What happened to Daily Design Deal?

[barbmvo]

I just got back from vacation and was looking for what has been on the Daily Deals only to find none since I've been gone. Did they stop? Thanks! Barb, Gibsonia, PA

[StitchinGrandma]

I hope you had fun on your vacation. On July 21st there was an email sent to every registered Embroidables customer entitled "Last day of 25% off sale, plus other news" and in that email there was this comment: "In other news, we are sad to announce that our Daily Design Deal is being discontinued. The last day for the Daily Design Deal will be July 31st."

[Jami Johnson]

Yes, we did discontinue it at the end of July. I'm sorry that that email might have got missed. I hope you had a nice vacation, though!

[ElaineR]

Why OH WHY??? did it have to be discontinued!??? It had become part of my daily ritual-I cked every!!!! day except vacation days and worried then that I was missing something?????!!!!
Elaine

[StitchinGrandma]

Well Elaine ~ as with any other business, I'm sure they hadn't planned on having a sale forever. LOL

[susank]

I get the fact that sales don't last forever but I too miss the DDD because it was a reminder to check into the message board every day. Without it I am already not checking as much. Maybe there will be a new incentive?!!!!

[StitchinGrandma]

I get the fact that sales don't last forever but I too miss the DDD because it was a reminder to check into the message board every day. Without it I am already not checking as much. Maybe there will be a new incentive?!!!!

Yea I know that too. Ok Susan ~ here's you new incentive.

Come and say hi to ME! :p

[susank]

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really - I'm bored and could use a distraction. My darling teenagers are 16 and 18 - need I say more about how my summer is going??. All I do is cook, clean up their messes and drive them around or worry that they are driving themselves around. And I'm tired - my 18 year old has a job at Starbucks and she often starts at 5:30 a.m. - guess who is up at 4:30 making sure she is awake and plugging in the kettle or toaster. My problem is that then I can't get back to sleep. Oh well - isn't the "most wonderful time of the year" just around the corner.

Sorry that's my complaint for the day. What's up with everyone else?

[StitchinGrandma]

Susan you need to start telling those girls they can do for themselves. ;) My boys were given the task of even doing their own laundry by the time they were 13 yrs old and Saturday morning was clean your room before you do anything other than eat breakfast. :D I was a mean Mom. Oh and do you wanna know that my son who we will be moving to MI very soon has been home for the past 1 1/2 yrs and doesn't have a car but does have a job. Guess how he gets there....yep, rides his bike at 10pm and then home at 6am. I DO cut him a break though and won't let him ride when there is thunder and lightening. :D

[Jami Johnson]

Susan you need to start telling those girls they can do for themselves. ;) My boys were given the task of even doing their own laundry by the time they were 13 yrs old and Saturday morning was clean your room before you do anything other than eat breakfast. :D I was a mean Mom. Oh and do you wanna know that my son who we will be moving to MI very soon has been home for the past 1 1/2 yrs and doesn't have a car but does have a job. Guess how he gets there....yep, rides his bike at 10pm and then home at 6am. I DO cut him a break though and won't let him ride when there is thunder and lightening. :D

Vicki, can you be hired out? I seriously need someone to come whip my boys into shape. My boys think I'm the meanest mom in the world bc I make them empty the dishwasher every morning. Do I expect them to load the dirty dishes? Nope. They even complain about clearing their meal places and picking up their shoes. Maybe it's the age, but geesh, give me a break.

And, Susan, you can come say hi to me, too! :)

[susank]

HI JAMI!

Thanks for the advice Vicki. My only problem with the chauffeur service is that we don't have much choice. There is no public transit where we live and I would be terrified if they were riding bikes because the roads out here are county roads with 80 km speed limits - where people drive at least 100 kms (60mph) and there are no shoulders on the road. I often drive them to the nearest transit station but that is still a 45 minute drive round trip. Oh well, I guess that's what you get for living on the edge of the city.

As for the cooking and cleaning everyone I talk to has the same complaint. My sister, who has a boy and girl the same age as mine, went to her psychologist to say she hated her kids and wanted them gone (I'm not sure she meant it that strongly). The psychologist said that as teens you have to think of them the same way as you did when they were young. They have no control over the fact they wet and soil their diapers and fall over and spit up on your favourite dress. Teens are the same - they have no control over what they are doing and saying at that age. You didn't fault them when they are babies and you can't fault them now. Just know that their attitude and slovenliness is not directed at you or anyone. They don't know what they are doing. As long as they are not doing drugs and getting into trouble - cut them some slack and they will soon grow out of it. In the meantime, a nice glass of wine in the evening might be in order!

Wise words I think.

[StitchinGrandma]

Vicki, can you be hired out? I seriously need someone to come whip my boys into shape. My boys think I'm the meanest mom in the world bc I make them empty the dishwasher every morning. Do I expect them to load the dirty dishes? Nope. They even complain about clearing their meal places and picking up their shoes. Maybe it's the age, but geesh, give me a break.

And, Susan, you can come say hi to me, too! :)

I would love to say yes Jami, but I think hubby might miss me if I were to leave. ;) Mom's aren't supposed to be a childs best friend and trust me, when they get older, they will thank you for being 'mean'. It sure doesn't help you though when they are younger and telling you how mean you are, I know that all too well. I made my kids wash the dishes too and they took turns. One washed and another dried every night and to leave me out of the meanie part of that I made the dryer check the washer for putting dishes that weren't clean into the drying rack. The dryer rejected the still dirty dishes NOT me. :D Trust me Jami...I was just the meanest mom around BUT, they learned to take care of themselves. I just tried to explain to them that they needed to learn how to do this stuff so when they were older they would know how to do things the right way. I just balanced the mean mom syndrome with fun stuff so they could see I wasn't really mean. Of course, the fun stuff was flushed from their brains the very next day when it was back to chores. :rolleyes2:

HI JAMI!

Thanks for the advice Vicki. My only problem with the chauffeur service is that we don't have much choice. There is no public transit where we live and I would be terrified if they were riding bikes because the roads out here are county roads with 80 km speed limits - where people drive at least 100 kms (60mph) and there are no shoulders on the road. I often drive them to the nearest transit station but that is still a 45 minute drive round trip. Oh well, I guess that's what you get for living on the edge of the city.

As for the cooking and cleaning everyone I talk to has the same complaint. My sister, who has a boy and girl the same age as mine, went to her psychologist to say she hated her kids and wanted them gone (I'm not sure she meant it that strongly). The psychologist said that as teens you have to think of them the same way as you did when they were young. They have no control over the fact they wet and soil their diapers and fall over and spit up on your favourite dress. Teens are the same - they have no control over what they are doing and saying at that age. You didn't fault them when they are babies and you can't fault them now. Just know that their attitude and slovenliness is not directed at you or anyone. They don't know what they are doing. As long as they are not doing drugs and getting into trouble - cut them some slack and they will soon grow out of it. In the meantime, a nice glass of wine in the evening might be in order!

Wise words I think.
We are the same where we live too Susan even though we do live within the city limits, although right on the edge. In fact, the field across the street is not in the city and the road in front of my house is only half in the city limits. LOL MY half of the road is city, the other is county jurisdiction. Where he works is out near the interstate and the speed is 45-55mph but there are two lanes and the side of the road is as wide as a lane of traffic so he's fairly safe there. If the fog is bad then I will take him as well as the bad storms like I mentioned. But, I can totally see in your case why you wouldn't want them on a bike. I would do the same in that case I think too. People don't follow posted speed limits on country roads around here at all. Heck, I don't think people follow ANY posted speed limits anymore anywhere but that's another story. lol

The person your friend is seeing is exactly on target. All the screaming back at me was ignored by myself. It's VERY hard but getting into a screaming match with your kids really does no good and that creates more resentment from them because they feel like they MUST win screaming matches.

All I can say is that I am SO glad that part of my life is done. It is NOT easy raising kids at all. I figure though that any Mom/Dad that gets through that without killling any of them or having to bail any of them out of jail have done a great job. :p

[SewFanatic]

I too was on vacation and missed the message about the DDD ending. It was fun to check it each day and wait for it to be available....it became sort of a game if I could be online in time to get the deal!

I'd like to thank you for all the great deals during the time it was available. I was able to purchased many designs during that time and am very grateful for the deals! I LOVE this site and tell all of my embroidery friends about it...deal or no deal!

Thanks for continuing to provide exception quality designs.

Best regards,
Wanda

[Bonnie22]

Hi, I have just joined this group. I live in England. I am a widow aged 70 years but do love machine embroidery. I have a complete craft room have two embroidery machines, 2 overlockers and an ordinary sewing machine. I embroidery t.shirts for one our military vehicle groups, do lots for my grandchildren who live in New Zealand. Also do patchwork, knitting and crochet. In this country machine embroidery is not a very popular hobby so it will be lovely to be able to chat to some of you and discuss ideas and designs.
Iris

[StitchinGrandma]

Hi, I have just joined this group. I live in England. I am a widow aged 70 years but do love machine embroidery. I have a complete craft room have two embroidery machines, 2 overlockers and an ordinary sewing machine. I embroidery t.shirts for one our military vehicle groups, do lots for my grandchildren who live in New Zealand. Also do patchwork, knitting and crochet. In this country machine embroidery is not a very popular hobby so it will be lovely to be able to chat to some of you and discuss ideas and designs.
Iris

Welcome to the group here Iris. This is a wonderful group as you will find out very soon if you stick around with us. You sound like a great addition to our little group too and from the sounds of your collection of machines, I bet you have tons of knowledge to share with us yourself. Glad to see you found us.

[susank]

Wanda and Iris sound like great additions - I love to hear these stories.

And Vicki - I can see why you are happy you are past this point! I have two great girls who if you met them you would think they were model teens, well raised and the salt of the earth - maybe Mom just gets the slightly evil parts of the personality - I guess everyone has one and we should be happy they can show it to us ------------------- shouldn't we???!!!

[StitchinGrandma]

Susan trust me, my three boys were NOT the same people at home as they were in public. Anyone that tells you their well behaved model children are the same at home as they are in public is lying. I will guarantee that. :D

[lizanne]

Years ago when my children were little our priest read a poem at church on Mother's Day. It really made me think about what was more important to me, having the kids love me and think I was their best friend now or having them grow up to be well adjusted happy adults that love and respect theri parents. I chose the latter and there were days when I am sure that my children wished they had a different mother while they were growing up, but they are all grown now all hppy and healthy with great jobs and great friends and homes of their own.

Here's a link to the poem, I actuall got a copy of it when the children were younger and everytime I agonised over a decision I knew they would hate, I would re-read it and feel stronger.

http://www.wolfweb.com.au/australia/meanmother.html