The Drop In Centre 3

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, Reader1810 said:

Love the beginnings of the table runner, but OMG that bowl.

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This is currently sitting on my kitchen table.  A gift from my SIL who found a lovely Italian pottery store at Bayview Village thirty plus years ago. It would seem we have “matching” bowls  

Perchance is it made in Italy? 🤔

 

Oh that's great..  There's a huge sticker over the bottom.. but i peeled off enough to see the word, Ceramica, so i'd say it's Italian.  Ours was a gift too and likely bought around here somewhere. I love it. 

[Reader1810]

16 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Oh that's great..  There's a huge sticker over the bottom.. but i peeled off enough to see the word, Ceramica, so i'd say it's Italian.  Ours was a gift too and likely bought around here somewhere. I love it. 

Yep, Ceramicais on mine as well. 

I love mine, too. It’s an interesting shape with all of its angles, which adds to its appeal, imo. 

[spyke]

2 hours ago, Kitt said:

Had a customer call for a short notice move of 17 horses after a blow up with her current landlord. Arrangements made on Wednesday to move today.

Load time today pushed out 3 times, from 8 to 10 to noon, new barn is taking more work than anticipated. 

Now her business partner calls wanting me to cut the price by 20%. I quoted the move @ break even because she is a former student of mine, and the stress of a short notice move like this. When I said I could not, he claimed to have someone who would do it for half what I quoted.  I said great, call them.

 

2 hours ago, Kitt said:

Lmfao! In the time it took to type all that, the kid texted apologizing, and begging me to pick up on schedule!

I would have told her there was now a 20%  as*h$l@ business partner surcharge and did she still want me to come?

Because, I'm petty like that. 🤣

[Mikiesboy]

Socks i began today... we'll see how long it take me to make them. I'm not speedy.   

[Gary L]

9 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Socks i began today... we'll see how long it take me to make them. I'm not speedy.   

Love the colours!, 

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, Gary L said:

Love the colours!, 

Thanks, Gary. I got two balls of that colour in a mystery sock yarn bundle, but i like the colours now that i've started it and the short colour changes. I'll take another pic in a few days.  

[Kitt]

2 hours ago, spyke said:

 

I would have told her there was now a 20%  as*h$l@ business partner surcharge and did she still want me to come?

Because, I'm petty like that. 🤣

Lol I had a move two summers ago where the lady called as I was almost home from the barn, which meant i had to drive 20 min BACK to the barn to pick up my trailer, then 20 min north again before starting the trip north. That put me on a very busy stretch of interstate @ afternoon rush. When I dropped the two horses off and told her the charge she asked "Does that include the 'owner is a jerk tax?"

 

Insisted on a $50 dollar tip. 

[Kitt]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

Socks i began today... we'll see how long it take me to make them. I'm not speedy.   

Too many knitting needles for me!

[Mikiesboy]

15 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Too many knitting needles for me!

i'm happy with 2, 4 or 5.  It did take me a while to get the dpns under control, though. 

[Mikiesboy]

i'd like to make this too ... 

[chris191070]

9 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i'd like to make this too ... 

That's gorgeous 😍 

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, chris191070 said:

That's gorgeous 😍 

i'm trying to figure out if i can make it without buying more yarn...Michael doesn't care if i buy more, but i have so much of it here...lol i will have to do some rooting through the stash and seeing what i have.  lol  

 

[Kitt]

A knitt/crochet person will never say they have too much yarn, but quilters are worse by far. My uncle walled off a 15 x15 craft room in the basement for my aunt, 3 walls of which are covered floor to ceiling with kitchen cabinets, all of which are full with her collection of quilting  material.

Edited February 6 by Kitt

[Mikiesboy]

28 minutes ago, Kitt said:

A knitt/crochet person will never say they have too much yarn, but quilters are worse by far. My uncle walled off a 15 x15 craft room in the basement for my aunt, 3 walls of which are covered floor to ceiling with kitchen cabinets, all of which are full with her collection of quilting  material.

lol.. it's so easy to happen...you always have leftover yarn but it's hard to use it ... i am gonna scrounge though and see what i can come up with for that blanket before dusting off Michael's credit card! 

[Kitt]

Had a very good afternoon with the ponies! 17 of em and only one gave us any fuss loading, and he was a 2 yr old baby!

[kbois]

2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

i'm trying to figure out if i can make it without buying more yarn...Michael doesn't care if i buy more, but i have so much of it here...lol i will have to do some rooting through the stash and seeing what i have.  lol  

 

Calico cat and a two tone mouse... And border can be multicolored.  Problem solved. 

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, kbois said:

Calico cat and a two tone mouse... And border can be multicolored.  Problem solved. 

I have tons of white and gray. For the border i have that colour but not quite enough so we'll see what else i have. I don't mind if the cat and mouse are a different yarn weight.. the outside of the window is my problem.. i dont have that colour or a very dark gray, either. I'll have to see what i've got. 

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

Had a very good afternoon with the ponies! 17 of em and only one gave us any fuss loading, and he was a 2 yr old baby!

Awww, just a learner.   

[Kitt]

23 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Awww, just a learner.   

Babies are fun. I swear you can see the light bulb turn on when they figure out what you are asking of them!

[Flip-Flop]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

Had a very good afternoon with the ponies! 17 of em and only one gave us any fuss loading, and he was a 2 yr old baby!

Your trailer must be very large! How many horses can you haul safely at one time?  🤔

[Kitt]

25 minutes ago, Flip-Flop said:

Your trailer must be very large! How many horses can you haul safely at one time?  🤔

Short answer is 12 in one trip using 4 trailers. Two can hold 2 horses each, one of which has had modifications to allow the safe movement of small ponies and mini horses. The other two can hold four horses each. One of my drivers is currently out of the loop as hubby is still healing after the amputation of 3 toes, and and my daughter's truck is buried in a snow bank right now. The new barn was only 3 miles from the start point so we made three trips of 6, 6, and 5 horses.

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

Babies are fun. I swear you can see the light bulb turn on when they figure out what you are asking of them!

 

[Kitt]

It's snowing again!

Edited February 7 by Kitt

[Reader1810]

49 minutes ago, Kitt said:

It's snowing again!

In the wee hours of Sunday morning it is forecasted to be -9F for several hours. I’ll take snow over that any day, though I do think is snowing at. 

[Page Scrawler]

Just found out today that my employer has been consistently underpaying me for two years. Not only am I earning less than the minimum wage for a job without tips, I'm being paid $7 less than some coworkers who are five years behind me in terms of seniority.

I'm absolutely livid.