Needless to say, this has been the Week of The Baby. My new nephew, William, is an adorable, well-behaved doll so far. Alexis is transitioning to the role of big sister with grace – as long as she still gets plenty of attention!… Read More
Jill
Welcome to the world, baby boy…
May I introduce, William Frank Wiseman….born April 7, 2009. Somewhere around 2pm (we haven’t had much time to talk with Rich!) and 8lbs, 12 oz. Not sure of length yet. Everyone is healthy and doing great.
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Fooled me!
Alas, my creative color combos for the Carol Wilcox Wells class turned out to be neither fabulous nor nightmarish. Instead, just a bit disappointing. But the good part is the the project techniques themselves are worthy of me dabbling in more colors to get a bracelet that’s just right for me.… Read More
Fabulous or nightmare
Sometimes making color choices is a careful, studied art. And sometimes you just throw stuff on the wall and see if it sticks. It’s either fabulous, or a nightmare…and I’m heading for one of those experimental moments on Saturday.
I’m headed to Houston on Saturday to take a class from Carol Wilcox Wells, and while she offers kits for the project, I decided to put my own goodie bag together.… Read More
Spring Air
This is, hands down, my favorite time of the year. The temperatures are just perfect…the tree leaves are all that new, bright, green…and in Texas, it’s the season of the wildflowers blooming everywhere. We’ve taken to keeping our back door open most of the day to let the light and fresh air in, as well as the varied bird chirps and calls.… Read More
This and That
From June
Jill has, indeed, been busy, so I’ll give her a pass for not updating the blog recently. Since it’s my show today, I’ll update you on MY stuff.
I am now nearly 6 weeks post-surgery on my new knee.… Read More
Pedal faster!
The to-do list gets longer and more complicated even as I chip away at it with a pick axe. Today’s cross-offs include most of my supply ordering (I have one more vendor left to do on Wednesday) working out a design for one of the class submissions I’m sending in for the 2010 bead shows (I’ll show you soon!),… Read More
I can breathe now…
Things have been running in fast-forward ever since I got back from Santa Fe Tuesday night. Usually when I get back from a big show like that I take a day or two off and laze around the house, sleeping and reading and being a big slug.… Read More
Arrived Safely
Just a quick note tonight to let everyone know I’m home safe and sound. You ladies are like having a whole gaggle of mothers! Not that I’m complaining one bit!!
Very tired, and very happy to be back with the family – two and four footed alike.… Read More
Heading Home
I have the most wacky sleep patterns of anyone I know. Instead of being a good little girl, and going to sleep Sunday night, I’ve tossed and turned and turned and tossed, and now at 5:30am, I’m just giving up. I plan on heading out on the road just as soon as I update the blog.… Read More
Santa Fe, Update 2
One more day of the Bead Fest Santa Fe show, and then we all start packing up and heading for home for a little while. I have absolutely fallen in love with the city and the people who live here. The attendees at the show have been a delight and our kits and patterns have been wonderfully well-received.… Read More
Checking in from Santa Fe
Hey – I kinda like it here! Santa Fe is just as beautiful and artistic and compelling as folks have told me over the years. I’m dying to get free to go visit some of the eleventy million galleries and shops around here, but honestly that won’t happen until Monday, after this weekend’s show.… Read More
Playin’ with Beads
From June:
Jill is on her way to Santa Fe. She called this morning to says that she was freezing, and radar showed rain the rest of the way to Santa Fe. I told her it was cold and raining in Austin this morning too!… Read More
Santa Fe next week
I am really looking forward to the Bead Fest show in Santa Fe next week. I’ve never been there before, but everyone speaks very highly of the city and the show and I am happy I’ll get to experience it all in person.… Read More
Zoom
First things first…Kathryn promptly corrected me from my last post that she’s 78, thank you, not 76. Dang! How did that happen?? She’s been a part of my life since our first bead class together in January of 2002, and I’m grateful for beading bringing us together…my slightly older sister at heart.… Read More
San Antonio is Bead City
Holy cannoli – where did all those people come from?? This weekend’s show in San Antonio was, quite frankly, the busiest bead show I’ve ever seen. On Saturday, shoppers could barely move through the aisles. And Sunday – which is traditionally a much slower day – was as busy as a normal Saturday would be!… Read More
Beading ADD
My name is Jill, and I have Beading Attention Deficit Disorder (BADD). I am powerless to complete a project before I have started three more. I can not focus on any fewer than 10 projects at a time. My unfinished project box is now three unfinished projects boxes.… Read More
Settling in to a routine
From June:
It’s good to be home, although the nurses at North Austin Medical Center were fantastic. I actually felt better in the hospital than I do now. But I’m doing very well – I can shower and dress by myself, and get around okay with the walker.… Read More
And….she’s home…
We made it! There was a small village involved in the process, but Mom is safe and sound and asleep in her very own bed with her very own puppies and kitties. Big sigh of relief!
She came home with an array of equipment that would make an engineer proud, and a rainbow of drugs to ingest.… Read More
Mom to run marathon this weekend
Seriously. This woman is amazing! All the nurses are pleased at how well Mom is doing today – she breezed through her physical therapy sessions, and still has almost no pain at all. They had her on Percocet today, though, and she was very sleepy most of the day.… Read More