May 10 2008
Hey I have a good excuse this time! LOL. I do not know what I had but jeepers I had it good! One night out of the blue I'm feeling my normal self, then all of a sudden I started to feel kinda sick. There was no warning what so ever, no symptoms of aches and pains, no itchy throat. Just all of a sudden sick. I was up all night visiting the crown. And the next day I was tired but fine, and the next day I was fine and working then that night I got sick all over again and then felt fine - - - - -the next day it got worse and then got worse no mater what I did. I think may have had food poisoning. Boy was it nasty. After 4 days of eating but not absorbing food and bloated tummy ( I looked like I was 6 mo pregnant [- i wish]! ) yup, I felt horrible. So I finally got my self to the doc's at the hospital Saturday night and got my self sorted out. I hate taking antibiotics, but this time I was really glad to have them. It is amazing how crappy you can feel after not having any food in your system for four days and how long it takes to get over it.
I'm better now and two weeks behind with work trying to catch up and not really doing so. I still have not moved my studio yet which is driving me nuts cause I need a more organized work space. I'm going to post some new pictures tonight - well new to you - i have not had a chance to do any torching again for a bit, but hopefully I will be able to do so this week. Hopefully.
April 23 2008
Hey, I'm getting pretty good at this! Its only been 3 days! Well don't you worry I'm sure I can forget eventually to do this LOL. Well, not too much has happened lately, Ive been very busy with work and hopefully tomorrow I will get a bit of torching done. Now that I have 5 confirmed show dates I better get busy! I also want to take some stuff with me to Nelson and see if I cant get in a store up there. I think that would be great, it would give me an excuse to travel.
Omar gave me a bit of a scare, well I'm still worried about him too. The other night when I came home from work he was a little too happy and jumping around all over the place he tore some stitches. I tried to fix it myself but I had to take him to the doctor today - my first kinda day off - and they put in a few staples and gave me some more antibiotics for him. I was really worried that he had done some really bad damage to his leg, maybe he tore the inside that they fixed. But the doctor said no that the new parts are pretty tough. But I'm still worried, he is limping really bad. I will be glad when he is all better. He is a really good dog.
So, I hope that if any of you are animal lovers that you will send your loving energy to my poor little dog ( well not too little he is about 1201bs! ) so that he will get better and be able to run around and play again.
Thanks for stopping by! And please do not forget to visit my other auctions on Etsy.com.
April 20 2008
I like this picture. I know it is an old one but it is a nice one so I'm putting it up again. I just got word to day ( I just picked up my mail ) that I will be at the Harrison Hot Springs Festival Art Market this year. There well be two dates in July. I think I'm crazy. Yup for sure I'm crazy, that makes a total of 5 events for me this year so far. I'm just waiting to hear from the last one, and hopefully I will know by the end of April. I have soooo much work to do! Hopefully by the end of next week I can have my studio moved and then I will have more space to spread all my junk around and get to work putting together some jewelry and make more beads - I think I need and assistant. Yup, that would be a very good idea - except for one thing - - nobody can do my work for me! LOL. Awww thats OK, I like doing my own work anyhow. Well I'm keeping it short, Ive a long week ahead of me and it is getting close to my meditation time, and I cant miss that or Ill be in big trouble!
I hope you have all had a good weekend and don't forget to drop a little message in my mail to let me know how your doing!.
April 12 2008
Well it was a busy weekend, kind of. I did not get to do what I wanted to do but that is OK because I spent the weekend with my nieces and nephew, and they were pretty well behaved. The girls helped me mow my lawn which was fun, and then they ran around in the yard with their 'babies'. They all spent the night which was not too relaxing but I do enjoy their company, LOL. They are really good kids.
I got a couple of doors for my up stairs and I was going to hang them this weekend but with the kids around I did not get that done, OK, to be honest I would not have gotten that done anyhow because I measured wrong! The darn doors are too big! So now I have to haul them back and get smaller ones. Jeese, if you don't think I was a bit frustrated with that! Well, there were a couple of other things as well but that was the worst one. I'm going to move my bedroom from the dining room upstairs and then move my studio ( again ) into the dining room. And there it will stay for a while, seeing as I never really dine.
I will be updating my website pictures and things soon, I have been cataloging everything and fixed all my pictures ( I now have a new photo editing program that is great! ) so I am going to delete all of these ones and start over.
There will also be new beads up as well. I have made quite a few large focal beads and a lot of goddess beads, some with dragons on their backs some with little moths on their hips and some with flowers in their tummies. So, there is lots to look forward too.
I am trying really hard to get some torching done as I need to get busy with not only collecting beads for my auctions but jewelry for all the shows I have coming up. Three confirmed right now and I'm waiting on three more. Its not like I'm already busy, I have to add more work!
Ah to be a Gemini! I think I need to change astrological signs............ can you do that?
April 9th 2008
Sorry no new pictures yet LOL. Just a quick note to say Omar is home and well. He is pretty sore after his surgery though and is finding it pretty hard to move around, but he is stubborn and he still tries. I have to help him outside to go to the bathroom and stuff right now. In a couple of weeks, well about 4 I will be able to take him for short walks and then a week or so after that I can take him swimming - if I can get him in the water.
Tomorrow I'm going to go and see about getting some doors for my upstairs bedrooms, I figured I should do those before I put the baseboards on. The weekend is supposed to be nice so the lawn will be mowed and some gardening done and hopefully some work on my deck and some torching too! Phew, I think I should go and nap for the weekend, gather up some energy
You all have a great week!
April Th?
Today Omar went to the doctors for an operation to get his leg fixed. Yes call me crazy, but I love my dog and I'm not putting him down for a bum leg! I was fortunate this time, it only cost me 1500.00. If it was gonna be more than 2G's ( which was the first suggestion ) ............ well we all know what would have happened then. But not to worry he is well and happy! He gets to have a sleep over with all the other guys and he will be home tomorrow! Then I get to have fun trying to get him out to go Pooh. He is on a diet ( again ) he needs to lose about 15-20lbs. But until that happens I get to try and lift his back end while he walks on the front - don't ask me how. LOL.
Sorry I don't have any new pictures for you. I have not yet made it to the store to purchase photo shop, hopefully on Friday I will, but I have an acupuncture appointment and a massage ( much needed ) and I have to go to Harrison Hot springs with some goodies to be juried. Tomorrow I'm going to try and sit on the torch ( no, not literally! that would hurt! ) and get some beads made. I actually have quite a few to put up but I cannot find a way to resize them yet on my newly updated computer.
Oh, but I did find all my other pictures! YEAH! But I think I will still make new ones, I don't like most of them. On Thursday I plan to get some finishing work done upstairs so I can move my bedroom upstairs ( I have a new bed on the way so I better get busy! ) and then I will move my studio to my old bedroom at the back of the house ( later to be my dining room ). It will be a great place to set up, lots of room to make jewelry and torch and have shelving so I can be better organized. I am sooooo excited.
I'm waiting to hear back yet from the people in Nelson as to which room I'm going to get. I'm very excited about that too! And with my moms bday coming up and it is gonna be mothers day as well ( and fathers day ) if the place is really nice I might just buy a couple of nights in a very romantic room for my mom as a mothers day/bday/fathers day gift. She needs a holiday! I know she would just love it! I don't know if her hubby would, but I don't care it is all about my mom!
Well I'm off for now, I'm working on re-cataloging my pictures so I can be better organized and stuff. Apparently I have a couple of thousand pictures so I better stop rambling and get busy!
April 4 2008
Finally! LOL. I was without a computer for about a week, and then, having upgraded to vista I lost all of my favorites and I could not remember how to get here to do any editing! LOL. Oh and it seems I have lost all my pictures so now I have to retake them all, at least a couple of hundred! Crazy, oh and my new photo editing program wont let me resize my pictures either. Crazy.
So, my carpet is in and looks great, Ill fig out the picture thing and then I will post a photo. Next is my cabinets and appliances. I hope they will be here for my birthday! And in June I'm off to Nelson to check it out, something I have wanted to do for years. It will be a much needed holiday - kinda I'm going to take my 6 year old niece with me for company.
Don't forget to check my coming events as jury time is here and I already have three shows this year and I'm waiting to hear about another two, well three actually but one would be a week long and I don't think I really want to do it for a week it is just too long to take time off of work. Maybe next year!
March 2008
Well I hope everyone is having a wonderful spring break and easter weekend. I have been working on my house getting ready for the carpet layers. I'm so excited! I went and bought myself a new bed frame and I can hardly wait to set it up in my newly carpeted bedroom. Though I'm going to finish all the moldings and baseboards first and the window frames etc before I do. I will be nice to have a room in my house that is 100% finished! I had the kids over ( Levi, Paris and meadow ) over for a few hours yesterday ( today is Saturday ) and then again today. We went out for dinner and they were their usual well behaved little brats, LOL. I always get compliments on how good they are when we go out. After that we went and saw the movie Horton Hears a Who. It was cute, the story was not too bad and they kept it pretty close to the original. The middle of the movie could have been done a bit better I think, but the ending was pretty good - I almost cried. I'm such a suck for a happy ending LOL.
I'm posting some new beads today, well tonight. But not a lot, I'm pretty tired and I have lots of work to do tomorrow as usual. I hope you like them. And please do not forget to sign my guest book, I like to hear from my visitors! Have a wonderful weekend.
PS: my computer is going into see the doc for major surgery next week so I might not be around for a bit. Oh and the picture is of the sun coming up very early in the morning from my back yard. I thought it looked kinda cool.
March 18 2008
I think I need to find another hobby all I do is work work work LOL. Next week is gonna be good though, I'm finally getting carpet in! I'm so excited. and then hopefully soon after I will have a kitchen and Ill be able to cook and everything! I will be sure to get before and after pictures posted for you all to see.
Ive been doing some finishing work around my house getting ready so, again, I have not been on the torch for quite sometime. I did get a day in on the weekend but I have yet to clean them and take pictures. I will hopefully get some torch time in this week and then I will get some new things posted here.
I hope you have a good weekend and thanks for stopping by and don't forget to find me on Etsy!
March 8 2008
Woo Oho! Looky here! it has only been a week since I last updated my site. Good for me! ( someone has to pat me on the back LOL ). Not too much has happened during this week so I unfortunately have nothing exciting to say. LOL. I have my first confirmation for a show this year. The Fraser Valley Bead Show in Oct. I will be juried in April for Harrison Hot springs so don't forget to check out my events calender to see where I am going to be.
Last year I did a couple of small fairs and this year I hope to add a couple more. Time will tell! Please take the time to look through my website as I am adding some new focal beads today for you to check out, also don't forget to look for me on Ebay and Etsy.
Tonight I have my nephew over and we are relaxing and watching movies and eating sushi - don't tell his parents about the sushi though cause he only gets it when he goes up a belt in his Sun Hang Do. But I'm his aunt so I can do what I want! He He.
Well I better get posting beads or you will think me a goober.
March 2008
Well there you go, Ive gone and done it again! I have been so busy with work that I have not been here to update my website! I hope you will forgive me!
My little kittens are now all grown up and going in to get their )(**& chopped off so that hopefully they will stop wondering the neighborhood. Then when they are done I guess I'm going to go and get another kitten, as if I don't have enough already! But I love them they are great company and so cuddly.
Michelle and I went out on Saturday night to the Festival Du Bois and had a blast. The music was great, it was live and very energetic! I got to hear some Brazilian music for the fist time and it was aw some, I am so going to download some now to add to my repertoire. After that I made Michelle go to Boon County ( a country bar) and I danced the rest of the night away, two stepping and six stepping till the club closed. Boy do I miss it! An what an ego boost for me! I got hit on so much that night it was crazy! I must of gotten enough phone no.s to start a little black book of my own.
Though I probably wont phone anyone, LOL, right now I am quite content to be quietly on my own. ( for now anyhow )
I will get some pictures up from the night if Michelle remembers to send them to me. She has a tendency to forget! I went with my camera but the batteries were dead! Geese!
Well I will try not to be too long away from here again, sorry I have not posted any new beads but I have not even been on the torch for ever! I'm going to try a couple tonight but we shall see.
