<Bibi> hi cak!!

<cak> hiya

<stampverb> I have an etiquette question

<Bibi> k

<cak> (uh oh)

<Bibi> lol

<stampverb> is it considered totally tacky, when you claim a prize,

<stampverb> to mention what you like and don't like?

<Bibi> depends.....

<Bibi> liek the grab bag?

<stampverb> for example, I hate cutesy stamps

<cak> if it's not set in stone what the prize is--vendors want you to be pleased. Even with gifties

<Bibi> yes

<stampverb> if I were a store owner I'd want to please

<stampverb> but of course, I would not expect a "custom" grab bag -- then it's not a GRAB bag!

<cak> just mention that if the grab bag hasn't been selected yet, yada yada yada

<Bibi> the grabbags may have been put together already, but I don't think it's tacky to let them know your preferences

<stampverb> I was thinking, maybe just mention a prefernece but indicate I'll be happy with anything at all

<SarahE> you might phrase it as "I especially like X sorts of images"

<SarahE> rather than I hate Y

<stampverb> good idea Sarah = more positive

<Bibi> yes

<Janet> hello all!

<cak> subtle, but powerful

<Bibi> hi Janet!

<Janet> I had to reinstall windows last night so I'm just limping along.

<SarahE> helloooooo teacher

<stampverb> ((( janet )))

<stampverb> windows, or Windows?

<cak> yikes

<Janet> look at http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick

* stampverb pictures Janet on tall ladder, replacing house windows

<JoyceSBS> hi, back again for two minutes\

* stampverb hands Janet tall cold iced tea with home=grown lemon

<JoyceSBS> Sarah did you get my email?

<Janet> LOL

<Janet> yum.

<JoyceSBS> Janet are you drunk?

<SarahE> yes

<Janet> Janet didn't get your email. Email doesn't work yet.

<Janet> NOT YET

<Janet> I'm workin' on it<g>

<stampverb> it's times like this that I am happy to be in a Windows-free zone

<Bibi> lol

<JoyceSBS> I wrote to you this morning Janet

<JoyceSBS> I've been hard at work all morning

<Bibi> lol

<Janet> I sent in my SBS order last night.

<JoyceSBS> but need to go out right now

<stampverb> nice Social last night, Joyce

<Bibi> on your new website?

<JoyceSBS> I got it Janet, will sort it out and get back to you

<SarahE> Joyce, Did you get the voicemail with the cc #

<JoyceSBS> NO, when did you call Sarah?

<wezz> hi

<SarahE> Late last night

<JoyceSBS> I've been outside this morning, I'll go check

<Janet> There is a danger in waiting until the last minute to submit orders. I should have been submitting those all along because my grand total of the week's worth of Stamps I Need added up to an ungodly total.

<stampverb> welcome to the SBS Fulfillment hour....

<cak> yes, I enjoyed your social too. See you in a few

<JoyceSBS> no, I'll check

<stampverb> lol

<Janet> LOL

<JoyceSBS> Last night's social didn't go as well as last week's.

<JoyceSBS> Maybe everyone was tired

<cak> lol--at least you could live in ignorance for a bit, eh Janet?

<Janet> I was tired.

<Bibi> hi wezz

<wezz> hi bibi!

<stampverb> MAYBE????

<Janet> Last night's social worked well.Got me to send in my order.<g>

<cak> Sadly, so was I

<stampverb> I missed last week's

<Janet> WEZZ!!!

<JoyceSBS> okay, need to go.....back in an hour.

<Janet> I have missed you so much!!!

<Bibi> k, see ya

<wezz> ah! she is awake after all! Hi Janet!

<wezz> LOL

<Bibi> lol

<JoyceSBS> No food in the fridge, no food in the cupboard

<Janet> Did you get your last prezzie?

<Bibi> uhoh

<JoyceSBS> of course, hubby and kids CAN"T go get it themselves

<JoyceSBS> Don't think they even know where the supermarket is

<stampverb> nothing scheduled in an hour joyce

<Bibi> lol

<Janet> No, they need The Uturus to find things.

<Bibi> lol!

<stampverb> Joyce

<JoyceSBS> Janet, you're a scream!

<wezz> I don't know, there was one package in the mail from my SS. Didn't you tell me there were two on the way?

<wezz> OMG!! YES!! I had been showing Jan the ads for this for ages and telling him that I wanted that for my birthday!

<wezz> of course he didn't and then I could show off your package!

<wezz> LOL

* JoyceSBS is away: has gone shopping to feed the five thousand....actually hubby, two kids and two hungry dogs!

<Janet> My monitor is messed up, too. Everything is scooted off to the side.

<cak> lol poor Joyce (but it is nice not know you have a place in the world)

<wezz> did you see my lines at least Janet??

<wezz> LOL

<Janet> Wezz, I got one, loved it, thought you needed at least one.

<wezz> but you got me two!!!!

<wezz> wow!

<Bibi> can we know what?

<Janet> Well, yes. I couldn't decide which one.<g>

<wezz> lol

<Janet> The toolbox stylus stuff.

<wezz> yep!! great!!

<Bibi> ahh..... kewl

<Janet> with the little stylus and the tips for making backgrounds and stuff

<Bibi> verb, he didn't get you nottin yet?

<wezz> will be used right away in an altered book!!

<stampverb> what stylus you talking about?

<Bibi> they are great fun!

<Janet> So anyway, trying to focus my fuzzy head. Look at http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick/

<wezz> you got that from Stubby Stampers didn't you?

<Bibi> yep, looking at it

<Janet> This is our catch up hour. So anything you see there we'll do.

<Bibi> the top one

<Bibi> that lady

<Bibi> the thing on the top of the card

<Janet> I did. I was working the show in Memphis and asked her to send you one, then couldn't decide so sent you two, then picked out one of the rubber sheet things to mold the stylus with too

<Janet> the braided top card?

<Bibi> yes

<Janet> with the flag waving woman?

<Bibi> yes

<Janet> okay, let's do that first then.

<wezz> what's that just above the clock??

<stampverb> help! please explain what you are discussing--stylus, rubber sheet?

<Bibi> verb, ask him to get you a newspaper

<Janet> ohn that isa cool little box, we'll do that next!

<Janet> the colorbox stylus tool kit

<stampverb> lol Bib, I have suggested that -- oh well, some day....

<Bibi> :)

<stampverb> what vendor shows this stylus?

<Janet> So if you didn't braid the top of a card before, click the flag waving woman and a template will pop up, go print the template page

<Bibi> (I just got one form Nepal, where they have these letters that look like spaghetti thrown over a stick)

<wezz> mmm, Stubby Stampers put on a too high declaration value and customs caught it of course

<Janet> Uhhh I don't know. I think we probably need to do a class on them, they are seriously cool things.

<Bibi> oh, lemme click her.....

<wezz> template??

<Janet> she said it was a gift, though, we discussed it and it really WAS a gift.

<Janet> yes. click the flag waving woman and print the page that pops out

<wezz> yep, it was marked gift, but the value was still too high to put on that form for me not to pay charges.....

<Bibi> hi frances!

<wezz> hi frances!

<FrancesWV> Hi! Sorry to be late. I've lost all track of time the last few days

* stampverb feels clueless about styli

<cak> (Megan of BearRubberStamps gave one last convention--using the stylus to make backgrounds)

<Bibi> my browser is soooooo slow......

<stampverb> me too Bibi -- 28baud modem

<cak> (when you have 2 hours, check out the Clearsnap site--that's who makes 'em sv)

<Janet> is the template still under the flag waving woman?

<Janet> hi, Lena!

<lena> okidoki - then I am here!

<Bibi> Janet, no

<FrancesWV> Are we having a class right now, or is this a chat?

<stampverb> TY cak! Clearsnap it is! I will open a new browser just for that research

<Bibi> http://cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick/incireborder.jpg does not work

<cak> I get a 404

<FrancesWV> dead link

<Janet> ratz. then go to http://cyberstampers.com/class/janet/foreign/incireborder.jpg

<cak> It worked last night though!

<lena> Hi Janet!

<lena> and everyone else!

<FrancesWV> Hi lena!

<Janet> that will work. I must have moved that file instead of copying it last night

<stampverb> Frances, do you know of any Mall vendor who sells the stylus stuffs? I am looking for a piccie

<wezz> that works

<FrancesWV> Doesn't stubby carry that kind of stuff?

<cak> BearRubber too

<Janet> yes, Stubby STampers carries them, write her for a price

<Bibi> and mail out tmr

<stampverb> ok thanks--I prefer to patronize a mall vendor

<lena> FrancesWv - as in stamps in touch or?

<FrancesWV> No, just plain old Frances from WV

<lena> yep - I am sure they will be super cool!

<FrancesWV> Not Frances Naeve

<Bibi> (that's hearts in touch, lena)

<lena> LOL - just wondering..

<Janet> okay, are you all printing out that template?

<cak> I'm starin' at it good--no printer

<Bibi> oh, yes, forgotted

<FrancesWV> What template/

<FrancesWV> ?

<Janet> it's at http://cyberstampers.com/class/janet/foreign/incireborder.jpg now

<Janet> go there, print that page out

<FrancesWV> Okee dokee

<Janet> then go back to http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick and see what we're doing with it

<Janet> I'm so glad there's not another class after this. I'm moving so slowly

<wezz> I don't need the template, I have the stencil <grin>

<Janet> You all WERE planning on class marathon today, right?<g>

<Bibi> yes

<cak> Good, then you're right with the rest of us Janet

<Janet> LOL that's right, Wezz! but I redrew it so you could use scissors

<lena> have you started the class? or not yet?

<Janet> Lena I am sort of. I've sent you to print a template.

<FrancesWV> Is there an instruction page to keep?

<stampverb> I need to allow time to go get the sunday paper before the Froggie hour

<Janet> did you print the template yet?

<wezz> that would work, but only on the folded side

<FrancesWV> Or are we counting on your words of fine wisdom to teach us?

<Janet> this is true.

<wezz> and not in the middle like I can use the stencil

<lena> I have it here - just have to see if my printer will print...no more ink...LOL

<stampverb> I'm not printing template--just here to learn

<FrancesWV> Save it under your Favorites lena!

<FrancesWV> It can be saved, can't it Janet?

<Bibi> lena, order ink for your printer at blekkpatron.no - they are cheap!

<FrancesWV> It's not going to disappear in cyberspace after this class is it?

<Janet> yes it can be.

<stampverb> I detect a pleading tone there Frances

<Janet> if you right click the template, you can save the graphics file to your hard drive

<Bibi> k, got the print out in my hand, and scissors......

<wezz> (Janet, I had to pay 25 euros in taxes on that last package, Jan wasn't too happy about it, he wanted me to return it... Can you believe I would return a package like that??? Don't think soooo..... LOL)

<FrancesWV> Yes, a SCARED and pleading tone.

<Janet> or bookmark the page, I'll never move it

<Janet> (Jan was cracked to even consider it<g>)

<lena> YAY! I got it printed out!

<lena> Then what?

<Janet> yay!!

<wezz> (<grin>)

<Janet> okay look at the class page at http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick/

<FrancesWV> And figure out how to do it yourself

<Janet> the flag waving woman card at the top is what we're going to do, we're going to "braid" one of your card tops

<FrancesWV> LOL

<stampverb> shucks, I can't link from Stubby's Convention page to her actual site

<lena> Yep - I have opened that one :)

<Janet> okay!

<Bibi> stubbystampers.com

<stampverb> I need more coffee or sumthin

<Janet> AFter much experimentation, I think the easiest way here is to fold the template paper right at the "fold" on the template

<Janet> that's the dashed line at the top where the slashes are coming down from

<stampverb> thanks Bibi

<Janet> that is the fold of the card

<lena> Do we take it over to a cardstock or something?

<lena> the template I mean?

<Janet> so fold the template right on that line...

<Bibi> yw, verb

<stampverb> I hate having to go through multiplt screens to get where I need to be

<stampverb> multiple

<stampverb> with a pokey modem

<Janet> then get a card or folded piece of template and line it up with the template.

<Bibi> k

<Janet> Verb, I don't write instructions, or else you'd read those and not listen to me. I just show the picture and demand you listen to me. It's an ego thang.<g>

<Janet> OH THE CAPS. I FORGOT

<stampverb> LOL

<lena> Janet? I am not following here (sorry!) - but do I use the template to add it over to a cardstock in a nice colour or something?

<cak> (besides, you get all kinds of extra explanations from Janet)

<Janet> SO NOW EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN CARD TUCKED UP UNDER THE TEMPLATE, FOLD LINED UP WITH FOLD?

<Janet> YES!

<Bibi> yup

<stampverb> no problem, I just have a marginal interest in encire etc., so I am also working on tracking down the stylus as you teach

<Janet> I REWORKED THIS TEMPLATE SO YOU COULD DO IT QUICKLY WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS

<Janet> STAMPVERB, JUST WRITE STUBBY. TRUST ME.

<Bibi> ty, janet, you are good to us

<Janet> TELL HER JANET SENT YA

<FrancesWV> I can not figure out paper folding and cutting without pictorials or diagrams. I am too slow.

<Janet> FRANCES.

<Janet> DO IT NOW.

<stampverb> < like studying for my Latin exam while sitting in the Biology class!>

<Janet> PRINT THE TEMPLATE

<Janet> THEN LINE IT UP WITH YOUR OWN FOLDED CARDSTOCK.

<Janet> I MEAN IT.

<FrancesWV> Yes, maam.

<stampverb> i DO trust ya--I wanna see a PICTURE so I know what yer talkin about...

* Janet FROWNS AND FORCES HER WILL ON FRANCES.

<lena> hmmm...I am syupid - but folded?

<FrancesWV> LOL

<lena> stupid..lol

<lena> how will the cardstock be folded I mean?

<Janet> OH THE PICTURE IS AT THE CLASS PAGE AT http://cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick

<FrancesWV> Now I'm getting it!

<lena> Yes, I have seen that....

<Janet> JUST FOLDED LIKE YOU ALWAYS FOLD IT. IN HALF.

<FrancesWV> You put the template with the marks right up against the fold on your card

<lena> hmm....think I just have t o sit and shut up - so you girls can continue -LOL

<Janet> DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FANCY STUFF YET. JUST FOLD YOUR CARDSTOCK IN HALF TO MAKE A CARD, LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO. THEN MATCH THE FOLD YOU JUST MADE WITH THE TEMPLATE YOU JUST PRINTED.

<FrancesWV> So you can make the cuts right on the fold of your card

<Janet> LENA

<FrancesWV> A lightbulb moment for me.

<Janet> GET ONE OF YOUR CARDS AND LINE UP THE TOP OF THE TEMPLATE YOU PRINTED OUT WITH THE FOLDED SIDE OF THE CARD

<wezz> lol

<lena> Yes! What part of the template should lie in the fold of the cradstock?

<FrancesWV> The part with all of the marks.

<Janet> THE PART WITH THE SLASHES

<lena> okidoki - done

<Janet> THEN YOU ARE GOING TO CUT WITH SCISSORS THOSE SLASHES

<FrancesWV> Hey Janet, I still don't have that template printed yet.

<lena> And the "wings"?

<FrancesWV> And I'm still understanding it! I am amazed at myself.

<Bibi> lol

<Janet> NOTHING FANCY, JUST CUT WITH YOUR SCISSORS WHERE THE SLASH LINES ARE AND CUT THEM AS LONG AS THE TEMPLATE SHOWS

<FrancesWV> Your knowledge and wisdom must be just pouring through the computer screen from cyberspace.

<wezz> janet, did you tell them to use two-colored cardstock or inked or painted or whatever??

<Janet> WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED CUTTING YOUR SLASHES ALL ALONG THE FOLD OF YOUR CARD, YOU OPEN UP YOUR CARD AND YOU HAVE Vs ALL ALONG THE SPINE

<Janet> NO, NOT YET, THIS LOOKS VERY COOL JUST WITH PLAIN PAPER.

<Bibi> yup.... got it cut

<Janet> I PAINTED THE BACK SIDE OF MY CARD ON THE SLASHES SO THE SCAN WOULD SHOW THEM BETTER :)

<Bibi> do we work from the valley side of the fold?

* wezz doesn't believe this too much.....

<Janet> DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR SLASHES CUT INTO THE FOLD OF THEIR OWN CARD?

<wezz> no bibi!

<lena> Janet? Can you tell me what the 2 "wings" on the template are?

<wezz> other side, good side up!

<Janet> WEZZ, PRINT THE DANGED TEMPLATE AND DO IT

<Bibi> ok, mountain up

<wezz> lol

<SarahE> right

<FrancesWV> Do you feel threatened Wezz?

<Janet> YES, LENA. I MADE THE TEMPLATE SO THAT NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF YOUR CARD WAS FOLDED, YOU COULD HAVE A TEMPLATE TO LINE IT UP ON

<wezz> no, not by Janet....

<wezz> LOL

<Janet> WEZZ, FEEL THREATENED<G>

<FrancesWV> Be afraid, be very afraid.

<Janet> JUST. DO. IT. !!!

<wezz> ooh!! she's trying very hard though!

<cak> (It's a good exercise to do things on faith sometimes)

<wezz> bwhaahaahaha!!

<FrancesWV> Isn't that Nikes slogan?

<Janet> I HOLD IN MY HANDS YOUR LAST SS PACKAGE

<Janet> THE ONE WITH ALL THE REINKERS IN IT

<Bibi> ha!

<wezz> gulp..... okay I give in....

<FrancesWV> I'm glad I'm not a SS. I would never get it now.

<Janet> AND A LOVELY PIECE OF ART MADE JUST FOR YOU

<wezz> wowsers!!!

<FrancesWV> Blackmail! Threats! What is cyberstampers coming to?

<Janet> AND SOME OTHER STUFF, STAMPS YOU WOULD KILL FOR IF YOU KNEW WHAT THEY WERE

<lena> I hav ecut them ...anyone else? LOl

<wezz> I'll do whatever you tell me now, oh mighty Janet!

<wezz> LOL

<Bibi> so shut up and do what The J tells you to, or she will send it to ME! LOL

<Janet> THAT'S BETTER :)

<FrancesWV> The Don of the Rubberstampers mafia.

<Janet> AND IT IS EVEN PACKED AND READY TO MAIL. I WAS WAITING UNTIL YOU WERE BACK FROM BUDABEST

<wezz> the Godmother

<SarahE> The Donna

<FrancesWV> LOL

<Janet> YES, JUST CALL ME DONNA JANET lol

<wezz> I AM back!!! send it!!

<wezz> LOL

<FrancesWV> She's got an offer you just can't refuse , Wezz!

<Janet> (I WENT A LITTLE NUTS BUYING HER REINKERS)

<wezz> good!!

<wezz> LOL

<Janet> (AND SQUIRREL STAMPS)

<wezz> ooh!!!!!

<Janet> (AND OTHER STAMPS)

<Janet> (AND OTHER STUFF)

<wezz> I can't believe you got me squirrel stamps!!

<Janet> AND I MADE HER SOMETHING WITH MY OWN TWO LIL HANDS

<wezz> Did I ever tell you that???

<wezz> I don't remember.....

<Janet> YOU EITHER TOLD ME OR I SUSSED IT OUT FROM SOMEWHERE.

<Janet> I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THEM THE WHOLE ROUND.

<FrancesWV> Janet may be intimidating, but she makes a great SS!

<wezz> I must have told you or someone in chat then.....

<Janet> ACTUALLY I'M A TERRIBLE SS AND PROBABLY WON'T PLAY AGAIN I AM SO BAD.

<Bibi> lena, vi fŒr bare sm¿re oss med tŒlmodighet.......

<Janet> BUT THIS LAST PACKAGE IS AWESOME

<Janet> OKAY!

<Janet> THROW AWAY OR SET ASIDE YOUR TEMPLATE AND UNFOLD OUT YOUR OWN CARD

<wezz> nonono!! you are a great big sis!! just not so secret as you thought.... LOL

<Janet> I KNEW YOU HAD TO KNOW IT WAS ME FROM THE FIRST DAY.

<wezz> I knew even before the round actually started

<wezz> Ha!

<Janet> LOL!

<lena> janet? Can you give me the link again to the template so I can save it too ? Since it gets all scissored up - LOL

<lena> thansk

<wezz> and no, nobody told me

<lena> thanks

<stampverb> which group's SS program are you goys doing?

<Janet> http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/foreign/

<Janet> STAMPSMITH'S

<stampverb> LOL, I meant "guys"

<wezz> but I'm skipping the next round I think....

<wezz> although Jan has to go abroad again for his job.... mmm

<lena> bibi-ja, vi mΠvel kanskje det....hehe

<cak> http://cyberstampers.com/class/janet/foreign/incireborder.jpg is the one for the template

<Janet> OKAY!

<Janet> NOW YOU HAVE YOUR CUT UP CARD IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT IS OPENED OUT.

<stampverb> HEY, no Norwegian in front of the rest of us!

<lena> HAHA

<Bibi> teehee

<Janet> AND MAGIC! INSTEAD OF SLASHES YOU HAVE Vs!

<stampverb> watch out, I'll ask my other son's Norwegian fiancee to translate.....

<lena> lol

<Janet> LAY THE CARD IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOUR Vs ARE RIGHT SIDE UP

<Bibi> and sLOTS of them! lol

<wezz> slots???

<Bibi> lots..slots

<Janet> LOL

<lena> the fold up or "down"?

<wezz> up!

<Janet> NOW START AT THE TOP AND (THE FOLD UP SO YOU'RE WORKING ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR CARD)

<Janet> FOLD THE FIRST V UP SO IT IS NOW UPSIDE DOWN

<lena> KEWL!

<Janet> THEN FOLD THE NEXT V UP SO IT IS UPSIDE DOWN AND TUCK THE POINT OF IT UNDER THE FIRST ONE

<Bibi> is the first big or small (I goofed)

<Janet> UHHH THE SLASHES, A BIG ONE THEN A SMALL ONE, TOGETHER THEY MAKE ONE V

<Bibi> k

<Janet> SO YOU'RE LEAVING A BIT OF CARD AND FOLDING UP THE FIRST COMPLETE V

<Janet> KEEP FOLDING YOUR Vs UPSIDE DOWN AND TUCKING THEIR V POINTS UNDER THE V IN FRONT OF THEM

<Janet> WHEN THEY ARE ALL FOLDED, REFOLD YOUR CARD

<Janet> AND VOILA!

<Janet> YOU HAVE A BRAIDED TOP!

<FrancesWV> Wow! That is simple.

<cak> and beautiful

<Janet> DID YOU ACTUALLY DO IT, FRANCES??

<FrancesWV> But so elegant

<wezz> wb lena!

<Janet> LENA, HOW IS YOURS LOOKING?

<FrancesWV> No Janet. But I understand how, amazing as it may seem.

<lena> Bibi - skj¿nner du dette?

<wezz> puter trouble?

<Bibi> nei

<Bibi> my fingers ae too big, lol

<FrancesWV> Too much crap on my computer desk to do anything crafty.

<wezz> lol

<lena> I got the first one - but not after that....but just continue - I am just a suck up today:)

<Janet> I MESSED UP MY COMPUTER LAST NIGHT BAD. REINSTALLED WINDOWS AND NOW EVERYTHING IS MESSED UP

<FrancesWV> Tons of post it notes with order #s and info from classes and shopping.

<stampverb> I'm gonna get my son's Norwegian fiancee online....

<lena> lol

<Janet> THOSE OF YOU WHO DID THIS TO A CARD TOP... YOU HAVE JUST COMMITTED INCIRE!

<Bibi> ok, one more time.... we're folding the big V's, and leave the msllaer ones unfolded?

<stampverb> she will translate.....

<Janet> YES!

<wezz> isn't this the LacŽ Janet?

<lena> the samll one you mean Bibi - unfolded?

<Janet> AND YOU END UP WITH THAT LATTICE WORK AT THE TOP OF YOUR CARD

<FrancesWV> I saw something just like this on Carol Duvall recently. Even DH thought it was impressive, and he is hard to impress.

<Bibi> smaller unfolded? yes?

<Janet> THERE'S AN INCIRE TEMPLATE WITH THIS BORDER AND THREE OTHER ONES ON IT

<FrancesWV> The show I saw, they made a bookmark with it too.

<lena> Ahh - now it's finished! So easy - and yet sp much fuzz! LOL

<wezz> Incire doesn't have a stencil like this one??

<Janet> THE INCIRE TEMPLATE HAS IT SO YOU CUT IT WITH THE CARD UNFOLDED AND YOU'RE CUTTING BOTH SIDES OF THE V

<Janet> I THINK IT'S EASIER, IF YOU'RE DOING IT ON A CARD FOLD, TO JUST CUT SLASHES WITH YOUR SCISSORS

<Janet> IT DOES!

<Janet> LET ME LOOK UP A URL FOR IT

<wezz> ok

<wezz> Maybe they have one that is alike, but not exactly the same

* Bibi needs bigger slots

<FrancesWV> You could use metallic papers and made some beautiful bookmarks and card embellishments with it too.

<Janet> HERE: http://www.stubbystampers.com/stencils/incire.html

<Bibi> or V's, whichever...

<wezz> you should see how good this looks with duo toned cardstock

<FrancesWV> You can glue two pieces of paper back to back, and get the two colors for the braiding.

<Janet> ON THE SIXTH ROW DOWN, THE FIRST TEMPLATE ON THE LEFT

<FrancesWV> Patterned paper is beautiful like this too.

<Janet> I PAINTED THE BACK OF MINE, I WANTED ALTERNATING RED AND BLUE STRIPES

<wezz> is that the one that was in your box the first time Jante??

<lena> I am finished with mine - and it looks cool:) THANKS JANET!

<cak> I think stippling along the back of the fold would be lovely too

<FrancesWV> I love those little books too.

<Janet> I FOLDED IT FIRST, THEN UNFOLDED IT AND STUCK A PIECE OF CARDSTOCK UNDER EACH V AND PAINTED IT SO I WOULDN'T SLOP PAINT ON EVERYTHING

<FrancesWV> I have got to order some of those huge tags from Debbie.

<Janet> YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPLATE ON THAT URL (AND A WHOLE LOT MORE INCIRE TEMPLATES), THERE ARE FOUR OTHER BORDERS ON THE TEMPLATE.

<Bibi> brb

<Janet> BUT THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE

<lena> I have to go - but thank you for the lesson Janet!

<Janet> AND IT IS SO QUICK AND EASY TO CUT THE SLASHES WITH THE CARD FOLDED. I DON'T EVEN USE A TEMPLATE ANYMORE. I JUST EYEBALL THE SLASHES

<Janet> NOW YOU CAN BRAID ALL YOUR CARD TOPS!

<lena> need to go to bed...are going to get up again at 5 in the morning! YAWN

<lena> byebye

<Janet> YAWN

<FrancesWV> Thanks for the class Janet. So pretty and elegant.

<Janet> SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, LENA!

<Bibi> ok, I showed it to Dh and he said WOW, so I guess I did it right after all..... LOL

<lena> next week?

<Janet> DON'T FORGET THE SATURDAY AT 9 A.M. CLASS EVERY WEEK

<Bibi> natta lena

<Janet> THAT IS EUROPE TIME. 9 A.M. SATURDAY

<Janet> IT IS MIDNIGHT IN LOS ANGELES USA

<lena> natta bibi - glad i deg (det trodde jeg ikke at jeg skulle si til ei jeg ikke har m¿tt!!!!!)

<Janet> AND 2 A.M. MY TIME

<FrancesWV> 3 am my time

<Bibi> glad i deg ogsŒ!! :)))

<wezz> the border templates are great! Most versatile

<Janet> SO GET UP AT 9 A.M. NEXT SATURDAY!

<lena> tata

<Janet> AND BE HERE!

<wezz> although I do have a lot of the others too.....

<Janet> I LIKE THE BIG STARS

<stampverb> natta lena

<Bibi> I'll make her come to class next sat

<wezz> you got one of the stars don't you?

<Janet> AND THE ONES WITH THE ARROW POINTS, THOSE ARE SERIOUSLY COOL. YOU TUCK THE ARROW POINTS INTO SLITS SO YOU END UP WITH CURLY BARS AROUND YOUR FRAME

<Janet> I GOT BOTH STARS NOW!

<Janet> HI STAR!

<Bibi> I'm teaching! so she better be here!

<wezz> curly bars?

<Star> hi

<Janet> LOOK AT http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick/

<Bibi> hi star

<wezz> you're supposed to push them through the slot and fold them, so that everything is flat, is this what you mean?

<Star> Hi Bibi

<Star> nice border, Janet

<Janet> I DID A SAMPLE OF THE ARROW HEAD ONES YOU CAN SEE AT http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/moforeign/

<Janet> I DIDN'T FOLD MINE FLAT. I CURVED MINE SO THEY'D STAND UP A LITTLE BIT

<FrancesWV> Thanks for the class Janet. Gotta get busy doing some housework now. The natives are getting restless around here.

<stampverb> are you going to tell us about the next sample on your class page, looks like embossed metal?

<Janet> MY NATIVES ARE OUT SHOPPING FOR APARTMENTS. THANK GOODNESS!!

<Bibi> bye frances

<Janet> SURE!

<wezz> ooh!! I see you've been playing with your other stencils too!

<Janet> I WOULD LOVE TO!

<stampverb> oops, didn;t see the time!

<Janet> I CAN STAY

<Janet> AND THERE ISN'T A CLASS THE NEXT HOUR

<Janet> I PICKED THIS TIME BY DESIGN SO WE COULD DO A LOT OF CATCH UP IF WE WANTED TO

<Janet> OKAY!

<Bibi> kewl

<Janet> SEE THE PIECE THAT HAS THE METAL CARVED PEPPERS ON IT?

<wezz> shopping for apartments??

<Star> be back soon

<stampverb> I need to go out awhile too, but would love to hear about the embossing

<Janet> (LISA'S GOING TO LAW SCHOOL IN THE FALL, SHE'S SHOPPING FOR AN APARTMENT CLOSE TO THE LAW SCHOOL)

<stampverb> peppers? lemme look....

<Janet> VERBS, THIS IS QUICK, STICK FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES

<Bibi> them peppas are cool

<stampverb> ok, I was actually looking at the gold-toned sample in upper rt

<stampverb> but peppas is good

<Janet> YOU KNOW THE BRASS STENCILS YOU BOUGHT ONCE ? AND DIDN'T USE MUCH ?

<Janet> PULL ONE OF THEM OUT

<Bibi> teehee, yes.....

<stampverb> yes!!

<wezz> I see you've been practicing with the metallic thread thingies too!!

<Bibi> where are they?

<stampverb> how did you know?

<wezz> aren't they cool?? and so fast!!

<Janet> (THE GOLD TONED ONE IS EVEN FASTER TO EXPLAIN, GET GOLD WRAPPING PAPER OR WHATEVER YOU WANT, STAMP A SIMPLE STAMP ON THE BACK SIDE AND PUNCH HOLES WITH A NEEDLE ALL AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR STAMPED OBJECT)

<Janet> I KNEW, STAMPVERB.

* stampverb will pretend to have gone scrounging in the garage

<Janet> THE JANET KNOWS ALL.

<stampverb> lol

<wezz> of course, she's the Godmother, remember??

<wezz> LOL

<Janet> NOW IF YOU HAVE SOME AIR CONDITIONING DUCT TAPE ON HAND, GET THAT. IF YOU DON'T, THEN GET A PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL.

<stampverb> k

<Janet> THE FOIL DUCT TAPE (NOT REGULAR DUCT TAPE BUT THE KIND THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE USE TO ACTUALLY WRAP DUCT WORK) HAS STICKY ON THE BACKSIDE AND RELEASE PAPER.

<Janet> SO IT'S COOL, YOU CAN MAKE THESE AND USE THEM LIKE STICKERS.

<wezz> ok, which one are we discussing right now??

<Janet> BUT FOIL OUT OF THE KITCHEN WORKS GOOD (WE'RE DISCUSSING THE PEPPERS)

<Janet> AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT, JUST GLUE IT DOWN WHERE YOU WANT IT

<stampverb> the hanging bunch of silvery chile peppers, Wezz

<Janet> THE PEPPERS ARE STUCK TO A PAINT CHIP THAT I GOT AT THE HARDWARE STORE WHEN I WENT TO BUY MY DUCT TAPE

<Janet> THE HARDWARE STORE IS A GREAT SOURCE FOR FREE BACKGROUND PAPERS.<G>

<Janet> SO!

<wezz> I must be overlooking something, I can't find the peppers....

<Janet> LAY YOUR BRASS STENCIL DOWN ON THE TABLE

<Janet> WEZZ ON THE PAGE AT http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/janet/quick

<stampverb> on the far right, under the words "projects"

<Janet> NOW LAY YOUR FOIL OR AC DUCT TAPE ON TOP OF THE BRASS STENCIL

<wezz> Oh yes!!

<wezz> found it!

<wezz> tx

<Janet> WEZZ, YOU CAN RUN A PIECE OF FOIL THROUGH THE LITTLE XYRON I SENT YOU :)

<wezz> ohh! cool!!

<Janet> IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN FOIL THROUGH A XYRON TO GET A STICKY BACK, DO IT BEFORE YOU DO THE CARVING ON IT!!

<Janet> SO NOW YOU HAVE YOUR BRASS STENCIL LAYING ON YOUR TABLE, WITH A PIECE OF FOIL OR FOILY TAPE ON TOP OF IT, RIGHT?

<stampverb> yep

<Bibi> pretending to, yes

<Janet> AND YOU CAN'T SEE A THING OF THE DESIGN, THE FOIL IS ON TOP

<Bibi> yes

<stampverb> heheheh

<Janet> IF YOU HAVE A STENCIL TOOL, USE THE BIG END, IF NOT THEN USE THE BACK OF A SPOON OR YOUR THUMB NAIL...

<wezz> but the foil good side down?

<Janet> AND RUB THE FOIL, LIKE YOU'RE DOING A GRAVE RUBBING...

<cak> I keep forgetting--the sticky side closer to you or the stencil?

<Janet> THE FOIL GOOD SIDE DOWN

<Janet> THE BACK SIDE FACING UP AT YOU

<wezz> ok

<Janet> RUB THAT FOIL!

<Janet> AND THE DESIGN WILL START TO APPEAR!

<cak> more majic

<cak> magic

<Janet> AFTER IT STARTS TO APPEAR, YOU CAN SHARPEN IT WITH YOUR STENCIL TOOL, OR A CHOP STICK, OR AN OUT OF INK PEN

<Janet> BUT YOU HAVE TO RUB IT FIRST TO GET THE DESIGN TO SHOW

<Janet> IT'S LIKE DRY EMBOSSING A PIECE OF FOIL OR FOIL TAPE

<Janet> BUT EVEN ON A LIGHT TABLE YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH THE FOIL

<Janet> SO YOU HAVE TO RUB IT

<Janet> THESE ARE SOOOO QUICK AND EASY!

<cak> but so impressive

<Janet> THEY REALLY ARE IMPRESSIVE, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, LOOK LIKE LITTLE BASRELIEF CARVINGS OUT OF METAL

<Janet> YOU CAN EVEN COLOR THEM. SORT OF

<stampverb> these can't be mailed as cards, right? they would get flattened?

<wezz> color them?

<Janet> USE A PERMANENT INK PAD, BRILLIANCE OR THE LIQUID CHALKS AND SMOOSH INK ON TOP

<stampverb> what do you use em for?

<Janet> YOU CAN MAIL THEM, THEY ARE A LOT STURDIER THAN YOU'D THINK

<stampverb> wow

<Janet> THEY DON'T SMASH OUT AT ALL IN THE MAIL

<stampverb> glad i asked

<Bibi> craps, need to re-boot, bbl

<wezz> heat set?

<Janet> BETWEEN EVERY COLOR OF SMOOSHED INK, HEAT SET IT OR YOU WILL POLLUTE YOUR PADS

<cak> I bet you could (for a free look) apply color before you emboss them too

<stampverb> ok, I need to go get the Sunday paper--thanks again for the class Janet

<Janet> THE COLOR MAKES YOUR DESIGN JUST POP OUT!

<wezz> and it won't come of?

<stampverb> I am so frustarted at some vendors' web sites--aarrgghhh

<Janet> IT WON'T COME OFF IF YOU HEAD SET IT AND IT'S BRILLIANCE OR CHALK PADS

<wezz> ok

<Janet> AND THE MORE COLORS YOU SMOOSH ON TOP, THE MORE WOW! IT GETS

<wezz> frustrated, verb?

<wezz> why?

<Janet> HINT FOR SHOPPING SCOTTISH BORDERS STAMPING: FORGET THE SITE AND GO DIRECTLY TO THEIR ORDER ON-LINE SITE

<cak> very cool Janet

<SarahE> Gotta run some errands (just added Lowe's to the list) Bye!

<Janet> MUCH EASIER THAN LOOKING THROUGH THEIR PDF FILES

<cak> (thank you for that--I've had the hardest time with booths this time)

<Janet> TAKE CARE SARAH!

<stampverb> soory, not important--just poorly designed sites, tough to navigate, too much use of frames

<cak> lol Sarah

<Star> I'm back

<stampverb> "specials" that turn out to be standard prices, etc....

<wezz> so had I, but that was because there was no link in the class updates to go to the booths... just in the last one there was a link

<stampverb> aarrgghh, I am prolly just too tired and cranky

<Janet> SO YOU BETTER SHOP FAST! :)

<wezz> who? me??

<Janet> VERBS, THE SBS SITE, I KNEW I LOVED THEIR STAMPS, BUT I GOT SO IRRITATED AT THE PDF FILES TO SEE THEM

<Janet> YOU, WEZZ :)

<wezz> LOL

<Star> I had a difficult time too finding sales...there must be a better system

<wezz> You know I can shop very very fast

<Janet> LAST NIGHT AT HER SOCIAL SHE SAID TO GO TO THE SHOPPING CART PAGE AND IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO SHOP THERE

<wezz> ;)

<Janet> WEZZ IS A SUPER POWER SHOPPER<G>

<Janet> SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GROTE STEMPELZUS

<wezz> LOL

<Star> what does PDF files mean?

<stampverb> bbye, see ya tonight

<Star> bye

<wezz> I think I didn't need any extra lessons there.... LOL

<Janet> SEE YOU TONIGHT!

<Janet> IF YOU GO TO THE SBS REGULAR SITE, AND CLICK TO SEE THE STAMPS, YOU GET ADOBE ACROBAT FILES LOADING.

<Janet> LOADING SLOOWWWWWLY

<Star> oh...so just go directly to????

<Janet> I JUST GOT TOO IRRITATED. UNTIL I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE SHOPPING CARD SPOT. THERE'S A LINK AT THE MAIN PAGE TO GO TO THIS MERCHANTSOMETHING OR OTHER URL TO SHOP WITH THE SHOPPING CART

<Janet> GO DIRECTLY THERE

<Star> ok

<wezz> is it just me or are there less euro-convenient classes and socials then last time??

<Janet> SO MUCH FASTER TO FLIP THROUGH THE STAMPS

<Janet> JUST TODAY, WEZZ

<Star> I missed evo's social...did you you come?

<Janet> EVERY OTHER DAY UNTIL TODAY CLASSES STARTED AT 7 PM YOUR TIME AND WENT AS LONG AS YOU WANTED TO STAY AWAKE

<Janet> I MISSED IT TOO

<wezz> no, yesterday too, I was there until 10:00 pm my time and the next thing was scheduled at 01:00 am my time

<Janet> OH. YEAH. CUZ THE US VENDORS TAKE THAT SUPPER BREAK

<wezz> nothing in between

<wezz> and Friday I was here too....

<Star> man, dh thought I was grouchy from staying up for your watercolor class....I loved it and haven't had time to try your techniques.

<Janet> THERE WERE MORE DURING THE 10 TO 1 TIME DURING THE WEEK

<wezz> but just for a short while

<Janet> YOU MISSED MY FRIDAY AT 9 YOUR TIME CLASS.

<Janet> IT WAS A GOOD ONE TOO.<G>

<cak> it was!

<wezz> yeah, I chatted with MomCat before, I had people coming over that evening

<Star> yes, I had guests over for dinner.

<Janet> SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME TO COVER BEFORE i GO FIGHT MY COMPUTER MORE?

<Star> how do I read those ?

<wezz> tell me the good deals to check out.... LOL

<Janet> READ WHAT?

<Star> the classes I missed

<Star> wb Bibi

<wezz> wb bibi

<Janet> SCOTTISH BORDERS STAMPING HAS THESE GORGEOUS ANGELS AT 20 PERCENT OFF

<Bibi> ty

<Janet> HEARTS IN TOUCH IS SHIPPING EVERYTHING FOR FREE TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

<wezz> owen!

<Bibi> Owen!!

<Owen> hi

<Janet> OWEN!

<cak> I didn't get to some of them, but http://www.dm.net/~cak/unedtranscript.html will have all I got (eventually)

<Star> ok,ty

<Janet> OH AND IF YOU WANT THE INCIRE ETC TEMPLATES, STUBBY STAMPERS WILL GIVE YOU A 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON THEM IF YOU SAY YOU WERE AT JANET'S CLASS

<wezz> isn't there someone else logging if you are not around, cak?

<Janet> TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT ELSE I'VE SPENT MONEY ON THIS WEEK

<cak> probably a lot of people, but you'd have to ask

<Janet> TIME TO STAMP HAS A GOOD SALE

<Star> I spent money on those sillouette ladies from Touch Your Heart

<wezz> My local shop had a 20% discount on the stencils (ALL of them!!) last May

<wezz> all month

<cak> I need to spend some $$ at EI, SBS, Reliquary and Circustamps (I've already ordered from AAS and Fusion)

<wezz> need I say more

<Janet> I WISH I'D BEEN THERE.<G>

<Bibi> wow

<Star> Ma has 20 per cent off

<Janet> LOL NOPE, YOU BOUGHT ALL THE STENCILS THEN

<wezz> lol

<Janet> OH YEAH! MA VINCI'S RELIQUARY HAS 20 PERCENT OFF!

<Janet> AND HER BOOTH IS COOL

<Janet> I LOVE DOING HER BOOTH, DRESSING THE MONA LISA

<Star> Yes, I love her letters

<wezz> ma vinci has cool stamps

<cak> she makes a pretty dishy cowgirl

<Janet> LOL YEAH

<Bibi> any idea what you will do to her next, j?

<wezz> Oh Janet, I haven't heard anything yet from Mary Kay for StempelMekka??

<Star> I have trouble keeping my letters organized...any hints. Sometimes they fall off my plastic pages

<wezz> I haven't made hotel reservations yet, I'm waiting for her answer

<Janet> IF WE DO GO WITH THAT MUSICAL THEME, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE HER PLAYING THE TRUMPET OR XYLOPHONE OR SOMETHING

<Janet> MY WAY TO STORE MY ALPHABETS...

<Star> yes?

<Janet> I GET A PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE, CUT UP THE LETTERS AND PUT THE LETTERS INSIDE THE PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE

<Janet> THEN MAKE THE LID INTO A MOUNT

<Star> what?

<Bibi> lol, I look forward to seeing Mona playing

<Janet> THEY STACK GREAT

<Bibi> clever idea!!!

<Star> they stick to the lid?

<Janet> AND I NEVER LOSE THE LETTERS ANYMORE AND THE MOUNT IS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE!

<Star> do you mean a really big bottle?

<wezz> I keep my alphabets on a piece of hook tape (I use the Halos system) and they always stay in place

<Janet> MINE HAVE RAISED LETTERS ON THE LID SO I PUT MOUTNING FOAM ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLES

<Bibi> (another thing I can use my urine sample jars for)

<Janet> URINE JARS!

<wezz> lol

<Janet> JUST FLIP THROUGH ALL THE BOOTHS, EVERY BOOTH HAS SOMETHING GOOD ON SALE

<wezz> one piece of hook tape per alphabet

<Star> ok, when you use them do you have trouble writing a word ? you know evenly?

<Janet> NO, I JUST LINE UP THE LETTERS ON THE BOTTOM OF MY PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE

<Bibi> how big are they????

<Janet> OH AND I MAKE A LABEL FOR THE BOTTLE, I STAMP OUT THE NAME OF THE ALPHABET WITH THE ALPHABET FOR THAT

<Star> I must not have the vision...isn't a prescription bottle a little round plastic bottle?

<Janet> SO I CAN TELL AT A GLANCE WHAT ALPHABET IS WHICH

<Janet> GO TO YOUR PHARMACY AND ASK FOR A LARGE PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE

<wezz> I don't mind that they're not exactly lined up, they're supposed to look that way ( for me). If I want a word lined up exaclty I buy the word stamp

<Star> ok, I'll try it

<Janet> I TAKE SOME BIG HORSE PILLS, 3X A DAY. I GET THOSE IN BIGGER BOTTLES

<Janet> ABOUT 5" TALL AND MAYBE 3" ACROSS THE TOP

<Janet> ASK FOR BIG PILL BOTTLES

<Star> ok, I will tell my pharmasists I want horse pills in big bottles....lol

<Janet> THE PHARMACIST WILL JUST GIVE THEM TO YOU PROBABLY. OR ELSE CHARGE YOU SOMETHING LIKE 5 CENTS A BOTTLE

<Bibi> tell them The Janet sent you

<wezz> Janet, did you see my question about StempelMekka??

<Janet> UNLESS YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH THE PHARMACIST, THEN HE'LL SAY "WHAT??? YOU BOUGHT ANOTHER STAMP ALPHABET????"

<Bibi> LOL!!

<wezz> LOL

<Star> when you cut out the letters , do you trim them very close or leave about a fourth of an inch or so?

<Janet> I DID, MARY KAY IS IN CONVENTION SEASON, JUST KEEP WRITING HER ASKING HER TO WRITE YOU BACK WITH AN EMAIL FOR THE DH TO SEE

<Star> can you just trim a circle around them?

<wezz> but I wrote her ages ago!!! Long time before I left on holiday!!

<Janet> I DON'T TRIM THEM SUPER CLOSE, THEY'RE TOO SMALL USUALLY. I TRIM MINE ABOUT AS MUCH AS I WANT THEM TO BE SPACED IF I WAS MAKING A WORD

<Janet> SHE'S BEEN GONE EVERY WEEKEND AND MOST OF THE WEEKS IN BETWEEN, HILDE. KEEP WRITING HER.

<Janet> SHE IS WAY BEHIND ON EVERYTHING.

<Owen> Hi again

<wezz> ok

<Janet> OWEN!

<Bibi> wb owen

<wezz> wb Owen!

<Owen> Can't stay connected for some reason

<Owen> something wrongin the wireless network I think

<Star> I feel that way a lot of times owen. ..lol

<Janet> SCHOOL WAS OUT HERE MID MAY, THAT'S WHEN SHE REALLY TRAVELS TO THE CONVENTIONS

<wezz> mid May?????

* Bibi hands Owen a bottle of connection spray

<Owen> So how do I fix it Star?

<Owen> <G>

<Janet> YES, BUT WE START AGAIN IN AUGUST

<wezz> school lasts till tomorrow here!!

<Owen> Two days now, I bounce on and off so fast I can't keep anything running

<Star> sometime a glass of wine or a nap fixes me right up.

<Janet> LISA STARTS LAW SCHOOL IN AUGUST! YAY!

<wezz> good for her!

<Star> your daughter?

<Janet> YES, THAT'S MY DAUGHTER.

<Owen> Wine never keeps ME connected, I just pass out

<Bibi> far away from where you live?

<wezz> where was that again she was going??

<Star> lol

<wezz> was it close to you?

<Star> just one glass

<Janet> YES, SHE'S GOING TO A REALLY GOOD SCHOOL IN DALLAS, SMU. AND WE JUST LIVE 20 MILES FROM THERE.

<Owen> If I pour in on the router, will that fix ITS problems too?

<Janet> BUT NO! SHE CAN NOT LIVE HERE!!!

<Star> our son finishsed Tulane Law School last year and is taking his bar this month

<Star> probly

<Janet> GOOD LUCK TO HIM! DID HE LOVE TULANE?

<wezz> of course not Janet!

<Star> yes, he sure did...lots of party time

<Janet> NO WAY DO I WANT TO BE QUIET ENOUGH FOR A LAW STUDENT TO LIVE HERE.

<wezz> she needs a place of her own

<wezz> owen is gone again

<Janet> SHE'S BEEN IN HER OWN PLACE THE LAST TWO YEARS. i DON'T THINK SHE COULD REALLY LIVE AT HOME AGAIN ANYWAY. IT WOULD MAKE HER NUTS

<wezz> it would

<Bibi> yup

<Star> those law students have such a bond once they get started. They were really close buddies. She won't even come home.

<Janet> OH WELL. :)

<wezz> tell her I said hi

<Star> :)

<wezz> and Mike

<Janet> I'LL SEND HER POSTCARDS FROM LEUVEN, SAY I'M OUT DRINKING AGAIN.

<wezz> LOL!!

<Bibi> lol

<Star> is Leuven a prison?

<wezz> whaat???

<wezz> no!!

<Janet> NO, IT'S A WONDERFUL TOWN IN BELGIUM

<wezz> it's the city of beer!!!

<wezz> LOL

<Star> oh................LOL

<Janet> THE UNIVERSITY IS THERE, THERE ARE COUNTLESS BARS

<Janet> AND BELGIAN BEER IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD

<Janet> IT'S THE PLACE I THINK I DRINK THE MOST WHEN I GO THERE

<wezz> and we didn't do them all, so you'll have to come back

<wezz> LOL

<Janet> I KNOW! I LEFT BARS UNTOUCHED!

<wezz> you did!! shame on you!!

<Star> now I know that is good for your sugar levels

<wezz> hahaha

<Janet> ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M SHOWING UP WITHOUT MIKE SO I CAN SPEND AS MUCH AS I WANT IN THE CRAFT STORES

<Janet> OH YEAH. (NOT)

<Janet> BUT WALKING IS VERY GOOD FOR THE BLOOD SUGARS

<Bibi> brb

<wezz> mmm, good idea, but make sure you bring enough money too

<Janet> AND THE CRAFT STORES AREN'T VERY CLOSE

<wezz> you won't have Mike to ask for more

<wezz> LOL

<Star> in Belgium?

<Janet> I LEARNED HOW TO USE MY ATM CARD LAST TIME<G>

<Owen> shoot me now, and put me out of my misery

<Star> lol

* Janet THROWS OWEN A JELLO SHOOTER LEFT OVER FROM LAST NIGHT

<Star> hi vin

<wezz> what's going on Owen??

<Janet> HOWDY VINCENTIA!

<wezz> hi vincentia

<Star> I told you to get some wine...then it will be fun

<wezz> yes in Belgium Star

<vincentia> hiya!!

<Janet> ANY OTHER REQUESTS BEFORE I GO WORK ON MY COMPUTER MORE?

<wezz> I don't know why she says the shops are not close

<Star> jumping in and out will be a silly event

<wezz> I drove her around by car

<Owen> the router won't stay connected

<wezz> LOL

<Janet> LOL!

<Owen> I am bouncing on and offline about every tive minutes

<Janet> I AM A WIMP. AND EVEN WIMPIER LATELY. THE CAT TRIPPED ME THE OTHER DAY AND I'VE BEEN HURTING EVER SINCE

<Janet> BUT APRIL IS JUST FINE<G>

<Star> there are a lot of craft shops in Belgium. I could never find any in Germany or Austria

<Owen> and pirch won't stay connected when I am offline, so tha takes about a minute each time I bounce back on

<Owen> very tiring

<Owen> Cats are a menace

<Owen> thats all there is to it

<wezz> of course not! LOL

<Bibi> omg, janet

<Star> ok, I am going to do some last minute shopping. talk to you later Good luck, Owen.

<cak> see you later Star

<Bibi> have fun, star!

<vincentia> Janet, you don't get uncomfortable sitting and stamping?

<Janet> (THAT'S MY EXCUSE FOR BEING GRUMPY SOME DAYS)

<Janet> WELL, YES, I DO. BUT I'D BE GRUMPIER NOT DOING IT

<Bibi> hi vincentia, I guess I was out when you came in

<vincentia> hi Bibi

<wezz> o I would be too

<Owen> ty

<Janet> I TAKE A LOT OF MEDICINE.

<Janet> ON TOP OF ALL THE MEDICINE I TAKE FOR DIABETES

<Janet> I'M A WALKING PILL BOTTLE

<wezz> oh! so you can store your alphabets in you??? A really big pill jar!! LOL

<wezz> ;)

<Janet> YES!

<Janet> SO IT'S GOOD FOR SOMETHING. I STORE MY ALPHABETS IN MY OLD PILL BOTTLES

<Bibi> we should prolly move over to #cyberstampers

<wezz> yes?

<Janet> YES, AND I SHOULD GO FIGHT WITH MY COMPUTER MORE. i'LL BE BACK THIS EVENING

<wezz> but that's hard on holidays

<cak> See you later--thank you Janet!

<wezz> and now I'm even more tired when I got back

<cak> (you have the patience of a saint)

<Bibi> ok, see you later! thanks for class!!!

<wezz> I've been sleeping for three days

<Janet> YES NEXT TME I SEE YOU, WEZZ, I WANT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT BUDAPEST

<Janet> ADIOS! SEE Y'ALL LATER!