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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mom’s surgery this morning went like a breeze. Not only was she a trooper, but they were able to save her kneecap which was an unexpected bonus. It will make her recovery that much better. She came out of surgery less dopey than we expected – dang!… Read More

From June
It’s 4:30 a.m., and I’m waiting for Jill to finish getting ready to go. Today is the Big Day that I get the first of my two bum knees replaced. Woo hoo! I am so ready. I’ll bug Jill to post sometime later this week, but she will be somewhat tied up waiting on me.… Read More

From June
I apologize for not updating sooner. I got home on Monday, and what an eventful trip THAT was! My plane was scheduled to leave Tucson at 5:30 p.m. for Dallas, with a connecting flight to Austin. I got to the airport early because we really didn’t have any money to shop, and I couldn’t see any reason for Jill to hang with me when she could go back to the cottage and take a nap.… Read More