Bored....?

Kate.. you're lovely!!

heheh

Will~

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
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wrote:


P.S. Being in REAL business is REAL work..Gary...! Maybe you like
being leveraged but I don't and it appears as though Kate doesn't
either, which is why she's working from home...! I love people who
love their jobs (I sure hope they are not on this message board while
they are at work, not that wouldn't be right would it..?)...! Turn off
the TV and pick up a book and learn about jobs...!

Enjoy!


Then you must love me to bits, darling! I totally ADORE my work. It's so
much more satisfying and interesting than a mere job, what with all the
historical research, technical considerations and fascinating people I get
to work with, and working from home means that I am here for my son when
he needs me, have time to cook healthy food rather than commuting (I love
cooking and inventing new recipes that are healthy, more cost effective
than ready meals, nicer to eat, and made from fresh local ingredients
grown and eaten in The Garden of England) and don't waste precious energy
and resources running a second car. AND it allows me to workto my own
schedule, so I can play on the computer at 10:30 am and sew at midnight if
I feel that way inclined. I am, after all, my own boss, and I pick my
clients and my projects very carefully to suit me and the way I like to
work. Spoiled rotten, innit!

I only turn the telly ON when I want to watch something specific, and I
gobble down several novels a week as well as reading poetry for pleasure
and burying myself in lovely books about fabrics and stitches and
techniques... I have a wonderful book on order that I'm impatient to dive
into, bought with part of a £50 book token prezzy from an aunt for my 50th
birthday in December. Hm... Must also put an hour or two in on Terry
Jones's Who Murdered Chaucer. Wonderful alternative interpretation of a
fascinating era and a great mystery.

Now do, please, sweetheart, go away and find yourself something to do that
affords you as much pleasure and satisfaction as I get from my wonderful
work with fabulous people, and make space in your life for friends and
family, like the lovely folk here who are so supportive when I am feeling
a tad jaded.

Excuse me, please: I need to go away and stroke this wonderful bit of silk
I have and breathe in the sublime scent of fresh asparagus... While
listening to some Tomas Tallis put on to mask the muffled thumpings of the
decorator's chap dropping a radiator so it can be papered behind
upstairs...
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

speaking of corsets, I know this is OT but hey... does anybody know where I
can get the old fashioned, lace it up and choke corset? Lee
Kate XXXXXX wrote in message
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Yaaaawnnnn... ZZZzzzZZZzzzZZZzzz...

I don't usually get time to be bored. Last week was slightly busier
than usual in that I:

Sewed several customer garments...
Shifted my own weight in books from the upstairs landing to the
conservatory!
Cleared the hall...
Tidied up the sewing room (a two day task!), and moved the furniture
round...
Set up the double bed for guests.
Moved 15 of my 20 sewing machines...
Moved the treadle into the sewing room out of the way after dismantling
the bed...
Set up sewing room for sewing: finished two customer dresses.
Put a ton of stuff in the loft.
Cooked for guests!
Went to the Sweeps festival.
Bought £100 worth of music CD's...
Listened to hours of gorgeous music!
Chose wallpaper!
Made gallons of tea and coffee for the decorators!
Dispensed yards of good sewing advice!
Had fun exploring several costume and corset-making supplies sites.
Visited the pain management clinic
Got a tooth repaired.
Entertained the dog that was visiting...
Went to the pub for lunch twice!

And that's all I can remember! I was too busy to note most of it down!


Most People Every Single Day:

Get into their Boring car

Er... No:

Listen to their Boring radio

Radio is on Classic FM, but this last week I've also listened to:
la Zog (North Italian renaissance music group)
The Strawbs
Beethoven
Queen
The Albion Band
Warren Zevon
Katherine Tikel
Pentagle
Monteverdi
Music from the court of Eleanore of Aquitaine
Jethro Tull Christmas music


Endure their Boring commute

I commute from the bed to the sewing room via the bathroom and a cup of
tea! Max time allowed: 3 minutes!

To their Boring job

I sew wedding dresses and historic costumes, posh frocks for Red Carpet
Events and summer dresses, corsets and other fascinating stuff. Not a
boring job at all!

With Boring co-workers

I work alone, but the customers are fun when they are here for fittings!


Go to a boring lunch

I cook fresh food every day and concoct interesting and exotic salads
and soups...


At a boring restaurant

14th C pub one day, 18C smuggler's inn another... Hardly a boring
restaurant! And the food was good!

Get back into their Boring car

Nope... See above.

Listen to their Boring radio

Classic FM again, wittering on about the Classic Brits at the Royal
Albert Hall. Wish I could go: it's a great evening out!

During their Boring commute to

All of 15 feet: not worth getting the car out for that!

Their boring house to

I like my house! It's full of interesting books, fascinating historic
clothing patterns, exotic fabric... And decorators this week, redoing
the hall and stairs!

Watch boring TV programs until they

A new Midsommer Murder last night... Monday I watched New tricks with
my son. Saturday it was Dr Whoo... Not had the tell on any other
times. Too much else to do!

Set their boring clock radio

No... Mine sets itself automagically!

And go to their Boring bed.

That I grant you! Hubby is away on business, and a book ain't quite the
same...

REPEAT...

Did I say these people aren't busy...no busier than ever...but they are
dying for you to come rescue them from their Boring life. People are
dying for something to be passionate about.

Let me tell you...

Going on a cruise in the Caribbean is not Boring.

Yaaaawn... Can I climb Mont Blanc instead?

Swimming with the stingrays in the Grand Cayman Islands is not Boring.

I'd rather dive a wreak in the Med...

Going down the Olympic bobsled course in Park City, Utah, is not
Boring.

Yawn... ZZZzzzZZZzzz I think I'll buy a new sewing machine or two
instead.

Flying over the valley in a hot air balloon is not Boring.

I'd prefer over Grand Canyon or Ayers Rock...

Giving out new bicycles to needy children over Christmas is not
Boring.

Why wait until Christmas?

Flying to Maui for a free vacation is not Boring.

Yaaaaawn... Can I go to Norway and explore ancient churches, or to the
Loire on a castle hunt again instead?

Having your parents spend a month in Florida during the winter with a
credit card to get whatever they want is not Boring.

My mum would be bored to screaming point! Can I send her to Vienna to
the opera instead?

Helping your friend's Mom and Dad build a business so they can retire
without stress is not Boring.

They ARE retired - and still teach ME money management!

We cure Boredom.

Anyone with any intelligence doesn't need to be bored. They can always
think interesting thoughts without recourse to doing expensive stuff.

It's that simple and it's that important.

If your mission is to teach other people how to open up their own
business in over 43 countries for a little over $1,000...and in doing
so...
cure Boredom...

Nope: I'd rather teach people to be interesting!

Go cure the world of Boredom.

It's a very interesting place. If you are bored with it, you must have
hidden shallows.

Please take your boring spam elsewhere.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Willow Herself wrote:
Kate.. you're lovely!!

heheh

Will~

MMWWAAHH!!

Hehehe. I must not tease the troll, I must not tease the troll, I must....

Up a pound at weigh-in last night. Hardly surprising: I'm not running
up and down the stairs as much this week, what with the hall, stairwell
and landing being full of ladders, rolls of paper, buckets of paste, and
the odd radiator (off the wall temporarily!) and a floating population
of decorators and plumbers! Also TOM and this last weekend:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/im...allery.shtml?1
where we also got to listen to this bunch of musical magicians:
http://www.lazag.it/framedoppengl.htm
and drink local brews such as this:
http://www.nelsonbrewingcompany.co.u...y_site_003.htm (My
personal favourite being Nelson's Blood).

Bored? Not me, mate! No time... Too busy having fun like this!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

but all of that combined??? a success in my book, Lee
Kate XXXXXX wrote in message
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Willow Herself wrote:
Kate.. you're lovely!!

heheh

Will~

MMWWAAHH!!

Hehehe. I must not tease the troll, I must not tease the troll, I
must....

Up a pound at weigh-in last night. Hardly surprising: I'm not running
up and down the stairs as much this week, what with the hall, stairwell
and landing being full of ladders, rolls of paper, buckets of paste, and
the odd radiator (off the wall temporarily!) and a floating population
of decorators and plumbers! Also TOM and this last weekend:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/im...gallery.shtml?
1
where we also got to listen to this bunch of musical magicians:
http://www.lazag.it/framedoppengl.htm
and drink local brews such as this:
http://www.nelsonbrewingcompany.co.u...y_site_003.htm (My
personal favourite being Nelson's Blood).

Bored? Not me, mate! No time... Too busy having fun like this!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Stormmee wrote:
speaking of corsets, I know this is OT but hey... does anybody know where I
can get the old fashioned, lace it up and choke corset? Lee

Lots of places! And I make them... Hang on, I'll dig out a few sites
for you. They are best custom made, and while this is not a cheap
option, it will mean that it fits and is therefore comfortable!

To make your own:
http://www.sewingchest.co.uk/
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/
http://www.corsetmaking.com/
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/

To have one made:
http://www.axfords.com/
http://www.corsetmaker.com/

Most of the ones I know much about are makers of specialist corsets for
re-enactment: living history stuff! If you want a corset modelled on
Queen Elizabeth I's effigy, I can do you one of those! Wanna come
over for fittings?
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I would love to come for fittings, I want one that is functional, I need the
support for my back and have a bit of a hernia that seems best suited by a
corset rather than a girdle, and if I do get one it will have to be made...
I sew less than I cook, Lee
Kate XXXXXX wrote in message
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Stormmee wrote:
speaking of corsets, I know this is OT but hey... does anybody know
where I
can get the old fashioned, lace it up and choke corset? Lee

Lots of places! And I make them... Hang on, I'll dig out a few sites
for you. They are best custom made, and while this is not a cheap
option, it will mean that it fits and is therefore comfortable!

To make your own:
http://www.sewingchest.co.uk/
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/
http://www.corsetmaking.com/
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/

To have one made:
http://www.axfords.com/
http://www.corsetmaker.com/

Most of the ones I know much about are makers of specialist corsets for
re-enactment: living history stuff! If you want a corset modelled on
Queen Elizabeth I's effigy, I can do you one of those! Wanna come
over for fittings?
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Stormmee wrote:
I would love to come for fittings, I want one that is functional, I need the
support for my back and have a bit of a hernia that seems best suited by a
corset rather than a girdle, and if I do get one it will have to be made...
I sew less than I cook, Lee

Worth exploring the make your own sites for contacts: they may have
leads on other makers closer to home.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Stormmee wrote:
but all of that combined??? a success in my book, Lee

I made the best choices I could that weekend...

Friday's dinner was Turkey mince cobbler: reasonably low fat as all made
by me!

Saturday I had Wheetabix and a banana for breakfast, lunch was chicken
curry at the pub where the band played so fabulously... It wasn't a
fatty curry, either, so a much better choice than a sausage roll or a
pasty! I drank a pint and a half of Nelson's blood during the day,
walked a couple of miles, and jigged up and down to the street musicians
while watching the morris dancers! I did share a large chunk of
chocolate fudge cake with the hubby and friends...

Saturday dinner was a WW recipe Coq au Vin - very yummy! I shall make
that again - followed by home made fresh fruit salad.

Sunday I had toast for breakfast, we had veg soup (0 points!) and fresh
rolls, and topped it off with the rest of the fruit salad, and dinner
was roast leg of lamb (very lean) and dry roast spuds, Mediterranean
roast veg, and a pud made from a failed low fat version of Pashka turned
into a baked cheese cake! Higher octane than usual, but not a disaster
by any means.

I get to put all the books back later today, after the plumbers have
reinstated the radiator. The wallpapering is complete, and a very fine
job our man Keith did of it too. I think we may be refreshing the
paintwork this weekend as the forecast is against much garden work or
outside paintwork!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

that makes sense, thanks, Lee
Kate XXXXXX wrote in message
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Stormmee wrote:
I would love to come for fittings, I want one that is functional, I need
the
support for my back and have a bit of a hernia that seems best suited by
a
corset rather than a girdle, and if I do get one it will have to be
made...
I sew less than I cook, Lee

Worth exploring the make your own sites for contacts: they may have
leads on other makers closer to home.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!