OT: Getting to know your stitching friends

1. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? carhop, 15 years US NAVY, gas station attendent, modelstitcher, SAHM

and learned enough Italian to order dinner when stationed in Naples

- border collie/jack russell mix

Donna in S. Indiana

.1. What time did you get up this morning? 7am, so I could see if swim practice was at the outdoor or indoor pool

1. Diamonds or Pearls? Diamonds
2. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? Don't remember
3. What are your favorite TV shows? CSI (the original), House, ER
4. What did you have for breakfast? Diet Pepsi
5. What is your middle name? Elizabeth
6. What is your favorite cuisine? Seafood
7. What foods do you dislike? Brussel sprouts
8. Dark or milk? (chocolate, that it!) Dark
9. What are you listening to at the moment? Rockford Files DVD my dh and dd are watching
10. What kind of car do you drive? GMC Jimmy
11. Favorite sandwich? Subway tuna with lots of veggies and banana peppers
12. What characteristics do you despise? Excessive and false cheerfulness
13. Describe what you're wearing right now: Black shorts, tank top, tennies
14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? A warm beach
15. What color is your bathroom? White
16. Favorite needlework-related website? RCTN when it's on topic
17. Favorite needlework designer? Like too many
18. Favorite time of day to stitch? Evening
19. Where were you born? NYC
20. Favorite theme to stitch? None in particular
21. Best stitching memory? Pride on my dh's face when he told his father I had made something
22. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Pepsi aka Elixir of the Gods
23. Anchor or DMC? DMC
24. Favorite floss color #? I think it's 712 - that royal blue :)
25. What did you want to be when you were little? Lawyer
26. What is your best childhood memory? Going to the beach
27. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? Administrative assistant in neurology, forestry association, architecture firm, law firm; politcal work; mother; GS leader
28. Nicknames? BOSS (Big Old Scary Scout)
29. Piercings? Ears once each side
30. Eye Color? Green
31. Which WIP was the last one you stitched on and when did you put it down? L'Automne by BOAF - last night at 9:30
32. Project from Hell? Sweet Pea Gazebo by Thea Dueck
33. Favorite flower? Roses in any color
34. Favorite ice cream? Lemon raspberry sherbet
35. How many times did you fail your driver's test? one
36. What languages do you speak/have you studied besides English? Spanish
37. Authors? Too many to list
38. Where do you live now? Missouri
39. How many tattoos do you have? none
40. Name and species of pets: Belle - border collie mix; Monte - English setter

Amazing how many of us want to go to Scotland most! (Including us - we absolutely love the Highlands and Islands).

Pat P

I was delighted to hear that more tourists may be coming to help swell the coffers of local businesses. Orkney probably has as many links with Norway as it does with Scotland, it was only 500 years ago that Orkney became part of Scotland. Unfortunately our weather does not always co-operate, today (Wed 05 Jul) dawned overcast, foggy and damp; the morning flight bringing the chiropodist on her regular two-monthly visit may well be cancelled.

I always warn people to take weatherproof clothing to Scotland (Not to mention a sweater!) There IS a lot of rain, but of course with the rain come the rainbows and waterfalls. If you DO hit a sunny day it can be a SCORCHER, though. I remember one such day on Skye, when all the lochs were a-shimmer. You couldn`t imagine anywhere more beautiful. I also remember a day there when it was so wet and windy the waterfalls were actually being blown UPWARDS.

Whatever the weather`s doing it`s always beautiful, and rarely boring. I`ll always have a mental picture of several rainbows over Rannoch Moor, on the way home, and the wild goats driven down to lower ground by the weather as we came over Mam Rattagan.

Pat P

7.15

Pearls

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

An Aussie Music Quiz called "Spicks and Specks", good current affairs and documentaries.

Toast with Vegemite (one slice) and peanut butter (the other one).

Margaret

Italian

Tripe, mushrooms, sultanas,

Dark, but not over fussy.

Occasional birdsong from outside

Beautiful lavender Hyundai Getz (pronounced Hee un day in Oz these days, originally High oon die).

Not sure.

Hard to answer that one. I dislike mask-wearing. I prefer WYSISYG people.

Very scruffy track suit pants, royal blue collared T-shirt, dark turquoise fluffy sweat shirt.

Hard to answer too. Maybe, Vermont again.

Cream wall paper, with blue, pink and yellow flowers. Bit more subtle than it sounds.

Hard to say again - maybe Nordic Needle.

Difficult again - maybe Linda Driskell or Betsy Stinner. If we're talking actually stitched completed rather than stash or UFOs - Rose Swalwell.

Afternoon to evening

Australia

Flowers

Attending Celebration of Needlework in NH in 2004.

Yuk!!!!

Not fussy.

Purples and blues mainly.

A missionary.

Having a special place to be by myself or with one or two cats.

No current ones

None

bluey grey

Hardanger coasters, 2-3 months ago. I'm knitting since it's winter here

No stitching ones that really qualify, so I'll mention a knitting one. Aran cardigan with raglan sleeves where the sleeves decreased differently from the body and couldn't be made to fit. I never finished it.

Violet

Magnolia mango (in Philippines)

twice

Don't speak any of them but have studied French, Tongan, Telegu, Indonesian, Tok Pisin and Tagalog.

Mary Stewart, Dorothy L. Sayers, Georgette Heyer

Mooroolbark, Australia

Zero

Cats - Boof, Blackie and Milton.

Rosemary in Melbourne, Australia

We were remarkably fortunate and had one rainy day out of seven in Scotland. The weather was generally spectacular. Now Wales was another story, but even with the clouds it was beautiful and we want to go back. My favorite picture from a summer spent in the UK was taken on an overcast day near Caernarvon.

Karen E.

Japan, China, Sweden or Finland

Another of my favourite places! At least there`s quite a lot to look at underground if it`s wet (as it very often is) in Wales.

Pat P

Pat P

Indeed there is - I can recommend a visit to Llechwedd Slate Caverns

Been there! Been there! Fascinating place - and the quiet recording of a male voice choir in the background really adds to the atmosphere. Our son-in-law was glad of the safety helmets that they provide - he`s 6 ft 4 and kept cracking his head!

There`s another slate mine in Devon - near Dozmary Pool (where they claim Excalibur was thrown), which is also worth a look. Not as large though, and you walk into the hillside rather than going down in that funicular railway (claustrophobic), so not quite as exciting.

Pat P

Pat P

Pat P

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

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:45 a.m.
2. Diamonds or Pearls? Pearls
3. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? The DaVinci Code
4. What are your favorite TV shows? Er, Grey's Anatomy, Lost
5. What did you have for breakfast? strawberries and cheese
6. What is your middle name? Evangeline
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Anything with fish
8. What foods do you dislike? turnip and beans
9. Dark or milk? (chocolate, that it!) milk
10. What are you listening to at the moment? Road construction outside my office
11. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota when I can have it...
12. Favorite sandwich? Lobster
13. What characteristics do you despise? ignorance
14. Describe what you're wearing right now: Very light gauzy brown sleeveless top with beige capris
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Ireland and Greece
16. What color is your bathroom? Mauve and Coffee
17. Favorite needlework-related website? HDC
18. Favorite needlework designer? Too many to name them
19. Favorite time of day to stitch? Whenever I can find the time
20. Where were you born? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21. Favorite theme to stitch? None in particular as long as it is something that pleases me
22. Best stitching memory? A little hardanger doily, it was my first piece in hardanger and I was so proud
23. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
24. Anchor or DMC? DMC
25. Favorite floss color #? No favorite
26. What did you want to be when you were little? Oceanographer
27. What is your best childhood memory? Spending my summers at the beach
28. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? Entrepreneur, Assistant Director, Executive director
29. Nicknames? Moni
30. Piercings? Ears
31. Eye Color? Green-blue-grey
32. Which WIP was the last one you stitched on and when did you put it down? Emma's Garden, last Monday
33. Project from Hell? None I can remember
34. Favorite flower? Lily of the valley
35. Favorite ice cream? Butter Pecan Crunch for Laura Secord
36. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 0
37. What languages do you speak/have you studied besides English? French, Spanish
38. Authors? Too many to name. I love reading, you can't find me without a book.
39. Where do you live now? Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
40. How many tattoos do you have? None
41. Name and species of pets: allergic to pets :0(

Raymonde New Brunswick, Canada

1. What time did you get up this morning? ...morning? pfft :) i do graveyards so i woke up at 10:15pm (CDT) last night

1. Diamonds or Pearls? ...Pearls

2. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? ...The Wild -- i was not impressed, Ice Age the Meltdown was tons better

1. What are your favorite TV shows? ...Medium, Supernatural, and Dr. Who

2. What did you have for breakfast? ...Coffee

1. What is your middle name? ...Dawn

2. What is your favorite cuisine? Thai

1. What foods do you dislike? anything not gluten-free

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

1. What are you listening to at the moment? ....t.v. foster's home for imaginary friends

2. What kind of car do you drive? ...nissan pickup

1. Favorite sandwich? ...rolled up roast beef and munster cheese

2. What characteristics do you despise? ...when someone tries too hard to get you to like them

1. Describe what you're wearing right now: ....t-shirt and bed clothes

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

1. What color is your bathroom? ...getting a new one soon, can't remember

2. Favorite needlework-related website? ...
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3. Favorite time of day to stitch? ...middle of the night on my nights off when everyone else is asleep

1. Where were you born? ...Oklahoma, USA

2. Favorite theme to stitch? ...do not have one yet

1. Best stitching memory? ...my first quilt because it is what got me into stitching and it was a baby blanket for my niece

2. Coke or Pepsi? ...Dr. Pepper

1. Anchor or DMC? ....depends on the project

2. Favorite floss color #? ....don't have one yet

1. What did you want to be when you were little? ...happy

2. What is your best childhood memory? ...my step-dad reading to us about warm fuzzies before beditme

1. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? ....hostess, waitress, secretary, receptionist, computer tech support, army reservist, office manager, shipping clerk, operations scheduling, corporate helpdesk... mom & wife

2. Nicknames? ...never had a real one, used to have a first sargeant that called me mac

1. Piercings? ...two on left ear, one on right and tongue

2. Eye Color? ...brown

1. Which WIP was the last one you stitched on and when did you put it down? ...
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1. Favorite flower? ..wildflowers

1. Favorite ice cream? ...butter pecan

2. How many times did you fail your driver's test? ...once

1. What languages do you speak/have you studied besides English? ...none

2. Authors? ...Jim Butcher, Stephen King, Jonathan Kellerman

1. Where do you live now? ...Oklahoma

2. How many tattoos do you have? ...none.....yet

1. Name and species of pets: none.....yet

Ah, the piece you're working on now -- I'm so glad you posted that. I did it for my granddaughter, and had not been able to find it again -- the LNS owner where I go had wanted it because so many people asked about it.

Cheryl, did you check it out -- it's a ladybug collage.

Yes! Bobbie V gave it to me! LOL

Cheryl

Slept in 'til 8:00AM

Diamonds - little ones

Lord of the Rings

I Love Lucy, Cosby, Home Improvement (Yes, I live in the past) :-)))

Slim Fast & the last piece of Double Chocolate Velvet from a 7/4 pot luck

Irene

Any - greasy american food?

Onions, nuts (except peanuts, cashews & macadamia nuts), okra

DARK ! ! ! !

swarming hummingbirds/local news on TV

White Subaru GL. Gave Any that is made by someone else

meanness (not cheapness, but people being mean to each other)

1. Describe what you're wearing right now: black jeans, red "mad cow" T shirt (a cow saying "I'm Mad about Reading")

ANYWHERE rural. I LOVE scenery.

The color of sheetrock behind peeled wallpaper & scraped off backing. Hopefully, will be gray by the end of the summer

Dutch Treat Designs

Too many to mention

Any time I'm awake

San Francisco, CA, USA (Franklin Hospital)

Depends upon what mood I'm in and who the item is for. Some things are fun to stitch but I wouldn't hang them on my walls. :-)

Teaching my niece & nephews to stitch.

Pepsi (diet)

DMC

Too many to choose

cowboy/veterinarian

Also too many to pick one. I feel sooooo terrible for those who have none. :-(

Babysitting, veterinary technician, library assistant

Lizzie, Woman of the House (from "The Quiet Man")

One in each ear

Green

January Flower Bear put it down yesterday morning

To the Acorn - fun in many ways, but the directions left LOTS to be desired

also too many to mention. Whichever I'm looking at at the moment?

Phish Food from Ben & Jerry - great stress reducer

Once

Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (the French T.A. was in my Italian & Portuguese classes & was way too cute for me to want to look stupid in front of him) :-) I don't speak any anymore, but I can do some interesting eavesdropping if people are speaking slowly enough & can still read with a dictionary handy.

Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Amanda Quick, Johanna Lindsay, Catherine Coulter (historical), Julie Garwood (historical), Camille Minichino & Marguerite Henry, Anna Sewell, too many to list

Applegate, Oregon, USA 15 acres of field, & madrone/oak/pine woodland

- sprinkled with poison oak, blackberries and rocks, but absolutely quiet at night and NO neighbors with those annoying dusk to dawn streetlights.

Ewwwww, yuck!

dog: Oddear shepherd/gldn retriever/border collie mix chickens: all named "chicken" 8 roosters & 15? hens? human: John - (59 yrs old) fun to watch, but lots of work to take care of :-))

6:15 am

I'd rather have light blue stones (sapphires or aquamarines) but I guess I'd settle for diamonds if I had to choose between the two! :)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I think, since it's been awhile.

Currently Medium, Lost, ER Past shows: Carol Burnett, I Love Lucy and M*A*S*H* (I've purchased the first 7 seasons of M*A*S*H* on DVD and would *love* to find CB!)

My normal bowl of cereal

Marie. For the number of people I know with that as a middle name, I think I'm the first to give that one here!

My mom's cooking! :)

Liver, fried parsnips, most spicy-hot things

Dark but won't turn down a good milk.

Other people at work. Will turn on the radio to a rock station once

*I* start working! :)

2000 Chevy Impala

Fried egg, ham and cheese on buttered whole-grain toast

Rudeness, meanness, holier-than-thou attitudes

My normal jeans and a pink t-shirt with pink, purple and white daisies and butterflies on it

If I had to pick one place and had unlimited funds, I'd pick up Trish and tour Australia and New Zealand

One is light blue, the other is a sort-of chartreuse

Hm. Guess I don't have a favorite...they're *all* fun to look at!

Love some of TW's stuff but have never stitched any of them. Otherwise, I guess it's whoever designed whatever I'm currently stitching. :)

Any time I can get a needle into my hands!

Wales, ND, a tiny little town near the Canadian border

Whatever catches my fancy at the moment....I'm not fussy

Teaching DD to stitch, getting my first purple (champion) ribbons at the fair a few years ago.

Yuck to all pop (soda to the rest of the country). Give me chocolate milk any time!

DMC, I guess, since I haven't stutch much with Anchor. Although after going to the CATS festival in April, my collection of Anchor grew by leaps and bounds!

Probably 3755 and 959 and their close cousins

A teacher.

Camping with my family (we used to take 2-week trips every summer), going to my grandma's house, having the freedom to go play outside without having to worry about "strangers"

babysitter, dishwasher and waitress, something in a library ever since I started college waaaaaaay back when.

LOL! Lots! My 2nd-oldest sister gave us all nicknames when she found out my mom hates them! :) I've been called Joan-Bone-Icecream cone, Bones, Boney Maroney (I *used* to be skinny. sigh.) A *very* few people have called me Joanie.

One in each ear is enough for me.

Blue, sometimes gray, depending upon what I'm wearing

A pansy and butterfly switchplate cover for my stitching room and last night about midnight. Ask me again in 3 hours and I'll say the baby blanket I'm knitting for DNeph & his wife's baby coming the end of this month.

Can't say as I've ever had one, except maybe the one I did for my parents that had over 1000 smyrna stitches that I did in gold metallic.

Anything that smells nice, but especially lilacs, lily-of-the-valley and sweet peas. And basswood tree flowers! MMMMmmmmm! They're blooming right now.

Probably strawberry, with real strawberries in it.

Zippo

Took 3 years of Spanish but you'd never know it now. I also know sign language

Monica Ferris (of course!) and Janet Evanovich, Mercedes Lackey. Oh! Can't forget Robert Sabuda who does the *fabulous* pop-up books! I guess he's not so much an author as an illustrator/paper engineer, though.

Grand Forks, ND

Never have, never will

Yellow lab: Jazmine; DD's hamster: Kisses; DS's no-name fish Had a horse until last March, Nilissa, and will get another one probably next year.

Joan

6:00 am, too dang early for Saturday. :-) (coming back from vacation)

Neither

The Sixth Sense (Hmm, that was a Drive in, does that count?) Otherwise it's Blair Witch Project

Lost, Firefly, The Amazing Race, Battlestar Galactica

Coffee

Louise

Italian

Fish (except for bottom dwellers)

Milk, but it has to be good chocolate

LOL, the dog sighing as he's stuck in the tub having his bath (skin condition, requires the shampoo to sit for 10 minutes before rinsing)

Pick up truck

Grilled cheese

Nosiness, manipulation

Short set - Pink/fushia

Remote island that has yet to be discovered by the masses Or San Francisco in 1905

Cream and peach(have the original 60s salmon pink suite upstairs); harvest gold and wood paneling (Any guess on when my downstairs bathroom was built..HAHAHA)

Charland

Any time

Wales

Whatever will go with a certain room.

I guess it would be sitting on my parent's boat on the Thames river, watching London pass by at a rare angle while stitching.

Coke

No preference

No preference

Cashier in a grocery store

Camping

Cashier (though not at a grocery store), rubber stamp maker, various accounting jobs, computers

terror, honey, dear

Ears, twice each

Green

Santa lap quilt, printed design from Bucilla; last night

None. Well, more from my feeling about things in my life at the time than the actual project itself

Daisy

Maple Walnut

None

None (apart from French in high school)

Dick Francis, Nevil Shute

Southern Ontario, Canada

None

MacGreggor; Scottish Terrorist Cassie; Tabby cat

Tara

LOL, makes it easier not get confused which one you are scolding?

Tara