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I am so concerned about you guys Marion, Andrea and Brenda - I know you're starting out all friendly about this but I wonder where this will lead...Poor Emmett, forced to shuttle back and forth...
I'm stepping up guys...Emmett can come out west and live with me !(but I'll send you pictures...ummmm...yeah...)
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Cheryl 
Congratulations on the wonderful article and COVER! 
I'm so sorry to hear about your eye - I know its hard not to worry and be afraid - my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family today! :hug:
Cheryl
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Boys...gotta love 'em!
My son filled my clothes iron with Coca Cola slurpee and turned it on...don't ask! 
Cheryl
My feelings exactly!
Well, you have every right to be proud! Congratulations Sarah!
Just started Stephen King's newest Lysie's Story....normally i doh't like scary stories, but so far this is more a love story. Should be finished about Thursday-if anyone wants to borrow... :crackup:
dilu
My Hubby just took this out at the library - only could get it for a one week borrow so it could be close - its a big book!
Cheryl
Wow, what a difficult position you must feel yourself in. Eventhough I am a parent and a person with deep personal faith I really don't know what to say. I wish I had a word of great wisdom but I don't. Sometimes you just have to stand by and be supportive of your kids even when every fibre of your being says 'NO!'.
Marriages at that age can work out even though the chances aren't great but on the other hand...they have a better chance of succeeding than a 3rd marriage statistically!
Hopefully they will put the idea of children off for a while, to build a firm foundation, and that may increase their chance for success.
I wish you all the best 'MOM'
Cheryl
Chrissi,
After an hour of arguing that I wanted to cancell the auction and the person on live chat, telling me to be patient and it would show up eventually, I told her she and I could chat until it did, because I wasn't going to bed until it was in the listings. Suddenly they let me cancell it and refunded my fees LOL!
:clap: :clap: You ROCK Brenda! :clap: :clap:
Cheryl
Hi Gladys
I have sent it off to your hotmail acct. Fingers crossed (and anything else you are able! :crackup: ) that this works. You can PM me or email me to let me know if it arrives, as I seem to be able to receive your emails just not the other way around!
Cheryl
I'm just the same as you Daphne! I make very contemporary stuff but really love old stick bears - the more bashed up they are, the better I like them!
Cheryl
Yay! Wow that was fast!
Hi Gladys
Do you have an alternate email address that I could send it to? I have sent it to you 3 times and I don't know why its not getting thru. Have you checked your 'junkmail' or spam file as it may have gotten dumped into there. Will someone who did receive it, offer to email it to Gladys? You can email me and I will forward the info.
Thanks and we'll somehow get it done!
Cheryl
I am so happy to hear the surgery went the best way it could. I'm sure even Nickelback would understand 
Bless you and your family as you walk this difficult journey, :hug: :hug:
Cheryl :hug:
Hey Shane
What a cutie- I'm sure you'll get lots of students! The Schaumburg show is still probably my favourite show, hope to get back there one day....
Cheryl
Wow, I'm getting a list a mile long of books I want to read!
Patty - I got 'Redeeming Love" as a gift too..and stayed up all night reading it :redface:
Jennifer - love,love,love Jennifer Weiner! She's so funny and gee...imagine...someone larger than a size 2 can have people love them...what a concept 
Daphne - sometimes catalogues totally have to count! I love 'Victorian Trading Company' -not a big fan of victoriana but the pix in that catalogue are gorgeous!
Cheryl
Hi Gladys
I don't know what happened! I have re-emailed it to you. If you don't get it right away, please email me again ok? You are on the list!
The PM system is not secure for sending personal information so I sent the list out by email.
I heard from lots of people so I just assumed everyone got it...anyone else still in the dark? 
Cheryl
I really enjoyed the postings about favourite childhood books - I am such an avid reader!
It got me wondering...what are you reading right now?
For me:
Creative Cloth Doll Making by Patti Medaris Culea
The Most Famous Man in America - a biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate
(not an easy read but really fascinating glimpse of early 19th century life in America especially slavery and the rise of Abolitionists)
Saint by Ted Dekker
(just a great easy thriller, I love all of Ted's books)
What about you?
Cheryl
Definitely any Trixie Belden (I think someone else mentioned her too!)or Nancy Drew, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill A Mockingbird and (lest someone thinks I'm totally too serious) ARCHIE comics!!!
Cheryl
Awww! I wish I was still sleeping......
Thanks Tami for your daily dose of sweetness or comic relief - I don't say it often but I look everyday!
Bless you!
Cheryl
You're welcome - it has been really fun to organize!
Wishing you lots of love everyday!
Cheryl
I hold my breath!
I never noticed it until one evening I was stitching away while watching tv with the family and all of a sudden my husband yelled "Oh for heaven sake, BREATHE ALREADY!"
I guess I just get so involved with what I doing that I forget or something...wish I was like that with food.... 
Cheryl
Thanks so much Karen, for sharing. I knew you would have an interesting perspective and I think you are spot on.
After only dabbling (as opposed to doing it almost fulltime, which I was for a while) in the bearworld for the last 2 or 3 years, doing only an order here or there because of health issues, I need this year to be different.
I think that you teach people what to expect from you. I have been thinking about this a lot. If they know that a bear from you is not going to come at 50 bucks, then they plan accordingly. I honestly don't want to sell to someone who just doesn't want to go home empty handed so picks the cheapest thing and is happy. I will layaway, I will take installments or whatever they need to get what they really want.
I think Karen is living proof that a decision to control how you are perceived can pay off in a huge way.
I guess I got a little OT there...sorry!
Cheryl
Could a promoter require that every artist have at least 2 pieces below a certain price? Say here in the US at a show the promoter asks every artist to have a minimum of two pieces priced below $75 or maybe even $50. Would that be 'crossing the line' as a promoter?
Just curious. I'd never thought about it until just now.
You could ask Daphne! I personally would say no because I really wouldn't do anything in that price range and I don't want to make crafty items for my table. I have no problem if people want to do that.
I have had folks come to my booth and say that they have wanted one of my pieces for a while and saved their bear pennies to buy one. I would rather have someone do that than buy a trinket just to have something from me.
Cheryl
I would be most interested in what you have to say Karen! I hope that you will share. Please?
Cheryl :rose:
