On Dec 27, 2004, at 17:32, Janice Blair wrote:
[...] maybe I can ask everyone what lace related items they received for Christmas?
In some ways - tons. In some ways -I don't know yet :) The silk from Pipers came a few days before Christmas; it was a present from myself to myself, but "partially sponsored" by DH's birthday gift of cash. Then, a couple of days before Christmas, I got a "crafty" (composed of beaded branches) mini-tree from "my editor" (Debra Jenny, the IOLI Bulletin Editor). It'll probably be next Christmas before it's in its full glory (I'm determined to dress it as a mini-textile tree. Debra had this wonderful idea of using earrings as ornaments and, although I'd sent a handful for her tree, I unearthed some more. Not enough though. And there's scope in the idea of a lace skirt...) but it's now glue-gunned into an upright position and I got the batteries yesterday for its blinking (maddeningly so <g>) lights. The day before Christmas, I got a package of threads from Ewa in Spain - some 230 linen (it's a good thing flax is at its strongest when wet; so far, it had to go through a lot of drooling <g>) and some real gold wire, which looks like spring/coil. And, on Christmas day, I got a fairly substantial check from DH. He's finally given up the bad fight :) Even as recently as last year, he was still holding off, trying to civilise me - he wanted to buy me jewelry and, while I wasn't objecting to the idea on principle, I couldn't find anything I liked well enough to wear to my WalMart outings, even when I tried to pretend that money was no object. So, this year, he just gave me a check, no strings attached, and said (with some bitterness): "you'll probably spend it on threads again. Another "line", where you need to have "the whole range" to be able to design, no doubt. So be it; I can't wean you from that, any more than I can wean you from smoking".
It's good that we've come to some understanding, after 31yrs of marriage <g> But that's the Christmas gift that I don't yet know... Maybe I'll use it to buy more threads. Or to go to a workshop. Or... Playing around with options is much more fun than actually plonking the money down on something, which is so much more final :)
Watching the tv news has been horrifying and I am so sad for all the people involved in the disaster. Let us hope that relief is sent to them soon.
I don't watch TV, but reading about it was bad enough. And what kind of relief can one offer to those who are dead or, worse, to those who'd lost someone. And there are thousands such...
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