Crafters November 29 through December 5

Good morning all!!!
Oh my all this talk of food is not good for me….and considering that this message board was started to replace the now non existent WW message boards.- well its a rather strange irony.

Later on I will post my date nut bread recipe. My mom used to buy either Arnold or Pepperidge farms date nut bread when I was a kid. It was a small loaf- perhaps only 3 inch slices in a tiny loaf shape. At some point that disappeared from the stores and the hunt began. I found this recipe for date nut bread that my mom and I both felt was the real thing and it earned its place on my Thanksgiving and Christmas tables.

CJ- thanks for the recipes for the tea loaf and fudge! Got some time later this week and will check them out. And I do understand the stress of waiting for a contractor. I so wish that the last service call had fixed the problem. What a shame- and I have to hope that somehow this can be resolved.

Ruth, well, the problem with me is that I read your post a half hour ago and now forgot what I wanted to say. Ugh. I can be so dense. I do know that you were supposed to make cinnamon rolls….and they make the house smell amazing. Are you still planning on going shopping on Wednesday?

Will stop back in later…. When hopefully my brain is more functional.
Ginny

hahahaha, Ginny. Has anyone ever told you that you're an enabler? Free shipping at MM! Well I just ordered two skeins of rh ombre from Walmart because there was something that dh wanted and Honey sent me an email saying price was reduced and it was...by a lot. So I had to get that for him and I needed more to meet the free shipping parameters and I can always use yarn so that's what I added.

It's a nice day here. Neighbor was mowing yesterday again. The other neighbor that had covid is now in Hospice. She had them discontinue her oxygen and all treatment except for comfort care needs. I never got to know her but am sorry that she is in the process of dying. She's the one who's son's truck we bought two years ago. It looks like her son has already moved into her home which is a little frightening because he has mental health issues and is unpredictable. The mowing neighbor found this guy inside his house a couple years ago.

WE've already had 40 views of our thread. I wonder who all these people are that read only. Some may be from us seeing if there's something to respond to but no way could we have 40 times where we dropped in. Some of these people should join us.

Ok, time to rant about video makers. I've been following a youtube and just got to row six. So I pulled it out twice because I thought I had too many stitches. Finally I looked at her recap of the row and she mentioned the three stitches that were there so I looked at that part of her video where she was actually crocheting and saw a flicker. Sure enough, that part of the video was not there. I mentioned it in the comments that she had a glitch and then went to read the comments. Most people said they were planning to make this and finally there was someone that actually did try to make it and she said she "frogged" six times and still it wasn't right. The videographer did then admit there was a glitch and those three stitches weren't mentioned  however that was 7 months ago and she never fixed it!!
 
Ginny, almost everyday it happens to me that I read the posts and then forget what I was going to say in response so you are not alone. And no I didn't make the cinnamon rolls because I remembered that I didn't have cream cheese for the frosting. They would be ok with just regular frosting but if we're going to eat them we want them to have the frosting that we like best

CJ, I'm with you on the spices on the tea loaf. I'll just use cinnamon too esp now that dh ordered some good cinnamon online. It came on Saturday and smells really good so I know it's going to be great in both the cinnamon rolls and the tea loaf. We don't care much for allspice and, in fact, when I was cleaning cupboards this morning I threw one container of allspice away since we rarely use it and it ended up being pretty old....real old in fact

Ginny, you should see all the emails I've received over this weekend for yarn deals!! Now they've all extended for another day but as much as I would love to order I'm not going to. You should see my stash. Still thank you for posting about the free shipping because you never know when I might need a certain one that's not in my gigantic stash. Thanks again.

My neighbor had bladder cancer and had to have her bladder removed. Then she developed cancer on her nose and had to have part of her nose removed. I don't know any of the details such as any metastasis but she just decided that she'd had enough.All this happened within the last year.She also is in the at risk for covid age group being about 70. I think that her son is ok when he's taking his meds and staying away from drugs so we'll hope he continues. I only met him after I bought his truck...which was from a Ford dealer....and spoke to him twice and both times he seemed very nice and "normal" but I know his mom had to call the police a couple times to have him removed from her home. It's sad. I don't think he visits her in hospice because his truck is always still in her drivewayI think he's in his 50's.

Good evening all!
Not sure how proboards counts the number of visitors. I am sure the moderators visit regularly to make sure that everything is civilized and calm. I know one of and perhaps the main reason that Weight Watchers dropped the boards was because there were some rude and abusive individuals there who really should have been silenced. Unfortunately one of them kept recreating herself (new screen names) so that each time she was thrown off she came back with another identity. WW wanted no part of that kind of problem….and while I think the boards were a fun place to be and I made some great friends there, I suppose that it was a business decision that it was easier just to drop the boards. I do remember hearing that the one really obnoxious person did gravitate here- but I stay away from those type threads now and hope that those unsavory individuals just leave me alone.

CJ-I really like that bunny hill design fabric line. the medium blues are so pretty and I do love the accent brown colors. An absolutely favorite afghan that my mom made for me, is brown and blue….with some yellow accents. Anyway, I would love to see what quilt pattern you make with this fabric line. Bet you will have fun making it as its so pretty. When I did the BOM- they basically gave us all our fabrics and introduced each new style block each month.I admit that deciding which fabrics (with a fairly large range of colors) was quite an effort. It was interesting to see what color selections Jane and I both made…..some months our color choices were very similar and some months extremely different. I think with quilting the more practice you get at putting colors together the easier it gets and sometimes a quirky color combination really adds interest.

Well, Ruth then I am not an enabler,,,,seems as though everyone is offering good shipping rates and sales. Ha ha ha.I am so sorry to learn of your neighbors deteriorating health and the many issues she has. Hope that in losing his mother he remains stable and is not a problem for you and your neighborhood. Did you ever get your crochet project (and the awful video) straightened out??

Long day….just am glad to have an easy day tomorrow. Think its time to work on an ornament.
Ginny

See Ruth? I am not an enabler, just am trying to help out and help you find a bargain! For some reason I do remember the craft companies running big sales in January..guess they figure those of us in states with snow are stuck inside and would rather play with yarn. Of course having a nice new hat, scarf, sweater…..is a nice thing and something you would not want during a hot summer day. Hopefully they run a site wide sale and you can get that afghan kit if you really decide to make it. its a lovely Afghan for sure.

Yes, I am sure that WW figured out the individuals IP address of the person who was so abusive to not only me but others. Wonder if you and I are talking about the same person? But I do not remember her name (nor do I want to!). I do believe that another member here would probably remember her name, as he had several run ins with her too. He also came to my defense (which I appreciated but did not need) on the WW board. This person was just unnecessarily nasty- I never did anything to her, but held a difference in opinion than she did. She had a heart full of hate, so very sad. Anyway, I am thankful that the moderators here keep this a pleasant place to be.

Saw a FB post of my former WW leader (who moved south) she looks amazing (I figure she is in her early to mid 60’s). Guess she should serve as an inspiration to me as she has successfully kept her weight off for at least 20 years. She moved to Florida about 10 years ago…. I will say WW has that connect option- which I just do not find as much fun or practical as being on a daily thread tlike this. Thanks to the moderators for giving us this option.

BBL

Hello my dear crafting friends!

Ginny, I think the hardest part of weight loss is maintaining once you get the weight off. I know I've been up and down many, many times. This time it's been three years and this time I intend to keep it off forever. So, anyway,, congrats to your former ww leader on her 20 years. On a thread I used to post on there was a woman who worked for WW who also has kept weight off for about 20 years I think she said.

CJ, congratulations on getting those blocks completed. Sometimes it's hard to stick to a thing like a QAL or CAL but you've done it so many times in just this year. 

I did a little crocheting this morning then when dh woke up went shopping. Of course then we had to put all that away and it involved putting meats into smaller packages for the freezer. Then, because my microwave bit the dust dh went out to the garage and found one of our older ones and brought it in so I cleaned it and got it set up where the broken one sat. From time to time it arced but I found that if I put a cup of water in with whatever I had in there it wouldn't arc. Now, though, that doesn't work either so it's back to the older one which I put out in the garage only because it was so large and I had bought this smaller one.Then I had to go through all the mail we picked up at the mailbox. most of course was junk mail. Now I'm ready to sit and crochet.