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What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
Philadelphia
Boston
The Northeast
The West
The Inland North
The South
North Central
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Today's crazy work post is that a customer said to me, "I can hear you just fine, but I'm not understanding your language. Do you have a language barrier?" Um,no, I'm speaking English. In fact, English is the only language I can speak. But I will speak slower so the English words can penetrate the barrier into your brain.

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Enough boring work posts, here is a picture of Opaline.


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I am half-heartedly reading Alison Weir's Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley. I am about halfway through it, but even though it's about murder and the blowing up of the evidence, I am finding it hard to maintain interest. I usually like Weir, but this one is taking me forever. I ought to order a copy of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The Lady Elizabeth, her new novel. I am interested in seeing how much more Weir can write about the Tudor era. And I am sure it must be better than Philippa Gregory's The Virgin's Lover because good god, that one was terrible. I think Gregory is sometimes fun, but she definitely uses the Bizarro book of Tudor history for reference.

cross stitch wishlist

One of the Hooked On Exchanging mods requested that the members post their wishlists on their blog, so here's mine :)

Mirabilia's New Year's Eve Fairy pattern
any Mary Garry patterns
Textile Heritage patterns: Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, the Tower of London
Quaker patterns
silk threads (especially hand-dyed)
fabric in 28 or 32ct
overdyed fabric
colored pins for pinkeeps
colored eyelets

designers I like:
Just Nan, JBW Designs, Little House Needleworks, the Drawn Thread, With My Needle.

cross stitch motifs I like:
bunnies, hedgehogs, Halloween, Oriental designs, alphabets, redwork, band samplers, tea, Alice in Wonderland

cross stitch things I'm not fond of:
religious subjects, country style (with the exception of LNH and Country Cottages), teddy bears.

favorite colors:
red, pink, blue, pastels, autumnal colors, jewel tones.