THE 'SKINNY' ON 'FATS'

This post is to introduce a woman that you have heard me mention many times, my friend Fatima aka 'Fats'.  Fatima is 'retired' to a life of constant activity.  She is ALWAYS in high demand because she gets the job done!!!  As you are all aware, by now, I am close to illiterate when it comes to the computer.  Learning the lingo, and trying to find my way through the various functions has been like 'the Nightmare on Elm Street,' at times.  Hit the wrong key and..... Huh??.....WHaaaaaaa!!!!  And this is where Fats comes in.  She has helped coach me thru the maze and find my way out of blog no man's land.  She gives me solid advise on what and how I'm doing and how I can improve the quality of my blog.  She is serious about minis and works to help me and others learn more and share more. Years ago,  I met her as a friend of Janines and even then she was multi- tasking and involved in numerous projects; building homes with her husband, sailing,and raising a family while sailing, running a business... as well as being fully involved in her various charities and fund raisers etc etc  When I knew her first, she was not into minis, but Now she has OUT-MINIed me.  She is active in the Miniature Club of British Columbia(  M.C.B.C.) and organizing the West Coast Dollhouse and Miniature show and has set up a Web Page for it and is working on' THE GARFIELD' and you all know how BIG that house is!!!!  Fats  really enjoys working with fimo, she knits, sews, crafts, cooks,(and I don't mean a sandwich for dinner) excels at wood- working and turns wood on her own lathe.  She lays floors with intricate inlay and is very precise and particular about her work.  UNlike me, she doesn't look for short cuts or quick fixes.  She is like MIKE HOLMES, Canada's national and #1 handy-man; she "makes it right". She told me her dad was a wood worker so I guess Sawdust is in her blood.  Anyway, with all that is currently on her agenda, she took the time to drive over and  helped me to find the deleted blog and get it back and showed me a few new computer tricks that I'm sorry to say that I've already forgotten.  (And hopefully she won't ask me any skill testing questions when she and Janine come over next week!?.)  You should have seen her hunched over my laptop, scrutinizing the screen when her first attempts to get me linked failed.  She was challenged, but not being a quitter she was determined to WIN and get it going and she did.  What a Woman, and what a Friend. A 'Portuguese Powerhouse.' Thanks, Fats!

elizabeth