Twining Vine Lariat! What’s really freaky, is that Nikki’s comment suggesting that name had just been published mere minutes before Mom stumbled out of bed from a nap and said, the name of the lariat is Twining Vine. I was sitting there trying to figure out how she’d seen that blog comment when I had JUST published it! But it was actually Nikki beaming it straight into Mom’s head and bypassing all this comment business. Nikki – contact me with your email and address, and you’ll be getting a special prize!
I’m sitting in a hotel room in San Diego tonight, eagerly anticipating a weekend workshop with the goddess of beading, NanC Meinhardt which starts in the morning. We’re beading a stick. Yeah, you read that correctly. I flew to California to bead a stick. I’m working hard on keeping my mind open – those of you who know me well are laughing your heads off right about now. But I promised myself to go with the flow. I brought an entire suitcase full of beads – 35lbs of to be exact. I hope I have the right ones. It’s all NanC’s fault because in her supply list it says, if you’re in doubt whether to bring a bead or not, bring it. So I did!
I apologize for the long blog absence. I’d been doing so good for a while there, too! In the month I’ve been gone I got the flu for 5 days, taught a bead class in Lake Jackson, Texas, got a cold for 7 or 8 days, taught at Bead Fest Texas, and now I’m in San Diego. I keep waiting for a break where I get to sleep and do nothing for a few weeks, but it’s not looking too good for that.
I’ll be getting home on Monday night, and on Wednesday the long anticipated floor installation will begin with tile guys on Wed, Thurs, and Fri. The following week, the laminate guys will be installing on Tues+. Then we have to get the house back to normal!! And I have to prep kits for the BABE show, finish prep for the Beaducation videos shoot in November. Open house and home classes on the weekends in December. Plus lots of new kits to make, designing to do, and the holidays. It all makes me very glad I chose to take a nice long nap this afternoon!
But Jill be honest! You like all the craziness! It’s what keeps you young and beautiful! Hope your stick class goes well and the design Gods are with you….I am anxious to see what you did.