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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004I won something!
I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a raffle once or twice a year. This year's raffle featured a couple of things: a really nice candle basket with all sorts of goodies, and a beautiful, hand-made quilt featuring cats on it. I *really* wanted that quilt. So I sent in my few dollars with my few raffle tickets. DH didn't think I stood a snowball's check in you-know-where of winning. And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" Woo-hoo!!!!!!!! First time I've won something in ages, and the pictures of it look so lovely. She always sends me a Yule gift box, so she's going to add the quilt to it when she sends it. I can't wait! Maybe my luck is finally changing . . . . Ginger-lyn > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ginger-lyn That's so fun, Ginger-lyn!!!! >Woo-hoo!!!!!!!! First time I've won something in ages, and the >pictures of it look so lovely. She always sends me a Yule gift box, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Ginger-lyn How cool! Congratulations! I love quilts too. Enjoy! Sherry Congratulations. Lois  Signaturehttp://zeotropeburmese.kiwiwebhost.net.nz -- Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one. > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ginger-lyn >I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the >President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" Wheee! Concatulations. "I've never won anything in my life." ;) >Woo-hoo!!!!!!!! First time I've won something in ages, and the >pictures of it look so lovely. She always sends me a Yule gift box, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Ginger-lyn Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" > >Wheee! Concatulations. > >"I've never won anything in my life." ;) Well, if it's any consolation, the only thing I"ve ever won in my life was a poodle at a county fair from a pet food manufacturer drawing. My mother wouldn't let me keep it and I had to give it away. :-( Sherry >>>And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry So sorry about the poodle. They seem to be intelligent animals. Parents can be such kill-joys. I won something once, but it was so long ago, I cannot remember when or what it was. I hope your furry ones enjoy the quilt. MLB > >>>And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" > >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > cannot remember when or what it was. I hope your furry ones enjoy the > quilt. I've won quite a few things in my life - not for talent, but raffles and such. When I didn't have much else to do, I used to enter every single competition that I knew of that cost the price of a stamp or less to enter. You'd be surprised at just how many "give aways" they have in papers and magazines. The entries would probably cost me about $10 a fortnight, but I "won" a fair amount of stuff, most of it was just free samples of shampoo, soap and hte like, but I have also won a cheap acoustic guitar (I don't have a muscial bone in my body, though) and one of those hand held portable vacuum cleaners. Of course, I also got *alot* of junk mail because my name and address was on a thousand lists, but I really have no problem with snail mail junk (I am a catalogue junkie). At the moment, I seem to have got myself on a list that gives away free samples of baby paraphenalia, I've got 3 normal disposable diapers, 2 swimming diapers, 2 "pull ups" (ie, like normal underwear but still absorbant in case of accidents), some baby soap, a small tube of baby shampoo, and two small tubs of baby cream, plus a mass of discount coupons for baby-related equipment (like high chairs and baths) and toys. That, along with the plethora of Christmas cards, now makes the trip to the letter box worth it, despite the presence of bills in there! Yowie >> >>>And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" >> >> [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Yowie Sounds like fun to open the mail, (snip) >At the moment, I seem to have got myself on a list that gives away free >samples of baby paraphenalia, I've got 3 normal disposable diapers, 2 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >along with the plethora of Christmas cards, now makes the trip to the letter >box worth it, despite the presence of bills in there! You're on that for obvious reasons. But I'm on it for innocently buying presents for my little nephew. I had a box of Enfamil (baby formula) dropped on my doorstep last week. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > You're on that for obvious reasons. But I'm on it for innocently > buying presents for my little nephew. I had a box of Enfamil (baby > formula) dropped on my doorstep last week. :P What are you doing with it, Theresa? If your family can't use it, there are food banks who can. Pam S. >> You're on that for obvious reasons. But I'm on it for innocently >> buying presents for my little nephew. I had a box of Enfamil (baby [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Pam S. Went to the baby next door-- there are several on my block. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>>And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Sherry What a buzzkill! :P I am really sorry! Now that I think of it, when I was quite little, I won a really hideous salad set at the St. Anthony Festival in Little Italy. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Omar is happily purring in my lap in honor of your win -- congratulations! Christine > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ginger-lyn > And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Maybe my luck is finally changing . . . . Maybe your luck is changing. That would totally awesome. Now, you have my snail mail address with the card list, so...box up that quilt, put my name on it, and send it right away. LOL, you know I'm kidding, right? Ginger-lyn? Ginger-lyn? I was only kidding, honest. Pam S. who's still plugging away on the family cat quilt from time to time >Pam S. who's still plugging away on the family cat quilt from time to time HA! You should see my quilt-in-progress. It's a great quilt, from Laurel Burch fabric. Unfortunately, it's still 6-inch squares, and has been for 2 years. :( Sherry >>Pam S. who's still plugging away on the family cat quilt from time to time > > HA! You should see my quilt-in-progress. It's a great quilt, from Laurel Burch > fabric. Unfortunately, it's still 6-inch squares, and has been for 2 years. :( > > Sherry HA HA!! My quilt is also in 6 inch squares, but over half of them are stitched together. I've been putting a narrow strip of green cloth between each square so that each stands out better. The thing hangs from the floor, across a queen sized bed, and to the floor on the other side. I still need to finish the top, get some sort of quilting frame, and get the blasted thing put together. Pam S. >>> Pam S. who's still plugging away on the family cat quilt from time >>> to time [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Pam S. Greetings... Oh, getting a quilt top together is EASY. I've got tons of them laying around the house. It's the basting together the layers and actually quilting it that's tough. When I can afford it, I prefer to quilt by check. At least then it gets done. lal > Greetings... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > lal Ok, Lisa, I'm game, where do you send it to get the quilting done? I figure we're close enough in distance that maybe, if I can afford it, I can have it done professionally too. Pam S. lazy and intimidated >> Greetings... >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Pam S. lazy and intimidated There's a local quilt shop that has a long-arm machine, Arch Angel. That's where I've had it done before. I know there's a quilt shop in Fayetteville that I've heard good things about... Loving Stitches. They have a web site & offer quilting: http://www.lovingstitches.net/ Mind you, it ain't cheap. I had a double size quilt done a bit over a year ago, it cost around $90... I think. Give them a visit and see what you think. lal > There's a local quilt shop that has a long-arm machine, Arch Angel. > That's where I've had it done before. I know there's a quilt shop in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > lal Thanks Lisa, Once again, I've bought a bunch of raffle tickets for the one of the quilts they make for the Cancer society to raffle off. They're gorgeous, but I never win one. I'll have to check them out. Pam S. >Once again, I've bought a bunch of raffle tickets for the one of the >quilts they make for the Cancer society to raffle off. They're >gorgeous, but I never win one. I'll have to check them out. > >Pam S. Don't be so sure you never will. You never know! :-) Ginger-lyn >Maybe your luck is changing. That would totally awesome. Now, you have >my snail mail address with the card list, so...box up that quilt, put my >name on it, and send it right away. LOL, you know I'm kidding, right? >Ginger-lyn? Ginger-lyn? I was only kidding, honest. > >Pam S. who's still plugging away on the family cat quilt from time to time Tee-hee-hee. Ya know I love ya, Pam, but I'm keeping this baby for myself! (Wait a minute --- isn't that what I always say when I rescue a cat and *mean* to take it to the shelter?) Ginger-lyn > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ginger-lyn How cool! Purrs for a most excellent new year. Jill > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" Yay! I hope this is a forerunner to all the good things that will happen to you in 2005! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki I'm so happy for you, Ginger-lyn! Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a > raffle once or twice a year. <snip >And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >I can't wait! Mozel Tov! Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > I have a dear friend I met online several years ago, and she is the > President of the Board of Directors of a no-kill shelter. They have a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > And then my friend called me the other night. "YOU WON THE QUILT!" Woo-hoo!! I'm very happy for you. I hope your owners enjoy it. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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