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Stitching & Crafting Room:  The shock of my married life!  |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 01:33:57 AM
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I came home from work tonight, after a cold, wet day helping cranky customers and hauling garden stuff to cars in the miserable rain and hail,with my arms full of groceries, feeling crabby and blue.And there, assembled in my dining room, was the quilting machine and frame I have had my eye on for over a year. And my grandchildren yelling "Surprise, Nana!!" And my dear sweet husband, who this year has literally become a new man and made me fall in love with him all over again after 31 years of marriage, is standing there with a big grin on his face, 'cause he knows I have known absolutely nothing about this in advance!
What a guy. What a shock. What a lovely gift.
Any body have any quilt tops they want quilted? I think I am in business.... |
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Lavendar fields dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
1032 Posts
little monkeys mommy
washington
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 01:42:48 AM
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oh HOW sweet thats a wonderful surprise!! I am so happy for you, cant wait for my hubby to actually surprise me sometime. I always seem to know what he is up to.
lavendar girl |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 01:52:12 AM
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Diane,
Kiss that man a good one, how absolutley wonderful.
CS
listening to the quiet moments |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9439 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 03:03:30 AM
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Oh how sweet! Don't you love it when them surprising you makes them so happy. Sometimes I like that better than the surprise.
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 05:20:19 AM
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Well, good for him. What a hero! Oh, the things you will be able to do now. You will be unstoppable. :)
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com |
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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl
919 Posts
Cheryl
Magalia
CA
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 07:04:16 AM
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That is very sweet! Good for you and him :)
Cheryl
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 07:14:31 AM
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What a great surprise! That is the sweetest....and how many girls would be swept off their feet by a quilting machine and frame? Only a true farmgirl! :)
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 09:54:41 AM
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HOw how wonderful!! What a sweetheart you've got! Have fun with your quilting machine and frame. cant wait to see the good things to come from such a sweet gift.:)
Happy Quilting~
Hugs jessie
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine; O What a foretaste of Glory DIVINE!
http://HandmadeHeartStrings.etsy.com
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
444 Posts |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 10:29:29 AM
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That was so sweet! I sure hope you gave him a long smocharoo, and a great big hug! lol What a great surprise!!
 What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 11:13:26 AM
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What a wonderful surprise! That was such a thoughtful loving thing for your husband to do. You know I really do think they get sweeter and even more caring about pleasing you as they get older. I know my has, and I love it.
Mary Jane
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 4:11:53 PM
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| WOW!! What a man!! You must be one heck of a wife too! Enjoy it and him! |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 4:20:08 PM
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How happy you must be, wish I could have been there to see you walk in the door.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 6:27:42 PM
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You tell that guy of yours that the entire farm here is just green with envy!  I'm just so pleased to hear what your hubby did for you Diane. What a treat!
Rhonda
I'm a one girl revolution. |
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~Tracey~
True Blue Farmgirl
351 Posts
Tracey
TN
USA
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wildshannon
Farmgirl at Heart
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shannon
chickaloon
alaska
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 10:28:25 PM
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| The question that I have and am surprised that no one has asked this yet: What in the world caused your husband to become a new man? Is it contagious? We have our 30th wedding anniversary this coming March.... will I have to wait one more year after that? I have a sweety too but he's like sour dough starter... needs feeding every so often to get him going. Have fun with all the quilting. Shannon in Chickaloon Alaska |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 11:31:59 PM
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Thanks for all the sweet congrats. I don't usually share for fear of sounding like bragging, but this one I couldn't help.
Shannon, there is no simple answer to what made my husband change. We have been through some really bad times the last 5 years. Almost overnight, we went from a Hallmark commercial type family of 5 with 3 daughters in high school, to one daughter married, abused and now divorced single mother of 3,one diagnosed with a mental illness who has made our life hell, 2 parents both dying slowly, a brother also dying, my husband getting called up to active duty and losing a promotion,financial resources and retirement money,him suffering through an accident and the ensuing spinal column surgery, and his best friend commiting suicide.
He became depressed and nothing I did seemed to help. I got a job. I lost weight. I offered to sell the farm and move to town. When at last it got so bad I told him either go see a Dr. or I am leaving, he stubbornly waited for months. In the mean time, 2 of the fella's I worked with became "interested" in the much thinner me and I think a combination of that and finally getting on some antidepressants woke him up.He got scared. He had sort of a mental breakdown and an epiphany all at the same time.He almost lost me, and knew it.And it has been nothing but a second honeymoon ever since.
My Grandma used to say "where there is still love there is always hope".It is lovely to be treasured again. |
Edited by - Fabulous Farm Femmes on Oct 20 2007 11:34:47 PM |
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
444 Posts |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2007 : 09:32:07 AM
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Sourdough starter! That is hilarious. But truer than we think perhaps! These stories really warm my heart to read. Diane - I am so happy for you - making it through all that you and your hubby have is quite amazing and reassuring to all of us.
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Nin
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Enjoyng life in the world of Peachy Hollow
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Posted - Oct 21 2007 : 4:15:17 PM
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I think I just fell in love with your husband! *swoon*
www.peachyhollow.com
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2007 : 5:14:28 PM
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Did ya drop the groceries I think the hubby is a keeper. WOW! that would be something to come home to 
Give that man a squeeze and start quiltin'!
Wishing you joy in small things and peace in your heart
Annika
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