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I found the thread! Finally! Here’s the link:
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2687
(hope I did that right?!? 🙄 ) links to all the pics are on the second page of the thread
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Hi Kyrin!
Any snow yet? We’re getting plastered 😯 Is that usual for this time of year?
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Dragon Master wrote:sounds like a GREAT day to me!!
I LOVE the Old Musicals when they knew how to make movies and spent the money they needed to to make them. The Musicals day seemes to have faded. I LOVE movies like Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Hello Dolly, etc… I LOVE costumes too. I need to learn how to sewThe sewing is the easy part; it’s the detail work that’s hard. Actually, it’s sewing in a straight line that’s easy. Once you get into cartridge pleating, corsetry (like trying to find substitues for whale bone or spring steel) or shoemaking, that’s hard. Embroidery work or hand beading is time consuming but very satisfying 😀
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Nope, not certain of anything except that the pics showed a green mama dragon that was horribly broken. She was missing most of her wings. It was really late last night when I ran across it looking under ‘tutorials’; but I know I didn’t dream it! Ack! *pulls hair* I hate when I forget to bookmark something 👿
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I don’t think it was one of Kyrin’s repairs, tho’ I may be wrong 😯 This poor thing was missing most of her wings. Does that ring any bells for anyone?
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Somewhere in the forums I ran across a thread that I can’t find now, about Barrdwing restoring a badly damaged green mama dragon. I saw the pics of the poor thing at the begining, but can’t find anything that shows the end result. Is it finished or still a work in progress? What was the material used to re-sculpt the missing pieces like the wings? Brand and color of paint? How, how, how?!? I’m full of ” ‘satiable curiosity” and would love to see more pics!
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So, as I sit writing this it is snowing like mad! We’ve had an inch in less than 10 minutes 😯 ! The forecast is for 6 to 8 inches in the mountains; we’re sorta mountains here but I think we’re in for a doozy. My hubby and boys are camping out in this weather for scouts. Glad it’s not me! 😀
What’s a girl to do when she has the house to herself and she ain’t going out in that cold, white stuff? Well, she makes hot cocoa and cinnamon rolls for breakfast, pops in the DVD for the Sound of Music, stays in her jammies and bunny slippers and enjoys the extras on the DVD, particulary the interviews and documentaries with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
I was raised on lots and lots of musical theatre. Mum loved music and loved to sing and always had some record or other on. I can remember lots of Rogers and Hammerstein especially The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, The King and I and South Pacific. Then there were Lerner and Loewe’s classics, Camelot, My Fair Lady and Brigadoon all the original Broadway recordings.
Dad worked for IBM at the time but had started off in the recording business and had a huge collection of things that he had worked on including the Per Gynt Suite, Peter and the Wolf and the Nutcracker. He also was an award winning stage lighter for Brigham Young University.
I poured over those album covers with all the gorgeous Broadway costumes and stages. There were trips to the San Francisco Opera House to see the King and I, with the King played by Ricardo Montalban (I was 8 or 9 at the time) and Anna played by Sally Ann Howe from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Nutcracker Ballet where we saw Baryshnikov dance. Lots of outings to the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts for Hello Dolly, Oliver, West Side Story and more.
I guess this upbringing is why I like the extras on the DVD’s more than the movie itself. I want to know how they did that. It also affected my choices for college. I wanted to know so much and a major in theatre only covered so much. I wound up with a 3 part major that I wrote myself in theatre, literature and fine art, with an emphasis on costume design and construction. My husband says I know a little bit about a lot of stuff and it makes me dangerous! 😈
So, thanks for letting me ramble but it’s time to get back to the movie. Later I’ll finish up the tutu’s and fairy wings for the neighbor’s daughters and get started on my nekkid pyo’s! Hot cocoa anyone? 😀
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p.s. we’re now up to 2 inches with the snow 😯 !
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Big Valley was one of my favorites and one of the few programs my parents would let us watch! 😀
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was looking at the Windstone Editions logo and thought it would make a great vinyl sticker for car windows or car decor. the stickers seem to be really popular, at least where I am, and I’d rather purchase something like that from you than have it knocked off at one of the kiosks at the mall. any chance something like that could be added to the store?
thanks,
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KoishiiKitty wrote:owe. i know all about sinus pain.
I’m going to give it a few more days. If this is something my body can fight off itself, I would rather do that. it would be more benificil for my immune system. I’ve been using saline salution to rinse out my sinus, gargling with warm salt water to clean out the back of my thraot and fight the bacteria that way, aged garlic, took one drop of aregino oil, and the muled cider is just awesome. I am going to leave that simmering over night so if i wake up i got something hot to drink and break up the phlem.tried pm-ing you with the herbal stuff and got kicked out of the system – sorry 🙄 I really didn’t forget you! so quick fixes that might help:
try adding a few drops of tea tree essential oil to a 1.5 oz bottle of saline spray. tea tree oil is a natural disinfectant and antibiotic. shake well and irrigate sinuses with it. it may sting a bit but that means it’s working.
for the sore throat, add a drop or two of lemon essential oil to a spoonful of honey, mix well and swallow. honey is a natural antibiotic and lemon oil is a good natural disinfectant. they both work to coat the throat and kill the bugs. do this several times a day.
add 5 or 6 drops of eucalyptus essential oil to a warm bath or hot water. in the bath, the oil will help loosen congestion and relieve aching muscles. in the hat water, drape a towel over your head and the bowl and inhale. the eucalyptus scented steam will help open the sinuses and allow them to drain.
you don’t want the rest of the family to get sick so use peppermint essential oil or tea tree oil to clean the surfaces of the home ie. doorknobs, countertops etc. peppermint oil is a great disinfectant.
if you are up to eating, the following recipe will literally help to burn the bug right out of you!
Hot Chicken
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 Tablespoons lite soy sauce
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon water
2 Tablespoons cornstarchsauce
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons water
2 Tablespoons dark soy sauce
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoon cornstarch6 dried red peppers (the little ones)
broccoli florettes
chopped green onion
chopped roasted peanuts6 Tablespoons peanut oil divided in half
cut the chicken breasts into bight size pieces. marinate them in the soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, water and cornstarch.
cut the peppers into small pieces.
combine sauce ingredients and set aside.
place 3 Tablespoons peanut oil in a hot wok or frying pan and add the broccoli florettes. stir fry until tender but not mushy. set aside cooked broccoli in bowl.
put 3 Tablespoons peanut oil in wok and add the red pepper pieces. cook for 15 seconds. add the chicken pieces marinade and all and cook over high heat, stirring constantly for 10 minutes. add the broccoli and cook another 2 minutes. add the sauce mixture and cook until it thickens.
top with chopped green onion and chopped roasted peanuts and serve over hot rice.
a word of caution. every time we cook this we set off the smoke detectors in the house so open a window or two. when you add the peppers to the hot oil the resulting smoke will make everyone in the house cough, choke and have watery eyes. this is supposed to happen! the peppery smoke combined with the heat/hot of the dish will literally burn the nasty bugs out of you!
this dish is not so spicy that no one will eat it. my 11 year old twins love it and we have it about once a week! hope this helps 😀 😀 😀
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p.s. please do try to see your doctor. these are only stop gap measures and will only provide some relief. let me know how it goes!
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There once was a cute little kitten,
Whose owner was not very smitten.
For, said kit had big paws,
large fangs and huge claws
And his owner got clawed, scratched and bitten! 😯twindragonsmum
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