[lace-chat] Buying flowers

2004-11-27 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Liz In July/August it was pinks but in the winter it's narcissus. Just a thought on this - with Mother in Law being asthmatic (not so bad now as when she was younger), I have to be careful about the flowers sent. I know

[lace-chat] Re: soulful irons and misting clothes

2004-11-27 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
PS When you use the box irons at Williamsburg, how do you sprinkle the fabrics (linen and cotton) which require steam? My family, Grandmother and Aunts, always had a sauce(ketchup) bottle with a couple of small holes in the lid. Things were sprinkled with water and rolled up so that the water

[lace-chat] Re: Early settlers/Christmas of old

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
At 09:03 PM 11/25/04 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Given that the Amish tend to keep themselves to themselves, I wouldn't have thought it likely to spread to the rest of the country very rapidly... In a second-hand store I found a novel published by some church about the coming-of-age of a

[lace-chat] Re: Thanksgiving

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
At 06:51 AM 11/27/04 +1100, W N Lafferty wrote: (Do American waiters really say Enjoy as they place your food before you?) *Some* do. I always have to repress the urge to reply It soon will be! -- Joy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat

[lace-chat] Misting

2004-11-27 Thread Jane Partridge
Misting the clothes to aid ironing is one thing, but using a mouthful of water to do so might not be such a good idea - the water would surely get mixed with some saliva, and saliva contains enzymes, and, if you are not too well, germs - could these, over time, cause problems for the textile and

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #208

2004-11-27 Thread BrambleLan
Noelene writes: (Do American waiters really say Enjoy as they place your food before you?) I have! Margaret in PA, who is glad she no longer waits tables... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Sprinkling ironing (was: soulful irons (was: kerosene lamps))

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
At 09:05 PM 11/26/04 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: . . . how do you sprinkle the fabrics (linen and cotton) which require steam? Mom used a sprinkler bottle -- you could buy a sprinkler top that fitted into a pop bottle like a cork. She rolled the items up and put them into an

[lace-chat] Chimneys: was Re: Lace Makers Lamps

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
At 06:55 AM 11/24/04 +1100, W N Lafferty wrote: Talking of night lights, does anyone else remember the old kerosene lamp? During my early school days, we had quite a few electricity blackouts, and out would come the kerosene lamp and I would still have to do my homework. I still have a

[lace-chat] Fw: Questions worth pondering

2004-11-27 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Some of these are right on. Lorri Questions Worth Pondering 1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it? 2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? 3. Is there ever a day that

[lace-chat] Fw: The LITTLE Things

2004-11-27 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I don't know how true any of these statements are but it does make one think. Lorri After Sept. 11th, one company invited the remaining members of other companies who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers to share their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of

[lace-chat] Fw: Fw: God loves a bakery

2004-11-27 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Diets always make me more hungry! Lorri God loves a bakery Subject: GOD IS SO GOOD! After starting a new diet I altered my drive to work to avoid passing my favorite bakery. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning and as I approached, there in the window were a

[lace-chat] Enjoy!

2004-11-27 Thread mmouzon
Joy- I loved your response to the question... (Do American waiters really say Enjoy as they place your food before you?) It took me awhile to “get it” though...I scrolled on down through my chat digest and suddenly it hit me... “enjoy” meant “in Joy” :-) Joy Beeson wrote... *Some* do. I

Re: [lace-chat] Fw: The LITTLE Things

2004-11-27 Thread Weronika Patena
All these lists really make me wonder how many people weren't actually supposed to be in the Twin Towers at the time but were there and died because of similar little things... Weronika On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 10:59:22AM -0800, Lorri Ferguson wrote: I don't know how true any of these statements

[lace-chat] secret pal

2004-11-27 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Dear Susan, I received your last package today, you have certainly spoiled me. The bobbins are absolutely beautiful, I love them. The book, another that I didn't already have. The note dispenser and pen are something that I have never seen before. We are just a small community. The pad

[lace-chat] Re: Buying flowers

2004-11-27 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, A year or so ago my MIL was in the hospital up north so I called the florist shop in the hospital to have some flowers sent to her. I was quite surprised to hear that the flowers (though lovely) included a *very* fragrant lily. I would have thought the florist would not include

[lace-chat] Clicks for Literacy

2004-11-27 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I click on the Breast Cancer site and the Hunger site every day. The other day I noticed a new one, the Literacy site: www.theliteracysite.comThey have sponsors and give books to kids with the money raised from the clicks. You don't have to go to the sponsors sites. Towards the

[lace-chat] SP Thanls!

2004-11-27 Thread Susan MacLeod
Dear Patricia. Thanks for being my secret pal these past months! Love this package with all the great Scottish stuff. The rock is really cool, as is everything. hugs, Sumac Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT USA NATA #69 new! www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac To unsubscribe send

[lace-chat] Re: The LITTLE Things

2004-11-27 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Nov 27, 2004, at 14:28, Weronika Patena wrote: All these lists really make me wonder how many people weren't actually supposed to be in the Twin Towers at the time but were there and died because of similar little things... And I wonder if it's a Polish trait to be a bit pessimistic, and a

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Christmas golf

2004-11-27 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
I'll take the responsibility for all the un-PC bits; it too good overall to hog and to parse my recipient list :) From: L.F. Four old-timers were playing their weekly game of golf, and one remarked how nice it would be to wake up on Christmas morning, roll out of bed and without an argument go