> Besides, all that sausage isn't supposed to be good for us,
 > but it sure makes good pizza!    We loved ours!  That
 > grapefruit, though, I cannot stand.  
    Ruby Red?  Sometimes they're sweeter than oranges, but the skin makes 
them bitter.  I peel the covering from each slice and Jesse loves them.
 > I was thinking of you and your sockees when I saw a pattern
 > for a doll made out of a lace-edged sock.  The lace edging
 > was the bonnet edge and it was stuffed with fiberfill.  It
 > was so cute!  Neat baby shower gift decoration, I thought!
    I would really be interested in seeing that, or seeing a pattern.  Is it 
something I could purchase around here, or by mail?
 > No, they always think newcomers don't understand.  Besides,
 > they are probably thinking themselves very exclusive, or
 > something of that nature.
    Sort of.  The "second" instructor is *excellent*!  She is very sensitive 
to nuances in the music.  When she gets the band to play classics, I could 
almost cry from the beauty.   Then, the "head" instructor comes along with 
his piece and the brass instruments overblow, the drums just pound along, and 
it's like he has no feel for wind instruments at all.  He also conducts the 
jazz band, and they are *supposedly* wonderful, but I can't stand to be in 
the same room with them - TOO overblown.
    And, I've been told that this man yells at the kids for no reason, 
removes them from playing in class if their *posture* isn't correct, and 
more.  He is also *very* preferential in his treatment of individual kids 
*and* specific bands -  you can tell who he likes or doesn't like by watching 
him.  My son, who has seriously considered a career in performing arts, is 
now seriously thinking of dropping band - so *that's* why this school of over 
2000 has a band that's smaller than his old school of 200, and smaller than 
his Omaha school of 1500 (by far).
 > I have to get busy and make myself some summer nightwear.
 > It gets too hot here for nightshirts, and all my nighties
 > have disintegrated in the washer.  It's not a desire now,
 > it's a definite need, and I have a very simple pattern to
 > use now so I'm going to sew, sew, sew!  Maybe I'll make a
 > couple muslin ones for the very warm nights first.  And if
 > I make mistakes, no one will see them except Tom and me,
 > and he's not going to care.    Just me, especially if I
 > sew the armholes closed or something!  hehehe!
    What style of nightwear do you prefer that's cooler than a nightshirt? 
Middies and briefs?  I get too warm in nightshirts, too, but could not stand 
anything constricting for sleep.
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