WOOHOO!!! GOOD NEWS!!!!
01-31-2010, 03:51 PM
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Welcome to Virginia!! You'll miss the Hampton Quilt show this year though...
I love VA beach; wish I was closer than 2.5 hours~ I am just south of Richmond Va, and by the way there are a good number of awesome quilt stores around here!~~
I love VA beach; wish I was closer than 2.5 hours~ I am just south of Richmond Va, and by the way there are a good number of awesome quilt stores around here!~~
01-31-2010, 07:16 PM
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I probably should know this, but don't read the General Chit-Chat section much. I'm assuming you are in Hawaii? Oahu? Pearl Harbor area maybe?
We lived in Hawaii from end-July 1968 to end-May 1971. The first year for me was all about trying to breathe ... the lush growth of all things green and floral gave my allergies fits. That year we lived high on a hill (Aiea Heights) overlooking Pearl Harbor; I had no neighbors except one crackpot woman who talked non-stop, so there was never any need for me to respond (or even bother listening). It was a nightmare!
The next year we lived near Hickam AFB (right next to busy Dillingham Blvd. that goes into Honolulu) in a poorly made apartment complex, erected specifically to house USAF dependents. Most of the horrid women there spent their time gossiping about each other. It was a nightmare!
The 3rd year we lived in an old house on Hickam AFB, where all the neighbor women had day jobs except me; so essentially for 3 years, my only companions 5 days a week were my 2 small daughters and we did very well entertaining each other. For much of the first 2 years of her life, my youngest was chronically ill ... every time I took her to the base clinic she would see the same quack who said she was NOT sick. Finally her dad took her and insisted on seeing another, i.e, a real doctor and the child was then diagnosed as having severe anaemia and pneumonia in both lungs, whereupon she received proper medication and got well quickly.
And finally, we had a chance to extend our tour of duty there for 1 more year ... want to guess if we accepted????? Huh? Do ya?? Want to hear about the giant sized Samoans who lived right behind us on Aiea Heights and got drunk and violent regularly? If I could remember everything, I could write a book.
We lived in Hawaii from end-July 1968 to end-May 1971. The first year for me was all about trying to breathe ... the lush growth of all things green and floral gave my allergies fits. That year we lived high on a hill (Aiea Heights) overlooking Pearl Harbor; I had no neighbors except one crackpot woman who talked non-stop, so there was never any need for me to respond (or even bother listening). It was a nightmare!
The next year we lived near Hickam AFB (right next to busy Dillingham Blvd. that goes into Honolulu) in a poorly made apartment complex, erected specifically to house USAF dependents. Most of the horrid women there spent their time gossiping about each other. It was a nightmare!
The 3rd year we lived in an old house on Hickam AFB, where all the neighbor women had day jobs except me; so essentially for 3 years, my only companions 5 days a week were my 2 small daughters and we did very well entertaining each other. For much of the first 2 years of her life, my youngest was chronically ill ... every time I took her to the base clinic she would see the same quack who said she was NOT sick. Finally her dad took her and insisted on seeing another, i.e, a real doctor and the child was then diagnosed as having severe anaemia and pneumonia in both lungs, whereupon she received proper medication and got well quickly.
And finally, we had a chance to extend our tour of duty there for 1 more year ... want to guess if we accepted????? Huh? Do ya?? Want to hear about the giant sized Samoans who lived right behind us on Aiea Heights and got drunk and violent regularly? If I could remember everything, I could write a book.
01-31-2010, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by sandpat
Terri...you know I stay running and just don't have the time to check all the new threads everyday...I hate that, but its just life. Anyway....I eventually get caught up...but just remember that if you head anywhere close to W. TN...just yell out...the doormat will be rolled out for ya'!
01-31-2010, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by lfw045
Originally Posted by tlrnhi
Trunk show of quilts......hmmm.......i have a couple tops that aren't finished, but as to finished quilts...nope, they all get given away.
But, sure....you can come and have your own little trunk show. There'll be TONS of boxes for the sewing room that will need to be unpacked. Think you are up to the challenge?;)
But, sure....you can come and have your own little trunk show. There'll be TONS of boxes for the sewing room that will need to be unpacked. Think you are up to the challenge?;)
<going to hide my Asian Fabrics>
01-31-2010, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by weezie
I probably should know this, but don't read the General Chit-Chat section much. I'm assuming you are in Hawaii? Oahu? Pearl Harbor area maybe?
FINALLY getting back to the good ole US of A!!
02-01-2010, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by tlrnhi
Originally Posted by weezie
I probably should know this, but don't read the General Chit-Chat section much. I'm assuming you are in Hawaii? Oahu? Pearl Harbor area maybe?
FINALLY getting back to the good ole US of A!!
02-01-2010, 07:26 AM
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I'm thinking road trip- I'll stop and pick up my Central PA neighbors and we'll meander the back roads to VA and see Terri's new place and pick her up, and then to NC to Ninnie's (who will collect the NC group) and a trip to Mary Jo's.
We can use my UPS account to ship our goods home so we have plenty of room in the car.
We can use my UPS account to ship our goods home so we have plenty of room in the car.
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