OT: today

That is great! Try to get some rest.

Sherry Starr

Sounds like a good day! :)

Sherry....would that it went from your mouth to God's ears, but it was not to be. I didn't collapse until roughly 3am, and was up at 645am to get DS off to school and get DD just up and moving. I think it was nerves, trying to run through the list of what had to get finished before Jeanne and my Mother get here. Plus, it was the finale of Project Runway, then I needed ot get a shower (at 1130pm!!) and then...and then....

But I'm okay. Have to do the weekly run to the dump, change the cat litter, fix one chair, bring that chair and the 2nd one into the house so that we can seat 6 at the table, do one more check of the house, change the sheets....lol....I will probably completely crash after lunch

Larisa

Sherry Starr wrote:

hold up a sec, Larisa. i'm sure i've been telling you not to worry bout a spotless house for me. good grief, i'm coming to see you not the house. if you dont get a nap today i will make you go to bed early tonight. oh dear me. how you cope with all the things you do everyday on sooo little sleep is beyond me. i was up too late last night too but not til

3am. then tossed and turned. wanted to go down and catch Paulette before she left for work. i made it. i miss her already knowing next time i see her will be a long time from now. but i shall return we got stuff to do and see yet, eh. heck, even steve told me this morning to come back when school is out so we can see more stuff. so i am allowed back by both of them, whewwww. guess i did ok, eh. :))

should be on the way soon. tis now 12:40pm, expecting a call from your mom anytime now. i'm showered, hair is washed, all packed (the big suitcase was 48# when i left columbux but i repacked badly it seems as it now weighs in at

65#--ish. gonna have to repack that and get a bigger suitcase while in VA. also gotta book flight into Hobby Airport in Houston if i can. tis easier for pick up i'm told. never heard of that airport but thats not saying much as i've never been to Houston before, lol. hugz and see you soon. :) jeanne

off kilter quilter wrote:

be careful about the weights of that suitcase. soon you will be significantly over and pay a stiff fee. SAS has just changed their rules so if it is over 32kg, they won't even handle it as luggage but goes as air freight (read $$$$)

I suggest not buying a bigger suitcase but get one of the very large soft-sided duffle bag things. almost impossible to pack those too heavy and since they are soft, you can put bunches of fabrics in them. (I use one for transporting yarns and fabric materials but the finished pieces go in my carryon piece. last week my carryon was suspicious perhaps: 4 finished stoles (priest stuff) and two loaves of bread i didn't want beat up in the checked luggage)

klh in va

nzlstar* wrote:

Isn't shipping stuff back home an option? Or is that too expensive?

My lands, how on earth will you get all the stuff home from Houston after the Show if you don't ship stuff home? There's no WAY you can carry all that stuff !!!!!!

Tina

nzlstar* wrote: all packed (the big suitcase was 48# when

i know bout the weight allowance. the cost for excess weight from usa to nz on air nz is $60 a kg (2.2lbs). i wont go over that for sure. stop buying before then which is soon. i can now take 2 suitcases of max size, the one i have now fits that and max weight for free of #50 each.

the big red one holds that when i pack it right, i repacked it wrong at Paulettes. so will fix that. i also have my vase in box for carry on, meets that weight allowance too, only 7kg int'l , hope its the same inside usa, if not.... the other bag i have is the one i usually use as a carry on, why i brought it i have no idea at all. totally stupid of me. no way will it hold the #50 i am allowed now. it will fit, if i cut the upper one and half inches off the bottom of the box, replace lid, put it into the black carry on bag and then... get new bigger suitcase to put rest of purchases into. dont think i'll be getting much at Houston tho, not now anyhow. should get me home intact that way without worrying bout the shipped stuff. from now on i wont take home fabric from here to home, just travel light and see the world, no weight to carry. how long can one live in the same three sets of clothes, hmmmmmm. well, time to find a way west from here so i'll say goodnight and do some googling etc. good night all, jeanne

Pat > Be sure to buy very light weight

i will fit it all in two suitcases and one carry on and struggle thru the various airports as i always do somehow. last yr i only fell down one time at the bottom of the escalator in SFO on the flight in from SEA-TAC on the last day there. luckily someone pulled me up before my hair got stuck in the stairs. just in time as there were folks behind me coming down, lol. i somehow make it. heck what else can i do really but 'just do it' i dont think i'll be getting much at Houston tho. now i've got around...lets see, 65+24 but that is including my carry on. i'll figure it out somehow, might be wearing some stuff home over my jacket and as many layers of clothes as i can get on at once. hells bells its only for a day or two of flying. no worrys, i'll make it cuz i have to make it. hugz, jeanne

T> Isn't shipping stuff back home an option? Or is that too expensive? >

So glad that things have calmed down in your house, Larissa. Keep us posted on how Thomas does with the Blue Belt. From your previous descriptions, I bet he'll do wonderfully!