I always put them in when something new is being washed with other clothing. I look at my used sheet after that first load to determine if one should go in the next time that item is washed.

Pam, Raising my hand......the answer is they return at roughly the same rate as I used them the day before. So I really didn't use any yesterday between 2 and 6 pm therefore when I was out today at that time I didn't get any new ones(well I got 2). At 6 when the new thread came out yesterday (my time) I suddenly have likes because that is when I gave several. Think of it as a rolling 100......

Probably helps for children in the group to lose teeth and for the mom to panic when she had her son walked up and spit a gob of carmel complete with tooth in her hand. He went right back to magician and left me trying to figure out why he spit on me! When I found the tooth......lets just say curly whirly's suddenly became unpopular! Ds did manage it the first two trips. The second one his friend lost one too! Of course I think they purposely kept a couple of really loose teeth just for the tour. They looked really intent chewing on that carmel! We may have had 5 the last time. Did they make the chocolate covered sundae type dessert at the end?

Were you doing the Prime books or in the Kindle First where I think all kindle owners get one. Kindle First is where I got two not the prime part. Eta. I really think the second choice in the kindle first section is new. I got my December choice at the very end of the month and didn't get the message. Today there was a little messege right next to where you "buy" them. Since I bought my two the message is gone.

Were you given tons of chocolate? The first couple of times we went we received something like 15 bars each but ds kept losing teeth on the tour...curly whirly's are sticky. Since Kraft we receive substantially less. UK tour in Birmingham https://www.cadbury.co.uk/ Gargoyles.....dd made this one which turned out pretty perfect so will just link the pattern https://www.yorkminster.org/shop/gifts/knit-your-own-goswald-gargoyle.html. Plus pictures are hard to post.

Artistic License is currently free from the Prime lending library if anyone is interested. It's been awhile since I checked out my monthly book so am actually pretty excited. ETA. I also just learned that prime members now get two free kindle first books each month.

Pam, For the sake of you like research I want to report I have used pretty close to 100 since yesterday this time. I didn't obstain but have been keeping track and the new thread moving quickly means I am now out. If I don't like someone's post know that I am out at that moment!

Uff Da! :grouphug: May you find a wonderful new church community to belong to!

For those of you who read paranormals I just ran into a new to me author while looking for Kareni and Teacherzee's new favorite series called Ivy Years(not paranormal but something called new adult, curious). I can't find it but started searching using Ivy which gave me a load of books by Alexandra Ivy. While wading through those I spotted one with a Gargoyle on the coverhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17207134-levet?from_search=trueand I love Gargoyles. Has anyone read The Guadians of Eternity series? They start with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72286.When_Darkness_Comes?from_search=truewhich sounds pretty good. I need to do some overdrive returns so I can check one out.

Happy Birthday MelMichigan!!! I hope you have a great day! I forgot to post my current reads. Jane Eyre.....still chugging along. I reread it maybe 4 years ago and think I may remember it to well for it to be a page turner. I keep reacting to things that I know are coming next by deciding I am not in the mood for that scene right now. Currently ignoring wedding plans.....I know what happens exactly! :lol: Nine Rules to Break when Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean is pretty much what it sounds like fluffy escapism. So far it is reading fast and nothing to criticize. The waiting list on overdrive is 30 people behind me so it is definitely a read now or forget it!

I finished Tana French's Broken Harbor this afternoon. It was Book 4 in The Dublin Murder Squad series. It was good, not the best in the series but as thishttp://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/book-reviews-broken-harbor-tana-french-light-oceans-m-stedman-article-1.1122312review says good enough. It was one of those murder suspense novels that managss to deliver a surprise in the end. This is a series I would probably have read much quicker if the holds list for the books weren't so long!

Since you enjoyed Prophecy I am going to recommend a couple of lighter C's The Coroner's Lunch https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243353.The_Coroner_s_Lunch is the first in a series set in Laos post Vietnam War. I read it last year when doing my geography challenge. Basically it is about an elderly doctor who finds himself appointed as National Coroner of Laos by the Communist regime with no training available but with a strong desire to do a good job. Fiction but fascinating. One of the series that I am slowly working my way through. Cut to the Quick https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/351385.Cut_to_the_Quick by Kate Ross which is the first in a really good historical mystery series which a few BaWers have read in the past.

I started Val McDermid's contribution to the Austen Projecthttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/19/jane-austen-northanger-abbey-val-mcdermidlast summer. I wasn't aware of the Austen project and had checked out what I thought was a police thriller with a clever title. Not bad, just not what I wanted to read right then. Long list of holds behind me so I let it go. Now I am curious....... I think the 1950's version for Moby Dick is on Amazon Prime for free here, I know an old version is. I don't think we have ever had a 17 page thread before. We are prone to rabbit trails but 17 pages is really long.

I would wait to start them until about six weeks before you can plant them in the garden. I have planted the marigolds and zinnias directly in the garden and moved the plants later. just depends how quickly you want flowers.

Shukriyya thank you! As the long time BaW people know my computer abilities are lacking. Unless a familiy member helps links are the best I can do. Now for Shukriyya's mom's quilt. Quilter's, especially those of you who belong to a quilt group (Jenn ;) ) , look at it very closely because it solves many issues I have with stacks of sample blocks as well as being incredible to look at. Her mom was a very gifted lady and pretty clever too. Unless all the demonstrators in my group make a concious effort to stick to one size of block for each technique demonstrated if you actually do each block you end up with nothing to show for your year except a stack of pillows. One year we were required to only do 12 inch blocks. If you couldn't do it in 12 inch don't demonstrate. :lol: Her mom made strips of her different sizes. Sometimes adding fabric strips between horizontally in easy patterns ( checkerboard and triangles) equalling her long strip length I suspect. Coordinating single strips went down the rows of sample blocks. Also the log cabin border really pulls it all together (I plan to play with lover's knot which I like to work with and see what effect I can get). The big thing here was she was clever enough to keep her colour palette constant which produced beauty. Shukriyya posting this picture today gave me a bit of a chuckle and a reminder of last years goals. After studying these pictures and plotting a similar endeavour, dd and I went to our patchwork meeting (sbuject Hawaiian quilting) with our solid and pattern in colours that we will never make a whole quilt out of. Dd had a beautiful lime green and fushia combo of which we own enough for a pillowsham. I had hunter green and rose which I like but need to pull my fabric to figure out if that is the path to a full size quilt someday. For some odd reason neither us us cut although we both plan to try it.

I used to know someone who started snapdragons in windowsills this time of the year and had a fabulous yard. The seeds are microscopic ;) and need careful watering which was hard when I tried it with todlers. I have done larger seed annuals a number of times. Marigolds and zinnias are easy.

Jane, Since I still buy a large portion of my fabric in the States with coupons and carry it back or in our local market, I buy from the really nice couple....won't get him far, but locals actually know who we mean. I don't really know where to send him for fabric other than Liberty which is expensive but very beautiful. Maybe have him pick up a pack of coordinating fat quarters. The website I linked uses liberty almost exclusively so look there for ideas of a color palette to send him after. The quality of their fabric is wonderful. Yarn beyond the obvious like Debbie Bliss etc. Is local. If he sees wool that is local and nice....girlfriend's department probably, tell him to go for it. A couple of skeins never hurt anyone. Pretty sure thehttp://m.cathkidston.com/bags/totes/list?ctry=KZ&results=10Cath Kidston sale continues. I would have him get you a bag for your crafts. I love them! Dd bought a cute dress for 50 percent off last week that she has wanted for a very long time.

Since many of my friends here are also crafters I thought I would share a link to one of my favorite quilting blogshttp://veryberryhandmade.co.uk/2015/01/10/big-thoughts-for-2015/. This morning her subject is books.....she just joined a 26 books in a year challenge and listed the fun topic starters that I thought some of you might enjoy. I particularly liked the Read a book with a lion, a witch, or a wardrobe. I have no idea what I would pick (the witch would happen for me without trying) but as a serious Narnia fan it sounds sooo lovely. I have done a couple of her free patterns for small quilt projects for quick gifts. Easy with good directions. I can now imagine Jane, Jenn, and Shukriyya spending part of today exploring her quilt ideas! Edited....I originally said linked to the book group. What I thought was a link wasn't. I went back to click the link and explore which didn't work. Enjoy the topic ideas. ;) http://burns-familyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/26-books-challenge.html

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Edited.....Somehow I posted with no content. Not sur how. We moved into a home without a garden fall of 2013. That fall dh prepared basic beds for me and we planted an assortment of colourful bulbs to enjoy in the spring. Mainly daffodils, anemones, and iris. In the spring I added glads and dahlias. I have gone to a number of garden club type sales because they are a great place to pick up plants that do well in my area and have added a pretty wide range of plants from those. Since the plants are members extras they know exactly where that perennial was thriving. A few nursery buys for more mature shrubbery mainly. Our yard is sunny with parts being brutally sunny. I have been moving things around accordingly. The bulbs have given me a good base for colour year around. I planted many more this fall and was also able to split forget me nots and foxgloves. At other houses the kids and I have ordered seed packets for perennial flowering plants. Things were somewhat hit or miss. What grew wasn't necessarily what I dreamed of but in two years I had colourful borders that were perennial.

I can't like icy roads! I remembered what I wanted to say....I wonder if Pam's 95 likes were somehow cumulative from her 48 hour break. 50 from one day, 45 as some odd proportional number. I still keep running out and I am trying to ration them. No way can I do your experiment Pam, not liking for 48 hours would drive me nuts!

Happy Birthday Rosie!!!! Trying to remember all that I want to respond to. Our temperature here reached 54F. I just have to say that I think I live the furthest north of any of us other that Teacherzee and perhaps Julia. I didn't know I was living by the Med. Amy and Jane you need to come and enjoy my balmy climate. :lol: Can't remember the rest so will post before I lose this.

Among Others is the only Jo Walton I have ever attempted to read. It is one that I keep thinking about returning to because it was partly returned because the library needed it back. At one point someone here said that I might like her Farthing series better but none of my libraries had those. Yesterday when browsing the new books section up popped Farthing and the rest. I placed a hold but will have to see about the timing. Finished a great Flufferton Abbey book last night. I have been waiting for the first book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110391.The_Duke_and_Iin Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series since fall and finally got to read it. Loved it. Waiting for the second one now!

I quit Five Red Herrings last January. I doubt tbat I posted about it due to embarrassment. I think it is the only Lord Peter I haven't read. Dd actually told me to quit after she slogged through. She said I wouldn't like it.....

My idea of a good calendar season wise agrees with Angel' s except for me spring needs to last through May. On that happy note Dh brought me home my first daffodils of the season this afternoon. They will sell them really inexpensively through at least March in unopened bundles here of maybe 10 flowers. Think they come from Holland. You put them in water and they open within hours. I love daffodils and dh for buying them for me! Amy, MC Beaton also writes as Marian Chesney. Her historical romances are probably more your cuppa! Personally I prefer Hamish Macbeth to the Agatha's.