The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [6:58:57 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [6:59:10 PM EST] <KK> Hello, all!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [6:59:26 PM EST] <bynw> hi kk
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [6:59:52 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Bynw, how's it going? Hard, I know.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:19 PM EST] Join derynifank () has joined this channel.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:27 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Desert Rose.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:33 PM EST] <bynw> hard is a word i can relate to
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:43 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi DR, Hi KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:44 PM EST] <KK> When is your move?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:00:53 PM EST] <bynw> feb 6th
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:01:07 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi bynw, how is it going?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:01:33 PM EST] <KK> Two weeks from yesterday.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:02:18 PM EST] <bynw> derynifank, hard and other words describe how it's going.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:03:01 PM EST] <KK> I feel your pain, on so many levels.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:03:39 PM EST] <bynw> you've been there KK. just a short time ago
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:03:46 PM EST] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:03:51 PM EST] <derynifank> We all do. Think of you often
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:04:20 PM EST] <KK> And the moving pain is ongoing, though I'm making progress.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:04:36 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi derynifank.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:04:46 PM EST] <bynw> i've made a lot of progress on packing
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:04:54 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi DR
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:04:58 PM EST] <bynw> and i'll have a lot of help on moving day
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:28 PM EST] <derynifank> Glad you will have help. Where are you moving?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:28 PM EST] Join The_Bee (The_Bee@owirc-a1t.tb3.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> I outght to be packing things, but since I still have no idea when I'm moving, I haven't managed to get motivated.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Bee.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:46 PM EST] <derynifank> Hii Bee
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi all of you!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:05:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> They'll give us a 30-day notice about the move, and that's probably when I'll get serious, LOL.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:06:04 PM EST] <KK> I'm still culling stuff. Oddly, or maybe not, my old office is most crammed with stuff that must be gone through. Don't want to move stuff only to decide that it should go elsewhere.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:06:19 PM EST] <The_Bee> Do you know where you're moving, DR?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:06:49 PM EST] <derynifank> Will this move be permanent or temporary DR?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:07:00 PM EST] <KK> Seems to me that they should move you to another unit in the same complex.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:07:39 PM EST] <Laurna> Good afternoon everyone
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:07:48 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:07:56 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Laurna.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:08:03 PM EST] <The_Bee> Will the guy who gave her problems be gone if she stays in the same complex?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:08:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> No, I don't know yet where to either.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:08:07 PM EST] <Laurna> KK You are so generous. Love the new books.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:08:27 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, that's my thing; I want to go to another building and get away from the vindictive bullying manager.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:08:42 PM EST] <derynifank> Are theses more costume books?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:08:47 PM EST] <KK> I think that's the extent of them, Laurna. Now would be a good time to add up the postage and send me some $$. :-)
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:03 PM EST] <bynw> hi Laurna and The_Bee
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:16 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes I have a check written and stamped. with the new address.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:18 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi bynw.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:32 PM EST] <KK> Excellent! Thank you!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:36 PM EST] <Laurna> mail it out tomarrow
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:41 PM EST] <DesertRose> If things work the way I want them to, my "temporary" move will land me in another property (and I have a specific place I want to go) in the right sized apartment so I can just stay there.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Thank you so much
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:43 PM EST] <derynifank> DR I hope you finally get away from that awful manager
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:47 PM EST] <KK> I'll watch for it. :-)
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:09:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> I wish he'd retire. :P
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:10:24 PM EST] <DesertRose> In more cheerful news, instead of packing, I've been relearning to crochet, and this is my experiment with butterfly stitch: https://imgur.com/a/wYSf3Ev
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:11:02 PM EST] <KK> Pretty.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:11:03 PM EST] * The_Bee sends DR "get where you want to go" woodgies.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:11:03 PM EST] <Laurna> Love the colors
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:11:37 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sarah sent me that yarn. It is pretty, and it worked up in that pattern better than I hoped.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:12:04 PM EST] <derynifank> Looks like a pretty stitch but couldn't see as much of it as I would have liked
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:12:06 PM EST] <Laurna> fancy pattern
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:12:16 PM EST] <The_Bee> What aare you making, DR?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:12:41 PM EST] <The_Bee> OH, shawl!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:12:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> At the moment, it's a baby shawl; I got it to the point where the pattern says, repeat the last four lines until the shawl is as big as you want it to be. :D
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:06 PM EST] <DesertRose> It might someday be a shawl for me.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:27 PM EST] <The_Bee> Do you have a particular baby in mind?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:30 PM EST] <DesertRose> But as of last night, it'd fit a doll or a little baby. ;)
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:36 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> Hi y'all
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi WindyCat!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:52 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi WindyCat
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:53 PM EST] <Laurna> mom crochets but I never figured it out.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:59 PM EST] <Laurna> Hi WindyCat
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:13:59 PM EST] <DesertRose> No, it's a baby shawl as in the shawl itself is not grown up; I don't know anyone who's having a baby any time soon.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:14:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi WindyCat.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:14:20 PM EST] <The_Bee> I once bought a crochet kit, but I've never used it.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:14:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> I can crochet but can't knit.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:08 PM EST] <Laurna> A friend gave be knitting needles, I hope she does not expect me to try it. LOL
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:16 PM EST] <The_Bee> My mom tried to teach me to knit. The problem was, she never taught me how to cast on.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:17 PM EST] <derynifank> I crochet and knit but am better at crochet so I like it better
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:25 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:35 PM EST] <KK> I crochet, but haven't in a while. Knitting, not so much, though my friend Martie is a keen knitter, and has a ministry knitting little hats for premies in the NICU. THey're also doinf little blankets to go in baby car seats.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:35 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:42 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:47 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> I use to crochet a lot, but I find it's more bother now because cats.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:15:56 PM EST] <DesertRose> When I was in my teens, I could knit; I tried to relearn a few years ago and could not for my life figure out how to cast on. But I knitted a scarf as a gift for someone when I was in high school.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:12 PM EST] <Laurna> hello Jerusha
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh yes. Carys wants to know why she can't play with the string, since *I* am playing with string. :D
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:19 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:24 PM EST] <The_Bee> Oh yes! WhAT CAT CAN RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF YARN?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:32 PM EST] <derynifank> Well she has a point
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:36 PM EST] <bynw> hi jerusha and windycat
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:36 PM EST] <KK> I used to crochet the occasional baby sweater for friends about to have a baby.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> And it keeps *moving!* Endless cat fascination.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:16:50 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I used to crochet baby blankets, but they are not supposed to have them anymore
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:06 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> 🤣
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:20 PM EST] <The_Bee> wHY NOT?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Danger of smothering, I'm, told
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:34 PM EST] <derynifank> Why are they not supposed to have them?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:43 PM EST] <KK> These are little ones, just the size to belt into the car seat with baby.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:50 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> waves hello and arrives in chat with a champagne cork pop
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:52 PM EST] <Laurna> I am cutting out a petticoat out of blue and white striped sersucker fabric. should be big and fluffy.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:57 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Shiral!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:17:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ooh, that sounds pretty, Laurna!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:04 PM EST] <The_Bee> Howdy, Shiral!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:09 PM EST] <bynw> hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:12 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> My sewing machine just came home from her "spa time" (tune-up) yesterday.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:31 PM EST] <KK> Did they have an equivalent of seersucker in historic terms?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:35 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:37 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I have a sewing machine, but no material
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:50 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Haven't babies had blankets for hundreds of years without getting smothered?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:18:52 PM EST] <DesertRose> If Laurna is doing a Victorian-era petticoat, I think seersucker is period.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:19:00 PM EST] * The_Bee raises a toast of champagne to the group here.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:19:01 PM EST] <Laurna> Don't thinkso KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:19:08 PM EST] <KK> When was seersucker invented?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:19:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Mine all survived, but I would not risk a grandbaby
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:19:28 PM EST] <Laurna> I would have to look it up.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:19:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Early in the 20th century, KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:20:18 PM EST] <The_Bee> Looking stuff up was Jemler's specialty.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:20:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> My brother had a baby blanket he was very attached to.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:20:31 PM EST] <Laurna> It makes prettier softer petticoats than plan old battest
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:20:42 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> I would have said late Victorian. 🤷‍♀️
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:21:08 PM EST] <derynifank> Actually was invented in 1907 in New Orleans by a merchant looking for lighteer weight suit material because of the heat
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:21:26 PM EST] <Laurna> Good hunt DFK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:21:34 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> That makes sense!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:07 PM EST] <derynifank> I can't imagune wool in hot, humid New Orleans/ You would cook
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:15 PM EST] <KK> My source says the fabric originated in India and other hot climates, in colonial times, because it was cool.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> Developed in India in the 1600s, didn't make it to western Europe/the Americas until the early 1800s.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:24 PM EST] <The_Bee> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seersucker
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yup, when my father was job hunting years ago, he interviewed at the U of Louisiana, but realized he just wouldn't be able to take the climate
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:29 PM EST] <Laurna> This is a huge 1869 petticoat for a bustlehoop
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:22:48 PM EST] <DesertRose> So yes, period for Laurna's petticoat.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:23:11 PM EST] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:23:34 PM EST] <KK> And a good weight for SoCal weather.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:23:39 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I would probably hurt myself if I wore it
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:24:07 PM EST] <Laurna> lol Only if you tried to walk a distance in the snow
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:24:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I would be rolling down a hill in petticoat and bustle
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:24:43 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I have two feet of snow on the ground. More coming tonight
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:25:10 PM EST] <Laurna> Just walk forward. all the mass of fabric is behind. TWO FEET OF SNOW. BURR
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:25:13 PM EST] <The_Bee> We've had hardly any snow this month.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:25:51 PM EST] <derynifank> But how do you sit down with a bustle. I always wondered that
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:25:52 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> We had a few flakes two weeks ago.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> If it's under the gown, nobody needs to know if it's absolutely period, just saying...
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:17 PM EST] <KK> I've got to go, guys. I'm at the new house, where the computer is, but my dinner is at the old house. Stomach is reminding me of that. And I have an eaarly rise tomorrow to be back here for the storm door installers who didn't come on Friday as they were meant to do, but will be here (they say) midmorning, after a first appointment about an hour south of
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:33 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ack! Go feed the Katherine!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:34 PM EST] <KK> here. And then I get my staples out tomorrow afternoon. Seem to be healing ok.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:42 PM EST] <DesertRose> Staples?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Healing? Staples????
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:55 PM EST] <derynifank> What staples?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hope your head is OK, KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:26:59 PM EST] <KK> From my medical adventure 10 days ago.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:04 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat> Stay safe, KK.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:07 PM EST] <Laurna> Healing? :Yes please Heal
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Didn't know anyting about it!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:13 PM EST] <The_Bee> Enjoy your meal, KK! Thanks for coming and see you next week, I hope.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:19 PM EST] <KK> Seems to be. And most of the blood is out of my hair, after 3 shampoos.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Enjoy dinner, KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> See you next week, KK?
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:28 PM EST] <derynifank> Glad you are healing well
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:31 PM EST] <Laurna> YIKES
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> My DS2 pulled out his own staples after running into a steel beam
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:39 PM EST] <bynw> have a good night KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Take care of yourself KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Sounds like your head met something sharp
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:27:45 PM EST] <DesertRose> Go eat, rest, feel better. Stay safe and well, and have a good week.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:28:01 PM EST] <derynifank> Have a good week KK, See you next week
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:28:12 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Have a good night, KK, and a good week
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:28:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Eat a good hot dinner
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:28:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> Will we see you next week? (And are we Zooming the following week, 7 Feb?)
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:28:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> Scritch the pets for us.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:28:52 PM EST] <KK> Fell backward in the post office parking lot with an armful of packages and a dumb mask obscuring my vision. Cracked the back of my head hard against the pavement and got a 1 1/2 inch laceration that, after a CT scan confirmed no brain bleed or skull fracture, required 8 staples to close. But it could have been so much worse!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:06 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ow.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:08 PM EST] <KK> I should be here next week.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Owie! But glad it WASN'T worse
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:19 PM EST] <Laurna> OH MY. not the box I got I hopw
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:21 PM EST] <KK> And zooming the following week, I do believe.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:30 PM EST] <DesertRose> Okay, take care and stay safe!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:36 PM EST] <KK> That was one of them, Laurna.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:45 PM EST] <Laurna> OH DEAR.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:46 PM EST] <The_Bee> Take care and stay healthy.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:29:52 PM EST] <derynifank> I think bynw and KK agreed Zooom on Feb 7
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:00 PM EST] <Laurna> Thank you KK, but honestly falling was not in the plan
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:15 PM EST] <KK> All of you also stay healthy. See you next week.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hoping for no mishaps in the next week!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:18 PM EST] <bynw> next week isnt zoom though. next week will be regular chat
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:24 PM EST] <Laurna> Next week
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:29 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Bye, KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> Jan 31
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:30 PM EST] <bynw> zoom is 2 weeks from today
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:34 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Good by KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:35 PM EST] <derynifank> Night KK
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:42 PM EST] <DesertRose> G'night, KK!
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:43 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, all.
[Sunday, January 24, 2021] [7:30:53 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).