Stitchboard Admin message #2
Coasters
March 23, 2016 at 4:00:42 AM  (in response to Aabye message #1)
 
Line,

These are really cute!    I think you should make them...you can match the colors to your decor!    And they'd be perfect for keeping beverages from staining your table.

How is school going?  I hope all is well with you! 

Remember the guy we know with the husky?  Spoke to his mom today and she said the dog was destroying everything.    So, sadly, he ultimately couldn't train the dog as he needed to, so the dog is now with a friend of his who hopefully has more time and patience to work with him and train him properly.

I'm not surprised, and nothing against the guy...I think someone has to be really, really special (like you! ) to have the right amount of patience to train a husky.  I know I couldn't do it!

Hugs!

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Stitchboard Admin message #4
Re: Coasters
March 24, 2016 at 3:47:01 AM  (in response to Aabye message #3)
 
Line,

Sounds like you must go shopping for yarn in different colors!  I see new yarn in your future... 

That's a really cute idea, to make them in different colors so everyone knows which coaster their glass is on! 

I bet you did far better than you think on your math exam.    You're so smart! 

It's sad, but I kind of had a feeling the dog wasn't going to last with this guy.  He's very sweet, but he's young and I don't think he quite realized what he was getting himself into. 

Oh, no, Silver really is doing a number!    Sounds like she's testing you quite a bit.  You know, I saw the picture of her sitting on you...soooooooo cute!    Though you probably didn't think it was quite as cute at the time!

And the urinating on the floor...that's the worst!  That smell lingers, even after you clean it up.    I know someone who had that with her dogs when their training was interrupted with a situation that left them with no training for much too long.  So they didn't learn and they stunk up the entire house.    All of the floors had to be redone.

And then Silver is jumping the fence?    Man, sounds like she's getting worse than a kid!

So glad she does listen when she's being called...LOL, and hopefully not just for food?

I'm also hoping our friend's friend is good with training the dog.  He really was a beautiful boy, but you could tell he was always raring to go, and not necessarily in a good way.  Nervous energy.  Like he would rather have been doing other things, and if he couldn't get the challenges he needed, he was going to invent some, sigh. 

Thank you so much, hon.    Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!    It's going...just trying to get through everything as well as possible.  And of course in the middle of everything...we had the flu, ugh, despite getting flu shots last fall.

Hope all is going well with you.    How are things going with the house, boyfriend, etc?    How are the kids doing? 

BTW, I don't see them as often as I'd like, but when I do see your pics, they're sooooooo great!    You're very photogenic and your pictures turn out soooooo beautifully, and, well the dogs' do, too! 

Lots of hugs and warm thoughts going right back your way. 

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Stitchboard Admin message #6
Re: Coasters
March 30, 2016 at 1:45:33 AM  (in response to Aabye message #5)
 
Line,

No, absolutely not...neither of us are addicted to yarn!    But we do need it.  Necessity does not addiction make.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I'm so sorry you didn't do as well as you would have liked on the exam.    That sounds like an ingenious idea with the paper, though.  It reminds me of what one of the teachers (she wasn't a full professor yet) did at my college for a final exam, which I found helpful and would have found helpful for other tests, too.  She gave a pre-final and then a final.  The pre-final made the information so fresh in my mind, the final was a breeze!  And this was...calculus, I think.  Or pre-calc?  Sigh, I don't remember, but you get the idea.  It really, really helped.  I don't think she counted the pre-final grade, just the final.

Well, Silver looked soooooooooo cute in that pic!    I know she's trying your patience, though and I hope she stops that soon.  I'm sure you don't need the added stress of what she's doing! 

I'm so glad you have that product for removing smell!  We've never found anything great here.  There's something called Nature's Miracle and my bestie swears by it, but Nature's Miracle hasn't helped us all that much.  We bought some years ago to use on our fridge, which had the absolute worst smells, after we'd had our first flood.  The problem was that we had so much work to do, we didn't know the refrigerator should have been the very first thing cleaned out, so it waited a couple of weeks.  By then, the stink of all of the rotted food had saturated the insulation.  It was a goner.  Literally, for the first 4 months after the flood, we had no fridge at all.  The Nature's Miracle did nothing. 

It was also a shame because it was a fairly large side by side, and we'd torn out entire cabinets to get it into the place.  We ended up later with a much smaller conventional upright refrigerator, and it was awful from day one.

Wonder if the stuff you have would have taken care of it, sigh.  Not that it matters now, as we dumped that fridge ages ago.  And then the horrible replacement one was on its way out when we were ready to move, so we had to dump it.

It really does sound like a good thing that Silver likes food!  She sounds like our cat!

Hope it goes well with the higher fence and she doesn't find a way to get out.  I can understand why you wouldn't want to keep her in all the time, and of course you don't want to tie her to a pole in the middle of the yard, but she's not giving you any choice with her fence jumping!    Better to keep her safe tied up like that.

I'm so sorry the ex is being a jerk.    You deserve far better treatment.

Wow, that sure does sound like a blast...Legoland...how fun!  Did they bring home a lot of Legos?  Any for you? 

Someone I know recently went to Legoland here in the US.  She spent over $100...and she got herself some pink Legos!  She doesn't have kids, so she was definitely buying for herself.    LOL, I'm jealous...I want pink Legos! 

He's rusty...that says it all!  Sure you can call him that.  I'm sorry he's being so much work.    Ugh, though I'd say some of that is part of being a man, sigh.  They've all got to be trained, IMO.

Hugs right back to you, and sending plenty of warm thoughts your way again. 

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Stitchboard Admin message #8
Re: Coasters
March 31, 2016 at 4:43:47 AM  (in response to Aabye message #7)
 
Line,

I've never heard of "Rodalon," so I'm sure you're right, it's not found here. 

I have used vinegar.  I've got a whole plastic container of crochet hooks that got flooded years ago, and they still smell like mold.  I'm desperate and will be trying vinegar.

Thanks...well, that was years ago.  Now we have another fridge that we like much better. 

Wow, lucky you...Legos!  Bet the kids really love playing with them! 

Foam swords...those sound like fun, too! 

Hugs,
Melanie

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Stitchboard Admin message #10
Coasters
April 1, 2016 at 2:44:33 AM  (in response to Aabye message #9)
 
Line,

Thanks!    I'm desperate, as there are several irreplaceable hooks (not made anymore), so if I can get the smell to go, I can use them again!

LOL, awwww, I want you to visit so I can meet you! 

That's so sweet, but you don't have to send me Legos!    I enjoy hearing about them!

I'm so sorry the asshat did that.    It's so wrong of him to make you cry!  He sounds like such a jerk.  I guess there's a small silver lining, in that you didn't marry him!  Can you imagine how much more difficult things would be now had you done that?  Anyway, I hope you're well rid of him from your life soon.  It can't be soon enough! 

A pirate themed birthday party sounds delightful...but ugh, only 9 days away?    I agree...a sweater is impossible...though...do you have any bulky yarn?  I wonder if you use bulky yarn, maybe even with two strands together, you can make a sweater and have it done quickly.  Just a thought!  If it's thick enough, perhaps what we call a treble or triple crochet here would work.  We have single crochet, double crochet and then treble, which isn't used as much as the double.

I was thinking about this woman who was making a gorgeous blanket out of a kind of furry yarn.  And I think she ended up doing double crochets, but it could have been done with triples, too.  It was very, very thick yarn.

If you use a shortcut, you might be able to do something fairly quickly.  Will he like it...well, that's another story, sigh.  But it might help to cut you a little slack, because otherwise, I agree...a sweater is impossible in 9 days!

What are Lego ninjagos?  Are they hard to find?

A treasure chest is a wonderful idea!    Maybe use sugar free candies for diabetics?  Poor kid, being diabetic so young!    You could also put non-candy prizes in the treasure chest.  Little inexpensive toys, perhaps.  If you have something that's the equivalent to our dollar stores, stores which sell inexpensive items for a dollar apiece, there may be a section of what we call "party favors."  I can't remember what they sell, LOL, haven't really looked at party favors ever, but there might be little themed things that you can put in the treasure chest.

I don't think this was sold as a party favor (maybe, though)...several years ago I bought a set of adorable cat erasers in a package at a dollar store.  About 9 of them, maybe.  I did it because I like cats, but maybe there would be a similar thing of dogs or...?  The girls' party favors are usually cheap fake jewelry.  Of course you don't want that...LOL, unless you want to use some of that to be fake "valuable" treasure?

Oh, no!    Is the still slow?  It may have had a problem when you were on, and I'm so sorry if that was the case.  I don't seem to be having trouble with it now, but let me know if it continues, okay? 

Hugs,
Melanie

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Stitchboard Admin message #12
Re: Coasters
April 5, 2016 at 5:12:17 AM  (in response to Aabye message #11)
 
Line,

I can't imagine the horror you would have had trying to get away from the jerk if you were married.  Shudder.  It's too awful to contemplate! 

Wow, that's great how your mother is making the sweater...that's so helpful!  I'm sure you don't have a lot of time as it is, and a sweater in 9 days, argh!

Awww, the Ninjagoes are cute! 

How sad that at only 2 he had to start with diabetes!    What a cruel diagnosis for someone so young. 

I think that sounds like a lovely idea, and I imagine as far as the popcorn is concerned, it's a really good choice for a diabetic, as it shouldn't have sugar in it!    And then a nice treat like just a tiny bit of chocolate that he can have is such a great and thoughtful idea! 

I'd never heard of that medication before.  That's some pretty advanced stuff you're doing!

Hope you ace the project! 

Okay, I'll let Terry know the site is still slow...it could be a wee hours of the morning thing.

Hugs,
Melanie

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Stitchboard Admin message #14
Re: Coasters
April 6, 2016 at 3:38:41 AM  (in response to Aabye message #13)
 
Line,

I can't wait to see! 

Oooh, so jealous!  Wool isn't easy to come by here.  We lost the only yarn shop in the area many, many years ago.  Now there are only craft stores, and they carry only a small amount of wool.

I'd love to see pics of your sweaters! 

So do the meds with therapy have a good success rate?

It really does sound like it may be the MacBook, though I'm not sure why!  Let me know how it works with Chrome.    I alerted Terry yesterday in case there's something he can see on his end.

Hugs,
Melanie

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