Correction about Thursday Night

My Dear Little Stitchers,

I told you, in my previous listing, that I was going to go with my friend, Helen Grindley, to see "The Secret Life of Bees". Well, all of our plans changed.

Helen wanted to go to a relatively new restaurant in town, called Dough. It is a pizzeria, but the most expensive one I have ever been in. First of all, they had seating outside. It was cold with the wind blowing, so I did not want to sit outside. But they had those stand - up -tall heaters. I had first seen those at Octoberfest in Munich, back in the early 70s. We had to wait quite a while to get a table. They had people leaving, but clearing the tables off and getting them re-set-up was taking some time.

When we got to our table, it was smack dab right up next to the tables on either side, or so it seemed. Helen was disturbed by the close seating. I told her it was New York kind of seating. They don't have the wide open spaces in New York, and this guy was getting as many tables in as he could.

The average age in this place had to be mid 30s. And I was spoiling the curve... This is where all the young yuppies are hanging out, and on a Thursday night, there was quite a lot of them.

I found the food to be good, but Extremely Pricey. Helen got an order of bruschetta and I got a small house salad, and we shared them. Then we split a pizza with Fontina cheese, black olives and sausage (had to pay extra for the black olives and sausage). She had an Italian Creme Soda drink (strawberry), and I drank water. Then we did order dessert, and did not share. I have some chocolate gelato, and she had the biggest piece of tiramasu I had ever seen. We could have easily have split the dessert with no problem.

When all was said and done, and the check was brought.......sticker shock set in. With tax and tip, the bill was $62.00. And we SHARED everything except dessert. Helen was going on and on about how good it was, and how she would come back. Well, not with me. I can't afford that kind of dinner for PIZZA, no matter how good it is. For that cost, I can get a huge pizza from Rome's Pizza, and eat on it for days, with all kinds of toppings.

Then we went to the Palladium Movie Complex. Helen had thought that she had seen late showing listed. She had the wrong day of the week. The late shows are on the weekends. The only thing showing at that hour was Twilight. I knew nothing about this movie, except to say vaguely that it was about vampires. They had two theaters for the sneak preview. The parking lot was packed. We went in, and sat down, and waited an hour for the movie to start. Since I have never read the books, I did not know what to expect. Helen knows that I am not a fan of blood and gore. (Well, I don't mind a little of either, but not as the whole premise of the movie).

I enjoyed the movie. It was much more a romance than a vampire story. And what time did I get home??? 3 AM. Helen and I have done this before, but not always to such a good result. We went to see Cloverfield when it opened up, and I got seasick in the movies.

Anyway, I am sitting in my family room with an afghan and a cat on my lap, when I am not in here typing, and stitching pearls on my biscornu which I need to finish up. Gotta get back to the pearls.....

Hugs,
Marsha

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

My Dear Little Stitchers,

thanks to those of you who left me comments. I am thrilled to get them.

Today is one of those "funny" days in Texas where there is a cold front blowing in. The wind has picked up, my back hurts, and in general, the temp is going to drop. We have a saying here: "If you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes, and it will change". Of course, that is only in the winter, as it justs gets hot and stays hot in the summer, which lasts from March until November.
I exagerate only slightly.

I have been stitching away on my biscornus. I will have to wait until the first of the month to get the new memory card for my new camers. I got a great deal on the camera through QVC, but the memory card was not included. Oh well.

I have spent the afternoon at my diabetes doctor - Dr. Michelle Welch. My friend, Joyce Beauchamp, and I always try to get appointments on the same day at close to the same time. Joyce suffered concussion syndrom in an accident several years ago. She tends to get a little lost when driving. I can navigate anywhere. Did it through Luxemburg, Germany, France, Italy, and Austria. I lived in Germany way back in the day, as the kids say, when I was an Air Force wife. Haven't been that since '76.

After our appointments, we waited for the class that was going to be held. I am on the insulin pump. Joyce is not, but as an RN, she wanted to learn more about the pump. It was a great class, and then we came home.

I am waiting for my friend, Helen Grindley, to come get me so we can go eat Pizza, and go to see
"The Secret Life of Bees". I am not sure why Helen wanted to go to the 9 Pm showing, but Oh Well. I would have just sat at home and embroidered.......

Hope all of you are doing well. I am going to ask you to keep an eye out for something for me.
I would like to find some Jewish Biscornus. If you see any, please let me know.

Hugs,
Marsha

I'm BAAACK

My Dear Little Stitchers,

As you can tell from the history, I started this blog back in March of 07, and then did nothing on it. I have been encouraged by my e-friend, Olga, to come back to the blogging experience.

I have a new digital camera. Just need to get a memory card for it, and I will be publishing pictures of my projects as I work on them.

I have been working on Gay Ann Rogers' Mystery In A Corner. In shorthand, GAR = Gay Ann Rogers, and MIAC = Mystery In A Corner. I have a group that I started that has been working on the MIAC together. Some of us are through, and some of us haven't started, and then there is me..... I stopped because I could not count beyond two, and then had ragweed allergies. The project is sitting waiting for me to get back to it.

Lately, I have been working on biscornus for an exchange. I really love the looks of the different biscornus. I find that I am drawn to the more "romantic" looking of these designs. But the one that I am working on right now is very different. I will publish a picture after (1) I get the memory card, and (2) the receipients of the exchange get theirs.

I would love to hear from others. This blog will be a work in progress. I am just really learning how to do this. Any advice or criticism is welcome.

Hugs,
Marsha

Sunday, March 11, 2007

I have just created this blog. This will be my first attempt at something like this. I have been reading blogs for some time now, to get a feel for them.

I don't know about you, but I am already having a hard time with Daylight Savings. We "sprang forward" last night. It is a gloomy day today. Maybe we will get some much needed rain!!! We can hope. But there is no clue from looking at the sun as to what time it is.

I hope to post my progress with stitching as it develops. I have several pieces "in process".