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Inventory!
And this isn't even the bulk of it!!Even though I haven't worked in a retail estab-lishment in over eight years, I'm still taking inventory. Why? Because I have a tendency to buy thread I've already...
View ArticleHoping for a Break!
Nothing... but nothing new to report! We are ever closer to finishing up all the chores that are such a huge part of a merger, and my working life has taken on a life of its own!When I went to work...
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Overtime Work Pays Off!
I've heard all my life that “hard work is its own reward”… and most of the time, I’m inclined to agree. However, the last six or seven weeks of software conversion at work have been long and...
View ArticleTaking the Weekend OFF!
I didn't do a blessed thing yesterday - and today looks to be a rerun of yesterday, so far! Well, that's not entirely accurate - I did a little tatting, I did a little reading, and I did a little...
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A Work in Progress!
…my blog pictures, that is! Having learned that my free Picasa space was virtually used up and I couldn’t put any more pictures in my blog unless I (pick one)· Deleted pictures from the...
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Finished!
Perseverance pays off – tatting like mad during my lunch breaks and what few minutes I had when I finally got home from work in the dark of night, I completed three Christmas ornaments for the exchange...
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Down to the Wire!
...or maybe thread?Maybe we could just set the tree on top of the gifts!With just two days to go until Christmas, I’ve decided that I’m semi-ready. I’ve also decided that I’m not going to worry about...
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Article 17
I don’t have too much to show you today – I am working on a project that I hope to submit as a lesson for Palmetto Tat Days this coming September, but it’s not nearly ready. Instead, here is a Merry...
View ArticleLazy Sunday at Home!
Things are s-l-o-w-l-y returning to a more familiar pattern at work, and I got to leave almost "on time" at least once! We worked a few hours on New Year's Day, but didn't go in at the crack of dawn,...
View ArticleSick!
Not a real post this week - I'll owe you one. :-) I've got an ear infection in both ears - first ear infection I've ever had in my life, and (naturally) it's got to be both of them. Not fun - sounds...
View ArticleSunshine and Tatting!
We had both in abundance yesterday, but at the Palmetto Tatters meeting, we only saw the latter and not the former. Because our regular meeting place, the Lexington County Museum was closed for the...
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Flurries of - - Snow!
The thermometer dipped w-a-a-y down - really cold for us here in the Deep South who aren't used to it - and first the rain came down, then rain and snow mixed, then snow! Then everything stopped for...
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Cut it Out!
Or up. Whichever. I just want to reclaim the beads and findings from these "trial runs!" This is part of my design process: tatting pretty much the same idea over and over, finding what works,...
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Time Off - At Last!
I've had a lovely week - I've been on vacation! It's really been a stay-cation - we've just lounged around the house. I've been busy, though - I worked on my application to teach at Tat Days and...
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On the Edge!
It will be, eventually - the edge of a handkerchief, that is! More about that, later...much later.What edging should I do? I dithered for months - I'd wake up one day and decide on one, tat a...
View ArticleAlmost forgot!
... to tell you about the lovely green variegated thread I'm using for the edging! It's a size 40, hand-dyed thread by Jess! of Tatlicious. She's got the prettiest colorways - I have several, and...
View ArticleStill Around!
-- And I'm looking at the light at the end of the tunnel! This is the third (and final) week of working 8am - 8pm, Monday through Friday. The schedule will change back to something more "normal" the...
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Tatting the Afternoon Away!
Per my new work schedule, I'm off on Wednesday afternoons. The trade-off is that I work Saturday mornings. "Someday" I'll be eligible for Saturdays off, but it's going to be quite a while. In the...
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As Promised!
Here is Mark-My-Words in Purple Splendor - with another twist! I've replaced the center ring of each trefoil with an SCMR and thrown a ring off in place of the third decorative picot. I started in...
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Once More With Feeling!
Can you stand one more picture of my many, many variations of Mark-My-Words? Here, I've substituted lock stitch chain for the midsection of the bottom arm of the cross (2 vsp 1 [lc total 5 1st half DS...
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