-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-26-19  23:14 <=-

 >  >  RH> quilt.  Made the quilt, but found the bird.
 >  > That sounds like a worthy (and fun) project...  :)
 >  RH> Got it finished and made a small nap pillow to go with - a 
 >  RH> lightning strike took out my modem and I was off line for
 >  RH> five days.  Eek.
 > So you had plenty of time to work on the sewing... ;)  But five 
 > days with no modem is long enough to trigger withdrawal pangs... 
 > I know... we've had that not that long ago ourselves, within the
 > last year anyway.... 
 > 
 RH> I got some done, for certain, but also spent a good chunk of time 
 RH> running around doing things remotely that I'd normally do from home.

Yeah, that does eat up time....

 >  RH> It's even worth hunting for those.  I do a "Maccabee
Swap" at 
 >  RH> Chanukkah too, but that one uses new items.
 > Ours can be new or used, whatever strikes one's fancy to wrap up 
 > and enter... some are gag items, some are nice ones... I've twice
 > ended up with a box of chocolates to bring home and share with
 > Richard... ;)

 RH> Those turn up.  I've rarely gotten anything good.

Last year's, my niece-grandaughter was dismayed to have chosen a box of
chocolates, and was begging people to "steal" it from her so that she
could try again... I took pity on her, and did, when it was my turn...
and ended up taking it home... For whatever reason, there were a LOT of
different chocolate offerings in that swap...  ;)

ttyl        neb

... We are born naked, wet and hungry.  Then things get worse.

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