Oh My God - a mothering crisis

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]a Swarovski crystal ]heart pendant just over the cleavage. (Oh my God! My baby has cleavage!)

ROTFLOL! my baby snuck that one up on me, too. for years, her brother said the other kids called her "notits". one day he looked at her and said, "WOW - they sure can't say that anymore, can they, Sis?"

i have Swarovski teardrops, ovals, and snowflakes, but no hearts - darn!

]She's being ]escorted by "one of the Matts," the four boys all named Matthew, with whom ]she hangs around. Apparently, he is a stunt escort, there only for the ]pictures.

Jamie used to do that a lot!

]How did she sneak this one up on me? My baby is still supposed to like "My ]Little Pony" and all that jazz.

well, yes. that's the way i still feel, sometimes. especially when i stop and realized she goes to work armed for anything some days. sometimes, it's sad that it all passed so quickly and i can't get it back. other times, i'm so proud of what she has managed to do, i can't believe she made it!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Are you making the dress, Kathy? If you allow extra seam allowance (I allow an extra 3cm), make the dress out of unbleached calico using the largest stitch length, make all the necessary seam adjustments and/or body length adjustments (I have to shorten the body on almost all patterns for myself) , then trim seams on the calico model to the correct size (1.5cm for metric, is it 5/8ths Imperial?). Pull the seams apart and you have a custom made pattern that will fit DD perfectly. Princess lines are so lovely, they can be made to fit almost any figure beautifully.

I have a 10yo son who just yesterday gave Brook and I a parenting crises when he announced that he's going to Cambridge University. In the UK. You will find us in the poor house in our old age!!

oohhh....ouch!!! Yeah, I felt the same distress as my baby boy towered over me in his tux a couple of years ago. Don't worry, I'm sure you still have several goofy years to come. Just because they start to look and feel grown up doesn't QUITE make it so...

I've made a few crowns and a couple of tiaras for stage use--for the tiaras, you use wire, milliners wire is wrapped already if you are using it with fabric or you can go with something that shows and stands on its own with the stones---a little sterling wire, or just silver toned. Sarajane

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Well, Kathy, she's being *reasonably* practical, at least!

You'll both do fine. And take heart, I just survived DD's Homecoming dance. Most of the prep was pretty fun, except for the trying on dresses part. That was funny in the long run, but not at the time. We walked into her store of choice (Torrid) and she found every dress that was marginally suitable for her. My eye landed on one particular dress, displayed high on a wall, and she of course said "no way" about 10 times. The salesgirl and I finally convinced her to try it on anyway, and it looked terrific on her. Whaddya know, Mom was right! (Don't worry, I'm not letting it go to my head. )

It got better. I have one of those punch cards for the store (well used) so we got a discount on the dress. I took her to the Body Shop for some good makeup and the salesgirl there even made her up for demonstration of how to use everything. And ta-da! She doesn't break out from their stuff. (We both have godawful sensitive skin.) She found perfect shoes at Payless for $6!!! She's tall and doesn't like wearing heels because then she sees over the boys' heads. LOL I had her hair done the day of the dance, and gave her one of my antique "coal jewelry" necklaces to wear, which went perfectly. About the only thing goofy with her was her braces....with black and orange bands for Halloween.

I don't usually post pics of my kiddos, but I will just this once. I can't believe this is my baby!!!

She looks lovely! That's a good color for her, and the necklace is just right!!

Sarajane

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Oooooh, prom!! A **tiara**??? LOL - No one wore those at my prom. Uh, in

Oh, she's so cute!! What lovely red hair.

Shes going to look oh, so beautiful. Its a few years before that kind of moment comes for Meg but it still happens now, with Jim, holding his little boy in his arms and cooing at him that he is the cutest little boy ever, and all I can think is.. no, you were the cutest little boy ever.. Its a happy sad moment. Did we grow up that fast and make our parents feel this way?

Hehehehe - well it looks completely natural. Like me, she has the fair skin to pull off red hair. I look completely washed out with my normal brown hair. Her red hair makes her skin glow.

to pull off red hair. I look completely washed out with my normal brown hair. Her red hair makes her skin glow.<

Yeah, she pretty much redefines "pale". I look downright tan next to her. We go through a LOT of sunblock around here.

-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs

What a lovely young woman. Love that dress!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Marisa Cappetta :

]he announced that he's going to Cambridge University. In the UK. You ]will find us in the poor house in our old age!!

i thought for a while my son was going to want to go to MIT. as a poor and single parent, i had NO idea how i was going to finance that.

tell him to start thinking "scholarship" NOW. Johnny applied [and won] more than one because they weren't advertised very well, and there weren't a lot of applicants. [not that he wasn't qualified for them anyway, but a lot of scholarships fall by the wayside every year because no one applies for them]

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comeatspam (Sjpolyclay) :

]Just because they start to look and feel grown up doesn't ]QUITE make it so...

AMEN!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :

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----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Thank you Vicki and Sooz and Barbara and everyone else. She's growing up way too fast for my taste but I'm so proud of her!

-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 9:05:24 -0400, Karen_AZ wrote (in message ):

Kathy N-V

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 8:08:34 -0400, Marisa Cappetta wrote (in message ):

Oh goodness no, I can't sew, even a little. Of course, my mother was an expert seamstress years ago, but I think we'll end up buying a gown for DD. What she wants is very specific, and my mom likes to add touches of her own.

Mine wants MIT. She insisted on going on the orientation tour when she was six, and loves her MIT sweatshirts. Of course, it's only $40,000 a year (eep). I told her that if she got in and maintained her grades, we'd do whatever it takes to pay for it. Guess DH and and I will be eating ramen for a long, long time.

Oh yes, she also informed me that she wants me to call her "Dr. Varraso" when she's done. (She wants a PhD. in astronomy) I told her that those who pay for the education don't have to call her Dr. anything, unless she wants to call me "Your Serene Highness, to whom I owe my life"

Kathy N-V

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:24:25 -0400, Kandice Seeber wrote (in message ):

Apparently, it's quite the thing in 2003. Of course, in 1980 (ouch), Quiana halter dresses were the big thing. I made a big splash because I declined the clingy tube of nylon and wore a dress from Gunne Sax instead. It was plum, with a white underblouse, and laced up the front.

Looked wicked awedome with my feathered back hair. (double ouch)

Kathy N-V