So do you think I'll manage to stitch tonight.? - Page 2

> On 7/14/09 9:17 PM, in article
> 897cee10-77f4-4988-aaa8-62efe9e1f...@24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, "Nancy"
> >> Yes?
> >> No?
> >> Should I try for a tally folks? I was going to garden, but family stuf=

> >> in the way.
> >> I'm totally exhausted now, dinner is in the distant future and I might=

> >> asleep before it...
> >> And Ellice - I never did find pink peppercorns. Pink Salt, but not pin=

> >> peppercorns...
> >> Cheryl
> > When I have a day like that....I usually only stitch if I've got a
> > "simple"
> > section to work on. =EF=BF=BDOtherwise I end up frogging.
> > After taking DM to Nordstrom's Cafe for lunch I did get a little
> > stitching
> > in....after I read some more of that book. =EF=BF=BDNext on the agenda =

> > figure out the stitches on an UFO of my mom's that just needs a little
> > work. =EF=BF=BDOf course she left the "hardest" part. =EF=BF=BDWho know=

> > this has been sitting around. =EF=BF=BDThe bag had a sales slip from th=

> > mid-80s!!!! =EF=BF=BDThat's after I spray for the carpenter ants. =EF=

> > wish
> > they would just go away!
> > Nancy
> Well, I did stitch for a little bit - 30-40 stitches in a nice enclosed a=

> in one color.

> I think we may have carpenter ants too. After the dog goes back tomorrow,=

> think I have find some heavier duty ant killer.

> Which book?

>
>> Which book?
>
> "The Forgotten Garden." I highly recommend it.
>
> Nancy

> On 7/14/09 9:17 PM, in article
> 897cee10-77f4-4988-aaa8-62efe9e1f1bb@24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, "Nancy"
>
>>> Yes?
>>>
>>> No?
>>>
>>> Should I try for a tally folks? I was going to garden, but family stuff got
>>> in the way.
>>> I'm totally exhausted now, dinner is in the distant future and I might fall
>>> asleep before it...
>>>
>>> And Ellice - I never did find pink peppercorns. Pink Salt, but not pink
>>> peppercorns...
>>>
>>> Cheryl
>>
>> When I have a day like that....I usually only stitch if I've got a
>> "simple"
>> section to work on. Otherwise I end up frogging.
>>
>> After taking DM to Nordstrom's Cafe for lunch I did get a little
>> stitching
>> in....after I read some more of that book. Next on the agenda is to
>> figure out the stitches on an UFO of my mom's that just needs a little
>> work. Of course she left the "hardest" part. Who knows how long
>> this has been sitting around. The bag had a sales slip from the
>> mid-80s!!!! That's after I spray for the carpenter ants. Sigh. I
>> wish
>> they would just go away!
>>
>> Nancy
>
> Well, I did stitch for a little bit - 30-40 stitches in a nice enclosed area
> in one color.

> I think we may have carpenter ants too. After the dog goes back tomorrow, I
> think I have find some heavier duty ant killer.

>
>
> Which book?
>
> C

>
>> On 7/14/09 9:17 PM, in article
>> 897cee10-77f4-4988-aaa8-62efe9e1f1bb@24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, "Nancy"
>>
>>>> Yes?
>>>>
>>>> No?
>>>>
>>>> Should I try for a tally folks? I was going to garden, but family stuff got
>>>> in the way.
>>>> I'm totally exhausted now, dinner is in the distant future and I might fall
>>>> asleep before it...
>>>>
>>>> And Ellice - I never did find pink peppercorns. Pink Salt, but not pink
>>>> peppercorns...
>>>>
>>>> Cheryl
>>>
>>> When I have a day like that....I usually only stitch if I've got a
>>> "simple"
>>> section to work on. Otherwise I end up frogging.
>>>
>>> After taking DM to Nordstrom's Cafe for lunch I did get a little
>>> stitching
>>> in....after I read some more of that book. Next on the agenda is to
>>> figure out the stitches on an UFO of my mom's that just needs a little
>>> work. Of course she left the "hardest" part. Who knows how long
>>> this has been sitting around. The bag had a sales slip from the
>>> mid-80s!!!! That's after I spray for the carpenter ants. Sigh. I
>>> wish
>>> they would just go away!
>>>
>>> Nancy
>>
>> Well, I did stitch for a little bit - 30-40 stitches in a nice enclosed area
>> in one color.
>
>
> LOL - I'm feeling the same way. But, DH is reffing a double of summer
> HS/College hockey tonight, so I'm solo. Which means really light "salad for
> dinner" and stitch-a-thon.
>
>> I think we may have carpenter ants too. After the dog goes back tomorrow, I
>> think I have find some heavier duty ant killer.
>
> I'm sorry. I'm glad that at least this house with the tubes in the walls,
> which get charged with pesticide every 3 months, seems to work. We had ants
> aboaut 2.5 moonths ago, the guy came out, recharged the tubes, (we were
> overdue), and did some stuff in the yard. Ants gone. The dog feed station
> is near the sliders to the deck from the breakfast room - and that's where
> we had them. But, all cleaned up. Our close friends have been battling the
> ant thing for 2 years - it's a mess, they're on the 2nd service, put down
> traps, all kinds of things.
>>
>>
>> Which book?
>>
>> C
>
> Ah, that's a conundrum. If you haven't read the No 1 Ladies Detective
> Agency series, start at the beginning and go for it. It's quite uplifting,
> IMHO, in the way it just kind of looks at life.
>
> Ellice
>

> On 7/15/09 1:57 PM, in article C68390DD.15D0A%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
>>
>>> On 7/14/09 9:17 PM, in article
>>> 897cee10-77f4-4988-aaa8-62efe9e1f1bb@24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, "Nancy"
>>>
>>>>> Yes?
>>>>>
>>>>> No?
>>>>>
>>>>> Should I try for a tally folks? I was going to garden, but family stuff got
>>>>> in the way.
>>>>> I'm totally exhausted now, dinner is in the distant future and I might fall
>>>>> asleep before it...
>>>>>
>>>>> And Ellice - I never did find pink peppercorns. Pink Salt, but not pink
>>>>> peppercorns...
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>
>>>> When I have a day like that....I usually only stitch if I've got a
>>>> "simple"
>>>> section to work on. Otherwise I end up frogging.
>>>>
>>>> After taking DM to Nordstrom's Cafe for lunch I did get a little
>>>> stitching
>>>> in....after I read some more of that book. Next on the agenda is to
>>>> figure out the stitches on an UFO of my mom's that just needs a little
>>>> work. Of course she left the "hardest" part. Who knows how long
>>>> this has been sitting around. The bag had a sales slip from the
>>>> mid-80s!!!! That's after I spray for the carpenter ants. Sigh. I
>>>> wish
>>>> they would just go away!
>>>>
>>>> Nancy
>>>
>>> Well, I did stitch for a little bit - 30-40 stitches in a nice enclosed area
>>> in one color.
>>
>>
>> LOL - I'm feeling the same way. But, DH is reffing a double of summer
>> HS/College hockey tonight, so I'm solo. Which means really light "salad for
>> dinner" and stitch-a-thon.
>>
>>> I think we may have carpenter ants too. After the dog goes back tomorrow, I
>>> think I have find some heavier duty ant killer.
>>
>> I'm sorry. I'm glad that at least this house with the tubes in the walls,
>> which get charged with pesticide every 3 months, seems to work. We had ants
>> aboaut 2.5 moonths ago, the guy came out, recharged the tubes, (we were
>> overdue), and did some stuff in the yard. Ants gone. The dog feed station
>> is near the sliders to the deck from the breakfast room - and that's where
>> we had them. But, all cleaned up. Our close friends have been battling the
>> ant thing for 2 years - it's a mess, they're on the 2nd service, put down
>> traps, all kinds of things.
>>>
>>>
>>> Which book?
>>>
>>> C
>>
>> Ah, that's a conundrum. If you haven't read the No 1 Ladies Detective
>> Agency series, start at the beginning and go for it. It's quite uplifting,
>> IMHO, in the way it just kind of looks at life.
>>
>> Ellice
>>
> I've thought about picking up that series, but a good friend, with similar
> reading taste, did not like it at all.
> I'm quite entranced by "The Thirteenth Tale" - enough to consider adding to
> my permanent library if I get the chance.
> Cheryl

one up next. I have some Borders certificates I need to spend. <VEG>