this is all new to me

roxyribbons · Post by **roxyribbons** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:45 pm

HI I'm Karen in Devon England. Would love to chat to anyone anywhere. I am absolutely mad about cross stitch and any other craft going. Married with six children so life is pretty hectic.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:55 pm

Guess so! As the 6th of 6 children, I approve!

When do you find time to stitch?? Hang around with us, and we will do our best to keep you sane -- within a very broad definition of the term...

roxyribbons · Post by **roxyribbons** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:12 pm

Glad to hear i'm not the only one mad enough to have had six children.
The youngest two get to go to nursery in the afternoons, so very selfishly i use that time as my own. At the moment i am involved in a round robin in France of Isabelle Vaultier heart designs being made into envelopes. I am happy stitching any design but am a big disney fan.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:18 pm

Not selfish! Not selfish at all. Self-preservation; which is very important for you and the children. Not to mention husband!

Actually, I suspect my mother was slightly mad: my five sisters and brothers were born in seven years... I suspect she was slightly thankful for the intervention of WW2... I trailed behind slightly.

LuckyDice · Post by **LuckyDice** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:56 pm

Welcome to the family! I am also the youngest of 6, and congrats on being able to do it...I don't think I ever could! And definately I agree with Serinde, it is FOR SURE self preservation...you'd go batty without it I'm sure

Again welcome!

roxyribbons · Post by **roxyribbons** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:10 pm

Hi all, Thanks for not making me feel quilty. Somedays its a mad house and i love every minute of it. Stitching is a great way to wind down, i often lose myself in a project.

LuckyDice · Post by **LuckyDice** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:51 am

Of course we wouldn't make you feel guilty...we're all guilty of it too. Don't want to point the fingers at ourselves either!!

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:33 am

Hi Karen, welcome to the forum. As an only child I was always envious of friends who had lots of siblings. Now that I'm (much) older I still miss the support of siblings along life's way - it must be lovely to be part of a big family. I agree that stitching is not selfish - you've got to have some 'me' time, you deserve it.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:13 am

Well, English Rose, just think: you have all of us a virtual sibling. (Now there's scary!)

roxyribbons · Post by **roxyribbons** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:49 am

hi english rose
what have you let yourself in for, all of us to bug you, moan at you,and be there for you and in return you can grumble, laugh, scream and anything else to us and unlike family that can be a real pain we will just be here.

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:29 am

How nice to have a virtual family - thank you.

Yes, Karen, I can see the benefits of this.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:13 pm

Ah. Obviously the optimist of the family.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:19 pm

And a hello from me too in SW France. So nice to see so many Newbies here

Welcome to you All

Kate · Post by **Kate** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:39 pm

Hi Karen, what part of Devon are you in? I've just joined here too, nice to see you