ok, it has been a long time since i sewed anything.
do i wash my fabric first?
i can't remember and the pattern instructions don't say.. diana
Ohiocowboy, I think it's GREAT that you sew. I have great respect for people who are not afraid of "non traditional" tasks or hobbies. I LOVE it when my husband helps me decorate the house. Often, we have gone to the fabric store together to pick out the right color combination for window treatments or accent pillows. He has great taste; something he wasn't aware of before he got married.
Kudos to you, Ohio!
please dont take offence but ive just realised something maybe its been touched on before,.but when i was reading the thread on bil cosby i read the one off obviously secret.
now as i am a white person i assumed he was white until he stated he was black.
so when i thought about it, i imagine everyone on this site is white, does everyone who is black imagine everyone else is black, and anyone oriental imagine everyone else is oriental.
I'm so white it hurts....literally. I'm half Scandinavian. Exposing myself to the sun for 15 minutes is painful and results in nausea and lightheadedness. Never, ever a nice tan will happen, only uncomfortable burning.
Okay, I do have some French, German, Polish, too.
My dog is a black lab. He likes to relax in the sun spots on the porch. My husband and I tease the dog, saying he is "working on his tan" whenever the dog does this....
what if we all went back the kh and disobeyed every non-biblical rule.
we went in and were "non-politically correct" witnesses.
we'd say "bless you," we'd say "you're lucky.
I have this fantasy of walking up to a sister or brother in the grocery store and just start gabbing. They, of course, would rudely walk away from me (cuz I'm df'd), but I would just follow them around and gab and gab, just like old times.
.......naw...I would just make a fool of myself, and they would feel proud that they snubbed me.
i have looked for this topic today, and didn't find it.
so i was wondering if you fine folks could tell me and others what was it exactly that got you out?.
sarcasm is welcome provided you tell us the real reason under it .
The hypocrisy and the control.....two of the biggest.
Also, being a female in the organization made a difference in my attitude. I remember getting pissed off over many things that seemed double standard.
Tell me again: why can't I use the track at the YMCA to burn off the energy I would rather use engaging in sex?
....as in if you personally were df'd or someone close to you was??
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It was an emotional experience for me. The elders asked way too many personal/sexual questions. I was depressed and like a loser for a couple of years. I feel better now, though.
part i of governing blunders in which the wts used a quotation from an anonymous psychiatrist and the department on 'many authorities' attempting to prove that woman feel, while men think, and that the tow actions are mutually exclusive, reached this conclusion in part - "thus the supervision of women by men seems to be nature?s plan, however desperately women may fight it.
as we all know, it takes as little as this type of statement for groups of men with shiny pants and briefcases to begin herding their women like cattle, trying to convince them that cooking endless 'nutritious' meals really is fun, and that holding a microphone just so, is a real mans work.
i thought we would continue in like vein, reminding the reader once again that many of the writers and editors of the wt and awake are still writing atricles for these magazines as we speak.
This kind of garbage makes my blood boil.
I wonder what the Governing Body would have to say about the following discrepancy with regard to women's brains:
Prior to graduation last year, I was chosen for the Vocational Technology Award in Industrial Manufacturing Technology. I graduated with a 4.0 when I received my Associate Degree (last year). This program is male-dominated; I was the only female in the program at the time.
I have since entered a new program: Engineering. I have a lot of schooling to go through, and it is more difficult and challenging than the previous program. My boss, who is a Professional Engineer where I hold my internship, assures me often, "Robin, you wait. Ten years from now you will own your own firm!" I'm amazed at what a professional person in the field tells me, compared to the Pants within the Organization.
I still wonder if it was the years of degration by the Organization that led me to pursue a male-dominated field to begin with. How dare they try to mold me in a form "fitting" to women. Hmmmphhhhhh!
i have been connected with jw's my whole life.
i would be interested in meeting or talking with anyone who has connection with wisconsin jw's.
if u know anyone at all from wisconsin please leave me message in my box.. .
Are you looking for active JW's or exJW's?
I'm from Illinois, just 20 minutes from the border of Wisconsin. Does that count?
..i'll start.
morris dancing!
the hankies add a nice touch... .
Cool pictures, Englishman!
I visited Haworth, Ripon and Harrogate when I went to England with my sister. We toured Bronte Parsonage. We traveled all over Yorkshire. We visited Thirsk and Richmond, too. York was a cool city as well.
Anyone there James Herriott fans here?
We came back to the States as "tea snobs", drinking Yorkshire tea.
Now, here we are, back in the flat land of Illinios....
has anybody seen the june awake.
its entitled "lonely but not alone".
there must be a lot of jw's that can't find friends.
Please don't dispair, Obviously Secret. You may feel shy, but you appear to have exceptional communications skills by the way you write and respond to peoples' posts. Part of your shyness may be distrust toward people or lacking self-esteem. It's not an uncommon feeling, and it doesn't nessarily disappear later on in life. Sad, but true. I didn't start coming out of my "shell" until I made up my mind I was the only one who could do it for me. It takes courage and patience, because not everyone will like it or appreciate it. "SO WHAT" I finally have to say.
Don't get me wrong, there are still days I cry about this. It doesn't help that I'm a very sensitive person and very aware of people's reaction toward me. Sometimes I can brush it off, sometimes I can't.
Hang in there, OS! Share with us, we will listen.
has anybody seen the june awake.
its entitled "lonely but not alone".
there must be a lot of jw's that can't find friends.
I was quite lonely as a youth in my congregation. I was terribly shy. Also, it seemed the more "popular" youth looked down on me because my dad wasn't in "the truth" and their dads were elders, or what have you. It wasn't my imagination, because I saw this in three different congretations. As much as I didn't want to admit it then, "Christian" youth are called that by name only. The reality is, most are not that different from "wordly".
When I married a Ministerial Servant, my shyness did not disappear. If anything, it came back due to being in a new family, new town, new congregation...I was constantly told by my husband to "be more like his sister"...or "why can't you just go up to people and start a conversation?".....or "what's wrong with you that you don't act like those friendly pioneer sisters?"
........eeeeeerrrrrrrrrr....it still upsets me now when I think back.....
