From this:

Now most of them (except tiny fruit bowls, some dessert plates and serving bowls) are zipped up nicely in their bright white plastic cases-only $14.99! I could have gotten fabric ones for twice the price, but I saw pretty iridescent drinking glasses/tumblers I just had to have. I got two things for what I would have paid for the fabric cases.

To this:
I plan to store them in a ‘new’ cabinet above the frig.
How am I doing in the kitchen, you ask? Well, I ran out of boxes/crates. I mainly have the everyday things left to move out. Things need to be taken off the countertops. I think if I had to do all what is left to do, I’d get it done in a day, with a little help. Mind you, the guys have only been the crate movers.

Lovely contact paper-definitely a cross stitchers choice. Blasted hard to put up if my memory serves me correctly: 46 yr old oven-I gave up cleaning it when Brian got a 3rd degree burn from some button in it.
Cabinets in front of sink. Even the paneling at the top has slide down over the years.

Now to chose some appliances….I’ll try to make that fun. ; )

I definitely want to do the cover design. BTW, when looking for this photo online, I saw the same book for a little over $3.00! That’s a steal!

I got my mom a flower arranging book-one of the prettiest I’ve ever seen so she can remember her trip to the flower show. Speaking of the flower show, if we don’t go over the weekend, it doesn’t look like we will go. It’s $2o or more a ticket to just get in. The trip there means fighting traffic or taking the train. I have beautiful Longwood Gardens 8 minutes away from my house (see early January blog). So I debate this every year. I usually bow out going into the city. Mom has flower show photos on a picture CD that she purchased. I do like going to the Reading Terminal Market to eat.
We went to the Texas Roadhouse for dinner up in Lancaster. The meat was fine but the veggie side dishes were way oversalted. I took a swallow of potatoes and they almost came back up again. I did complain to the waitress, but I think I’ll complain on the website. She should have sent the manager over but she didn’t. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve eaten out lately and the food has not be worth the money at all.
I ran into a vitamin store before we left to purchase a less potent one-a-day vitamin, Milk Thistle, coconut oil (read it’s suppose to be good for helping you lose weight) and papaya for digestive. I’ll try anything!
After a dark and fragrant (freshly plowed fields) ride home, I was glad to curl up with my new lap pillow (bought today) and enjoyed looking at my new books.

That’s Billy with daughter Alexa (by Christie Brinkley and wife Katie Lee who is only a few years older than Alexa!

Then there was an extremely rude contestant that spoke back to the chef from a restaurant. The chef asked Ken to taste the sauce (they were on ‘the line’ and had to hold out for 30 minutes) and the jerk stuck his finger in it instead of using a spoon. He had the nerve later to ask the chef if he really had dumped the sauce he had tasted. The mentor got extremely upset. Ken, needless to say, was the first to leave. His entry wasn’t good at all for the first challenge. I bet my friend Karin is watching this one as she is learning to become a chef.

Today’s SBQ is:
Do you have an organizational system for your patterns? If so, how do
you organize them? If not, have you considered organizing them?
I actually do have some sense of organization when it comes to cross stitch books and leaflets. I have all my hardback books in one place! That’s a start. I obviously need a bookcase for them which I plan to get soon.
My leaflets and softcover books are in 3 large crates (I collect them, what can I say). My biggest collections are Leisure Arts, The Prairie Schooler and Cross-eyed Cricket. Some of the other leaflets are ‘sort of’ arranged by designer or company-depends on how many I have from each. I have the majority arranged by flowers, cats, dogs, holidays. This helps, but I do love leafing through them ‘just because’ I love them so much, but I won’t divulge the number I have, it just seems crazy!

I have some lovely books here that I can’t seem to sell on eBay. If you are willing to pay for the postage, I will send you the book. I’d love to send them overseas, but the postage is expensive. It’s up to you.
Here’s what I have, but I will add more:
Memorabilia Quilting by Jean Wells (I have a copy of this already). It’s a thin paperback, so it shouldn’t cost too much to mail.
The New Stencil Book with 40 stencil designs and lots of ideas-by Simone Smart (heavier hardback)
Decorative Needlecraft by Allen D. Bragdon ( I have this already-recreate and interpret traditional historic designs-paperback).

Some of you have my email. For others go to the very bottom of this page and scroll over my name there.

I was going through my blogroll a few nights ago and Lake Stitcher had this one –Threaded Bare on her sidebar plus a few others. I really enjoyed looking at the ‘vintage’ patterns and crafts featured. It’s pretty sad when you remember gingham for Christmas and making some macrame plant hangers (one of which I just found).

I heard about Dana Reeve’s passing from my hairdresser. I was so sad to hear that she only lived 4 months past her diagnosis. She had lost Chris, then her mom and then had to worry about trying to get better and take care of her 13 year old son Wil. I guess it was all too much for her. Wil is lucky he has older half siblings and that he isn’t a small boy. I wish him all the best. He has awesome parents.
~Update-today (Wed) I am still sick about this. People in my age group who have gone through so much cut down in the prime of their lives. I’ll never get over John F. Kennedy, Jr or Princess Diana passing at such young ages either.

My mom went to the Philadelphia Flower Show with her boarder. She had to call and tell me that it was one of the best that she’s been to. I’m a little envious. I am trying to talk Sean into going now. It’s an expensive daytrip for us, but oh how I love to take photos of the displays. I am crossing my fingers for Thursday or Friday when the temps will be in the uppers 60s or higher.

I found this wicker clothes basket down the basement and it turned out to have ‘stuff’ left in it from a fleamarket sale that we had a table at-hmmm….over 10 yrs ago! I couldn’t believe it. I found some of my old eyeglasses-they put Elton John’s glasses to shame they were so big. Also found some macrame plant hangers and seashells. Brian had stuff in a bag from the ‘junk drawer’ in this particular basket-ugh-it had a corroded battery in!
My theory is that people should move every 5 yrs to get rid of this clutter! It sure would help make their lives easier. If I could put my theory in practice-if only….

Congrats to Reese-not only for her Oscar but also for commanding $29 million a flick. She’s the highest paid actress of all times. I think she’s a talent, but not up there with Meryl Streep. I like that Reese is down to earth and her acceptance speech (and voice) were really sweet. Husband Ryan is from nearby Wilmington, DE ( as is Jada Pinkett Smith-some good lookers from these parts!)

I haven’t seen ‘Walk the Line’, but heard it was decent. I really like Joaquin Phoenix. Too bad he didn’t win for his portrayal of Johnny Cash. The actor who won played Truman Capote-an odd little man.

The Oscars were just alright. A little of a snoozefest. Jon Stewart seemed to be out of his element. The best host I think was Steve Martin.

And don’t try to make the Oscars like a screwball comedy. Tom Hanks was looking a lot like he did in his cross-dressing days on tv-rather silly.

But there was a good distribution of winners for all the movies that were nominated.

So I was like- ‘say what?’ when ‘It’s hard for a pimp out there’ won for best movie song. I thought the song for ‘Crash’ was really a cool song. And weren’t they all surprised to win for best picture! I actually saw this movie, so I was glad for them.

~Update~-Sean rented ‘Walk the Line’ and we watched it today. It’s pretty good. I think Joaquin was great and Reese was pretty good. I don’t know what took them so long for Johnny and June to ‘hook up’ as a couple. I think June realized Johnny needed some TLC. His first wife wasn’t a performer and everything was about her. She didn’t understand his life. So I think it’s worth seeing. Loved seeing the cabinets in the scenes from the 60s that were similar to the ones I am losing soon.

March 06, 2006 Free report for: Dianne

Guardians, are the cornerstone of society, for they are the temperament given to serving and preserving our most important social institutions. Guardians have natural talent in managing goods and services–from supervision to maintenance and supply–and they use all their skills to keep things running smoothly in their families, communities, schools, churches, hospitals, and businesses.

Guardians can have a lot of fun with their friends, but they are quite serious about their duties and responsibilities. Guardians take pride in being dependable and trustworthy; if there’s a job to be done, they can be counted on to put their shoulder to the wheel. Guardians also believe in law and order, and sometimes worry that respect for authority, even a fundamental sense of right and wrong, is being lost. Perhaps this is why Guardians honor customs and traditions so strongly–they are familiar patterns that help bring stability to our modern, fast-paced world.

Practical and down-to-earth, Guardians believe in following the rules and cooperating with others. They are not very comfortable winging it or blazing new trails; working steadily within the system is the Guardian way, for in the long run loyalty, discipline, and teamwork get the job done right. Guardians are meticulous about schedules and have a sharp eye for proper procedures. They are cautious about change, even though they know that change can be healthy for an institution. Better to go slowly, they say, and look before you leap.

Guardians make up as much as 40 to 45 percent of the population.