Putting quilting on hold

Jan Dunaway wrote:
We have a neighbor that empties their pool into our backyard, runs their
entire guttering system to same spot and then refuses to lock their
fence into their pool because that just wouldn't be neighborly.... :-p I
have a 19 month old child.... I don't want her to drown or play in
stagnant water. Yes we have talked to them and tried the various legal
routes. Behind us we have a neighbor that has set up deer targets and
is shooting real arrows around. I called the police, no ordinance
against it. Until my dogs or child is hurt they won't address it. Like
I'm putting either out there. :-) I know some people wouldn't take
these as seriously as my husband and I do, but I kind of think a lot of
my child. Sad when we just moved in November. Thanks for the kind
thoughts!
Jan



Jan, I don't know what the disclosure laws are in your state, but in
California you would have to disclose these problems to any potential
buyer of the property. If you don't disclose the problems, you could be
sued. You should talk to your real esate agent.

lisae

There are disclosure laws in all states. But you can not be held
accountable for what is occurring on your neighbor's property,
especially when although annoying and unsafe, it is not illegal.

Jan

Would you really have to disclose either? Nothing has
yet happened with the targets. In CA there are definite
rules about drainage and such. If there isn't a law against
doing it there is nothing to disclose but her dislike. Vector
control would be the angle I would go to on the stagnant water.
Mosquitos a definite health problem. The rules about pools
(high desert of CA) is that large gate must be kept locked but
walk through gates have to have self closing latches but not
locked. Mine are all padlocked all the time though. I complain
about all our codes in this state but many are there to protect us.
Problems with bad neighbors is they can be everywhere. Keeping
your family safe a definite top priority.
Taria

Lisa Ellis wrote:



Jan, I don't know what the disclosure laws are in your state, but in
California you would have to disclose these problems to any potential
buyer of the property. If you don't disclose the problems, you could be
sued. You should talk to your real esate agent.

lisae

I know exactly what your talking about. lol DH calls me and tells EVERYONE
that I am a "professional hobby hopper" and will beg them not to show me
anything new that I might "hop" on. hehe I stick with quilting no matter
what though. There for a while, I was hooked on the daytime shows like
Christopher Lowell and you know the rest of them. When DH would come in from
work every evening, I'd be working on something different or telling him
about something new I wanted to try. lol
Shelly

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I'm a "serial" hobbyist. I quilt for a few months, stamp for a few, scrap
for
a few, bead for a few...etc. I never get tired of anything, I just get
"inspired" by something else!!

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized
LC in Sunny So Cal
Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)



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Awwww......hugs, it won't always be this way. You'll be able to think of
Mom and knit one day, and only think of her without the pain. The pain will
mellow with time and you will enjoy your knitting again. ;o) I know what you
are saying, I think of my grandmother when quilting and the tears come.
Sometimes, when quilting, I think of her and a big grin appears, sometimes
it's both. ;o) It does mellow with time though.
Shelly
"the black rose" wrote in message
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Joy Quilts wrote:

I was reading Medium Gnome's thread on her Dear Jane blocks and the
topic of
putting quilting on hold came up. Which brings me to ask you all...have
you
ever put your quilting on hold? Why? Did you store your fabrics and
quilting goodies or get rid of them? How long was it until you got back
to
quilting?

For me it's knitting. I'm a master knitter, but I did so much knitting
by my mother's bedside when she was dying of breast cancer that no
matter what I do, when I knit, my head fills with images of Mom, no
matter how hard I try to distract myself from it. I last a few weeks,
and then I have to put all the knitting down before I start walking
around in a permanent state of the sniffles.

My stash is safe though. :-)

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proud to be owned by a yorkie



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"Jan Dunaway" wrote in message
nk.net...
Just need to wait until she's
past that "no" means "I dare ya to" phase. :-))

Oh, don't wait *that* long -- I think I was in that phase until I was about
17, myself! ROFLOL

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remove the obvious to reply

When will that be?


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"Jan Dunaway" wrote in message
nk.net...
Thanks Wendy!! That's a wonderful idea!! She already has "borrowed"
her father's I Spy quilt! :-) I love the design board idea!! And I
have an old machine reserved for her. Just need to wait until she's
past that "no" means "I dare ya to" phase. :-))

Jan

Where do you work?

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a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér
all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts!
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"Joy Quilts" wrote in message
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That's got to be me, too! Right now it's scrapbooking...um...at work
because there's nothing to do (serious!). I finished 10 pages last night.
NO JOKE.

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Black Rose's reason for putting her knitting away is sad. Mine seems so
inconsequential in contrast. I learned to knit as an adult and plunged in
over my head with instruction from Elizabeth Zimmerman and Barbara Walker.
Using wool or mohair only, I made sweaters for DS in 2-color designs. DH
got sweaters with his initials on the left sleeve in charted closed cables.
I was in the middle of a fisherman sweater for myself with intertwined
cabled tree designs (from BW's Charted Knitting Designs book) when we moved
to Corpus Christi. Acrylic or cotton didn't have the fight "feel" on my
needles, or the beautiful look when finished. Silk was beautiful, but
beyond my budget.
Corpus Christi is on the tropical coast of the US. Tropical means hot and
muggy. Fibers stuck to my sweaty hands, no longer gliding over my fingers.
The finished parts of sweaters made my lap too hot for comfort. I put my
knitting away, and haven't taken it up again. When we move (soon, dear
God!), if we move to a cooler clime, I will pull out my knitting needles and
take it up once more.

Nell in Austin
"the black rose" wrote in message
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Joy Quilts wrote:

I was reading Medium Gnome's thread on her Dear Jane blocks and the
topic of
putting quilting on hold came up. Which brings me to ask you all...have
you
ever put your quilting on hold? Why? Did you store your fabrics and
quilting goodies or get rid of them? How long was it until you got back
to
quilting?

For me it's knitting. I'm a master knitter, but I did so much knitting
by my mother's bedside when she was dying of breast cancer that no
matter what I do, when I knit, my head fills with images of Mom, no
matter how hard I try to distract myself from it. I last a few weeks,
and then I have to put all the knitting down before I start walking
around in a permanent state of the sniffles.

My stash is safe though. :-)

--
the black rose, wench with a wrench
proud to be owned by a yorkie

wendy, can I have the instructions for those balls? now that I know
everything is OK with the baby, I bought my first piece of item (a
onesie with the Alvin, at the Cape Cod Oceanographic institute gift
shop, I am going for nerd it seems, like mom and dad), been thinking
about knitting, and toys sound goog too!

frood wrote:

LOL! I couldn't fit behind the sewing machine (or sit straight up
comfortably) after about 6 months when I was carrying Spike and Giles (known
as Angel and Buffy at the time). I was going nuts without a sewing project!
So, I took up English Paper Piecing and made soft clutch ball toys for them.
I had to do something as I felt so helpless, unable to do many things for my
family. That hand sewing was a real therapy for me. I took it with me when I
had to do all sorts of tests (you'd think nobody ever had twins before - I
felt like such a circus freak), and kept my hands and mind occupied.

Giles' baby quilt (started before she was born) was finished before she was
one. Spike's a year later. They refuse to sleep with the quilts. At least
they will be in good shape to pass down, unlike Miss Fussy Rose's first
quilt - it has been loved to shreds!


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