Ami's AfterChat Newsletter

March 1999

WELCOME
I'm glad you're here. If you're not and want to be removed from this list, type WART in the subject line and you will be removed. Painlessly. No one will ever know you were here. Honest.

For those of you on America Online, please join me in the AOL chat room on the 4th Thursday of every month. This month, that's the 25th. We have protocol from 9:00 pm EST to 9:45, and then we just type at each other. Come on in!

SIMPLY QUILTS
It was so much fun to be re-runned a few weeks ago. My photo-transfer segment was taped back in 1997. I looked so much younger. I said all the same things as the last time I saw me on TV, but it's still such a thrill. I remembered about 15 minutes into it that I was going to be a re-run, when my mother called to tell me I was on TV. (Usually her cat is on TV, but she just sits on the set. The cat, not my mom.) So I raced into the living room and tuned in. Then I went and got the trim carpenter, figuring if he thought I was a famous TV star he'd start coming more often and finally finish up. (No dice.)

HOUSE UPDATE
During my television appearance I left the plumbers right where they were, re- installing the fire place. It's one of those vent-free, fake log, gas-burning things. The first time they installed it, they put it in upside-down. No kidding. The little prongs to hold the wood were pointing down. I commented that the writing by the on knob was upside-down and that the flames sure were short, but they assured me it was in correctly. Yeah. Uh-huh. Looks much better know.

After the plumbers left we got our final plumbing inspection. I'm going to frame the neon green sticker! (By the fire place. Next to the carbon monoxide detector.) We're still waiting for the last bit of trim and at least a gallon of paint. It would be weeks. Then we're on to floor coverings! I'm sure that will be a piece of cake!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Just came back from a fun time with quilters in North Carolina. Fun classes, good food (ever try potato encrusted salmon?) and super nice quilters. I got a short visit at Georgia Bonesteel's quilt shop which is in the back of her husband's hardware store. When you purchase with a credit card it says Bonesteel's Hardware on the charge slip. Steve'll probably think I picked up a few early Christmas presents instead of more fabric! Joke's on him!

On March 27, I'll be teaching hand quilting here in Flint, Michigan at the beautiful Whaley Historical House. Twelve students will join me for a gourmet meal served in the dining room. Then we retire to the parlor and sit and stitch around the quilting frame until the lamps burn low. We may even be visited by the ghost of Mr. Whaley. (Spaces available, I think. Call Len Thomas at 810 235-6841. I'll be doing a repeat during Quilts At Crossroads in September. Book early.)

Then during Easter break I'll be teaching an informal workshop in ...........R O M E. Emanuela D'Amica, owner of Rome's quilt shop will be arranging a get- together at Ostia Antica (the ancient port city of Rome) with some Italian quilters. We'll walk among the ruins and I'll show them how to draft the "quilty" patterns we see in the floor tiles. (Remember Classic Quilts: Patchwork Designs From Ancient Rome?) After a day turn around, I'll be off to Durango, Colorado for the Four Corners Quilters.

CHURCH BULLETINS
This is a compilation of actual Church Bulletins and Service bloopers which I found quite amusing and thought you would too:

• Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High"
• Don't let worry kill you--let the church help.
• Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
• For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
• Weight Watchers will meet a 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
• Jean will be leading a weight-management series Wednesday nights. She's used the program herself and has been growing like crazy!
• The rosebud on the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer.
• This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.
• Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early.
• This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.
• The service will close with Little Drops of Water. One of the ladies will start quietly and the rest of the congregation will join in.
• Next Sunday a special collection will be taken to defray the cost of the new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the carpet should come forward and do so.
• The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They can be seen in the church basement Saturday.
• Thursday night--Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
• Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
• The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
• At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.
• During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when A. B. Doe supplied our pulpit.
• The Rev. Adams spoke briefly, much to the delight of his audience.
• The church is glad to have with us today as our guest minister the Rev. Shirley Green, who has Mrs. Green with him. After the service we request that all remain in the sanctuary for the Hanging of the Greens.
• The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet" in the church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
• The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.
• Pastor is on vacation. Massages can be given to church secretary.

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