Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sheryl - Jul 06, 2018 12:49:34 pm PDT #27162 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Health~ma to your dad, Kate.

Lots of ~ma to you Pix and ND.


DebetEsse - Jul 06, 2018 1:16:19 pm PDT #27163 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Yeah, sewing sizes are weird. I made (am making) my dress and the flower girl's dress (toddlers are so wee!). The cutting was a pain, but the fitting was the bigger issue for me. But I've done enough costumes to feel pretty confident, and I over-bought, just in case.

Just have to hem my lining and do the finish hand sewing on the other.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 06, 2018 2:21:24 pm PDT #27164 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Much ma to Kate's dad.

I have found that the ease in commercial patterns is so great that is you go with your actual size, even if the measurements don't match, you have a pretty good chance! It is less annoying to build up the mannequin and drape, but I do it so rarely that I am not great at it.


WindSparrow - Jul 06, 2018 2:38:40 pm PDT #27165 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

So much antibiotics-do-their-job~ma for your dad, Kate.

All the non-specific~ma in my heart for PixDesign.

One of my college roommates made her gown and her flowergirl's dress. The little dress was much more elaborate than the gown. Also, she did all her flowers. Not to mention the term leading up to her wedding she was student teaching and working 30 hours a week. (College guidelines were no other jobs when student teaching, but she did it anyway.) Two weeks before the end of term, Sunday morning rolls around. Her honey calls to make sure she's awake so they can go to church together. Little while later, she comes out of the bathroom to tell me that she had taken her bath, and noticed only when she was getting up to towel off that she'd had her nightgown on the whole time.


DebetEsse - Jul 06, 2018 3:20:22 pm PDT #27166 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I think I have a new standard for "too much. No more brain"

-MA to Drew and Pix


Kate P. - Jul 06, 2018 5:06:07 pm PDT #27167 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

It isn't a big deal if treated promptly.

Yeah, getting my dad to go get something looked at or treated when necessary can be hard, but this got serious real quick, so at least he recognized it was time for the ER again. This is now his third bout of cellulitis in less than a year, so it looks like from now on he's just going to be more susceptible to it than most folks. Anyway, he seemed to be feeling a little better today. We won't really know until tomorrow if he's responding well to this particular antibiotic, but I'm cautiously hopeful.

So much ~ma for your dad, Kate! And one to you. It's so hard when a parent is ill.

Thanks, Pix. (And thanks to everyone for the good thoughts! I really appreciate it.) It's no fun, but it helps that for once I'm actually here instead of a thousand miles away. Rose and I went to see him in the hospital tonight, and that was reassuring.

Lots of non-specific ~ma to you too, Pix and ND.


Connie Neil - Jul 06, 2018 6:59:10 pm PDT #27168 of 30002
brillig

Spreadable cheese and fig paste make a surprisingly satisfying summer dinner.


Calli - Jul 07, 2018 2:12:15 am PDT #27169 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

General~ma to Pix and ND.

Spreadable cheese and fig paste sounds delicious. I'll have to keep an eye out for some when I head out of the weekly shop in a few minutes.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 07, 2018 5:40:32 am PDT #27170 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Here's hoping your dad is back in good health quickly Kate.

Non-specific~ma to Pix and ND.

This is turning out to be a good morning. The old grandad alley cat showed up for feeding and petting, I got to the farmers market in time to get a good supply of tomatoes and the really good orchard had peaches for a reasonable price. Then the drunken proposition I passed on last night turned into a sober-and-miraculously-not-hungover proposition this morning, conveniently located within a half mile of the market. Ah, younger guys and their quick recovery from drinking...


Jessica - Jul 07, 2018 5:51:06 am PDT #27171 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Hope all is well, PixDesigns!

I found a local tattoo artist on Instagram whose work is GORGEOUS but I think he might also be a right-wing gun nut? A right-wing gun nut who paints beautiful watercolor butterflies and one spot-on "Darla as Wednesday Adams" so hopefully we just won't talk politics while I'm getting new ink.