OT: Getting to know your stitching friends

I don't think I can put into words how much I hope NOT!!!

Lucille

I got a questionnaire from a friend today and thought it would be fun to adapt it for r.c.t.n. Anybody want to play?

Welcome to the 2006 edition of getting to know your stitching friends.

1. What time did you get up this morning? Eyes opened 7:30 as usual; finally braved the chill in the air and got out of bed around 11.
2. Diamonds or Pearls? Diamonds. I like sparkly stuff.

1. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? So long ago I don't remember.

2. What are your favorite TV shows? M*A*S*H, anything on CNN or PBS

1. What did you have for breakfast? Didn't get up early enough to call it "breakfast"

2. What is your middle name? I don't admit to it

1. What is your favorite cuisine? anything chocolate

2. What foods do you dislike? Onions (allergic), anything spicy (IBS)

1. Dark or milk? (chocolate, that it!) both

2. What are you listening to at the moment? skating show on TV
3. What kind of car do you drive? I don't

1. Favorite sandwich? BLT

2. What characteristics do you despise? People who lie to me, people who lie about me

1. Describe what you're wearing right now: Long-sleeve Lands End turtleneck and Lands End khakis

2. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Paris

1. What color is your bathroom? The paint is still the original cream (got sick before I got it repainted), decor is Colonial blue and dusty green

2. Favorite needlework-related website? Anyone who sells stuff!

1. Favorite needlework designer? MLI

2. Favorite time of day to stitch? Whenever I get a chance!

1. Where were you born? NY

2. Favorite theme to stitch? angels and florals

1. Best stitching memory? surprising my grandmother with an embroidered tablecloth that she had no idea I was working on

2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke

1. Anchor or DMC? DMC

2. Favorite floss color #?

995

1. What did you want to be when you were little? Teacher, lawyer, business executive

2. What is your best childhood memory? performing

1. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? receptionist, file clerk, secretary, paralegal, now editing

2. Nicknames? none that stuck

1. Piercings? none

2. Eye Color? anything from turquoise to dark blue depending on mood and health

1. Which WIP was the last one you stitched on and when did you put it down? WIP? Worked on the kids' housewarming present last night till 11 PM. This morning, so I didn't have to get out of bed to get that, I put a few stitches into something new, a Snow White ornament for a friend who used to work at WDW as Snow White

1. Project from Hell? Gotta be the quilt sampler I started for my cousin 10 years ago. Too many similar colors in no obvious rhyme or reason to placement.

1. Favorite flower? lily of the valley

2. Favorite ice cream? choc chip mint

1. How many times did you fail your driver's test? none

2. What languages do you speak/have you studied besides English? Studied: German, French, Spanish, church Latin picked up elsewhere: Italian, enough of the Scandinavians to slog through their wonderful needlework books, enough Dutch and Yiddish to get by, can read a bit of Portuguese, restaurant Japanese, about a dozen words of Russian, best friend is now teaching me a bit of Hawaiian

1. Authors? Grisham, Steve Martini, Father Greeley

2. Where do you live now? California

1. How many tattoos do you have? None

2. Name and species of pets: Miss Kitty and Emilie >^..^< >^..^<

Next time you get back to NY, Lucille, have my mom and dad take you to the place that serves Fish & Chips. (gummi fish and smashed potato chips) Dad tried it. Personally, I stuck to Peconic Swamp Thang (similar to Rocky Road).

I'm afraid to tell you that neither of those sound great to me either. Anything more exotic that mint chip, or maybe cherry vanilla, is too much for me.

LOL, no. :-)

M&M Meats is a company that specializes in frozen foods. Probably started as meats only, but have branched out. I knew it sounded odd when I wrote it.

Tara

Tara D ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I'm rather off them. I like their stuff, though it's pricey in most cases but I bought something one day and put it on my visa. A month or so later it appeared on my statement and I was damned if I could think what I bought and the name showing was one of the biggest crooks in town.

I called visa and they sent me a copy and said often that type of billing presents problems when one checks. I hadn't particularly realized they were a franchise and certainly will not buy again here and put money in that man's pocket lol

I mark it up to the price of convenience. though I'm finding more and more options these days. There are a couple of places that make fresh pasta and sell it with a packaged sauce. Even one that offers a "pick up your meal on the way home" place.

But it is nice to pick up a dozen single serving portions and bung them in the freezer for lunches. I've tried most brands, and their seem far superior in taste and comparable in calories (I.E. it's not all full of rich stuff upping the calorie content).

That I can understand and respect.

Tara

Tara D ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

We have two or three of those 'pick up your meal on the way home' places and another one is a chef with whom you settle for a menu of things for the freezer. He comes to your home, with groceries, prepares everything and places it in the freezer with full instructions for how to heat and serve lol I reckon pretty soon we will be able to breed children without legs or hands lol

I liked M&M's for their little hors doovers that could be produced at a moments notice, oh well.

Hmmm. My alternate thought was it was a typo of a mix: M&M (candy) meets Caramel Praline Passion. That sounds rather yummy.

5:45AM >

None of the above

Nanny McPhee

Cash in the Attic - any thing crafty or science

So far - one cup of tea

Was Ann, now Parmenter

Thai

Haven't found one

DARK

Silence (DS is out the door, DH, DD are still asleep)

Pick up truck

Roast beef with sprouts, horseradish on a wrap

Sounds good to me

T-shirt, old sweats

Don't know - no vacations until DD is out of college - 2020

white

Norden

Lots of them

Just after DD's bus leaves

MA

Flowers or geometric designs

Anytime some one says WOW

All of them

A marine biologist or a park ranger

Campfires

Engineer, teacher, Mom

Do ears count

brown

Miss Gertie Bird - Saturday

A John Deere tractor

daylily

Haven't seen it in ages but Steve's Chocolate, Cinnamon Raisin

Didn't

French, Latin, a little German

Too many to count

NH

What kind of a girl do you think I am?

Does DS count?

Welcome to the 2007 edition of getting to know your stitching friends.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:10 a.m.
2. Diamonds or Pearls? Both!
3. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? Chronicles of Narnia
4. What are your favorite TV shows? Lost, CSI, NCIS, Survivor, Amazing Race
5. What did you have for breakfast? Blueberry Poptart
6. What is your middle name? Ruth
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Chinese
8. What foods do you dislike? celery, beets, eggplant, liver
9. Dark or milk? (chocolate, that is!) Milk
10. What are you listening to at the moment? Christian rock, particularly Third Day
11. What kind of car do you drive? 2000 Pontiac Montana van
12. Favorite sandwich? French onion soup
13. What characteristics do you despise? know-it-all-ness, self-inflation, inconsideration
14. Describe what you're wearing right now: blue jeans and my favorite OHIO STATE sweatshirt - GO BUCKS! ;-)
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? New Zealand, stopping in Austria and Ireland on the way home
16. What color is your bathroom? right now? pink and green. Hopefully that will change this spring!
17. Favorite needlework-related website? here
18. Favorite needlework designer? Depends on my mood, 4 My Boys (but she's no longer designing), some MLI, Lizzy*Kate, Sekas
19. Favorite time of day to stitch? Evenings
20. Where were you born? Marion, Ohio
21. Favorite theme to stitch? Whatever catches my eye
22. Best stitching memory? Being on couch-potato duty while off work during my 9th month of pregnancy with my now nearly-12-year-old twins, having to stay in a laying position on my left side (better for the heart's circulation), and stitching 10 hours or so a day with one of the cats snoozing on my right hip (still her favorite napping spot!). In 1 month, I got both baby blankets stitched, one Christmas stocking completed and the other one half done before the babies were born.
23. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
24. Anchor or DMC? DMC - Anchor isn't readily available nearby at the present time.
25. Favorite floss color #? Hmmmm.....probably the newest ones in the

100s lines

1. What did you want to be when you were little? a teacher
2. What is your best childhood memory? setting up a fabric store for Barbie and her friends
3. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? grocery store cashier, babysitter, medical transcriptionist, medical receptionist/billling clerk
4. Nicknames? None
5. Piercings? Ears double-pierced
6. Eye Color? blue
7. Which WIP was the last one you stitched on and when did you put it down? Perfect Pumkin from Heart in Hand, just finished it last night. Starting back on MLI's The Quilter tonight. It has been in the UFO basket for about 15 months since I last worked on it.
8. Project from Hell? The Lord's Prayer, don't remember the designer. I did this about 20 years ago and made the mistake of doing the outer vining first instead of the inner sampler part. Had to frog and frog and frog and frog.......
9. Favorite flower? hyacinth
10. Favorite ice cream? Cotton Candy from UDF
11. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None.
12. What languages do you speak/have you studied besides English? None
13. Authors? Lillian Jackson Braun, reading more nonfiction right now, so a variety of people
14. Where do you live now? Central Ohio
15. How many tattoos do you have? None
16. Name and species of pets: Fredricka Paisley, a 14-year-old Calico/yellow tiger mix cat(she's the one who loves to sleep on my hip); Joseph Goofy Stinky Butt, a 3-1/2-year-old black-with-dashes-of-white cat; and Ashtabula, a 3-1/2-year-old,

15+-pound orange tiger cat. Fred was a stray who found me when I was pregnant, and Joey and Ash were both adopted from the shelter. They are all spoiled rotten, and they know it! lol

Carolyn

Welcome to the 2006 edition of getting to know your stitching friends.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:00 a.m. like always

1. Diamonds or Pearls? diamonds and pearls?

1. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? don't remember
2. What are your favorite TV shows? House, NOVA/Nature, Top Chef

1. What did you have for breakfast? so far, just coffee - planning on leftover chicken soup

2. What is your middle name? You can't make me say - it begins with a J and I just use that initial
3. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian
4. What foods do you dislike? green peppers

1. Dark or milk? (chocolate, that it!) whatever - not a chocolate junky

1. What are you listening to at the moment? NPR
2. What kind of car do you drive? Honda CR-V or Mazda Protege

1. Favorite sandwich? leftover turkey on white bread with stuffing, cranberry sauce and olives

1. What characteristics do you despise? Ignorance
2. Describe what you're wearing right now: blue sweatshirt and black yoga pants
3. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Greece
4. What color is your bathroom? Gray and white - I haven't been in the house long enough to change this yet
5. Favorite needlework-related website? any stitching blog
6. Favorite needlework designer? current weakness - Carriage House Samplings
7. Favorite time of day to stitch? afternoon
8. Where were you born? NH
9. Favorite theme to stitch? samplers
10. Best stitching memory? dreaming of DMC colors
11. Coke or Pepsi? water!
12. Anchor or DMC? I gotta choose?
13. Favorite floss color #? 930,931,932
14. What did you want to be when you were little? dancer
15. What is your best childhood memory? anytime at the lake
16. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? Job? what is this - job?
17. Nicknames? pleading the 5th
18. Piercings? holes in ears is all
19. Eye Color? blue 'cause that's the color of my sweatshirt, can be gray or green
20. Which WIP was the last one you stitched on and when did you put it down? Kreinik's Abigail's Wisdom - last week
21. Project from Hell? Finished in 1997 and I try to forget it, but it hangs in my in-laws guest room
22. Favorite flower? Lilacs
23. Favorite ice cream? coffee, coffee, coffee!
24. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero
25. What languages do you speak/have you studied besides English? French and German
26. Authors? Way too many to chose
27. Where do you live now? VA
28. How many tattoos do you have? none, but I've got plans
29. Name and species of pets: two cats - Zoe and Elvis

Feel free to add a random question that I forgot: Is that all there is?

Donna in Virginia

This reminds me of one of my funniest DD stories. We'd been in Britain on vacation when she was 4 y.o., and a few weeks after our return we rented a beach house with a bunch of my old high school friends. DD was sitting at the kitchen counter, with a plate of mounded Pepperidge Farm cheddar cheese goldfish on one half, and a mound of potato chips on the other.

My friend looked at it and said, "Lexa, I think you might want to put something more substantial on that plate. How about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?"

And without missing a beat, DD looked up, and said, "What? This is fish and chips!"

Sue

8:30 (slept in)

Either, but don't have any

Pirates of the Caribbean II

How it's Made, History International, Tonight Show (tape it and watch it the next day)

Slim Fast milk shake

Irene (Grandma's name)

Any that's not hot/spicey

Onions, pecans,walnuts, almonds, oh yeah, OKRA! ! !

Dark

Something DH is watching on the Science Channel - he leaves for work at 2.

Subaru station wagon, but looked at Honda Elements on New Year's Day in preparation for the bankruptcy to be over in autumn.

Italion dry salami with swiss cheese

arrogance, meanness/cruelty

jeans, sweatshirt

Anywhere rural and mountainous or hilly

dry wall blah, but at least the ugly wall paper is gone

too many to choose

again, too many to choose

afternoons during the summer, out on the deck

San Francisco, CA, USA

Depends on my mood and the recipient. Pictures and themes I wouldn't hang on my own walls are sometimes fun to work on as gifts

Stitching with my neice and nephews

Diet Pepsi

DMC, but will use anything available

Depends on the project

Cowboy, veterinarian

Too many to list. Walks with my grandparents?

Babysitter, veterinary technician, assistant librarian, incoming call center (yuck!!!!!), mail order entry

One in each ear

Green/hazel

Blackwork ornaments from magazine - put it down last night

To the Acorn -EGA Group correspondence course. Design is nice, but directions and graphs were horrid.

Any, preferably still growing rather than cut

Chocolate mint, chocolate peanut butter from Food 4 Less in Medford, OR

Once

Studied Spanish, Italian and Portuguese but don't really speak any of them. I was always better at reading than speaking

Elizabeth Peters, Dorthy Gilman, Rebecca Shaw, Charles Dickens, the woman who wrote: Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

Applegate, Oregon, USA

Ewwww, Yuck!

Oddear - Retreiver/shepherd/border collie cross Racing pigeons - not named Assorted hens/roosters - all named: Chicken, except for one that came to us named Esther

Wasn't that a great book!

C

the

Sarah-Kate Lynch!

I just read it based on a mention in this group, and LOVED it! Now I have to seek out her bread-themed book...

And I'm going to buy the Cheesemakers book for a friend for her BD.

sue

It's one of those that has stayed with me. I think I'll ask the library to find it the "bread book" on ILL if they don't have it! C

Hi everyone, My name is Chelsea and here are my answers:

1. I got up and 6:00p.m. eastern time in Butler PA
2. Pearls nothing feels like real aged pearls around your neck. Their so silky.
3. I saw Rocky 6
4. NCIS
5. Yogart and pinapple
6. Nicole
7. Anything. I'm well traveled and like lots of different foods.
8. Cauliflower
9. Dark chocolate
10. Nothing
11. Honda Pilot
12. Swarma
13. Dishonesty
14. nighty it's 8:41 p.m. here
15. Back of London (Use to live there miss it) or Disney Land
16. Mauve, green, blue - all pastels
17. Teresa Wentler's
18. Terasa Wentler or any thing from Donna Kooler
19. Love to stitch any time I get
20. Homestead PA
21. Any thing different
22. My first hardanger project I did on my own.
23. Pepsi
24. DMC only
25. I love all floss colors
26. A doctor
27. Showing my horse and going to World
28. Waitress, Bank Teller, Nurse, Special Effect Make up artist.
29. Halloween Lady
30. Ears only and just once
31. Hazel Blue
32. Waiting about 4 years ago
33. Waiting
34. Rose
35. Butter Pecan
36. None
37. Hungarian
38. Dickenson, Christina Rossetti, Peter S. Beagle, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Kant, Hegel and Hume
39. Butler, Pa
40. No tattoos
41. Two cats, Harvard and Jasmine I parrot 27 years young Duly. This is fun..... "Joanne Davenport" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@craftbanter.com...

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