On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:23:12 +0000 faerieem{at}att.net writes:
> Barb wrote,
> > (and why aren't you honeymooning or something?)
> 
> We're going on the fourth.  To Thailand for the month of July!  

coolness!
Frankly, I think waiting a bit is a GOOD thing.
Lets you detox from the stress of the nupitals, and you enjoy yourself
better.
[Having done it both ways, myself, due to an enormous Tax Refund Russ got
the April after the February we were wed.]

> Brett has a 
> class to finish first & I have to be in another wedding.

And you can feel all Matronly, eh?
=g=

> > > through the Good Things section, musing over how best to festoon 
> his 
> > > galoshes 
> > > with crystals to make every rainy day brighter.  
> > and to cause that disco effect in the tunnel....
> 
> exactly!

While the Gaucho look (crusted with silver conchos) still works he-ah in
Texas; I don't see it in the Tunnel environment.
I don't see it in Martha's mag, either -- though she DID do a spot on
Tuscon, I think it was.

> > > Better to have two subscriptions, n'est-ce pas?
> > And here I thought it was so I could have Martha in every 
> room....
> 
> Martha for the toilet,  martha by the stove....

Martha in the living room
        Martha by the droves....

(sorry, it was there -- there's this poetic Muse that came in with that
lamb of Mary's, and she's sticking around it seems)

> > > emily, it's a Good Thing, insouciant grunion (who is trading her 
> MSL 
> > > in for   Real Simple next renewal time)
> > They look like they come from the same editorial office.
> > But I've not actually perused an issue of RS 'save a glance on the 
> rack.
> > How's its art department?
> 
> I think it's a very smartly produced magazine.  Nice feeling pages, 
> information   that is handier for those of us who aren't on a Martha
Budget.  It 

What, not racing out to have a tree peony drop-shipped from Japan?
=g=

> certainly 
> isn't quite as pretty as Martha, but I think it is well done.  The 
> layout is   crisp & tidy.

It owes a LOT to MSL.
If not by the same design firm, then they were certainly looking at
Martha when they set their design (at least the covers).

> > But then, truth be known, I *LIKE* MSL enough to archive the 
> issues
> > _entire_ (rather than tearing out the key bits).
> 
> sick-o!  

A creature of myriad appetite....

> I only tear out bits.  and then file them.  and forget 
> about them.  

well, sure....

> Although my favourite Company Recipe is from her best of cookbook.   
> And I just 
> used a new one from the pull-out cards the other day.  Red peppers.  
> yum!
> 
> > Every issue filled with sticky note page markers, tygress
> 
> wow.  and I thought I was sick just clipping & filing!!

that's 'zines like Better Homes & Gardens....

> emily, stickynotes, paperclips, and file drawers, oh my!, insouciant 
> grunion

And THEN the plan is to do an Excel spreadsheet index.....
bwahahahahaha!!!
[Don't worry, Hell's freezers are still on back order.] tygress

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