[lace-chat] What do you do for Christmas?

2004-12-21 Thread Jean Nathan
Even though DH's sister lives only four miles away and FIL lives just four doors away, we don't usually see either of them at Christmas. FIL has always refused to come to us for Christmas, but does go to SIL. Don't know why, except that she's always been his favourite and he always refers to my 65

Re: [lace-chat] what do you do for christmas?

2004-12-21 Thread Jenny Barron
We play games and christmas music all night. Hopefully it will be a nice night to sit outside. I really envy you that (and the youngsters to enjoy Santa - mine are 16 and 18 way past that magic age), there's not that many evenings in the whole year that we can sit outside and at the moment

[lace-chat] Fw: [lace] Harry Potter fans

2004-12-21 Thread Sue Babbs
Whoops, sorry sent this to the wrong list first time - Original Message - From: Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 8:24 AM Subject: [lace] Harry Potter fans To all fans - the date of the next book has been announced the door is open

Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat

2004-12-21 Thread Lisa Thompson
Weronika, In the case of my 5-year-old, it was out of parental frustration. Last winter she couldn't put on the gloves by herself. It would take several minutes for me to get each of her fingers into a separate finger hole. She'd leave them on for a few minutes and then pull them off until she

[lace-chat] Harry Potter fan here

2004-12-21 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, Thanks Sue for the heads up! I also got a notice from Barnes and Noble bookstore but all they say is that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be out on July 16, 2005. But how can we almost be up to book 6! That means only one after that : ( Guess I'm getting ahead of myself,

[lace-chat] Spider glove raffle

2004-12-21 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I guess I'll take the recent discussion as a sign that it's time to do the spider glove raffle. I have two pairs of black knitted gloves (one size fits all) with a white web and three spiders painted on the top. It's painted as if your fingers are all together. I think they must be

[lace-chat] what do you do for christmas?

2004-12-21 Thread Janice Blair
Hi everyone, Christmas this year will be a little different for us in that DD, Judy, who drove up from Atlanta yesterday (806 miles) with boyfriend, has to go back on Sunday (Boxing Day). I decided that we will treat Christmas Eve as Boxing Day and we will eat all the things that we usually

[lace-chat] Sonja Silay

2004-12-21 Thread Shirley
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Re: [lace-chat] mittens

2004-12-21 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi Janice, Oh dear! Your message brought back such memories ... I went to a grammar school in Cardiff, in South Wales, and the uniform included the liberty bodice with the suspenders to hook our (dark green) lisle stockings to, a pair of white cotton knickers, and over those a pair of dark

[lace-chat] Re: what do you do for christmas?

2004-12-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Years when I'm organized I make lists, lists and more lists! This year we are going to DD (Marie)'s for dinner, so I won't be cooking until Boxing Day, and so haven't made quite so many lists. Well that's the plan; but if her baby should decide to arrive early I won't know whether to stir the

[lace-chat] Fw: WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT?

2004-12-21 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT? WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT? (taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds) Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of her own. They like other people's. A grandfather is a man grandmother. Grandparents don't have

[lace-chat] Spider Glove raffle again

2004-12-21 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I forgot to say I will pick the winners on January 8, 2005. Jane in Vermont, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]