So - what are you stitching

I LOVE that quote!

Sounds like you think in sampler terms, as I do, when you hear a great line: I'm gonna make me a sampler of that someday. The latest one was a couple of weeks ago, when we were enjoying a leisurely dinner with a musician from Texas. Perfect summer evening, big bottle of wine, and we were solving the problems of the world. When DH complained about some political situation, she popped out with, "Paul, cain't fix STUPID." That's been dancing in my brain ever since!

Sue

We've been going thru old texts as well. Hard to give up some of the engineering ones, and even my great history refs. All the foreign language literature - I wouldn't know how to replace some of them - so they're staying. I actually grabbed DH's graphics text. Great reference on perspective & architectural drawing. For the science texts -the physics/mechanicss/thermo/chemistry ones - we kept a bunch. When I took Anat/Phys & Microbiology a couple of years ago, it was interesting that some of the college chem references had changed from my day. So, I tend to think old chem texts (more than 20 years) are probably not worthy save - the basic ones.

WRT physics - for DS - won't your college physics texts be a bit much? Personally, I had AP Physics, so when I went to uni, just moved into an honors section (the school wouldn't exempt you for AP WRT science/eng majors) - and it was a book by same authors - just harder version. But, seems to me looking at friends kids high school physics texts they were more straightforward - and didn't expect you to "know" calculus - so to speak.

I ended up keeping a lot of texts, and grad texts/references, at work. And used them - nothing like having a handy copy of "Boundary Layer Theory" on your desk (yuck). But, the old workplace has my stuff conveniently boxed up

- and stored - so eventually I have to get it from them - or they pay me for the loss. Uh huh.

ellice

Are you kidding - I want my notes. After all, it was the 101 class and I made tons of notes in that book. If I have my notes with it, even better. I had such a hard time with what was "happening" (even if the math was easy), that I drew pictures, made notes on the pictures.....

Ah, ok - I understand. I had such a weird year of physics classes - very Socratic method - with a brilliant guy - who would travel down to teach 2 days from Brookhaven Institute. Small section - most folks swapped over to a more traditional prof. OTOH, Arnie would have class meet in the Rathskellar on campus every so often - and he'd buy the first round!

Ellice

I'd have loved that. In HS, I was a junior taking physics, one of three/four girls and the only junior. My favorite memory is trying to help one of the football players do a lab. He just didn't get friction generating heat. I gave him an "Indian sunburn".

On 6/24/09 12:03 PM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

LOL - great example. In HS, our AP Physics guy had a rather open attitude. Plus, I went to a rather experimental (for its first year) HS. Anyhow, our labs had to be done the week of the lab - turned in before the next week. IIRC, they were usually a 3-hr lab session, with possible additional time needed. But, to get credit the deal was that when you were done with that terms units, you dud a quite lengthy open book exam. Not too bad (hah) - but in order to finish you had a private oral exam with the prof. There were only about 10 of us in the class (no seniors that year in the school, so only juniors doing AP Physics is a small number). Being a great procrastinator, as were some of my friends, we ended up with the last 2 weeks of school essentially taking over one of the study rooms in the science wing, and were up there all the time - whatever free slots we had. Split up the units so each of use were responsible, or maybe 2 of us, for the big test. Then we'd have to go over it with the whole crew - so that each could do their oral with Dr. D. I of course was the worst - I think I had 4 or 5 units to do (our school year was broken into quinmesters, 5 ~6 week terms, plus optional summer to get a 6th unit for the full AP coverage), most everyone had 3 at least. It was a riot. Thing was, that if you didn't complete during the "normal" time, then just an asterisk for credit not yet received was on the grade report. I remember doing my last oral with Dr. D, right at the end of time - and him telling me that he actually didn't think I'd get it all done - until I'd finished the 3rd exam meeting! I guess that was good prep for my weird college class. In college, honestly, it was a very difficult class - but sparked lots of discussions, and I had a great study partner. But, our boards would be covered with all kinds of arcane math and diagrams. The prof, famous for his falling down pants, Einstein like hair, cigarette trailing from his mouth, and hippie sandals (but he had a really cute son that was a senior in the music school), would have us work at the board a lot, and well, Socratic method meant lots of questions. Anyhow, the class after ours was soemthing like rocks for jocks - maybe it was "stars for gazing" (as in we know no math and don't do science but need a science elective). They would come in, and we'd still be at the board (students) - the incoming class would look stunned and ask us what the heck we were doing - they thought we were brilliant. Of course, we were idiots and struggling with physics. Nonetheless, some vector language, and integral signs were pretty impressive.

ellice

That last part reminded me of a girl, a fellow senior, that I tutored (to get to a C since the idiot took it pass fail) in Astronomy 101. No math, easy, easy, 8th grade level astronomy. She was bloody hopeless. Thank goodness she had a trust fund, I can't imagine how she would support herself if she needed to be someplace every day. She couldn't make class (afternoons), labs (2x at night during the semester or to study sessions if it wasn't at the college bar late night eatery.... Half the time she wondered why we cared what the moon was made of or the the sun was hydrogen fueled.

HA! Need I remind you that, unlike *some* of you, I am not yet retired! And I will *truly* be amazed if I do have them all done and finished-finished (you know what I mean!) by then.

Also, iirc, Noah was just a *bit* before Jesus' time! LOL

Creative distortion of the timeline!!

Good Save---lol

I'm happy you're enjoying it, Lucille!

Donna in Virgnia

What am I stitching on currently?

Let us see.

Mystic by Ruth Dilts which I need to do some progress on as our class is Sunday.

Night Flight by Amybear. I think I rubbed my elbow raw on the table while stitching on this on Monday. Yuck.

And because yesterday was guild meeting and we were doing a class by Betsy Morgan, her All Year Square Pin Cube, I pulled out my unfinished Betsy project from last year. A morning glory piece over one on 32ct. (side note: Betsy's designing name is Willing Hands. Her kits are only available through classes. If you google, you may find some amazing photos. Or not. depending on your taste. I think she's brilliant.)

And, one last one, by Monkeyworks - Under the Sea. I may this info wrong as I tend to rename things in my head.

Donna in Virginia

You know Donna, you are very dangerous poster....

So - first: do you know of a website for Betsy Morgan? I found the All Year pin cube and want to see more

I want an Amybear - Bouquet I want the Ruth Dilts cubes/shapes. Any of them, all of them

The Monkey Works page seems to be down - if she is in the UK

I agree she's dangerous. I could have lived a long and happy life not knowing about Betsy Morgan, but now I'm doomed to discontent until I get my hands on at least one of her charts!

sue

LOL! Sorry, I don't think the Bible should be turned into a soap opera, much as I like them, with their creative distortion of the timeline! :)

Joan

I went a lookin' - could not find anything but pictures of Betsy Morgan class projects. Not even her own website.

I think she's been to Celebration of Needlework before. Maybe she will again and you could come up... C

I know I've seen Betsy Morgan teaching for EGA chapter workshops as well. I am hoping we can get her signed up one day for our chapter - the few photos I've seen are delicious!

MelissaD

Donna said she only sells through her classes, not in stores/online.

Sue

I, once and only once, found someone selling a class kit - and it wasn't on ebay but a semilocal swap group.

Cheryl