Another one bites the dust

I read somewhere that "Annie's Hooked on Crochet" would be stopped. I didn't want to post anything until I had an answer from their customer service of how it was going to be handled. Here's the answer, I just got it today:

"Thank you for your email. After many years of publication, we have ceased publication of Annie's Hooked on Crochet. We have merged all existing subscription with Crochet World."
Lisa, customer service

I don't know which issue this is supposed to start with but from the sound of it, it will be shortly. I'm sorry to see another crochet magazine go. Actually, it would be _2_ magazines since "Annie's Favorite Crochet" merged with "Hooked on Crochet". *sigh* I already subscribe to "Crochet World" so I know my subscription will be extended.

I have contacted "Crochet Fantasy" again and they are supposed to give me a call back. So far, no call back. I'll have to keep trying.

Merging Magazines, part 2

For those of you who subscribe to both "Hooked on Crochet" and "Annie's Favorite Crochet", here's the answer from an email from the customer service. She answered very quickly.

Thank you for your email. When we combine Annie's Favorite Crochet and Hooked on Crochet, we will honor any current subscription that you have with each magazine. For example if you have in your current subscription to Annie's Favorite Crochet 5 issues left and in Hooked on Crochet you have 7 issues, when we combined the two into Annie's Hooked on Crochet you will have 12 issues remaining in your subscription.

Please let us know if we may be of futher assistance to you.

so in case you were wondering....

Payton update:
The Johns Hopkins team said that Payton's skin grafts are 100% healed. According to my sister, the skin looks "raw" but the nurse assured her that the skin grafts took and he is healed. They have started physical therapy (just walking a little bit) and it's tough for him, but he's doing it. He still has the feeding tube in, but he is eating more because they have decreased his pain medication. Now he gets it when he needs it. Next week they will be transferring him to Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, where Payton will have more physical therapy. It looks like he will stay a week (or so) there and be released to home. He will still have physical therapy but it will be on an outpatient basis.
A very huge "thank you" to the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Hospital and their staff. Without their skilled and compassionate care, Payton's story could have had a very different ending.

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Hooked on Annie's Favorite Crochet?

You probably know, if you got the June 2007 issue of "Annie's Favorite Crochet" that "Annie's Favorite Crochet" and "Hooked On Crochet" merging, with a "bright cover wrap" announcing the news in August. I'm not too thrilled about it and there was no real reason given - just "in order to serve our readers better". How does getting one magazine instead of two serve me better, unless the magazine is a total of 94 pages, double the current page count.
I shouldn't complain, I don't even know what it's going to be like yet. Hopefully it will be a good thing. But I'm never happy when a crochet magazine bites the dust.

Payton update:
They put a feeding tube in his nose so they can bolus a liquid feed. The pain medication is making him very lethargic and he doesn't want to eat. So they did this because he needs a lot of calories to help his body heal. They are supposed to take out some staples on Tuesday. They have to put him under to give him a bath because of the pain and they can't have him thrashing around.