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  1. Minerva

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    it's called "leaving something to the imagination". ;) I get a lot of suddenly-polite older boys rushing to open doors for me. It's odd. This is a fairly wealthy neighborhood, and most of the women dress like they just fell out of bed or forgot to finish getting dressed. I guess a neatly...
  2. Minerva

    Nutrition and exercise!

    I hear you on the lactose intolerance! You might try goat- or sheep-milk instead of cow, if you can get them. I find that I tolerate those better. If National Geographic is to be believed, those are the common meat animals for my father's family's ancestral region. I don't think cows are common...
  3. Minerva

    Nutrition and exercise!

    I'm going to have to disagree with you that the so-called "Food Pyramid" works for everyone. What does work is to think about what your ancestors would have been eating, and go with that. Those foods are what you've evolved to be eating. If you stick to that, you should be safe enough. I'll...
  4. Minerva

    Baby Names? Vintage?

    Were they all named for the same someone? I know in our family, I have to check against other family members and birth/death dates to identify which "someone" we're talking about for genealogy records. I'll use "Anatole" for an example. One of my father's second cousins was Anatole. He was...
  5. Minerva

    Canning and preserving...

    I wish I canned, does that count? I'm hoping to be set up for it next year, if we can move and have more than a postage-stamp pantry. There's enough things going on in the kitchen right now that we don't have space for preserves and such. I do have a cupboard of things fermenting, though. Two...
  7. Minerva

    Show us your vintage home!

    Is there any way you can chip off a sample of the paint? The hardware store should be able to custom-mix a match for you if you can show them what colour you want.
  8. Minerva

    Motifs

    I don't think I have any mermaid-print clothing at the moment, but I do have one charm bracelet that's all mermaid charms. I'm always adding to that if I see another charm I like, and wear that one most of the time. It matches my favourite ring.
  9. Minerva

    What is your favorite retro toy?

    I never understood the My Little Pony attraction, personally. The funny thing is, I kept getting the things because "every little girl wants ponies". [huh]
  10. Minerva

    Motifs

    I love Art Nouveau! The local history museum downtown had the most amazing Art Nouveau exhibition a few years back. I fell in love with this dragonfly and pearl brooch on display, it was just gorgeous. I'm trying to keep the jewelry intake to a minimum lately, but if I happened across something...
  11. Minerva

    Baby Names? Vintage?

    The custom for my father's family is generally to name children for their grandparents, and go further up the tree if you have more than four children. They run to French and German names, despite not really being French or German -- Otto, Hilda, Josephine, Eulalie, Octave, Anatole. My personal...
  13. Minerva

    Motifs

    Mermaids, mainly. I'm also really partial to anything gingham, navy blue, or with dragonflies. If I could find a vintage apron in navy blue gingham with a dragonfly pattern stitched on it, I'd die happy. lol
  14. Minerva

    Will hemlines drop this year?

    Oh dear, yes, another pet peeve of mine. I'll tolerate it if someone is in a hands-on tool-toting sort of job and is presently repairing my sink or similar. Otherwise, I need to think of a polite way to let someone know that I really don't need to see their underwear (or lack thereof). There's a...
  15. Minerva

    Will hemlines drop this year?

    Tell me about it. My one friend's daughter likes those low-rise jeans. I swear, if they get any lower on her, they might as well be folded up in the drawer at home. :eek: Whatever happened to leaving something to the imagination ... I look forward to the return of long skirts. I'm tired of...
  16. Minerva

    Making mens clothing: where are the vintage mens clothing patterns?

    I'm sure some must exist somewhere. I know that in one branch of my family, it was expected that the women would be sewing all the clothes for their entire families, including the men. As I heard it, one new wife was disconcerted when her mother-in-law informed her that this was now her job, and...
  17. Minerva

    Who wrote the book on motherhood?

    I've heard much the same thing when deciding on a care provider and we went around to the local hospitals, so it sounds like it's quite common. If you don't want interventions (including being trapped on your back in stirrups with an IV), don't set foot in the hospital. The cascade of...
  19. Minerva

    Who wrote the book on motherhood?

    Well, not a party, but I was talking all the way through and never once shouted at my husband about hating him. I was also walking around until a few minutes before she shot out, and was up and moving again within five minutes of her birth. It's what the body is supposed to do, and if you...
  20. Minerva

    Who wrote the book on motherhood?

    Now really, RedHotRidinHood, I don't think we want to scare her off completely over one opinion! :p Another one here who had wanted a water birth, but it didn't work out. Just as well, maybe. The super-crunchy midwives got medical at the 39-week appointment and made dire threats about what...
  21. Minerva

    Who wrote the book on motherhood?

    A little more info might be helpful, ShortClara. How 'crunchy' are you, normally? Are you convinced you'll die without the epidural? Will you be breastfeeding once you have the baby? Do you work or will you home with the little one? I'd rather not make unwelcome suggestions if you're...
  22. Minerva

    Anybody Else Collect Sewing Machines?

    Love the machines, fishmeok! They're gorgeous and functional. Given half a chance and a lot more display room I could collect vintage sewing machines. Maybe when we move and I get my sewing room back .... I like the old mechanicals; I refuse to spend so much money on a cheap plastic machine...
  23. Minerva

    What makes you feel vintage?

    Having my mother complain that I'm not wearing modern/trendy clothes for one. Then, while looking through some old family photos my cousin's scanning in, discovering that I've been channelling my great-grandmother for the last fifteen or so years -- right down to the hairstyle and shoes. I never...

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