[lace-chat] Malvary update.

2006-09-22 Thread Laceandbits
I just phoned the hospital (7.45 UK time) to see how Malvary is and she had been 'bumped' again last night, so still hasn't had surgery. She is top of the list for today, but if a trauma case comes in then she is lower priority. I bet she doesn't think so! She is on a drip with painkillers

[lace-chat] English analogies

2006-09-22 Thread David in Ballarat
An English instructor at North Texas State University was teaching her freshman class about analogies. Seeing an especially bright-looking student sitting in the front row, she asked him, If happiness is the opposite of sadness, and gleeful is the opposite of forlorn, what is the opposite of

[lace-chat] Hedgehogs Instrumental Music

2006-09-22 Thread Pene Piip
I know this isn't about lace, but it is about hedgehogs. I found a CD produced by a group of musicians in Indianapolis. The Latvian Estonian folk music is played on traditional folk instruments. There is nearly 67 minutes of music which you can listen to while you make lace. There is a web-site

Re: [lace-chat] Hedgehogs Instrumental Music

2006-09-22 Thread Shere'e
Again it is not about lace but one of the many things I love about my job at a major tourist attraction in Seattle, WA, USA is that I can listen to live music all day long from street buskers. It is so wonderful to hear music from many cultures my favorite is a group from Bolivia who play

[lace-chat] Halloween Raffle (DP)

2006-09-22 Thread Janice Blair
As the list is quiet and our shops are filling up with all the Halloween decorations, and even Christmas decorations!!!, I came across another pair of spider socks. If you remember I raffled some last year at this time. These are a different design but still spiders. If anyone is interested