Re: [lace-chat] celebrations

2004-09-16 Thread Weronika Patena
> We have some exciting news. DD1 became engaged to her boyfriend last night. Congratulations! > He came and requested DH's permission a couple of days ago. We were really > honoured that he would do that in these times. What did DD1 think about it? I must say, if Geoffrey did something like

[lace-chat] Re: Celebrations

2004-09-16 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Congratulations, Yvonne; like you, I think it's amazing that a young man would ask parental permission before becoming engaged to your daughter. Just becoming engaged seems to be a bit out of fashion these days'; you're lucky if they tell you the date of the wedding :) On the subject of celebr

[lace-chat] celebrations

2004-09-16 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Hi all, We have some exciting news. DD1 became engaged to her boyfriend last night. He came and requested DH's permission a couple of days ago. We were really honoured that he would do that in these times. He has been lay-bying the ring for 6 months. I can't wait to see it. DD2 cried when her sis

[lace-chat] Bidding on ebay

2004-09-16 Thread Jean Nathan
Has anyone else noticed the change to bidding on ebay? Previously what people bid was kept secret until after the auction ended. Now, if you click on the number of bids, you can see how much bidders other than the highest bidder have bid during the auction. You still don't know what the maximum the

[lace-chat] Secret Pals Thanks

2004-09-16 Thread awinner
Dear Secret Pal, Please forgive me for thanking you so late for last months package-August was a horrendous month, but it has passed. The packages you send are so wonderful each so different, this months I could hardly wait to open, the aroma eminating from it drove me mad... The whole house s

[lace-chat] Welsh Wanderings 3

2004-09-16 Thread Steph Peters
1.30 pm Great Orme Tram Station Plan for the day was to ride along Marine Drive, up and around the Great Orme. Cars have to pay a toll for this road, but bikes don't, so it should be quiet. I sat on the promenade and watched for half an hour without seeing any traffic at all. However what I did

[lace-chat] Planned Trip to the USA

2004-09-16 Thread Barrie & Julie Todd
Greetings Everyone, I am planning a trip to the USA in November this year and was wondering if there are any Lacemakers in the areas where I will be, namely Fresno, California Florence, South Carolina and San Francisco. I won't have alot of free time but would love to catch up with anyone that i

[lace-chat] S.P. thank you

2004-09-16 Thread mturn
HI, Thank you for your parcel, the little note cards are just great and will get used. Now I have no excuse for not making a key ring, the one I had was broken, so I will make that my next project, and the thread it is lovely. The sweets are really nice I just had to try them and am trying to lim