Category Archives: Rambling stuff

Jan5

Beautiful Gardens

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Sean and I just got back from Longwood Gardens. It wasn’t crowded like it was last year, so yours truly took 60 photos! Want to see them all? I bet you would!
Anyway, here are some of my favorites. I had to use a slower shutter so some may appear a bit blurry-no tripod(you aren’t allowed to use them in certain areas anyway).

Here I am in the Main Conservatory. The poinsettias are over 4 feet tall! They have rennovated a large part of it, but work still continues. Mr. DuPont would be proud!

New fountains in the main conservatory

Tree lined paths

Jan4

Jaw dropping designs…

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What gorgeous designs that are featured in the Herrschener’s Needlework Shoppe! When I got home today, the new catalog was waiting for me.
I was at my mom’s today dropping off some after Christmas goodies I had purchased for her. When I was leaving I went to use her phone and knowing the MCI message tone (she just switched) I told her she had 7 messages. Mom had bumped a car up at CVS a few weeks ago and the lady had a few scratches on her bumper. Well the lady called to say she had gotten a $450 estimate to get it fixed. Thank goodness my brother is a mechanic and he’s taking a look at ‘her claim’. Wish mom luck.
Now on for the cross stitch goodies:

A Wash in the Moonlight

Blue Angel

And of course Marilyn (incidently our young waitress last night was named Norma Jean).

Stitching Blogger Question:

Do you do your stash shopping at your LNS, ONS, or both? Which do you like better? Why?

I would say both, though my LNS has moved and downsized. I don’t think that is a good thing. I like seeing the designs ‘in real life’ , which may change my mind if I previously wanted to stitch them. Or it may make me want to stitch them even more! I have so much stash, all I ever need to buy is the occasional floss or fabric.

Jan4

Sneaky and mean people

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I told you about the salesman from Home Depot trying to tell me that the ‘cheaper’ cabinets I liked weren’t all wood and I found out they were. Doesn’t he read the brochures that sit around the tables where he works? That’s sneaky and mean.
I get on my email account and there’s a note from someone on eBay that says someone we both ‘tried’ to buy from wanted to sue her because of the negative feedback she left the seller! I then went in my eBay account and sure enough, the nutcase sent me the same ‘sue’ letter! I was more peeved than worried. I showed an online eBay group the letter and they said that she is trying to strong arm so I withdrawn the negative. I promptly forwarded the letter to eBay and said I was being harassed. Can you believe that? The feedback she left me was far worse. I think her account is suspended, but she can still get in her summary to harass people.
I’ve been with eBay over 6 yrs and have almost 3k positive feedbacks. Who do you think they will side with? I hope they sue her!

Jan3

Looking into kitchens

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I like the above in the color below, not too white. My kitchen is only 11′ x 12′, so I wouldn’t be ordering half of what is pictured above or below, as a matter of fact.

Finally! This is Brian’s last day off and we headed to The Home Depot in Delaware. It wasn’t busy because of the crappy weather. The man lead us right to the most expensive cabinets. I saw one glazed pale yellow door I like and it was one of the higher end ones. We walked around the displays and ran across another company’s doors. I remember really liking them the last time I was there. The HP guy came over and said ‘Oh these are builder quality cabinets and they may not be all wood.’ I’m old enough to know when someone is trying to give me a snow job, so I just took the brochure and folded back the page with the cabinets I liked. I mean, so what if the middle part is not wood? It’s not like I have a lot of people using the kitchen. We had to fork out $100 for someone to come and measure the entire kitchen. Then we can get down to brass tacks and pick out all the goodies. What’s in question is how it’s going to be financed. Probably a home equity loan. I think a redo will add a lot of value to our home, so it’s a great investment.
~Update~ Looking through the brochure, we see where the cabinets are maple with the ‘fawn glaze’.

This is what I like from the ‘other company’ I like the handles on the above.

Jan2

Rainy stinky weather

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Not much to do. You can only clean so much.
Here’s some completely useless but interesting trivia to other Diannes (probably not that many under 30) out there.
So I was reading Southern Lady magazine as it had an article on ‘Gone with the Wind’ one of my favorite movies. It was made 20 years before I was born as was ‘The Wizard of Oz’, another one of my other favorites. There was an article about Cammie King, who played Bonnie Blue Butler, the daughter of Rhett and Scarlett. Here Cammie said that her older sister ‘Dianne’ was suppose to play Bonnie, but she got too big for the part.
Another ‘Dianne’ is in one of my Oz books-like ‘Making of the Wizard of Oz’ or something like that. Judy Garland had signed a photo or something ‘to Dianne’. Cool, huh?

Jan2

A little rusty with the needle

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I finally started to cross stitch again after at least four days. The first thing I did was to gather the floss I needed for the Mirabilia/LL stitch-along. I had the chart and fabric. So dummy here cuts the fabric too short thinking 26 count was close to 22 count. Wrong! I can’t use the words on the chart ‘Giggles in the Snow’. The fabric has silver threads running through it so I can’t just run out and buy it somewhere. I don’t think I really need the words ‘Snow angel’ anyway. I am doing the little boy. If I do the girl, I can add the words and maybe frame them all together. I hate when that happens but I will not be wasteful.
I also worked on my Love Quilts committment for March the little bear on the box who is holding a present. My choo choo train needs to be mailed this or next week just to get it on it’s way.