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| Name: | Been there done that |
| How's your weather? | Hot as hell |
| What's your pet peeve? | You! Same to you -- all people like you |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I was looking for some stuff and came across you site and you war $ counter.
That money you are counting is what it costs to give someone else the freedom that you take so liberally. *Sigh* And you, my dear, apparently can't be bothered to read. The war in Iraq has *nothing*, and I repeat, *nothing* to do with our freedom. Hussein was a bad, bad man, but it was never within his power to threaten the US. He wasn't producing, training, or funding religious extremists. He wasn't building weapons of mass destruction. He was a terrible dictator to his own people, but he was nothing to the US. We are there so that Bush Jr. could finish what Bush Sr. started, and so that we can have better access to Iraqi oil. Hussein is dead, but the real threats to American freedom remain: namely, a country and leaders who are more than willing to sacrifice real freedom for what feels like security. What we'll end up with, going down that path, is neither. As for us giving other countries freedom, look again. We've set up another puppet government in Afghanistan (which is what we gave them when we financed the Taliban), and it's looking pretty similar in Iraq. They aren't getting freedom -- they're getting US-picked leaders who will probably get voted out (if voting is allowed) and replaced with another set of dictators in the near future. Just like what happens every time a empire-building nation selects a new government for another people. |
| Name: | Pfff |
| How's your weather? | Daft! |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://www.myspace.com/pfff_elin |
| What's your pet peeve? | Mia |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Hey! Saw your page through Craftster! Great page! I have my first job as a teacher right now, so I can relate to ALOT of the dilemmas and philosopical questions that you went through. I can`t help but thinking that schools need teachers like you! An educator who has a passion for a subject that she`d like to share with others! In your case, science. Students need that! You learn and grow with how you teach and if you do mistakes, get back up there and learn from it. Every teacher has their way of teaching, noone is alike!. My English professor is the main reason that I wanted to be a teacher in the first place and I really don`t know what would have been of me if she hadn`t been there!
I also have a baby and thank god there`s a person who shares her patterns instead of charging everything ;) I think "sisters" should help eachother out! ;) Happy holidays for you and your family and keep crafting! ;) |
| Name: | Honey |
| How's your weather? | It's acually 60* and it is normally snowing right now! :) |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://www.daraluznetwork.com |
| What's your pet peeve? | the toilet paper rolling of the back of the roll... |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I love the info and if anyone is looking for a birthing support group who is a HUGE supporter of wearing your baby...check out Dar a Luz! www.daraluznetwork.com
Thanks for designing such an informative site! |
| Name: | Deborah Harris |
| How's your weather? | chilly |
| How did you get here? | "I feel lucky!" |
| Name: | Melissa Zuzenak |
| How's your weather? | 10" of snow! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Oh my gosh! I just found your site and feel like I hit the jackpot. My poor printer is going to need a new ink cartridge by the time I am done printing off patterns. Can't wait to make a Boppy cover, grocery cart seat cover, restaurant high chair cover and a ring sling.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | Melanie |
| How's your weather? | FRIGID |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I absolutely love your site! I found it while searching for instructions for making my own diaper bag and baby carrier. I made a pouch carrier for my 4 week old son, Hudson, out of a new bed sheet I had lying around. While it's not perfect (I am not a seamstress), it works great and I plan on making one out of fleece. The weather in Kansas right now is very cold and I hope a fleece pouch will keep him toasty.
Thank you for having such an informative site. I have recommended it to everyone I know with little children! |
| Name: | Christian ( again ) |
| How's your weather? | great :) |
| What's your pet peeve? | Shawna Coppola-- short man syndrome strikes again..LMAO |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Shawna Coppola
I take it you know that chick.. seriously.. I would just remove her comment.. you know why ? bc it is YOUR site..and you can if you wanna .. lol... do ppl really remember crap like that from 9 years ago? come on .. give me a break.. she should relax and make a ring sling and a nursing bra.. so she can tote around her pitty party and nurse it back to health .. but that is just me ... and my no hummor self I guess ;) Love your site BTW That totally cracked me up :lol: Glad the site has been useful to you! |
| Name: | CHristian |
| How's your weather? | in NOV. HOT ..lol |
| What's your pet peeve? | short man syndrome |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I just wanted to thank you for the ideas on here.. you just saved me loads on money on nursing stuff..! you are super awsome! Thanks a bunch for sharing your ideas.. I plan on telling ppl to check out your site!!( if you are wondering what short man syndrome is .. it is a little person who thinks they are 10 feet tall and bullet proof) |
| Name: | Melissa W. |
| How's your weather? | Wonderfully Warm 60 |
| What's your pet peeve? | Mean people who think they are nice. |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | Your site CRACKS ME UP! Thank you. |
| Name: | Webhill |
| How's your weather? | cool and damp |
| What's your pet peeve? | wack jobs |
| How did you get here? | "I feel lucky!" |
| Comments: | I just wanted to publicly give you a shout-out for your awesome response to that unfunny and ignorant and, frankly, embarrassing-to-even-read (because I can't believe another human being, with whom I share much of my genome, thinks this stuff) article by that Shawna character. One would have hoped that in nine years she might have undergone a little bit of personal growth and realized the errors she'd made but I guess she didn't. Oh well. Anyway, you did a great job rebutting that piece and she sounds like a wack job. |
| Name: | Shawna Coppola |
| How's your weather? | gray |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://teacherweb.com/NH/BarringtonMiddleSchool/GreenHillTeam/ap2.stm |
| What's your pet peeve? | You |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | You are a total bitch and really, do you think your life is so interesting you deserve such an obscenely big web page? You called me ignorant several years ago, which just showed how stupid you are. You had (still have?) no sense of humor!!!!!!!!!
I had written a reply including my total bafflement about who the heck you are, but I figured it out -- you used to be Shawna Starkey, and you wrote a spectacularly unfunny "editorial" in The New Hampshire nine years ago. Well, I'll stand by my words. Your editorial wasn't funny. It was just stupid, and yes, ignorant. I don't imagine you'll read here again, so I'll be emailing you at your Barrington Middle School address. Thanks for your time! (Incidentally, I don't feel I "deserve" anything. I get a few dozen emails each month thanking me for the free crafts I have on this page, but the rest is pretty much fluff -- I know that. My life is what it is, and I'll share what I want to share. You, on the other hand, seem to be full of misplaced vitriol, and you have my pity.) |
| Name: | Dori |
| How's your weather? | gloomy |
| What's your pet peeve? | people who pop their gum when they chew, it drives me crazy! |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I made my first sling off of your directions over 2 years ago and I loved it. I wanted to make my own design because people kept wanting me to make them one too but I didnt't want to rip off your design! I totally changed the shoulder, found a length that I was happy with and I have been making them for people ever since. I wanted to say thank you for getting me started! If you email me, I'll send you a pic of some of my slings to show you what you got started! ;-) I was looking for a material that I could stick with, and use nothing but. I chose dupioni and was very pleased. But now I'm not so sure it was the right choice. I have had a couple of "it looks like a curtain" comments. This is really bothering me! I wanted to ask you some specific fabric questions. I went through your whole fabric FAQ, but I'm still not sure where I want to go from here! TIA!
doriraye@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Jill |
| How's your weather? | starting to change...finally |
| What's your pet peeve? | Someone smacking gum or food drives my nuts! |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | I love your patterns! I'm making a dipe and wipes pouch right now :) I would REALLY love a pattern to make a seat cushion for my Maclaren Volo! That will be my next sewing project.
Thanks for the great site!!! |
| Name: | Alanna Hayne |
| How's your weather? | sunny,cool.Nova Scotia,Canada< |
| What's your pet peeve? | long winded stories!! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Hi
I am pleased to find your site.I have been thinking of making a nursing pillow for my friend. She is chronically ill and has medical problems that have affected her left shoulder and arm. She finds it hard to get comfortable when sitting down due to her poor body alignment and the pain which occurs in these affected areas. She also loves to read and I think this will help her be able to hold her book comfortably. Thank you for showing me how to make it. Wish me luck!! I am not much of a seamstress..But it looks simple. Regards, Alanna Hayne Nova Scotia Canada |
| Name: | LOUISE EARLY |
| How's your weather? | slightly overcast |
| What's your pet peeve? | *sigh* too many to list here |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | I think your site is great. I have made a few of your patterns when my first girl was born. Expecting again and looking to make some new things for this little one on the way. Keep up the excellent work. |
| Name: | Julie |
| How's your weather? | Sunny with blue, blue skies! |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Are you sure you won't take anymore web clients? I so had my heart set on you!!
j.walder@prodigy.net |
| Name: | Emily |
| How's your weather? | Hot and stormy |
| What's your pet peeve? | The Government not taking advantage of our bountiful sun and converting to solar energy. Ppl worring recycled water would cause health problems when it would be cleaner than what they're drinking now. I could go on, but it would take forever, and I've got to pick my daughter up from school! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Found your page by accident while looking for sling making instructions for a friend (not me, my sewing credentials include buttons and teeny tiny holes!). But, as I scrolled down the page, I saw the ad for the Breastfeeding Advocacy telling formula manufacturers to piss off, and I PMSL!! I wish we could have a sign like that in Australia! Thanks for the laugh! |
| Name: | Diana Moore |
| How's your weather? | cold cloudy |
| What's your pet peeve? | Mamas who don't keep clothes on their babies and clean faces too. |
| How did you get here? | Saw it in or was invited by an email message |
| Comments: | My daughter-in-law asked me if I could make one of these cart covers for her baby? She sent me the web site in an e-mail and I printed it out and I'm on my way to walmart for the material. |
| Name: | Khristine CC-Ong |
| How's your weather? | Sunny with a bit of rain |
| What's your pet peeve? | Insincerity |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I LOVE your website! Lots of useful tips for moms and many interesting craft projects which I can't wait to start doing!
More power and success! |
| Name: | Gina Pacheco-Forehand |
| How's your weather? | warm - mid 70s |
| What's your pet peeve? | people who judge! |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Jan,
I work from home and have been pumping with one hand and typing emails with the other. Holy Moley! Am I so excited to have both my hands back. I just cut a hole in my sports bra and away I go! Thank you thank you SO SO much for posting the directions on your site. My baby is 3 months old and I feel like I NEVER have two hands between holding him (although I do use a ring sling) and pumping during working hours. I feel SO great right now!!!!! As for the freak with driving a car and pumping, ask him if he drinks coffee/smokes/eats in his car while driving. Once you're hooked up to the pump, drinking a cup of coffee is more distracting that pumping. Thank you thank you thank you! |
| Name: | Deb |
| How's your weather? | overcast and cool |
| What's your pet peeve? | impatient people |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Mrs. Soucy was my Junior English teacher at MRHS as well - back in 1974! I found your site because I was looking for a copy of those O'Rourke rules we so diligently memorized for her class. I homeschool my son, and was finding the grammar lessons we are using to be confusing and a bit tedious. I remembered that old list and how helpful it was to me as a writer. When I saw her name at the top of your Grammar Primer, I just had to find out if it was the same Mrs. Soucy!
Small world! -Deb Class of "75 |
| Name: | Katya |
| How's your weather? | Sunny, sunny, sunny, with a chance of clouds |
| What's your pet peeve? | ignorance disguised as truth |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Thankyou for your wonderful website. It's very nice to see someone caring not only for the small things that matter in our daily lives (babywearing and such) but for events that are happening around the world. Hats off to you :) |
| Name: | Mercury.smith |
| How's your weather? | Sunny! |
| What's your pet peeve? | negative nancies |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I've referred to your sewing instructions many times in the past. I trust them because it seems like they have been proven.
But the reason why I took the time today to sign your guestbook is my great appreciation of your grammar page! Viewing the misused apostrophe in print causes me major grief. I even think the error is growing in popularity. Boo! Hiss! I get that no one is perfect... and I'm not denying I might have made a grammatical mistake even in this message. It happens. But, seriously, you did a wonderful job of clarifying without condescension! |
| Name: | Layla |
| How's your weather? | perfectly chilly |
| What's your pet peeve? | smokers, yuck |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I just wanted to thank you for all the great information that you so graciously give to us mommas for free. I am relearning to sew and your patterns and instructions are so easy to follow. It feels good to sew something that looks so great when finished. Thank you so much for allowing moms like me make products to be proud of. I will be telling any interested people about your sight. |
| Name: | Avital |
| How did you get here? | Demonic possession/fate |
| Comments: | I couldn't find your email, so I'm writing here.
In the instructions for making a wallet: http://crafts.sleepingbaby.net/wallet.html The large version for picture #5 isn't available. Thanks :-) |
| Name: | Cindy |
| How's your weather? | rainy |
| What's your pet peeve? | my husband's other lover (the T.V.) |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I love your site! Thank you so much for putting so much effort into it. I've already made a ring sling for my one year old and I love it. My husband was impressed that I could make something like that (even though I used to be a seamstress!) Now I'm planning on making a diaper case and I'm very excited about it. I'm planning on using your patterns to make baby shower gifts. I really appreciate your site. Thanks! |
| Name: | olivia |
| How's your weather? | stultifyingly humid |
| What's your pet peeve? | people who let their maids wear the baby and not themselves |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | what a mama! you write, look after 2 kiddos, work and sew! kudos.
just want to let you know that for all your generous ideas and information on DIY babycrafts, there's one appreciative mama here. btw, glad to see there's another atheist who's into bw, cd, bf, AND sci-fi. although i'll admit that i am a very poor sci-fi reader. used to do more while at uni. now, somehow, i find it easier to get into non-fiction (e.g. reading 'the secret life of trees' right now). keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Melanie |
| How's your weather? | cold |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | My friend has been making slings from her own pattern also and her and I want to go into business locally to sell them. Did you get liability insurance before you started selling your products or did you put any type of disclaimer on your product to protect yourself? Just curious of any advice you might have for us.
Please email me at: zarrihead@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Hunca Munca |
| How's your weather? | Wet |
| What's your pet peeve? | Colleen |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Say Hi to BJ for me someday. |
| Name: | Julia |
| How's your weather? | humid |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://julia37.livejournal.com |
| What's your pet peeve? | people chewing their fingernails |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | I read your responses to the (to put it nicely) inappropriate comments off your lj and decided to see for myself just what the total cost was up to. It surprised me how fast it rises. It's hard to wrap my mind around that kind of money. My husband is a soldier so talk of the war is a touchy subject in our house. He's paid to not have an opinion on it, because if he has to go he has to go so to speak. So he doesn't want to spend his free time thinking about it. I'd like to think that everyone has a right to think what they want about it and express their thoughts on it. Your website, your free speech. I hear that there are even free places on the internet where people can express their free speech. I'd like to think, if you don't like what I'm saying, be grateful that you live in America where you can have your own opinion. Anyway, I just want to say I agree with you in principle. A few years ago I had a "Attack Iraq? NO!" sticker and everything. But the more people you know who have friends who died over there, you can't tell them their buddies died for nothing. It's too sad. |
| Name: | Jo'Ell |
| How's your weather? | too warm for pregnant women ;) |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Used the Boppy pattern/directions and LOVE my new Boppy pillow!! I made two fleece slip on covers with open ends for the pillow too so that when one is in the wash, my Boppy (made from Denim) is still protected and soft for my baby and myself. Thanks for the directions for this, it saved me a lot of money from buying a pre-made one and covers for it! |
| Name: | Rochelle |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I liked the site until I scrolled to the bottom and saw the counter for war dollars. It indicates to readers that you think the war is a waste. It's easy to criticize a war effort because that was the course of action the government took. What we forget to ponder is what COULD happen if we were not spending these dollars. It tells the world we are cowards and will not defend ourselves. That warrents future attacks. Then everyone would fuss because Bush did not attack. Like the site...I will not support it's political views. You may want to leave that part off.
Remember this: Iraq had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks. 19/20 of the terrorists on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, and the other was from somewhere else (not Iraq). Bin Ladin personally criticized Saddam Hussein as being a bad Muslim -- they had nothing to do with each other. And while Hussein was a bad, bad man, that does not justify the US's preemtive strike on him. That action should have gone through the world body of the UN. I felt that the actions against the Taliban in Afghanistan were justified -- the Taliban, in addition to being bad, bad men, were also involved in 9/11 in allowing Al Qaida to set up training camps. However, the same was never true of Iraq, whose country the US had been bombing since the end of the first gulf war anyway. "We" went in on false pretenses. That war is not justified, and it's not a war we're ever going to win, without the rest of the world behind us. So, you're right. I do think the war in Iraq is a tremendous waste -- of human lives (ours and theirs) and, of less importance, of resources that could be far, far better used elsewhere. This is my website. It's where I share my views. I am happy to share ideas for crafts, but I am also free to express my personal beliefs. No, I will not leave that part off. It's an important part of my life, and if you choose not to visit because of it, that's your issue, not mine. |
| Name: | froski |
| How's your weather? | light summer rain |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | amazing ! and usefull !
thanks a lot for your help ! |
| Name: | Bradley |
| How's your weather? | hot |
| What's your pet peeve? | liars |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Do you have a pattern for making the baby wipes case covers?
Like this? Or something different? |
| Name: | LIZABEESMOMMY |
| How's your weather? | hot |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Your site is wonderful. I being a larger woman tried my best to use a regular size sling. I did it until it would no longer fit. I also needed maternity and nursing clothes. I am so glad that for the next baby I will have you. Thank you for your site.
Catherine |
| Name: | Cynthia |
| How's your weather? | hot & muggy |
| What's your pet peeve? | When my husband hangs the hangers in the closet with the hook facing out. |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for making accesible the instructions for making the Mei Tai. I could not afford to go out & buy one & this has been a lifesaver.
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| Name: | Heather |
| How's your weather? | rainy |
| What's your pet peeve? | when you are watching a movie and someone always has to say something like " that doesn't happen in real life" thats why its a movie duh!!! no one ever says that about cartoons do they? :) |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I am desperatly trying to find a pattern for a infant car seat 5-point harness slipcover. i've been all over the internet and can only find new ones to buy. I don't want to have to buy a new infant carseat just because i need a girl one this time. Someone suggested taking the old one off and trying to copy it but i'm afraid of how much fabric i will waste trying to copy it. Can you help me?
masonw_26@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Jenn |
| How's your weather? | Stormy |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I'm so glad I found this site. I has a lot of useful stuff and great ideas. I found the site by googling "highchair cover" it's nice that people are willing to share pattens for free. I mean we already have to pay for the materials and be hardworking mommies.THANKS!!! |
| Name: | Dee |
| How's your weather? | finally cooled off |
| What's your pet peeve? | Bad drivers, usually those who insist on driving so close to my rear bumper that I can't even see their license plate. That means they're too close to be a safe distance away should I suddenly freak out and decide to jam on my brakes because I could use a new car!! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I've found plenty to read on your pages. Thanks for the great site! You have everything from slingsewing to grammar education. Bravo! Thanks, by the way, for clearing up that bothersome "it's / its" thing. |
| Name: | freedomforall |
| What's your pet peeve? | People who do not understand why terrorism needs to be stopped. My pet peeve: jingoists who don't understand what's really going on |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | The cost of war=the price of freedom. I'd rather pay for my children's future now then know they'd not have a safe one to look forward to. I've removed your link after getting what I needed from your patterns. I can not support someone who doesn't support our country, our troops, and our world. God bless you.
I'm sorry you feel that way. Of course, in using my patterns, you're not actually giving me any "support" as such, since I receive no benefit from people downloading stuff from my site... it's actually somewhat the opposite. If you want to use me and then remove my link, that's entirely your perogative. I hope none of your kids die in this war, btw. The current war in Iraq had *nothing* to do with terrorism. If that had been Bush's agenda, he should have invaded Saudi Arabia (where 19 of the 20 hijackers came from), but that wasn't the motive. I'm sorry you can't seem to grasp the difference. And, of course, you're entirely wrong about my not supporting "our world". I am not "my country, right or wrong," but feel that war is not the answer, especially when the provocation isn't from a nation, but a terrorist organization, which cannot (as we have seen in the last 5 years) be stopped in a military operation that targets innocent civilians. Bush is making far more terrorists in his little war than he will ever kill. |
| Name: | rama'smama |
| How's your weather? | cool & damp...for now! |
| What's your pet peeve? | naggers |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | thaaaaaaank you so much for sharing with us your wonderful patterns & advice!!!! with all the EXPENSIVE slings, wraps, etc.etc.etc. out there, I was starting to go broke trying to be a good "attached parent". your designs really are a godsend (goddessend?) and I find myself coming back to your site over and over again! I just wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! |
| Name: | Rev. Shannon |
| How's your weather? | Very Hot!!!! |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://www.lustrousoccasions.net |
| What's your pet peeve? | crazy drivers |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I found this link on a baby center bulletin board, and am glad I came here. I have not yet tried to make my baby sling, yet, but I am going to very soon. I am so excited to have found this site, and will return again! Keep up the good work! |
| Name: | Marlena Roman |
| How's your weather? | sunny w/trade winds |
| What's your pet peeve? | unfilled ice trays |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Aloha,
When I realized how costly it was to purchase a sling, I decided to go online and searched "how to make a baby sling". Your instructions are the best and I thank you very much. I will send you feedback when I've completed my sling project. Best regards, Marlena Roman mkroman@hawaii.rr.com |
| Name: | Liz Schechter |
| How's your weather? | HOT (Florida) |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | THANK YOU for the how to make a sling directions. As a soon to be new mommy, I'm really psyched about being able to make my own slings from fabrics that I want to wear. I have one purchased one, but slings can be expensive. Thanks to you, I can make slings for myself now for LESS than I paid for the one I bought, and in fabrics I love.
THANK YOU!!! |
| Name: | Nichole Myers |
| How's your weather? | humid |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | I really love this site. I am an avid do-it-yourself mother and couldn't believe the prices of simple baby items. I am pleased to see someone compiled such wonderful patterns in one place, because as any mother knows there isn't much time to search the web with children underfoot. |
| Name: | beck |
| How's your weather? | Very Hot |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | This is my first time on your site and I have been on your for like the past 4 hour or so and forget how i got here. Thank god my boss is out today, anyways I love your site so far, it is so informative. I cant wait to try out these patterns with my mom. I just had my first daughter Lillian on 04/04/06. There are so many things i want to get for her. Things are so ridiculously expensive, so anything that is possible to make, i am trying to make to save money. I cant wait to try and make MAE Mei Tai, it looks so much like the one from Ellaroo and with the interchangable panel its so awesome. |
| Name: | Maria |
| How's your weather? | hot and sunny (I live in the Caribbean) |
| What's your pet peeve? | mean people |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I couldn't buy a commercially made sling even if I wanted to -- they're all way too hot for this weather. I absolutely love love love your site. I hadn't sewn anything since I was 15 (!), but, with the help of your great directions, I am jumping back in feet-first. |
| Name: | theresa cain |
| How's your weather? | raining |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | i made your fitted cart cover for my grand baby her moms lives in arz she has been ask where she got it &it make's her so proud to tell them i made it from a pattern i got on line i just wanted to THANK YOU so verry much for your help some pople that seen it has ask me to make them one i put lase an bottom & back pollow for it bows & toys on it for a little gril one man had offer me $100.00 for it for his wife was going to have ther frist baby gril out of 5 but i told him it was for my grand baby that i would make him anthor one but he wanted that one handed me the money and all but i said no because this one was made in love for her so just to say THANK YOU VERY VERY much it was fun to make theresa cain1645@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Katy |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Oh, and it seems that the pouch sling cincher is from Hip Melon slings...I stumbled on them earlier today. Hope that's what you were hoping for.
Having looked over her site, I don't think that's the case, alas. She is a newcomer to the business, and the place I saw it was at least 3-4 years ago, and there were pictures of it on the site (none on HipMelon.com). Interesting, though! |
| Name: | Katy |
| How's your weather? | rainy and warm (what else in Seattle?) |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://www.afruma.net |
| What's your pet peeve? | Spending too much for simple, easy to sew stuff! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Thank you so, so much for your pouch sling pattern. I've just made one from a lycra, swim suit fabric and have threatened to wake DD up to try her in it (DH forbids me to, though I'm wearing it as I type!). I'm so excited to see how she fits. I was planning on buying one online, but I see no reason to spend $40 on one, when I can make 4 for that price!!
Thank you again, and when I get pics of the peanut in it, I'll send them along too! Ooh, and thanks for the dipes/wipes case. I'm going to try that one next! |
| Name: | Joanne |
| How's your weather? | Hot and sticky |
| What's your pet peeve? | People who do dumb things. |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I just wanted to thank you for your 'no sew sling' instructions. I found it the same day I found information about wraps on www.wearyourbaby.com I combined the two ideas. I now have a 5.5 yard by 25 inch piece of fabric that can act as a wrap, or when doubled over and combined with rings becomes a 'no sew sling'. So easy. |
| Name: | Dianna H |
| How's your weather? | Nice & Sunny! |
| What's your pet peeve? | Thoughtless people |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I Love Your Website!
Thank you for posting such clear instructions on Ring Sling. I just made my first one in about an hour! I also have enjoyed reading through all your instructions for babywearing. I can see you have put a great deal of work into this website! |
| Name: | Barbara Yarbrough |
| How's your weather? | 80 degrees, nice calming breeze blowing the humidity away |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | not complaining about the weather, rather be warm(hot) than cold anytimew. |
| Name: | Rose |
| How's your weather? | damp |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | A suggestion for canvas bags....have you tried buying the painter's canvas at Home Depot or Lowes? They have different weights and it's a HUGE piece of canvas for around $20....would make several sturdy bags.
PS....love your web site! |
| Name: | Janet |
| How's your weather? | today; rainy & that's good |
| What's your pet peeve? | rotten people |
| How did you get here? | Saw it in or was invited by an email message |
| Comments: | My daughter introduced me to Slings and suggested your site.
Awesome, just awesome. I am now a true beleiver in slings. I want to give one to every person I see carrying a baby/small child without aid. So I am making some to give away. Wonder if strangers will even accept them. We'll see. |
| Name: | Sara Reading |
| How's your weather? | Warm and sunny |
| What's your pet peeve? | Politicians |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | I have made a baby sling according to your instrutions and I'm very impressed. I'm expecting my baby in the next 4-6 weeks and look forward to using the sling. Thank you for sharing your wonderful pattern! |
| Name: | Annabelle |
| How's your weather? | perfect sunny 75 |
| What's your pet peeve? | the media's use of the words "so-called" (i.e. the so-called black box) |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I just love everything on the site. Came to browse "make your own sling" instructions, maybe I'll try one in my spare time between 3 kids! Can't believe someone has put a patent application in on a diaper pouch. I also really loved the grammar remarks! |
| Name: | Brenda |
| How's your weather? | HOT!!!!!!! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | My daughter sent me a picture of a diapee wipee and asked me if I could make one. I said sure. I figured I could make a pattern somehow. Then I did a Google search. I was pleasantly surprised to find your pattern. Thanks for posting. I made one for her, and I made one for the dad-to-be for Father's Day. Thanks again. Your site is great for this nana-to-be!!! |
| Name: | Carolyn |
| How's your weather? | Cloudy |
| What's your pet peeve? | When others suggest that I should let my baby cry-it-out. |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I just made the tapered pouch with your instructions. It is perfect! Thanks for offering free info on the Internet, something that is increasingly hard to find. |
| Name: | Randy Johnson |
| How's your weather? | sunny |
| What's your pet peeve? | bad contractions! |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I'm enjoying the grammar rules page, but I need more help! Please label the examples as correct or incorect! |
| Name: | adedoyin |
| How's your weather? | grey but warm |
| What's your pet peeve? | what does it mean "pet peeve" ? |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I love your website...and I really admire what you do in your life...I did not visit the entire website, but from what I saw..you are definitely going to become my model...
...from a young french immigrant, dreaming to be able to work from home, and take care of her baby, and have time for some craft hobbies... Sorry, if there are any grammar errors :-S...I'm still learning english... Merci for this wonderful website.. |
| Name: | Kristina Wagner |
| How's your weather? | Hot, but cooled off nicely this evening |
| What's your pet peeve? | When people fail to use their turn signal on their car. |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Great list of projects to make. I especially appreciated instructions for altering regular patterns into maternity wear. I've flagged your sewing page for future use.
Thanks! |
| Name: | Dame Aranrhod |
| How's your weather? | Beastly hot! |
| What's your pet peeve? | American English abuse |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for posting my personal pet grammar peeves! I was beginning to think I was the last living grammar Nazi! However, my aunt (bless her grammatical, professorial soul!) still insists one may not split infinitives (but she is still fluent in Latin, so maybe she's thinking in that language? At 92, one doesn't really like to ask!) I must admit to having skipped over the baby pages, since my baby is now 22. |
| Name: | misty |
| How's your weather? | HOT & HUMID! |
| What's your pet peeve? | rude people |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for this site! I am on a tight budget after the birth of my son, and have had to come up with several innovative ways to get the things I want for him. Mainly taking up sewing! Which for me was a great challenge seeing as how I'm pretty clueless when it comes to the subject! I've been pricing the shopping cart covers, and just couldn't bring myself to pay 30 dollars for one, so I've been looking for patterns! One of my greatest fears has been when he gets old enough to sit up in the cart, and all of the germs he will encounter! Thank you so much! |
| Name: | Rhonda |
| How's your weather? | HOT |
| What's your pet peeve? | racisim |
| How did you get here? | Divine intervention/fate |
| Comments: | I really love this site! I think it is really cool of you to offer this information to people! I am going to try and make a ring sling this weekend! |
| Name: | Lynne |
| How's your weather? | Mixed - dry at the moment |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://tanuki.org.uk |
| What's your pet peeve? | its/ it's and you're/your! |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | What a fantastic site! I was researching baby slings and hope to use some of your instructions to make one (or more) of my own - I have my first baby due in August. Thanks for sharing all this information with us!
Also, being a fellow grammar pedant, I thought it was worth pointing out that "it's" is not ALWAYS short for"it is"; it can also be an abbreviation of "it has" (e.g. "It's been a busy day"). |
| Name: | caroline kristjansson |
| How's your weather? | wet |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | this site is brillant , ive followed it here in hope of finding a pattern for a chair cover for a baby ( they cost about 20 pounds ,35 bucks ish in the uk for 1 ) so to finally find a compehensive pattern is a godsend and after looking over the rest of your site ill see you again soon , brillant job jan thks caroline kristjansson ( i am icelandic /english , mum to arora aged 6 months and living in manchester england) |
| Name: | Janette |
| How's your weather? | Nice sunny evening |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Thank you so much, I have just finished making my Ring sling. Trying to keep busy as there's less than three weeks until baby arrives. Tomorrows project is the breast feeding diaper bag to match my sling.
Hope that turns out as good as the sling. Janette |
| Name: | Myongsun |
| How's your weather? | crummy - cold and wet |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | I did use your podaegi instructions to make one - a double-sided, light demin/light flannel - although I went through a brain burp and couldn't quite get the straps to work out right. (whether I was having a spatial relationship mental block or all the fabric was making me hazy, I don't know.) Instead, I just sewed both sides together. Then I made the entire length of strap (180") and just sewed it to the very top and front of the carrier (it's visible when worn). You are right in indicating wanting a longer length of strap - I disregarded that little note, with a little bit of horror at the end of the project. Of course, I was practicing with a pillow and not a baby (baby's due in 3 months), hopefully the baby will not be as big as the pillow. |
| Name: | Mikki |
| How's your weather? | Hot and humid! :/ |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Wow, what an awesome site! Thank you so much for sharing!! :) |
| Name: | Patty Reali |
| How's your weather? | Sunny and cool today! |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Great site! I made an unpadded RS from your site 3 years ago for my ds - worked great! Now I have made some MT's, a couple of baby sleeping sacks and plan to make a bag for my MT straps - all from your site! Thanks so much for having this resource here for all of us who need simple directions to make cool stuff! |
| Name: | Noel |
| How's your weather? | sunny |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I love your website! Glad to know there are others out there who believe like I do. |
| Name: | D'Anne |
| How's your weather? | we're having a wonderful thunderstorm! |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for all that you have shared! You have truly enhanced the lives of many mommies!
I was hoping to find a pattern here for a diaper stacker. I'd love to make my own, but want to make one big enough to hold cloth diapers. :) |
| Name: | Laura |
| How's your weather? | Warm |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Hoping to find a pattern for a sling to carry my baby in on your website - my dd is 8 months old and we love slings! |
| Name: | Andrea |
| How's your weather? | rainy |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | I just finished making a baby carrier from instructions I found on your site (links). I LOVE it!!!! I made it by combining the "Man-tai" and "Mae's Mei-tai". Basically I made it cutting out the sizes from the chart on Mae's instructions, then sewed following the man-tai instructions, but including the changeable panel. It looks great. I tried it today with my 5 year old and now I can't wait for the baby to be born so I can put her in it! Thanks for all your great instructions and links. I look forward to making more of your projects. |
| Name: | Aesha Thomas |
| How's your weather? | sunny, clear expected to be 71' |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I found it so refreshing to find this site. I was looking up shopping cart covers for my wonderful 6 month baby. I recently took the quarter off from earning my Master's degree and found out how I missed crafting (especially baby crafts). I have a 10 year old daughter and I made everything for her. From diapers, cute fleece pants, hats, and booties (my Mom made the quilts). Thanks for such an informative site. It helped my creative juices to flow. |
| Name: | Janette |
| How's your weather? | Turning into a lovely spring |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | What a fantastic site. I have been given a sling ring for my baby due in 7 months and my two year old loves being hip carried in it. The colours are not really to my taste but I loved the idea. I found your site when searching for make your own sling ring and its great. I have just ordered fabric so I can make one for day to day use, another to co-ordinate with my outfit for my sisters wedding (when baby will be only 3 months) and enough to make matching breast feeding diaper bags. I also intend to make the fabric baby chair. I would of loved one of those for my other two children. Keep up the good work with the sit. I will be sure to recommend it to others.
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| Name: | Mellie |
| How's your weather? | overcast |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | a friend on LJ told me about getting sling instructions here.
what a enjoyable plethora of knowledge it is! well done! im really enjoying your website. |
| Name: | Joy |
| How's your weather? | sunny |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for keeping your website alive! I'm so glad I found you again. I used your black and white mobile for my second daughter who is now 4 years old, going on five, and am printing it out again for a friend's baby to be. All the best to you and yours... |
| Name: | Diana |
| How's your weather? | mild |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I jusu made my first sling. THank you so much for hte easy instructions. I got tired of paying ridiculous duty fees (i'm in Canada) when trying to order slings from the US and I made my own. I am a complete novice but thanks to you I have a great new sling that my daughter is happily sleeping in now.
I;m off to buy more fabric. Thanks |
| Name: | Jean |
| How's your weather? | Ghastly |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Re:Grammer
We are of like minds. If you really want to cry, check out public school emails from TEACHERS! Finally, ANYWAYS is NOT a word! I am sure someone will decide to put it in a dictionary because it is now so universally used. BUT, ANYWAYS is NOT a word! |
| Name: | Angela |
| How's your weather? | cold and wet |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I was searching for a fitted crib sheet pattern when I came across your site an hour ago..........it's fantastic and I really wish I'd found it 12mths ago, the reason being that back then I was 8mths pregnant and was desperately searching for several of the patterns you have here. In the end I made my own double pump expressing bra, but ended up buying all the nursing tops and nursing bras from the stores.
I would recommend your site to fellow minded people, but over here in the UK I have yet to meet any other mums who like me would consider making any of these items. Still I'm having a ball looking at your site and have set it as a favourite. Thanks again Angela Scotland UK. |
| Name: | cheryl |
| How's your weather? | springlike |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Thanks for a great website! My daughter is pregant with twins, and I've been trying to find sites with patterns and ideas so I can help her out. I'm a seamstress and she's not, so I've sent her a link to this site and will be using some of your great patterns. |
| Name: | Michelle |
| How's your weather? | Sunny |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Hi,
Your site is one of my favorites- I'm a WAHM and a breastfeeding advocate and just love everything you write! Thanks so much! |
| Name: | Zoae |
| How's your weather? | rainy |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | awesome site!!! I am going to try out your nursing pillow idea, I made my own, borrowed a friends boppy, but it pops off my waist.
Lots of great and really easy and useful ideas!!! so nice to know there are other creative sewing mommy's!! |
| Name: | Samantha Morton |
| How's your weather? | Winter in the Spring Season |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Is there any way you can get some Scientists that study Earthquakes or Volcanos or Plate Tectonics??
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| Name: | Jack M |
| How's your weather? | overcast |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Jan, this is your old pal Jack from unh.flame. drop me a line asap, thanks.
jackm at maine dot rr dot com |
| Name: | mandy boot |
| How's your weather? | snow |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | i have been visiting this site for around five years when i was expecting my first child, and looking for a fabric sling (my daughter has spinabifida and needed to be cradled not resting on her backside) on seeing that you made your own slings i was inspired to make exactly what i wanted. i still use it now for my third child.
thankyou |
| Name: | Dawn |
| How's your weather? | 2 degrees Celsius, bright, sunny |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Great site: thanks for putting so much work into it. I have made ring slings for many of my friends in the last year (there seems to be a baby boom here!), and they have loved them. Recently I made the mei-tei sling on your site for my sister. Her little 11 month old daughter loves it. My sister was really grateful for that carrier recently, as her daughter became a "velcro baby" when she was ill with gastroenteritis. My sister was able to carry her and get stuff done. I recently delivered a little baby myself, and have made a ring sling, pouch and mei-tei from directions on your site. We're trying them all out. I look forward to warmer weather when I will be able to carry him and go hiking on the trails around here. Many thanks again for a great site. Also, thanks for spreading the atheist word in an intelligent, compassionate way. |
| Name: | Cathy |
| How's your weather? | windy & sunny |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | wow ! what a great web page. I can't get over it. I want to make every carrier here! With a new baby theres not too much time at the moment. Thanks for so much info in one place |
| Name: | Holly |
| How's your weather? | warm and sunny |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://3gwriter.blogspot.com/ |
| How did you get here? | Saw it in or was invited by an email message |
| Comments: | You are a very groovy chick! My sil sent me a link to one of your patterns and I'm glad because I've really enjoyed your site. Your patterns are great, easy to follow. I want to add a grammar pet peeve, if you don't mind. Why do people think breastfeeding is a hyphenated word, ie breast-feeding? I can't come up with one explanation for the hyphen. At most I would think that people would make it two words like bottle feeding or force feeding. But the hyphen, where did that come from?
Holly |
| Name: | Deborah Jones |
| How's your weather? | moderate, slightly cold and damp now |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Really enjoyed browsing. Will be a grandmother soon to my sixteen year old daugther's first child. She hates the idea of a sling (thinks they look gross, what can you say about the younger generation), however, I sew and want to make some for myself when I watch the baby, a boy if the ultrasound is to be believed.
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| Name: | Lara |
| How's your weather? | Spring-like |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Just thought you'd enjoy the following site considering your love of grammar, which I share:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail89.html This is a really funny website! If you watch all the way through the short cartoon, you can click on an easter egg that gives you a CD of hilarious grammar songs. Click on the little bicep in the top left corner of the sign, and the CD will appear. Each time you click on the CD, you'll hear a new song. There are 5 or 6, and they cover many of the pet peeves on your site. I sing them all the time to my 8th graders (the world's worst grammar offenders, I'm convinced.) Enjoy! |
| Name: | Suzanne |
| How's your weather? | some 6 inches of snow, melting rapidly in the sun (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| Homepage URL (leave blank if n/a): | http://www.geocities.com/babypatterns |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | Dear Jan, I thoroughly enjoyed visiting your site, as I was a real sling addict myself (my girl's to heavy to carry a lot nowadays, and mostly wants to walk by herself too).
I made my first slings from the pattern that was put online by Stacy Steadman (http://www.ida.net/users/stace/sling.html) but when (and if) I have another baby, I'll try some of yours for sure! I thought it so sweet that people (like you, and her f.e.) want to share such delight-giving knowledge. So, I did my best to add some to that, by putting my patterns for babyclothes (my own stuff) online, free to use for all. (It's only just online now) Hope you want to take a look at them some time, or maybe we could exchange links (I'm not quite sure it is your 'topic') warmest greetings Suzanne |
| Name: | Sy |
| How's your weather? | usually nice |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | Nice site. I'm thinking about trying your patterns for the grocery cart seat cover and restaurant seat cover. Thanks for making that info available. |
| Name: | Masa |
| How's your weather? | cold |
| How did you get here? | Followed the link in your signature file/tagline |
| Comments: | I am wondering, have you ever thought about making a infant car seat cover? Not the ones for winter that cover the baby but a cover replacement for an infant car seat. I want to make one but I am not sure how to and can not find a decent pattern. Any help you could give would be great. ALSO, do you have another e-mail address? The one on your site has a space in it and my e-mail provider does not recognize it. Thanks. |
| Name: | Jessica Lamorey |
| How's your weather? | Snowy |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I just wanted to thank you for the pouch pattern. I've tried many in the last few months and couldn't find one that worked for my daugether and I. I followed your patternd and am amazed that i have made a pouch that we both love!I am not a very skilled sewer and it really wasn't that difficult. Thank you so much, I can't wait to make one in every colour! |
| Name: | Clare |
| How's your weather? | cold (alaska) |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I wanted to thank you for sharing your inspiring crafting knowledge with us. I considered buying a zolowear silk brocade baby sling until I saw your site. Then I realized I could make it myself for SO much less. I am almost done now, just waiting on my rings from slingrings. I must say, you have shown me that I can make wonderful things for my baby that can be handed down years from now. Not just fabric and thread, but knowledge, creativity, and crafting something by hand with love. If you don't mind, I would like to send you a picture of my finished sling when I am through. I am so excited to finish it. It is a shame I have to wait 3 more months to put my baby in it. lol Thanks again so much. You are a totally awesome person and your kids are amazingly lucky to have you as their mother. |
| Name: | Clare |
| How's your weather? | cold but nice (ALASKA) |
| How did you get here? | Search engine result |
| Comments: | I have been reading everything on your site for several days now. You are a totally interesting person with so much knowledge to share with others and such an obviously big heart to be sharing it for free.Before your site, I was considering buying a zolowear silk brocade baby sling. They are about 150 dollars. BUT.. You pretty much inspired me to make my (soon to be born) new baby girl's ring sling on my own and now that I have seen all your other amazing crafts, I will be very busy. LOL Even though you are much younger, you remind me of my mother. (That's a good thing :) She is SO creative. She used to make all my clothes when I was younger and she always tried to teach me these things but I never paid attention. Now, here I am on my 2nd child and I am creating things I would have never dreamed I could. I told my mom about your site and even she has looked you up. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing all your life experience and knowledge. You are an awesome person and your children are so lucky to have you for their mother. :) |
| Name: | Sara |
| How's your weather? | freezing |
| How did you get here? | Followed a link on someone else's page |
| Comments: | I just made your mei tai "sleeping baby" carrier. I've been looking to wear my baby more often. It's hard to find something comfortable and affordable. Buying one wasn't in the budget. I want to thank you for your kindness in posting your guidelines so I could make one myself. I look forward to trying it on my son tomorrow. I hope he likes it! |
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