leave there till 4.15pm! I arrived at 10.00am and we had lots of lovely tea, rice cakes, philly cheese, tomato and sage! I also had some of her beautiful honey that they got when they had the hive evacuated.

Thank you for sharing with us your lovely relaxing day ! Glad for you !

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by pennifold 12 Jul 2011

Thanks Dilceia - it was a lovely day. Love Chris

Oh Chris, I would so loved to have been with the 2 of you. It's wonderful of you to share the pics with us, the next best thing to being there. Thanks/Lillian

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by pennifold 12 Jul 2011

Thanks Lillian - sorry haven't been able to get on here at all today. I love the piccies too. Love chris

Great Pics!!! Thanx for sharing! Glad you two had a swell time chatting! Hugs, Judy

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by pennifold 10 Jul 2011

Thanks Judy, I'm glad I got to go again too. Can't wait to get back and help out. Love Chris

I just found this post. So glad I did not miss it. Thank you for sharing the great photos. Glad Meganne is in her new house. I'm afraid she may have some of the problems that I had with my last move. I had more stuff than space. Hard to get rid of things you have had for years. I will share one idea with Meganne for her kitchen. I purchased some ceramic flower pot and crocks and used them on the kitchen counters to hold all the mixing spoons, spatulas,kitchen shears, pizza cutter ,etc. I had limited drawers to store items in and now they in plain site. Kay

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by pennifold 10 Jul 2011

Good morning Kay,

I'm glad you found this too. You're welcome about seeing the pictures. I think you're right about the move, you do tend to bring a lot of "things" that you don't really need.

I know Meg has a couple of those utensil holders, but I reckon she could do with some more. She had an overhead rung in her old house that used to hold pans, pots, etc. She would love to have that again and an island. Well, I think Ray may have his work cut out for him! Ha ha he he!

Love Chris

You have doubled, trebled, quadrupled.. the joy by posting here! Thanks for sharing with us.;)

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by pennifold 10 Jul 2011

Yes, I'm sorry about that Jerrilyn. I realised after I posted this note I should have put it in the Personal tab.

Never mind at least everyone knows what Meg and Ray have been up to recently.

They are such a great couple. Can't wait to go back and help rearrange things in Meg's Room. Love Chris

Lovely pictures - Chris you are so photogenic.

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by pennifold 10 Jul 2011

Thankyou Sarah - I'm blushing. Love Chris

Thanks for posting Chris, I'm afraid after driving to Penrith and back the night before and only getting 4 hours sleep, I was really a bit wasted Friday, I was hoping you couldn't tell. LOLOL!!! Caught up on my sleep yesterday though as I slept 'til after 1PM.

I had a truly lovely day and I have to tell you Cuties, Chris is so effervescent I have trouble keeping up with her. hahahahahaha!!!

What she didn't tell you was that she made me a gorgeous pink tea-towel with an appliquéd Strawberries hanger, it is so lovely I found a place in my kitchen to hang it on my stove grid thingy. It's way too nice to hang in the laundry Chris, don't you Cuties agree?

The last time Chris visited she also bought me a gorgeous tea-towel, beautifully embroidered with a colourful rooster. (see pics below) I couldn't find my camera lead to upload the photo's before now.

Aren't they just gorgeous????

The third pic is Chris and Ophelie on their last visit, Ophelie took her first step that day, I was so thrilled to be part of that. :-)))

We sure did have a great get together, Ray even stopped and joined us for some lunch, that's very rare.

We have so much to do, especially since storage is so sparse in this house, at least I got my pantry organised, (Pic 4) but it's all packed in so snugly I'll have to label the shelves or I'll never find anything. LOL!!! I still have a bit more to move around but I'll need the special organiser sections (Ray built) out of the pantry at Penrith.
I may still have to commandeer part of the linen press to store kitchen items as I hate parting with my things and there just isn't enough cupboard space unless I pack things inside things and cram them all in,,,,, but then I also need somewhere to store all our bathroom stuff, ah, who needs linen anyway??? Yeah right!!!

Thank you all for your lovely comments it is so truly lovely to spend time with like minded friends and I believe most Cuties are compatible because we have our mutual love of crafts at the core of our friendship.
Thanks again Chris for such a lovely day and the beautiful tea-towel.
Hugs and roses, Meganne

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by shirlener88 11 Jul 2011

What lovely gifts you have - isn't it grand with they start to walk like that - I love your pantry - WOW!

How far away are you from each other if that is not rude to ask?

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by meganne 09 Jul 2011

I did take the cars kilometre reading once, but I have forgotten what it was. LOL!!!
It only takes 30 minutes to drive at normal speed limit so it's probably only 30 kilometres or so.
Hugs n roses, Meg

by pennifold 10 Jul 2011

I checked that with Trevor too yesterday and we are only about 18 miles (approximately 30kms). Very quick ride straight down freeway conditions at mostly (80-90km per hour). Even if I get a couple of traffic lights it's still a quick trip. It's great that she is so close.

Love Chris

by shirlener88 11 Jul 2011

so close - that is great.

Thanks for sharing, I am so glad that you had such a good time. The pictures are lovely!

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by pennifold 10 Jul 2011

Thanks so much for commenting too. Love Chris

Sounds like you both had a great day, maybe on the next visit, or two you will get round to the sorting of the sewing room...

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Hi Caroline, well that was my intention to start, but it's really nice to relax once in a while. I'll certainly offer to go back and help out. Love and blessings Chris

How wonderful for you and Meg. Time flies when you are having fun and that is what it sounds like happened. Glad you two could get together. Hugs, Mary

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Hi Mary, thanks for commenting, I'm so glad to have found a new friend and she is so close by. I wish now that Pauline could come up more often. Love and blessings Chris

by meganne 10 Jul 2011

Oh I'll second that Chris. I miss her so much and I certainly don't want to gain one friend n lose another. I think I'll be driving down to Polly's at least once a fortnight, when she is home, that is. LOLOLOLOL!!!!

What a great day you must have had. It is nice to sit and visit, and know that both of you enjoyed your time. Great pictures, and glad that you shared them. Gread thread stand - they are nice to have and use. Hugs

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Thanks Beth, yes it's great to sit and chat isn't it?

I do hope you are finding some me time with the wedding looming!

Love and blessings Chris

It sounds wonderful and your pics are so nice of both of you. Glad you had the time together.

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Thanks so much we had a ball. Love Chris

8-)

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Thanks so much love Chris

I am so glad you had a good time. I was going to phone but something came up and I missed doing it. So very sorry I missed the oppotunity
Hugs Raelene

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Hi Raelene, never mind, maybe next time. As I'm so close to Meganne now I can visit her more often and she can come here too! Love Chris

Isn't great to visit and do NOTHING! I don't know how we get caught up in always doing........ A couple of years ago I used to visit my friend on Sunday afternoons (group of us) and it was so nice a relaxing I slept all afternoon! Now it's rush, rush to get home to sew ......... Glad you had a happy day.
Love & hugs to you both

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Thanks Elizabeth - I agree with you. I used to go to Margaret's my best friends place and we'd just sit and chat and drink Champers (not Bolly though!!) like the Absolutely Fabulous gals! Ha ha!, but it was great time out. Love Chris

Your day sounds wonderful. So nice to just sit and chat sometimes. Meganne will get her house in order. Great pictures. The thread rack is beautiful. Becky

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Thanks Becky - it was nice and I know how long it takes to put things away so I know they will get it done eventually. I agree with you the threadrack is wonderful. Love Chris

This sounds like so much fun. I would have loved to join you. Just too far away. I am glad you guys had such a wonderful time.

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Thanks Angie - it was great to meet up and just chat. Time out is always refreshing! Love Chris

Thanks for sharing the great pictures! Sounds like a fabulous day. I love the thread holder, too.

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Hi, it's taken pride of place behind my Husqvarna Designer 1! It looks great too. Love Chris

I am so GREEN with envy! How great that you have someone close that shares the same interests (and a "Cutie" to boot)!! Thanks for sharing the pictures,you both look great!
Hugs, Nadyne

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Hi Nadyne, thanks for the comments. Yes, that's what bought us together, our love of sewing etc. She has so many other lovely things too and is a great collector! Love and blessings Chris

Chris, it is so great that you and Meganne had this time together as "embroidery buddies", and just to chat as friends!! We have such wonderful friends amongst us Cuties! No greater blessing than time spent with a "friend"!!
Angel

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

That's true Angel - Meg actually said to me it was so nice to meet another friend up this way. You just never know when you will make a friend do you? This website started it for us. Love Chris

excellent!!i am happy for you guys!!

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Thanks Carolyn! I hope to see more of her now! Love Chris

I envy you two...being so close that you can just get together ...whenever.... HUGs

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Aren't we lucky Barb, and she only lives 30 minutes away - love Chris

Isn't it a pity that Aust is so big. Would be nice to be able to have a get together and put faces to the names. Sounds as though you both had a great day.

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Yes Lyn, it's such a huge country and I know there are more of us on the central coast area of NSW, but it's finding the time to get all together. I love watching the South African get togethers, it's such a great day of knowledge shared and gained. Love Chris

Thanks for sharing your great time at Meganne's new home. 'Smelling the roses' together is double the fun. You both look really happy.
AlmaG.

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Thanks Alma, you can't but be happy in Meg's presence, she is such an inspirational woman. Love and blessings Chris

So thrilled to hear that you and Meg had a great visit - it doesn't surprise me that you were there all day - Hehehe! I love that Meg's hair has grown out so great - wearing a wrist brace - I see - she looks thinner, too. You look wonderful - what is that fur around your neck? Very pretty. What a nice thread rack - Ray did a lovely job and you are right - he could market and sell them. Glad you received your Secret Santa, too.

I am thrilled for both of you.

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by pennifold 09 Jul 2011

Well I reckon we could talk the legs of an armchair, us two! I think we were meant to find each other, don't you?

Yes, Meg wears a wrist brace to assist with pain etc. I too commented on her hair, I haven't seen it so long, I suggested she wear it up in one of those lovely hair clasps and she proceeded to show me some beautiful ones she has.

With regard to that funny thing about my neck it's a scarf!

I can't wait to try the thread rack out, it is huge! Love Chris

by shirlener88 11 Jul 2011

thanks for answering. Hehehe!

Thank you for sharing your pictures with us.

Meganne....What are you feeding your CAT?...he is beautiful and BIG ... hehehehhe I love cats....
Great pictures of both of you girls....
Hugs
Linda

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

I think Spanky is just a large cat - very timid though - the other cat Mishka is a beautiful Himalayan though and a very pretty boy! Love Chris

Your right the thread holder should be marketed. He did a wonderful job on the design. The kitty is a big boy. It will take a bit of time getting settled in to her new place so she was probably glad to have a distraction from putting stuff away. Sometimes it is nice just to have fun and not work.

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

So true, it was a lovely day just to sit, talk and think about what has to be done. They have a long way to go with putting things away in places where you can find them again ha ha he he! I always find that when you move you tend to keep things in the same place as your previous place. Well, that's what I do! Love Chris

I agree with you, yes, that cat is huge!

Thank you for sharing with us your lovely relaxing day ! Glad for you !

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Hi Cathie, it was such a wonderful day. Love Chris

Good thing you had a relaxing time - everyone needs one sometimes. The relaxing day probably did you a lot of good.
Like the pic of thread holder and the ones of you gals (& Spanky!).

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

If you double click on them they come up bigger, but don't look too close at the double chins! ha ha he he! And I'm not referring to that HUGE cat!

Love Chris

What a wonderful relaxing day the two of you had! It must have been so fun to just set and visit.
Carol

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Yes Carol, it's always nice to have a "free" day. No babysitting, no worries, and it was a glorious sunny cold day! Love Chris

I wish I was with the both of you. So glad that you had a great time. Hugs DeVon

PS Meganne I love your cat!!

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by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

I'm sure if Meg could she would have an army of Cuties at her place. That cat is just one of 3 - she has a beautiful Himalayan called Mishka but I forgot to take a picture of him and she has a little girl moggy. Love Chris

1. Meganne with her huge cat Spanky - he was trying to get away from me - he is just a big scaredycat!

2. I took a picture of me from the position I was standing in looking back to the kitchen.

3. New thread stand that Ray has made - he has made a few and I told him he should sell them. He and Meganne had already thought of that!

The bag next to it is from my SECRET SANTA person. Thanks I'll open it on 25th July, it arrived on Thursday and I forgot to mention it on here.

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by shirlener88 08 Jul 2011

Great pictures.

by pennifold 08 Jul 2011

Hi Shirlene, that is a scarf I knitted - it's made from lovely soft fluffy wool with long threads. It's gorgeous, I've also made one in purples, blues and greens! Love Chris

by stitchship 09 Jul 2011

Love the pictures! That cat is huge!!! He must weigh like 30 lbs. ;) He looks bigger than my dog. LOL

by meganne 10 Jul 2011

Yes he's a big boy but he only weighs 19.5lbs. He was a rescue cat and gave me a lot of problems until he learned I was the boss, but that I would treat him fairly and he'd get more love and affection than he could ever imagine.
He now plays with me with retracted talons (he doesn't have normal claws they are huge and very hurtful). He lets me pick him up and carry him around, and we play chasing's and hide n seek. He loves to sleep on our bed now but he takes up so much room we can't move our feet so he gets a cuddle then goes into his own bed to sleep.
It is so heart warming that he trusts us so well now but he still takes off to hide when ever the doorbell rings.
hugs n roses, Meganne

by beatie58 10 Jul 2011

Sounds and looks like you both had a great day!