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04-20-2016, 02:10 PM
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Just an fyi, blocks have been received from Billi, Jaba, Joanelizbay, Libster, Terriamn, Moonwork (GT) and Moonrise.
And GramE, that's one of the funniest and coolest stories I've ever heard.
And GramE, that's one of the funniest and coolest stories I've ever heard.
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04-20-2016, 02:54 PM
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04-20-2016, 03:31 PM
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Gram E what a story. I can just see your curtain blowing in the wind oops now it's your bathing suit and hopefully it's not blowing in the wind.
Oh oh how I detested cloth diapers and their strong odors. My youngest dd kept her kiddoes in cloth diapers but they never reeked like my kind dis. Wonder if it was a chemical reaction with the plastic pants they wore over the diapers
Kassandra that is the fanciest chicken I have ever seen. Do a lot of people have featherless chickens?
Oh oh how I detested cloth diapers and their strong odors. My youngest dd kept her kiddoes in cloth diapers but they never reeked like my kind dis. Wonder if it was a chemical reaction with the plastic pants they wore over the diapers
Kassandra that is the fanciest chicken I have ever seen. Do a lot of people have featherless chickens?
04-21-2016, 04:43 AM
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04-21-2016, 04:44 AM
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04-21-2016, 04:48 AM
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Ok, ladies, you can have a giggle at my expense. 1971, husband in the Air Force, 2 boys under 2 in cloth diapers & no washing machine (disposables hadn't been thought of yet) living 700 miles from home with few resources and even less money. Our apt had a window in the kitchen that was at least 45" square, probably bigger, with just a pull down roller shade. We were in NC, land of fabric outlets. Right next to the laundromat! And one within walking distance. We had no car. With both boys in tow I pawed through piles of fabric & found a white cotton with small flowers piece of fabric big enough to make a curtain for that humongous window. I was so proud, and happy I didn't have to pull that window shade down anymore. Happy.
A couple of weeks later, a family from the base invited us to go to the beach. Not just the beach, the OCEAN. I'm a Midwest girl, rivers & reservoirs were what I'd seen in my life. Not the ocean, but I didn't have a bathing suit. 2 babies in 22 months my body was not the same as it had been!
Ok, I can sew one. But the price of the pattern & elastic & lining didn't leave enough for fabric. Oh my, it didn't take long before I saw my bathing suit hanging in the kitchen window. Wasn't a difficult decision. I wore that suit the whole 2 1/2 years we were in NC. Don't remember ever making another curtain for that window. I still laugh when I think of making that curtain out of what would soon be my bathing suit!
A couple of weeks later, a family from the base invited us to go to the beach. Not just the beach, the OCEAN. I'm a Midwest girl, rivers & reservoirs were what I'd seen in my life. Not the ocean, but I didn't have a bathing suit. 2 babies in 22 months my body was not the same as it had been!
Ok, I can sew one. But the price of the pattern & elastic & lining didn't leave enough for fabric. Oh my, it didn't take long before I saw my bathing suit hanging in the kitchen window. Wasn't a difficult decision. I wore that suit the whole 2 1/2 years we were in NC. Don't remember ever making another curtain for that window. I still laugh when I think of making that curtain out of what would soon be my bathing suit!
GrammE I love your story I will never look at billowing curtains the same again I will always see a itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikini.
04-21-2016, 05:51 AM
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I hope you aren't scarred by that thought!
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