October 22, 2010
The Avid Embroiderer
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Most Help Desk people will remind you to do certain steps, depending on your computer, to help speed up your PC. Vista does the Defrag and Check Disk in the background, so you can do those if you like, but it is not likely to make any difference in start-up speed.
It is a fact that getting ri...
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October 8, 2010
The Avid Embroiderer
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If you have not yet tried Skype, you are missing one of the finest features the Internet has to offer.
Most people know that you can call users worldwide if they have the correct equipment for free. But did you know that:
You can send files
Send Instant Messages (IM)
Create a conference...
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August 27, 2010
db1921
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I went to have lunch with my granddaughter this week. It was fun but one thing that amazed me was how many lunch boxes looked just alike. And they were all jumbled together in huge tubs so it took the kids some time to find the one that belonged to them. So, this week we made In-th...
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July 23, 2010
db1921
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It has been a busy couple of weeks. Our youngest has a baby girl now overdue. But for several weeks she was put on bed rest - mostly due to extreme swelling. So the rest of the family shared taking care of the other two (five years and two years old). We kept them at our hous...
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June 4, 2010
db1921
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Summer is here to stay I think. The vegetable garden that I planted in April has started to produce... I have little green tomatoes on each and every plant. We will soon be able to pick the first zucchini and I think there will be lots more coming on! I have cucumbers that wi...
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March 26, 2010
db1921
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I am convinced that clutter multiplies all by itself. I have been trying to clean closets and drawers and am amazed at the number of bags we have to give to the local charity. Not to mention how many times I have filled the recycle and trash bins with stuff that someone "just had to...
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March 5, 2010
db1921
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Girls, girls and more girls. Although I have five brothers we have not followed that tradition. We have two girls, two granddaughters and now another on the way. Personally, I think this is great! After growing up with all those little brothers I have always loved little girl...
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February 12, 2010
db1921
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Our daughter's car broke down in the snow this week. Michael was not available so she called m
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January 22, 2010
db1921
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I have been dog sitting a five month old puppy for the last 2 weeks. Sage is pretty good, but she is definitely all puppy. And Big! Ok, I admit I am used to small dogs - Papillons, which are usually 7-10 pounds. So, when this pretty Brittany Spaniel jumped in my lap right b...
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January 8, 2010
db1921
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We are looking forward to another grandchild and I have vowed not to be scrambling when it arrives to be finishing things up. Only time will tell but our grandaughter and I have been working on a soft book for her new brother or sister. We will show it to you when we ...
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December 18, 2009
britonleap
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About 3 years ago I was sitting on my porch looking out across the Puget Sound. John Deer (Adorable Ideas) and his family were visiting with us and we were just enjoying the view of the water and relaxing. It occurred to me to ask him, "If you could ask for any embroidery software feature that ...
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December 4, 2009
db1921
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By now everyone knows that at our house we have been slowly going green. It not only helps the
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September 25, 2009
db1921
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Being the "Meesy" to two beautiful granddaughters I am always on the lookout for cute things that I can make for them or with them. They are very girly girls and love fancy ribbons, barrettes and bows. Last weekend I went on a getaway with a friend and we browsed through shops ...
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August 28, 2009
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This was not the original project that I planned for this week but was inspired out of necessity. I am forever trying to do more than one thing at a time and this morning was no exception. I was going along answering emails, downloading some items that I needed and eating break...
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Well, it's August and the "Dog Days of Summer" have finally arrived here. That means it is hot, hot, hot and when the temps get up around 100 degrees it is time to let the garden go and sew. I am done putting up corn, beans, berries and peaches. I do not wish to see a...
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July 3, 2009
db1921
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If you are like
me, you subscribe to more than one embroidery and quilting magazine and scour
them all front to back when you finally get the chance. Sometimes I'm inspired
by the projects in the magazines but many times I'm overwhelmed. And any time
that I sit down to sew I'm likely...
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April 10, 2009
db1921
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The sun shone on us all in Orlando and we had a great time at the second annual Annthegran Community Circle gathering. We met up with old friends and made some new ones too. For two days we learned lots, laughed lots and ate lots.
Mary Mulari and Rita Farro kept everyone in stitches as ...
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When I first looked at Ken Parson’s Compositions, I was confused by it, not because it was difficult
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July 31, 2008
annthegran
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I’m not going to dwell on the fabulous lunch that we Central Florida machine embroiderers enjoyed a week and a half ago. Well, I MAY dwell on it, because it WAS fabulous. First of all, there were 24 of us, including four husbands, two of whom are into machine embroidery. You can find lots of p...
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July 25, 2008
db1921
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Can you believe that July is almost over? We have the strangest weather here this year. One day it’s about 100 degrees and the next it barely gets into the 70s. The month has breezed by filled with gardening (my tomato plants are all dying and I don’t know why), g...
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July 10, 2008
db1921
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Now, what is all this about green paper? This was my initial thought when I first heard the term KIWI paper. Oh, its paper and you can supposedly embroider on it. We've all done that before but it is so hard to find really fun designs that don’t ruin the pa...
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June 19, 2008
db1921
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Hello, all ME blog readers. I got to know many of you at this year’s Community Circle in Orlando. If you were there and don't remember me, there's a picture of me on our About Us page. I also post from time to time in the forums under my username db1921 and I created the cof...
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