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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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 Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 3:50:40 PM
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priceless..especially when they realized I was in the back of the room. and they had to look at me face to face! I laughed the whole way home!
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 3:59:29 PM
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 4:07:50 PM
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 6:04:49 PM
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LOL I can only imagine!
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farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 09:49:19 AM
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Good morning All!!!
Well, I think I really threw my hubby for a loop last night. For the first time since we have been married....I turned into a different woman yesterday afternoon. After spending hours trying to assemble this #$#$%$ dang quilt table....metal parts everywhere....hotflashes....me stripping off clothes left and right......ugly scene.... Well, anyways he arrived home in the middle of that....of course I had not gotten any dinner together....cause I was on a mission.....AND I had class to teach last night, so I was bound and determined to get that blasted thing done before class...... Well, the poor man came bounding upstairs...you know...."HONEY I'm Home"....at which point I am supposed to leap into his arms and smother him with hugs and kisses....you know the drill.....wellllllllll. He came into the sewing room, took one look at the mess and offered to help...."don't even talk to me" I said...."I am really frustrated here and just about to blow a gasket". Well, the dear went back downstairs and heated up dinner (leftovers). Later on after hearing crashing metal and a few unmentionable explitives, he came upstairs and said "here, let me help". I had this one nut wedged in a piece of metal and it wasn't budging. Well, wouldn't you know, he picked up my sewing scissors ( the GOOD sewing scissors) and started to move toward that tangle mass of metal and nut as if he were going to actually USE my GOOD SCISSORS to dislodge the nut! Well, of course I had to signal the alarm....."PUT DOWN my scissors!" He said...."they're just scissors....we have plenty more....".
OK gals, now tell me, am I crazy here, or what? MY GOOD SCISSORS??????? All of us know that there are some things that are off limits....somethings for which one could get their arm broke if they mess with em. Right?????? But somehow, men just don't seem to understand these things. Well, I lost my help....he said I was mean and left me alone. I am really not mean....but come on.....the good scissors?????? Well, I finally finished the quilting table and hubby had licked his wounds.....all was well again.....
But I am just telling you.....if I had not been there to prevent the good scissors travesty, well, I'm not sure how it would have all ended up.
So, my dear hubby, I am sure went to sleep with this thought on his mind...."Yes, my wife really is crazy!" Oh well....you understand....it was the GOOD SCISSORS!!!!
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Edited by - Bee Haven Maven on Feb 22 2008 12:52:39 PM |
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
687 Posts
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 12:49:30 PM
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LOL!!! Been there~done that..........on more than one occasion. I don't flip out as much as I used to, but hubby knows to avoid helping when it comes to the sewing area~sewing machines~etc.
It's like me getting my hands on his hand & power tools~I don't; I just ask politely how I should go about fixing this or that, and then he says, "I can do that for you" UNLESS it's a sewing machine.
The really frustrating thing , some of these "assembly required" items are very costly and you hate to screw them up, but it irks you that for the cost of them, why aren't they put together!!!??
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 1:19:40 PM
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Oh yes....been there, done it!!! That glazed over look in your eyes when "official" supplies are picked up for other purposes...LOL Thomas has dropped stuff in midstream when he sees my look.
I know setting up those quilting systems can be trying. I've been in the middle of that and that's when I told my friend I'd just bring stuff to her to quilt..I didn't want one of the monsters..LOL I commend you for getting it done!
Now no doubt you will have fun with it...there are such beautiful quilting designs to use with them.
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 4:55:00 PM
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Happy Belated Birthday Linda, hope you had a grand one.
Bev, I was very fortunate in the scissors training area. My dh's mom sewed and if you touched her sewing scissors the penalty was death!!!!!! So when I started he immediately asked which are the paper scissors and which are the sewing ones....lol
Yep, mine was trained well, now if someone had only taught him about using my good knife that I loved.....guess we can't have everything.....
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
1975 Posts |
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
2963 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 6:08:46 PM
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hey linda --maybe kitty can help in other ways ?  I have one cat that does just this too.
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 9:48:49 PM
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I have kids that do that Lisa!
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 10:26:47 PM
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Bev,
you are not nuts nor crazy!!!! A die hard seamstress knows to never ever cut anything but fabric with her shears! You don't spend $30 on a good pair of scissors and then cut paper with them, nor use them as a screwdriver...I think it might even be a "Felony" if you get caught doing so!! lol!
So... Husbands, Children & Well Meaning Family/Friends, DO NOT use Bev's good scissors for anything but fabric!
My DH learned this lesson a long time ago,,,, oh & Bev, I can go one further....why do husbands think it is ok to use our cuticle scissors for cuting things other then our cuticles? aacckk! I caught DH using mine to cut the plastic thingamahicky off a new jacket he had bought! I have forbidden him to rummage through my cosmetic drawer from that point on.
Husbands, gotta luv 'em! lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 : 5:09:10 PM
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NO-ONE! and I repeat no-one can use my good scissors for anything besides fabric...sorry, but it aint happenin'! haha
and *gasp* mom uses her pinking shears to cut paper! can you imagine!?
rofl...yes mom...I'm tattling on you! :P
~Naomi~
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 : 5:25:02 PM
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i grew up in a house where the sacred scissors were kept in a wood inlay box thatno one could touch! So it has never even crossed my mind that THE scissors would be used for anything else. And my kids just seem to know not to touch them...maybe I have made them fear the scissors as I go on and on about how they are so sharp and dangerous! Good luck to all of you who have less understanding people in your houses!
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 08:52:36 AM
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Jess: How is your dad? Hope he is fairing well and that you are all ok.
Happy birthday Linda!!! Was it a good day for you with everyone spoiling you?
Bev: Put an alarm on those scissors (and on yourself when the flashes come--"Please step away from the scissors and that steaming faced woman...")
It was good to catch up with you all. Florida was great and very warm and sunny. Looking forward to that in a few months here.
Stephanie: How are you feeling today?
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 09:10:16 AM
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welcome back sewgirlie!
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Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 11:09:26 AM
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| My mother always had a piece of ribbon tied to her sewing scissors and we were told as children never to cut paper with them. It worked very well, and I have a bit of ribbon or something tied to all my sewing scissors, and my kids always knew they weren't to use them. Sometimes now I think I need bee[persw on my scissor, I keep burying them in my sewing bits and pieces. Hope all are well and warm, we got another 6 inches of snow yesterday but the wind is still, and the world looks lovely. Karin |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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DeepsouthMamma
True Blue Farmgirl
1454 Posts
Autumn
Southwest Louisiana
USA
1454 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 12:57:07 PM
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I've been waiting for you to get home Sheryl-lyn!! Good trip?
It's warm & sunny here 84 degrees! It feels so good to sit in the sun!!!!!!!
I like everyone to be in their place- is that controlling or nosy?
I just keep up with all of you Your my friends!!!!
Blessings,
Autumn
Farmgirl #49
http://simplytoday-autumn.blogspot.com/
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
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Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 1:40:39 PM
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No, Autumn, it is not controlling at all. I feel the same way as you, I like to know all my friends and family are where I can reach them. The trip was lovely and fun-filled, as well as relaxing.
Hi Bonne! I am even happy about the snow I came home to. It is nice today (high 30s) and we let the chickens out for their free time this afternoon since it is not snowing or too cold.
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 2:11:35 PM
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Shery-lyn so glad you had a good time and came back refreshed.
Bonne....60 I am jealous, sun bath for me will ya
Here is what I wrote earlier on felt thread............
I'm a stichin and having some fun
I'm a stichin and having some ***smash**** fun
I'm a stichin ***smash** **smash** squish....darn it...
I'm a that does it, time to make them die.....yep, I have been invaded by ants.
Seriously and they are coming into my sewing room first. This is aggravating.
Stich smash stich smash....gotta go get some ant traps.
Yes our snow is melting and filling up their home somewhere obviously and they think mine is the place to come.....
hmmmm, off to the store so I can be stichin in peace.
I know I know I am an ant smissher....what can I say....
Yes the ant hotels are in place. Hate to do it, but ehhhh gadsss don't need them to head for the food.
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
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New Apron(and more) Sew-a-long...cont. from before
