It's been very quiet here today. I presume that you've all been out gallivanting around the streets of your local neighbourhoods doing impressions of busy Cutie Scissorholics?

yep gallivanting was on the list for hubby and I yesterday ,off to Penrith to do some shopping ,I like to buy local but sometime we just don't have everything up here in the mountains.The home by 2 and made Bruschetta for lunch mmmmm it was so good

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by dennis999 31 Mar 2014

Ah!! So this Penrith is in Auss then.................not the one in Cumbria, UK! Ooops..........better edit my post to Meganne.
I love Bruschetta................yummy.

Hi Dennis, I was gallivanting about up in the Hunter Valley at our best friend's place - they own a winery called Montvalley. We had a lovely relaxing time and I had no sewing. Mind you I did buy another pair of Canary curved scissors last week when I collected my Husqvarna. The glass led piece shattered - $470.00 to fix it. Only $150.00 labour, but the piece of glass!!!! Anyway hope you had a great weekend. It's nearly 11.30am Monday as I write this and I'm going out for a coffee. Italian class is off for 4 weeks! Yeah, Amy, Steve and the girls are down in Canberra visiting the rellies and this weekend they are off to Bali! Aren't they gadabouts? Love Chris

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by dennis999 31 Mar 2014

Yikes..............$470.00..............I hope you haven't told Mr. Pennifold......lol. I haven't received a bill for the work on my machine from a while back, as yet. I'm keeping very quiet about that. I shall ignore the comment about the scissors. Wishing Amy, Steve and the girls a wonderful time in Bali..................................lucky people.

Been busy making those little bunnies. They are popping up everywhere. Shirley

We are resting, in preparation for the next month of tormenting you, kind, Sir. LOL
Get ready...Get set...April is just around the corner!

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

That sounds like a threat.................can't believe that of you! lol

I thought you needed a "day off" and it seems that you indeed needed a rest. Your brain still is having issues though. I am most definitely female and I have been reading and following maps for many decades. I am sure once you have had enough rest you will realize the error you have made. ;)

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

I wasn't questioning anyone's ability to read and follow maps, just the matter of ending up in the intended location.
I am retiring now to my deep bunker...........................

I think the "MAP" comment needs rethinking. I don't have GPS just a road atlas book and I get around very well in new towns and states.
Also I am a WOMAN the best man for any job.

SQ
FCP

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

It's good to have belief

by cfidl 31 Mar 2014

I do not even know the word for the sound I am making. Scoff?

by dennis999 31 Mar 2014

Scoff, Scoff normally does it.

So basically (and given a small degree of poetic licence) I was right! Even though there was no gallivanting involved, you were all using or thinking about scissors!

I do worry about you lot! lol

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by shozo1271 30 Mar 2014

I was RUNNING with scissors. lol.

by cfidl 31 Mar 2014

I was missing scissors. Hubby found them before they left with the recycling.

My handsome hubby and I went to see a movie. And my scissors still have not shown up. Since I still cannot drive, I am dependent on Rob. Hmmm, there is always Amazon. I really do need to replace those runaway scissors.

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

Hope you both enjoyed the movie. Now..........about these lost/misplaced scissors. Why not ask your handsome hubby to look for them? After all is said and done, being male (and handsome at that) he will be able to apply a far more logical approach to the search quest. It's very much like map reading which has never been a positive female trait!

Could I also suggest that given your current dizzy state, that you defer the Amazon idea until you regain all your faculties. What may look like the perfect replacement for the missing scissors in the Amazon catalogue will probably arrive as a pair of pinking scissors........lol

Hmm..... Thanks for reminding me Dennis I want to search for a new pair of applique scissors.... Lol !!!

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

Get thee behind me, Satan!! LOL

No quiet days at home in a chilly bit of the UK. Have been having fun with my scissors though especially the ones that I use in the kitchen. They take apart into two pieces - great fun

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

Mmmmm................you have some strange pastimes in Welsh Wales.................lol

by cfidl 30 Mar 2014

and they are not considered broken? do they have a catch to keep them together?

by sandyqueen 30 Mar 2014

I love my Fiskars kitchen shears that come apart into two blades for cleaning. They even cut fine to thick plastic.


SK

by asterixsew 30 Mar 2014

Sounds just like my pair

No gallivanting for me either - although I do have a pair of applique scissors in my Ebay watch list! I made a couple of those felt bunnies to put mini eggs in and a couple of ITH bookmarks.
The first morning of British Summertime has dawned bright and sunny so lets see what today brings!

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

Would that be the same pair of applique scissors that I have in my FleaBay watch list? ..............Only joking.

by spendlove 30 Mar 2014

You'd better be!

IT is Sunday - day of rest here in Aus.

No new scissors for me for the next few years as I ordered the6D Prmium upgrade. It arrived on thursdsy just as I went down with a high fever - so I am contmmplating my sins instead of gallivanting or installing the new software, having my hubby doing his own cooking (deepfrozen pizza's and tinned soup) while I enjoy liters of tea and the occasional apple. But i have been able to read the manuals. They are half the size of the 5D ones, which is not a bad thing, and so is the size of the letters too, which is not something i fancy. These old eyes need a magnifying glass for the small script - which I skipped and that is exactly where the best info is given. As soon as I'm able to sit down for half an hour without shaking too much I'll install my expensive new toy and start playing. In the meantime my iPad keeps me "communicado", so to speak.

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by mops 30 Mar 2014

Blame the typing errors on my shaky hands.

by spendlove 30 Mar 2014

Hope you feel better soon, Martine.

by asterixsew 30 Mar 2014

Martine hope you feel better soon and can enjoy your new 6D

by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

So sorry to hear that you have been under the weather, Mrs. M. I do wish you a very speedy and full recovery.

by cfidl 30 Mar 2014

Ditto!

by jrob 30 Mar 2014

Feel better soon, Martine!

by sandyqueen 30 Mar 2014

My essential tremor is so bad I am looking forward to Gamma Knife brain surgery. In and out same day. Just have to drive 400 miles to do it.

SQ

by cfidl 31 Mar 2014

Oh my! They sure have figured out a few things about the brain haven't they.

by hightechgrammy 31 Mar 2014

Oh, I hope you are feeling better by now! I don't like that fine print either! Rest up so you can hit the floor running tomorrow!

Sorry to say my gallivanting days are over. I usually keep my scissor angst private however, it is so difficult to go through a stitching day with out a pair of small curved applique scissors which today disappeared almost in front of my very eyes, They were there one minute and gone the next. Needless to say my mood went south. I did get through the project and expectations were met, still ... until they return...

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by dennis999 30 Mar 2014

I cannot believe the number of times and the number of you girls who manage to lose a pair of scissors whilst using them! lol

by graceandham 30 Mar 2014

Do stitchers in the UK know the term stash? Dennis, you haven't seen my stash. There's barely room for me to wiggle my chair left or right or slightly backwards at the machine before I run into fabrics, threads, buttons, trims, completed projects...

by shirley124 30 Mar 2014

It is not only scissors that go missing while being used. I lost a bobbin yesterday. Found it out in the dining room next to my laptop......

by cfidl 31 Mar 2014

I have about a foot of floor space and I reach to the end of the ironing board. Spring cleaning is here and Oh boy!

It was 38 degrees here today, so had to go to town (36 miles away) for food. We are getting a blizzard and 12 inches of snow on Monday. Machine at hospital. was going to get it Monday! Oh Well!

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by hightechgrammy 31 Mar 2014

Oh I feel for you. Time to clean the sewing room...

Yes i been all over town picking up those deals i got me some fabric all the way from Florida to Me (Northern,Ontario) for 4 bucks a yard Great deal along with 10 fat quarters for a buck each .Great day :):)Carolyn

I am learning how to use all the bells and whistles on my new machine - while watching the Vikings on TV with my DH. Is anyone else watching that?

It looks as if everyone is making bunnies to be filled with goodies for Easter. Dennis how is your Easter project coming along,no waiting until the last minute allowed
Bev

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by ajmmjs 29 Mar 2014

oh gosh, yes i have been galvanting and though i truly don't need them i did look at a few pair in wally world today!!! lol, lynne

by hightechgrammy 29 Mar 2014

I was looking at a nice pair of Ginghers at Joann's with a 50% coupon....... What would I use them for?

by gerryb 29 Mar 2014

I love Gingher scissors! They cut great & stay sharp longer.

by cfidl 30 Mar 2014

I can't find the only pair of small curved that I have been able to find since ... I need to go to Joann's.