OT: Small Reading Jag & Other S.E.X. - Page 2

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> "snip> ...

>>>
>>> I'm having some problems with my hands and can't do much stitching. I'm
>>> hoping this will resolve very soon so I can do more then 4 or 5 stiches
>>> before I have to stop.
>>>
>>> I'm reading "The Art of Racing in the Rain." Not too far into it yet,
>>> but
>>> so far it's a nice read. Written by a dog, but not all about him, mostly
>>> about his family.
>>>
>>> Lucille
>>>>
>> Sorry about the hand problems. Have you gotten a stand to use, to help?
>> Any therapy or the like? Hope it clears up soon.
>
> I ordered one and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I hope it helps some.

>>
>> I really liked "The Art of Racing in the Rain" - it was a nice read, with
>> a
>> perspective that I think many pet-owners ponder. IIRC, it's being made
>> into
>> a movie.
>
> It's an interesting book. A little different then what I generally like.

>> Just got back from the errands, and splurging on more irrestible fabric -
>> some silk velvet in an impressionist print that I'm going to use to trim
>> one
>> of the jackets, and glass buttons for said jacket. Plus, a kind of
>> tie-dyed
>> silk charmeuse that I resisted yesterday (coupon maximizing) and got today
>> for making into a top to go with said jacket. And a piece of woven,
>> nubbly
>> wool with lots of colors for making another jacket. Left behind a piece
>> of
>> silk (remnant) to pick-up tomorrow- again with the coupon maximizing.
>> Going
>> to use it for surprise lining on jacket of this wool. Enough sewing stuff
>> for now - that's for sure.
>>
>> I think, hope, I've finally kind of caught up a bit on sleep, so I'll
>> either
>> be reading tonight, or stitching. DH won't be done reffing - men's league
>> championship after a youth Tier 1 tourney play-off (note to Cheryl - saw
>> the
>> Manchester Tier 1 Bantam minors yesterday - DH may see them tonight) til
>> about 10, 10:30, so....
>
> I miss the days when I sewed all my clothes. Now, since I spend almost all
> my time in jeans and t-shirts, and there aren't any good fabric shops in
> this immediate area, I don't bother anymore.
> Lucille
>

>
>>
>>> So, inspired by all the reading conversation, and my seemingly endless too
>>> tired to stitch situation - I read - 2 books in about 12 hours!
>>>
>>> First - book by Dara Horn called "All Other Nights" - interesting, well
>>> written (who am I to say - the author has a doctorate in comparative lit
>>> from Harvard). A bit surprising - but kept me going after a while. Story
>>> about a Union soldier, son of a pretty wealthy Jewish mercantile NY
>>> family,
>>> who runs off to the army, and becomes a spy, including of course romance.
>>> Has some little known history woven in with the fiction, and for those
>>> interested in the real history, she gives a good set of references in the
>>> final author's note. Much better (Donna will appreciate) than another
>>> Civil
>>> war spy/romance novel some of us had seen recently.
>>>
>>> 2nd - Finally read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" -
>>> that was this morning after finishing the other. Really excellent, and
>>> inspiring. Just made me want to go visit the Channel Islands. Loved the
> *snip*
> ...
>>>
>>> Anyhow - I have on loan from Donna the new Dan Brown book - which I'll
>>> likely start while waiting at rink to hand off gear to DH. I figured
>>> after
>>> taking him skate shopping (for an hour fitting apptmt yesterday, skates
>>> now
>>> on order from Graf) I could counter with my little S.E.X. Tonight - I get
>>> to stitch!
>>>
>>> Ellice
>>
>> I'm having some problems with my hands and can't do much stitching. I'm
>> hoping this will resolve very soon so I can do more then 4 or 5 stiches
>> before I have to stop.
>>
>> I'm reading "The Art of Racing in the Rain." Not too far into it yet, but
>> so far it's a nice read. Written by a dog, but not all about him, mostly
>> about his family.
>>
>> Lucille
>>>
> Sorry about the hand problems. Have you gotten a stand to use, to help?
> Any therapy or the like? Hope it clears up soon.
>
> I really liked "The Art of Racing in the Rain" - it was a nice read, with a
> perspective that I think many pet-owners ponder. IIRC, it's being made into
> a movie.
>
> Just got back from the errands, and splurging on more irrestible fabric -
> some silk velvet in an impressionist print that I'm going to use to trim one
> of the jackets, and glass buttons for said jacket. Plus, a kind of tie-dyed
> silk charmeuse that I resisted yesterday (coupon maximizing) and got today
> for making into a top to go with said jacket. And a piece of woven, nubbly
> wool with lots of colors for making another jacket. Left behind a piece of
> silk (remnant) to pick-up tomorrow- again with the coupon maximizing. Going
> to use it for surprise lining on jacket of this wool. Enough sewing stuff
> for now - that's for sure.
>
> I think, hope, I've finally kind of caught up a bit on sleep, so I'll either
> be reading tonight, or stitching. DH won't be done reffing - men's league
> championship after a youth Tier 1 tourney play-off (note to Cheryl - saw the
> Manchester Tier 1 Bantam minors yesterday - DH may see them tonight) til
> about 10, 10:30, so....
>
> Ellice
>

>
>>> So, inspired by all the reading conversation, and my seemingly endless too
>>> tired to stitch situation - I read - 2 books in about 12 hours!
>>> First - book by Dara Horn called "All Other Nights" - interesting, well
>>> written (who am I to say - the author has a doctorate in comparative lit
>>> from Harvard). A bit surprising - but kept me going after a while. Story
>>> about a Union soldier, son of a pretty wealthy Jewish mercantile NY
>>> family,
>>> who runs off to the army, and becomes a spy, including of course romance.
>>> Has some little known history woven in with the fiction, and for those
>>> interested in the real history, she gives a good set of references in the
>>> final author's note. Much better (Donna will appreciate) than another
>>> Civil
>>> war spy/romance novel some of us had seen recently.
>>> 2nd - Finally read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" -
>>> that was this morning after finishing the other. Really excellent, and
>>> inspiring. Just made me want to go visit the Channel Islands. Loved the
> *snip*
> ...
>>> Anyhow - I have on loan from Donna the new Dan Brown book - which I'll
>>> likely start while waiting at rink to hand off gear to DH. I figured
>>> after
>>> taking him skate shopping (for an hour fitting apptmt yesterday, skates
>>> now
>>> on order from Graf) I could counter with my little S.E.X. Tonight - I get
>>> to stitch!
>>> Ellice
>> I'm having some problems with my hands and can't do much stitching. I'm
>> hoping this will resolve very soon so I can do more then 4 or 5 stiches
>> before I have to stop.
>> I'm reading "The Art of Racing in the Rain." Not too far into it yet, but
>> so far it's a nice read. Written by a dog, but not all about him, mostly
>> about his family.
>> Lucille
> Sorry about the hand problems. Have you gotten a stand to use, to help?
> Any therapy or the like? Hope it clears up soon.
>
> I really liked "The Art of Racing in the Rain" - it was a nice read, with a
> perspective that I think many pet-owners ponder. IIRC, it's being made into
> a movie.
>
> Just got back from the errands, and splurging on more irrestible fabric -
> some silk velvet in an impressionist print that I'm going to use to trim one
> of the jackets, and glass buttons for said jacket. Plus, a kind of tie-dyed
> silk charmeuse that I resisted yesterday (coupon maximizing) and got today
> for making into a top to go with said jacket. And a piece of woven, nubbly
> wool with lots of colors for making another jacket. Left behind a piece of
> silk (remnant) to pick-up tomorrow- again with the coupon maximizing. Going
> to use it for surprise lining on jacket of this wool. Enough sewing stuff
> for now - that's for sure.
>
> I think, hope, I've finally kind of caught up a bit on sleep, so I'll either
> be reading tonight, or stitching. DH won't be done reffing - men's league
> championship after a youth Tier 1 tourney play-off (note to Cheryl - saw the
> Manchester Tier 1 Bantam minors yesterday - DH may see them tonight) til
> about 10, 10:30, so....
>
> Ellice
>

> ellice wrote:
>>
>>>> So, inspired by all the reading conversation, and my seemingly endless too
>>>> tired to stitch situation - I read - 2 books in about 12 hours!
>>>>
>>>> First - book by Dara Horn called "All Other Nights" - interesting, well

>>>>
>>>> 2nd - Finally read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" -
>>>> that was this morning after finishing the other. Really excellent, and
>>>> inspiring. Just made me want to go visit the Channel Islands. Loved the
>> *snip*
>> ...
>>>> Anyhow - I have on loan from Donna the new Dan Brown book - which I'll
>>>> likely start while waiting at rink to hand off gear to DH. I figured
>>>> after
>>>> taking him skate shopping (for an hour fitting apptmt yesterday, skates
>>>> now
>>>> on order from Graf) I could counter with my little S.E.X. Tonight - I get
>>>> to stitch!
>>>>
>>>> Ellice

>>
>> Just got back from the errands, and splurging on more irrestible fabric -
>> some silk velvet in an impressionist print that I'm going to use to trim one
>> of the jackets, and glass buttons for said jacket. Plus, a kind of tie-dyed
>> silk charmeuse that I resisted yesterday (coupon maximizing) and got today
>> for making into a top to go with said jacket. And a piece of woven, nubbly
>> wool with lots of colors for making another jacket. Left behind a piece of
>> silk (remnant) to pick-up tomorrow- again with the coupon maximizing. Going
>> to use it for surprise lining on jacket of this wool. Enough sewing stuff
>> for now - that's for sure.
>>
>> I think, hope, I've finally kind of caught up a bit on sleep, so I'll either
>> be reading tonight, or stitching. DH won't be done reffing - men's league

>>
>
>
> Hate to say it, but if you're reading the Dan Brown tonight, you just
> may fall asleep! It was pretty lame.

>
> Thanks for the shout out. Two more recommendations: I'm halfway into the
> new Audrey Neffineger ("Time Traveler's Wife) book, "Her Fearful
> Symmetry", and LOVING it so far. Well written, interesting characters.
> (I'll let you know when I finish it if it stayed true til the end).

>
> Last week I read "Sisters of the Sinai," nonfiction about twin Scottish
> ladies in the late 19th century who traveled to St. Catherine's
> Monastery in the Sinai in search of old biblical manuscripts. Really
> interesting on so many levels - biblical history (scholarly research at
> a time when scientific methods were just beginning to be applied to
> religious texts), feminist history (these women were brilliant but shut
> out of the Cambridge official academics, though befriended by many
> individual scholars - they lived in Cambridge as adults), travel book,
> and biography of women who were eccentric, extraordinary individuals
> with quirky personalities.

>
> Also been doing some sewing. Made a quilted table runner for my mom for
> Christmas (already! I'm so proud of myself!) and halfway through another
> for a neighbor's birthday. The other day I bought a little piece of
> colorful fleece to make myself a new hat. I have a gray fleece hat that
> I really like, but it's BORING (though a crocheted pink flower does jazz
> it up just a bit)...this fabric is blue with turquoise/green/purple
> flowers and paisley (a la 1960s). Definitely NOT boring. I'll have to
> download some directions off the net, or else just measure the gray hat
> I already have.
>
> sue

> Thanks for the shout out. Two more recommendations: I'm halfway into the
> new Audrey Neffineger ("Time Traveler's Wife) book, "Her Fearful
> Symmetry", and LOVING it so far. Well written, interesting characters.
> (I'll let you know when I finish it if it stayed true til the end).