I can’t seem to shake this cold all the way off. I was almost 100% better, but then I had a massage yesterday and that seems to have caused a relapse. I got zero done today, and feel crummy. So forgive the blah post tonight.… Read More
Show and Tell
My return trip to Lowe’s for a different paint color seems to have been successful. I don’t actually have the paint on the wall yet because I needed to switch gears and get some Tapestry Beads business done this afternoon and evening, but seeing the paint next to the color I’d been using yesterday looks good.… Read More
Covered in paint
I’m not the neatest painter in the world and if anyone had any doubts about that, you’d just have to look at my arms and hands right now. Totally speckled and dotted with white primer paint on every uncovered surface. I made sure to keep my newly pedicured toes free of paint, though since they’re so adorable with little flowers on them.… Read More
Ikea: Friend or Foe?
Really, I should know better than to let myself go to Ikea alone. Mom is my voice of reason when the buying frenzy comes over me. I want to buy whole rooms at Ikea and make them mine. I want my house to look as adorable and organized as those rooms.… Read More
Zombie Awakes
Is it wrong to sleep 22 out of the last 24 hours?? I don’t think so! I think I earned it! And yes, Winston and Maggie have shared the bed with me most of those hours. Ahhh….
I had one last “on the road” insult to deal with before I got here – food poisoning!… Read More
375 miles to waggy tails
I had to stop for the night in Norman, Oklahoma. So near, but yet, so far from home. The travel home has been interesting. I’ve seen more bad car accidents than I care to – one for which I was parked on the highway for over 45 min.… Read More
The Party Ends
Awwww….I have such mixed feelings about the end of Bead & Button each year. It’s an extravaganza of delights – things to see and fondle and oogle – friends to hug and chatter on endless with – laughter and frolic. But it’s always the most exhausting of shows.… Read More
Have you missed me? Every day I’ve thought, I need to update the blog. And then I collapsed into bed before I was able to get on the computer to do it. This is like the ultimate beady endurance test! One more day on the Marketplace floor, and then we pack everything up tonight into the car.… Read More
Dang, am I tired
I’ve been in Milwaukee less than 24 hours, and it’s already kicking my butt!
First, the drive from Tulsa to Joliet Tuesday was long but uneventful, right up to that last 150 miles. Then it was kind of like driving through the apocalypse.… Read More
2am in Tulsa
Just finished today’s 494 mile drive and checked into a hotel in Tulsa. I’m so ready for bed, but still a bit wound up, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to update the blog.
I’ll be driving more miles tomorrow, and the day will be longer, so I may flop into bed before I can get the computer out of the case and plugged in.… Read More
Weekend report
I’m finally surfacing, after collapsing into an almost 12 hour sleep last night. The plan on Friday was for Mom & I to leave for Houston by 6pm – right after she got home from work. But I had one last kit that I wanted to take the time to put together and begged Mom to let me.… Read More
Eventually it works out
Sometimes it takes me a while to get it right. Remember how I was so happy and excited that I was flying to Bead & Button this year? Well, part of me was happy and excited, but it was also causing chaos and confusion in my head.… Read More
Here, there, and everywhere
I’ve been feeling a bit like a ping pong ball today, running here and there to accomplish various errands. No linear path for me…nooo….that would be too sensible! But on the other hand, I still managed to get my ticket taken care of a whole 50 min.… Read More
Tribute
Most of the time I talk about happy, beady things here on the blog, but I hope you’ll indulge me for a moment as I tell you about Terry Olson.
I found out just today that Terry passed away in March.… Read More
Slow and steady wins the race
At least that’s what Anne keeps telling me as we trade daily updates on our mutual plodding along the path to B&B. And I’m seeing the vision. Of course, it might be a mirage. Or a hallucination.
Rich’s foot injury was hurting Big Time today.… Read More
And if it ain’t your mother or your dog…
…it’s your brother…again! I got home from class last night and the first words out of Mom’s mouth were, “You’re not going to believe where your brother is.” And I thought, oh, no – not again! Sure enough, he was at the emergency room at the hospital.… Read More
Assembly Line in progress
I love this part of making kits – when all the little pieces and parts I’ve been laboring over pull together into a nice, neat bag, and the bag gets shut and put in it’s drawer and all is right with the world.… Read More
Ouch
Well, I managed to pull a muscle in my neck while turning over in bed last night. No big surprise, really, since the last few days I’ve been cursed with tensed and aching muscles all over my body. It’s my usual reaction to stress, and it’s kicked in like crazy.… Read More
Photo day!
Last night’s Ring Around the Rosie class was so much fun – all the usual suspects were there since it was the first time I’d taught it, and even better – I came home wearing all sorts of new jewelry!
First up, this lovely bracelet from Margaret Smith.… Read More
One bead, two beads…
…three beads…
Yup – it was the perfect storm today as all my bead orders arrived in one fell swoop. And we’re off to the races!!! I called Mom at work to warn her I was going to be putting her to good use tonight and mysteriously she had to work late tonight at the office.… Read More