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Good Morning Everyone! I'm new to OH and I live in PA (Whitehall, near Allentown). I would love to join in with you guys. I moved to PA from NJ about 4 years ago and I don't have much support here. I will have my surgery on November 23rd (praying). Does anyone know of any support groups in the Allentown area?
Just a lil' something about me....I'm a 32-year old single mom. As everyone else I've tried and failed too many diets to count. It toke me 5 1/2 years to finally decide to have the surgery and I'm excited! Can't wait to get on the losing side!
Just a lil' something about me....I'm a 32-year old single mom. As everyone else I've tried and failed too many diets to count. It toke me 5 1/2 years to finally decide to have the surgery and I'm excited! Can't wait to get on the losing side!
Jersey Girl 4 Life!
Good morning and Welcome!!!
We'll save you a nice place on the loser's bench. Great to see you on the board - you'll get lots of support here and it's a wonderful group.
Liz's saturday cooking class (it's today) in Easton is a great group to get involved with. Meets once a month and shouldn't be too much of a hike. Good cooking, recipes, and great support.
The Saturday Barix meeting in Langhorne would be a hike for you but worth it (we have people who drive further than that to come)... First saturdays from 12 - 4, and includes break-out groups for kids, support folks (friends, family, partners, etc.). All are welcome - not just Barix patients.
Karen
We'll save you a nice place on the loser's bench. Great to see you on the board - you'll get lots of support here and it's a wonderful group.
Liz's saturday cooking class (it's today) in Easton is a great group to get involved with. Meets once a month and shouldn't be too much of a hike. Good cooking, recipes, and great support.
The Saturday Barix meeting in Langhorne would be a hike for you but worth it (we have people who drive further than that to come)... First saturdays from 12 - 4, and includes break-out groups for kids, support folks (friends, family, partners, etc.). All are welcome - not just Barix patients.
Karen
Hi Johnscry.. I live in Whitehall, too.... right by the mall. There are support groups at all the local hospitals. Lehigh Valley, Westfield, Sacred Heart, St. Luke's. Westfield's is on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The next one is this coming Tuesday at 6:45 at the hospital. I am going to try to go, but I know I will be late if I can get there.
Where are you having your surgery? Mine was at Westfield with Dr. Sawyna. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask anyone on here and you can PM me anytime you want.
Welcome aboard!!
Where are you having your surgery? Mine was at Westfield with Dr. Sawyna. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask anyone on here and you can PM me anytime you want.
Welcome aboard!!
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Hi Trish and PA,
Thankful that there's no snow here, but the miserable weather has me looking for ways to "nest" in my house!
Got a really nice piece done last night (I'll take pics sometime this weekend) and 3 flasks ready for casting this morning. Now I've got several other pieces laid out and am taking a break before getting back to them. Feels like a nice productive weekend so far, but I don't want to jinx it!
I had a funny thought this morning at the gym. I did a 15-minute run (running outright at a good pace the whole time, except short warmup and cooldown) as a warmup to my weight circuit. At the end of the run, I realized that I'd just done what would have constituted an EXHAUSTING and COMPLETE workout for me just a few months ago as a WARMUP to the "real workout." And it felt GOOD. Wow.
Stay warm and safe folks!
Karen
Thankful that there's no snow here, but the miserable weather has me looking for ways to "nest" in my house!
Got a really nice piece done last night (I'll take pics sometime this weekend) and 3 flasks ready for casting this morning. Now I've got several other pieces laid out and am taking a break before getting back to them. Feels like a nice productive weekend so far, but I don't want to jinx it!
I had a funny thought this morning at the gym. I did a 15-minute run (running outright at a good pace the whole time, except short warmup and cooldown) as a warmup to my weight circuit. At the end of the run, I realized that I'd just done what would have constituted an EXHAUSTING and COMPLETE workout for me just a few months ago as a WARMUP to the "real workout." And it felt GOOD. Wow.
Stay warm and safe folks!
Karen
Haha Linda - SORRY!!! I'm a jewelrysmith (my "passion career" as opposed to what I do 40 hours a week to pay the bills until the kids are out of college). I got one new necklace done (actually, I've gotten another glorious pendant done just a few minutes ago).
Flasks are basically big tubes of steel that are used to hold plaster in which jewelry metals are cast. Basically, you create the piece in wax (or in this case, use organic materials like pods and leaves), then encase it in plaster with an opening for the metal to get in. You then burn it out in a VERY hot oven (1350 degrees) for about 5 hours and the wax or organics are totally burned away, leaving a detailed impression inside the plaster. Once the flask has cooled down to about 900 degrees, you put it in a centrifuge, melt a bunch of silver in the centrifuge and start the thing spinning (sound dangerous? yep! and FUN!). The centrifugal force pushes the molten metal into the impressions in the plaster. Once the metal solidifies, you dunk the whole flask into a bucket of cold water (quenching) and it sizzles and bubbles and theplaster disintegrates, leaving you with the metal pieces ready to be finished and made into jewelry.
if you want to see the type of pieces made this way, these two are good examples:
http://www.nolimitations.com/index.php?action=product&prod_id=42 (the silver foreground of the rose was cast from wax)
and for organics:
http://www.nolimitations.com/index.php?action=product&prod_id=61 (each leaf was cast from an actual ivy leaf)
Probably more detail than you wanted to know - sorry, it's a hazard of the trade when someone asks me about my passion!
Karen
Flasks are basically big tubes of steel that are used to hold plaster in which jewelry metals are cast. Basically, you create the piece in wax (or in this case, use organic materials like pods and leaves), then encase it in plaster with an opening for the metal to get in. You then burn it out in a VERY hot oven (1350 degrees) for about 5 hours and the wax or organics are totally burned away, leaving a detailed impression inside the plaster. Once the flask has cooled down to about 900 degrees, you put it in a centrifuge, melt a bunch of silver in the centrifuge and start the thing spinning (sound dangerous? yep! and FUN!). The centrifugal force pushes the molten metal into the impressions in the plaster. Once the metal solidifies, you dunk the whole flask into a bucket of cold water (quenching) and it sizzles and bubbles and theplaster disintegrates, leaving you with the metal pieces ready to be finished and made into jewelry.
if you want to see the type of pieces made this way, these two are good examples:
http://www.nolimitations.com/index.php?action=product&prod_id=42 (the silver foreground of the rose was cast from wax)
and for organics:
http://www.nolimitations.com/index.php?action=product&prod_id=61 (each leaf was cast from an actual ivy leaf)
Probably more detail than you wanted to know - sorry, it's a hazard of the trade when someone asks me about my passion!
Karen
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