's nice to fantasize about the weather being ridiculously hot.
On the other hand my ex-Canadian friend Patty living in Oz always books her trips home in August. I think it's because she can't handle Canada at any other time of the year anymore. :D
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:47
Cheers meets Sex & the City? LOL Totally agree!
How are we ever going to manage to visit all the peeps we have to? Now that I've got a whole new website full of friends to catch up with too. LOL
Well, you might just have to come for a season, that's all.
And he's Norbert LeBlanc, Kat.
http://wetravelon.net/pix/lafayette/cajun-hardhat.jpg
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:49
M'Lords & M'Ladies~~~~~
G'Night....'Tis been mega fun but I need to check out....
Have fun and don't destroy the pub, please?????
You're not the boss of us.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 12:50
Goodnight Stormy, sweet dreams :)
Ridiculously hot pretty much describes the summer, and humid too, if in Sydney or anywhere north of there.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:50
I don't know about that. Sometimes, in the middle of December, it's nice to fantasize about the weather being ridiculously hot.
On the other hand my ex-Canadian friend Patty living in Oz always books her trips home in August. I think it's because she can't handle Canada at any other time of the year anymore. :D
Yep, I'd be like your friend Patty. Nights here are now down around 8-9C and I'm cold enough, kthxbai. But if you went from December in Alberta to December in Perth, you'd be looking at sixty to eighty-degree (celcius!) difference - that's not healthy!
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 12:51
TCO sounds like your trip to Avery could be Stephen's Excellent Adventure. :) Surely you'll have your camera? I can't wait to hear about it.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 12:51
Well, you might just have to come for a season, that's all.
And he's Norbert LeBlanc, Kat.
That's him! What a sweetie :)
A whole season . . . that would be wonderful! *dreams happily*
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 12:55
Yep, I'd be like your friend Patty. Nights here are now down around 8-9C and I'm cold enough, kthxbai. But if you went from December in Alberta to December in Perth, you'd be looking at sixty to eighty-degree (celcius!) difference - that's not healthy!
Curse your logic! :P
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 13:06
I am wearing a late Qing dynasty hand embroided robe, and it feels good! I often wonder who wore it before me. I bought it from a "textile dealer" I bet she never thought I planned to wear it lol...most people hang them on walls behind glass...what waste I say!
I am sipping rum and watching Martial arts movies ... must make it an early night though!
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 13:10
Oh, I wanted to tell a story from Hubby.
He had a parcel put together for an online friend in California (I guess inspired by me) which he mailed this week. He paid for expresspost, and tracking, and carefully watched the progress of the package. Maybe you can explain it to him. I couldn't.
Edmonton ---> Calgary ---> Richmond, VA(???) ---> Vancouver, BC
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 13:12
Richmond is a major sorting centre. All my tracking in and out goes through there.
Lutestring
15-04-2011, 13:14
I am wearing a late Qing dynasty hand embroided robe, and it feels good! I often wonder who wore it before me. I bought it from a "textile dealer" I bet she never thought I planned to wear it lol...most people hang them on walls behind glass...what waste I say!
I totally agree with wearing ancient textiles, very carefully :) It must feel wonderful. I have an addiction to old textiles which my budget just doesn't allow for. I buy tiny scraps instead. I have a 4" bit of 18th century Italian embroidery that is on it's way to me in the post, from a textile dealer on ebay.
I've got to go now, need to sort out something with my bank, they have a computer glitch, again, and I think I'll have to go out to get some money over the counter at the bank, before the weekend.
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 13:14
Richmond is a major sorting centre. All my tracking in and out goes through there.
I'll give you that, but why back into Canada?
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 13:17
I am wearing a late Qing dynasty hand embroided robe, and it feels good! I often wonder who wore it before me. I bought it from a "textile dealer" I bet she never thought I planned to wear it lol...most people hang them on walls behind glass...what waste I say!
I am sipping rum and watching Martial arts movies ... must make it an early night though!
That Dos Equis guy (The Most Interesting Man In The World) has some competition.
Me, I'm in panties and a bathrobe that seriously shrunk so now it comes to mid-calf (curses! I HATE whan my robes shrink), mismatched black socks that belong to Kevin, one has a hole in the toe, and dollar store readers. I'm fixing to pop corn, and even Jimmy don't care. Ah well, it feels nice to schlep every once in a while.
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 13:19
I'll give you that, but why back into Canada?
I thought it was Richmond BC (VA) for Vancouver, then to Vacouver.. and then over the border, so if that is Virginia, I would hope/guess it is a tracking input typo within the system?
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 13:21
That Dos Equis guy (The Most Interesting Man In The World) has some competition.
Me, I'm in panties and a bathrobe that seriously shrunk so now it comes to mid-calf (curses! I HATE whan my robes shrink), mismatched black socks that belong to Kevin, one has a hole in the toe, and dollar store readers. I'm fixing to pop corn, and even Jimmy don't care. Ah well, it feels nice to schlep every once in a while.
Sounds comfy too! I do have bright blue furry slippers on.
NorthernTigress
15-04-2011, 13:21
I thought it was Richmond BC (VA) for Vancouver, then to Vacouver.. and then over the border, so if that is Virginia, I would hope/guess it is a tracking input typo within the system?
No, I asked him several times if it was Richmond, BC. He said no, definitely Richmond, VA.
Heading out. Work day in the morning and now that the Druidcraft trim is complete, I want to play a bit before I sleep.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 13:37
That Dos Equis guy (The Most Interesting Man In The World) has some competition.
Me, I'm in panties and a bathrobe that seriously shrunk so now it comes to mid-calf (curses! I HATE whan my robes shrink), mismatched black socks that belong to Kevin, one has a hole in the toe, and dollar store readers. I'm fixing to pop corn, and even Jimmy don't care. Ah well, it feels nice to schlep every once in a while.
ROFL what a lovely image! Me - this is what I'm wearing (the yellow on the right, I hate the orange) even though it's "casual Friday" and Fridays are my office day, I have to go out to site today so I had to wear site clothes. But while these guys just look like dorks, I look hot :P (but that's coz I'm not wearing a hard hat).
http://www.workwear.co.nz/images/products/product73l.jpg
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 13:39
Heading out. Work day in the morning and now that the Druidcraft trim is complete, I want to play a bit before I sleep.
See ya!
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 13:52
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5620509241_d83f9baee4.jpg
No hard hat for me Kat, so lets see you pull it off ;) }) I want to see you in overalls!
EDIT that is my new anitque rob, very old and I should not wear it but I love too!
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 14:00
Wow! Stephen, you look positively Imperial. Very handsome.
Kat, those guys look like they really mean business! What are those silver things on either side of their hardhats?
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 14:01
Wow! Stephen, you look positively Imperial. Very handsome.
Kat, those guys look like they really mean business! What are those silver things on either side of their hardhats?
I think they are ear protection?
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 14:04
I think they are ear protection?
And heeeere's my sign. :D A total "duh" moment.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 14:05
Sounds comfy too! I do have bright blue furry slippers on.
You're wearing an antique Chinese robe and furry slippers and I'm the gay one? Really?
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 14:08
You're wearing an antique Chinese robe and furry slippers and I'm the gay one? Really?
My taste in sexual partner has little correlation to my taste in clothes ;) To some degree I dress eccentrically to off set my "lumber-jack/ farmer "reputation, even among my fellow Canadians LOL... and I really like nice clothes...not sure why.
ANd I like to push my manhood ;) see what it can take.
Man am I in the mood to tear it up~! I must not.. but I am in the mood!
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 14:12
You're wearing an antique Chinese robe and furry slippers and I'm the gay one? Really?
Everyone is the house is sleeping, Zander, laughing out loud was not the thing to do. But it happened. They'll have to get over it.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 14:12
My taste in sexual partner has little correlation to my taste in clothes ;)
Tell that to my mother when she found those 6 inch sling-backs in my closet... :laugh:
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 14:15
Tell that to my mother when she found those 6 inch sling-backs in my closet... :laugh:
Now THAT'S something I'd hock jewelry to see.
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 14:16
Now THAT'S something I'd hock jewelry to see.
I do not know what sling backs are but if you will give up jewelry to see it, it must be worth seeing!
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 14:17
I do not know what sling backs are but if you will give up jewelry to see it, it must be worth seeing!
A few minutes have passed..think he's taking a photo? I'll bet he's got great gams.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 14:17
Now THAT'S something I'd hock jewelry to see.
Haha imagine? Nah, I'm very male. I'm wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed in a month and can count not one but 6 empty beer cans, at least three full of cigarette butts, on my desk alone. Maybe I'm bad at being gay :laugh:
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 14:26
Haha imagine? Nah, I'm very male. I'm wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed in a month and can count not one but 6 empty beer cans, at least three full of cigarette butts, on my desk alone. Maybe I'm bad at being gay :laugh:
This made me laugh! Maybe it is time for the other path young grasshopper?
I could be your guide LOL!
I like all ethnic clothing, as they tell a story... but of course a kilt and an ale to me is the perfect clothes.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 14:27
On that note, I'm taking a nap! See ya lata :)
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 14:27
Haha imagine? Nah, I'm very male. I'm wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed in a month and can count not one but 6 empty beer cans, at least three full of cigarette butts, on my desk alone. Maybe I'm bad at being gay :laugh:
I remember your profile pic. You look very handsome and guyish in a Jason Priestly 21 Jump Street sort of way. :) All our male riders are handsome. We know how to grow em. :)
I'm off, y'all. Work tomorrow.
Carry on, carry on.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 14:58
No hard hat for me Kat, so lets see you pull it off ;) }) I want to see you in overalls!haha, you are evil!! But no overalls for me - maybe a French maid's outfit, if you're lucky?
I bolted from the office for lunch, down to the pub a couple of blocks away. Am just finishing my pint of cider.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 15:00
I remember your profile pic. You look very handsome and guyish in a Jason Priestly 21 Jump Street sort of way. :) All our male riders are handsome. We know how to grow em. :)
I'm off, y'all. Work tomorrow.
Carry on, carry on.
See ya babe!
Hey zan, nearly pee'd myself at your quip about TCO's wardrobe!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 15:03
Haha imagine? Nah, I'm very male. I'm wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed in a month and can count not one but 6 empty beer cans, at least three full of cigarette butts, on my desk alone. Maybe I'm bad at being gay :laugh:
That's it. Invitation to come live in Perth is hereby revoked. You're smoking again????
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 15:04
That's it. Invitation to come live in Perth is hereby revoked. You're smoking again????
I noted the smoking too!
Seems out of character for such a smart man.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 15:08
I noted the smoking too!
Seems out of character for such a smart man.
Total agree - but he does have that self-destructive, devil-may-care thing goin on...
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 15:12
Like my love of expensive alcohol?... make that quality. :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 15:16
Like my love of expensive alcohol?... make that quality. :)Yeah, just like that :P
Right, got to get out to site. I'll check in later!
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 15:18
Yeah, just like that :P
Right, got to get out to site. I'll check in later!
HAve a wonderful night!
The crowned one
15-04-2011, 16:47
I am going to leave the key here on the hand polished oak bar.... I am off to bed.
*Gives a little wave*
Anybody still here?
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 18:11
That's it. Invitation to come live in Perth is hereby revoked. You're smoking again????
Yeah, yeah. We've had more than 1000 earthquakes over M5.0 in the last month. You'd be rattled into doing something nerve-calmingly stupid, too.
I keep telling myself I'll stop again once this is all settled. No noticeable quakes today so far, so that's a start :P
Meanwhile, you're a geo something or other. Next time you're Earth-whispering, tell it it's a douche for me.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 18:14
Here, read this and tell me you wouldn't need a vice: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110413004603.htm
Hi Zan,
You still on your long break between classes? Glad to hear of no earthquakes so far today.
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 18:18
Hiya Flaxen. Just finishing up the break. About to pop on into the shower and head off after that.
Be good!
Enjoy your last class of the day. :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 18:35
I'm sort of about . . . just sitting at the spinning wheel and spinning my bright pink and black giant fun yarn!
I had a go at spinning at a country fair - I found it quite relaxing and strangely meditative. Been thinking about getting a spinning wheel ever since but I don't knit so would have no use for the yarn afterwards. :)
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 19:13
Yayyyyy!!! My earthquake-month paycheck just came in and it's enough to survive for the month!! I'm SO relieved!
Zan's gettin' drunk tonight! :D :D
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 19:32
Yayyyyy!!! My earthquake-month paycheck just came in and it's enough to survive for the month!! I'm SO relieved!
Zan's gettin' drunk tonight! :D :D
:party: :party: :party:
I see Tokyo Disney reopened... that's good for you??
Yayyyyy!!! My earthquake-month paycheck just came in and it's enough to survive for the month!! I'm SO relieved!
Zan's gettin' drunk tonight! :D :D
Great news!
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 19:35
Yayyyyy!!! My earthquake-month paycheck just came in and it's enough to survive for the month!! I'm SO relieved!
Zan's gettin' drunk tonight! :D :D
:laugh: *shakes head* You go for it!
Good Morning! I'm sitting here staring at my state income tax forms that need filled out and mailed today. I owe them money this year and wasn't in any hurry to get it done. It's pretty simple, though. There's what I got paid, what they took out and the difference that I still owe. I just hate doing it. *shrugs*
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 19:50
:party: :party: :party:
I see Tokyo Disney reopened... that's good for you??
Good Morning, RM. What's your plan for the day?
Good Morning! I'm sitting here staring at my state income tax forms that need filled out and mailed today. I owe them money this year and wasn't in any hurry to get it done. It's pretty simple, though. There's what I got paid, what they took out and the difference that I still owe. I just hate doing it. *shrugs*
Eurgh! I hate filling out official forms but they are a necessary evil I suppose.
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 20:01
Eurgh! I hate filling out official forms but they are a necessary evil I suppose.
:laugh: I know! It might take me all of 20 minutes, including writing the check and addressing the envelope, yet here it sits! I think I'll get another cup of coffee, first....make sure I'm fully awake! ;)
Oh, the heats on, maybe a shower, too! :D
I'm the queen of procrastination when it comes to paperwork. :D It's amazing how many other things I can suddenly find to do...
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 20:21
Okay, shower is done, bagel is in the toaster...I need fortification/nutrition first! :D
I hate paperwork/filling out forms, thankfully there's not alot involved in my work!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 20:22
I had a go at spinning at a country fair - I found it quite relaxing and strangely meditative. Been thinking about getting a spinning wheel ever since but I don't knit so would have no use for the yarn afterwards. :)
If you have knitting friends you could trade your yarn for their knitting services?
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 20:29
If you have knitting friends you could trade your yarn for their knitting services?
And learning to knit isn't that hard, either. Or crochet.
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 20:29
Hi Blue, Hi Flax!! Hi Thor! congrats on the new blog!
TGIF!!!! :D :D :D
I just saw a beautiful sunrise, the sea is like a millpond (I'm hoping that will last into Sat so I can go kayaking), the birdies are chirping... the seaplane is revving its engines... it's a lovely morning in the tropics!
I'm happy it's Friday, I'm hoping my power bill will be in the mail today so I can kill two birds with that one proverbial stone... file taxes and pay the power bill. Both are in the same area -- with gas at the $4 a gal mark, I'm trying to stretch a tank of gas as far as I can. I have other things I'd rather spend $$ on!!! However, if the power bill isn't in the mail today, there's always Monday (last day to file taxes)... oh, life is filled with adventure!!!! ROFL!!! :D (yes, I NEED TO GET A LIFE!!!!! ROFL)
and what's up with you??? good weekend plans???
And learning to knit isn't that hard, either. Or crochet.
Yes, I know but I really need someone to show me. I can't learn craft from a book - I've tried. I need to see someone do it before I can master it myself. I'd have to see if there is a knitting circle nearby.
and what's up with you??? good weekend plans???
Well, this weekend hubby and I will be planning what we want to do on our few days off together. I think we will spend some time with his family, travelling around the north visiting stately homes and popping to one of my favourite UK towns - Whitby! The place where the BG should be read with, in the ruins of the Abbey. :)
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 20:35
Yes, I know but I really need someone to show me. I can't learn craft from a book - I've tried. I need to see someone do it before I can master it myself. I'd have to see if there is a knitting circle nearby.
Oh yes, a knitting circle would be an excellent idea. It's one of those crafts that are very relaxing, once you get the hang of it. I know they have youtube videos of it, as well.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 20:37
I'm the queen of procrastination when it comes to paperwork. :D It's amazing how many other things I can suddenly find to do...
I so hear you there. I'll even not deposit cheques because it's too bloody hard to put them in an envelope with a note and signature :rolleyes:
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 20:39
I so hear you there. I'll even not deposit cheques because it's too bloody hard to put them in an envelope with a note and signature :rolleyes:
90% of mine are direct deposit! Just one quick phone call to make sure they're there before I go spend them....I mean pay bills..... :D
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 20:41
Hi Blue, Hi Flax!! Hi Thor! congrats on the new blog!
TGIF!!!! :D :D :D
I just saw a beautiful sunrise, the sea is like a millpond (I'm hoping that will last into Sat so I can go kayaking), the birdies are chirping... the seaplane is revving its engines... it's a lovely morning in the tropics!
I'm happy it's Friday, I'm hoping my power bill will be in the mail today so I can kill two birds with that one proverbial stone... file taxes and pay the power bill. Both are in the same area -- with gas at the $4 a gal mark, I'm trying to stretch a tank of gas as far as I can. I have other things I'd rather spend $$ on!!! However, if the power bill isn't in the mail today, there's always Monday (last day to file taxes)... oh, life is filled with adventure!!!! ROFL!!! :D (yes, I NEED TO GET A LIFE!!!!! ROFL)
and what's up with you??? good weekend plans???
Hi, and thanks! Um, where in the tropics are you? Last time I checked, I thought the Rhine was in a temperate climate - or am I showing my cluelessness?
Hanging out tomorrow with some fellow knitters to put some packages together for people in Japan, so I'm looking forward to that! Also a "date" with the boytoy, tho we're not sure yet what we'll do. We're oging ot the zoo on Sunday, which will be lovely. And tonight, I've got the night all to myself, and I thought I'd be tangled up with himself all night! I'm making the most of it and spinning for all I'm worth!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 20:42
Yes, I know but I really need someone to show me. I can't learn craft from a book - I've tried. I need to see someone do it before I can master it myself. I'd have to see if there is a knitting circle nearby.
If you join Ravelry, I'm sure you'd find a local group :) (and I'm thorhammer there too, so you'd have at least one friend - and Pathwalker is there as well :))
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 20:44
90% of mine are direct deposit! Just one quick phone call to make sure they're there before I go spend them....I mean pay bills..... :D
yeah, me too, which just makes me resent the cheques all the more! I got one from Telstra the other day, and while I'm very pleased that they sent me money (unsolicited, no less!) it's still a PITA to try and actually GET it, you know? :laugh:
I so hear you there. I'll even not deposit cheques because it's too bloody hard to put them in an envelope with a note and signature :rolleyes:
:D My husband despairs of my inability to use vouchers I'm given as gifts before they expire. He has to wave them at me and stick them in my purse before we go shopping. I'm forced to spend them. lol
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 20:45
Hi Blue, Hi Flax!! Hi Thor! congrats on the new blog!
TGIF!!!! :D :D :D
I just saw a beautiful sunrise, the sea is like a millpond (I'm hoping that will last into Sat so I can go kayaking), the birdies are chirping... the seaplane is revving its engines... it's a lovely morning in the tropics!
I'm happy it's Friday, I'm hoping my power bill will be in the mail today so I can kill two birds with that one proverbial stone... file taxes and pay the power bill. Both are in the same area -- with gas at the $4 a gal mark, I'm trying to stretch a tank of gas as far as I can. I have other things I'd rather spend $$ on!!! However, if the power bill isn't in the mail today, there's always Monday (last day to file taxes)... oh, life is filled with adventure!!!! ROFL!!! :D (yes, I NEED TO GET A LIFE!!!!! ROFL)
and what's up with you??? good weekend plans???
Gas is up to $4 here, as well. I forgot the fed tax deadline has an extension this year, state is due(postmarked) today.
I don't know, living in the tropics would be pretty awesome!
I'd love to go and learn kayaking, but here it'd be down the river.
My weekend is work today and tomorrow, then laundry and cleaning on my day off. :( The forecast is for rain, so I can't get out in the garden, which is still too wet. Talk about needing to get a life.....
If you join Ravelry, I'm sure you'd find a local group :) (and I'm thorhammer there too, so you'd have at least one friend - and Pathwalker is there as well :))
Is it a forum?
Rhinemaiden
15-04-2011, 20:58
Thor... I'm an opera lover (Wagner/Ring Cycle)... but when I'm not guarding the gold in the Rhine, I live on an island in the Caribbean... where I'm a mystery writer with a day job at a marina... (rule #1: NEVER quit your day job)
Flax... what a lovely weekend you have planned! BG??? help me out...
Blue... learning to kayak on a river would be ideal.... give it a shot when your weather warms... kayaking is MUCH easier than canoeing (at least *I* think so!)
ah, my pretties, must hop my broom and fly into the day! anon!! :D
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 20:59
Is it a forum?
Part of it is - but it's also a very powerful pattern database/library, yarn database and, I guess, social networking site. It's fantastic, and HUGE. Just google it and you'll find it no worries :)
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 21:01
Blue... learning to kayak on a river would be ideal.... give it a shot when your weather warms... kayaking is MUCH easier than canoeing (at least *I* think so!)
ah, my pretties, must hop my broom and fly into the day! anon!! :D
Well, it should be a piece of cake, then! I grew up canoeing, and tubing down the river. I'll just have to remember there's a paddle portion on both ends of the paddle!
Have yourself a great day!
Flax... what a lovely weekend you have planned! BG??? help me out...
Why, the notorious Bohemian Gothic of course. :) Whitby is supposed to be the place that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula.
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 21:23
Good morning, all. I'm sitting here trying to come up with an inspired idea of what to do at the Tarot Circle meetup tonight; I'm the leader for the next few meetings. Can't do the same thing at tonight's meeting as I do Monday as one or two of the same people may turn up, although they are in slightly different geographic locations.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 21:25
Gyah, the cravings! I'm trying to slow down on the sugar these days, and I'm noticing that I really crave something sweet in the afternoon, as well as after dinner. I'll let myself have a cup of tea, but that's it. Normally I'd be after ice cream or milo or tim-tams . . . no more! But it's not easy - I totally slipped the first couple of days, without even realising!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 21:26
Good morning, all. I'm sitting here trying to come up with an inspired idea of what to do at the Tarot Circle meetup tonight; I'm the leader for the next few meetings. Can't do the same thing at tonight's meeting as I do Monday as one or two of the same people may turn up, although they are in slightly different geographic locations.
Read for famous/historial/fictional people? I always enjoyed doing that . . .
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 21:27
G'Morning Mellaenn! What types of things do you usually do?
Gyah, the cravings! I'm trying to slow down on the sugar these days, and I'm noticing that I really crave something sweet in the afternoon, as well as after dinner. I'll let myself have a cup of tea, but that's it. Normally I'd be after ice cream or milo or tim-tams . . . no more! But it's not easy - I totally slipped the first couple of days, without even realising!
You've my sympathy. It's so difficult sticking to a new diet. My doctor has asked me to follow a low-gi diet for 3 months and it's been pretty tough. Some of my food habits are so ingrained. Tea has to come with biscuits...
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 21:28
G'morning all :) Just another day of homework here... fun fun! LOL
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 21:29
Gyah, the cravings! I'm trying to slow down on the sugar these days, and I'm noticing that I really crave something sweet in the afternoon, as well as after dinner. I'll let myself have a cup of tea, but that's it. Normally I'd be after ice cream or milo or tim-tams . . . no more! But it's not easy - I totally slipped the first couple of days, without even realising!
How about a bag of hard candies? A few of them wouldn't be too bad, and they'd last a while!
Good morning, all. I'm sitting here trying to come up with an inspired idea of what to do at the Tarot Circle meetup tonight; I'm the leader for the next few meetings. Can't do the same thing at tonight's meeting as I do Monday as one or two of the same people may turn up, although they are in slightly different geographic locations.
Have you looked through the ISG threads? There are some great ideas there. :)
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 21:30
G'morning all :) Just another day of homework here... fun fun! LOL
G'Morning Yira! Get after it! :D
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 21:30
One ISG I *really* liked was the storytelling one of a few weeks back....
ETA --- Here: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=153087
One ISG I *really* liked was the storytelling one of a few weeks back....
ETA --- Here: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=153087
Yes, that was a good one. :)
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 21:38
G'Morning Yira! Get after it! :D
Hehe, I will be! I have to watch Elaina for a couple hours this morning but that shouldn't be too bad...just turn her loose in the living room while I do homework. Maybe running after her a bit but, it's fairly easy to babyproof the living room (blocking off AV stand w/coffee table, dog gate across kitchen entry) so it won't matter if she just does her thing...
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 21:43
How about a bag of hard candies? A few of them wouldn't be too bad, and they'd last a while!
Dear god no! LOL I've got teeth like diamonds (luckily) and I'd sit and chomp through the entire bag in one go, no matter how hard they were. A cup of tea does stave off the need effectively - it's just that when it hits me, it hits with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer and I Need All The Sweet Things NAO!!!! When really just a cup of tea with my normal small teaspoon of sugar will do the trick, LOL!
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 21:49
Great ideas, everyone! Actually, for tonight I was inspired by the fact that the Readers Studio is coming up, so I'm going to do a sort of show-and-tell about what goes on there (sadly, I won't be there this year :( ) and some exercises that I learned from the Amberstones and presenters they have had at the RS meetings I did attend.
But I will check out that ISG thread; that sounds like a great idea for the Monday evening Tarot Circle.
Thor, I am totally a slave to sugar myself. I find I literally have to refuse to have anything in the house, although sugar-free gelatin is a big treat around here when we're watching our diet. :) PS -so GOOD to see you again; you were "thorly" missed. :grin:
Saturness
15-04-2011, 21:50
Good morning!
(no, I don't want to be ignored, LOL!)
No coffee this morning because... the machine was BROKEN! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/d33561e9.gif
Oh well. I will have tea instead.
How are you today? What are the news???
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 21:52
{Back from reading the ISG story-telling thread}
Ooooh! Me like!!!! :thumbsup:
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 21:56
Good morning!
(no, I don't want to be ignored, LOL!)
No coffee this morning because... the machine was BROKEN! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/d33561e9.gif
Oh well. I will have tea instead.
How are you today? What are the news???
*kicks stupid coffee machine*
(((Marina))) Tea is good!(repeat 10 times) :D
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 21:56
Thor, I am totally a slave to sugar myself. I find I literally have to refuse to have anything in the house, although sugar-free gelatin is a big treat around here when we're watching our diet. :) PS -so GOOD to see you again; you were "thorly" missed. :grin:Yep, I'm rapidly getting to the point where I need to stop buying sugary treats.
And thanks - great pun :P
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 21:58
Good morning!
(no, I don't want to be ignored, LOL!)
No coffee this morning because... the machine was BROKEN! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/d33561e9.gif
Oh well. I will have tea instead.
How are you today? What are the news???
We would never, ever, ever want to ignore you, sweetie!
For me the news is all about Justice; despite my efforts to keep a Very Low Profile, I'm going to court next week with Joe for his divorce. His soon-to-be ex and her avaricious lawyer think Joe's hiding money. (He's not) There should be a subpoena at my door any moment. Blehhhh....
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 21:59
It's over! This week is over! :D :D
Now I'm just waiting for my buddy Martin to finish his class and off a-drinking we go. And then tomorrow shall be a sleep marathon!
How's everyone? Morning, Westerners! :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 22:03
Good morning!
(no, I don't want to be ignored, LOL!)
No coffee this morning because... the machine was BROKEN! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/d33561e9.gif
Oh well. I will have tea instead.
How are you today? What are the news???
Hey honey, we will be sisters in tea!
No news, the week is over and I'm chillin at home. Gots to get up off the couch in a sec and do some spinning, but The Maggot is so comfy I'd feel horrible disturbing her!
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 22:03
It's over! This week is over! :D :D
Now I'm just waiting for my buddy Martin to finish his class and off a-drinking we go. And then tomorrow shall be a sleep marathon!
How's everyone? Morning, Westerners! :)
Yay for your week being over!
Have Fun tonight!
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 22:03
Y'all can just send all those sugary treats my way. Breakfast this morning will be a few of those chocolate covered marshmallow easter eggs.
My world is a happier place with sugar, and I cannot undermine my own community. When you look out my front door, you see a field full of sugar cane. :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 22:04
It's over! This week is over! :D :D
Now I'm just waiting for my buddy Martin to finish his class and off a-drinking we go. And then tomorrow shall be a sleep marathon!
How's everyone? Morning, Westerners! :)
Hey you :) I'm well, missing you! You're very much the drive-by poster these days!
Saturness
15-04-2011, 22:04
We would never, ever, ever want to ignore you, sweetie!
For me the news is all about Justice; despite my efforts to keep a Very Low Profile, I'm going to court next week with Joe for his divorce. His soon-to-be ex and her avaricious lawyer think Joe's hiding money. (He's not) There should be a subpoena at my door any moment. Blehhhh....
Awww! That's horrible Mell! Some people really forget all their history together when it comes to money, don't they? I find this so disgusting!
*kicks stupid coffee machine*
(((Marina))) Tea is good!(repeat 10 times) :D
Tea is good, but I wish I had decent cookies to go with it! ;)
And I FOUND my old AT account! I joined in 2001! I am actually a very old member, lol! LOOK (http://www.tarotforum.net/member.php?u=829). That's SOOOO embarrassing... but it is a part of my history.... lol! :laugh:
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 22:04
My week is just beginning.
Saturness
15-04-2011, 22:06
Hey honey, we will be sisters in tea!
No news, the week is over and I'm chillin at home. Gots to get up off the couch in a sec and do some spinning, but The Maggot is so comfy I'd feel horrible disturbing her!
Sisters in tea!!!! *is so happy*
I wish I was in my warm and comfy bed right now! Having tea, reading some cards, relaxing... not having my boss to show up suddenly and scare the crap out of me (like he just did)!
*waves from sunny Berea, Ohio*
Sorry I haven't been around much - been doing *stuff*. And am now visiting the family.
Doggies, niece & nephew FTW!!!
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 22:07
Hey you :) I'm well, missing you! You're very much the drive-by poster these days!
Argh, I know, I know. Between working so much and having my Internet down, it's been tough to find the time and/or motivation to do so much iPhone typing :laugh:
How you? Sounds like you're spinning away :)
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 22:09
My week is just beginning.
(((((MM))))) Sucky. You got to work weekends?
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 22:10
Sisters in tea!!!! *is so happy*
I wish I was in my warm and comfy bed right now! Having tea, reading some cards, relaxing... not having my boss to show up suddenly and scare the crap out of me (like he just did)!
OMG - mine did that to me today too! Well he's not really my boss but very much my superior - he snuck up behind me and said my (full) name really loudly and suddenly - I squealed like a girl and jumped a mile!
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 22:11
For me the news is all about Justice; despite my efforts to keep a Very Low Profile, I'm going to court next week with Joe for his divorce. His soon-to-be ex and her avaricious lawyer think Joe's hiding money. (He's not) There should be a subpoena at my door any moment. Blehhhh....
Put together a pouch of crystals for this!
It is so unfair. My husband's ex used to haul him to court yearly for child support income increases(Social Security Disability and my income). Neither of which she was entitled to.
Saturness
15-04-2011, 22:12
OMG - mine did that to me today too! Well he's not really my boss but very much my superior - he snuck up behind me and said my (full) name really loudly and suddenly - I squealed like a girl and jumped a mile!
Yep. My problem is that I sit with my back to the door, so I only know he is here when he calls me or one of my co-workers with his baritone voice or when he sneaks up behind me to talk about the ebooks.
Argh! I'm constantly nearly having heart attacks! LOL! :joke:
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 22:12
Argh, I know, I know. Between working so much and having my Internet down, it's been tough to find the time and/or motivation to do so much iPhone typing :laugh:
How you? Sounds like you're spinning away :)
yeah, the iPhone is wonderful but long posts just aren't fun, are they?
I'm well, tired but glad of the weekend. Lots to do this weekend and I'm really looking forward to hanging out with the knitters tomorrow doing the Japan packages. I knitted three things for it, and found lots of other little goodies!
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:13
Hi, shalyn, MM and Zan! Let's see, I don't think I said "morning" to Blue or Flaxen, either. {waves}
MM - I LOVED those pretty pix of rocks you posted yesterday! I have my little lovelies that you gave me last year at RS right here on my desk... {smiles at good memories}
Oh my. Stop posting for a while and Thorhammer shows up!
Nice to see you again!!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 22:14
Oh my. Stop posting for a while and Thorhammer shows up!
Nice to see you again!!
don't worry - I only turned up again a day or two ago! Hi yourself!
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:14
you were "thorly" missed. :grin:OMG :bugeyed:
I need coffee...
Helloooooo~~~~
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 22:15
Hey Blue -- at Sav A Lot...whipped cream cheeses to go on toast etc...Cinnamon and Brown Sugar...Strawberry..and Garden Veggie...in the yogurt/cheese/butter area... (Coburn Farms label) In little tubs like mini tubs of butter....I had a slice of toast with the Cinnamon and Brown Sugar last night, it was pretty good, and not overly sweet.
Thought you'd be interested LOL
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 22:16
....I'm sitting here staring at my state income tax forms that need filled out and mailed today. I owe them money this year and wasn't in any hurry to get it done. It's pretty simple, though. There's what I got paid, what they took out and the difference that I still owe. I just hate doing it. *shrugs*
Ha! It's not due till Monday! I didn't get one of the booklets in the mail, so I looked it up online...... :D
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:17
And I FOUND my old AT account! I joined in 2001! I am actually a very old member, lol! LOOK (http://www.tarotforum.net/member.php?u=829). That's SOOOO embarrassing... but it is a part of my history.... lol! :laugh:I'm looking forward to checking this out tonight :D How old were you when you joined?
Heading off for a bit to have some lunch.
See you all later. :)
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:18
It's over! This week is over! :D :D !!! YAY !!! And a SWEET paycheck too :party:
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:18
Put together a pouch of crystals for this!
It is so unfair. My husband's ex used to haul him to court yearly for child support income increases(Social Security Disability and my income). Neither of which she was entitled to.
This is a good idea and actually, I'm already perusing my crystal collection.
I am just trying to see this in the highest light possible; and I do pray for her highest good. It's not easy, but doing it on a daily basis gets me in tune with her vibration (we are, after all, One, so she is me, right?)
This is a hard lesson for me, because her caustic defamation of character that she has aimed at Joe over the past year has put a huge strain on his career (and thereby my career). We are frankly ready for the whole thing to be over and start attracting positive things into our lives again.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:19
Heading off for a bit to have some lunch.
See you all later. :)Byeee???
I'm getting better at the time zone thing, but the EU still puzzles me.
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:20
I'm looking forward to checking this out tonight :D How old were you when you joined?
Hi, Stormy.
Yeah, Marina, you must have been, like 10?
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:21
This is a hard lesson for me, because her caustic defamation of character that she has aimed at Joe over the past year has put a huge strain on his career (and thereby my career). We are frankly ready for the whole thing to be over and start attracting positive things into our lives again.(((Mel & Joe))) I'm confused about why YOU are going to court.
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 22:25
Morning everyone.
how is everyone?
Hope everyone has a good day.
Today I only work half a day and is payday too :D
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 22:25
Byeee???
I'm getting better at the time zone thing, but the EU still puzzles me.
G'Morning Stormy! We're here at the same time in the morning for a change! :D I'm only here for about 15 more minutes, though.
Saturness
15-04-2011, 22:27
I'm looking forward to checking this out tonight :D How old were you when you joined?
Hi, Stormy.
Yeah, Marina, you must have been, like 10?
I was 13 years old! ;)
That was 10 years ago, now I'm 23. 10 years of tarot! Wow!
My old posts were so stupid... but then again, so was I, lol!
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 22:27
Morning everyone.
how is everyone?
Hope everyone has a good day.
Today I only work half a day and is payday too :D
G'Morning kale! Paydays are good days, yes? Today is my payday for all that overtime last week! :D Time to go shopping!
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:27
(((Mel & Joe))) I'm confused about why YOU are going to court.
Show me the money, honey! I book all of his appointments and process the payments, ergo, they are assuming that I know how much money he makes.
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:29
Morning everyone.
how is everyone?
Hope everyone has a good day.
Today I only work half a day and is payday too :D
Hi, there! Yay for Friday/half day/ pay day!!!
kaleanna
15-04-2011, 22:30
G'Morning kale! Paydays are good days, yes? Today is my payday for all that overtime last week! :D Time to go shopping!
Hiya Blue,
Yes paydays are good.
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:31
I was 13 years old! ;)
That was 10 years ago, now I'm 23. 10 years of tarot! Wow!
My old posts were so stupid... but then again, so was I, lol!
I doubt that your posts were stupid. But think of all of us who post some goofy stuff and we are (way older than) 13? :grin: What's our excuse, hmmmmm?
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:33
I was 13 years old! ;)
That was 10 years ago, now I'm 23. 10 years of tarot! Wow!
ROTF....I was thinking you were in your late 20's...AND I was thinking 2001 was 20 years ago...:rolleyes:
Yes, I work in an accounting office, and NO, I don't do the accounting!
***sigh***
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:34
G'Morning Stormy! We're here at the same time in the morning for a change! :D I'm only here for about 15 more minutes, though.***sob*** I have to shower and get ready at some point, unless someone wants to adopt me into a life of leisure???
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:36
Show me the money, honey! I book all of his appointments and process the payments, ergo, they are assuming that I know how much money he makes.OH...do YOU have a lawyer? Ya might think about that?
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:37
Hiya Blue,
Yes paydays are good.G'Morning Kaleanna and YAY for 1/2 days. Once summer starts we'll be working 4 10 hr days and getting Fridays off :party:
Mellaenn
15-04-2011, 22:38
I wish I could afford for all of us to be a Merry Band of Tarot Lovers and travel the globe going to see one pubster after another! :) Think I can use the Law of Attraction to make that one happen?
Anyway, I've got some chores to do, then off to Tai Chi. Later, gators!
Saturness
15-04-2011, 22:39
I doubt that your posts were stupid. But think of all of us who post some goofy stuff and we are (way older than) 13? :grin: What's our excuse, hmmmmm?
Hum... I wasn't stupid, but my ideas regarding tarot were quite different, I was a bit more dogmatic about what was 'right' and 'wrong'! I believed more in the unseen and wasn't so cynical. I also had about 1/10 of the sarcasm I have nowadays - and if it keeps going like that I think that in 10 years I'll be Dr. House, lol!
We change! :P
ROTF....I was thinking you were in your late 20's...AND I was thinking 2001 was 20 years ago...:rolleyes:
Yes, I work in an accounting office, and NO, I don't do the accounting!
***sigh***
LOL! :joke:
It's ok Stormy! ;) My brain can't do math so I don't blame you at all!
BlueDragonfly
15-04-2011, 22:41
Okay, I'm off and running for the day! Have a great one! :)
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 22:41
Just talked to Joe on the phone♥♥♥ He sounds good. They moved him last night, so his change of address is in my profile, very bottom. Just add his name/number, PM me if you don't have that and need it.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:43
Just talked to Joe on the phone♥♥♥ He sounds good. They moved him last night, so his change of address is in my profile, very bottom. Just add his name/number, PM me if you don't have that and need it.I'm sure this is all a relief to hear his voice! Is this move another temporary thing? AND...is the ankle biter there yet? (((Elaina)))
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 22:44
Okay, I'm off and running for the day! Have a great one! :)CRAP...that means I need to shower :(
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 22:46
Hehe, no ankle-biter/cookie-cruncher/curtain-climber yet...soon though!
This is kinda permanent, although they say at the support forum sometimes they stay in one place for the duration of their 'stay' other times they move them every other month for no known reason, so it's hard to say. That's why I just put it in my profile - if you all are going to be so kind to write him, I'll make sure it's up to date at all times, so you all can find him :)
Saturness
15-04-2011, 22:46
Just talked to Joe on the phone♥♥♥ He sounds good. They moved him last night, so his change of address is in my profile, very bottom. Just add his name/number, PM me if you don't have that and need it.
YAY!
Super great news!
http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/074.gif
I'm glad he was well - or sounding well! ♥♥♥ Keep us updated!
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 22:50
Hehe, I like your little pictures lately, Marina :) And your avatar!
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 22:52
Caught up!
Wondering if anything good will arrive in the mail today. It's Friday!
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 22:54
G'morning Cardlady! Friday is good :) hehe
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 22:55
Hi Mell! I'm oh-so sorry to hear about court, after those two years of hell in Shreveport, I get nervous and anxiety ridden any time I have to go to a courthouse, even if iI know it's nothing serious.
I can't quit thinking about how I'm missing the RS this year. Has it really been a year? So when are you coming to dig, Mell? ;) You know if we do it this summer we're going to be like ants under a magnifying glass. Nonetheless, I've never been so eager to burn. :)
Speaking of stones, I got a surprise in the mail yesterday from Minrice. It's a round, faceted garnet the size of a dang golf ball!! I almost keeled over! It's SO gorgeous! I sent her a citrine point a year or so ago that she loved. It was the prettiest one I'd ever seen, and it wanted to be hers (maybe because she herself is so stunning). The garnet was an "I'm still in love with the citrine, thank you so much" gift. I have to say it was more than a fair exchange. This gem is GAW-jus! I just love AT people, never a finer bunch!
Kat, I work from friday to monday. Not a bad work week, really. Sometimes I hate working weekends, but all we're talking about is money. I go in at 9, and we open doors at 11 and close at 2, and I'd be embarrassed to tell y'all how much money I'm making in tips these days. We have a bus tour that comes in on saturdays and it's usually about 50 people. On a group that large there is a gratuity added, and the money is crazy good. So why not work, especially since my dearest has been home for 5 months now. :( The scales always seem to balance, don't they? Trisha Beth (my daughter) will be coming to work with me saturday, picking up shifts in the summer when we need an extra or two for big parties. SHe'll make more money there in one day than she's making all week at her tutoring job, and she'll need the cash since no one has a need for a tutor in the summer.
And did I tell you that she got a job (sort of an internship) at the zoo this summer? We went to a mother-daughter tea for her sorority last weekend. I was so proud of her. She gets more beautiful, more capable, more grown every day.
Levi has prom saturday. Which means he won't smile again until at least sunday.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 22:56
***sob*** I have to shower and get ready at some point, unless someone wants to adopt me into a life of leisure???
I don't know about a life of leisure, but we can "Thelma and Louise" it any time you're ready.
It's better to burn out than fade away, right?
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 23:00
Yira,
I didn't know Joe wanted mail. I'll be happy to write him from time to time. Can he have packages of any type?
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 23:06
I can't quit thinking about how I'm missing the RS this year. :(
And did I tell you that she got a job (sort of an intership) at the zoo this summer? We went to a mother-daughter tea for her sorority last weekend. I was so proud of her. She gets more beautiful, more capable, more grown every day.
Levi has prom saturday. Which means he won't smile again until at least sunday.Sounds like your kids are doing GREAT!!! um...but I don't get the "not smiling" thing...???
***sits patiently waiting for pictures of the "Gift"***
Saturness
15-04-2011, 23:09
Hi Cardlady!!!! :love: How are today?
Hehe, I like your little pictures lately, Marina :) And your avatar!
Thank you!
The little 'thingie' in my avatar is a creature "Onion Head". I found him to be as moody and as dramatic as I and that's why I use his little emoticons. :P
yirabeth
15-04-2011, 23:10
Hey MM :) Yeah, Joe is open to pen pals of all sorts, he feels really cut off from the world :) Can't say as though I blame him...
Packages are more difficult -- he can't have any personal ones, they have to come directly from amazon.com (approved vendor) and, as he told me this morning, they won't say who they came from. (No receipts etc) He told me a couple packages he'd gotten, I matched that up with who told me what they sent, and sent his gratitude and thanks along LOL
He also says, it's not necessary to send him stuff, although he appreciates and loves what he has gotten. (I concur) What he wants most is connection with the outside world. So he feels like he still exists. Someone here sent him postcards, of the 'natural world' as well as other stuff (that's what he said, dunno what they were pictures of) and he put them in a photo album and looks at them every day when he looks at pictures of Elaina etc :)
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 23:11
:(
Sounds like your kids are doing GREAT!!! um...but I don't get the "not smiling" thing...???
I have to laugh when I think about it,,,a year ago, all he wanted was her. He would do ANYTHING, go anywhere, move mountains if only she would be his lady love. but she is a social butterfly, and he is SOO not.
Now he's living in dread because she wants to go to prom. He'll do it, but he ain't a-gonna like it.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 23:13
MM, have you seen this activity?
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=155701
Anyone else (who hasn't signed on yet) is welcome!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 23:13
I can't quit thinking about how I'm missing the RS this year. Has it really been a year? Crazy, isn't it? On the one hand, it feels like only yesterday (particularly my memories of sitting in our pj's in your front doorway, drinking tea and watching the squirrels . . .) and on the other, it seems a lifetime away. If we can make another trip happen, girl, I will be in heaven :)Speaking of stones, I got a surprise in the mail yesterday from Minrice. It's a round, faceted garnet the size of a dang golf ball!! I almost keeled over! It's SO gorgeous! I sent her a citrine point a year or so ago that she loved. It was the prettiest one I'd ever seen, and it wanted to be hers (maybe because she herself is so stunning). The garnet was an "I'm still in love with the citrine, thank you so much" gift. I have to say it was more than a fair exchange. This gem is GAW-jus! I just love AT people, never a finer bunch!Jellis! You know I love a nice garnet! I sent one away to a friend recently - a new friend, one from Ravelry. She loved it :) and it really was very definite about going to her. I loved it but let it go gladly to live with Janet :)And did I tell you that she got a job (sort of an internship) at the zoo this summer? We went to a mother-daughter tea for her sorority last weekend. I was so proud of her. She gets more beautiful, more capable, more grown every day.
Levi has prom saturday. Which means he won't smile again until at least sunday.
Both your kids are absolute angels, and I'm not in the least bit surprised to hear that Trisha has an internship thingy - totally chuffed for her! but not surprised at all. She rocks. And Levi - wow, what a man you've brought into the world :) You have every right to be bursting with pride over those two.
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 23:13
I have to laugh when I think about it,,,a year ago, all he wanted was her. He would do ANYTHING, go anywhere, move mountains if only she would be his lady love. but she is a social butterfly, and he is SOO not.
Now he's living in dread because she wants to go to prom. He'll do it, but he ain't a-gonna like it.AH...LOL...so, are we gonna get pictures of him in a Tux? })
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 23:13
Same thing David always asks for, Yira, photos of the "outside". I'll send him some bayou pics and a howdy do.
David will be out in November, after almost 9 years.
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 23:15
MM, have you seen this activity?
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=155701
Anyone else (who hasn't signed on yet) is welcome!
I do! I'm afraid I'd be working all through it, though? I'll check it in detail when I get home today :). Thanks for pointing it out, I was thinking about it the other day, and forgot.
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 23:18
David will be out in November, after almost 9 years.((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((MM)))))))))) )))))))))))))))))))))))))
PathWalker
15-04-2011, 23:19
I got junk mail today - not the kind you tear in half and drop straight in the recycling, but nicely wrapped junk oracle bits from Wendy :)
Must PM her to say thank you - please excuse me ...
morticia monroe
15-04-2011, 23:27
I owe Wendy a package, just waiting to finish this quartz cluster I have for her.
And boxes of things for you as well, eh, Kat? I found three boxes addressed to you under my bed last week. The shame.
I have to run, I've chatted myself into being almost late.
Whoosh!
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 23:31
[QUOTE=morticia monroe]And boxes of things for you as well, eh, Kat? I found three boxes addressed to you under my bed last week. The shame. QUOTE]
ROFL you know there's no big deal about that :) before you send them, make sure you've got my current address, 'kay?
I need to make you some things and get them to you. I bought some lovely yarn in *just* your colours aaaaages ago to make a Tarot bag for you, so I need to get on that.
Saturness
15-04-2011, 23:32
Crazy, isn't it? On the one hand, it feels like only yesterday (particularly my memories of sitting in our pj's in your front doorway, drinking tea and watching the squirrels . . .) and on the other, it seems a lifetime away. If we can make another trip happen, girl, I will be in heaven :)
I can't believe one year has passed since the last RS already! Wow!
I hope we can all have a wonderful meeting like that one again! It would be perfect! :heart:
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 23:33
I got junk mail today - not the kind you tear in half and drop straight in the recycling, but nicely wrapped junk oracle bits from Wendy :)I had to read this a second time...cool!!!
Saturness
15-04-2011, 23:34
Same thing David always asks for, Yira, photos of the "outside". I'll send him some bayou pics and a howdy do.
David will be out in November, after almost 9 years.
((((((MM)))))))
Stormdancer
15-04-2011, 23:36
I'm outta here ***waves madly***
Have a GREAT 1/3 Y'all :*
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 23:37
I can't believe one year has passed since the last RS already! Wow!
I hope we can all have a wonderful meeting like that one again! It would be perfect! :heart:
Speaking of awesome people who were there - has anyone heard from Scion recently? I wanted to send my novel to him but he kind of dropped off the radar . . .
Hi sweeties!
Life is a bit mad ... work is frantic, all the relatives have decided to visit over a span of a few weeks, ren faire season is about to start and I need to brush up my gear and the Readers Studio is just days away.
I can't believe Mell, MM, Marina, Stormy and Kat won't be there this year :( Going by the signups for the Thursday dinner, we will be a really cozy groups compared to earlier years. So glad coyoteblack can make the dinner at least.
I could send a few care packages from there? You know how many goodies float around! And I made waaaaay too many pendants and bags, no way I can sell everything.
So, what do you think? Any takers??
PathWalker
15-04-2011, 23:42
Hi Aulruna :)
I'd happily pay postage to receive a package - never made it to RS, and not likely to honestly, but envy all the friendlyness that happens.
Have a good travel, and a great time
PW x
Hehe, no ankle-biter/cookie-cruncher/curtain-climber yet...soon though!
This is kinda permanent, although they say at the support forum sometimes they stay in one place for the duration of their 'stay' other times they move them every other month for no known reason, so it's hard to say. That's why I just put it in my profile - if you all are going to be so kind to write him, I'll make sure it's up to date at all times, so you all can find him :)
I've only just seen this, yira ... of course I'll write!
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 23:43
Speaking of awesome people who were there - has anyone heard from Scion recently? I wanted to send my novel to him but he kind of dropped off the radar . . .I just finished a trade with him. Crazy Busy as always. You have better luck if you email rather than PM.
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 23:45
I could send a few care packages from there? You know how many goodies float around! And I made waaaaay too many pendants and bags, no way I can sell everything.
So, what do you think? Any takers??I'd love to have a little trinket or some such. Have Scion kiss/bless it for me. :P
Hi Aulruna :)
I'd happily pay postage to receive a package - never made it to RS, and not likely to honestly, but envy all the friendlyness that happens.
Have a good travel, and a great time
PW x
Sheesh!! No postage, of course. I can go to RS, I can swing a few stamps ...
I'd love to have a little trinket or some such. Have Scion kiss/bless it for me. :P
He'll love that :D
zan_chan
15-04-2011, 23:49
Martin just asked me to be the best man at his wedding! How bout that?!
And in the same evening, my friend Mike asked me to be his incoming daughter's godfather!
:bugeyed: :bugeyed:
I'm not mature enough for any of this!! :laugh:
thorhammer
15-04-2011, 23:49
I just finished a trade with him. Crazy Busy as always. You have better luck if you email rather than PM.
Nope, no answer :) I figure he's just got better things to do.
Anyway, it's off to bed for me now. I've got Pratchett to read, to take more notes for my crazy project!
cardlady22
15-04-2011, 23:52
Martin just asked me to be the best man at his wedding! How bout that?!
And in the same evening, my friend Mike asked me to be his incoming daughter's godfather!
:bugeyed: :bugeyed:
I'm not mature enough for any of this!! :laugh:It's what happens when you get past 25 in fairly decent shape . . . :laugh:
Just means you are a loved part of their lives.
Saturness
15-04-2011, 23:55
Speaking of awesome people who were there - has anyone heard from Scion recently? I wanted to send my novel to him but he kind of dropped off the radar . . .
Scion has been MIA... but you should ask TCO. TCO used to talk to Scion very often, perhaps he has more info?
I can't believe Mell, MM, Marina, Stormy and Kat won't be there this year :( Going by the signups for the Thursday dinner, we will be a really cozy groups compared to earlier years. So glad coyoteblack can make the dinner at least.
I could send a few care packages from there? You know how many goodies float around! And I made waaaaay too many pendants and bags, no way I can sell everything.
I wish I was going - I am going to make an extra effort to go on 2012! :)
What are care packages? Sorry for asking, I just never heard the expression...
http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/56c0fba3.gif
I saw your new pendants on FB and they are gorgeous! I'm sure you'll sell most of them! :D :D :D
Martin just asked me to be the best man at his wedding! How bout that?!
And in the same evening, my friend Mike asked me to be his incoming daughter's godfather!
:bugeyed: :bugeyed:
I'm not mature enough for any of this!! :laugh:
I was a "maid of honor" in a friend's marriage when I was 19! :bugeyed:
The bride (my friend) was gorgeous, but I had just broken up with my ex-boyfriend and was fat and ugly! Argh! :P
I could send a few care packages from there? You know how many goodies float around! And I made waaaaay too many pendants and bags, no way I can sell everything.
So, what do you think? Any takers??
I'd love a little something. It's very generous of you, Aulruna and I'd happily pay for postage. :)
The Readers Studio looks like such good fun - I'd love to go one day. :)
Hi sweeties!
Life is a bit mad ... work is frantic, all the relatives have decided to visit over a span of a few weeks, ren faire season is about to start and I need to brush up my gear and the Readers Studio is just days away.
I can't believe Mell, MM, Marina, Stormy and Kat won't be there this year :( Going by the signups for the Thursday dinner, we will be a really cozy groups compared to earlier years. So glad coyoteblack can make the dinner at least.
I could send a few care packages from there? You know how many goodies float around! And I made waaaaay too many pendants and bags, no way I can sell everything.
So, what do you think? Any takers??
I'd love an Aulruna giftie. Thanks for offering.
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 00:06
The Readers Studio looks like such good fun - I'd love to go one day. :)
You're welcome to join the group from UK that will travel with me when I win the lottery? :D
I don't fly, so we'll be going by liner, having a party and reading for each all the way. Wendy and I are going, so if you can stand the party, and spare the time, I'll add you to the list.
p.s. Maybe we should save up in the meantime though, just in case :(
That sounds fabulous Pathwalker!
I had a dream the other night that I was getting the boat to the states - must be an omen. :)
Kat, I've joined Ravelry on your recommendation. Lots to explore there!
Hi everyone :)
CL, with the swap meet, can you request the time for your slot? I couldn't do it at work, but could probably swing it afterwards...
emmsma, thanks for the book rec. last night. :) And I finally got my Mexican food too. :D
Flaxen, I'd love to go to TRS too. And though I'm not much of a crafter, my best friend knits and crochets and thinks that ravelry is the best thing ever. :D
Re. Scion, does anyone have his decan pdf that they wouldn't mind sending me? I pm'd him a few weeks back, but no response since he's not around.
Flaxen, I'd love to go to TRS too. And though I'm not much of a crafter, my best friend knits and crochets and thinks that ravelry is the best thing ever. :D
Well, I'm such a beginner. I can do a basic knit but not anything else and never quite got to the stage of knitting something useful. :)
I must conquer my demons...:D
I want to learn to quilt, and to make tarot bags. Or maybe to learn to make quilted tarot bags? :D
I want to learn to quilt, and to make tarot bags. Or maybe to learn to make quilted tarot bags? :D
Now quilting is something I do seem to be able to do. Very basic and find hand-quilting tricky as I find my stitches aren't that small or neat, but I love the creativity, choosing themes/fabrics...
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 00:27
CL, with the swap meet, can you request the time for your slot? I couldn't do it at work, but could probably swing it afterwards... The best I can do at the start is divide out who says it would be better for them to go on Thu vs Fri. Once we get rolling, we will have some things that go super quick & others that might go the full 4 hours before a choice or move occurs. But there is always Round 2 if your Real Life schedule interferes.
OK CL, thanks!
Flaxen: I think that getting to spend a whole lot of time choosing lots of different bits of fabric might be the most appealing thing to me about quilting of all! :D
What are care packages? Sorry for asking, I just never heard the expression...
http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/56c0fba3.gif
I saw your new pendants on FB and they are gorgeous! I'm sure you'll sell most of them! :D :D :D
Awww, thank you :D
The original care packages were sent from the US to Europe to support people after WWII. They contained food and coffee.
Care of course means care, but also was an acronym for the organisation who ocoordinated this.
Flaxen, I need your addy! Marina, I think I need yours too (yeah, you didn't ask, but you'll get one anyway). Got Emmsma, PW, and cardlady.
Saturness
16-04-2011, 00:42
The best I can do at the start is divide out who says it would be better for them to go on Thu vs Fri. Once we get rolling, we will have some things that go super quick & others that might go the full 4 hours before a choice or move occurs. But there is always Round 2 if your Real Life schedule interferes.
I vote for Friday! This way I still have the whoooole weeked ahead of me! I will only have to work during the first day. :)
But of course, I go with what the majority decides. http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_101_.gif
I agreed to have lunch with co-workers today and I'm so not looking forward! I don't know why but I always think that they don't really like me, even if they treat me well. Perhaps it's trauma because of the first months in which I was either ignored or blamed for any mistake? LOL! :joke:
The original care packages were sent from the US to Europe to support people after WWII. They contained food and coffee.
Care of course means care, but also was an acronym for the organisation who ocoordinated this.
I knew generally what they were, but I didn't know the history behind them. I'm so glad you asked that question Marina, and thanks for the history lesson Aulruna. :)
Flaxen, I need your addy! .
That would probably help. :D
Just sent it.
Just looking through Ravelry - man, there are some creative people about. Most of that stuff seems way out of my league at the moment...
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 00:54
Good Morning All
Half an hour before I have to leave for work. Funny thing is, I'm not really sure how long I'll be working. I'm scheduled 10 - 5, but got a phone call on Weds saying that if the weather is poorly, I can leave at 3.
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 00:56
Do you go by the name of Flaxen on ravelry?
If so I shall send you a hello message next time I'm on :)
I find the patterns avaliabel a wonderful resource, and an inspiration to try something new. I'm "into" socks at the moment!
Morning NT,
Whereabouts in Alberta do you live? My Great-Aunt married a Canadian serviceman after the Second World War and moved to Edmonton. I remember her coming to England to visit us when I was about 8 and thinking she had a bit of an accent. :)
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 00:57
Good Morning All
Half an hour before I have to leave for work. Funny thing is, I'm not really sure how long I'll be working. I'm scheduled 10 - 5, but got a phone call on Weds saying that if the weather is poorly, I can leave at 3.
Oh, now i'm torn - should we be hoping for bad weather so you can go home early? Or sunshine coz you're fed up with snow? :)
Do you go by the name of Flaxen on ravelry?
If so I shall send you a hello message next time I'm on :)
I find the patterns avaliabel a wonderful resource, and an inspiration to try something new. I'm "into" socks at the moment!
I've just signed up as Flaxweaver (Flaxen was already taken). I'm a total newbie to knitting and crochet. Well not quite, I learnt to crochet and knit in school when I was 8 but can't seem to get my head round it now. Knitting is OK, crochet...just can't quite work out how I'm supposed to hold the hook and thread!
Saturness
16-04-2011, 00:59
All right, time to leave!
See you all in a couple of hours...
Bye bye!
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NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 01:00
Morning NT,
Whereabouts in Alberta do you live? My Great-Aunt married a Canadian serviceman after the Second World War and moved to Edmonton. I remember her coming to England to visit us when I was about 8 and thinking she had a bit of an accent. :)
Yep, I'm an Edmontonian all right. Born here. Funny thing about accents, I keep being asked by other Edmontonians where I'm from. The most common guess is Texas, or somewhere vaguely Southern. I don't know why, it just happens from time to time. I call it my "lazy tongue".
Saturness
16-04-2011, 01:07
Awww, thank you :D
The original care packages were sent from the US to Europe to support people after WWII. They contained food and coffee.
Care of course means care, but also was an acronym for the organisation who ocoordinated this.
Flaxen, I need your addy! Marina, I think I need yours too (yeah, you didn't ask, but you'll get one anyway). Got Emmsma, PW, and cardlady.
Thanks Aulruna for the explanation! I really didn't know what they are, I imagined something completely different, LOL! :D I also loved the History class, I love learning this kind of thing!
I'll send you my address when I'm back from lunch! Let me know if I can help with shipping or anything at ALL! :heart:
Now I leave. For real! ;)
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 01:10
I crocheted something once. It was okay. And I looked at it and thought "I could have knitted that so much quicker!"
And that was that really, although I do have a lot of crochet hooks LOL
Knitting, I've been doing it since I was pre-school, my Welsh Nanna taught me. So I think I'm good at that. (how hard to write that - how I don't want to boast, and was going to write something self-effacing)
I collect knitting stuff, vintage needles, boxes, gauges, stuff like that. Charity shops used to full of someone's loved knitting bags, but they are fewer now.
STOP NOW - don't get me started, I could go on for ages LOL
It's good to have something you're so passionate about and it's such a useful skill. :)
Sidenote: I've now made over 1000 posts on AT. :party:
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 01:27
Sigh. Work time.
Bye NT, good luck on the short day!
Bye NT!
Heading off for a while too as need to go out to the shops. See you all later.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 01:57
Aulruna, I would love a care package...happy to pay postage also!
Got the mini munch here...she's walking sooo much! Also getting into things a lot...LOL I'm doing a lot of running LOL
And she IS a cookie cruncher...LOL Teething biscuits. When she started to get in trouble I asked her if she wanted a cookie...she quickly forgot the trouble she was getting into!
The crowned one
16-04-2011, 03:13
Off to Vancouver, Good bye all!
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 03:18
Have a safe journey TCO :)
Saturness
16-04-2011, 03:32
Bye TCO. Have a great time with Avery.
Back from lunch. Ate sooo much now I'll have a 3-day fast! LOL! :D
Anyone still here?
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 03:41
I'm in Tarot Heaven! The mail has come and brought 3 delightful packages:
Tarot Affirmations (Sally Hill)
HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot
Tarot of Prague, 2nd ed.
Hope no one minds if a someone who doesn't use Tarot (yet) pop's in and say's hello :)
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 04:12
Hello there, Della! There are quite a few of us who love oracles too! ;)
I never intended to have tarot . . . funny how that worked out.
ETA: I have to pop away from the computer for a short bit, but I'll be back soon.
Hello cardlady :) i wasn't sure if this was for Tarot users only
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 04:37
The Pub is where we wait for new Trade Train announcements and posts saying that the packages have been sent/arrived. It turns into a home-away-from-home where we chat about our days. Everyone is welcome!
Ah i understand :). Im still finding my feet on here. I would love to eventually own a Tarot Deck. I only use Oracles at the moment
Hi Della! Always happy to see new faces here. So whats your favorite oracle?
Afraid this is a drive-by. Back to work for me. :)
Hi emmsma, I only have 2 Oracles at the moment but my favourite has to be Magical Mermaids and Dolphins
Saturness
16-04-2011, 05:06
Welcome Della!
I have tarot and use it, but I **love** oracles! I think my oracle collection is bigger than my tarot one. Hum...
I just came from a meeting. We are definitely a bunch of overworked folks. Eight people working on almost 15 books every month.
http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_085_.gif
Thank you Marina. I love my Oracles too. I even got my boyfriend into them. I know the feeling of being overworked. But its payday today so im happy :)
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:20
Hi sweeties!
Life is a bit mad ... work is frantic, all the relatives have decided to visit over a span of a few weeks, ren faire season is about to start and I need to brush up my gear and the Readers Studio is just days away.
I can't believe Mell, MM, Marina, Stormy and Kat won't be there this year :( Going by the signups for the Thursday dinner, we will be a really cozy groups compared to earlier years. So glad coyoteblack can make the dinner at least.
I could send a few care packages from there? You know how many goodies float around! And I made waaaaay too many pendants and bags, no way I can sell everything.
So, what do you think? Any takers??
Hi Aulruna,
I too would love an Aulruna giftie please. What a sweet offer! Thankies so much
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:23
Oh Hi everyone.
I am back from work and just finished up eating lunch.
So thought i would pop in for a few mins.
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 05:26
:laugh: I think I was so involved with New Deck-itis that I forgot about lunch.
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:29
:laugh: I think I was so involved with New Deck-itis that I forgot about lunch.
Oh NEW decks cardlady?
What did you get in?
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 05:33
Up here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2699696&postcount=567
But everybody's home now, so I'm antsy & itching for Quiet Time.
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:43
Thankies for letting me know which ones. Would love to know what you think of the affirmations one and the hawaiian one
Welcome Della!
What'd you have for lunch, kaleanna?
Hooray for new decks, CL! What's different about the second edition Tarot of Prague?
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:49
Hiya Oink
I had the rest of my chicken fried steak and mac n cheese
Thank you Oink
Just lurking in the background for now :)
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 05:52
Hello! who's about? Just back from a supper of fish and chips (not healthy but easy for a friday night).
I laughingly told Jes to grab a deck from me to read in the car as we went, and she picked up a circular, Hungarian, majors only!
Needless to say my 1 card readings for them were rather tounge in cheek LOL
Now evening is drawing in, and I should probably be tidying up, or something, but here I sit 'til OH gets back with dogs at least :)
I saw new decks for Cardlady, Kaleanna back after lunch, and anew person from UK, hi Della :) Oink, MArina - hello (waving)
Anyone else?
:D
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 05:54
Comparing the two Prague decks is what's driving me batty. I need time and my entire bed. Not going to happen this afternoon.
The cards for the Tarot Affirmations are big (of course) but they use Mary Hanson-Roberts' coloring of the RWS. Even with them being a smaller inset, I think this is now my favorite. Softness, uplifting. *sigh*
The Hawaiian is richly colored. I remember watching the Julie Andrews movie as a child and all that it made me think/feel. This deck feels Right- even with very few people depicted.
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:56
Thank you cardlady for letting me know how you liek them
kaleanna- Oh man do I love some mac & cheese! From Easy Mac to fancy-schmancy restaurant versions, I like it all! (Well, almost all - I guess it's not impossible to screw up m & c, but I don't seem to encounter the bad stuff often.)
WB PW! That sounds like a really fun thing to do to pass time on the drive. :) I tidied some when I went home for lunch. More of that to come tomorrow. :-\
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 05:57
hiya PW
Hi Pathwalker and hello to kaleanna :)
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 06:03
Hi Della
Welcome to the pub. How are you?
Thank you. Im fine, just enjoying the peace and quiet :) How are you?
Hello. Lunchtime. :D
Which means I can sit here with ya for an hour. :D
Lovly new acquisitions Cardlady.
Kaleanna: Oh, mac & cheese! Haven't had any in ages. Want!
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 06:08
Thank you. Im fine, just enjoying the peace and quiet :) How are you?
I am doing okies, wishing i could take a nap but my 2yrold wants to play not nap, LOL
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 06:10
Hello. Lunchtime. :D
Which means I can sit here with ya for an hour. :D
Lovly new acquisitions Cardlady.
Kaleanna: Oh, mac & cheese! Haven't had any in ages. Want!
Hiya emmsma
Here ya go emmsma :D
http://weightlossdudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/i_1_388_138fc99a-73f0-426e-b2e6-d44c67a9fbdd1.jpg
The cards for the Tarot Affirmations are big (of course) but they use Mary Hanson-Roberts' coloring of the RWS. Even with them being a smaller inset, I think this is now my favorite. Softness, uplifting. *sigh*
Your favorite deck of all, or of the three you got today, or ??? I'm so glad you're happy with it - you had to work for that deck! :)
I've never laid eyes on the 2nd ed. Prague, so I'm curious to hear your thoughts!
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 06:17
Your favorite deck of all, or of the three you got today, or ??? I'm so glad you're happy with it - you had to work for that deck! :)Favorite of the RWS clone-variants. But, the LS Centenary version is right on its heels.
I've never laid eyes on the 2nd ed. Prague, so I'm curious to hear your thoughts!Believe me, I'll be gushing details as soon as possible!
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 06:18
Hi Emmsma, have a short rest with us .
Wish there was a smiley of a couch :)
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 06:27
Hi Emmsma, have a short rest with us .
Wish there was a smiley on a couch :)Not a couch, but I think this one (http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee98/calamityjayne17/smiles%20collected%20by%20calamityjayne17/7_17_4.gif) works. :laugh:
Thanks for the mac & cheese.
Hmm. Dang. Brain not too good this afternoon. Couldn't think of a favorite deck - not of alltime or new arrivals. :(
Maybe I can think when I'm home.
Still carrying Anna, for what thats worth. :)
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 06:33
I'd be really hadr put to choose a favourite deck too - so it's not just you :)
I'm never sure why we have to choose favourite anythings - I can't even choose a favourite colour! I can get it down to blue AND green and all the shades/tones therein - but beyond that? Nope.
Favourite flavour - chocolate - but that's still fairly broad.
Oh I know, an easy one - favourite pub LOL
Oh then I won't feel bad. I just haven't slept well the past couple days. Its given me fuzzy-brain. :(
But I am very happy with my finished trimming job on the Druidcraft. Funny though, I didn't feel compelled to read with them. I just put them away. :P
Oh yes. Favorite pub - Peculier Pub in the lower east side, Manhattan.
Met my hubby there. We liked it so much we tattooed the name on the inside of our lower lip. :D
I can name my favourite colours, flavours and such but i can't name my favourite pub. I have a few namely The Seven Stars Inn and Ye Olde Dolphin Inn both in Derby, The Drop Inn in Elland.
Emmsma - Thats a different place to have a tattoo. Did it hurt?
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 06:51
:eek: I don't like anything enough to undergo needles & pain . . .
It was our engagement tattoo. It swelled for 30 minutes. By the time we got home, no one knew we'd gotten them.
We have wedding tattoos as well. :D (rings)
Mellaenn
16-04-2011, 06:58
Ok, another one of my pop-ins. Hanging out a few minutes until it's time to drive down to Tarot Circle. I'm all set with my exercises that we will do tonight. I'm doing a "Readers Studio" tribute.
Hurray for new decks, cardlady! If Hearthcricket took paypal I would have bought that Tarot of Prague, I really, really want a ToP with a book. But glad it went to a nice home! :grin:
Cool, maybe i should suggest that to my boyfriend lol. I know what his answer would be :D. I have 3 tattoo's and i wouldn't mind getting another. I love tattoo's
Mellaenn
16-04-2011, 06:59
It was our engagement tattoo. It swelled for 30 minutes. By the time we got home, no one knew we'd gotten them.
We have wedding tattoos as well. :D (rings)
Y'all are either bold or crazy! Maybe a little of both? :grin: :*
Still, my brother in-law has an ink shop and I've been tempted to get a tattoo for years.
Mellaenn
16-04-2011, 07:01
Hi, Della, I don't think we've met! Nice to see you; welcome the The Pub!
Well, I've gotta get back to it.
*really wishing I was going home instead* Queasy. Queasy. Queasy.
Hi Mellaenn, i don't think we have met yet. Thank you for the welcome.
Im still fairly new and everyone ive spoken to has been really nice :)
I better go to my bed now its getting late. It was lovely meeting and talking to eveyone. Talk to you all again soon :)
BlueDragonfly
16-04-2011, 08:33
Ahhh, another day is done! :) Mailcall was good to me, today! I got the Green Man Tree Oracle and The Book of Stones!
Hi Della, sorry I missed your first visit to the pub!
zan_chan
16-04-2011, 09:11
On the train home finally. 8am???? How did that happen?? Well, I know actually. Was having an earthquake free day, then at about 11:30 we had an earthquake warning. Barely felt it here, but just enough to jolt me into drinking all night. That's f'ed up I guess, but my someday therapist can deal with it...
BlueDragonfly
16-04-2011, 09:26
(((Zan))) I think you're handling things pretty damn well! So don't be so hard on yourself. And I guess the next piece of advice for you woud be to get some sleep....You did say you were going drinking and then sleep all weekend! :D
morticia monroe
16-04-2011, 10:53
Hope no one minds if a someone who doesn't use Tarot (yet) pop's in and say's hello :)
Wow, that's odd.
I was sitting on the couch about an hour and a half ago and all of a sudden this thought just popped into my head out of nowhere..
"I love the name Della. I haven't heard that name in such a long time."
I mean, it's been years since I've read, seen or heard the name Della, and all of a sudden it pops into my mind. And now, here you are.
You must be destined to belong,,,,
Welcome, Della.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 10:58
hello, anyone around? Hi I see I missed a newbie. I have a few pages to catch up on.
Hang in there Zan, I think you are coping really well, and it is the weekend after all, and you have had a very busy week. I didn't know that they had earthquake warnings, I thought they were too unpredictable for that. :bugeyed:
ETA: hi MM, I type so slowly I didn't see you there :)
morticia monroe
16-04-2011, 10:59
But I am very happy with my finished trimming job on the Druidcraft. Funny though, I didn't feel compelled to read with them. I just put them away. :P
ROFL! I did the EXACT SAME THING!!
I love them so much better now, and I'd love to read with them, I really would.
But the Bohemian Gothic won't let me.
morticia monroe
16-04-2011, 11:00
Met my hubby there. We liked it so much we tattooed the name on the inside of our lower lip. :D
Ummm,,ok. ;)
morticia monroe
16-04-2011, 11:02
It was our engagement tattoo. It swelled for 30 minutes. By the time we got home, no one knew we'd gotten them.
We have wedding tattoos as well. :D (rings)
My David tattooed his wedding ring on when we married, but it was because he couldn't keep a ring on. He lost all four fingers on his left hand to a drilling rig, and a bulldog bit off the middle finger on his right. So a ring was out of the question. I liked the tat a lot better anyway.
He's covered with them. Woof.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:04
I got out the Druidcraft last night, and nearly started trimming it, but I was busy sewing, so decided to finish what I was doing instead. I was all psyched up to trim the Wildwood when it arrived, but now that I have it, it has a few flawed cards, so I'm going to tell Book depository and see what they say. So I can't trim in case I need to return it.
tattooed lips, ouch! :)
morticia monroe
16-04-2011, 11:07
Hi Lute! Just the two of us, huh? How's your day going?
Cardlady, I love the Affirmations. I keep mine on the nightstand next to the bed, and every morning I do my daily draw, keeping in mind the qualities on the card. Sometimes I find it uncanny how aptly it counsels me for the events of my day.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:10
Hey Lute and MM :)
I put too much extra cheese on my (frozen) pizza and it's dripping all over the place...LOL It's very yummy though :)
morticia monroe
16-04-2011, 11:10
Gotta scoot, I'm taking Levi's girlfriend Stacey home.
See you soon, everyone!
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:11
I like tattoos, but I don't have any, apart from an accidental blue line on one of my fingers, caused by an old fashioned dip pen with indelible blue ink. A friend was running, holding the pen, and tripped, stabbing my finger. The nib went right into my finger. I've sometimes thought I should get something prettier tattoed over it, but I'm used to it, after 35 years.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:14
I want a tattoo..actually I want 4 tattoos ROFL! After I get one first to see if I can handle being stabbed over and over...LOL My ex-bf wouldn't let me though, and now I'm too broke...LOL But someday!
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:15
bye MM :) Hi Yira, I see Joe has moved. I bought a stamp, but I haven't found a postcard yet.
Yay, cardlady got decks :) I am tempted to start using the tarot affirmations. I got it in a box of tarot with something else I wanted, and hadn't seen it before. I haven't really spent time with it, because i was going to put it on the trade train, then changed my mind :)
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:16
What would you get for tattoos, Yira?
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:20
1 - Phoenix (I've picked this one out already) 2 - Fox 3 - butterflies (this one's iffy...) and 4 - a Japanese symbol that means "Remember"(I would have to research this one)
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:22
What would you change your accidental tattoo into?
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:24
I should have guessed fox, :)
The rain is plummeting down really heavy this morning, so I don't think I will be going out today. I had planned to take some more stuff to the op shop. It's annoying not driving a car sometimes, as I have to take it on the train.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:27
Yeah, that would kinda suck...I often wish there were public transport here, rather than keeping up with the cost of a car. But not when I'm shopping and have to carry things...LOL
This is the phoenix tattoo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=139999&l=a272d6cfb9&id=100000739536373
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:27
What would you change your accidental tattoo into?
It would make a good little dragonfly, as it's a blob at one end, with a line. And I like dragonflies. I'm not sure if I could see them as a totem, but they do turn up at significant times.
Thats a lovely tatt, yira.
Soo glad to be home. Just one more work day and I can rest.
Hows tricks?
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:31
That sounds really neat, I like it :)
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:32
I love that phoenix!
I'm lucky that I can get my shopping dropped off to my house on Thursdays, by the organic vegie guy from the weekly market. Any other day I have to lug things home in my backpack. It's still no fun when it's raining, but I'm glad I near the train station.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:34
See I'd like that even more..I despise shopping! My dream is to be rich enough to have my groceries delivered...LOL
I kinda miss shopping and subways.
Christmas shopping, you always felt you'd ACHIEVED something when you made it home with all your packages amongst all the other riders and THEIR packages. :)
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:38
I do Christmas shopping online....LOL I'm soo not the typical female shopper I guess :D
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:41
I usually spend a bit more than I should on the organic veg, just because he's such a nice guy and so helpful, but I also usually get a few odd leftovers thrown in, so it works out well. Last week I got, for free, two huge bunches of basil, and some pears, and this week I got a lot of carrots, more pears, and a banana, whoo hoo! Bananas are like gold here at the moment, because the crops were almost all wiped out by a big cyclone, and they are about $15 a kilo.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:42
Wow..that's awful Lute. Expensive!!
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 11:42
Hi All,
Back from Shopping :D
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:44
Welcome back Kaleanna :)
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 11:48
Hi kale, and hi emm, I forgot to say :)
I don't have any christmas shopping to do anymore :( I don't have any relies left who exchange presents, and no kids. My dad and brothers just ring up if they remember, not always. I sent my uncle a cake last christmas, because I've recently got to know him, through phone and letters, and he really liked it, and belatedly sent me a calendar.
OctavaSpera
16-04-2011, 11:51
Hi Lute, Yira, Emm and Kaleanna!! (better not have missed someone :bugeyed:)
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:51
I'm sorry Lute...I think that would really bother me :( I'm not very good at being alone on holidays...it's been an adjustment having it just be me and Jack. Was kinda tough to get used to.
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 11:52
Hiya emma, Lute and OS
How are you all?????
I am tired but happy with my purchase.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:55
What did you purchase?
Queen of Disks
16-04-2011, 11:55
hello!
OctavaSpera
16-04-2011, 11:55
Hi QoD!
LOL Yira beat me to asking K the same question
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 11:59
Hey QoD and OS :)
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 12:00
Hi kale, what did you get? Hi QoD and OS :)
I hate christmas, because it just makes me miss my nice family members who aren't around anymore. All the nice ones have died, and the crap ones are still around, so unfair. Luckily I'm ok on my own, and usually enjoy it, but sometimes it's annoying, especially when asked what I'm doing for christmas.aaagh, change the subject :rolleyes:
I just went to find my cat, she's come out from under the bed :) She doesn't like heavy rain, as she associates it with thunder, I think.
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 12:01
a new purse :D
(had to return something and was told to use the money for something for me)
It looks like this one
http://www.shopko.com/items/shopko/images/large/17503_4942.jpg
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 12:06
Oh that looks fun Kaleanna!
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 12:06
Thankies Yira,
I think so too.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 12:09
Nice, cute little matching coin purse, too :)
kaleanna
16-04-2011, 12:13
Nice, cute little matching coin purse, too :)
Yes the coin purse is cute
I like the fact that that the fabric is made from recycled plastic bottles. These purses are pretty light weight too, which is also a plus because of my wrist. And also because of all the stuff i carry
OctavaSpera
16-04-2011, 12:13
When I grew up we never celebrated any holidays, I only vaguely remember putting up an artificial Christmas tree once. So today I don't do much about them either except appreciate others' decorations.
My most memorable "holiday" experience (and somewhat embarrassing) is being asked to dress up for Halloween in 2nd grade. Pretty much everyone had a decent costume. The costume my parents bought me was one of those plastic thick, black framed glasses with a rubber nose and moustache. To go along with the school uniform.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 12:21
My most memorable "holiday" experience (and somewhat embarrassing) is being asked to dress up for Halloween in 2nd grade. Pretty much everyone had a decent costume. The costume my parents bought me was one of those plastic thick, black framed glasses with a rubber nose and moustache. To go along with the school uniform.
How embarrassing for you :(
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 12:24
Yes the coin purse is cute
I like the fact that that the fabric is made from recycled plastic bottles. These purses are pretty light weight too, which is also a plus because of my wrist. And also because of all the stuff i carry
You would never know it was recycled bottles, that's even better. I use a backpack all the time to carry stuff, because I have wrist problems too. I can carry a lot more that way.
OctavaSpera
16-04-2011, 12:51
Everyone seems to have disappeared :(
I'm tired so I'm going to disappear to bed. Good night to all in the US and enjoy your day, Lute!
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 12:53
Aww sorry OS, I was finishing up a bit of homework. It's crunch time, graduate in 3 weeks, really having a HUGE push to get everything done in time...
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 12:56
goodnight OS :) I wandered off to read other threads.
I've been sitting thinking that my painkillers were taking a long time to work, and just realised I didn't take them, they are still next to my coffee mug :rolleyes: I think I need another coffee :)
Wow, Yira, only 3 weeks to go? I didn't realise it was so soon.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 12:57
Yeah...and I have about 6 weeks of work to do or so.... :bugeyed: I guess I always feel this way at the end of a semester but it just SEEMS so much more overwhelming with all the BS going on lately LOL
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 13:00
Hello there. Yawning & sneezing here. But my brain is going 90 miles an hour.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:02
The mention of tattoos got me looking through google again...LOL Found a set of statistics on "tattoos then and now" sorta thing. Ya know, how popular they are, what demographic has them more, what people with and without think of them...was interesting til I got to this part:
TABLE 1
WHO HAS TATTOOS?
"How many tattoos do you currently have on your body?"
(People saying "one or more")
**bunch of stuff snipped out because it didn't really pertain**
(bolding mine)
Party I.D. 2003 2008
Republican 14% 13%
Democratic 18% 15%
Independent 12% 13%
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual 31% 25%
........since when is sexual preference a "Party ID"..... :rolleyes:
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:04
Hey Cardlady :)
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:04
Hi cardlady *waves* I see you got some decks :) Do you like the Hawaiian?
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 13:04
I have no idea what they think they mean with that. :P
Hi, Lute! Yes! I really do think the Hawaiian and I are clicking.
And the box with your Celtic Tree Oracle is on its way to me. :party:
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:07
TABLE 1
WHO HAS TATTOOS?
Party I.D. 2003 2008
Republican 14% 13%
Democratic 18% 15%
Independent 12% 13%
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual 31% 25%
........since when is sexual preference a "Party ID"..... :rolleyes:
LOL, :rolleyes:
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:10
Isn't it ridiculous?? No one says, oh you are heterosexual, so THAT is why you voted for X..... Hmm. Well in some cases maybe that IS true...*sigh*
Anyway, I think some people are idiots :)
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 13:15
Was your time with Elaina good, yira?
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:21
I didn't know you saw Elaina, yay! I didn't catch up properly.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:22
Oh yes, she's getting around so well...she walks now :) Well, okay actually she staggers like she's had a few too many...ROFL! Then she falls down, gets back up, and staggers some more! LOL
Tried taking pictures today but didn't get anything good. A couple that would have been good if the flash wasn't too bright...and a couple that might have been good but no flash meant they weren't seeable...*sigh* I'm just NOT a photographer hehe Although I got one that was so spectacularly horrid that Krystal and I almost died laughing...LOL
LOL @ those stats.
I'm off to bed. See ya in a few.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:26
Sweet dreams Emmsma :)
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 13:27
I still get teary-eyed thinking of the brick house we lived in (rented) where my daughter learned to walk & we brought my son home from the hospital. Drove the kids by just last weekend . . .
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:29
Do the kids remember it there?
My ex-bf's parents still live in the house they lived in when he was born..it's like a family homestead or something...that doesn't happen often here, it seemed special to me :)
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 13:31
We drive by at least once a year. There are pics of them in the front yard, so I think their memories are reinforced by seeing them as well as hearing the stories repeated. My son was too small, but my daughter remembers the TV room where she got to hold him on the couch & where his swing was.
ETA: My mother still lives in the house where we were all born & grew up.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:36
Mine don't...and I don't...and umm..other than the ex-bf's parents I guess I don't know anyone that does...
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:37
No wait, that's not true. My friend Kathy lives in the house they had built when she got married...she's a grandmother now. Although they DID buy a house in Florida and are spending a LOT of time there...not sure if they'll sell here or not...
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:38
goodnight emmsma :)
Hey Yira, it's probably not you, but the camera :) I finally got a digital camera last year. I needed it for the pottery course i was doing, but I needed a new camera anyway. I've really only recently got to be able to use it properly, as it has quite a few different light settings, but I think I've worked it out now. You can just make it auto, but I wanted to see what else I could do with it. I'm so not a photographer, and I'm still not used to the idea of taking lots, because I can delete them! I have always been so frugal with film. I need to play with it a lot more.
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 13:39
The first time hubby & I spent the night there (at my childhood home), I had a horrible nightmare that I woke up "back home" and had never met him. Terrifying.
I am sorry on her behalf, but it doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:42
I'm living in my greatgrandparent's house, but it needs lots of repairs, and painting, that I can't afford. I love it, but I wish I could look after it better.
I spent summer holidays here when I was a kid, every christmas, so it has nice memories.
The other houses where I lived don't exist anymore, have been demolished.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:43
Yeah in those particular pictures, I couldn't get the lighting right, I needed something or other to brighten a tad but not too much sorta thing...
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:47
My camera has a low light indoor setting, without flash,which is really handy, though I only use it to take pictures of my cat :D
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:49
Mine was just a $100 cheapo..it does pretty good for the money :) Sometimes lighting just isn't right, though...
Saturness
16-04-2011, 13:54
*pops in out of thin air*
Hello OOP Oracles-lovers!
I found Chuck Spezzano's "Enlightenment Pack" on ebay... for very cheap. Here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Enlightenment-Pack-Tarot-card-set-/260768705072?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb706aa30#payId
I was going to bid on it but the seller ships only to the US. And I'm also having my poorest month since I got a job, LOL, so it's not a wise time for me to get decks! :laugh: But I was wondering if any Train Friend loves Chuck Spezzano like I do, and could be looking for this deck! Or if you are an oracle-lover too, it could interest you! ;)
I think this deck is very OOP, because on Amazon a new copy is around $200! :bugeyed: It's for U$ 0.99 plus shipping!
The deck: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/enlightenment-pack/
So many decks, not enough rich husbands available.... :P
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 13:54
Mine was about twice that, and on my credit card, but I didn't want to get a really cheap one, because I wanted it to last me a long time. I would have got too frustrated with a cheaper one, and then would have wanted to replace it with something better.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:56
Hey Marina! Congrats on your find!
Your reasoning is quite sound Lute :) My next will probably be more what I want, I was just tight on money and didn't want to be without a camera at all...hehe (My old one had just died)
Saturness
16-04-2011, 13:58
Hey Marina! Congrats on your find!
Your reasoning is quite sound Lute :) My next will probably be more what I want, I was just tight on money and didn't want to be without a camera at all...hehe (My old one had just died)
Not a useful find, but I wanted to share. Some rare decks pop in eBay for very weird prices, LOL! :P I thought a fellow collector could use this opportunity (I hate seeing decks going to non-AT houses!)!
I hear you on being tight on money... I can't wait for April to be over so I can get my paycheck. I hate feeling so poor! And now my stupid bank won't let me access my account through the internet (so I can see how much $$$ I have left). Argh! :mad:
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 13:59
I think that's kind of a cool deck Marina...I identify with #11 at times...ROFL!
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:00
Hi Marina, you might be able to get someone in the US to get it for you, and ship it to you? Cardlady :heart: is sending me one of HearthCricket's trade decks, because HearthCricket doesn't ship out of the US.
I remember you were talking about this deck recently. That fear card is scary, LOL!
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 14:00
Ohh..hey somehow I thought you'd said you bought it...LOL Duh Yira?? LOL
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 14:02
I think that's kind of a cool deck Marina...I identify with #11 at times...ROFL!That #11 one makes me want to wring the dude's neck. Think I have father-abandoning/tromping-mother issues? :mad:
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:04
Not a useful find, but I wanted to share. Some rare decks pop in eBay for very weird prices, LOL! :P I thought a fellow collector could use this opportunity (I hate seeing decks going to non-AT houses!)!
I hear you on being tight on money... I can't wait for April to be over so I can get my paycheck. I hate feeling so poor! And now my stupid bank won't let me access my account through the internet (so I can see how much $$$ I have left). Argh! :mad:
There are non-AT houses? LOL!
I am waiting for a cheque in my bank account to clear, so that i can pay my bills with it. My bank has had computer problems, and money which should be available isn't, but I can check my balance over the phone. I'm trying not to stress, and just keep telling myself that the mercury retrograde will be over soon.
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:05
I think that's kind of a cool deck Marina...I identify with #11 at times...ROFL!
Yes, I identify myself with #25 - I think I never left this stage, lol! :P
Chuck Spezzano makes cool decks. His "Love Pack" is one of my favorites for relationship readings!
Hi Marina, you might be able to get someone in the US to get it for you, and ship it to you? Cardlady :heart: is sending me one of HearthCricket's trade decks, because HearthCricket doesn't ship out of the US.
I rember you were talking about this deck recently. That fear card is scary, LOL!
I thought about asking this but... I'd feel guilty for spending money I DON'T have in a deck, and for bothering my train friends again. They have helped me with this a thousand times (Emmsma, Cardlady, Yira, TCO etc.) and I could never return because Brazil is really the lamest place in the world when it comes to decks. *sigh* I feel like I only get help without ever helping, and that makes me feel awful.
So I decided to drop the link here, since I know some people were looking for this deck too (there was a recent thread about Spezzano's decks) and hope it'll cross my way again in better times. ;)
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:07
That #11 one makes me want to wring the dude's neck. Think I have father-abandoning/tromping-mother issues? :mad:
I feel exactly the same way about that card. Father/brother issues.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 14:07
If you change your mind let me know, Marina ♥
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:08
That #11 one makes me want to wring the dude's neck. Think I have father-abandoning/tromping-mother issues? :mad:
And to think that some people REALLY behave in this way! Using other peple as means to an end! Argh! :mad:
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 14:09
I have man-issues, I'll admit it...spent 40 yrs of my life doing just that very thing...makes it a tempting deck even though I generally don't do oracles LOL
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:11
If you change your mind let me know, Marina ♥
Thanks! :heart:
If I know well my luck I would NOT be the highest bidder anyways. Someone would come in the last millisecond before the bidding time ended and would place a bid higher than mine. And I'd suffer from Post-Losing Frustration Disorder again. ROFL! :joke: :laugh:
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:14
Sometimes it's worth asking the ebay seller if they will ship to your country. I have done that a few times, and they do, they just didn't think to say so in the listing. It's like they forget that the US is not the only country in the world :rolleyes:
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 14:14
*kisses to my AT friends, but kicks to the dang auto-bidder software*
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:15
Sometimes it's worth asking the ebay seller if they will ship to your country. I have done that a few times, and they do, they just didn't think to say so in the listing. It's like they forget that the US is not the only country in the world :rolleyes:
:bugeyed:
Good idea!!!!! Duh-super-duh Marina! *kicks self*
Gonna do that now! Doesn't hurt to know!
Oh, here I go again... :rolleyes: Damned deck addiction , lol!
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 14:16
In all honesty, although I've gotten a few decks through ebay, I just don't prefer auctions...I like putting my money down and walking away with my deck...hehe I'm not temperamentally suited to auctions!
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 14:21
Hi guys and gals
So after work I went shopping. Something that involved a lot of searching, trying things on, and trying to find something that fit me AND didn't cost an arm and a leg. Eventually succeeded.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:22
Sometimes you get a nice surprise though. I got my Cloisters recently, with a fairly modest bid. No one outbid me, much to my amazement. You just have to be VERY strong, and bid only what you can afford, and cross your fingers. Often the auctions end while I'm asleep, so it's always interesting logging on in the morning :) If I'm awake, I usually bid right at the end, which is how I got the Alchemical, for less than it's original retail price.
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:22
In all honesty, although I've gotten a few decks through ebay, I just don't prefer auctions...I like putting my money down and walking away with my deck...hehe I'm not temperamentally suited to auctions!
I don't like auctions either - I like paying for the deck and that's it!
But this deck is only available through auction. All 'buying'options are sooo expensive!
I sent the seller a question regarding the shipping! If the answer is positive I'll go for it. If it's not, I'll take it as a message from the universe and step back.
*yawns* Now I'm starting to get reeeeally sleepy...
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:22
*hiccup*
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:23
*hiccup*
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:23
*hiccup*
cardlady22
16-04-2011, 14:24
I'm afraid it's time for me to zonk out. Have a good night/day!
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 14:26
Wow Marina! Need some water for those hiccups?
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:27
he he, I thought it was going to be my post that hiccupped, it took ages :)
Hi NT, what did you get?
goodnight cardlady, sweet dreams
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 14:30
he he, I thought it was going to be my post that hiccupped, it took ages :)
Hi NT, what did you get?
goodnight cardlady, sweet dreams
*Looks around* All girls here?
I went..... brassiere shopping. Not easy for someone my size. Bras are the only time when people volunteer to be bigger, but you still get punished for it. (In my case, my double Ds are all natural, though)
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:30
Sometimes you get a nice surprise though. I got my Cloisters recently, with a fairly modest bid. No one outbid me, much to my amazement. You just have to be VERY strong, and bid only what you can afford, and cross your fingers. Often the auctions end while I'm asleep, so it's always interesting logging on in the morning :) If I'm awake, I usually bid right at the end, which is how I got the Alchemical, for less than it's original retail price.
Lute, thank you so much for the advices! I'll wait for the answer of the seller, hopefully she/he will be willing to send it in a flat-rate envelope! :) I'll keep my fingers crossed!!! I will try to bid a few minutes before the auction ends... hopefully it'll go unnoticed and the price won't rise so much. I can only afford it if it remains cheap!
If it goes wrong, I'll wait until this deck crosses my path again! They usually do, when you really want them! ;) It's a kind of magic... lol! :laugh:
I'm afraid it's time for me to zonk out. Have a good night/day!
I wish you a great 1/3 ER, Cardlady! Sleep well!
And I must follow our dear Mistress of the Cards! It's 1h30am here, I'm super sleepy!
Thank you all for the wonderful conversation, and for the help and advices! I'm glad I have you all in my life! :heart:
Have a wonderful Earth's Rotation!
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 14:32
I think that is the most annoying kind of shopping, NT. Yay for success :) Last time, last two times, I tried, I just gave up.
Goodnight, and goodluck with the deck, Marina, i hope you can get it.
I need to go and do the washing up, and find myself something for lunch.
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:34
Wow Marina! Need some water for those hiccups?
I was thinking I need a better internet connection, LOL! :laugh:
But apparently it's AT that is being rebellious!
*Looks around* All girls here?
I went..... brassiere shopping. Not easy for someone my size. Bras are the only time when people volunteer to be bigger, but you still get punished for it. (In my case, my double Ds are all natural, though)
I have a... C cup? 42-C, to be precise. It's a pain to find a decent bra that will hold the stuff in the place without making me look like Xena, the warrior princess (or without flattening my upper parts into pancakes!)
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 14:37
I think that is the most annoying kind of shopping. Yay for success :) Last time, last two times, I tried, I just gave up.
The last time, I really got hissed off. The salesgirl convinced me that, instead of buying the correct size bra, it would be okay for me to buy a smaller bra, and use a "band extender".
Worst Idea Ever! I will never, ever do that again.
I mean, why is this acceptable? You don't see someone trying to sell you a pair of pants that are too small, with a panel of fabric that attaches to your zipper.
(Sorry, I was planning on putting this rant in Get it off your chest)
Saturness
16-04-2011, 14:44
The last time, I really got hissed off. The salesgirl convinced me that, instead of buying the correct size bra, it would be okay for me to buy a smaller bra, and use a "band extender".
Worst Idea Ever! I will never, ever do that again.
I mean, why is this acceptable? You don't see someone trying to sell you a pair of pants that are too small, with a panel of fabric that attaches to your zipper.
I actually got out of bed to read this!
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/071.gif
Too funny, NT! Gosh, I can't believe this!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/252849242_373d779ccd.jpg
This, because I am pretty unsure what I am supposed to post in this topic.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 15:12
.... Get it off your chest)
:rolleyes: :D
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 15:15
Hi Rovay, great pic! Welcome to the pub. We don't have a topic, we just hang around here to pass the time between "trade trains", when we trade decks.
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 15:19
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/252849242_373d779ccd.jpg
This, because I am pretty unsure what I am supposed to post in this topic.
Giggle. This is *supposed* to be a waiting area between Trade Trains. It's where we talk about what happened on the last Train, report on the progress of parcels delivered and received, and wait (im)patiently for the next Train to be announced.
Unofficially, the Pub has become something of a forum "safety valve". It lets us blow off steam by being a place where you can hang out, chat and talk about all the things that are "off topic" in the rest of the forum. The other "safety valve" is the Competition Thread in the subscription area.
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 15:20
:rolleyes: :D
I did not do that on purpose! REALLY!
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 15:24
Rovay,there's a swap meet coming up, which is like a trade train, but with other stuff too, not just decks, so you can see what a trade train is like by watching that. You could join too, but you might not have anything to trade yet if you are new to decks. If you can make stuff, you could maybe make something you could trade? The thread is here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=155701
zan_chan
16-04-2011, 15:32
Yowza. Big quake today around 11:30. Centered right nearby in Tochigi Prefecture. M5.8 but had my room shaking real good.
Meanwhile I just woke up from a sex dream about Alec Baldwin. Is that weird :?:
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 15:34
Hey Zan :) Sorry about the earthquake breaking your weekend of sleep..that dang crap needs to stop! Who's in charge around here?! No More Japan Earthquakes PLEASE!
Hey Zan, speaking of which, didn't you give out a number you could text to automatically donate money to Japan? I didn't write it down thinking I could just look it up but..umm... :rolleyes: Sometimes I'm not so terribly intelligent LOL
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 15:35
I'm causing trouble in Facebook again. Someone really needs to stop me when this happens. It's my damned Chain Letter Allergy, it gets set off every time I see one of those "repost this status if you don't want to think for yourself" things.
zan_chan
16-04-2011, 15:39
Hi Yira! I forgotthe number, too. D'oh! But the number is for a $10 donation, just the same as downloading the book "2:46, Aftershock" from the Amazon Kidle store. Get it for kindle for iPad. It's an incredible read, and the whole $10 goes to the Japanese red cross :thumbsup:
Just last night I was chatting with the guy who organized the book. So very humble and giving. Good guy.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 15:39
Hehe, I hate those too..I wish I were bold enough to delete them off my Wall when someone posts them on there, I hate them cluttering it up...LOL!
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 15:43
I do plan on getting that book! I'm glad you called my attention to it.
I still want the number though, because I've come up with an idea...
One of my jewelcraft sites has pendants in which part of the proceeds go to Japan. So I thought, I'm gonna get me one..after all, it's a good cause AND it's a pretty pendant -- Tree of Life, done in pewter.
Then I thought...hey..why not buy a bunch (or what constitutes a bunch for me..probably 10 or so LOL) and turn them into necklaces, and offer them for sale with all profit going to Japan...I could text the money in with each sale... (Ie, I'd sell them for $10 over what it cost to make them. Only because I'm too broke to donate the part that it cost to make them too :( )
So...I guess I should start going through old posts huh? LOL
zan_chan
16-04-2011, 15:45
Text "REDCROSS" to 90999 to make a $10 donation :)
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 15:48
Oh cool Zan, thanks so much! I'm gonna do this...!!
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 15:54
Hehe, I hate those too..I wish I were bold enough to delete them off my Wall when someone posts them on there, I hate them cluttering it up...LOL!
Everyone is attacking me. "Why did you say that? Are people going to be offended because I posted a copy-and-paste status?" That's when I did my "Allergic to Chain Letters" thing. They still don't get it.
Rovay,there's a swap meet coming up, which is like a trade train, but with other stuff too, not just decks, so you can see what a trade train is like by watching that. You could join too, but you might not have anything to trade yet if you are new to decks. If you can make stuff, you could maybe make something you could trade? The thread is here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=155701
So, this is RL meeting? I am afraid my schedule would be a bit of a problem to let me fly out to America for it. I would gladly attend a meeting like that, some day. And I am certain I got a thing or two tarot connected that I may be interested in swapping. Yes.
Right, can someone explain to me what is the idea behind the trade train? I mean, I tried to get it, read it few times, but just never managed to. Is it basically people from countries close to each other trade, or something like that? A simplified meaning would be welcome, if anyone can do that for me.
yirabeth
16-04-2011, 15:59
Everyone is attacking me. "Why did you say that? Are people going to be offended because I posted a copy-and-paste status?" That's when I did my "Allergic to Chain Letters" thing. They still don't get it.
I tried something like that once, about a zillion years ago when I first got on the internet and basically begged my extended family to quit sending me questionable email...you know, the virus-ridden stuff...the backlash from THAT was...interesting.... :bugeyed: Now I'm just very handy with the delete button, and oh yeah I changed my email back then and kinda didn't really pass it around a lot either...LOL
I'm off to bed, I think I'm sleep-chatting here...hehe See you all later :)
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 16:02
So, this is RL meeting? I am afraid my schedule would be a bit of a problem to let me fly out to America for it. I would gladly attend a meeting like that, some day. And I am certain I got a thing or two tarot connected that I may be interested in swapping. Yes.
Right, can someone explain to me what is the idea behind the trade train? I mean, I tried to get it, read it few times, but just never managed to. Is it basically people from countries close to each other trade, or something like that? A simplified meaning would be welcome, if anyone can do that for me.
The Trade Train is an internet Swap Meet. You offer up one or more decks that you are willing to give up, and so does everyone else. Each time the train gets to a "station" one person posts a list of their tradeables. Then everyone else has a chance to pick. After the pick, we go to the next station. Depending on what deck you choose, you could be sending a deck somewhere close, or halfway around the world. Myself, I have sent decks all over the US, as well as Japan and Australia.
PS: The Swap Meet will also be Virtual. It's a get-together here on the forum for all those of us who can't make it to Reader's Studio, which IS a real-life Tarot convention in New York City.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 16:15
The Reader's Studio envy swap meet is also internet, not real life. The Reader's Studio has a RL one, but the swap meet thread (that I gave the link for) is what we do if we can't make it to the Reader's Studio IRL. I can't fly to America either, unfortunately :)
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 16:50
Bed Time!
See you in 1/3rd ER!
The crowned one
16-04-2011, 16:53
Back fron Vancouver! It was a great birthday party for the kids :)
zan_chan
16-04-2011, 16:58
I just cancelled a date tonight so I could stay in bed with food instead. Is that weird?
And I just had the WORST cramp in my calf. Felt like my leg was going to pop right open. Damn thee hangovers! Now I'm walking with a limp. Think I should get an eye patch and a parrot and call it a day?
NorthernTigress @
Thanks for the clarification, it is one of the few things I failed to understand in this forum and was bugging me a bit. Some day I'd gladly be a part of a train like that. I first need to get more decks so I can afford to be tired of them, of course.
I haz my rowing machine :party:
I have named it Ollie (and I don't know why either), and is lovely. I spent yesterday cleaning it. The ad on Ebay said "as new". Bollocks. It had been in a garage (unused) for three years. During that time the house was empty and being renovated. Poor Ollie was crammed full of brick dust, paint spatters, spiders' webs etc. And his onboard computer connectors were crushed and unusable ...... although we didn't find that out until we got him home and spread out on the kitchen floor. Luckily himself took the connectors off the cables and soldered the cables (helps that he is an electrical engineer) after establishing exactly what the assorted connections were meant to be. I spent a few hours cleaning down, dismantling, dusting out, lubricating. Then I spent half an hour polishing the slide, which I must get some silicon wax for.
But - I now have a working air-resistance rowing machine whose computer does almost everything its meant to. It will do the rest after himself has done a bit of this and that to its innards :D.
The people who owned it have serious money.... they have three vehicles in the drive of the house, the cheapest of which is a this year's Porsche. Himself said the money I paid for the rower will just about fill up the fuel tanks of two of the three. But they couldn't be bothered to get the rowing machine out from under a pile of garbage in the garage and clean it!! They used a generic photo on the Ebay listing, downloaded from the manufacturers...
But it's mine now :D:D:D:D
It was raining all the time I was in Dorset, so although we went to the Iron Age hill fort (Maiden Castle) the photographs are not exactly wonderful. I'll sort them out for AT and post them, but they don't show much :(. Hopefully with the better weather we'll get good images of other places we go (and visiting the very old sites is one of our favourite things to do).
I'd like to get back up on Dartmoor soon; I miss walking on the moor and there are some excellent sites up there :)
NorthernTigress @
Thanks for the clarification, it is one of the few things I failed to understand in this forum and was bugging me a bit. Some day I'd gladly be a part of a train like that. I first need to get more decks so I can afford to be tired of them, of course.
Hiya Rovay - welcome to the Train Pub :). It's comfy in here - TCO is our gracious host and takes every care to ensure our comfort and happiness. And supplies wonderful (albeit virtual) booze to the thirsty :D
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 18:32
Yay Wendy, and yay for Ollie the rowing machine :) It's lucky himself is handy at fixing stuff, but rather dishonest of the seller to show a generic photo and say "as new". Are you going to say something in the feedback about that?
Looking forward to the pics of Maiden Castle. It has been raining all day here, apparently the wettest April day in ten years, it just said on the news.
Hi Lute, yes I am going to mention that "as new" was a tad misleading ..... it took several hours of work to bring Ollie to "good working" condition. Once himself has finished fixing the electrics and I have waxed the slide a lot then Ollie will be fine - and I think he's terrific as he is right now. Still very good value for money - and in a way doing the work makes him feel more mine :)
I have got himself shrinking the pix now while I catch up with AT.
I see your lovely organic grocer chucked you in some bananas - the kids had banana fritters for dessert last night and I was drooling, but there was maple syrup and I can't have that!
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 18:37
Hi Zan, if you're around. I think a night with food, in bed, sounds an excellent idea :) There was a 5.2 earthquake in Australia this afternoon, in northern Queensland, near Townsville, where the big cyclone was earlier this year. No damage or injuries reported, though it was a very shallow one. Earthquakes are pretty uncommon in this country.
Zan - i gave himself the @quakemaster link (he twitters), and also details about the Amazon download. He is deeply interested in Grand Prix Formula 1 racing (I am getting somewhere here .....) and sent the link to Jensen Button, a British racing driver whose girlfriend is half Japanese and has family in Tokyo. Jensen has replied saying he will forward the link/details to "everyone he knows" - and I guess he knows a good few people :D
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 18:44
I'm in - and caught up (mainly) and SO NOT washed or dressed in day clothes or anything useful LOL
Welcome to Rovay, nice to meet you.
May need to shower, please excuse me...
Morning PW - didja see quali?
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 19:08
I see your lovely organic grocer chucked you in some bananas - the kids had banana fritters for dessert last night and I was drooling, but there was maple syrup and I can't have that!
It was only one banana, but it was a big one :) They're really are like gold :) I love bananas :heart: This is the second time there has been a banana shortage here. A cyclone five years ago also wiped out the crop, and I think it was about six months before prices went back down to normal.
That's a shame about not being able to have maple syrup. I don't have it very often, because I like it so much I always want lots. I don't usually go for sweet stuff much.
I'm going to make some pumpkin and lentil soup for dinner, with some leftover roasted pumpkin. Back later.
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 19:09
No, but I have the BBc pages open right now :)
I will be there in the morning of course, never miss a race start, but not being a morning person I don't always watch qualifying rounds :(
Well I only caught part of quali - having a lie in :D. I just mixed up a new batch of sea salt with essential oils, now I'll leave it to blend in the big kilner bottle for a couple of weeks. Fun!
I didn't realise the banana crop had failed twice - that's really hard for the growers! Must be making life very difficult for them. I like maple syrup but sadly it doesn't like me very much; but that's OK - I enjoyed watching the kids slurp their way through dessert :D
Joy - I find paraffin wax will do the job on Ollie's slide - have dug out a block from the candle making kit :)
BlueDragonfly
16-04-2011, 20:13
Good Morning!
Welcome Home Ollie! :D Wendy, I know you'll enjoy using that rowing machine! What essentials did you mix with the sea salt? I need to go hunt some glass jars and make up some bath salts, my skin is looking old and tired after this winter.
Hi Rovay, Welcome to the Pub!
PW, you're not the only one that's not dressed yet, but then it's only 6 a.m. here! :)
I put in some frankincense, ylang ylang, vanilla musk and a couple of drops of patchouli. It made for a strong smelling (but gorgeous) mix so I'm going to get another box of sea salt and add it to the jar, shake it all up and let it stand for a couple of weeks. Then it will be fine.
In the meantime I'll mix some up with juniper, mint, tea tree and possibly a drop of eucalyptus for tired muscle days.
Himself has now totally fixed Ollie's onboard computer, and I have waxed his slide. "Good working order" (and immaculately clean) is us!!
thorhammer
16-04-2011, 20:37
Yay! I've had a lovley day - a few of the perth knitters organised a big package delivery to go to the Japanese ppl and we all got together today to put the parcels together. It was like a huge Christmas! We got ourselves in a little production line and the haul was enormous! Don't know the final count yet, the lady organising us took them and promised she'd tell us the total :)
Fun times :)
BlueDragonfly
16-04-2011, 20:42
Those salts sound heavenly.
I'll have to shop for some new oils, too, with some of my overtime money from last week.
BlueDragonfly
16-04-2011, 20:44
Yay! I've had a lovley day - a few of the perth knitters organised a big package delivery to go to the Japanese ppl and we all got together today to put the parcels together. It was like a huge Christmas! We got ourselves in a little production line and the haul was enormous! Don't know the final count yet, the lady organising us took them and promised she'd tell us the total :)
Fun times :)
That's great, Kat. And it sounds like alot of fun! What types of things were created and sent?
Yay! I've had a lovley day - a few of the perth knitters organised a big package delivery to go to the Japanese ppl and we all got together today to put the parcels together. It was like a huge Christmas! We got ourselves in a little production line and the haul was enormous! Don't know the final count yet, the lady organising us took them and promised she'd tell us the total :)
Fun times :)
That sounds really good fun! It is so good that people are still helping - it all seems to have dropped out of the UK news :(. Supplanted by Libya .....
And now - me/Ollie and 30,000 metres set as distance to go ..... :D
Life is bloody good sometimes!
thorhammer
16-04-2011, 20:53
That's great, Kat. And it sounds like alot of fun! What types of things were created and sent?
Mostly we knitted beanies, scarves and baby things. But we also took up collections from our respective workplaces, and we got buttloads of toiletries kind of stuff, soaps, toothbrushes (so many toothbrushes!), kid's toys, pencils and crayons . . . I made the most fantastic cowl out of precious handspun that was so hard to let go, but I'm sure someone will love it :)
thorhammer
16-04-2011, 20:57
That sounds really good fun! It is so good that people are still helping - it all seems to have dropped out of the UK news :(. Supplanted by Libya .....
A lot of disasters have happened this year. I can understand that so many people have disaster overload. Between eastern Australia (many of whom still haven't recovered from the devastating fires a few years ago), western Australia (not huge and massive, but bad enough to cause us a fair shortage of locally produced food, which means our food is hugely expensive now), New Zealand, Japan, Egypt and Libya . . . compassion can get really stretched.
thorhammer
16-04-2011, 20:58
And now - me/Ollie and 30,000 metres set as distance to go ..... :D
Life is bloody good sometimes!
Go you and Ollie! Go go go!
BlueDragonfly
16-04-2011, 20:58
Mostly we knitted beanies, scarves and baby things. But we also took up collections from our respective workplaces, and we got buttloads of toiletries kind of stuff, soaps, toothbrushes (so many toothbrushes!), kid's toys, pencils and crayons . . . I made the most fantastic cowl out of precious handspun that was so hard to let go, but I'm sure someone will love it :)
:) Just think of the wonderful loving energy you're sending out by sharing something so precious and needed!
thorhammer
16-04-2011, 21:05
:) Just think of the wonderful loving energy you're sending out by sharing something so precious and needed!
Yep :) And after all, I'll be making LOTS more yarnz. That was speshul fibre though - I won't be able to get it again and it was so soft and squishy and lovely :)
Time for a shower. Need someone to wash my back . . . wanders off in search of the barman . . .
jackdaw*
16-04-2011, 21:14
Not really here - don't hit the pubs anymore these days. Nothing left to trade :laugh: Just wanted to say, it's good to see you again, Kat.
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 21:38
Hi Jackdaw, nice to see you :)
You never need an excuse to pop into the pub :)
thorhammer
16-04-2011, 22:05
Not really here - don't hit the pubs anymore these days. Nothing left to trade :laugh: Just wanted to say, it's good to see you again, Kat.
Hey honey! I don't have anything to trade either, but we're always welcome in the pubs! Great to hear from you too :)
jackdaw*
16-04-2011, 22:09
Nice to see you all too. Love the springy avatar, PW :)
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 22:21
Love the springy avatar, PW :)
Thanks :)
I'm being all seasonal with my avatars at the moment - you missed daffodils, and I haven't decided for May Day yet! LOL
Mellaenn
16-04-2011, 22:33
{waving a quick hello}
Good morning, all. Just sipping on some coffee. Hubby and the dog were still snoozing but I hear him moving around, and oh, here comes little sparkle-butt now (the dog, not the hubby) :grin:
Tarot Circle meetup was great last night. No one bought any of my traveling collection of tarot decks (the decks a friend found at a yard sale a while ago; I'm taking it to every tarot meetup and class I go to) but I have one more tarot circle to go to try Monday where I will try to sell them in real life and if they don't go, I'll post a thread here. I'm down to a few Lo Scarabeo decks, a Doreen Virtue or two and a fairly decent white box Thoth that I'm thinking of keeping myself, maybe.
Mellaenn
16-04-2011, 22:36
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This, because I am pretty unsure what I am supposed to post in this topic.
Welcome, Rovay! You don't have to trade to hang out here, but sooner or later you'll probably be tempted to try a trade train.
And I LOVE bunny pancake!!! It's a personal favorite; when times are bad or uncertain hubby and I post it to one another to remember to smile! :grin:
Stormdancer
16-04-2011, 22:42
G'Morning mATes ~~~~
I am 21 hrs behind in posts so if there's news just let me know. How is everybody? It's a soggy drippy day...perfect for napping :D
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 23:37
Good morning all
Just passing through. I'll be leaving for the Saturday Morning Business Meeting soon. And after that, I'll be going to a crafting party; just have to decide what I'm actually bringing to work on, not to mention bringing for the pot-luck.
Who else is here?
PathWalker
16-04-2011, 23:38
Hiya! I'm alright, I don't think I did anything wow! in the last 21 hours, so we're good :)
Stormdancer
16-04-2011, 23:40
Good morning all
Just passing through. I'll be leaving for the Saturday Morning Business Meeting soon. And after that, I'll be going to a crafting party; just have to decide what I'm actually bringing to work on, not to mention bringing for the pot-luck.
Who else is here?I'm here, trying to catch up and failing, but I did catch your successful shopping trip...LOL
So what are your options for the crafting thing?...and of course the food? :D
Stormdancer
16-04-2011, 23:42
Hiya! I'm alright, I don't think I did anything wow! in the last 21 hours, so we're good :)Heya PW~~~
I'm slowly managing to wake up.
Lutestring
16-04-2011, 23:48
hi Stormy, I'm just having a break from sewing a tarot bag, and I should go to bed soon, as it's nearly midnight. It's been raining all day and night here too, perfect for sewing :)
and hi to Mell and NT and everyone else :)
NorthernTigress
16-04-2011, 23:51
I'm here, trying to catch up and failing, but I did catch your successful shopping trip...LOL
So what are your options for the crafting thing?...and of course the food? :D
Well, it's called a UFO or "unfinished object" party. But since I haven't started anything recently, I don't really have anything unfinished. That said, I have a Victorian skirt that needs to be hemmed so I don't walk all over it next time I wear it. I also have an idea of how to add semi-hidden pockets to a different skirt.
Rhinemaiden
16-04-2011, 23:54
Hi all... happy WEEKEND :D :D :D everyone got good weekend plans?
Rhinemaiden
16-04-2011, 23:56
Well, it's called a UFO or "unfinished object" party. But since I haven't started anything recently, I don't really have anything unfinished. That said, I have a Victorian skirt that needs to be hemmed so I don't walk all over it next time I wear it. I also have an idea of how to add semi-hidden pockets to a different skirt.
that sounds like fun... in my house 'UFO' refers to "Unidentified Frozen Objects" -- those mystery packages in my freezer! ROFL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:00
hi Stormy, I'm just having a break from sewing a tarot bag, and I should go to bed soon, as it's nearly midnight. It's been raining all day and night here too, perfect for sewing :)
and hi to Mell and NT and everyone else :)G'Evening Lute...I read the post about the pain meds... Made me giggle, but I'm hoping you got them in.
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:01
Wow, NT, no unfinished objects? I've got lots, do you want some? :D
Hi Rhinemaiden, my weekend has half gone already, now a few seconds into Sunday, and I've done nothing but sew, and look at a few tarot cards.
Saturness
17-04-2011, 00:05
Good MOOOOORNING people!
How I looooove waking up at a decent time! Love Saturday! :heart:
How are you today?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:05
I also have an idea of how to add semi-hidden pockets to a different skirt.This sounds interesting...
Now, about the food???
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:06
G'Evening Lute...I read the post about the pain meds... Made me giggle, but I'm hoping you got them in.
It's not the first time I've done that, either. I think I must have got distracted by AT :)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:06
that sounds like fun... in my house 'UFO' refers to "Unidentified Frozen Objects" -- those mystery packages in my freezer! ROFLROTF...this is FUNNY :joke:
Posting time out :( tick tock tick tock
Ack - handle down before the 30,000m was up! Takes more oomph to pull this one than the gym one. Dunno why - but I was knackered after 25,000m. Still - good to have a challenge :). I guess I need to take the fan apart and clean it out as well - and maybe the chain needs a LOT more lubrication than it's had. But, even if it just turns out that this is a hard row I don't mind - it was great fun!!
Then again, I am a tired person - maybe that had an effect.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:08
Good MOOOOORNING people!
How I looooove waking up at a decent time! Love Saturday! :heart:
How are you today?G'Morning M'Dear~~~
I pulled some cards from the Celtic Shamans Pack a few days ago, and I'd like to see what the book has to say. I really don't use Oracles much...Lovely deck though! (((CL))):heart:
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:09
Good morning Marina :) Yay for sleeping in!
Have you heard from the ebay seller yet?
Rhinemaiden
17-04-2011, 00:10
Hi Lute... you're having a nice rainy tuck in weekend? I :heart: those! What kind of digital camera do you have? I have Canons, a Panasonic and a Pentax (waterproof)... my preference is one that uses AA batteries. Alas, the Pentax takes a lithium ion battery, expensive to replace. :(
Hi Marina... got good coffee? :)
Hi Storm... what's on YOUR dance card? :?:
Okay, NT... dish on the FOOD! :D
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 00:12
This sounds interesting...
Now, about the food???
That I don't know. Hubby and I usually cop out and stop at the grocery store deli.
Rhinemaiden
17-04-2011, 00:14
Ack - handle down before the 30,000m was up! Takes more oomph to pull this one than the gym one. Dunno why - but I was knackered after 25,000m. Still - good to have a challenge :). I guess I need to take the fan apart and clean it out as well - and maybe the chain needs a LOT more lubrication than it's had. But, even if it just turns out that this is a hard row I don't mind - it was great fun!!
Then again, I am a tired person - maybe that had an effect.
Brava, Wendy on getting Ollie and taking him for a maiden voyage! You feel like you rowed half way to my house? ;)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:15
Hi Storm... what's on YOUR dance card? :?:WELL...the same old refrain only now it's IMPERATIVE...laundry **sigh*
Ya know how you have those underclothes that you can't stand,but you keep them "just in case" ? Well, that's where I'm at...LOL
Saturness
17-04-2011, 00:16
G'Morning M'Dear~~~
Morning Your Stormyness!
And finally my bank let me consult my account and I found out I have $40 local money (that's my pet name for the loser Brazilian money) for the next 15 days! Peachy.
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Good morning Marina :) Yay for sleeping in!
Have you heard from the ebay seller yet?
She said "perhaps". But after giving the ebay seller a whole class about the US Priority Mail International Flat Rate I found out I will have to give up bidding on the Enlightenment Pack. LOL! :laugh: But at least now she knows, may be useful in the future!
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Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:17
Ack - handle down before the 30,000m was up! Takes more oomph to pull this one than the gym one. Dunno why - but I was knackered after 25,000m. Still - good to have a challenge :). I guess I need to take the fan apart and clean it out as well - and maybe the chain needs a LOT more lubrication than it's had. But, even if it just turns out that this is a hard row I don't mind - it was great fun!!
Then again, I am a tired person - maybe that had an effect.
I really need to remember to look at post counts :bugeyed:
So, is this the new rowing machine? I got confused earlier trying to catch up. Is it not up to snuff???
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 00:18
Laundry. Ugghhhh. But, I guess it's better than the alternative . . .
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:19
And after giving the ebay seller a whole class about the US Priority Mail International Flat Rate I will have to give up bidding on the Enlightenment Pack. LOL! :laugh: But at least now she knows, maybe be useful in the future!Oh, I'm sorry that didn't work out for you :(
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 00:19
So, is this the new rowing machine? I got confused earlier trying to catch up. Is it not up to snuff???Look here, Stormy:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2700277&postcount=749
Rhinemaiden
17-04-2011, 00:20
WELL...the same old refrain only now it's IMPERATIVE...laundry **sigh*
Ya know how you have those underclothes that you can't stand,but you keep them "just in case" ? Well, that's where I'm at...LOL
Is that the stuff you're NEVER supposed to wear in case you get into an accident??? ROFL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:23
Look here, Stormy:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2700277&postcount=749Oh my :( But I'm glad you're able to get it up and running. Do you feel you paid more than it's worth?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:23
Is that the stuff you're NEVER supposed to wear in case you get into an accident??? ROFLYeah, kinda like that, and D*mn uncomfortable....LOL
Too many pages to catch up on, but I did skim this one.
Morning everyone. I slept pretty good last night and feel quite a bit better than I have for a while.
How are you liking that Celtic Shaman's Pack, Stormy? I didn't go for it when it was available, and now I am sad. :P
Marina, are you going to go for that Enlightenment Pack? If he won't ship to you, I can be go between. (Unless you've got it covered already.)
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 00:25
Oh, speaking of mail adventures, the Richmond Mystery has been solved. The parcel really did go to Richmond, BC. Google Maps just got confused and added a map of Virginia.
However, Hubby can't seem to have any luck, as the parcel is still stuck in US Customs. So much for the event (yesterday) for which the woman wanted to be able to wear the hat he was sending.
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:25
Hi Lute... you're having a nice rainy tuck in weekend? I :heart: those! What kind of digital camera do you have?
It's a Canon ixus 105, quite an old model now probably, at the rate they update them now, but it's a lovely little thing for someone who doesn't really know much about cameras. I bought it because it wasn't totally automatic, if I didn't want it to be, and I wanted to be able to choose a few different settings. I love being able to turn the flash off, and take pictures in low light, as that's really handy in museums. Oh, and it's aqua, such a pretty colour :)
Saturness
17-04-2011, 00:27
Oh, I'm sorry that didn't work out for you :(
Well, it could work, but the point is I have to learn to live inside my budget. A deck is JUST a deck, although we give them so much importance here, sometimes a reality check is needed. I had it the moment I looked at my bank statement and my credit card bill. There was a big NO written on them!
I'm sure this deck will cross my path again, if I really want it. The "Love Pack" did and it took a while too (and I was lucky to have Emmsma help on this!).
When I decided to travel to Canada in my vacations, I made a choice that would involve cutting other expenses. That's what I'm having to do now and I'll do it. A good trip is so much better than another deck, after all.
Of course, my deck-addicted-Id keeps thinking for ways to buy the deck, but my Super Ego will keep it in line, lol! ;)
kaleanna
17-04-2011, 00:28
Morning All
I was going to switch purses last nite and fell asleep after I had mostly cleaned out the one I was using. So this morning I spent organizing stuff into my "new" purse :D
How is everyone?
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:28
Ya know how you have those underclothes that you can't stand,but you keep them "just in case" ? Well, that's where I'm at...LOL
ROFL :D
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 00:29
Okay, I'm off and running.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:33
How are you liking that Celtic Shaman's Pack, Stormy? I didn't go for it when it was available, and now I am sad. :PThe images are lovely. I like it SO much better than the Greenwood, which just left me cold. This is the first reading I've done with it, and I've not checked out the book yet.
Showertime! Back in a few.
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:34
That's a shame about the deck, Marina, but it will come around again, and meanwhile you have a trip to Canada to look forward to.
I'm also trying really hard to not buy decks, as I have far too many bills to pay, but I still managed to buy one this week, after peeking at the trade thread. I've resisted about ten though, honest :)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:34
Of course, my deck-addicted-Id keeps thinking for ways to buy the deck, but my Super Ego will keep it in line, lol! ;)
!!! WOW !!! :bugeyed: When I grow up I wanna be just like you!! LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:35
Morning All
I was going to switch purses last nite and fell asleep after I had mostly cleaned out the one I was using. So this morning I spent organizing stuff into my "new" purse :DHey, I saw the picture...that's a REALLY cute purse! SO...how long will the "organization" last??
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 00:36
Hello, kaleanna! I can't remember the last time I switched out purses (and the cracking handles attest to that). Sad things is that my tennis shoes are in the same state & I was given the $$ to replace them weeks ago.
DD has performances tonight and is exuding nervous, cranky energy. Her grandmothers are taking her to look for a replacement swimsuit. I'm sure that's going to improve things . . . not. They'll all come back annoyed. God save me from the drama!
Saturness
17-04-2011, 00:37
That's a shame about the deck, Marina, but it will come around again, and meanwhile you have a trip to Canada to look forward to.
I'm also trying really hard to not buy decks, as I have far too many bills to pay, but I still managed to buy one this week, after peeking at the trade thread. I've resisted about ten though, honest :)
I have not been visiting the trading forum because of that. I did buy a Thoth tarot, but at my mother's request - she gave me the money, so it doesn't count! :D I also am wondering if I will be able to participate of the RS-Envy exchange... I may have to withdraw because of money and time. :(
I knew this would happen this month, the temptation, but I am proud of my decision. The deck will remain in my wishlist. Perhaps in the future a fellow ATer will decide to trade it or sell it (for less than $60, I hope, lol!) and there I'll have my opportunity! :)
And I will also use the opportunity to diet, lol! No more extra cookies! :D
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 00:39
WELL...the same old refrain only now it's IMPERATIVE...laundry **sigh*
Ya know how you have those underclothes that you can't stand,but you keep them "just in case" ? Well, that's where I'm at...LOL
No, no - you move into long skirt, long slip, commando underneath :)
Oh, maybe TMI? And only works coz it's quite warm here today?
:D
Rhinemaiden
17-04-2011, 00:39
It's a Canon ixus 105, quite an old model now probably, at the rate they update them now, but it's a lovely little thing for someone who doesn't really know much about cameras. I bought it because it wasn't totally automatic, if I didn't want it to be, and I wanted to be able to choose a few different settings. I love being able to turn the flash off, and take pictures in low light, as that's really handy in museums. Oh, and it's aqua, such a pretty colour :)
good choice, Lute! Canon is my FAVORITE! I get consistently good results with Canon... and LOVE the shut off the flash feature... I have an expression "what the hell, it's digital"... which means I take pix of anything and everything because there's NO developing expense! Film was SO expensive... the developing, paying for extra prints etc etc BTW I store my cameras in waterproof plastic boxes... away from the salt and humidity... they're Lock N Lock storage boxes... they really work!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:41
DD has performances tonight and is exuding nervous, cranky energy. Her grandmothers are taking her to look for a replacement swimsuit. I'm sure that's going to improve things . . . not. They'll all come back annoyed. God save me from the drama!~~~~~~~waves of calming energy~~~~~~~
kaleanna
17-04-2011, 00:41
Hey, I saw the picture...that's a REALLY cute purse! SO...how long will the "organization" last??
Thanks Stormy
NO telling, ROFL.
Hopefully for a lil bit, LOL.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:42
No, no - you move into long skirt, long slip, commando underneath :)
Oh, maybe TMI? And only works coz it's quite warm here today?
:DROTFLMAO...been there, done that })
:party::royal::laugh:JAMES GOT THE JOB!!!!:laugh::royal::party:
Well, actually he got two. He went and had an interview at one job today and they offered it to him on the spot. On the way home, the job he applied for the other day (and which you lot :heart: all put the vibes on for) phoned and offered him that job. He took the vibe job because it gives him ongoing qualifications, and it's a national company, and they'll sponsor him through his degree if all goes well :D.
Thank you all so much :heart:
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 00:43
Congratulations, James!
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:43
hi kaleanna, enjoying the new bag, er, purse? Here a purse is the little thing like the coin purse that came with yours, we would call your purse a bag. Anyway, it must be lovely having a new one to play with :)
kaleanna
17-04-2011, 00:45
Hello, kaleanna! I can't remember the last time I switched out purses (and the cracking handles attest to that). Sad things is that my tennis shoes are in the same state & I was given the $$ to replace them weeks ago.
DD has performances tonight and is exuding nervous, cranky energy. Her grandmothers are taking her to look for a replacement swimsuit. I'm sure that's going to improve things . . . not. They'll all come back annoyed. God save me from the drama!
Hiya Cardlady,
I would not have switched purses out but needed to find something to buy at the store that I returned the item too and so just happened that I found this new purse. So now have two that I will switch out from time to time, which means that I can now list all the other purses that I have on ebay and get what i get for them.
Most of I got cause I thought I could downsize my purse, but alas, no luck in doing that.
Rhinemaiden
17-04-2011, 00:45
:party::royal::laugh:JAMES GOT THE JOB!!!!:laugh::royal::party:
Well, actually he got two. He went and had an interview at one job today and they offered it to him on the spot. On the way home, the job he applied for the other day (and which you lot :heart: all put the vibes on for) phoned and offered him that job. He took the vibe job because it gives him ongoing qualifications, and it's a national company, and they'll sponsor him through his degree if all goes well :D.
Thank you all so much :heart:
wowowowowowowowowowowowowow!!!!!! CONGRATS TO JAMES!!!!! :royal:
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 00:45
:party::royal::laugh:JAMES GOT THE JOB!!!!:laugh::royal::party:
WONDERFUL news!!!
Saturness
17-04-2011, 00:50
:party::royal::laugh:JAMES GOT THE JOB!!!!:laugh::royal::party:
Well, actually he got two. He went and had an interview at one job today and they offered it to him on the spot. On the way home, the job he applied for the other day (and which you lot :heart: all put the vibes on for) phoned and offered him that job. He took the vibe job because it gives him ongoing qualifications, and it's a national company, and they'll sponsor him through his degree if all goes well :D.
Thank you all so much :heart:
YAY! That's super wonderful, Wendy! I'm so happy for James!!!!
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Yes. I am in tears of happiness for him. I have so admired the way he just kept on applying in the face of endless rejections. And to get two offers on the same day :D. He and Shakira can make plans now - they want to move into a little place of their own next spring.
And he won't be scrimping and saving for every penny, and worried about money all the time. Yay :D
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 00:51
:party::royal::laugh:JAMES GOT THE JOB!!!!:laugh::royal::party:
***CONGRATULATIONS~JAMES! ***
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 00:57
Oh great news Wendy - so pleased for James, and his beloved :)
Thank you all - the power in this Train is extraordinary and I am so grateful to you all.
My son deserves this chance, and I am just so profoundly thankful that he has been given it!
Saturness
17-04-2011, 01:00
Thank you all - the power in this Train is extraordinary and I am so grateful to you all.
My son deserves this chance, and I am just so profoundly thankful that he has been given it!
He is the Son of the Wu, I had no doubt he would get it! ;)
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:01
The images are lovely. I like it SO much better than the Greenwood, which just left me cold.
You should get over to the de-enabling thread :) I haven't been there for ages, and I just had a look and nasty things are being said about the Greenwood :heart:.
When I got the Greenwood, I loved it so much that I immediately went seaching for the Celtic Shaman's Pack, as I then wanted that too.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 01:03
He is the Son of the Wu,...^^^:laugh:Funny :laugh:^^^
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 01:04
*blinks eyelashes rapidly & coyly* })
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 01:04
G'morning all :)
Wendy, congrats on Ollie, AND for James! YAY!
Stay out of De-enabling if you can't bear your favourite deck being slagged off. It hurts. I kept well clear when it was the Templar's turn, and I think Zan managed to stay out when the Haindl was being slated. I haven't read anything there about Ironwing but whether I'd be able to keep quiet I don't know!!
He is the Son of the Wu, I had no doubt he would get it! ;)
:laugh: - Clan Wu :)
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:07
*blinks eyelashes rapidly & coyly* })
"green tendrils of infamy" ??? "do you want to be a pre-celtic forest denizen?"
Hmph!
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:10
Swirling fresh Lemon Balm in the tea pot this afternoon.
Sadly, my Lemon Verbena is now a stick (after such a hard winter, and so needs to be replaced.
Swirling fresh Lemon Balm in the tea pot this afternoon.
Sadly, my Lemon Verbena is now a stick (after such a hard winter, and so needs to be replaced.
*sniffs appreciatively*
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:11
Stay out of De-enabling if you can't bear your favourite deck being slagged off. It hurts. I kept well clear when it was the Templar's turn, and I think Zan managed to stay out when the Haindl was being slated. I haven't read anything there about Ironwing but whether I'd be able to keep quiet I don't know!!
I didn't know till I went there, and then it was too late. I usually stay out of there, because in the past I have found it enabling, because I always went to look to see what deck was being talked about, and then wanted it.That was when I didn't know many decks. I got the BBCats that way :D
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 01:12
(((Lutestring))) Put the comments in proper perspective, love. :heart:
I have to tell myself this. It's part of the Self-Brainwashing Program to keep my Urges in check. I am dogged & relentless when I decide to get something. And the energy needs to be focused elsewhere. :laugh:
There is nothing I could post about the Ironwing. It it the Only deck that I'd do Unspeakable Things for it to be reprinted.
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 01:12
I always felt like the De-enabling thread was so far out there, it wasn't even remotely de-enabling...LOL Kinda like insult contests, who can be so far off the wall that others just gasp in amazement...LOL
However having run across the artist of one of my favorite decks badmouthing said deck, I find myself unable to buy ANY of his other decks..they leave a bad taste in my mouth. LOL Or he does..or something like that.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 01:14
Anyone know what this is about? http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2698842&postcount=184
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 01:15
Anyone know what this is about? http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2698842&postcount=184Yep. It's not really new. (person in question, that is)
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 01:15
wow..no..but I wish I did...what is worth $800 that isn't Ironwing, Greenwood, or Granny Jones??? LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 01:15
I didn't know till I went there, and then it was too late. I usually stay out of there, because in the past I have found it enabling, because I always went to look to see what deck was being talked about, and then wanted it.That was when I didn't know many decks. I got the BBCats that way :D
LOL...that happens to me too!
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:16
Swirling fresh Lemon Balm in the tea pot this afternoon.
Sadly, my Lemon Verbena is now a stick (after such a hard winter, and so needs to be replaced.
Poor Lemon Verbena. Mine was planted by my great grandmother, and is older than me. I must dry some leaves this week, before the cooler weather sets in. I could send you some leaves, if one can send plant stuff to England. Here it would be against quarantine rules.
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:16
Exactly what is says :(
A certain deck changed hands here on AT a couple or three weeks ago, with a bag, for $250.
Said deck and bag are now being sold by buyer on Ebay for $800.
Sad, but not illegal.
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:18
Poor Lemon Verbena. Mine was planted by my great grandmother, and is older than me. I must dry some leaves this week, before the cooler weather sets in. I could send you some leaves, if one can send plant stuff to England. Here it would be against quarantine rules.
Dried leaves would be wonderful, thank you, I don't think there are rules - but I could be wrong, perhaps we should investigate? :)
I will get another, they are never hardy here, nor large that I have seen, and I didn't cossit it enough :(
Saturness
17-04-2011, 01:19
Stay out of De-enabling if you can't bear your favourite deck being slagged off. It hurts. I kept well clear when it was the Templar's turn, and I think Zan managed to stay out when the Haindl was being slated. I haven't read anything there about Ironwing but whether I'd be able to keep quiet I don't know!!
I think that nowadays I don't have any deck I love so much that I couldn't bear to watch it being slated. And I'm feeling so evil lately that even the PCO could be at De-enabling and I don't think I'd care. }) }) })
Beware of the Monster Marina! http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_zilla2.gif
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:24
(((Lutestring))) Put the comments in proper perspective, love. :heart:
I have to tell myself this. It's part of the Self-Brainwashing Program to keep my Urges in check. I am dogged & relentless when I decide to get something. And the energy needs to be focused elsewhere. :laugh:
There is nothing I could post about the Ironwing. It it the Only deck that I'd do Unspeakable Things for it to be reprinted.
sorry cardlady, I did mean to put a smiley on the end of my post, though ....:)
Secret confession of stupidity: I became aware of the Ironwing when it frst came out, before I was here at all I think, because I had been googling info on natural pigments, and thought, ooh, that looks interesting. And then looked at it a few times, and thought, no, I don't need it, I have two decks :D
Saturness
17-04-2011, 01:25
Exactly what is says :(
A certain deck changed hands here on AT a couple or three weeks ago, with a bag, for $250.
Said deck and bag are now being sold by buyer on Ebay for $800.
Sad, but not illegal.
Who did that??? They deserve a http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/047352f3.gif
I know there's an ATer that tries to get uncommon decks for a cheap price and then resells them on ebay. I know because I once sent her two brazilian decks, but actually she wanted a batch of 8 so she could 'give to friends'. Right. I said I couldn't afford it, but would sent her two decks for her to have in her collection (she had sent me a very rare deck so it was a bit of a trade). I've seen her decks for sale on ebay.
Nevermore, I don't even look at her threads anymore!
Hiya Cardlady,
I would not have switched purses out but needed to find something to buy at the store that I returned the item too and so just happened that I found this new purse. So now have two that I will switch out from time to time, which means that I can now list all the other purses that I have on ebay and get what i get for them.
Most of I got cause I thought I could downsize my purse, but alas, no luck in doing that.
I switch out my bag every few days. I'm wacky like that. I like variety.
Hubby laughs that I complain that my bag is too small and I can't fit anything in it, and then in a few weeks I'm using a ginormous one and complain that its huge and heavy and hurting my back. :P
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:30
Who did that??? They deserve a http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/047352f3.gif
I know there's an ATer that tries to get uncommon decks for a cheap price and then resells them on ebay. I know because I once sent her two brazilian decks, but actually she wanted a batch of 8 so she could 'give to friends'. Right. I said I couldn't afford it, but would sent her two decks for her to have in her collection (she had sent me a very rare deck so it was a bit of a trade). I've seen her decks for sale on ebay.
Nevermore, I don't even look at her threads anymore!
I think I know who that would be, it annoys me too. What is the $800 deck? I've been trying not to look at ebay. I'm guessing a baba deck? or is it something obscure?
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:38
I'm guessing a baba deck?
Yep.
.
Saturness
17-04-2011, 01:39
So what deck is it?
I have no idea, as I haven't followed the whole thing!
And now... I must go have lunch! I'll have a delicious Bolognese Yakisoba, yum!
http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_0food.gif
I wish you all a wonderful Earth's Rotation! I'll be back later!
:* :* :*
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 01:41
And now... I must go have lunch! I'll have a delicious Bolognese Yakisoba, yum!
***rushes off to google***
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:44
Yep.
.
Do I win a prize? :D
I don't know what that is but it sounds delicious.
We have pasta with tomato/vegetable/quorn sauce that we were meant to hve last night but himself was so tired I ordered food delivered instead of letting him cook. I was very good and had the Veggie Supreme pizza, and asked for extra veggies. It was delicious.
Do I win a prize? :D
But of course!! I'm not sure what, but I'm certain we'll come up with something :D
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:47
Do I win a prize? :D
Yes indeed you do!
Please do me the honour of joining me?
http://www.myhouseandgarden.com/recipes/images/high-tea1.JPG
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 01:47
Well there's a BoGo silver for $800 there but with no bag so not sure it's the one...
I feel a bit concerned, because I may have to sell my collection next month, and I certainly don't want to sell something to a 'tarot lover' and then find out that person is just reselling it for more money...if I wanted them on ebay I'd put them there myself ya know...LOL
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:50
Well there's a BoGo silver for $800 there but with no bag so not sure it's the one...
If you read the small print, you'll find it has
"Includes limited Bohemian Gothic silk tarot bag from Baba Studios with
the full color image of the 8 of Cups"
so now you know :(
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 01:51
Yes indeed you do!
Please do me the honour of joining me?
http://www.myhouseandgarden.com/recipes/images/high-tea1.JPG
lovely, thankyou :) Those scones look nice, and maybe one of those little fruit tarts...
I think I should go to bed, I've been up about two hours longer than I meant to be. I'll just finish my cup of tea first :D
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:51
I feel a bit concerned, because I may have to sell my collection next month, and I certainly don't want to sell something to a 'tarot lover' and then find out that person is just reselling it for more money...if I wanted them on ebay I'd put them there myself ya know...LOL
Sell to people you know well !!! :D
Or keep positive, and maybe it won't happen? Here's hoping you won't have to really x
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 01:52
Yes indeed you do!
Please do me the honour of joining me?
http://www.myhouseandgarden.com/recipes/images/high-tea1.JPGPromptly plops down at Lute's feet...hoping for stray crumbs })
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 01:54
Hehe, I'm surely hoping not! To be fair I don't have anything worth $800 even IF I were to get totally greedy so maybe that'll prevent any issue. I'll also have to check my list out with friends first just to be sure I am asking appropriate prices and all, y'know. LOL
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 01:56
Storm - come join us at the table, you're welcome!
Yira, I confess I just went and looked at your list :)
You have the Sutra now? How long have you had it? I swear last time I looked it was on your wish-list? And I nearly ordered you one the other day from 'ebay USA only' thing, coz I thought you were still after it. Good job I didn't.
Do you like the cards?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:00
Last edited by PathWalker : 1 Minute Ago at 10:57. Reason: word jumble This just cracked me up...I'm not sure I've ever noticed that you can explain your edits down there...
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 02:00
*passes plate of scones to Stormy*
I hope you don't have to sell any decks at all, Yira, not even to nice people.
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 02:06
I really LIKE the artwork...purples grays smoky blues etc...very nice. The verses on them...well...LOL That seems a bit silly to me :) But, they could be used as per normal and verses ignored, as many do in other cards with keywords. Although the naked groping people on the back would perhaps limit who you could read for..ROFL!
But overall it's a VERY nice kit and very nice cards also. I'm glad I have them :)
Hehe, funny thing when I got them. I opened them, and sat them on my printer after having gone through them a bit to see what they were like -- I never put a deck away until it hits my profile list LOL. So, me being a bit of a procrastinator like I am, they sat there several days...Joe came over to visit, and saw them sitting there, and was HORRIFIED....ROFL MOTHER! What's the difference between a tarot deck that says SUTRA and a porno book that says sutra??!! I assured him the deck wasn't porn, and the worst was the back (which you can see on the box top) and really, that's mild, not porn although I wouldn't read for a churchgoer with it... He said but..JACK??! He can just see that SITTING there??!
OFGS Joe....He's 15, and seen worse in your motorcycle magazine with bikini babes in it, get over it would ya....LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:12
...Joe came over to visit, and saw them sitting there, and was HORRIFIED....ROFL MOTHER! What's the difference between a tarot deck that says SUTRA and a porno book that says sutra??!! ... He said but..JACK??! He can just see that SITTING there??!
OFGS Joe....He's 15, and seen worse in your motorcycle magazine with bikini babes in it, get over it would ya....LOLThis is just TOO funny :joke:
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 02:13
Poor Joe. As a first-born myself, I can sympathize with the rude awakening I got when finding out my younger sibs were far more experienced/adventurous than me. :laugh:
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 02:14
I am glad you like the artwork on the fronts. I had the pack, (from the collection)but was disappointed coz I'd hoped for something raunchier lOL
As I'm not a Pixie Smith person I let it go for the postage costs I think. I thought the picture on the back was beautiful; funny how we're all different :)
But yes, at least it's more tasteful than the 'in your face' babes in men's magazines of all kinds.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:15
I'm contemplating a a second cup of coffee while perusing the de-enabling of the Greenwood. Carla's de-enabling on the Trees was funny...although Midkid is a dead ringer for Bieber :bugeyed: Midkid even cut his hair to avoid this, but...LOL
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 02:15
Well ya know, Jack bought me my copy of the Druidcraft as a Christmas gift...and yes, he's seen it, he's welcome to look through any of my decks he wants, although he finds most of them not to his taste. I'm guessing Joe would be OUTRAGED!! if he saw the Hanged Man there...ROFL
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 02:17
Poor Joe. As a first-born myself, I can sympathize with the rude awakening I got when finding out my younger sibs were far more experienced/adventurous than me. :laugh:
That kind of thing was never discussed in my family. Very typical 'British of their generation', my parents were.
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 02:21
Oh yes, definitely tasteful, the backs...you really can't see anything inappropriate, and I would use them if the situation were called for. Obviously not for my oldest son, or others that are a bit prudish though.... ROFL
Ya know, though, I find it very strange he would be so worried about it, considering he likes to talk to me about his sex life at which time *I* just want to say, STOPPIT!! TMI!!! hehehe (never have, because I don't want him to feel he can't talk to me, but it does make me a bit uncomfortable...he's my little boy, I don't want to hear about his sex life LOL)
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 02:25
Well there's a BoGo silver for $800 there but with no bag so not sure it's the one...
I feel a bit concerned, because I may have to sell my collection next month, and I certainly don't want to sell something to a 'tarot lover' and then find out that person is just reselling it for more money...if I wanted them on ebay I'd put them there myself ya know...LOL
If you want top dollar, then you should sell it on e-bay ( well auctions are a risk, I have taken a pretty big hit on a few decks, I am always surprised which ones do well and which ones do not. I got 12.00 for my BG on ebay..it happens :) )
I supose you could just ignore the "PM's" from those you do not feel like selling to, I feel once my deck is traded, gifted or sold, the new owner can do as they please with it. But I do get what you mean, I feel a touch of irritation when I hold off on a deck on the trading forum, only to see it go to one of the direct to e-bay sellers... so if I change my mind I know where to find it but at a greater cost LOL
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 02:28
G'morning TCO :)
Good point really... and there may be one or two I would consider selling on ebay if a friend didn't want...But I guess my main reason is because I'm really attached to my collection, and don't want to sell it and if I had to, I'd rather it go to people who love it than just pop them up on ebay hehe :)
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 02:29
I just looked at the auction. I have no idea who bunny400 is. who are they here( no rules are being broken by this discusion, I am just curious) I should offer 50 more then she paid her to see if she takes it :D as it has a best offer.
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 02:30
Good Morning everyone :)
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 02:30
Hehe, that would be funny TCO -- I'm guessing she'd say 'no thanks' as she's expecting to make a killing on it...LOL
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 02:32
I just looked at the auction. I have no idea who bunny400 is. who are they here( no rules are being broken by this discusion, I am just curious) I should offer 50 more then she paid her to see if she takes it :D as it has a best offer.
I was tempted to offer what I know she paid for it here, saying "I've heard that's the going rate"
But such nastiness on my part would be unhelpful in the grnd scheme of things, so I haven't :)
There's also a touch of envy, I'd have liked it myself but didn't have $250.
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 02:32
Hello, TCO! Any house/yard projects this weekend, or will you be leisurely?
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 02:34
Hello, TCO! Any house/yard projects this weekend, or will you be leisurely?
Very very busy! Too colde for the yard, but I have a tonne to do inside :)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:35
... I feel once my deck is traded, gifted or sold, the new owner can do as they please with it.
G'Morning Dude~~~
I agree with what you're saying. I do think the seller knew this was gonna be re-sold. I think what bothers me more is when there is a LTD deck out and everyone is madly trying to get just one copy, someone else manages to snag bunches for the profit...but then again, there's really nothing wrong with it that either...
I think I've just confused myself....
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:36
... I'd rather it go to people who love it than just pop them up on ebay hehe :)And this is how I feel too...
And can't you put "reserve" prices on stuff...like a minimum sale price?
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 02:40
I just found the thread, do you think there might be a bit of mischief in the chosen price too ;) 800? EXACTLY what hearthcricket said LOL! I wonder...
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 02:40
You can! I'm not sure how that works though, and I think they take more of the profit...which you can alleviate by asking more to cover that...OR...just make your base price what your reserve is (that to me, makes more sense)
Ahh, who am I kidding, I know nothing...I've never sold on ebay...LOL
I think I found the person who bought the deck in question though. And if it's the one, the seller specified she wanted it to go to someone who couldn't afford $800 for the deck...
I could be wrong though LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:42
I just found the thread, do you think there might be a bit of mischief in the chosen price too ;) 800? EXACTLY what hearthcricket said LOL! I wonder...I know, right? There was an edit at the beginning...
Hi everyone :)
Yes, that's what I find so sad about it - that the original seller was being extremely generous and has got pounced on by someone looking to make a quick buck.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:43
I just found the thread, do you think there might be a bit of mischief in the chosen price too ;) 800? EXACTLY what hearthcricket said LOL! I wonder...OH...and D*MN you're good at searching. I looked for 1/2 an hour before I thought to look in the closed thread :rolleyes:
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 02:56
;) Spy-type researching takes a certain kind of brain . . . sadly, I have inherited it. :laugh:
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 02:57
;) Spy-type researching takes a certain kind of brain . . . sadly, I have inherited it. :laugh:Why "sadly"? I think it's amazing!!!
True Page of Swords quality there. :D
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:02
True Page of Swords quality there. :DYeah...or maybe the Knight...on a quest? LOL
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 03:03
Why "sadly"? I think it's amazing!!!It's sad when you find out unpleasant things about people, or run into the the middle of ongoing conflicts. Not the finding helpful info- :heart: that!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:04
It's sad when you find out unpleasant things about people, or run into the the middle of ongoing conflicts. Not the finding helpful info- :heart: that!Oh, I see...but I prefer to know who's nasty so as to avoid them.
kaleanna
17-04-2011, 03:08
hi kaleanna, enjoying the new bag, er, purse? Here a purse is the little thing like the coin purse that came with yours, we would call your purse a bag. Anyway, it must be lovely having a new one to play with :)
Thankies Lute,
I am enjoying it,took the kids out today for a bit and used my new purse (bag). It will take a lil getting use to the straps that are on it, cause I normally like for my purses to have longer straps. But I still like it. :D
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 03:08
I just want to point out that the deck that was sold included the BOOK, which the one on ebay doesn't. So she kept the book, and is offering the deck with just the LWB :(
Yes, I'm posting in my sleep :D
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 03:09
I'm hopeless. :angel: I want to believe in everyone.
And that I can make a difference by believing in them . .
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:10
I just want to point out that the deck that was sold included the BOOK, which the one on ebay doesn't. So she kept the book, and is offering the deck with just the LWB :(
Yes, I'm posting in my sleep :D"Sleep posting" !! WOW !! You're in need of an intervention...LOL
Seriously though, everything ok with you? What time is it?
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 03:11
I guess the whole thing is just...confusing to me...did she really think, especially after it being said in the thread, that the seller would be okay with this? And by extension, the rest of AT??
Even IF I were a greedy bastage, I wouldn't harm my home away from home in that manner....
I do think I'm not a greedy bastage though ROFL
I just want to point out that the deck that was sold included the BOOK, which the one on ebay doesn't. So she kept the book, and is offering the deck with just the LWB :(
Yes, I'm posting in my sleep :D
That is not so good for the person buying. I'd expect the book for that sort of money.
Trouble sleeping?
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 03:13
3.12am :) My sleep pattern has gone all silly, from staying up too late too often. I'm wide awake. Maybe I should get some chamomile tea :)
Chamomile tea would help or maybe some soothing essential oil like lavender. Reading a book tends to make me sleepy if I'm struggling to sleep. No matter how good the book, after ten minutes I'm yawning and my eyes are closing. :)
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 03:17
Hehe, I always wondered how people do that..if I take a book to bed with me, I'm up for the entire night unless I did it the night before too....LOL!
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 03:19
That is not so good for the person buying. I'd expect the book for that sort of money.
Trouble sleeping?
I think she's probably going to list the book separately, if she hasn't already.
She doesn't own the BG, apart from the one she's selling, or it's not in her profile. Probably thinks she can get a couple of hundred for the book. :(
Going to put the kettle on...
eta: I can read for hours, so that's no good. It's ok, I don't have to do anything tomorrow, so it doesn't matter if I sleep in.
I guess the whole thing is just...confusing to me...did she really think, especially after it being said in the thread, that the seller would be okay with this? And by extension, the rest of AT??
Even IF I were a greedy bastage, I wouldn't harm my home away from home in that manner....
I do think I'm not a greedy bastage though ROFL
I think it's sad for the seller that it did not go to someone who really wanted it to use and treasure. I suppose things are difficult for a lot of people financially at the moment though. No guarantee that someone would buy it.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:22
I'm hopeless. :angel: I want to believe in everyone.
And that I can make a difference by believing in them . .I don't call this "hopeless", I call it Generous... :*
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:26
I just want to point out that the deck that was sold included the BOOK, which the one on ebay doesn't. So she kept the book, and is offering the deck with just the LWB :( }) }) }) :D
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 03:28
I think it's sad for the seller that it did not go to someone who really wanted it to use and treasure.
So do I, especially as I'm sure there are lots here who would. I remember wanting it for ages, until I got lucky and found one on a trade thread. It was much cheaper than that one from HC, and turned out to be brand new. Whoohoo :)
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 03:33
I think it's sad for the seller that it did not go to someone who really wanted it to use and treasure. I suppose things are difficult for a lot of people financially at the moment though. No guarantee that someone would buy it.
Yes exactly. I wanted to check the time frame between posting and selling.. I recall it was many hours, not minutes..
I did consider buying it as I like to hold decks to experience them properly but I knew I would resell it in a month or two so I did not bother.
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 03:34
Is there anyone who recognizes this? It popped up wild in our yard. Hubby tweaked it with iPhone apps.
We threw out a packet of "English wildflowers" a couple of years ago & were wondering if it was possibly from that?
I don't recognise it but it is beautiful.:)
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 03:38
That's pretty Cardlady...but I don't know what it is :(
http://www.englishwildflowers.com/EWF_WCampion.html
One of these?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:40
Is there anyone who recognizes this? It popped up wild in our yard. Hubby tweaked it with iPhone apps.
We threw out a packet of "English wildflowers" a couple of years ago & were wondering if it was possibly from that?It kinda looks like some sort of Lily, but I'm a TERRIBLE garden kinda person, so it's just a wild guess :eek:
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 03:42
If I'm right in counting 12 petals, that's a lot for a wild flower.
Does it have multiple flowers or just one?
Height?
Scent?
I'm working on it :)
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 03:44
http://www.englishwildflowers.com/EWF_WCampion.html
One of these?No, the petal pattern is different. Hubby says the stalk was high & thin. Also the dark background & tweak makes it look thicker/waxier than real life. It's quite delicate.
multiple flowers; foot & a half to 2 feet high
hubby counts 11 on this specific bloom; almost no smell
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:44
If I'm right in counting 12 petals, that's a lot for a wild flower.
Does it have multiple flowers or just one?
Height?
Scent?
I'm working on it :)I knew you'd show up :)
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 03:48
Oh I've been here all the time, I just didn't have anything to say LOL
Can I just check the colour - is it pale pink?
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 03:51
Hi everyone! What did I miss besides bunnies and flowers?
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 03:51
Can I just check the colour - is it pale pink?It's more of a light lilac, lavendar, purply-end thing.
ETA: Hubby's eating. Let me run out and get a yard/field view of them.
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 03:53
I don't think it's anything common and wild to where I live, but of course flowers are regional to a degree. I can't see anything in my books, but keeping my fingers crossed that someone will know :)
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 03:54
. Let me run out and get a yard/field view of them.
Ah, there's more than one, that's good.
Hi OS :) How are you?
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 03:54
Hi everyone! What did I miss besides bunnies and flowers?
*giggle* *sputter* *rolling around laughing my head off*
LOL...G'morning OS :)
I had some chocolate :). Dark chocolate, but it was gorgeous. And I ate 2 whole ounces! I normally only get one ounce at a time (4 squares). I am saying it was in celebration of James's job. He has gone to work (at the old job which he will be giving up - it was only part time and it was his working-through-college job) and he is walking on air :D
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:58
*giggle* *sputter* *rolling around laughing my head off*
LOL...G'morning OS :)G'Afternoon Octavaspera...um...what did you do to her? Is she gonna be ok???
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 03:59
Bunnies....*giggles more*
Okay maybe I'm tired..sorry all...LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 03:59
... he is walking on air :DIsn't it SUCH a pleasure to see them so pleased?? :)
Congratulations to James and that sort of occasion definitely warrants chocolate. :)
Hi all
Cardlady could it be this
http://www.cwnp.org/photopgs/cdoc/cllanceolata.html
or this
http://www.property-in-the-sun.com/images/Blog/august_2006/hibiscus_2.jpg
Isn't it SUCH a pleasure to see them so pleased?? :)
Yes - I am far happier for him than I would be for me... (if you see what I mean). I have been so worried for him, and them. Now - joy, relief, and huge satisfaction that they have seen the potential in him!
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 04:02
Bunnies....*giggles more*
Okay maybe I'm tired..sorry all...LOL
Oh I thought it was funny too.
You've got to love a man with a sense of humour.
Back on the subject of Ebay - I would like to confess!!! that I did once try to sell one thing on Ebay. Trumps of Amber. Didn't sell, that was that. Eventually traded here for something (I'd have to look up what, but we were both happy)
I do buy there though.
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 04:04
WE need a leaf :) the filament is unique to a specific family.
Ir reminds me of a hybrid of catananche caerulea ( cupids dart) I am not certain but pretty sure.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 04:04
OH my...cooking show...he just shucked some clams and now I'm drooling!!!
oh wait...he's gonna bake them...yuck :(
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 04:04
Let's try this. The wind is blowing them around!
They may not be English. We have no idea. And the crazy storm fronts could have deposited anything . . .
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 04:05
G'Afternoon Octavaspera...um...what did you do to her? Is she gonna be ok???
Laughter is good for the heart and the soul!
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 04:05
I don't think there's anything wrong with selling on ebay...others do it all the time really. I think the bad thing was the circumstances surrounding THIS sale on ebay. Heck like I said, if forced to sell I may sell a deck or two there myself, if a friend doesn't want...but I would never buy a deck and then sell it knowing the original seller specifically did NOT want that to happen...
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 04:06
WE need a leaf :) the filament is unique to a specific family.
Ir reminds me of a hybrid of catananche caerulea ( cupids dart) I am not certain but pretty sure.
:bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 04:07
I was joking :D
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 04:08
Laughter is good for the heart and the soul!Well she must be in FINE shape now...LOL
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 04:09
They don't strike me as anything common and familiar - although if they were scented they could be some kind of Pink hybrid. But looking at the arrid conditions it looks like you have, I'm not sure much British stuff would like it, we're fairly wet and green here.
Hello. At work. Thrift shop today. I keep seeing things that should be made into bags. Even worse. These tops are telling me what deck should be in them. :P
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 04:11
They don't strike me as anything common and familiar - although if they were scented they could be some kind of Pink hybrid. But looking at the arrid conditions it looks like you have, I'm not sure much British stuff would like it, we're fairly wet and green here.
Yes after seeing the whole plant it reminds me of a alpine LOL
I better get to work! Good luck with the hunt!
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 04:12
Hello. At work. Thrift shop today. I keep seeing things that should be made into bags. Even worse. These tops are telling me what deck should be in them. :P
This is GOOD!
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 04:12
Enjoy your day TCO :)
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 04:13
Hello. At work. Thrift shop today. I keep seeing things that should be made into bags. Even worse. These tops are telling me what deck should be in them. :P
Don't you get store credit with each working day there? Grab 'em I say!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 04:13
This is GOOD!I agree, especially since it's a "thrift store"...CHEAP!!! :D
Ah the temptation that lurks in fabric for a crafter...
I have stashes of fabric as well as stashes of tarot decks and stashes of art supplies. I think my husband wishes I didn't have any hobbies. :D
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 04:16
WE need a leaf :) the filament is unique to a specific family.They don't seem to have leaves. Here's the base "strands" pic.
The yard could be nicer if we had the right grass seed & a sprinkler system- which we don't. :(
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 04:17
I am called away - by what smells from her like a stir-fry.
See you later
x
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 04:18
Mmmm..enjoy PW!
Don't you get store credit with each working day there? Grab 'em I say!
I sure do. Steadily building a pile of today's goodies. :D
And I'm working too. :P
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 04:28
That's cool :) Maybe you can take a pic of your fabrics and share later? If you're not too tired..you've been working a LOT of hours :) Some fabric buffs here that would enjoy them though, if you've a mind to... :)
Oooh yes! Share the fabric goodies!!!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 04:34
Oooh yes! Share the fabric goodies!!!Me thinks She's excited...LOL
Me thinks She's excited...LOL
:D Could you tell...?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 04:36
:D Could you tell...?LOL...aYUP...I am just THAT perceptive :)
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 04:38
I love to browse through the fabric & button aisles, even if I can't sew. So much of the pretty stuff doesn't feel nice though.
Yes that's true - some of it feels quite horrible. I like cottons, silks and jersey for feel.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 05:06
I've just got to say...showers are the BEST invention EVER...after Tarot and Sushi of course :joke:
I wish I were more of a "Crafty" kinda person...I can kinda sorta sew, I can crochet granny squares, I can embroider...but I don't do any of them.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 06:31
I guess I killed the thread :(
And it's kinda snowing here :(
And the Sushi place doesn't open for another hour :(
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 06:34
I got stuck looking at Ciro Marchetti and Jasmine Becket-Griffith's sites. Have to drop off DD by 5pm.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 06:41
Jasmine Becket-Griffith's sites.????
Isn't it almost 5 for you now?
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 06:44
Here it's approaching ten at night, bright moonlight streams from a clear sky, and I'm about to hit the hay.
Have a wonderful 1/3 ER - and I might see you after the Grand Prix tomorrow
x
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 06:46
Here it's approaching ten at night, bright moonlight streams from a clear sky, and I'm about to hit the hay.
Have a wonderful 1/3 ER - and I might see you after the Grand Prix tomorrow
xLOL...G'Night sweety~~~
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 06:46
????
Isn't it almost 5 for you now?Tee hee. Lucky for me the school is only about 5 miles down the winding roads . . .
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 06:58
Jasmine Becket-Griffith's sites.I can be SO dense sometimes :confused: I know who this is, thanks to you (((CL))):love:
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 07:12
*huff puff* back from The Drop Off. Filled the ice trays. Gave Cinnamon her romaine lettuce leaves. What's next?
(((Stormy)))
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 07:21
I SO need to get off that site...LOOK... http://www.strangeling.com/callingthestorm.html
ok...Midkid beckons...he wants me to drop off a dress shirt for dinner out with his GF...and $$ of course...LOL
I'll be back with foodbaby firmly entrenched :party:
Saturness
17-04-2011, 09:10
We have a quiet train here! How is everyone?
I'm waiting for dinner... playing with my Cosmic Tarot! Does anyone want a 2-card reading? LOL! I do not guarantee 100% of accuracy, but any guinea pigs are welcome!
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 09:14
We have a quiet train here! How is everyone?
I'm waiting for dinner... playing with my Cosmic Tarot! Does anyone want a 2-card reading? LOL! I do not guarantee 100% of accuracy, but any guinea pigs are welcome!
Me!! Me!!! How will my day as a witness in court go?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:14
We have a quiet train here! How is everyone?
I'm waiting for dinner... playing with my Cosmic Tarot! Does anyone want a 2-card reading? LOL! I do not guarantee 100% of accuracy, but any guinea pigs are welcome!Jeopardy is on....how will I compare and will I get the final question right?
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 09:17
In the meantime, for the amusement of anyone who cares to take a peek, there are some really funny pix on this site: Perfectly Timed Photos ( http://perfectlytimedphotos.com./)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:22
WOW!!! Interesting Jeopardy...and I just saw the category for the final...
MEL !!!! How are ya???
Marina !!!! How are ya???
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 09:25
Hi all!
Marina, meant to ask you about your new avatar, but always missed you!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:29
Hi all!
Marina, meant to ask you about your new avatar, but always missed you!I think She said something about onions way back. How are you enjoying our weather? I walked into The Sushi place....."mmmmmMISO sssssSOUP pppppPlease...." He laughed and brought me tea as well :heart:
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:31
In the meantime, for the amusement of anyone who cares to take a peek, there are some really funny pix on this site: Perfectly Timed Photos ( http://perfectlytimedphotos.com./)I really like these photos, but when I view one, and then click back they've all changed. Is there something I'm missing?
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 09:32
The weather is so much like last month, where's our spring?!?!!
Onions? I can see Marina as a multi-layered person. And don't harm her or she'll make you cry!
Saturness
17-04-2011, 09:33
Hi Mell! Hi Stormy! :D :D :D
Me!! Me!!! How will my day as a witness in court go?
2/Swords + King/Wands
I think you'll feel a bit intimidated... The King of Wands is a man of authority, power and influence, and his presence may make you feel suddenly insecure. he has a very powerful stare, like he could see into you soul - I wonder if he's one of the lawyers. Ideas that were once clear may become a bit confused, so I suggest that you answer your questions in the most clear and simple ways possible. Don't let this guy make you feel impotent!
Jeopardy is on....how will I compare and will I get the final question right?
Reader here is ignorant... what is "Jeopardy"? :|
I'm being called for dinner, but I'll do your reading Stormy. Just tell me what is Jeopardy. Is it a game?
Saturness
17-04-2011, 09:35
Onions? I can see Marina as a multi-layered person. And don't harm her or she'll make you cry!
My avatar is the wonderful, ubiquitous and highly dramatic ONION HEAD!!!!
Meet him! (http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/cuteonion/wallapaper/Onion_Head_Madness_by_Suyanchan-1.png)
I identify myself with him a lot... specially his moodiness! :P
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 09:41
Thanks, Marina, that is probably exactly what will happen. I'm already intimidated. :)
Storm, I'm just ready for this court stuff to be over. I want my life back. I am putting way too much energy into it, I admit, but can't seem to help myself. As we speak I keep peeking out the window to see if someone is going to drive up and give me a subpoena!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:43
... where's our spring?!?!!I was gonna say Vas ist das?...but then I plugged it into an on translator and realized my Dad said it wrong...it should be "Vas das ist?" Where is Aulruna??? :(
.Onions? I can see Marina as a multi-layered person. And don't harm her or she'll make you cry!You are a VERY perceptive mATe...LOL...this is hilarious :D
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 09:43
Thanks for explaining, Marina! Adorable cast of characters.
I like this drawing of Onion Head
http://www.onion-club.net/images/avatars/gallery/onion/325.gif
and Bon appetit!
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 09:44
I really like these photos, but when I view one, and then click back they've all changed. Is there something I'm missing?
No, they keep shifting around on me, too - must be by the same people who created the portraits in the Harry Potter series! :grin:
But seriously, there are some that are really a hoot!
ETA - the best part is the comments that some of the little "huffers" have made...
Saturness
17-04-2011, 09:44
Thanks, Marina, that is probably exactly what will happen. I'm already intimidated. :)
Don't let this guy intimidate you!!!!
Put on your best Queen of Swords mask! :thumbsup:
And now... I must go! Dinner is calling - stomach is too, LOL!
Stormy, if you want your reading, PM me and I'll do it as soon as I'm back! The same goes for you, OctavaSpera, if you want a 2-Card reading, PM me! :heart:
See you all later! ;)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:46
Reader here is ignorant... what is "Jeopardy"? It's a TV game show...kind of a trivia thing...Jeopardy screen shot (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8YphtkAHyDU/TTRU-c3D9XI/AAAAAAAAAbI/nczd2pcqBn0/s1600/jeopardy.jpg)
ETA....and YOU are NOT ignorant...I am a self centered American assuming that the WHOLE world understands American stuff!!!
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 09:47
Where is Aulruna??? :(
LOL, I recently finished a weekly German course for beginners here downtown and it's helped me figure out a few things in Albideuter.
I rarely see Aulruna here. I like her username.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:47
Don't let this guy intimidate you!!!!
Put on your best Queen of Swords mask! :thumbsup:
And now... I must go! Dinner is calling - stomach is too, LOL!
Stormy, if you want your reading, PM me and I'll do it as soon as I'm back! The same goes for you, OctavaSpera, if you want a 2-Card reading, PM me! :heart:
See you all later! ;)RATZ...I wanted to ask what was for dinner... :(
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:48
I rarely see Aulruna here. I like her username.I never thought about it....what does her name mean in German?
OctavaSpera
17-04-2011, 09:50
I never thought about it....what does her name mean in German?
I recently looked up that name on Google and it's not very common. I think it was the name of a Norwegian princess or mythical character. Have to re-check to be sure.
Now I have to go watch a Chinese opera. Somehow my mom scored ten $200 tickets for free :bugeyed:
Bye all!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:50
I like this drawing of Onion Head
http://www.onion-club.net/images/avatars/gallery/onion/325.gifFor some odd reason this reminds me of the Pancake on the Bunny photo from pages ago :eek:
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:52
Storm, I'm just ready for this court stuff to be over. I want my life back. I am putting way too much energy into it, I admit, but can't seem to help myself. As we speak I keep peeking out the window to see if someone is going to drive up and give me a subpoena!Are you sure you're gonna BE subpoena'd???
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 09:53
Now I have to go watch a Chinese opera.
Dzai Jyan Wo de Pengyou~~~~
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 09:55
Hi honeyz! I'm off till noon on Monday! :D Lots of things to try to do with that time, though.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 10:03
Welcome Home
Pour yourself a cuppa (http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/I/indigo_gate_welcome_home_tea_pot_and_lid_P00000411 34S0004T2.jpg)
Hi honeyz! I'm off till noon on Monday! :D Lots of things to try to do with that time, though.
Me too!
Soo good to be home. Feets are ouchy.
Hubby is making pasta. Hmm. What should I eat while I wait?
Need to find the chocolate.
And hwat have I missed?
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 10:09
Welcome Home
Pour yourself a cuppa (http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/I/indigo_gate_welcome_home_tea_pot_and_lid_P00000411 34S0004T2.jp)
Thank you so much for the lovely greeting! The link, however was a error 404.....It sounds cute from looking at the addy, though. I'm working on my second post-work cup of coffee.
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 10:11
Me too!
Soo good to be home. Feets are ouchy.
Hubby is making pasta. Hmm. What should I eat while I wait?
Need to find the chocolate.
And hwat have I missed?
I fixed a quick burger and baked potato! Wasn't in the mood to take more than 10 minutes to cook!
My feetz are ouchy, too! Shoes are off!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 10:11
And hwat have I missed?You've NAWT missed nought....LOL
Welcome home to you too....Whiskey Sour perhaps? (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr5tSJQk_A8/TXjrTYE-uvI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/Bn8LslvKY2s/s1600/army_cocktail.jpg)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 10:14
Thank you so much for the lovely greeting! The link, however was a error 404.....It sounds cute from looking at the addy, though. I'm working on my second post-work cup of coffee.:( sorry :( Try it now....:rolleyes:
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 10:16
Sorry, I was cleaning the kitchen, which is always my job now since I'm a little housewifey! :)
Are you sure you're gonna BE subpoena'd???
Not 100% sure, but his mother got her subpoena today, so as late as that is, they can still yank me in for a day next week.
Greetings, emmsma and Blue. Time to chill out!
Hmm. That looks good, Stormy. Don't mind if I do.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 10:19
Time to chill out!Not sure about them but I'm already chilled. How's it by you Blue? I am cold.....
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 10:31
:( sorry :( Try it now....:rolleyes:
Awww..Thanks. I love hot air balloons, would love to try to ride in one, but I'm afraid of heights! :laugh:
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 10:35
Not sure about them but I'm already chilled. How's it by you Blue? I am cold.....
Cold and wet. :( I've got a long sleeve tee shirt and sweatshirt on and am thinking about a flannel over that! *shivers* Hot beverages all night!
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 10:38
Cold and wet. :( I've got a long sleeve tee shirt and sweatshirt on and am thinking about a flannel over that! *shivers* Hot beverages all night!LOL....me too. It was "warm" this morning and I felt stifled inside but by 2pm I was DESPERATELY in need of my 2nd pr of long johns....
I'm with Octava on this...WHERE is our Spring?????????
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 10:39
Awww..Thanks. I love hot air balloons, would love to try to ride in one, but I'm afraid of heights! :laugh:This teapot reminds me of the Wizard of Oz...."There's no place like home"....:D
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 10:57
LOL....me too. It was "warm" this morning and I felt stifled inside but by 2pm I was DESPERATELY in need of my 2nd pr of long johns....
I'm with Octava on this...WHERE is our Spring?????????
:laugh: This Is spring here! OCD-bro was cleaning the front room and asked me to put my snowboots away....I said "Not yet"....it's spitting snow right now. :(
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 11:02
:laugh: This Is spring here! OCD-bro was cleaning the front room and asked me to put my snowboots away....I said "Not yet"....it's spitting snow right now. :(ROTFLMAO.....um...DUH????
BUT I DO get where Bro dude is coming from...."If I do 'Spring Cleaning' THEN Spring will come"....I think it may be His way of "positive thinking"...LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 11:04
Any one else just LOVE Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow? I'm watching one I've not seen...FUNNY })...and reminds me of a past post by Zan....something about a leg cramp, an eye patch, and a parrot :bugeyed:
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 11:09
Any one else just LOVE Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow? I'm watching one I've not seen...FUNNY })...and reminds me of a past post by Zan....something about a leg cramp, an eye patch, and a parrot :bugeyed:
:( I haven't seen any of those movies. A few minutes here and there, but.....
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 11:15
:( I haven't seen any of those movies. A few minutes here and there, but.....One of the joys of MOMdom...watching stuff I would NEVER have as an adult...LOL
OR....probably more realistic....I'm just immature....:D
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 11:19
One of the joys of MOMdom...watching stuff I would NEVER have as an adult...LOL
OR....probably more realistic....I'm just immature....:D
I've always loved stuff like this. I've read all the Harry Potter books and 3 of the 4 Twilight books.
One of these days, I'm gonna get netflix or something, and watch a whole bunch of movies! :D
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 11:28
I've always loved stuff like this. I've read all the Harry Potter books and 3 of the 4 Twilight books.LOL...I think there's more than 4 of those :joke:
Sadly, I've only watched the HP stuff. I've never read any of them :(
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 11:54
Any one else just LOVE Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow?
*raises hand sleepily* MEEEE! :D
Hullo :) I slept for nearly eight hours, yay, and now it's almost lunchtime.
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 11:57
Hi Lute! What's for lunch?
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 11:58
Any one else just LOVE Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow? I'm watching one I've not seen...FUNNY })...and reminds me of a past post by Zan....something about a leg cramp, an eye patch, and a parrot :bugeyed:
Oh, yes, that's when I fell in love with Johnny in his first appearance as Jack Sparrow. We all did!
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 11:59
Hi Blue, I haven't thought that far yet, I'm still drinking my breakfast tea :D
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 12:00
Oh, yes, that's when I fell in love with Johnny in his first appearance as Jack Sparrow. We all did!
Hi Mell! How're you tonight?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:01
Oh, yes, that's when I fell in love with Johnny in his first appearance as Jack Sparrow. We all did!Actually....I think it was Benny & June for me...:D
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:02
*raises hand sleepily* MEEEE! :DLet us NOT be "sheepish"...and I'm SO glad you slept well :*
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 12:02
OK, I'm all chilled out. I saged the house, did a crystal reading for myself and jumped in the hot tub for a bit. Did I tell you guys about the $50 hot tub that hubby bought last fall? Five months, 3 guys to help move it, one guy to help build a new deck and wire it, and about $600 later for all of that labor, and we're good! Now the temps are in the 80's all day but that's OK; can't wait for next fall!
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 12:03
I have a homemade fridge magnet of Jack Sparrow, so I see him first thing in the morning when I get the milk out of the fridge for my tea :D
Hi Mell :)
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 12:07
Hi Mell! How're you tonight?
Pretty good, actually! So you've got some down time, eh?
Hey Lute. Doncha just love getting a good night of sleep? :)
Storm, never saw 'Benny and June'. Oh, and by the way, do not waste money or time on "The Tourist" with Angelina Jolie. There's NO chemistry and it really makes Johnny look like a dork. Angelina is just a Barbie-doll spy. It was bleh...
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 12:13
Actually....I think it was Benny & June for me...:D
He was wonderful in that. I only saw it later, long after the first Jack Sparrow film. A friend had the dvd.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:14
I have a homemade fridge magnet of Jack Sparrow, so I see him first thing in the morning when I get the milk out of the fridge for my tea :DWUBS ya M'Dear...LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:16
Oh, and by the way, do not waste money or time on "The Tourist" with Angelina Jolie. There's NO chemistry and it really makes Johnny look like a dork. Angelina is just a Barbie-doll spy. It was bleh...um...er....never heard of it. I guess that's a surprise?
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 12:19
I hate to be a party pooper, but I'm turning in. Early mornings are a hard habit to break. Have a wonderful 1/3 ER everyone. (((mATes)))
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 12:20
Chocolat...one of my favourites :)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:22
OMG!!!! Just saw a CLASSIC Wheel of Fortune scene in this movie....Last bits of it..... !!! CLASSIC !!!
ETA..I know there's a thread but seems a shame to post there since I
m not sure what I'm watching...LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:24
Chocolat...one of my favourites :)Chocolate croissants.....YUM!!! })
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 12:26
Actually....I think it was Benny & June for me...:DGotcha all beat: 21 Jump Street for me! :grin:
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 12:27
I meant the film :) I need breakfast/lunch, no choccie croissant today, but i haz sourdough fruit loaf :D
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:29
Gotcha all beat: 21 Jump Street for me! :grin:I was MIA during those years...LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:30
I meant the film :) OOPS...M'Bad...typical Taurus reaction.... ??? FOOD?? !!!
EAT...***note to self**** COUNT dammit...LOL
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 12:30
Gotcha all beat: 21 Jump Street for me! :grin:
I never saw it, didn't watch much tv.
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 12:32
I meant the film :) I need breakfast/lunch, no choccie croissant today, but i haz sourdough fruit loaf :D
Oh, now this sounds incredibly yum!!!
Cardlady, you have been a Johnny Depp fan for quite some time - awesome!
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 12:33
I never saw it, didn't watch much tv.We had a thing for shows featuring public servants like police officers and emergency/ambulance personnel.
ETA: hubby was absolutely disgusted with us that we could stomach William Shatner "at the helm" of a police car. :P
We had a thing for shows featuring public servants like police officers and emergency/ambulance personnel.
ETA: hubby was absolutely disgusted with us that we could stomach William Shatner "at the helm" of a police car. :P
Yep yep. Me too. I remember 21 Jump Street. :D
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 12:36
I was MIA during those years...LOL
Dare we ask what you were up to? Or if you tell us will you have to kill us?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 12:47
Dare we ask what you were up to? Or if you tell us will you have to kill us?WHY?oming....need I say more?
For those not in the USA....Wyoming is a western state...host of the Grand Teton mountain range and....geysers, right? Dunno...google is your friend...
One of our most beautiful western wilderness states......IMHO
Queen of Disks
17-04-2011, 12:47
hello.
Lousy day today. I woke up at 4 am and could not go back to sleep. At some point I did go back to sleep and woke up at 11:15 am. :bugeyed: It was raining but the skys cleared and it was sunny when I went to wait for the bus. But sure enough, it started thunderstorming five minutes after I got to my stop and I was soaked by the time the bus showed up. :( And I spent the rest of the day soggy.
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 12:50
(((Queen of Disks))) Some of the US weather reports looked downright scary today!
The crowned one
17-04-2011, 12:51
On my break, came home to check skype... looking for a friend :)
So now back to work...untill 11 PM Pacific, enjoy the pub good people!
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 12:52
So, about 3 hours of raisin' heck left! :laugh:
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 12:55
hello.
Lousy day today. I woke up at 4 am and could not go back to sleep. At some point I did go back to sleep and woke up at 11:15 am. :bugeyed: It was raining but the skys cleared and it was sunny when I went to wait for the bus. But sure enough, it started thunderstorming five minutes after I got to my stop and I was soaked by the time the bus showed up. :( And I spent the rest of the day soggy.
So that's where the saying "When it rains, it pours" comes from; days like that! Blehh, what a bummer, QoD, glad that's all behind you.
Storm, I'd love to see Wyoming. My father-in-law wants to have his ashes scattered in the Grand Tetons, he loves that place so well...
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:00
Hey all, just checking in really quick..hehe Still have a crapton of homework to do but wanted to say hi :)
I've decided I quite like asp.NET now that I have time to work on it...except for the headache I've had all day and now being tired, I keep making really STUPID mistakes, the ones that make you smack your head and say well DUH...hehe In any case doing something like this for the rest of my life doesn't make me feel QUITE so suicidal as I had been at the thought of programming for the rest of my life..ROFL!
My only experience with Wyoming was driving down the Continental Divide in January in a little Ford Fiesta...that was...INTERESTING.... :bugeyed: (that's in Wyoming...right??)
I did some really weird things when I was young :) LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:01
Storm, I'd love to see Wyoming. My father-in-law wants to have his ashes scattered in the Grand Tetons, he loves that place so well...The overwhelming beauty of that state is not to be missed....
I will never forget the midnight full moon drive to get to Jackson Hole....snow covered expanses as far as my eyes could see...SO very pristine...Wyoming is SO "empty".....I just love the vibe there, although some of my nastiest "life experiences" were there as well...LOL
**wonders if She's sane**
Mellaenn
17-04-2011, 13:03
I did some really weird things when I was young :) LOL
Didn't we all! :D
OK, getting sleepy, good night, everyone!
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 13:04
Hi QoD and Yira. I hope you're warm and dry now QoD.
Yay for finding something you like in programming, Yira :)
Wyoming looks beautiful. I know that it's where Yellowstone National Park is, but that's about all.
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:05
My only experience with Wyoming was driving down the Continental Divide in January in a little Ford Fiesta...that was...INTERESTING.... :bugeyed: (that's in Wyoming...right??)"Driving through the Continental Divide can be done in any state where you're crossing the Rockies....but a ford fiesta is probably NOT a great choice of vehicle, especially in Jan...LOL
Sounds like you need a wee break...15 minutes...just to re-group?
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:10
Yeah..wasn't my smartest decision...LOL I had gone home for Christmas (was in the army) to Spokane WA and my mom was selling her little car, my then-new stepdad had bought her a nice big car..so I thought heck why not! And had to drive it from Spokane WA to Ft. Knox KY...LOL
Turns out the shortest route wasn't necessarily the best ROFL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:16
Turns out the shortest route wasn't necessarily the best ROFLLOL....in that situation it would have been nasty wherever you crossed....
ETA..Ya coulda been Here (http://mybozarth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rocky_mountain_trail_ridge.jpg) or HERE (http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/scenic-drive-in-colorado-trail-ridge-road-beaver-meadow-road-ga-2.jpg) is a road map of that particular drive...I DO believe the highest paved road in the US.
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:21
It maybe woulda been okay if I drove south first..then over to KY.
I just have to say, another "most memorable road trip" occasion within that same road trip, driving through Kansas City, Kansas...in rush hour traffic...keeping in mind I'm a little country girl and Spokane is hardly a LARGE city....hehehe
Yeah, I'll probably remember that horrid road trip for the rest of my life LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:29
Yeah, I'll probably remember that horrid road trip for the rest of my life LOLyeah yeah yeah....BUT....what did you eat on that trip??? Anything memorable????
***what is WRONG with me???***
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 13:29
Yikes, that looks like a scary twisty road :bugeyed:
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:29
EEEK yeah I remember that, only snow covered...and there were semi lanes for if they couldn't stop..very scary! Not something I would ever elect to do again...LOL I'd be all safe and maybe head down south to Utah or something first...LOL
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:31
yeah yeah yeah....BUT....what did you eat on that trip??? Anything memorable????
***what is WRONG with me???***
You know..I can't remember...I know I must have eaten SOMETHING..I left 3 days for the trip instead of driving straight through...stayed in motels along the way...but I honestly can't remember where, or what I ate etc...
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:31
Spokane is hardly a LARGE city....
Speaking of that which we were not...what's happening out there??? Is all OK????
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:34
...and there were semi lanes for if they couldn't stop..very scary!ROTF...and I find those comforting....I HAZ a place to crash into if I need to....
I guess the difference btwn those of us that grew up on those roads....
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:38
I guess it was the thought of the need for them to be there...plus they were snow covered ya know, in that little car I'd go into one of them and never be found again...ROFL!
Dad seems to be doing well :) He's annoyed that he hasn't been released yet...mom is enjoying it...LOL I wish I could go there and see for myself that he's okay though...
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:43
I guess it was the thought of the need for them to be there...plus they were snow covered ya know, in that little car I'd go into one of them and never be found again...ROFL!
Dad seems to be doing well :) He's annoyed that he hasn't been released yet...mom is enjoying it...LOL I wish I could go there and see for myself that he's okay though...
I assumed he had been released....GEEz..I am SO outta the loop....and why is MOM enjoying? Where is she? Still there with him?
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:45
...in that little car I'd go into one of them and never be found again...ROFL! I can kinda see this...
"Ahe Ahe Ahe...gee GOLLY....LookEE what I done found...ahe Ahe ahe"...***sigh***
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:49
Well, mom's like a child y'see...and I guess to her it's an adventure. She gets to wheel her wheelchair around the hospital, go visit dad, eat his ice cream etc...LOL
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 13:51
Well, mom's like a child y'see...and I guess to her it's an adventure. She gets to wheel her wheelchair around the hospital, go visit dad, eat his ice cream etc...LOLI do see..so she's still there with him...eating his ice cream...LOL
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 13:53
Well, mom's like a child y'see...and I guess to her it's an adventure. She gets to wheel her wheelchair around the hospital, go visit dad, eat his ice cream etc...LOL
I'm glad he's doing well, and she's having a good time, I suppose it's a change of scenery for her :)
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 13:56
There needs to be a reckoning though...there needs to be a plan in place if this happens again. He's not invincible...and mom can't be on her own...Tina and I plan on pinning him down to an emergency plan once he's out of there.
Lutestring
17-04-2011, 14:03
There needs to be a reckoning though...there needs to be a plan in place if this happens again. He's not invincible...and mom can't be on her own...Tina and I plan on pinning him down to an emergency plan once he's out of there.
An emergency plan is excellent idea :)
I'm getting a slight headache, think I will go outside for a bit. The sun came out for a few minutes, but has gone. I think I've I've been indoors too long.
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 14:04
See you soon Lute :)
Stormdancer
17-04-2011, 14:04
I'm glad there's a quasi partner out there...
Ya Sisters rock it, yeah?
And on that note, I need to sleep~~~~~~~~ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 14:08
Sweet dreams Stormy :)
kaleanna
17-04-2011, 14:14
HI to whomever is here
Finally home, got of right before 10 but had to go get food, so now sitting down eating fajita tacos and rice from taco cabana.
Queen of Disks
17-04-2011, 14:14
(((Queen of Disks))) Some of the US weather reports looked downright scary today!
The worst part was standing outside getting drenched and watching the lightning and realizing I was standing outside next to trees and power lines. :eek: :bugeyed:
cardlady22
17-04-2011, 14:27
I have family in NC and my mom was driving up there today. She made it safely.
ETA: I am nodding off, so I'll go ahead and get to sleep. Be careful, everybody!
thorhammer
17-04-2011, 15:00
Yo, yo! Hey, I had the funniest feeling when I saw that this thread had run over 1000 posts - I went to close it and start a new one! LOL But not any more :P
I finished my first draft of the hedgehog yarn today! It's very exciting for me, and is hanging on the line to dry now. I'm going to do it again with a few tweaks but it's on the way to being complete :)
Just a lazy Sunday for moi, sitting at home and playing with yarnz. Can't believe the weekend is nearly done already!
Queen of Disks
17-04-2011, 15:25
bedtime too, goodnight!
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 15:38
I'm home, after a long, tiring, but fun day. Went to the morning meeting, then the office team all went for McD's for lunch, then home. Organized what we were bringing to the crafting party, then left for the party.
I wonder how many ppl would be surprised at someone going to a house party for about 4-5 hours, without any "partying" going on. No music, no alcohol. Just a bunch of people sewing, playing games , chatting and lots of eating. The major project of the day (which I didn't join) was sewing fun-fur "Tribbles" to sell at a convention this summer. One of the club members works at a mascot factory (I'm not kidding :laugh: ) and has access to a LOT of fur.
It's Sunday. So why did I get up at 6.30 a.m.? No, I don't know either....
Heard James and Shakira come home last night - haven't heard him sooooo happy for ages. I fell asleep smiling, and woke up the same way :). I remembered that I was his age when I started work for the company where I got my training and qualifications. I stayed with them for a loooong time, and indeed Wonderful Boss has been my boss ever since then (it's just I work for a different "house" now). Hopefully, James will find the same with the company he is joining. They have a good reputation.
Just a bunch of people sewing, playing games , chatting and lots of eating. The major project of the day (which I didn't join) was sewing fun-fur "Tribbles" to sell at a convention this summer. One of the club members works at a mascot factory (I'm not kidding :laugh: ) and has access to a LOT of fur.
Now that sounds really fun :). I wantz a tribble :laugh:
Hi Kat - so - hedgehog yarn. What will you create with it, or is the yarn itself the creation?
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 16:23
Now that sounds really fun :). I wantz a tribble :laugh:
Giggle. The last time we had a tribble-making party, one of the newest members "Tara 2.0" (because we already have a Tara) ended up smuggling half a dozen home with her. We are supposed to be making them as a club fundraiser. But I think we more than made up for that today.
The best part was all the colors we had: white, grey, brown, spotted; but also red and blue. The spotted fur was excess from when the mascot company had an order for 700 Toys R Us giraffes. They were planning on throwing it all away, so Linda grabbed the biggest pieces. (Though there was some discussion on who would be storing it all, and where.)
Well, when they go on sale give me a yell please - I'll cheerfully paypal enough over for you to buy one for me, if you wouldn't mind :). I can imagine finding a storeplace for all that fur wouldn't be easy! But what a wonderful group to be involved with - that you can have so much fun with, and at the same time be creative and productive.
We just discovered that some total incompetent put the footplates on my rower on the wrong sides. They are plainly labelled "Left" and "Right" underneath - so why put them on the wrong sides, which makes them not so easy to put your feet on?
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 16:43
I'll let them know. It's amazing how much fun you can have with a little ball of fluff. I have to admit that we were throwing them around. I swear our "Captain" is more of a den-mother than anything else. :laugh:
I kind of wish I didn't have to work tomorrow. But if it wasn't for me working Sunday, I wouldn't have been able to volunteer on Thursday, and they really needed my help.
It's great that you help out with that program - without the volunteers they couldn't carry on with their work, and all those needy people wouldn't get the food.......
Yay!! I just got an Enchanted Tarot book/cards set on Amazon for £3.99. Yippee. I got the pocket Zerner Farber on the last train. I never thought I'd like it but I love it :bugeyed:. So naturally with crappy eyesight - bigger is better ..... and I couldn't find an Enchanted at an affordable price but today - someone in the UK listed on Amazon and specified the cards are open but unused, and all present. So it was safe to buy it; no fear that it'll just be the book!
NorthernTigress
17-04-2011, 16:51
Well, I suppose I should head off to bed. Have a good day. It should be better, now that you have your feet on straight! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Sleep tight :)
Yeah - I'll be less squeaky, which apparently annoyed the hell out of everyone else. I didn't hear it - earbuds in and AC/DC pounding out :laugh:
thorhammer
17-04-2011, 17:15
Hi Kat - so - hedgehog yarn. What will you create with it, or is the yarn itself the creation?
To a point, the yarn is the end-product. But for this one in particular, I do have an idea. It's going to make an absolutely AMAZING tea cosy :P
I'm so happy to hear of James' job :) :heart: I know how close a family you guys are and it must be so wonderful to watch these sorts of triumphs :)
Tea-cosy - brilliant :). And even better - used everyday by someone, and gladden their kitchen. Good stuff!
Yeah - James is the light in my life, and his happiness is mine. His joy is palpable, and it means a whole new future for him and Shakira. They've dreamed and hoped, but now they can make actual plans!
The kids tell me that next March they're gonna find a place to share with Shakira's cousin. I haven't met the cousin but she has had meningitis twice and survived. She was lucky not just in that she lived through it, but she didn't lose any limbs. She lost the use of her legs but is very slowly recovering some leg function with intensive physio. It would suit her to have two very caring young people to help her have some independence, and my two need a third to help them afford a place. Win win :D
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 19:12
Excellent Race!!!!
What race, PW?
Wendy, that definitely sounds like a good plan. Lots to be said for sharing a house with people you get on well with.
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 19:31
Chinese Grand Prix!
Third race of the season!!!!!
(I'm a fan, can you tell LOL)
PathWalker
17-04-2011, 19:33
Hate to love you and leave you, but we're off to the American Museum, in Bath - so I'll be back this evening (UK time)
Good vibes to all
PWx
Chinese Grand Prix!
Third race of the season!!!!!
(I'm a fan, can you tell LOL)
Ah! Makes sense :) I thought you might be referring to the London Marathon.
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 19:48
Good Morning! Everything outside has a coating of white again, and it's still snowing and blowing.....:(
Wendy, a big Congrats to James for the job he wanted and making plans for their future! Those new starts are so exciting in life!
You're not the only one that gets up early on their day off! I usually get up between 5 and 5:30 a.m., so here I am! :D
Snow still? When does it usually stop for you? I like snow but I think I'd be seriously looking forward to Spring by now.
It's a beautiful Spring day here - sun is shining, birds are singing and bees are buzzing. :)
Today was the third time I did a reading over the internet, or more precisely, over skype to achieve some sort of connection - and I am still shocked of how well it went. Didn't know I could do it. Feels nice.
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 20:56
Snow still? When does it usually stop for you? I like snow but I think I'd be seriously looking forward to Spring by now.
It's a beautiful Spring day here - sun is shining, birds are singing and bees are buzzing. :)
*sticking tongue out smilie*
This snow is more the exception than the rule, although they have some more possible forecast for mid-week.....:mad:
I am so ready for spring to arrive and stay! I want to go dig in my garden, but it's just too wet....:(
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 20:58
Today was the third time I did a reading over the internet, or more precisely, over skype to achieve some sort of connection - and I am still shocked of how well it went. Didn't know I could do it. Feels nice.
Hi Rovay, how very exciting for you! Congrats! :D Oh, and Welcome to the Pub! :)
I have a webcam on my laptop and have no idea how to use it or skype.....one of these days! :)
Well, I actually did the first two readings without the camera, just via mic and conversation, by describing a lot/sending pictures taken from my regular camera, and it worked somewhat well. But with camera it is muuuuch easier, I gotta admit it.
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 22:32
G'morning all :)
There's...snow...on the ground... :( I iz a sad Yira :(
Yes, Flaxen...I'm more than ready for there to not be snow...LOL
My plans for the day include homework, laundry, and reading for/writing to Joe :) And that's about it! hehe
BlueDragonfly
17-04-2011, 22:50
Good Morning Yira! Can you believe it? :mad:
I've decided I'm not going out in that crap, so laundry can wait till tomorrow morning!
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 22:54
Hehe, good choice! I would do the same if I had to go out for laundry. Although I have to go out for dogs...I tried convincing them they could hold it til the snow melted but they weren't buying it...LOL
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 22:59
Hah..my old lady is feeling frisky this morning.. 'pretend' nipped at me twice while I trimmed the hair around her bottom end. Ended up having to tap her on the nose, pushing her face away and shaking a finger didn't bother her at all..lol
It's hard when they no longer hear a scolding. A little pretend nip like that in the past would have resulted in a scolding and a down/stay and she'd be suitably chastened...
zan_chan
17-04-2011, 23:40
Hah..my old lady is feeling frisky this morning
I'm overwhelmed with possible follow-up quips. Suffice it to say, those are words I hope to only ever utter in a nightmare... :laugh:
yirabeth
17-04-2011, 23:49
LOL Zan! Guess I could have found a better way to talk about my old dog's show of spirit...hehe I plead sleep-zombieness on my part!
I actually like when she decides to show some spirit though, because she's so old and I constantly worry about losing her...although I have to crack down when she does. She came to me a dangerous dog, and although she learned a few life lessons and became a good dog, I must never forget the potential is there, if she feels she has been given permission to take over as "alpha bitch"....LOL That's *MY* position in this family! ROFL
thorhammer
17-04-2011, 23:50
I'm overwhelmed with possible follow-up quips. Suffice it to say, those are words I hope to only ever utter in a nightmare... :laugh:
Totally :P It could have been a line from Mrs Slocum's dialogue in Are You Being Served :joke:
zan_chan
17-04-2011, 23:59
Totally :P It could have been a line from Mrs Slocum's dialogue in Are You Being Served :joke:
LOL! Exactly! Does that make me Mr Humphries? I actually really hope so. Love him :laugh:
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 00:10
LOL! Exactly! Does that make me Mr Humphries? I actually really hope so. Love him :laugh:
Yep, you can be Mr Humphries :P But if anyone calls me Miss Brahms I'll hit them.
Yes. From here.
Saturness
18-04-2011, 01:01
Hi everyone!
How are you all today? Any news? :)
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 01:05
Good morning. I'm living in fear. I think I'm going to have to make a dental visit for the first time since I had my wisdom teeth cut out. (literally)
And I have no insurance coverage.
*shakes in her boots*
They are going to chide me . . . and then hurt me.
NorthernTigress
18-04-2011, 01:07
Good Morning to anyone who might be here. Twenty minutes until I have to leave for work. Just peeking my head in to see if anything is new/interesting.
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 01:08
Hi all!
Oh no, Cardlady! :( What happened?
Hi Everyone,
Cardlady, I hate visiting the dentist. :(
Hope it works out ok for you - it might not be as bad as you think...
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 01:22
I don't know if it is a break or a cavity, but there is a crack following sideways just at the gumline. It is not painful, so I have no idea how long it's been there. I'm wondering if my gum receded.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:23
Odd morning in the pub...
G'Morning ~~~~
Saturness
18-04-2011, 01:25
Good morning. I'm living in fear. I think I'm going to have to make a dental visit for the first time since I had my wisdom teeth cut out. (literally)
And I have no insurance coverage.
*shakes in her boots*
They are going to chide me . . . and then hurt me.
Wahhh, I feel for you! I HATE HATE HATE dentists! What a bunch of sadistic freaks, argh! They want me to floss everyday, flossing HURTS! :mad: :mad: :mad:
Cardlady, visualize me standing by your side, holding your hand and shaking my fist at your dentist. If he hurts you I'll pull his feet while he's sleeping and bite his toes! :mad:
NorthernTigress
18-04-2011, 01:26
Sigh. Time to start getting ready for work. Stupid weekend shifts.
I see, that should be reasonably ok to fix I would have thought. The fact that you've had no pain suggests no infection of the root which is a good thing.
My dentist keep threatening me with root canal treatment but, as the tooth she wants to treat has no pain associated with it, she hasn't got me yet!
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 01:27
I hope it's not serious if there's no pain, Cardlady. But it's still got to be taken seriously. I have several teeth that are stained so I never know if they are really cavities or not since they don't hurt. Last time I went for a cleaning they said I had two small cavities :mad:
Gotta go grocery shopping, see you all later!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 01:28
Actually, I feel sorry for dentists themselves. Horrid job. I can't imagine the mental stress of knowing most people you "serve/help" are scared to death of you.
Saturness
18-04-2011, 01:31
Actually, I feel sorry for dentists themselves. Horrid job. I can't imagine the mental stress of knowing most people you "serve/help" are scared to death of you.
My dentist is a very nice lady actually - doesn't change the fact I hate what she does. :( I just don't like dentists.
I believe you are right - most of dentists know that people don't want to visit them. Must be horrible to know that!
I notice that someone has linked to that ebay sale we were discussing yesterday. Price has been lowered...
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:32
If he hurts you I'll pull his feet while he's sleeping and bite his toes! :mad::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
:bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed::bugeyed:
Cardlady, I love the look of that Kipling West deck you linked to. It looks gorgeous!
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:33
I notice that someone has linked to that ebay sale we were discussing yesterday. Price has been lowered...LOL...I just saw that!
NorthernTigress
18-04-2011, 01:33
Bye all. See you around the bend.
(Cardlady my massive gaping hole in my tooth and I have been hiding from dentists for quite some time now. I admire you for actually taking action.)
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:34
Bye all. See you around the bend.:( Byeeee~~~
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 01:35
Cardlady, I love the look of that Kipling West deck you linked to. It looks gorgeous!I'm kicking myself in the rear for not snagging it when it was about $15. I was in my "no need for Majors-only decks" phase then.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:35
Cardlady, I love the look of that Kipling West deck you linked to. It looks gorgeous!um...HUH???
um...HUH???
:D It's in the tarot decks forum in the 'Majors Only...' thread.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:39
:D It's in the tarot decks forum in the 'Majors Only...' thread.OH!! I'll stop backtracking then....LOL
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 01:39
um...HUH???Metafizzypop has a thread in Decks asking which Majors decks we'd like to have as full 78.
It's billed as a child's set too, so I spent my $$ elsewhere.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 01:45
Metafizzypop has a thread in Decks asking which Majors decks we'd like to have as full 78.
It's billed as a child's set too, so I spent my $$ elsewhere.I just clicked on amazon used and one of the sellers says it comes with the 21 cards...uh...22??? LOL. Looks cute though!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 02:05
Have to do all bedding today- human and guinea pig. Keep busy, CL, keep busy.
Have to do all bedding today- human and guinea pig. Keep busy, CL, keep busy.
Sometimes it takes so much effort to muster yourself for cleaning doesn't it? I'd put off giving our bedroom a really good sort out for ages. Finally did it on Monday and felt so much better. The clutter is gone, wood furniture is polished again and my altar table has had a thorough clean. :)
Feeling barely human though I got good sleep. I have lots of laundry to deal with, both clean stuff that needs putting away and the rest that needs washing.
I just want to crawl back into bed.
Just two more Saturdays and then I quit! I just don't have the stamina.
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 02:11
My biggest obstacle is my allergies. Most cleaning products set me off, so I have about 2 hours at a stretch where I feel okay. Then, if I've had to take the med, there's a Big Zonk Out. I've not found any that lived up to the claim of non-drowsy.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:35
(((mATes))) :(
Cardlady, are there any "Green" type of cleaning products that might be easier for you?
***Passes the coffee pot to Emmsma***
It's horrible when you have allergies. I tend to get eczema on my hands when I clean - rubber gloves don't seem to help.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:47
It's horrible when you have allergies. I tend to get eczema on my hands when I clean - rubber gloves don't seem to help.That's not good. I think we should all just hire maids :D
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 02:49
My "discussion" with Jack this morning, regarding doing housework:
Me: You still have to do your housework today, and before dinner.
Jack: *whine* *complain* I'm the ONLY kid in school that has to help clean house!
Me: I'm guessing you're the only kid in school whose mother does more homework than you too!
Jack: *whine* *whine* You're not a very nice mother...
Me: Could be worse, I could be like Tammy.... (his stepmother that kicked him out of their house at age 11)
Jack: You gotta good point there...can I eat lunch first?
Me: Yeah, sure!
**
See, sometimes Logic *DOES* work with kids! ROFL
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:50
See, sometimes Logic *DOES* work with kids! ROFLYeah, okay? OR...maybe you're just a REALLY good Mother!!!
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 02:52
LOL, no, I'm mean, rotten, and nasty! All my kids say so :D
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:55
LOL, no, I'm mean, rotten, and nasty! All my kids say so :DYeah, like I said...A REALLY GOOD MOM...}) ROTFLMAO
Oh, tell him not to worry about the housework - Stormy is hiring maids for us all.
Sounds like a good plan :D
Off to make some dinner, see you all later.
Oh yes, do send a maid this way!
ETA: My mom always made us do housework. We were responsible for our own laundry from the time we were tall enough to reach the knobs on the washing machine. :D
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:56
- Stormy is hiring maids for us all.LOL...don't I wish it could be so!
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:57
Off to make some dinner, see you all later.Wait!!! What's for dinner? Is she gone already? :(
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 02:58
In all honesty, I often think they could have had a better mother. But, then I know no one would love them more than me, and that's pretty important..so I just try to do my best and hope they don't axe murder me when they're grown...ROFL
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:58
Oh yes, do send a maid this way!
ETA: My mom always made us do housework. We were responsible for our own laundry from the time we were tall enough to reach the knobs on the washing machine. :DI'm hoping to start this when I move. "Washer's down here...go for it..." :D
(((Oink)))
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 02:59
In all honesty, I often think they could have had a better mother. But, then I know no one would love them more than me, and that's pretty important..so I just try to do my best and hope they don't axe murder me when they're grown...ROFL:bugeyed: This is not funny...yesterday morning on the news they did a blurb about Lizzie Borden :eek: Can you believe the house is a bed & breakfast???
Wait!!! What's for dinner? Is she gone already? :(
No, still here!
Haven't decided yet - off to look in cupboards/fridge to see what options are available. :)
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:01
Oh yes, do send a maid this way!
ETA: My mom always made us do housework. We were responsible for our own laundry from the time we were tall enough to reach the knobs on the washing machine. :D
We pretty much split things 50/50 here, because the way I see it, I work as hard as Jack PLUS my hometime is usually spent working too (homework) So he does the bathroom, I do the laundry, he does the living room, I do the kitchen...
I had issues getting his laundry out at one point, he would drag out armloads of dirty clothes AFTER I'd finished laundry ( I am NOT cleaning his room!) so I made him do his own once..he now gets it to me when I ask LOL
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:01
No, still here!
Haven't decided yet - off to look in cupboards/fridge to see what options are available. :)OH GOOD!!! I have a special interest in what everyone is eating, so you have to share :D
I'm hoping to start this when I move. "Washer's down here...go for it..." :D
I was shocked how many people I had to teach basic laundry skills to at college. Particularly to men - it's like having a penis makes you laundry immune for the first 18+ years of your life in some families, I guess...
(((Oink)))
TY stormy :heart:
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:02
I had issues getting his laundry out at one point, he would drag out armloads of dirty clothes AFTER I'd finished laundry ( I am NOT cleaning his room!) so I made him do his own once..he now gets it to me when I ask LOL}) }) }) Works well, doesn't it? LOL
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:03
:bugeyed: This is not funny...yesterday morning on the news they did a blurb about Lizzie Borden :eek: Can you believe the house is a bed & breakfast???
Yeah I know...I have an adult son who hates me and used to threaten me regularly so I 'kinda' laughed but...you're right it's not funny. (ETA - no this isn't Joe!)
Re the Lizzie Borden thing...that's another one of those unsolved-never-to-be-solved mysteries that drive me INSANE because I want to KNOW.... :rolleyes:
We pretty much split things 50/50 here, because the way I see it, I work as hard as Jack PLUS my hometime is usually spent working too (homework) So he does the bathroom, I do the laundry, he does the living room, I do the kitchen...
I had issues getting his laundry out at one point, he would drag out armloads of dirty clothes AFTER I'd finished laundry ( I am NOT cleaning his room!) so I made him do his own once..he now gets it to me when I ask LOL
GOt room for one more. I'd love to live in a house where the work is shared.
David does do most of the cooking. (Cooking? Heating up?) :P
BUt the rest seems to be mine.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:05
I was shocked how many people I had to teach basic laundry skills to at college. Particularly to men - it's like having a penis makes you laundry immune for the first 18+ years of your life in some families, I guess...
LOL...I am probably a BAD laundry person....I just throw it all into one load, unless it's bedding. Of course in my defense, I never had enough of a load to separate whites outs. I pay the same for 1/2 a load or a full load.
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:06
Sure, Emmsma! You can have..ummm...which do you want, Laundry or Dishes...ROFL! Oh wait, Emm has to have something too. He can vacuum. Jack can do the bathroom. LOL
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:07
Sure, Emmsma! You can have..ummm...which do you want, Laundry or Dishes...ROFL! Oh wait, Emm has to have something too. He can vacuum. Jack can do the bathroom. LOLI like doing dishes :angel:
ETA....but NOT in the tub :bugeyed:
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 03:08
My mom had us bring the clothes to the laundry room, but the males were bad to leave junk in their pockets that would leak or gum up on everyone else's stuff.
Hubby's bf had never been in a laundryroom before he moved out with a fiance.
My own dear boy has begun asking me to show him how to do certain things for in case. They read something in school about a mother who passed away and how everyone had to do stuff.
OH GOOD!!! I have a special interest in what everyone is eating, so you have to share :D
OK well, looking at the options, we will be eating cheese/chicken escalopes with a sweet potato mash and some green beans. :)
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:09
GAWD I hate dishes..you can move in with me, do the dishes, I'll do your laundry! I actually LIKE doing laundry, folding it is like meditation....LOL And stacks of beautiful clean fresh clothes in the drawers♥...hehehe!
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:11
OK well, looking at the options, we will be eating cheese/chicken escalopes with a sweet potato mash and some green beans. :)***rushes off to google "escalopes"***...probably NOT related to antelopes, right? :joke:
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:11
My mom had us bring the clothes to the laundry room, but the males were bad to leave junk in their pockets that would leak or gum up on everyone else's stuff.
Jack did this. Over and over and over. Finally I made him pay for my school shirts (3 of them) he'd destroyed with blue ink from the pen in his cargo pockets that exploded in the wash...
That was last semester. He has yet to leave things in his pockets since.... :)
***rushes off to google "escalopes"***...probably NOT related to antelopes, right? :joke:
Haha! Definitely not. :D
It's basically meat covered in breadcrumbs.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:14
OK well, looking at the options, we will be eating cheese/chicken escalopes with a sweet potato mash and some green beans. :)OH...that looks YUMMERS!!!
I suppose antelope escalopes ARE a possibility...LOL
My mom had us bring the clothes to the laundry room, but the males were bad to leave junk in their pockets that would leak or gum up on everyone else's stuff.
The last time my sister came to visit, she had quite a few very small nails in one of her pockets. She sent them through my washer and dryer, and helpfully left them in the tub without saying anything so that I didn't find them until they had put holes in an entire load of my clothing. :mad:
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:17
Wow Oink... that's awful! Hope you didn't lose any favorites...
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:20
The last time my sister came to visit, she had quite a few very small nails in one of her pockets. She sent them through my washer and dryer, and helpfully left them in the tub without saying anything so that I didn't find them until they had put holes in an entire load of my clothing. :mad:I'd be suggesting a laundry mat after an experience like that!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 03:21
Ok . . . note to self: if we ever have longer-than-overnight company, do NOT let them put the laundry through on their own.
LOL...I am probably a BAD laundry person....I just throw it all into one load, unless it's bedding. Of course in my defense, I never had enough of a load to separate whites outs. I pay the same for 1/2 a load or a full load.
I am bad too, but I don't care. Since I do it all, I can do it however I please. :)
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 03:23
I'm very careful with reds & blacks. But after about 3 washings as directed, it gets thrown together.
Stuff with glitter, plasticky film, sequins/beads gets turned inside out and then hung to dry. I try not to keep/have much of them.
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 03:24
HI everyone
Miss me?
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:25
Ok . . . note to self: if we ever have longer-than-overnight company, do NOT let them put the laundry through on their own.I know, RIGHT?
And I am careful of the running color thing, but most of our clothes are dark.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:27
I'm very careful with reds & blacks. But after about 3 washings as directed, it gets thrown together.
Stuff with glitter, plasticky film, sequins/beads gets turned inside out and then hung to dry. I try not to keep/have much of them.Yeah, I'm MUCH more careful of the "dryer" thing. Usually 2 loads (BIG dryers), one on high heat for most stuff, but one on delicate or even air for shrinkables. I also hang some of it to air dry.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:27
HI everyone
Miss me?But of COURSE Darling :* Where'd ya go?
Sure, Emmsma! You can have..ummm...which do you want, Laundry or Dishes...ROFL! Oh wait, Emm has to have something too. He can vacuum. Jack can do the bathroom. LOL
I'm coming ALONE! With my decks. If I thought I could get my boys to work I could stay. :P
I guess I'll do dishes. I've just confessed that I dump all my laundry in at once. S'pose thats not good enough.
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 03:30
But of COURSE Darling :* Where'd ya go?
hehehe Stormy thankies,
Well I tried to sleep in, and then took the kids out. Had to go get milk, bread, jelly and hubby's favorite cookies.
We also went to TJ Maxx, where I found a tote that matches my new purse that I got the other day. but could not justify getting it :/
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:32
I'm coming ALONE! With my decks. If I thought I could get my boys to work I could stay. :P
I guess I'll do dishes. I've just confessed that I dump all my laundry in at once. S'pose thats not good enough.
Hehe, okay! Jack can vacuum still :) After all, it's only a 15minute job!
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 03:32
I too do not usually separate colors and whites, unless it is something that is brand new and then i will make a small pile of similar colors, til I know it has been washed enough times and won't ruin other clothes
Hi all - a quick visit for dinner (I just finished the chicken fricassée).
Overall, a good day - packed up decks and prezzies and jewelry for the Readers Studio, and my favourite football (soccer) club won 5:1. Not much more to ask from a Sunday :D
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:33
Hey Kaleanna :)
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:34
Hi, Aulruna!
Hi Aulruna! Have fun at TRS. :)
What!?! You didn't get it? Finding it was justification enough. :P
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 03:35
HIya Yira
Hiya Aulruna,Hope you have fun at the RS.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:37
Hi all - a quick visit for dinner (I just finished the chicken fricassée).
Overall, a good day - packed up decks and prezzies and jewelry for the Readers Studio, and my favourite football (soccer) club won 5:1. Not much more to ask from a Sunday :DHiya Toots!!! Congrats on the soccer win, and a pretty BIG win at that.
I have a question for you....Is it said "Vas ist Das?" or "Vas das ist?"
When do you fly out? Is Miracle Man going too? I am SO gonna miss seeing you :( Where are you going after RS?
Let me see if I can think of any MORE questions before you dash off...LOL
Anyone else planning/taking any trips soon? I'm going to New Orleans next month...
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 03:39
What!?! You didn't get it? Finding it was justification enough. :P
LOL emmsma,
I sooooooooooooo was tempted to get it, but know that I really shouldn't spend the money on it, especially since I am making payments for a deck that I want and also since my sale thread has not done anything yet. Anyway, I will just hope that it will be there if/when I have a lil extra $$
Ah, I never get new clothes anymore. All second hand. I'll do a small load of delicates, if I get a few tops that need to be washed separately. But I'll only do that a time or two. I figure if the clothing can't handle my care, I shouldn't own it.
SO many shrunken tops. :P
We are watching Day of the Triffids. :D
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:41
Anyone else planning/taking any trips soon? I'm going to New Orleans next month...Really? Have you met MorticiaMonroe here? She lives down that way...
I've never been to New Orleans...I'd love to see it!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 03:41
Hi, everyone. I'm back from my Sunday morning visit to the gym and running some errands. (supplies for spa, new dog bed for Daisy, return an item to Sears and a stop at the produce stand).
Having my usual lunch of salad with a bite of bread on the side.
Hubby slept for 5 hours and is now getting ready to turn around and go back in. His working long hours is one reason why now I do all of the housework, though when we are both working he is good about sharing it 50/50, including laundry.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:43
Ah, I never get new clothes anymore. All second hand. I'll do a small load of delicates, if I get a few tops that need to be washed separately. But I'll only do that a time or two. I figure if the clothing can't handle my care, I shouldn't own it.Yeah, most of mine is 2nd hand as well. It's already been washed and shrunk :D And I too avoid clothes that require "Special" laundering...
Ah, I never get new clothes anymore. All second hand.
I get almost all my work clothes from the Junior League thrift shop here. They have amazing stuff, the same things I would buy retail, so it doesn't make sense to pay full price. Particularly because there is someone who is the same size as me and has the same taste, so I find awesome stuff that is PRE-ALTERED! Finding pants that don't have to be hemmed is like the holy grail. :P
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:44
Hi, everyone. I'm back from my Sunday morning visit to the gym and running some errands. (supplies for spa, new dog bed for Daisy, return an item to Sears and a stop at the produce stand).:bugeyed: Sheesh, and I've yet to make my MOVE for the day...LOL
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 03:44
PS - did I read there is snow up there in the northern part of North America? Yikes!!!!
Really? Have you met MorticiaMonroe here? She lives down that way...
I've never been to New Orleans...I'd love to see it!
I've only met mm in passing, but hopefully she'll be back in and I can get to know her a little better. :) I haven't been to New Orleans either, despite having been born in LA... I'm going down there for a conference, but I think we'll have a day at each end uncommitted.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:46
Finding pants that don't have to be hemmed is like the holy grail. :PROTFLMAO...I still have 2 pr of work pants hanging in my closet from 5 yrs ago in need of hemming. I know how, but I just hate to do it. I bought them when I first started this job, thinking I'd need to be all "Professional" and crap...stop laughing :mad:...I can do that! LOL, I just don't LIKE to :D
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:47
PS - did I read there is snow up there in the northern part of North America? Yikes!!!!Yeah, I saw that too...:(
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 03:47
Here is a pic of similar tote, but the one i found matches the print that is on my purse. It is a "work tote" and has a padded case for laptop puter.
http://catalog.sears.ca/wcsstore/MasterCatalog/images/catalog/Product_437/std_lang_all/53/_p/688_54153_P.jpg
Yes, I understand. I'm such a bad and impulsive spender.
I figure if its meant to be, it'll be there for you.
LOL, Stormy, one of the women at work takes another approach: she only wears capri pants. :D
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 03:49
Hey Mell :)
PS - did I read there is snow up there in the northern part of North America? Yikes!!!!
Yusss :( I iz very sad :(
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:50
LOL, Stormy, one of the women at work takes another approach: she only wears capri pants. :DThat might be problematic since I'm not a regular shaver...TMI??? :joke:
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 03:53
;) Stormy! :heart:
I may have to do the bra thing, but I refuse to Worship at the Altars of Deformed Feet and of Hairlessness. :laugh:
That might be problematic since I'm not a regular shaver...TMI??? :joke:
I didn't shave for 3+ years in college, on the premise that if someone I was with thought it was a big enough deal to bring it up, I would consider doing something about it but otherwise it was too much unnecessary fuss. TMI??? :joke: :D
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 03:53
Finding pants that don't have to be hemmed is like the holy grail. :P
You and I are the opposite ends of the rainbow! At 5'11" (180 cm) I have to find pants that are super long. You would think, with people getting taller these days, that it wouldn't be so hard! :)
Aulruna - I'll be there in spirit at RS! I know you'll have a blast. I saw the thread for the dinner is really small; unlike last year. Be sure and give Scion's spangly-a**ed blanket a shake for me! :grin:
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 03:59
Y Be sure and give Scion's spangly-a**ed blanket a shake for me! :grin:}) }) })
There's a woman at work with the same problem. She finally found some online, Penny's maybe?
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 04:01
I'm listening to some AWESOME violin music on pbs...now I CAN'T leave :D
David Garrett...
ETA...ROTFLMAO...."A Rock & Roll version of Flight of the Bumblebee with nuances from Nirvana" :laugh: I LOVE this :D
Aulruna - I'll be there in spirit at RS! I know you'll have a blast. I saw the thread for the dinner is really small; unlike last year. Be sure and give Scion's spangly-a**ed blanket a shake for me! :grin:
Mwahahaha ... it will be a pleasure!!
Mell, I CAN'T believe I forgot to acknowledge you trade packe, apparently :(
It arrived here AGES ago, and the cards are absolutely gorgeous! I really adore it, though I have not had much time to try it out, due to the crazy speed of life right now. :heart:
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 04:29
Mwahahaha ... it will be a pleasure!!
Mell, I CAN'T believe I forgot to acknowledge you trade packe, apparently :(
It arrived here AGES ago, and the cards are absolutely gorgeous! I really adore it, though I have not had much time to try it out, due to the crazy speed of life right now. :heart:
Oh, I am so relieved!!! And you may have pm'd me already or posted here but I just forgot; I've been distracted a bit lately. :)
Hi all,
Back from a yummy dinner!
Aulruna, have a fabulous time at the RS. So envious, will try and make it next year I think.
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 04:51
wb Flaxen,
What did you have for dinner???
Hey Aulruna - have a wonderful trip :). I so wish I could win the lottery and go to RS one year. Not gonna happen though is it - but, it's good to dream :laugh:
wb Flaxen,
What did you have for dinner???
Chicken/cheese escalopes with sweet potato mash and green beans. Very tasty!
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 04:55
Chicken/cheese escalopes with sweet potato mash and green beans. Very tasty!
escalopes? what are those?
I am fixing to heat up my fajita taco and some spanish rice from last nite for my lunch.
escalopes? what are those?
I am fixing to heat up my fajita taco and some spanish rice from last nite for my lunch.
Basically meat in breadcrumbs. :)
Hi kale - all well with you? I like your new bag (purse).
Escalope - slice of meat covered in breadcrumbs, sometimes with cheese between the meat and crumb cover. Shallow fry or oven roast. Yum yum :D
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 05:04
Basically meat in breadcrumbs. :)
Thankies Flaxen for explaining.
Hi kale - all well with you? I like your new bag (purse).
Escalope - slice of meat covered in breadcrumbs, sometimes with cheese between the meat and crumb cover. Shallow fry or oven roast. Yum yum :D
Hiya Wendy,
Thank you for your explaination too :D
Thankies :D
Things are going okies, just getting ready to eat lunch and then get ready for work. I have gotten the dishes done up and in dishwasher and a load of clothes going.
I'm just playing about with my artist pens and oil pastels at the moment. Not creating anything in particular, just having fun experimenting. :)
Been very industrious there Kale - lunch, dishes and laundry! That's good going :)
Have fun Flaxen - best sort of work follows a bit of experimenting!
I'm going to go and be sociable with himself for a while :) Back later ....
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 05:15
There's a thread in trading - subject Victorian Romantic Russians.
Said trader says she has copies of Russian she doesn't need - and kindly offers to relieve you of your English versions!
How kind! There is no mention of the re-sale differentail at that point :(
I would dearly like to ask what she would need those extra English versions for, except that I know it would get removed :(
That has made me feel really sour though, and I hope she doesn't get any takers from poor unsuspecting souls.
Oh, and hello, sorry, just home and eaten, and obviously grumpy from too long spent in traffic jam on motorway LOL
I'm heading off to spend time with hubby too. :)
There's a thread in trading - subject Victorian Romantic Russians.
Said trader says she has copies of Russian she doesn't need - and kindly offers to relieve you of your English versions!
How kind! There is no mention of the re-sale differentail at that point :(
I would dearly like to ask what she would need those extra English versions for, except that I know it would get removed :(
That has made me feel really sour though, and I hope she doesn't get any takers from poor unsuspecting souls.
Oh, and hello, sorry, just home and eaten, and obviously grumpy from too long spent in traffic jam on motorway LOL
That's enough to make anyone grumpy. :)
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 05:30
And the clothes in the dryer go round and round, round and round, round.... *** sigh***
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 05:31
How kind! There is no mention of the re-sale differentail at that point :(
But it's so smart to read for someone where they won't understand the card titles ;) It's a win-win!
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 05:31
And the clothes in the dryer go round and round, round and round, round.... *** sigh***
That they do Stormy
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 05:35
And what REALLY chaps my *ss is I forgot the towels:(
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 05:36
And what REALLY chaps my *ss is I forgot the towels:(
That's not a good thing to forget :/
I am only doing one load cause i have to get ready for work really soon, but will do another load when I get home from work.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 05:40
Toss my towels in please? I'll do the dishes :angel:
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 05:42
Done!!!! YahOO......:)
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 05:44
Done!!!! YahOO......:)
*giggles *
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 05:45
Alright, time to go get ready for work,
I will throw your towels in when I get home from work Stormy :D :laugh:
See you all in about 7 hours or so
HAve a good day at work!
ETA: Third load of laundry is on. Time for folding and putting things away.
Rhinemaiden
18-04-2011, 05:57
hello my pretties! :)
I'm having a grand wallow watching The Tudors on BBCA... Henry is such a spoiled brat! :D
Sorry to hear CL is having dental problems! Remember RM's law: never screw with people who can hurt you - that includes the IRS and your dentist! ;)
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 06:17
hello my pretties! :)
I'm having a grand wallow watching The Tudors on BBCA... Henry is such a spoiled brat! :D
This sounds like such a good series. I so miss premium cable at times like this!
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 06:23
But it's so smart to read for someone where they won't understand the card titles ;) It's a win-win!
You have a wicked sense of humour - but I must sleep
zzzzzzzzzzzz
See you tomorrow all - and the Blessings of the Full Moon to those that "do"
PWx
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 06:25
Good night PathWalker!
Saturness
18-04-2011, 06:44
I can't start a single thread in the Talking Tarot without being misunderstood and then treated in a condescending manner. :rolleyes: Maybe it's because I don't agree with the fluffy-tarot-style most of people seem to love?
I feel so Nietzschean in time like this...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tgUliwt3XGk/SztpQ9DGRPI/AAAAAAAAAKY/VTca7IVzAwo/s200/hello-nietzsche.jpg
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 06:45
(((Marina))) We love you & your Style over here . . .
Saturness
18-04-2011, 06:48
(((Marina))) We love you & your Style over here . . .
I don't know, I use an example to ask a question and everyone decides to focus on the example instead of the question.
And don't ask me how much I love being told that my tarot deck is sticking it's paper tongue to me and saying "da-da-da won't answer your quest-tion!" Puh-lease. That's what I like about Lenormand, Runes, Playing Cards and PCO - they just try to answer your question without suddenly developing anthropomorphic qualities.
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 06:52
Hi Marina! Thanks for offering me a Cosmic reading yesterday but I couldn't think of a not-too-fluffy question. I still might ask you a question one day })
I'm reading (slowly) a book by Carl Japikse called "Exploring the Tarot" and he talks condescendingly about "fluffy", fortune-telling uses of the Tarot. He calls his method the "Real Tarot". I haven't gotten to the juicy parts yet, but he has a point. Too many people (me included) misuse the Tarot :neutral:
Saturness
18-04-2011, 07:01
Hi Marina! Thanks for offering me a Cosmic reading yesterday but I couldn't think of a not-too-fluffy question. I still might ask you a question one day })
I'm reading (slowly) a book by Carl Japikse called "Exploring the Tarot" and he talks condescendingly about "fluffy", fortune-telling uses of the Tarot. He calls his method the "Real Tarot". I haven't gotten to the juicy parts yet, but he has a point. Too many people (me included) misuse the Tarot :neutral:
I really don't consider any question fluffy. People are entitled to have any questions about their lives and they should not be ridiculed because of their doubts. I do try to avoid invasive questions (ie: "how is my ex-husband that bastard doing with his new bitch girlfriend?") because I really think they are disempowering and I don't like feeding other people's obsession.
So, you could ask me any question, if I found it beyond my ability to answer I'd let you know, but I'd never try to distort what you want to know because of my lack of ability. ;)
I'll happily give you a reading, if you ever need it, just ask!
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 07:10
Thanks again, Marina! I can't seem to express myself well enough when asking questions for self-readings. After reading others' comments I avoid yes/no and timing questions (and the answers seemed no better than flipping a coin). I'd like to try the Lenormand for such questions.
I'm having a grand wallow watching The Tudors on BBCA... Henry is such a spoiled brat! :D
Snap! We've been watching series 3 on DVD- ready to catch up with series 4 now.
I'd like to try the Lenormand for such questions.
I find the Lenormand and PCO better for those types of questions. I tend to get a straight answer.
Saturness
18-04-2011, 07:17
Thanks again, Marina! I can't seem to express myself well enough when asking questions for self-readings. After reading others' comments I avoid yes/no and timing questions (and the answers seemed no better than flipping a coin). I'd like to try the Lenormand for such questions.
I do ask yes/no questions, but I always read it in a way that it gives me info of the whole thing before delivering the yes or the no. :) Works for me!
Snap! We've been watching series 3 on DVD- ready to catch up with series 4 now.
I have all 4 seasons and watched them all! Bwahahahahahahaha! })
Now I'm eagerly waiting for "The Borgias"
Yes, I can't wait for The Borgias too. I love a good historical drama. :)
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 07:21
(((Marina))) We love you & your Style over here . . .:heart:((((Marina)))):heart: Ditto that ^^^up^^^ there.
Well, I have clean clothes but dirty towels :mad: I might make a trip after work to deal with that.
I'd be curious to see how the Lenormand would answer yes/no questions, so if anyone decides to do this in the Your Reading forum, let me know please?
Did I spell Lenormand right?? Looks odd...
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 07:30
Hey Stormy! You have Lenormand spelled correctly :)
I'm not even sure if Lenormand is appropriate for yes/no. As Marina mentioned for Tarot, I imagine that the Lenormand gives info about the question rather than a straight Yes or No, and then it's up to the reader to interpret that. Coins might be the best thing for Yes/No, maybe 2 best out of 3 and then throw in an I Ching reading with it :P
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 07:39
Kinda sorta watching the Cub/Rockies game...not sure who I want to win, but I think I want the Rockies to. :rolleyes: Looks like a beautiful day there! Do you follow baseball? I don't usually have the patience...LOL!
ETA And this reminds me, I need to call my sister...
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 07:41
The only time I watched baseball seriously in recent times was when the TB Rays were nearing the World Series. They were huge underdogs and that made baseball exciting for me. I like watching the World Cup and anything related to the Olympics.
Speaking of nice weather I'm going outside for a bit. See you all later!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 07:53
Although she posted this in her blog in a bit of a tongue-in-cheek manner, Teheuti (Mary Greer) presented this article on using the tarot as a Yes or No Oracle. I've tried it and had some luck with it. Which is why I sometimes hesitate to ask because...do I really want to know?
Yes or No Advice Oracle (http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/yes-no-advice-oracle/)
I've found the Peanut Butter Eggs! :D
I think i've earned it. I always berate myself for being tired on my day off. My sweet hubby has reminded me that I need one day for nothing but rest. The next day is for work. Its just how I am. :D
SO, I guess the laundry could have waited til Wednesday. :P
(Except that I needed those scrubs)
Let the relaxation commence!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 08:53
I've found the Peanut Butter Eggs! :D
Ooooh - I'm coming to YOUR house. Yum!
Whatcha shuffling tonight, emm?
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 08:56
Ugh. Finally my Monday off completely to myself and I wake up at 7:30! I had grand dreams of sleeping for 18 hours or so, but I guess this is what happens when you're up at 5:30 every other day :P
How's everyone?
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 08:57
I've found the Peanut Butter Eggs! :DYay for Peanut Butter Eggs! I found a bag of dark chocolate M&M's that I forgot all about.
I think i've earned it. I always berate myself for being tired on my day off. My sweet hubby has reminded me that I need one day for nothing but rest. The next day is for work. Its just how I am. :D
SO, I guess the laundry could have waited til Wednesday. :P
(Except that I needed those scrubs)
Let the relaxation commence!
I'd love to have this philosophy, but I'm usually too tired at the end of a workday to get much done.
I did put the laundry off till tomorrow morning, it's still snowing in fits and starts. At least it's not accumulating too much.
Ooooh - I'm coming to YOUR house. Yum!
Whatcha shuffling tonight, emm?
Nobody so far. Been all about the Folding - of laundry. But, I've been thinking about the Native American. The LS one. My eyes keep finding it when I am in the bedroom, so I guess its up.
Gotta wash my hands well. Make sure there is no stray chocolate left on my fingers. :)
How about you?
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 08:58
Ugh. Finally my Monday off completely to myself and I wake up at 7:30! I had grand dreams of sleeping for 18 hours or so, but I guess this is what happens when you're up at 5:30 every other day :P
How's everyone?
Hiya Zan! Yeah, that's the way of the early riser! :laugh:
Do you have to trudge out to the laundromat? That makes it such a big project. In addition to getting the laundry stuff together, you need to pack up entertainment. For me this is a book, media player and extra batteries. (WHen I was going to the laundromat it was still in the walkman/discman days.) So I had lots of cassettes or cd's with me, too.
Ugh. Finally my Monday off completely to myself and I wake up at 7:30! I had grand dreams of sleeping for 18 hours or so, but I guess this is what happens when you're up at 5:30 every other day :P
How's everyone?
I wanted to sleep in too. I woke the first time at 630, but I made myself stay in bed. Not sure I got more sleep, but I didnt' get up til after 8. :P
Better than 5am, thats for sure.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:07
I've found the Peanut Butter Eggs! :D
!!YAY!!
LOL
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 09:07
Do you have to trudge out to the laundromat? That makes it such a big project. In addition to getting the laundry stuff together, you need to pack up entertainment. For me this is a book, media player and extra batteries. (WHen I was going to the laundromat it was still in the walkman/discman days.) So I had lots of cassettes or cd's with me, too.
Yep, and they're only open till 5 pm, so I have to fit it into my day, if I don't do it on my day off. I try to go do errands while things are in the machines(there's an attendant), check the mail, go to the post office, that type of thing.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:08
Ugh. Finally my Monday off completely to myself and I wake up at 7:30! I had grand dreams of sleeping for 18 hours or so, but I guess this is what happens when you're up at 5:30 every other day :P
How's everyone?That sucks, doesn't it, but you can nap :D
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 09:08
I think we had a fair sized earthquake in the middle of the night. News says a 4.8 centered right here near Tokyo. I just remember waking up thinking, Does this have death and/or serious injury potential? No? Don't care then...zzzzz... :laugh:
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:12
I think we had a fair sized earthquake in the middle of the night. News says a 4.8 centered right here near Tokyo. I just remember waking up thinking, Does this have death and/or serious injury potential? No? Don't care then...zzzzz... :laugh:So what happens at 4.8? Rattles the windows and such?
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 09:14
O.M.G's. The sun is shining and it's still snowing! :mad:
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 09:18
I think we had a fair sized earthquake in the middle of the night. News says a 4.8 centered right here near Tokyo. I just remember waking up thinking, Does this have death and/or serious injury potential? No? Don't care then...zzzzz... :laugh:
You still have a bag packed, right? Sleep in something like sweats? Keep your phone charged up?
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 09:24
So what happens at 4.8? Rattles the windows and such?
There are really so many variables besides magnitude that it's hard to say. Distance from epicenter, depth in the ground, etc. But the sound of an earthquake is the worst bit - everything making noises that they're never supposed to make. Last night I was in a total fog to even care, though. I just remember my bed moving and noticing a book that was standing up on my dresser teetering over. No biggie :P
And yeah, Blue, the just-in-case bag is still packed! Scientists say that te potential for up to M8 events will be very real for a good few months to come, so you never know...
Do I have the energy to go to family mart for coffee and breakfast, even with my crazy morning hair?
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:32
O.M.G's. The sun is shining and it's still snowing! :mad:So....I'm guessing it's not pretty???
***runs away***
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:33
Do I have the energy to go to family mart for coffee and breakfast, even with my crazy morning hair?Oh most assuredly...."They" say a picture is worth 1000 words })
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 09:34
Haha no one wants to see that! :eek:
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 09:38
Haha no one wants to see that! :eek:
Just tell 'em it's the 'hawt' new look on the runways! })
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:38
Haha no one wants to see that! :eek:Yes, I do...VERY much!!! :D Is it special coffee, or are you just out? What are your plans for the day?
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 09:45
Yes, I do...VERY much!!! :D Is it special coffee, or are you just out? What are your plans for the day?
Not special - I'll just buy a carton of cafe au lait. No plans at all today. Kind of a shame since it's a gorgeous day (I'm walking and typing now) but I don't care. Another trés busy week coming up so all I want to do is stay in bed today. I still have the 1st two parts of HBOs Mildred Pierce to watch, so me and some food will be doing that :P
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:49
Not special - I'll just buy a carton of cafe au lait. No plans at all today. Kind of a shame since it's a gorgeous day (I'm walking and typing now) but I don't care. Another trés busy week coming up so all I want to do is stay in bed today. I still have the 1st two parts of HBOs Mildred Pierce to watch, so me and some food will be doing that :PAND Cherry blossoms to enjoy!!!
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 09:57
AND Cherry blossoms to enjoy!!!
They've just about passed already. They've gone all green here in Tokyo now. Tohoku has them in full bloom now :)
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 09:58
They've just about passed already. They've gone all green here in Tokyo now. Tohoku has them in full bloom now :)OH :( Those kinda things never last long enough for me. We have Magnolia tress here, which I'd never seen before. GORGEOUS!!!! but oh so short :(
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 10:04
Have you guys heard Lady Gaga's new single "Judas"? I have had it on repeat since it (cough... Im not cool enough for the following word) dropped a few days ago. And oh how the gays went wild when it came on in the club Friday night! The sorta song you can't help but dance to :P
Ya know what? I can't say I can identify a single Lady Gaga song. And I wouldn't know her if she bit me. :P
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 10:11
You obviously don't spend enough time in gay night clubs, emmsma :laugh:
I still miss them though. :)
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 10:35
Come visit and we can go together :)
Or at least we'll have to go on an outing from the commune eventually :D
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 10:38
Best for me not to go to any place where one is expected to look sexy and dance. :|
I've never been to a club, or a live concert. Too loud, too busy.
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 10:40
OK, back among the living. Wathcing "The Wizard of Oz" on the tube. Trying to do a correlation between the colors predominant in the show (Yellow Brick Road, Emerald City, Ruby Slippers) and the chakras.
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 10:47
How about you?
Sorry, emm, I asked you a question and ran away. I like to listen to The Tarot Tribe on Blogtalk radio on the weekend nights.
Anyway, I have my Anna K out tonight.
Rhinemaiden
18-04-2011, 10:51
Hi all, time for a quick broom... (that's a fly-by on my broom)... I'm about to ditch Henry for Eaton Place (part 2 of the new Upstairs/Downstairs... I'm finding it a bit of a drag, too much a Downton Abbey clone even tho U/D was the original when it first aired, but I recorded part 1 of U/D and am determined to stick with it, it's only 3 parts)...
Zan, you're watching Mildred Pierce... I made it through part 3, and half-saw 4 and 5... Kate Winslet just kept suffering, the insufferable daughter I wanted to box her ears, and it just became TOO MUCH toward the end. Enough already, I said, and snapped off the telly.
Peanut butter eggs? Oh emms... you're such a temptress! :D
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 10:52
Oh! Did I mention I ha the best date yesterday? Finally someone I really like! He loves video games, describes a perfect Sunday as staying in bed with food and a string of movies, and even owns a few tarot decks and knows how to read! Cancelled any other dyes I had planned and am seeing him again later this week :)
Anyhow, I'm off for a movie and bed now. Watching "Giant" with James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor.
Rhinemaiden
18-04-2011, 10:54
OK, back among the living. Wathcing "The Wizard of Oz" on the tube. Trying to do a correlation between the colors predominant in the show (Yellow Brick Road, Emerald City, Ruby Slippers) and the chakras.
Oh, I love Wizard of Oz... "ding dong the witch is dead"... I have that on a rubber door mat... with the pair of legs in striped stockings... looks like my house fell on her....:D
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 10:57
Meanwhile just ignore my insane autocorrect typing, please. iPhone is getting on my nerves haha
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 10:59
Oh! Did I mention I ha the best date yesterday? Finally someone I really like! He loves video games, describes a perfect Sunday as staying in bed with food and a string of movies, and even owns a few tarot decks and knows how to read! Cancelled any other dates I had planned and am seeing him again later this week :)
Wonderful news!!!! SO...what decks does he have??? })
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:00
Hi all, time for a quick broom... (that's a fly-by on my broom)...OH, I'm glad you're here. The pub needs a good sweeping :joke:
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:01
Meanwhile just ignore my insane autocorrect typing, please. iPhone is getting on my nerves hahaCan't you turn that off?
Rhinemaiden
18-04-2011, 11:01
OH, I'm glad you're here. The pub needs a good sweeping :joke:
bite your tongue, witch!! :D :D :D
and away I go.......
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 11:02
Hey all :) Busy busy, that's me... :rolleyes: One would think I would have a fascinating life but it's not. LOL
Zan, YAY on the date! And I hear you on autocorrect.. Hates it, I does! hehe
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 11:02
Oh! Did I mention I had the best date yesterday? Finally someone I really like!Wishing you good times and the best possible luck, zan!
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 11:05
Can't you turn that off?
Trouble is that it's really quite good most of the time. Auto apostrophes and so on. Worth it for the occasional gaffe I suppose...
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:05
bite your tongue, witch!! :D :D :D
and away I go.......I IZ SORRY :( 'Twas a joke....didja see the :joke:????
LOL :*
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 11:12
I just officially learned the meaning of the expression "my heart skipped a beat" watching James Dean bending over in cowboy jeans :bugeyed:
yirabeth
18-04-2011, 11:14
LOL Zan!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 11:15
Meanwhile just ignore my insane autocorrect typing, please. iPhone is getting on my nerves haha
No worries, it does the same to me all of the time. Autocorrect on the iPhone is creating an entire new language that the machines will use when they take over. :grin:
Queen of Disks
18-04-2011, 11:15
Hello everyone! :)
Worked again today. Doggie woke me up at 4 am barking at the deer outside, eventually I did get to sleep.
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 11:16
Name the movie:
How can it be cute? It's a butt!
ROFL!
Queen of Disks
18-04-2011, 11:19
Yes, I can't wait for The Borgias too. I love a good historical drama. :)
I iz sad because I do not have HBO and can't watch Game of Thrones. :(
Guess I will have to find the book then.
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 11:20
OK...the big green doors to the see the wizard (heart chakra) don't open until Dorothy cries...(acknowledges her emotions). Acknowledging our can be seen as a tool for self-enlightenment.
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 11:20
No worries, it does the same to me all of the time. Autocorrect on the iPhone is creating an entire new language that the machines will use when they take over. :grin:
Hahahaha! That could be an hysterical comic strip! :laugh:
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:20
((( QoD))) I don't have cable either and broadcast TV is just CRAP!!!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 11:21
Name the movie:
How can it be cute? It's a butt!
ROFL!
I don't know this but I'd love to hear the answer!
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 11:25
<cough> QoD, maybe you're a better person than I, but I obviously don't have HBO and here I am watching Mildred Pierce...
Queen of Disks
18-04-2011, 11:30
Cardlady: I hate dentists too. :( I avoid them as much as possible.
This is Bill Cosby explaining the stupidity of modern dentistry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqY6cJD3CE
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 11:30
Who out there has an iPhone? Does anyone know if it's possible to upload pics straight from your phone to AT?
Queen of Disks
18-04-2011, 11:30
<cough> QoD, maybe you're a better person than I, but I obviously don't have HBO and here I am watching Mildred Pierce...
And how are you doing this? :)
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 11:32
And how are you doing this? :)
There's a wide wide Internet out there. Thanks goodness! I couldn't imagine being an ex-pat before the Internet age!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 11:35
OK, so we go through the Haunted Forest (the old woulda-coulda-shoulda stuff in life that haunts us all!) We enter the castle (our persona, the ego-physical body that we move around with in life) But we (as Dorothy) are prisoners within. We want to get back HOME (perhaps back to our spiritual existence).
Now it will take brains, heart and courage to make this happen...these are things we don't think we have...
And on and on...
{sigh} :rolleyes: I need to get a life!
Mellaenn
18-04-2011, 11:38
Who out there has an iPhone? Does anyone know if it's possible to upload pics straight from your phone to AT?
I've never tried it...I always have to resize them to get them into AT and I don't know how to do that on my iPhone.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:42
Who out there has an iPhone? Does anyone know if it's possible to upload pics straight from your phone to AT?I think that for an attachment it needs to be on your computer. Try it and let us know :)
Queen of Disks
18-04-2011, 11:46
There's a wide wide Internet out there. Thanks goodness! I couldn't imagine being an ex-pat before the Internet age!
Which site are you using?
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 11:48
Although she posted this in her blog in a bit of a tongue-in-cheek manner, Teheuti (Mary Greer) presented this article on using the tarot as a Yes or No Oracle. I've tried it and had some luck with it. Which is why I sometimes hesitate to ask because...do I really want to know?
Yes or No Advice Oracle (http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/yes-no-advice-oracle/)
I gotta try this next time (if I really want to know, that is!) Thank you, Mellaenn!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 11:50
I don't know this but I'd love to hear the answer!Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The really sweet friend Rowley asks it when they are talking about a friend (girl) of theirs commenting on a boy's cute rear end.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:51
Which site are you using?Speaking for myself ONLY....I am an idiot, and I need a cheat sheet. I have NO idea how you get what you do!
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 11:52
OK, so we go through the Haunted Forest (the old woulda-coulda-shoulda stuff in life that haunts us all!) We enter the castle (our persona, the ego-physical body that we move around with in life) But we (as Dorothy) are prisoners within. We want to get back HOME (perhaps back to our spiritual existence).
Now it will take brains, heart and courage to make this happen...these are things we don't think we have...
And on and on...
{sigh} :rolleyes: I need to get a life!
Actually, I'm following along with you and, yeah, I see it! I'll never look at the wizard the same way again. It's been years since I've watched it.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 11:53
I just spent 20 min deck diving, looking for ONE deck. It was in the box at my feet :bugeyed: Now I'm tired!! BUT I did find a few others as well...
***the voice of the addicted***
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 11:53
This is Bill Cosby explaining the stupidity of modern dentistry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqY6cJD3CEThat whole routine was my intro to the adult Bill Cosby! (Fat Albert cartoons & the Electric Company) Had it on audio cassette too!
OctavaSpera
18-04-2011, 11:56
I just spent 20 min deck diving, looking for ONE deck. It was in the box at my feet :bugeyed: Now I'm tired!! BUT I did find a few others as well...
***the voice of the addicted***
The ONE deck to rule them all?? (which one?)
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 12:08
:P Did Stormy fall off the earth?
I like my cute mini Hanson-Roberts (Tarot To Go!) set! Fond memories of ruffling through thorhammer's Traveling Train deck (http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2547203&postcount=321) . . . ;) Who's got it now?
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 12:16
The ONE deck to rule them all?? (which one?)
LOL...I was looking for Diedre of the Sorrows, purely for the tactile experience. In the meantime I found the Templar and the Buckland.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 12:17
:P Did Stormy fall off the earth?... Who's got it now?DD came home :P I have NO idea who has it, but good question!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 12:20
I think it went to zan from Aulruna . . .
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 12:27
I think it went to zan from Aulruna . . .We should ask her before she leaves. She may be MIA for a bit...LOL
OH, and by "We" I mean "You"...LOL :D
Hey, how are you feeling?
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 12:32
Still no tooth pain, but a lot of worry if I let myself sit still.
Extended family antsiness since we will have a graduation event at the end of this school year. Might get involved. Gotta stay out of it while being physically present. :laugh:
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 12:32
Oh. Hi. I nodded off. I do have the traveling deck. I'd totally forgotten! My package from aulruna had come only days before the big quake, and then I never gave it a second thought.
What's the story with the traveling deck? What's it for?
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 12:34
thorhammer aged it and it gets popped 'round the Train World as each person makes their next trade. You're supposed to choose a card to sign and date.
Might be a good deck to try as a Reading fund-raiser- explain where/how you got it.
Stormdancer
18-04-2011, 12:52
OK...(((Peeps))) I'm out for the night I think...unless I can't sleep...LOL
Great 1/3ER to every one~~~~~
Zan!!! ENJOY your Monday :party: snooooozzzzzzeeeee :)
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 12:53
hello, I've been having a very slow catch up today. I didn't even know there was a travelling train deck. I see Zan has met a very promising date who likes tarot! Yay! I'm totally in the dark about downloading movies etc, as I tend to think that if I tried, I would get something nasty infecting my computer, or worse, so I haven't investigated.
I'm sorry you have tooth problems, cardlady. I hope it is something easily fixed, and doesn't cost $$$.
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 12:55
Hi Stormy, bye Stormy, sleep well :)
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 12:56
Hello, Lutestring! I'm planning to make it to the post office tomorrow. I'll PM after I get back.
Marina's will go out too.
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 13:04
Thankyou, cardlady! :)
I just watched roppo's frankendecken film, he's so clever. I'm looking forward to meeting Shelley, we are so near to the completion, yay :)
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 13:26
If I had the techie know-how, I'd love to have Shelley vamp to I Need A Hero by Bonnie Tyler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwqYXkhKhL8). :laugh:
OMG! And here's the perfect version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltps17if3t8) to get us in the mood for the Wildwood Tarot . . .
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 13:33
HI All,
Back from work, tired, kinda a stressful day at work,well for the first part,
anyway, i am sure that everything will be ok.Just glad that I have tomorrow off.
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 13:34
(((kaleanna)))
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 13:37
(((((((cardlady))))))))
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 13:38
Now I'm going to have that in my head for the rest of the day :rolleyes: :)
Now I'll have to watch the wildwood version, much better :) I sent an email to book dep about my wildwood's damaged cards, but I haven't heard back yet. I was so psyched up to trim, and now i can't because they might say send it back. I'm hoping they will just send another, and i can trim the damaged one, which will fix most of it anyway. One card has heaps of scratches on the back though :(
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 13:43
I discovered the Robin of Sherwood TV series when we spent some time looking to move. My daughter was under a year old & we stayed in one of those by-the-week places for business people while hubby looked for a job, etc. The relocation didn't happen, but the "mini-vacation" was very nice.
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 13:43
Hi kaleanna, that's good that you have a day off. (((kaleanna)))
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 13:45
Hiya((((((Lute))))
yes it is,really good.
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 13:46
Well I think I am going to go lay down, pretty tired, and have lots to do tomorrow.
Nite all
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 13:53
I discovered the Robin of Sherwood TV series when we spent some time looking to move. My daughter was under a year old & we stayed in one of those by-the-week places for business people while hubby looked for a job, etc. The relocation didn't happen, but the "mini-vacation" was very nice.
That sounds like a great way to pass the time :)
I've never actually seen the tv series :( I think it was probably on tv here at one of the times when i didn't have a tv, or only an old black and white one, so i watched very little tv for a while. I've been meaning to catch up with the dvd, but it's too tedious to watch dvds on my computer. One day, when I buy a new tv and dvd player...
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 13:55
Oh. Hi. I nodded off. I do have the traveling deck. I'd totally forgotten! My package from aulruna had come only days before the big quake, and then I never gave it a second thought.
What's the story with the traveling deck? What's it for?
Oh wow, you've got it! I'd totally forgotten about that deck - it is so nice to know it's still making the rounds!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 14:18
I'm going to have to sign off now. TCO's a bit late, isn't he? :grin:
Wonder if it'll be a New Pub when I get back . . .
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 14:28
Hi thorhammer, I saw that you made some hedgehog yarn for a teacosy. Is the teacosy going to be a hedgehog shape? I love silly teacosies. I started one last winter that i made too small for my favourite teapot, and I undid it when halfmade, but I'm going to have anther try this winter. I'm a very slow knitter :D
goodnight cardlady, see you next pub :)
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 14:28
I just officially learned the meaning of the expression "my heart skipped a beat" watching James Dean bending over in cowboy jeans :bugeyed:
Just browsing and saw this. Can I just make y'all jealous and say, I work with a guy that does this to me every time I see him.
And no, it's not my boyfriend. I am a bad, bad girl.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 14:30
Hi thorhammer, I saw that you made some hedgehog yarn for a teacosy. Is the teacosy going to be a hedgehog shape? I love silly teacosies. I started one last winter that i made too small for my favourite teapot, and I undid it when halfmade, but I'm going to have anther try this winter. I'm a very slow knitter :D
Probably wont' be hedgehog shaped, no. Mostly coz the yarn is so fat and squoodgy, it'd be impossible to derive any actual "shape" out of it unless I made it a house cosy. it'll just be a round lumpy delicious blob of white with brown tassels - so pretty much how it looks right now in my stash :P have a look at my blog if you want to see pics of the yarn . . .
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 14:37
Just browsing and saw this. Can I just make y'all jealous and say, I work with a guy that does this to me every time I see him.
And no, it's not my boyfriend. I am a bad, bad girl.
How is your boyfriend, by the way? All good there?
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 14:46
Just browsing and saw this. Can I just make y'all jealous and say, I work with a guy that does this to me every time I see him.
Lucky you })
I went to look at the yarn, it looks very squooshy, except for the hogs :) I love discworld. I wish I'd gone to nullus anxietas 3, but didn't want to go on my own.
I have a spinning wheel, which has not been used for a few years, but I'm hoping to attack my fleece stash this year, and spin some yarn for more dye experiments, and a possible fairisle jumper with the results.
I bought a tiny spindle to try to spin some silk tops for embroidery threads, but I havent got the knack yet. I can use a normal spindle, it's just this one is sooo light and tiny.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 14:51
How is your boyfriend, by the way? All good there?
Yeah, we're ok. I'm discovering the true depths of just how messed up the last one made me, and trying not to lash out at Barrie because of my past. It's hard for me; he's a simple soul and it's all just 1+1=2 to him, but for me it's really hard to fight against the urge to bolt, you know? I don't know if I'm doing the right thing at any given time of day or night . . . :rolleyes:
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 14:54
Lucky you })Ooooh yeah. Well, sort of. I've had a hopeless unrequited crush on him for upwards of three years . . . I have a spinning wheel, which has not been used for a few years, but I'm hoping to attack my fleece stash this year, and spin some yarn for more dye experiments, and a possible fairisle jumper with the results.
I bought a tiny spindle to try to spin some silk tops for embroidery threads, but I havent got the knack yet. I can use a normal spindle, it's just this one is sooo light and tiny.Wish I could get together with you and show you! Where did you get the tiny wee one? It's usually just a matter of adjusting your motor skills to use something small rather than boat-anchorish. Like a little jewellery hammer vs Mjolnir :P. Mind you, silk is kinda hard . . . I'm not brave enough yet to tackle it on its own! I did spindle a tiny sample of tussah silk, which turned out nice, but it's not an easy fibre to handle.
Are we at a new pub yet? So much bristling anticipation happening I feel sure Ive been left behind! :)
Hi Zan, Lute, thorhammer... others.... Have been a bit erk the last couple of days, so haven't visited... much better now, so ... hello!!! I still see a few people like that, Zan.... Although I am beyond the excitement of it all... James Dean was special, though, huh... So... you still have distractions for your sanity, then, Zan... roll on, more James Dean posturings!!! :)
Lute, thorhammer, you'd probably love a friend's tea cosies... she felts them, and makes them into little koalas and etc... sounds really kitsch, but she does it very tastefully!!!
It's that time here again, isn;'t it... I've pulled out the half-finished crocheted bedspread I'm making for my eldest... will take a few more weeks, but a couple of my girls are coming home for Easter, so I should at least have it out on my lap in the process of being made!!! :) I cheat... no squares, they confuse me, just row, reverse, row, reverse... meditative, simple... Your wool sounds fascinating, thorhammer :)
Do you do any craft projects, Zan? It's very calming, crocheting, or handsewing, or... lots of things.... :)
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 14:59
You sound like you've got to just relax and go with the flow, Kat, but I know how hard that can be for you.. :P
Meanwhile, I feel like a giddy schoolgirl today after my date yesterday. We've been texting sweet nothings all day, and he cancelled a plan on Friday so we can spend the night together. Ahhhhh :heart:
Isn't it amazing what a nutcase you can turn into in only one day? Wondering how long to wait to send a reply to a text to not seem desperate, etc. Not to mention the cross-cultural thing. As if anyone ever knows what the Japanese are thinking...
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 15:01
Hi Linnie :) I'm not great with making things, but music and writing (and drinking :P ) are my sanity keepers. I write poetry and have been writing a lot about the quake. And I play the cello (and the ukulele, sort of).
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 15:03
I'm watching Meryl Streep in "It's Complicated" right now. I love the title in Japanese - 愛するベーカリー or, maybe, "The Love-making Bakery". LOL! :laugh:
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 15:10
Lute, thorhammer, you'd probably love a friend's tea cosies... she felts them, and makes them into little koalas and etc... sounds really kitsch, but she does it very tastefully!!! Yeah, a tasteful teacosy. That'll be the day :P (no dig at your friend, just at teacosies in general, you understand . . .)It's that time here again, isn;'t it... I've pulled out the half-finished crocheted bedspread I'm making for my eldest... will take a few more weeks, but a couple of my girls are coming home for Easter, so I should at least have it out on my lap in the process of being made!!! :) I cheat... no squares, they confuse me, just row, reverse, row, reverse... meditative, simple... Your wool sounds fascinating, thorhammer :)
Maybe we could trade one day, and I could send you some handspun? :) Squares are well easy as long as you know how to do chain and treble . . . you make a chain of about eight and join, then:
3 trebles into the ring
chain
3 trebles into the ring
chain
3 trebles into the ring
chain
3 trebles into the ring
chain, join to top of first grouping.
Second round
chain three
2 trebles into gap between first group and second group of trebles on the first round
chain 1
3 trebles into same gap
chain 1
3 trebles into next gap
chain 1
3 trebles into same gap
repeat till you've got four "corners"
Third round
chain 3
2 trebles into nearest gap (forwards of your hook)
chain 1
3 trebles into same gap
chain 1
3 trebles into next gap this is the important bit - this is where the sides of your square start showing, so this is only one set of three. Only the corners have two sets of three in them.
chain 1
3 trebles into next gap
chain 1
3 trebles into same gap
. . . . . and so on
Sorry for the huge post, everyone . . .
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 15:12
You sound like you've got to just relax and go with the flow, Kat, but I know how hard that can be for you.. :P Ay! Having a dig at me, are we? Hmmmn. :mad:Meanwhile, I feel like a giddy schoolgirl today after my date yesterday. We've been texting sweet nothings all day, and he cancelled a plan on Friday so we can spend the night together. Ahhhhh :heart:
Isn't it amazing what a nutcase you can turn into in only one day? Wondering how long to wait to send a reply to a text to not seem desperate, etc. Not to mention the cross-cultural thing. As if anyone ever knows what the Japanese are thinking...ROFL Aww, so cute! What's his name? A tarot lover, gamer, likes the quiet life . . . perfect match for you!
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 15:16
Hi linnie, I'm sorry you've not been feeling ok, glad you're better now. I like the idea of felted koala teacosies :) I'm in the middle of another bag making frenzy, finishing one for PathWalker, and a few more. I'll probably put some pics on the creating thread in a few days.
I wish you could help me with the wee spindle, Kat (thor?). Perth is a very long way away :) I got it from US ebay last year, and it came with a freebie sample of merino tops to practise with. I can't remember the seller, but have the info somewhere.
Yay Zan, so things are going very well with the new man, wonderful :)
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 15:16
Not a dig! But you know, you're like me in that you maye overthink things that really are just what they seem. Right?
And his name is Yuya. He's adorable. Just about my height and just a tad stocky, which I love cause we can go eating together and neither has to feel like the fat one :laugh:
But anyway its just started and I don't want to jinx it.
(But I think I love him LOL!)
jcwirish
18-04-2011, 15:17
Hey folks! I've been away for a couple of days and I have missed so much around here. How is everyone?
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 15:18
Jo!! I haven't seen you in ages!! How's everything going??
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 15:19
I wish you could help me with the wee spindle, Kat (thor?). Perth is a very long way away :) I got it from US ebay last year, and it came with a freebie sample of merino tops to practise with. I can't remember the seller, but have the info somewhere.If you're on Ravelry, no doubt there'd be a group somewhere over your way that meets up weekly or so? Unless you're in the sticks, which could make it hard. If you found someone who spindled (and there are more of us than you might think!) then you'd be well on your way :)
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 15:20
Not a dig! But you know, you're like me in that you maye overthink things that really are just what they seem. Right? Yeah, point taken. Sort of. I'm still messed up though.And his name is Yuya. He's adorable. Just about my height and just a tad stocky, which I love cause we can go eating together and neither has to feel like the fat one :laugh:
But anyway its just started and I don't want to jinx it.
(But I think I love him LOL!)
OoOoooooh! Awwwwww . . . :love:
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 15:20
Yeah, a tasteful teacosy. That'll be the day :P (no dig at your friend, just at teacosies in general, you understand . . .)
I like really silly teacosies, and have a few very silly vintage ones :D
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 15:21
Hey folks! I've been away for a couple of days and I have missed so much around here. How is everyone?
Gidday mate! How is ya?
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 15:24
If you're on Ravelry, no doubt there'd be a group somewhere over your way that meets up weekly or so? Unless you're in the sticks, which could make it hard. If you found someone who spindled (and there are more of us than you might think!) then you'd be well on your way :)
That's a very good idea, I should have thought of that. I joined ravelry, so i could look at patterns mainly, but I haven't been active. I'm in the outer sububs, so not quite the sticks, but I don't drive.
Hi Jo, what have you been up to?
jcwirish
18-04-2011, 15:46
Jo!! I haven't seen you in ages!! How's everything going??
Hiya Zan! I know, I've been crazy busy, but good. Kirk should have an offer from Apple on Monday or Tuesday, so we're waiting on that at the moment. Looks like it'll be back in Vegas most likely, so I have to get myself prepared to head back that way.
How are you? Did I see there's a new boy in the mix? How exciting!
jcwirish
18-04-2011, 15:47
Gidday mate! How is ya?
KAT!!! I'm so glad to see you! How are you? What's new and exciting?
jcwirish
18-04-2011, 15:48
That's a very good idea, I should have thought of that. I joined ravelry, so i could look at patterns mainly, but I haven't been active. I'm in the outer sububs, so not quite the sticks, but I don't drive.
Hi Jo, what have you been up to?
Hi Lute! Ravelry is very cool. I'm sure you'll love it. How's everything with you?
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 16:04
KAT!!! I'm so glad to see you! How are you? What's new and exciting?
Hmm, spinning! New boyfriend, though he's not all that new or exciting any more :P (from the UK, works with me, four years younger than me, quite sweet but a bit of a wet hen). Five day weekend coming up! That's the most exciting news at the moment :P
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 16:25
Hi Lute! Ravelry is very cool. I'm sure you'll love it. How's everything with you?
I think I might get lost in Ravelry and never find my way back out again, so I'm not going there again till I get a bit of sewing finished :)
I've just been outside to pick some lemon verbena, though it's a bit late, and the colder weather is getting to it now. Just the younger tips were still ok, the older leaves are now looking a bit past it. I usually dry lots every summer, but it was so wet this year that I never got around to it. I've still got heaps left from last year though.
Yeah - looking forward to the long weekend here too :). I have bought the kids some chocolate eggs, and it is himself's birthday on the 26th. I might have to take him out to dinner!
Apparently the pain in the fourth finger on each hand that I have is tendonitis. Bugger and blast :(. The guys on the Concept site say that if I want to keep rowing I have to have the resistance down low and hold the handle more gently without "clawing" my fingers round it. They console me by pointing out this is my chance to refine my technique :). Also - don't wear any rings (including the wedding ring), and ice my fingers after rowing. Or at the very least, hold them under running cold water. I had himself take a video of me rowing. I row with my elbows too far out, which alters the angle at which my hands hold the handle and thus too much pressure goes on my outer fingers rather than on my stronger, inner fingers. I have a lot of work to do!
As long as I keep my fitness levels up, I know I could already go the full marathon distance, so I don't need to worry about that. Just gotta keep as fit as possible. Cross trainer here I come .....
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 17:54
I'm having a one-man dance party on my bed with Gaga's new single "Judas" on repeat. I think some of my new crush giddiness may be involved :P
Abstract decks. I know there are some listed on the Deck List, but do you guys know of any? I like swirly blobs of mashed up colours trailing off where you can catch a thought and follow it along..... Not angular, not with Picasso like depictions of the human form. Preferably no identifiable human forms, but vague hints at human and/or animal shapes are fine.
Any ideas?
I have Ironwing, the Tarot of Transformation and Margaret Petersen. The Karma Tarot is a bit that way and I like it for that reason, also the Book of Kaos. The Intuitive Tarot is good but I get fed up with the egg shaped frames that all the cards have.
It's just that before I move on the decks I know I will never read with, I'd like to expand the library of possible desert island decks :)
I'm having a one-man dance party on my bed with Gaga's new single "Judas" on repeat. I think some of my new crush giddiness may be involved :P
Sometimes Zan, you just make me smile so much :laugh:
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 18:08
I'm having a one-man dance party on my bed with Gaga's new single "Judas" on repeat. I think some of my new crush giddiness may be involved :P
I wish I had that new crush giddiness back :) I'm jealous!
Oddly, there are still many times when I look at himself and my heart skips a beat. And a room is always brighter and warmer if he's in it.....
It can last y'know.... :)
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 18:14
Hehe yeah I'm having a much-needed day of nothing at all. It's back to 5:30 wake-ups from tomorrow, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel - the end of April/start of May is Japan's "Golden Week" national holiday period. The whole country shuts down for a string of holidays that fall in a row. Think I have 10 days off starting from the 29th. Can't wait!
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 18:24
Oddly, there are still many times when I look at himself and my heart skips a beat. And a room is always brighter and warmer if he's in it.....
It can last y'know.... :)
Yeah, for some :) And with some. But this one isn't one of those, and I always knew that. I just miss that first couple of months, that's all :heart:
Morning, all.
Had a bit of a disappointment at work, so very grumpy.
Oddly, there are still many times when I look at himself and my heart skips a beat. And a room is always brighter and warmer if he's in it.....
It can last y'know.... :)
I still revel in watching my honey shower - after ten years of doing this every morning :D
It can definitely last!!
Morning, all.
Had a bit of a disappointment at work, so very grumpy.
I'm sorry about that Aulruna :heart:
Horrible when work is the cause of the problem and we damn well have to go there anyway!
Yeah, for some :) And with some. But this one isn't one of those, and I always knew that. I just miss that first couple of months, that's all :heart:
Ah - know what you mean!
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 18:35
Good morning. Just a quick hello before a lazy soak in the bath - my OH showered some hours ago, I think it was still dark :(
Got something of the grumps I think, but not sure what about, so not fit to post anywhere else - last thread I posted in yesterday got pulled - the WHOLE thread! Maybe at least it wasn't just me LOL
Happy sunshine and birdsong form here to all...
Yeah, a tasteful teacosy. That'll be the day :P (no dig at your friend, just at teacosies in general, you understand . . .)
Maybe we could trade one day, and I could send you some handspun? :) Squares are well easy as long as you know how to do chain and treble . . . you make a chain of about eight and join, then:
3 trebles into the ring
chain
3 trebles into the ring
chain etc etc
.
Hmmm... a big interval between last post and now... a cow has been belowing outside... heard her give birth this morning (according to her farmer-mother), but I didn't know what I was hearing... Now calf is missing... hopefully will be ok...
Oh wow!! That was for ME???? Thank you thorhammer! :) In truth, I used to make square ones, but my corners never quite worked... In and of themselves they were good square corners, but the item en-masse always seemed to be spiralling more than other peoples!!!??? I do know how to do chains and treble... I once got annoyed with corners (as above! :)) and just went with the spiral thing, and made my then boyfriend a very impractical, oversized, round blanket!!! I will study your directions... :)
I know what you mean about teapot cosies, but these ones are more like little creatures who share your kitchen, and keep the tea warm at the same time!!! :):):)
Zan... writing poetry about the quake is awesome... necessary... brilliant... I'm so glad you're doing that... :) I write poetry... or used to... finally the perennially built-up torrential overflow of words ceased and visual images took their place, so now I draw instead.
Lute... I can't wait to see your new bag... I always keep an eye out for the Creating thread... (Maybe you could post your poem one day, Zan, if you are comfortable doing that... I understand it would be an incredibly personal thing... good fortune with your love life, Zan :))
Hello all others :)
Hello sweet - was the American Museum good? I've never been there.
I wouldn't mind going home right now, but I think I'll phone Wonderful Boss and see how he and his wife are doing, make some coffee and dig deep into the in-tray ....
zan_chan
18-04-2011, 18:45
How do you guys feel about deck sales in lots? I was thinking of offering four of my historical decks as one lot so shipping is easier for me. I'm considering Paris, Payen, Liguria, and Vieville for maybe $350. Think it'd sell?
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 18:48
Morning, all.
Had a bit of a disappointment at work, so very grumpy.
(((Aulruna))) How sucky, I'm sorry.
I know I'm not the only person who's in their relationship for a good time not a long time; but sometimes it feels like I'm being unfair. Never know if I'm doing the right thing, staying with him. Ugh!
See, Zan! You're right - overthinking!
Abstract decks. I know there are some listed on the Deck List, but do you guys know of any? I like swirly blobs of mashed up colours trailing off where you can catch a thought and follow it along..... Not angular, not with Picasso like depictions of the human form. Preferably no identifiable human forms, but vague hints at human and/or animal shapes are fine.
Any ideas?
Lots of them :D
This is what I got from doing a quick scan through my collection files - some are more abstract than others, some are more evocative that others, and I left out the really obscure self published ones ;)
Abyssal (http://www.shellycorbett.com/deck.htm)
Terrestrial (http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/terrestrial/ )
Flash Card (http://www.tarotpassages.com/flashcard.htm )
Garden Path Tarot (http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/garden-path/ )
Fractal Firebird (http://www.tarotpassages.com/fractal.htm )
One World (http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/one-world/ )
Quantum (http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/quantum/ )
Spiro (http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/spiro/ )
(((Aulruna))) How sucky, I'm sorry.
I know I'm not the only person who's in their relationship for a good time not a long time; but sometimes it feels like I'm being unfair. Never know if I'm doing the right thing, staying with him. Ugh!
Thanks for the smoochies :heart:
The bad thing is that I feel so STUPID. My boss and my MD have not kept a single promise regarding my advancement or salary in three years. After the last formal promotion in January, they first nixed the job title that normally goes with it, but promised I'd be invited to the leadership meeting. Today I got in half and hour early by chance, and caught my boss and the rest of the management gang board a taxi - to that meeting, which I wasn't even aware of.
I feel REALLY STUPID.
As for your beau, if you are both on the same page about the good over long time thing - I'd say you're fine.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 19:23
Thanks for the smoochies :heart:
The bad thing is that I feel so STUPID. My boss and my MD have not kept a single promise regarding my advancement or salary in three years. After the last formal promotion in January, they first nixed the job title that normally goes with it, but promised I'd be invited to the leadership meeting. Today I got in half and hour early by chance, and caught my boss and the rest of the management gang board a taxi - to that meeting, which I wasn't even aware of.
I feel REALLY STUPID.You are nothing if not searingly intelligent, sweet pea. If you suffer from any social handicap, it's perhaps innocence of others' own cravenness, and a general niceness that I've seen many people just can't help themselves but take advantage of. Maybe channel a bit of the more forceful deities? ;) I hope they clean their acts up . . . or else I hope all their chooks turn into emus and kick their $hithouse down.As for your beau, if you are both on the same page about the good over long time thing - I'd say you're fine.:) Yeah, I guess so. Trouble is, he's a bit on the self-delusional and short-sighted side. The vagaries of youth, huh? :) But we'll get there, for better or worse. Seems he's wising up fast. He's ignoring me today :rolleyes: (Like I can't see straight through that stupid game.)
Ooooh - Terrestrial and Fractal Firebird - *drool*
Thank you Aulruna :)
I hope they clean their acts up . . . or else I hope all their chooks turn into emus and kick their $hithouse down.:)
Seconded, even though I'm laughing my socks off at this one!
And Aulruna - you deserve better! Any openings anywhere else ..... just a thought....
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 19:37
Seconded, even though I'm laughing my socks off at this one!
ROFL It's hilarious, isn't it? Then there's always, "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits!" . .. but I prefer the emus.
Seconded, even though I'm laughing my socks off at this one!
And Aulruna - you deserve better! Any openings anywhere else ..... just a thought....
Yeah, me too :D
Actually, this mental image probably saved my morning, along with the banana chocolate brownies a colleague just delivered to my desk. Especially since I have experienced some emus with a truly wicked sense of humour :D
Niceness is not my problem ... they try this act with everyone. Well, I'm working on my application as we speak, so something good may come out of it.
Lutestring
18-04-2011, 19:48
. . . or else I hope all their chooks turn into emus and kick their $hithouse down.:)
I've always liked that one :)
Aulruna, I hope your boss at least looked guilty when you caught him. Probably not, I guess, probably didn't have a clue.
All this relationship talk just reminds me that it's been a hellava long time since I was in one. I can still remember though :)
I've always liked that one :)
Aulruna, I hope your boss at least looked guilty when you caught him. Probably not, I guess, probably didn't have a clue.
He was actually shell-shocked and beet red :D He was so startled he kissed me on the cheek, which in turn startled me ... all in all, beautifully embarrassing and awkward for everyone :D
I came across some old diaries this weekend ... boy, was my love life complicated. But at the time, I was just where I needed to be, so I would not change a thing - not even the time when I pictured myself as some kind of Miss Marple plus lovers :D
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 19:58
Hello sweet - was the American Museum good? I've never been there.
....
It was good - the weather was fine, so the gardens were nice. We really went for Jes to see this
http://www.americanmuseum.org/default.cfm/loadindex.238
and she loved it, so that was good :)
I was not aware that a museum like this one exists in Britain - will have to check it out next time we visit!
Currently, we are looking forward to visiting this one when we're in NYC next week:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/wld/
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 20:20
The planes are flying on their landing approach over my house thick and fast tonight. I can even smell the fumes. It's Not Good.
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 20:32
Sorry about the flight path Thorhammer, not at all good :(
The museum looks great AUlruna. I grew up near London, where a lot of the big museums are based. When I moved away I had to figure out where to find others :) (It's not that far to London really, not in terms of Australian distances for example, but so costly to go for a single day by train that I tend not to do that.)
Oxford has some good museums, and we're going to check out one in Bath itself soon - called the Museum of Work
oh, post arrived - lots of barking - must go for a minute
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 20:41
A parcel just arrived which I know is for my birthday - trust me, I know :)
So Jes has hidden it, and I'm trying to forget that I know what it is and saw it arrive - maybe rooting out some nettles that have grown into my circle in the back garden will help?
http://www.americanmuseum.org/default.cfm/loadindex.238
That looks absolutely right up Jes's alley :)
Goodness it's a busy morning. Grabbing a moment with coffee ....
Friday is a bank holiday and I have lost Thursday to travelling out to Wonderful Boss's home. That gives me three mornings for a week's work :bugeyed:
Gone ......
Rhinemaiden
18-04-2011, 21:00
morning, all! :)
Thor... eat chocolate... supposed to make you feel the same as falling in love... ;) ah, those early heady days of a relationship (sigh...)
PW... NO peeking into the BD box! ROFL
Wendy... I hear you on cramming a 10 pound workweek into a 5 pound sack of workdays... same here... BUT the long weekend ahead is a great carrot for working faster...;)
Aulruna... dust off that resume... glad your boss at least looked chagrined... when you're in NYC don't forget the Metropolitan Museum (not far from Nat History)... you can always pretend you're in the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Brosnan remake, not the original with McQueen)...
happy day all... off I go! (brooming into the day)
Today I had a job interview which didn't go as I wanted - one of the bosses approved of me, the other one basically ditched me. Sadly, the second one is a bigger boss, so I got the feeling I'm not getting this job. Damn it.
On the bright side, learned that my article about "treating seekers individually" has been approved and will be posted next week. Makes my day slightly better.
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 21:03
happy day all... off I go! (brooming into the day)
Have a good day :)
I now have fresh nettle tea for sharing - Jes doesn't want any LOL
PathWalker
18-04-2011, 21:04
Morning Rovay - sorry to hear about the interview; hoping you can find a silver lining on that (((hug)))
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 21:15
Good Morning! Well, noonish and evening, too! :D Most of the snow we got yesterday is gone, but the forecast doesn't look very spring-like for this week! :(
(((Rovay))) Maybe this wasn't the right job and a better one is in the near distance! Keep watch! Your article is for a magazine? Website? Congrats!
Wendy, for your ring finger pain, have you thought about some sort of wrist support(soft/flexible) to help hold your hands in a better position?
(((Aulruna))) It's good to see you here, maybe the accidental encounter will have some sort of result.
PW, I'd love to try your nettle tea.
(((RM))) Have a great day!
And some (((HUGS))) to everyone else here!
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 21:21
Time to wake the boy up for school. He did prom this weekend. He hated it. ;) He's got a bit of social anxiety, always has, so he must really care for this girl.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/prom.jpg
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 21:23
Aww....how sweet! He looks a bit anxious there! G'Morning MM!
Wendy, for your ring finger pain, have you thought about some sort of wrist support(soft/flexible) to help hold your hands in a better position?
I am going to see the quack tomorrow - if she thinks a support would be useful she will refer me up to Physio and I can get what I need from them. They're usually very quick and good with stuff like that :).
It is quite bad - I can't actually wear my wedding ring atm, it cuts into the flesh on the underside of the finger rather badly, and yet a couple of weeks ago it was so loose I was thinking of having it made smaller.
But - on the bright side - I will emerge from this in a couple of weeks or so with much better technique, which will stand me in good stead for many years :). So - not a total disaster!
Time to wake the boy up for school. He did prom this weekend. He hated it. ;) He's got a bit of social anxiety, always has, so he must really care for this girl.
Really good looking boy you have there :). And well done Levi, for being man enough to do something he hates for the sake of the girl he cares for!
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 21:32
Yeah, for some :) And with some. But this one isn't one of those, and I always knew that. I just miss that first couple of months, that's all :heart:
You and me both. I know the beauty of having that long term, comfortable, deep love. But for me, there's nothing like new beginnings. I guess I was never good at the love game. I just get bored too easily and I'm not good at sticking around after the passion wears off. Maybe I'm shallow.
So how's everyone today? I'm so tired. I need sleep. Real, uninterrupted, lay-up-for-a-day sleep. I don't see it happening anythime soon, and can't remember the last time I didn't have to roll out at 5:30am.
Levi is on spring break next week, but I won't be sleeping in on my days off,,,I have a niece in her last week of pregnancy and I'll be going home to meet her new son. Plus I'll be seeing my Mama, so it will be worth the trip.
Still just ONE day's free snooze would be divine.
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 21:39
Wendy, I'm sorry to hear about your fingers. You are one of the hardest working people I know of, and I do so hope you get to feeling better with them soon.
Your little crystal cluster is nearly finished. :) I haven't forgotten our dear Wendywu, and I shall have a package winging to you before much longer. I promise to make it worth the wait.
I was just notified that my Wormweird is in the mail. I'm not quite sure why I ordered it. Morbid curiosity more than anything, I suppose.
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 21:44
(((MM))) Hope you find a way to get your lazy day soon! But a visit to a new baby and your MaMa.....How wonderful!
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 21:54
Good morning Blue! And how are YOU?
I want coffee, but I had a few cups before bed last night and I'm not sure I should. I'm coming to depend on it. I'll wait until I get to work, I suppose.
My daughter worked with me on saturday in the cafe. We have a tour bus group of about 50 senior citizens every saturday and she came in to help. Our business has been picking up, and we're understaffed. She has waited tables before at Chili's and Applebees, and she did a fabulous job. :)
She'll be graduating this time next year from college, but continuing her education. I really want to buy her a new car, she truly deserves it, but it will take me pulling a lot of strings and a lot of hours at work to swing it. Her little Mustang is about on it's last legs, and the thing is, it's getting to the point that it will cost just about as much in repairs every month as it would just to pay a note for a new one. She doesn't expect it, but the child is making straight A's in her college courses, and works a job as well. She's the only one of the four that went this route, and I'm proud of her for persevering.
Aulruna, I feel your pain. I really do. I've NEVER been one to demand what I feel I deserve in the workplace. I just work my behind off, hoping that I'll be acknowledged and rewarded for my extra effort and excellence. I am always acknowledged, but, it seems, never rewarded. Eventually I get tired of being taken advantage of, and I move on. But it hurts my feelings. I'm sorry to see you in your situation. Unfortunately, it's the squeaky wheels that get the oil, and I'm too much of a team player to be the squeaky wheel.
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 21:57
On a happy note, Louisiana is emerald green this time of year! Everything is beautiful and lush. The fig tree outside my window is monstrous, we trimmed a few oak branches last year to give it some more sun, and it went berserk! I see myself spending another summer making fig jelly. :)
Doogie the cat came to the window, I let him in and he jumped up on the computer table, wanting to be loved. He's such a sweet thing. The window is open, the air is crisp and cool, green as far as I can see, and my kitty loves me.
Life is good this morning.
BlueDragonfly and Pathwalker - thank you for the kind words. Gonna go get a nap, that will bring me back in the normal mood.
BlueDragonfly - the article is for the aecletic tarot site, which is what makes me even more proud :)
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 22:05
Today I had a job interview which didn't go as I wanted - one of the bosses approved of me, the other one basically ditched me. Sadly, the second one is a bigger boss, so I got the feeling I'm not getting this job. Damn it.
On the bright side, learned that my article about "treating seekers individually" has been approved and will be posted next week. Makes my day slightly better.
I missed this. Looks like we're all having work woes this week. But to have an article published..what an accomplishment! What a good feeling that must be! Congratulations!
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 22:07
BlueDragonfly and Pathwalker - thank you for the kind words. Gonna go get a nap, that will bring me back in the normal mood.
BlueDragonfly - the article is for the aecletic tarot site, which is what makes me even more proud :)
Oh! Congrats! Be sure to share a link here(in the Pub) with us, so we can read it!
Have a nice nap! :)
Saturness
18-04-2011, 22:08
Good morning everyone! :)
I have coffee? Anyone wants a cup?
What are the news?
Aulruna, I feel your pain. I really do. I've NEVER been one to demand what I feel I deserve in the workplace. I just work my behind off, hoping that I'll be acknowledged and rewarded for my extra effort and excellence. I am always acknowledged, but, it seems, never rewarded. Eventually I get tired of being taken advantage of, and I move on. But it hurts my feelings. I'm sorry to see you in your situation. Unfortunately, it's the squeaky wheels that get the oil, and I'm too much of a team player to be the squeaky wheel.
That's what I do too. I do not like to be the squeaky wheel, I believe that if your employer finds you a valuable empolyee, he (or she) should take the first step into acknowledging AND rewarding you. Of course, in reality that doesn't happen... *sigh* They don't get that just saying "well done" doesn't get any bills paid! That's why many companies lose their best employees and keep only the crappy ones. Crappy people have to squeak to get attention because their work doesn't speak for them. :mad:
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 22:10
On a happy note, Louisiana is emerald green this time of year! Everything is beautiful and lush. The fig tree outside my window is monstrous, we trimmed a few oak branches last year to give it some more sun, and it went berserk! I see myself spending another summer making fig jelly. :)
Doogie the cat came to the window, I let him in and he jumped up on the computer table, wanting to be loved. He's such a sweet thing. The window is open, the air is crisp and cool, green as far as I can see, and my kitty loves me.
Life is good this morning.
*sticks tongue out at MM* I will, of course, seek revenge when I'm sitting on the beach in 80F temps in July, when you are sweltering and melting in the Southern heat! })
Your cat sounds like a sweetie! I miss that cuddle time.
Saturness
18-04-2011, 22:12
Time to wake the boy up for school. He did prom this weekend. He hated it. ;) He's got a bit of social anxiety, always has, so he must really care for this girl.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/prom.jpg
Is this young man your son???
Oh my, young Gods exist and they walk on Earth! :bugeyed:
He's very very handsome! No reason at all to be anxious, if he lived here he'd have a fan club! ;)
Everyone here has beautiful kids, I'd like to ask an A. Nonny Mouse Genes pack, please! (for myself, not my future kids, lol!)
ETA: By the way, I have ALWAYS hated proms too. I always felt like the baa-baa black sheep there. And I look horrible in long and elegant dresses! Ugh!
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 22:16
Good morning everyone! :)
I have coffee? Anyone wants a cup?
*holds out mug for a refill* :D
What are the news?
That's what I do too. I do not like to be the squeaky wheel, I believe that if your employer finds you a valuable empolyee, he (or she) should take the first step into acknowledging AND rewarding you. Of course, in reality that doesn't happen... *sigh* They don't get that just saying "well done" doesn't get any bills paid! That's why many companies lose their best employees and keep only the crappy ones. Crappy people have to squeak to get attention because their work doesn't speak for them. :mad:
Good point, Marina! I'm pretty much the same way. We all get paid the same here(more than the other agencies in the area), no raises.
The office personnel and owner are very aware of the quality of the field staff's work, though.
Saturness
18-04-2011, 22:23
*holds out mug for a refill* :D
Ta-da!
http://atrc.net.pk/products/cyber_coffee/menu/cybercoffee_menu_27_jan_2011-20_files/french_vanilla.JPG
There you have some french vanilla coffee! ;)
Good point, Marina! I'm pretty much the same way. We all get paid the same here(more than the other agencies in the area), no raises.
The office personnel and owner are very aware of the quality of the field staff's work, though.
We are 9 people (plus a couple of people who work outside) publishing about 15-17 books a month. Totally overworked, and we still manage to do it with very good quality, much better than some publishers out there. I know my older and more experienced co-workers have better salaries, and accept it, since they have been here for longer and have greater responsibilities. But I hope my moment will come too, as I know I've been doing an important job with the ebooks :)
The point is that if you don't acknowledge your employee, someone else might and if another company offers him a better job... you may lose him. So if you don't want to lose him, give him good reasons to stay!
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 22:34
Morning everyone
What's the news ?
Feel like I have missed alot with having to work and being too tired when I get home to catch up.
Hope everyone is doing good
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 22:38
;) Zan's doing Quite Well! :thumbsup:
Saturness
18-04-2011, 22:40
Feel like I have missed alot with having to work and being too tired when I get home to catch up.
Good morning, Kaleanna!
I seldom catch up because there's too much to read and I'm usually at work. So I don't know about any news that I can share with you, sorry! :(
I usually am very tired from staying in front of the computer all day long, so whe I get home I don't turn mine on. That's why I'm usually not around during my evenings.
It was much easier to be here when I was unemployed. :laugh:
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 22:44
Hiya cardlady and Marina
Thankies for letting me know Zan is doing ok.
I know how you feel Marina, I too am in front of a puter and also listening to people talk for the hours that I am at work.
Yesterday I had to have my 13 yr old be quiet for about 10 mins. because he kept wanting to talk NON stop. When the time was up, I explained to him that I just needed a few mins of quiet and asked him if he realized what it is that I do when I am at work.
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 22:51
(((kaleanna))) Enjoy your day! :heart:
(((Marina))) the coffee looks just yummy! Thanks! :D
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 22:52
G'Morning cardlady! You snuck in.
Saturness
18-04-2011, 22:57
;) Zan's doing Quite Well! :thumbsup:
That's wonderful to know Cardlady! Thanks! :D
Yesterday I had to have my 13 yr old be quiet for about 10 mins. because he kept wanting to talk NON stop. When the time was up, I explained to him that I just needed a few mins of quiet and asked him if he realized what it is that I do when I am at work.
Well, he's 13 - old enough so you can rationally explain to him why mom needs some moments of quietness. :) I think it's good that you tell him what you do and how he can help you when you are at home - will make him feel like he's a "part" of it (in a good way, like he's helping you) while giving you some time to breath and rest your mind.
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 23:00
G'Morning cardlady! You snuck in.I don't want to be awake. I fully intended to slide back in bed after dropping off the kids.
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:00
OMG Blue, your threat of revenge gave me a true laugh-out-loud this morning. And you couldn't be more right. It will be hell on Earth come July. Maybe you should come and spend the winters with me, and I'll spend summers with you?
Marina, and Wendy, thank you so much for saying nice things about my son. I've always thought he was a handsome young man, but mostly he's just a GOOD person, and WICKED smart. His girl Stacey is very sweet, and since she is such a social butterfly, and he such a hermit, I know she gives up a lot to love him.
It doesn't help that all her friends call him "The Vampire" because of his snow white complexion. But I love that black hair/blue eyes/ white skin contrast.
Kaleanna, I hear you about YOUR son. My daughter is the worlds fastest and most constant conversationalist. I love her more than anything on EArth, but the girl can talk competitively. When she was young, we used to say that her only hope for marriage was to fall in love with a deaf man, and my father in law used to say that "She talks faster than any Mexican I ever knew." THAT'S fast.
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:01
And how are YOU this morning, Marina? Are you eating your heart out over missing the RS as I am?
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:04
And I'm picturing Zan bouncing around on his bed in his BVD's, hairbrush-microphone in hand, belting out Lady Gaga.
I love him more every day.
kaleanna
18-04-2011, 23:12
HIya MM,
How are ya??????
Saturness
18-04-2011, 23:16
Marina, and Wendy, thank you so much for saying nice things about my son. I've always thought he was a handsome young man, but mostly he's just a GOOD person, and WICKED smart. His girl Stacey is very sweet, and since she is such a social butterfly, and he such a hermit, I know she gives up a lot to love him.
It doesn't help that all her friends call him "The Vampire" because of his snow white complexion. But I love that black hair/blue eyes/ white skin contrast.
He's very handsome! I love the white skin/black hair contrast, I like men with this kind of look!
Believe it or not, according to my mom I'm too pale! :bugeyed: That's because amongst some women here a good skin is an eternally tanned one. I told her I'm white, that's my color, I don't want to look tanned. But I think that closer to some europeans and americans, I certainly look darker, lol!
I know society tells us that all young people have to love parties and be social butterflies, but not everyone is like that. It's hard being a hermit, but we must respect who we are. I quit trying to force myself to love parties and social occasions when I don't. I go when I think it's important (like a friend's birthday), but I don't pretend it's my favorite activity. Few things can beat having tea with cookies at home, watching the sky and talking quietly... or watching a movie with family... ;)
I think he and his girl can learn a lot from each other, being different like that! :) She's gorgeous too, what a pair of green eyes!
And how are YOU this morning, Marina? Are you eating your heart out over missing the RS as I am?
As a matter of fact, I am! :( But I'm going to Canada in 3 weeks, and I'm looking forward to that! I hope to be able to visit some Canadians ATers there! :heart:
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:23
Well to me you've got a beautiful Brazilian tan, but I do suppose that in the equator, you are pale in comparison to some of the savage tans there. But make no mistake, you are definitely a beauty, everyone at the RS last year agreed. :) Be who you are.
Canada? I hope you get to meet our Canadian Beermeister! Do you have family there, or just interested in going somewhere you've never been before?
Hello, Anna! It's so good to see you!
I'm off! Work again, but I'll be off for three days afterwards so no worries! One day for errands, one day for housework, one day for myself! What shall I do?
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:23
Time to wake the boy up for school. He did prom this weekend. He hated it. ;) He's got a bit of social anxiety, always has, so he must really care for this girl.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg243/morticiamonroe/prom.jpg
She is just the cutest thing ever! I can see why he's head over heels :) but . . . but . . . his hair! I loved his cute I'm-in-one-of-those-emo-bands haircut!
I have had a strange night. I went out to knitting and had to leave early as there were smokers at the cafe and I was getting a headache. Knitting on Mondays is sort of near my friend's house, the one that the boytoy just moved into. So I texted him to see if he was up and could I come over. Yup, of course you can . . . so I drove over . . . and he couldn't even be bothered to come downstairs to see me, not even call down stairs to say hi! I went up and he was all distant and weird. I'm very confused. I don't know what the hell's happened . . . unless he's stalking me here and was more self-deluded than I thought?
I hate ending days on unspoken arguments. I cry all night.
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 23:25
(((thorhammer))) Hope you get things sorted.
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:27
Don't you cry, Kat. YOU'RE the one worth crying over.
Besides, I prefer you single. Then I get to live vicariously through you. :) LOL. Snotty, hateful, selfish Morticia luvs you. :D
Come to America next spring,,,,lets go surprise Stormy and barge in on her.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:29
Don't you cry, Kat. YOU'RE the one worth crying over.
Besides, I prefer you single. Then I get to live vicariously through you. :) LOL. Snotty, hateful, selfish Morticia luvs you. :D
Come to America next spring,,,,lets go surprise Stormy and barge in on her.
You are not snotty or hateful, and I never met a more selfless person! And I love you back, you know that. Sister mine!
Wish I could come over right now. This sucks. I don't want to go to bed feeling like this.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:30
(((thorhammer))) Hope you get things sorted.
Thanks mate. Grr. This is how you get rewarded for "trying" and "working on the relationship".
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:33
You are not snotty or hateful, and I never met a more selfless person! And I love you back, you know that. Sister mine!
Wish I could come over right now. This sucks. I don't want to go to bed feeling like this.
Wish I were there,,,we'd just sit around and whoop his ass....;) I'd even drink wine with you, and you know I hate wine.
Don't you worry, it will all work out as it should.
As for me, I'm just about at the point where I'm ready to stuff a clean pair of panties in my back pocket and walk away from him and everything associated with..... it's not his fault, it's mine. My heart has changed. I hate it, but I cannot help how I feel.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:37
As for me, I'm just about at the point where I'm ready to stuff a clean pair of panties in my back pocket and walk away from him and everything associated with..... it's not his fault, it's mine. My heart has changed. I hate it, but I cannot help how I feel.
(((((((((MM)))))))))) I can totally sympathise. And blaming yourself for it because society says it's wrong . . . it's not, it's how you feel and that's all there is to it. You know you can count on any one of us if you need help.
I wish so much that I was there, I really do. Poor you :(
Saturness
18-04-2011, 23:37
Well to me you've got a beautiful Brazilian tan, but I do suppose that in the equator, you are pale in comparison to some of the savage tans there. But make no mistake, you are definitely a beauty, everyone at the RS last year agreed. :) Be who you are.
Canada? I hope you get to meet our Canadian Beermeister! Do you have family there, or just interested in going somewhere you've never been before?
Thanks! :D I think that a bit like your boy I cannot see myself as others see me...
I'm going to find a way to meet TCO in Canada! It's always fun meeting other ATers around the world! I have no family there, I just LOVE travelling to places I've never been before! The Fool in me! ;)
Have a good day at work MM!
I have had a strange night. I went out to knitting and had to leave early as there were smokers at the cafe and I was getting a headache. Knitting on Mondays is sort of near my friend's house, the one that the boytoy just moved into. So I texted him to see if he was up and could I come over. Yup, of course you can . . . so I drove over . . . and he couldn't even be bothered to come downstairs to see me, not even call down stairs to say hi! I went up and he was all distant and weird. I'm very confused. I don't know what the hell's happened . . . unless he's stalking me here and was more self-deluded than I thought?
I hate ending days on unspoken arguments. I cry all night.
Men. Pfft. They say women make no sense, but that's because they never think about their own actions. They are cold to you, ignore you because they have other things in mind, and then don't know why you get upset. Nope, the girl is always the moody crazy one. :rolleyes:
((((Katzchen))))
Don't feel bad sweetie! They never really know how to value the women they have, do they? ;) Here's some tea for ya, don't cry! *hugs* We love you!
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:41
Thanks honey, I love you too! So exciting for you to be travelling again! I'm trying to plan another venture OS next year (as MM has hinted) but it will, of course, be a major financial thing so I have ot start planning early. Must ask work for that raise . . . hang on, better actually do some work, not like today :P
morticia monroe
18-04-2011, 23:42
Aww, don't feel bad for me, Kat, you know me,,,I'll be headed down the road in my boots and jeans, radio blaring, hair flying in the wind, loving it. It's him I feel bad for. He'll be hurt, and I don't like doing that.
But then again, you've met Kevin,,,he MIGHT just break my jaw.
Only time will tell.
OK loves, I really do have to git.....rats.
Love to all. See you soon.
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:44
Byeee sweetie! If he breaks your jaw, I'll tear his fingernails out and flay him allive with them! (she said, sweetly)
Saturness
18-04-2011, 23:48
Thanks honey, I love you too! So exciting for you to be travelling again! I'm trying to plan another venture OS next year (as MM has hinted) but it will, of course, be a major financial thing so I have ot start planning early. Must ask work for that raise . . . hang on, better actually do some work, not like today :P
I'm planning to go to the RS in 2012 again! I'll have to save some extra money (or get myself a raise) but I really want to do it! ;)
Traveling is for me one of best things in life. In one year here I do not learn what I learn spending one week in a foreign land. :heart:
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 23:49
MM, Kat, if you two raid Stormy, let me know. I'll grab Yira and we'll jump the lake and invade, too! :D
BlueDragonfly
18-04-2011, 23:50
Off to the showers! See y'all later! :)
thorhammer
18-04-2011, 23:51
Soooo, best I go to bed. Alone with my thoughts - and Kindle! And cat. She loves me. I'll catch up with you all tomorrow sometime - until then, take care!
cardlady22
18-04-2011, 23:55
MM, Kat, if you two raid Stormy, let me know. I'll grab Yira and we'll jump the lake and invade, too! :D}) Well . . . if she gets the new house . . . I have been seeing this talked up:
http://www.worldtarotcongress.com/ July 2012
Saturness
18-04-2011, 23:58
Soooo, best I go to bed. Alone with my thoughts - and Kindle! And cat. She loves me. I'll catch up with you all tomorrow sometime - until then, take care!
Good night Kat! :)
A kindle! How wonderful! It's in my wishlist (although we don't have Amazon stores here in Brazil)! :heart:
Rhinemaiden
19-04-2011, 00:03
She is just the cutest thing ever! I can see why he's head over heels :) but . . . but . . . his hair! I loved his cute I'm-in-one-of-those-emo-bands haircut!
I have had a strange night. I went out to knitting and had to leave early as there were smokers at the cafe and I was getting a headache. Knitting on Mondays is sort of near my friend's house, the one that the boytoy just moved into. So I texted him to see if he was up and could I come over. Yup, of course you can . . . so I drove over . . . and he couldn't even be bothered to come downstairs to see me, not even call down stairs to say hi! I went up and he was all distant and weird. I'm very confused. I don't know what the hell's happened . . . unless he's stalking me here and was more self-deluded than I thought?
I hate ending days on unspoken arguments. I cry all night.
CHOCOLATE! You need lots of chocolate! Thor...feel better! You're too clever/together to let bt get to you... why should you suffer for his bad behavior? :(
thorhammer
19-04-2011, 00:07
Good night Kat! :)
A kindle! How wonderful! It's in my wishlist (although we don't have Amazon stores here in Brazil)! :heart:
Kindle rocks!!! We don't have an Amazon in Australia either ... Funny, tho, not to have one in Brazil sniggers :P
thorhammer
19-04-2011, 00:12
CHOCOLATE! You need lots of chocolate! Thor...feel better! You're too clever/together to let bt get to you... why should you suffer for his bad behavior? :(
Aww, thanks sweetie :) I'll live, really. I'm pretty robust, and he hadn had that long to get to me ;) but no chocolate. What I really need is a big glass of fresh, foamy cider, served by a handsome bartender in a kilt. Buy we do seem to be chronically short of them...:confused:
Saturness
19-04-2011, 00:15
Kindle rocks!!! We don't have an Amazon in Australia either ... Funny, tho, not to have one in Brazil sniggers :P
Yes! Amazon tried to get here with the ebooks but the publishers united and said "no, unless you agree with our terms". Brazil is suddenly growing some backbone - I mean, a very small and barely visible backbone, but it's better than it used to be, LOL! :laugh:
Rhinemaiden
19-04-2011, 00:29
Aww, thanks sweetie :) I'll live, really. I'm pretty robust, and he hadn had that long to get to me ;) but no chocolate. What I really need is a big glass of fresh, foamy cider, served by a handsome bartender in a kilt. Buy we do seem to be chronically short of them...:confused:
ah, then sweet dreams of handsome bartenders in kilts! :D and POX on bad BT behavior! And don't YOU feel bad because he's a poop! (I'm not into chocolate either... except for York peppermint patties) cider = beer???
Morning all.
I heard my sweet hubby up several times last night. The boy has taken to waking at all hours again. I've been awake for 2 hours, but stayed in bed for fear of waking them.
So whats the good word in the world of purple?
UGH! The boy has just gotten up and has informed me he's been up since midnight!
Its going to be a long day. At least he let his papa sleep.
Rhinemaiden
19-04-2011, 00:43
UGH! The boy has just gotten up and has informed me he's been up since midnight!
Its going to be a long day. At least he let his papa sleep.
up since midnight? will a long nap be in order???
NorthernTigress
19-04-2011, 00:46
Good Morning.
I'm working on a Project. My Reiki Teacher's sister makes and sells jewelry. She contacted her sister with a long list of different stones, asking for their metaphysical properties. So my Reiki Teacher called me, because she knows I'm good a writing. So she's doing the research, and I'm writing it up so it sounds good. In return, she'll give me my Reiki II training.
That's the good news. The bad news is, they want it by the beginning of May!
BlueDragonfly
19-04-2011, 00:48
}) Well . . . if she gets the new house . . . I have been seeing this talked up:
http://www.worldtarotcongress.com/ July 2012
Oh! Bookmarked! This one I think I could do!
Saturness
19-04-2011, 00:50
Well . . . if she gets the new house . . . I have been seeing this talked up:
http://www.worldtarotcongress.com/ July 2012
Hummmmmm... that's TOO interesting... })
NorthernTigress
19-04-2011, 00:50
UGH! The boy has just gotten up and has informed me he's been up since midnight!
Its going to be a long day. At least he let his papa sleep.
Hubby asks if this is a Stars Wars situation?
aka "I've got a bad feeling about this." (The only quote to appear in all 6 movies.)
Wow. Sounds like a big project, NT. Fun one, though, and rewarding too.
Unfortunately, my boy no longer naps. 8 years old. He will just become increasingly cranky as the day progresses - but I'll be working. :P
We just need to make it an early night.
Hubby asks if this is a Stars Wars situation?
aka "I've got a bad feeling about this." (The only quote to appear in all 6 movies.)
Most definitely.
NorthernTigress
19-04-2011, 01:10
*Looks around*
It's gotten awfully quiet around here.
Saturness
19-04-2011, 01:20
All right dear people, lunch time!
See you all in two hours! ;)
Guess everyone is off dealing with RL. :(
Soon I will be too. I was just making bagels for myself and the sleepless wonder.
I've got 10 minutes til I have to wake the man-person.
NorthernTigress
19-04-2011, 01:25
Guess everyone is off dealing with RL. :(
Soon I will be too. I was just making bagels for myself and the sleepless wonder.
I've got 10 minutes til I have to wake the man-person.
Same here, actually. I need to go to work soon. Time to leave this never-ending Pub.