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amandasgramma 08-19-2010 11:26 AM

Ladies & Gents-- I've decided I'm the luckiest person alive! I recently bought a mid-arm from a friend. They'd upgraded to a Longarm. WELL, they've NOW decided they want to go in their MH to YUMA for the next 2 yrs or so...AND they want me to be "foster parent" to their LONGARM!!! YAYYYYY It's a Pfaff Grandquilter 18......with the QBOT!!!!! Am I lucky or WHAT!!!!!! I'll get it next week. Meanwhile, i have to clean out the shop where the other quilting machine is located and do some wall "widening"..It'll be easy. I'm so stoked, I haven't slept since I found out!

Butterflyblue 08-19-2010 11:27 AM

Oh wow! Lucky, lucky you. I wish I had such friends.

Mariposa 08-19-2010 11:32 AM

Congrats! Hope you get to try it out on lotsa quilts! You'd best get busy! :)

MinnieKat 08-19-2010 11:39 AM

Wow! Lucky you! Watch out though, you might not want to give it back! :)

mygirl66 08-19-2010 11:40 AM

I think that is too much for you to do, send it to me for awhile! HEHEHE!

amma 08-19-2010 12:02 PM

WOW!!! What a great deal for you :D:D:D

BellaBoo 08-19-2010 12:22 PM

That's really something special! Have fun!

DebraK 08-19-2010 12:25 PM

Well, the "eat your heart out" comment wasn't very nice ;-) but I hope you enjoy your baby sitting chores.

janRN 08-19-2010 02:03 PM

Lucky you!! The last thing I "fostered" was a 14 year old golden retriever that drooled and was incontinent. (But he was cute!)

nursie76 08-19-2010 02:08 PM

Chomp, chomp, chomp....I'm eating my heart out!!!!!!

Seriously though, congrats!!!

Jim's Gem 08-19-2010 03:13 PM

How cool!!! I'd babysit a longarm for someone if they wanted me to!!!!

littlehud 08-19-2010 06:14 PM

Wow, you have wonderful friends. Have fun babysitting. :-D

pocoellie 08-19-2010 06:26 PM

Wow!!! Can I come play at your house? I'm just a few hours away. LOL

natalieg 08-19-2010 06:27 PM

Awesome!!!!

CarrieAnne 08-19-2010 06:30 PM

YOU ARE lucky ! WOW!

amandasgramma 08-19-2010 08:43 PM


Originally Posted by pocoellie
Wow!!! Can I come play at your house? I'm just a few hours away. LOL

but, but...you're in HIDING!!! And yes...come on over!!!!

:mrgreen:

rrowe 08-19-2010 08:49 PM

What wonderful friends. You ARE lucky.

annette1952 08-19-2010 08:49 PM

Wow! That is great! What are you going to do when they come home & want it back! LOL Well have fun in the meantime!

OneMoreQuilt 08-19-2010 08:55 PM

I love a happy story. Enjoy.

PurplePassion 08-21-2010 04:58 AM

I'll babysit your other one. You are so lucky.

AliKat 08-21-2010 10:35 AM

Whoa there pardnder. That is great for you.

Being from Arizona i really can't imagine anyone wanting to live there in the summer. One of my classmates was from Yuma and liked to wear her T-shirt that had on it:
I don't need to go to Hell ...
I 've been in Yuma!

Too true. Don't be surprised if they decide to go back up North for the summers.

That's why when they needed help down in Yuma I volunteered to go all throughout the nice winter months. I took my sewing machine and quilted ... [also met some movie actors, like the Rock.] I had fun. Everyone else stayed up in Phoenix but they had to rotate throught Yuma in the summer months. tee hee.

ali

knlsmith 08-21-2010 10:43 AM

Seriously! So what are the lottery numbers for this week? You seem to be so lucky, maybe you should share it! LOL

grammy Dwynn 08-21-2010 10:49 AM


Originally Posted by amandasgramma

Originally Posted by pocoellie
Wow!!! Can I come play at your house? I'm just a few hours away. LOL

but, but...you're in HIDING!!! And yes...come on over!!!!

:mrgreen:

amandasgramma ~ I'm not in hiding AND I'm just a couple hours away :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Mary M 08-21-2010 11:33 AM

Now I know where to send my quilts to have them quilted.:)

penski 08-21-2010 03:34 PM

wow that is great have fun with it

wanderingcreek 08-21-2010 05:27 PM

Wow are you ever lucky. I could always send my stacks of fished tops to you so that both the machines don't get lazy from a lack of work!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations

wanderingcreek 08-21-2010 05:28 PM

That should have read my stacks of finished tops ( I don't know what happened to my spelling today)

Ramona Byrd 08-21-2010 05:54 PM

Being from Arizona i really can't imagine anyone wanting to live there in the summer. One of my classmates was from Yuma and liked to wear her T-shirt that had on it:
I don't need to go to Hell ...
I 've been in Yuma!
--------------------------------------------------------
I can relate to that. In the late 40s we stopped in Yuma for two or three years of hellish Dragon's Breath heat, and after the cool green of West Virginia it was a total turn off. Felt like someone was always reading over my shoulder, no trees to hide behind.
No cool summer rain. They even had contests with another town to see which one could fry an egg on a sunlit stretch of cement sidewalk.

JudyBsquared 08-21-2010 05:59 PM

Do you know where they stay in Yuma? We're there in the winter also.

LAQUITA 08-21-2010 06:01 PM

WOW, talk about some kind of foster parenting deal you got! coNGATULATIONS!

Annz 08-21-2010 06:07 PM

Wow!!! Were you born under a lucky star or what?? Congratulations.

Dee 08-21-2010 06:08 PM

That is so cool!

craftybear 08-21-2010 06:09 PM

awesome you will have so much fun!

JudithAnn 08-21-2010 09:41 PM

Wow! How fun is that!!!

lance1quilts22 08-22-2010 07:15 AM

:thumbup: WOW what fun

Stitchnripper 08-22-2010 07:17 AM

What fun! Enjoy!

Miss Patsy Jane 08-22-2010 07:34 AM

I'd baby sit a longarm, too. I'd have to learn to use it first, though!

And I'm proud of your kids too!!!! I'll bet your heart is "bustin' open" at the safe return of your dear one.


Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
How cool!!! I'd babysit a longarm for someone if they wanted me to!!!!


amandasgramma 08-22-2010 07:46 AM


Originally Posted by AliKat
Whoa there pardnder. That is great for you.

Being from Arizona i really can't imagine anyone wanting to live there in the summer. One of my classmates was from Yuma and liked to wear her T-shirt that had on it:
I don't need to go to Hell ...
I 've been in Yuma!

Too true. Don't be surprised if they decide to go back up North for the summers.

That's why when they needed help down in Yuma I volunteered to go all throughout the nice winter months. I took my sewing machine and quilted ... [also met some movie actors, like the Rock.] I had fun. Everyone else stayed up in Phoenix but they had to rotate throught Yuma in the summer months. tee hee.

ali

They're going to live in their RV for a few years. They'll come back up north in the summer. Yes, I can imagine it's brutal there in the summer!!! The way they figure it....8 months in Yuma area and 4 months up north. They sold their home, so I KNOW they won't want it until they buy a place. And even then, it may be a Park model...hoping for an Arizona room attachment.

amandasgramma 08-22-2010 07:47 AM

Regarding the other replies....I MAY be open for quilting jobs....but let's see how well I do!!!! :thumbup:

Yarn or Fabric 08-22-2010 08:02 AM

Awesome! That is a great thing to fall in to - you are going to have a blast!


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