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[salsabike]

Sure!

What made me brave was learning to weave seven years ago, and then taking a color class from a really wonderful tapestry weaver. I learned a whole bunch about how colors work and not to be afraid of them. I had a weaver friend whose living room had mostly black and white art, and here's how her walls were painted: one was a warm apricot, one was a deep green teal, and one was an eggplant purple (the fourth wall was mostly windows and I don't remember its color). It was GORGEOUS. If I hadn't been exposed to all this color stuff through weaving, I'd still be happily painting my walls white (nothing wrong with that, either). Anyway, it's truly fun.

[KnottedYet]

I'm glad Knot's staying...ahem...warm and safe down SF way!

Oh, yeah.... safe and very very warm.

Of course, the *weather* has been chilly and rainy so far. I think all that "sunny California" stuff is just a marketing ploy.

I will endevour to edit myself now-a-days BEFORE I submit the post, now that I know the black market system. Hah!

Lise - We love the picture!

(I'm very CAREFULLY refraining from commenting on greased cones and packed hubs.) (ahem) (Trek is laughing herself silly at what I had typed 3 sentences back. I edited it out already so NONE OF YOU know what it was!!!!! BWAHAHAHAAAAAA!)

[kelownagirl]

Rats, I should have just posted the edited comment and not told you how got it.

Lise - You and J look wonderful! You look so happy and he's a sweetie, I can tell!

[Xrayted]

So since Knot is going to start editing BEFORE posting, I say we make up our own stories.

Bmo3 - My face hurts from smiling so much today. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. What a spectacular way to spend the weekend. My, oh my, the pics we're gonna have to post.

Kit - WOOHOO!!!

[Xrayted]

Lise - what a great pic. And what a handsome guy! hubba, hubba

Snap - with BMo3's assistance over the phone, I got your package out tonight. Should be there in 2 days. Enjoy. (you have no idea the juggling I did in the post office talking and posting...)

Also managed to send out my Xmas cards to all of my swap sisters with one exception. Nope BMo3, I'm still sending it after the w/e. Sorry, your just gonna have to wait.

Salsa - great colors! Hope the storm isn't as bad as all that.

To those who asked for the Buds... they will be sent tomorrow. I hope you enjoy. I'm including a mixture of milk and dark chocolate ones. I recommend you pop one of each at the same time for the best flavor.

[kelownagirl]

@#&^%^&$(*&@# My oldest daughter is causing me such grief right now. The same one I complained about a month or so ago.

[maillotpois]

I simply cannot keep up with TD these days..... but... when I finally do log on what do I see but the wonderful picture of Lise and J!!! AWWWWW! That is fantastic!!

And BMo3 is typing, seemingly quite well, so that's good, too.

[Nanci]

MP!!!!! What is this dessert wine of which you speak?

NAnci

[Duck on Wheels]

LISE IS A CUTE LITTLE THING!!!! I KNEW IT!!

Oh yes! Much prettier than I'd imagined. I was just working from the average of folks around me in Wisconsin, I guess. Some nice-looking folks there too, but most of them not in Lise's league.

[Lise]

MP!!! I'm just so glad to see you back at TD! And glad that our smiling faces were there to greet you. How're you doing? Have you been back to see the doc? Is the PP getting excited about Christmas? Full update, please!

I am feeling so much better this morning, I can hardly believe it. My throat does not hurt at all. My neck is still sore and stiff from the swollen lymph nodes, but other than that, I feel pretty normal. (I mean, y'know, physically ) I must've woken up 5 times in the night to drink water, and three times to pee. Very, very thirsty. Think I was a leetle dry from 48 hrs of "my throat's so sore I can barely swallow my own spit"? Penicillin is a miracle drug.

So, I'm headed into work today at the city clinic. Completely unpredictable. I'm taking my water bottle and plenty of snacks. Have a good day, TD.

[Lise]

Oh yes! Much prettier than I'd imagined. I was just working from the average of folks around me in Wisconsin, I guess. Some nice-looking folks there too, but most of them not in Lise's league.

HA! You totally crack me up! Thanks for the lovely compliments, all. I'm going to have to take a follow-up picture and see if my head is actually measureably bigger after all this praise.

And now, for the benefit of those who didn't see this before, this is what I looked like in the summer of 2000. I had just turned 40, was barely out of an abusive relationship, was on several meds for chronic pelvic pain, hadn't ridden a bike in years, and could barely walk some days, much less run. These days, no meds, hardly any pain, 8 triathlons, a marathon, two half-marathons, a metric century, and many 5 & 8k races under my belt, wonderful friends and a loving man in my life. I could never have seen these changes, back then. I did a lot of work to get here, and got a lot of help.

[Lise]

@#&^%^&$(*&@# My oldest daughter is causing me such grief right now. The same one I complained about a month or so ago.

Hope things are better today. (((KG)))

[DebW]

Did you folks in Seattle survive the storm? Any damage? Max wind speed? Min pressure?

Good to hear that Lise is feeling better. I'm finally over a cold and rode to work today.

[spokewench]

Mimi: I hope you are weathering the storm - it sounds like a doozey! You've got to get the recipe for the Almond paste pignoli cookies - I love, love, love pine nuts!

Lise: That is a wonderful picture - everyone looks so happy. I saw the older picture too. Wow, what a difference being happy can make! I'm glad your life is much better now

BMO3: You shouldn't put Ohio down so much. It is a very pretty place in its own way. I lived in Cincinnati most of my growing up life i.e. young to highschool.

Salsa: The colors are great! I don't have the courage to paint the walls like that. I got adventuresome and painted some linen color, green and burgandy in my house this year. But that was as far as I could go. Pretty staid.

Hubby just got the tile floor laid in the master bathroom. It is SOOOOO gorgeous. The vanity top probably won't be here for another week or two. Bummer! Got a new toilet for the other bathroom and have to go to Phoenix to get the new toilet for the MB bath. Whenever you are doing remodeling, you always find something that is not standard! Standard bathrooms have 12 inches of clearance between the wall and the sewer pipe; ours had 11? Can you believe it! So, I found a toilet that is trick (lots less water use), but they wanted $500 some dollars for it in Flag and I can get it for 1/2 that in Phoenix so I will have to pick it up on my way to Tucson for Christmas.

[Nanci]

Lise- for future reference- (I wish I would have thought of this sooner!!!)

Pineapple juice has something in it that is really, really soothing for sore throats- some enzyme or something.

And gargling with apple cider vinegar is very soothing, too.