What's Your Dayjob? What's your Hobby?

[Benny Dabudhoel]

Right now, I'm a stay at home Dad...was in the mortgage biz, which these days is like saying you're a poet (all whimsy, no money). For fun I play bluegrass, and I've been getting into doing different stuff with Photoshop (mostly making my friends family pics embarrassing in a comical way) on my Mac.

[Virginia Teague]

My day job ( and quite often evening job as well!) is making handmade confectionery - peppermint creams, treacle toffee, coconut ice, etc. which we sell at shows and a weekly market. My hobby which keeps me sane is handweaving. I am self taught and totally addicted; I can lose myself and any problems when I am weaving. I am also a qualified medieval weaver - there are not many of us around, surprise surprise!!

[Benny Dabudhoel]

I'm a Medieval Weaver! Just kidding...you are correct in saying there aren't many of you guys around. How'd you get into that? What's treacle toffee?

Virginia Teague said:

My day job ( and quite often evening job as well!) is making handmade confectionery - peppermint creams, treacle toffee, coconut ice, etc. which we sell at shows and a weekly market. My hobby which keeps me sane is handweaving. I am self taught and totally addicted; I can lose myself and any problems when I am weaving. I am also a qualified medieval weaver - there are not many of us around, surprise surprise!!

[Jim Teague]

Virginia, what's interesting about this is my relatives also were mad candy/confectionery makers. Couldn't
go more than 2 days w/out someone whipping up some fudge, divinity (don't ask), peanut butter rollups,
buckeyes (homemade reese's cups). We are definitely related. Yes, do tell what TREACLE TOFFEE IS.

[Jim Teague]

More $$ in poetry I would think. Photoshop, hmmmm. Maybe give us an example?

[Benny Dabudhoel]

You asked for it:

Jim Teague said:

More $$ in poetry I would think. Photoshop, hmmmm. Maybe give us an example?

[Virginia Teague]

Benny Dabudhoel said:

I'm a Medieval Weaver! Just kidding...you are correct in saying there aren't many of you guys around. How'd you get into that? What's treacle toffee?

Virginia Teague said:

My day job ( and quite often evening job as well!) is making handmade confectionery - peppermint creams, treacle toffee, coconut ice, etc. which we sell at shows and a weekly market. My hobby which keeps me sane is handweaving. I am self taught and totally addicted; I can lose myself and any problems when I am weaving. I am also a qualified medieval weaver - there are not many of us around, surprise surprise!!

Treacle Toffee - I use black treacle which you might know better as (I think) molasses? It makes an almost black chewy toffee tasting of treacle/molasses.

Medieval weaving - hummmm. Doing shows with the handwoven bits and bobs got asked by re-enactors to produce authentic cloth for them. Did research - no courses (boohoo!) met up with a research assistant at North Wales University, designed course with her. She was my tutor and I was the one and only student and we had a ball for three months! Now have peice of paper to prove it! I spent four days a couple of weeks ago in an iron age round house doing some weaving on a loom that they would recognise if they came back. I suspect that they were much better at it than I am, my loom is only 100 years old and positively modern by comparison. Now look what you have done - set me off on my favourite subject!

[Virginia Teague]

Jim Teague said:

Virginia, what's interesting about this is my relatives also were mad candy/confectionery makers. Couldn't
go more than 2 days w/out someone whipping up some fudge, divinity (don't ask), peanut butter rollups,
buckeyes (homemade reese's cups). We are definitely related. Yes, do tell what TREACLE TOFFEE IS.

We will have to look into this - do all Teagues have a sweet tooth? This is my new business that I was hoping ASD was going to advertise for me - ah well people still buy at the shows.

[Jim Teague]

I love the Homer look alike. Friend or family?

Benny Dabudhoel said:

You asked for it:

Jim Teague said:

More $$ in poetry I would think. Photoshop, hmmmm. Maybe give us an example?

[Jim Teague]

Maybe we should put together a family crest with a swweeet tooth theme? Mr. benny debudhoel from
photoshop fame could you help with that? maybe throw in some medieval weaving as part of the background
and I think we have it.



Virginia Teague said:

Jim Teague said:

Virginia, what's interesting about this is my relatives also were mad candy/confectionery makers. Couldn't
go more than 2 days w/out someone whipping up some fudge, divinity (don't ask), peanut butter rollups,
buckeyes (homemade reese's cups). We are definitely related. Yes, do tell what TREACLE TOFFEE IS.

We will have to look into this - do all Teagues have a sweet tooth? This is my new business that I was hoping ASD was going to advertise for me - ah well people still buy at the shows.

[Virginia Teague]

Jim Teague said:

Virginia, what's interesting about this is my relatives also were mad candy/confectionery makers. Couldn't
go more than 2 days w/out someone whipping up some fudge, divinity (don't ask), peanut butter rollups,
buckeyes (homemade reese's cups). We are definitely related. Yes, do tell what TREACLE TOFFEE IS.

OK done some digging and I think that treacle is also known as black strap molasses more than that i cannot tell you!

[Jim Teague]

Well, when I went to my hillbilly grandparents home as a kid, they used blackstrap molasses as a cure for
pretty much everything. Sick-blackstrap molasses and whiskey. Open wound, bsmolasses & bandaid. Hungry
molasses and biscuits.


Virginia Teague said:

Jim Teague said:

Virginia, what's interesting about this is my relatives also were mad candy/confectionery makers. Couldn't
go more than 2 days w/out someone whipping up some fudge, divinity (don't ask), peanut butter rollups,
buckeyes (homemade reese's cups). We are definitely related. Yes, do tell what TREACLE TOFFEE IS.

OK done some digging and I think that treacle is also known as black strap molasses more than that i cannot tell you!

[bs]

I am a stay at home dad who works part time in the appraisal field. For fun I like motorcycles, frisbee, and watching my local Florida sports teams such as the Bucs, Gators, and soon to be world champions Tampa Bay Rays.