As Julia Sidebottom communicated to Wendy Apgar's starship:
 JS> As always it is good to hear from you... When times are 
 JS> tough it takes a lot of courage and perservence to focus on 
 JS> anything that can be pleasurable like our stamping!
 
 I often find that what I need emotionally does't help
 much physically. Sometimes that means that I do rubber
 stamping beyond the point of being in too much pain.
 But it does help to deal with the emotional since it is
 something I really enjoy.
 A friend told me yesterday that she saw an e-mail that
 was talking about embossing powders being bad for your
 health, but she looked at it the way I did...it's not
 like we emboss for 8 hours at a time or work in a
 room without ventilation. Besides, if it was going to
 bother me it would have long before now!
 JS> I have been stamping away as well as making 86 quilt 
 JS> blocks... I mailed out 50 the other day and should have 
 JS> another 36 ready today to mail...  mail of course>...
 
 That is a lot of quilt blocks. Do they take you much
 time to do?
 JS> Right now I am working on some cards that combine both 
 JS> RS'ing and Pergamano. I am having a whale of a time.
 JS> I also have had a group of stamps made up here just 
 JS> recently and just finished mounting over 100 stamps.... now 
 JS> I am just going to put them to use...  
 
 I haven't learned much about Pergamano. I have heard it
 talked about, but I didn't feel like learning anything
 more at the time.
 
 Mounting 100 stamps must have taken you some time. But
 just think of all the fun you are going to have using
 them!  I find I'm a little envious.  :-)
 JS> I will also be thinking about just what stamps and 
 JS> supplies I will need to put in a carrying kit for going to 
 JS> the hospital... the kit I used before has been emptied and 
 JS> I need to get organized again...  emergency>.  I also will be being scheduled for surgery on 
 JS> my knee in the   near future as soon as I am stable enough 
 JS> to handle the anaistesia .
 
 I can understand how you feel. What kinds of problems do
 you have with anesthesia?  I know that I would much
 rather have a local any day than a general. I have
 major panic attacks at the thought of surgery without
 a local. But there are surgeries when there is no other
 choice. It is those times I definitely need a sedative!
 Otherwise I don't take them (except in low doses for
 my panic attacks now). Other than that I usually end
 up throwing up afterwards.  I hope I don't have to have
 surgery on my foot any time soon. I know that I'm going
 to have to have it inevitably, but I want to put it
 off as long as possible.
 When I was in the hospital for 2 weeks in March, I didn't
 have any energy to do much of anything. Usually I am
 someone that is always doing something. I cannot just
 sit and watch a tv show...but in the hospital I couldn't
 even read anything.
 JS> I am also working on wedding invitations ... the bride
 JS> is  suppose to come by this afternoon so we can choose the 
 JS> embossing formula that she wants to use on her invitations 
 JS> as well as colors to be  used on the Bride and Groom that 
 JS> she choose to put on the front of her invitations... She is 
 JS> also considering having me do some pressure embossing 
 JS> around the edging... we will have to see on that one... the 
 JS> cost will be much more for my labor is she really decideds 
 JS> to go that route.
 
 I've not heard of pressure embossing. What is that?
 JS> I know that the cards you are making will sell well for you! Be
 JS> confident  and  good things will definitly be coming your way... 
 
 I'm looking at this positively. It will be a God-send when
 money starts coming in. And the embossing powders that I
 was gifted with will be so helpful!
 Wendy
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