Mixed Nuts Part 2

[disneymama73]

Dumb question - what do I use to clean and de-mildew a very delicate, 35-year-old lace trimmed linen handkerchief? It was my wedding handkerchief and my mother's before me, which is why I didn't throw it out. I am, however, ripping the personalizations out, since we're both divorced

Obviously I need to handwash it. Should I use Woolite, or dish soap...?

I would probably take it to the dry cleaners. Good luck! And great news about the trip!

 

[jonestavern]

Dumb question - what do I use to clean and de-mildew a very delicate, 35-year-old lace trimmed linen handkerchief? It was my wedding handkerchief and my mother's before me, which is why I didn't throw it out. I am, however, ripping the personalizations out, since we're both divorced

Obviously I need to handwash it. Should I use Woolite, or dish soap...?

I am staying awake until 4:30 am--DS needs money (his Visa card isn't activated! & remember, he is in Spain). Every time he calls we just miss him. Have stayed home for 2 days, we go out @ 6:30 PM (our time) & wouldn't you know he calls (but doesn't try our cells!)


Okay, do not take that hanky to the dry cleaners!
Take it outside & gently brush off the mold; brush on both sides.
Using a square of new, clean fiberglass screening sitting on top of the item,, take a vaccuum, perhaps with a clean brush attachment & on lowest suction, vacuum both sides of the handkerchief.
Now, in a basin of cool, distilled water(hard water & soap wreak havoc on old linens) & Orvis Quilt Soap or Ivory Flakes swish that hanky around.

You may want to do this to Tommy James & the Shondells...

Rinse, rinse, rinse w/more cool distilled water.
If soap is left in the material it will leave brownish spots.

DO NOT WRING!
Just stare blankly at the dampened hanky and ask how it knew to call you there...be sure any troublesome neighbors witness~

Now lay out hanky on immaculate unbeached/undyed cotton towel.
Damp dry in the sunlight.
If you plan to press, do not let hanky get totally dry.
Use a moderate iron w/a press cloth to iron handkerchief. Iron from the wrong side. Do not iron fabric dry.

When totally, positively dry place between two sheets of archival tissue & either leave flat in a roomy drawer (NO cedar closets,plastic wraps or boxes, or mothballs).
You may place this tidy package in with yr VS stuff.
Warning! This last step may give certain someones around here the DTs!!

If mildew persists you may want to try a weak dilution of Biz in place of the Orvis/Ivory Snow flakes.
Some people swear by soaking a few hrs to overnite.
This depends on the embroidery thread--it's colorfastness--so you may want to try in as unconspicuous area as possible.

Geez, this gave me something to do--now on to eat some watermelon & watch LOTR!

wish I had some cigarettes!

 

[RobInBigKC]

Blue and Lisa,

Happy Canada Day!!! (sorry I'm a day late)

-- Rob

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Hello? Anyone here? We got to Orlando safely. That's a long drive. Ended up taking about 15 hours. Right now we are going job seeking. If I can't find a job I'll just give up and go home because I'm really not that good at doing new things. So I might go home anyway. I don't know, I'm just having a moment because I don't know if this was a good idea. I'll check back in later. Hope everyone's doing well.

 

[jonestavern]

Okay, I'm guessing the Martha Stewart thing threw the place into a tailspin of
confusion & despair followed by a resounding fit of utter boredom

Here, let me just whip a few batches of petites madeleines and we'll savour a hot cup of a the new fragrant, robust tea I found on a recent trip to exotic Ceylon...

 

[jonestavern]

Hello? Anyone here? We got to Orlando safely. That's a long drive. Ended up taking about 15 hours. Right now we are going job seeking. If I can't find a job I'll just give up and go home because I'm really not that good at doing new things. So I might go home anyway. I don't know, I'm just having a moment because I don't know if this was a good idea. I'll check back in later. Hope everyone's doing well.

Super to hear you're safe & sound, PJ!
Have a cup of tea & a biscuit w/Martha, catch your breath, unpack, take a shower or nice bath & relax--think about things in the morning!

Ahh, MouseLand!

 

[paigevz]

PJ give it a week. You can do anything for a week. Just give it a try, you'll feel better about it, otherwise you'll always wonder.

Martha Stewart makes me feel incredibly inadequate. All those things she can do with orange peels.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Super to hear you're safe & sound, PJ!
Have a cup of tea & a biscuit w/Martha, catch your breath, unpack, take a shower or nice bath & relax--think about things in the morning!

Ahh, MouseLand!

Yes, it does have the whole MouseLand thing going for it. For instance tonight we didn't want to cook so we just drove over to Beaches and Cream. It was only about a 10 minute drive. I thought that was pretty cool.

PJ give it a week. You can do anything for a week. Just give it a try, you'll feel better about it, otherwise you'll always wonder.

Martha Stewart makes me feel incredibly inadequate. All those things she can do with orange peels.

Thanks, Paige. You're probably right. You've been right about a few things with me in the past though so maybe you're right about this. I just don't really do new things. Which I guess means I just do the same things over and over. That sounds boring. And no one needs orange peels.

Where is everyone lately?

 

[Tiffer]

PJ give it a week. You can do anything for a week. Just give it a try, you'll feel better about it, otherwise you'll always wonder.

Martha Stewart makes me feel incredibly inadequate. All those things she can do with orange peels.

Hi nutters.

Not that you asked, but I agree with Paige. New things are scary. I would take it day by day, but give yourself at least a week, if not a month.

How is everyone this fine evening? this is my first softball free day.
DD's dad ACTUALLY picked her up from practice and is having her sleep over.

Bad news is, she missed a pop fly and took it in the face. She will be ok though.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Hi nutters.

Not that you asked, but I agree with Paige. New things are scary. I would take it day by day, but give yourself at least a week, if not a month.

How is everyone this fine evening? this is my first softball free day.
DD's dad ACTUALLY picked her up from practice and is having her sleep over.

Bad news is, she missed a pop fly and took it in the face. She will be ok though.

I don't know what a pop fly is but I sense that it's painful. Sorry for Jenna. I'm just afraid that if I give it too long without getting a job then I'll come home and there won't be enough time left before I have to student teach to get a job there either. Then I will have no money. You and Paige always have been double teaming me.

 

[GoofyDad869]

Hello, all!

Psst - We're trying to get a quickie WDW trip lined up in early August for our son's 13th birthday. Shhhhhh!!!

PJ, good luck with the job sitchy-ashun. Moving to an entirely new place can be very disconcerting. You've also got your sister there too, right? For moral support.

JT - any time somebody goes all Martha Stewart is the time for me to exit, comprende?

I'm trying to get motivated to write a Trip Report. T'ain't happening yet, that's fer sure.

 

[Tiffer]

I would probably take it to the dry cleaners. Good luck! And great news about the trip!

I probably would too.

I don't know what a pop fly is but I sense that it's painful. Sorry for Jenna. I'm just afraid that if I give it too long without getting a job then I'll come home and there won't be enough time left before I have to student teach to get a job there either. Then I will have no money. You and Paige always have been double teaming me.

You have all the time in the world. Make your mistakes now. Follow your dreams now. Before you get married and have kids and kick yourself for what you should have done.

Hello, all!

Psst - We're trying to get a quickie WDW trip lined up in early August for our son's 13th birthday. Shhhhhh!!!

PJ, good luck with the job sitchy-ashun. Moving to an entirely new place can be very disconcerting. You've also got your sister there too, right? For moral support.

JT - any time somebody goes all Martha Stewart is the time for me to exit, comprende?

I'm trying to get motivated to write a Trip Report. T'ain't happening yet, that's fer sure.

I am a trip report moron. I just can't write them. Byt the time I get homw. I forget the details.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Psst - We're trying to get a quickie WDW trip lined up in early August for our son's 13th birthday. Shhhhhh!!!

Good, you can come meet me.

PJ, good luck with the job sitchy-ashun. Moving to an entirely new place can be very disconcerting. You've also got your sister there too, right? For moral support.

Yes, we're both here. Sitting in the same bed on our laptops right now actually! Just made an ADR for 'Ohana so we can go eat there and see the fireworks on the 4th of July. I have a job interview tomorrow.

You have all the time in the world. Make your mistakes now. Follow your dreams now. Before you get married and have kids and kick yourself for what you should have done.

I just don't want to have to listen to I told you so if I have to go home.

I am a trip report moron. I just can't write them. Byt the time I get homw. I forget the details.

Take notes. I took so many notes on the cruise. Hopefully I'll be starting mine soon.

 

[GoofyDad869]

I probably would too.




You have all the time in the world. Make your mistakes now. Follow your dreams now. Before you get married and have kids and kick yourself for what you should have done.




I am a trip report moron. I just can't write them. Byt the time I get homw. I forget the details.

I have a Word document on my phone that is a short outline of each day. I then email it to home and use it to start the Trip Report itself once we're back. This trip there were serious drugs involved (especially early in the trip, but they were all legal), and I'm kinda finding it hard to decipher what the hell I meant when I typed crap like "6/11 4:00-6:30 - schmugaflooz" I'm hoping I just stuffed it in my pocket and those are just random characters my shorts typed out. Hmmmm, that's an idea - self-typing shorts...

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

I have a Word document on my phone that is a short outline of each day. I then email it to home and use it to start the Trip Report itself once we're back. This trip there were serious drugs involved (especially early in the trip, but they were all legal), and I'm kinda finding it hard to decipher what the hell I meant when I typed crap like "6/11 4:00-6:30 - schmugaflooz" I'm hoping I just stuffed it in my pocket and those are just random characters my shorts typed out. Hmmmm, that's an idea - self-typing shorts...

You really are goofy. Now I took notes in a word document every night and now said word document won't open. I'm still going to mess around with it and try to figure it out but I'm computer challenged. Without my notes I guess I'll just be going by the pictures.

 

[Tiffer]

I think taking notes is a good idea. I'll give it a whirl next time.


PJ---don't live your life by I told you so's. It is a tremendous waste of your energy. You will get them at some point for something anyway. So take the chances now while the reprocussions are limited to I told you so's.

 

[GoofyDad869]

Good, you can come meet me.


Yes, we're both here. Sitting in the same bed on our laptops right now actually! Just made an ADR for 'Ohana so we can go eat there and see the fireworks on the 4th of July. I have a job interview tomorrow.



I just don't want to have to listen to I told you so if I have to go home.



Take notes. I took so many notes on the cruise. Hopefully I'll be starting mine soon.

Possibly, quite possibly.

We don't have a freakin' clue what our schedule will be (except a birthday dinner for boy-o at Whispering Canyon). We started talking about it this afternoon. Over the weekend, KAMommy realized we had way more DVC points available to us than we thought. Today at lunch, our son mentioned that he would LOVE to go to WDW sometime for his birthday. We put 2 + 2 together...

We're probably going to be staying at Saratoga Springs (one of the few DVC resorts we've not stayed at yet). Second choice would be Boardwalk. Third choice wil be Beach Club, but we'll find out tomorrow what availability is at this late date. I had client meetings all afternoon so was not around with her to plan very well. It's going to be a surprise for as long as we are able to keep it. We're going to tell him we're going down to Savannah GA for the week, so we should be safe at least to the I-16 split from I-75 at Macon...

I've learned in my life that when I'm 70 and looking back on it all, I think I'd much rather be saying "Man, I wish I HADN'T have done that..." rather than "Man, I wish I HAD done that..." I'm not a big risk-taker either. No time like being young. But it's scary, I know.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

PJ---don't live your life by I told you so's. It is a tremendous waste of your energy. You will get them at some point for something anyway. So take the chances now while the reprocussions are limited to I told you so's.

Yeah, I guess I told you so would really be a minor consequence in the scheme of consequences. I really just don't do new things. And I've never been so far from home and as dumb as this sounds...from my dog. I worry about her.

Possibly, quite possibly.

We don't have a freakin' clue what our schedule will be (except a birthday dinner for boy-o at Whispering Canyon). We started talking about it this afternoon. Over the weekend, KAMommy realized we had way more DVC points available to us than we thought. Today at lunch, our son mentioned that he would LOVE to go to WDW sometime for his birthday. We put 2 + 2 together...

We're probably going to be staying at Saratoga Springs (one of the few DVC resorts we've not stayed at yet). Second choice would be Boardwalk. Third choice wil be Beach Club, but we'll find out tomorrow what availability is at this late date. I had client meetings all afternoon so was not around with her to plan very well. It's going to be a surprise for as long as we are able to keep it. We're going to tell him we're going down to Savannah GA for the week, so we should be safe at least to the I-16 split from I-75 at Macon...

I've learned in my life that when I'm 70 and looking back on it all, I think I'd much rather be saying "Man, I wish I HADN'T have done that..." rather than "Man, I wish I HAD done that..." I'm not a big risk-taker either. No time like being young. But it's scary, I know.

I would think Saratoga Springs would be your best bet. Either that or OKW. Those are the 2 that always seem to have availability with late notice with DVC. I loved Saratoga when we stayed there. The surprise sounds really fun!!

 

[RobInBigKC]

Hello All!

Here, let me just whip a few batches of petites madeleines and we'll savour a hot cup of a the new fragrant, robust tea I found on a recent trip to exotic Ceylon...

Jean, you look so much more polished than the way you always are claiming to be (in many of your posts).

Thanks, Paige. You're probably right. You've been right about a few things with me in the past though so maybe you're right about this. I just don't really do new things. Which I guess means I just do the same things over and over. That sounds boring. And no one needs orange peels.

The oranges do!!! Or do you want to see a bunch of naked oranges?

I don't know what a pop fly is but I sense that it's painful. Sorry for Jenna. I'm just afraid that if I give it too long without getting a job then I'll come home and there won't be enough time left before I have to student teach to get a job there either. Then I will have no money. You and Paige always have been double teaming me.

It's bigger than a house fly but smaller than a horse fly.

I'm guessing if you keep eating at Beaches n' Cream and Ohanas you will have no money.

Good, you can come meet me.

OMG! What if PJ was to live in Orlando permanently? Would we all be forced to visit our Princess each time we make a trip to the World? There might be an advantage to the "my kids are getting too old for frequent Disney trips" thing after all...

You really are goofy. Now I took notes in a word document every night and now said word document won't open. I'm still going to mess around with it and try to figure it out but I'm computer challenged. Without my notes I guess I'll just be going by the pictures.

PJ -- if you can't get it open, email me your document and let me see if I can't at least free the text for you (if not the formatting of said text).


(1000th post (again ))

-- Rob

 

[Tiffer]

It's bigger than a house fly but smaller than a horse fly.

I'm guessing if you keep eating at Beaches n' Cream and Ohanas you will have no money.


OMG! What if PJ was to live in Orlando permanently? Would we all be forced to visit our Princess each time we make a trip to the World? There might be an advantage to the "my kids are getting too old for frequent Disney trips" thing after all...


-- Rob

Rob--you're killin me.

Ahh, ya, she will be broke in no time. What ever happende to the good old days when college kids ate Ramen noodles, day old pizza and PB&J's.