The circus is leaving town today. It’s so sad. I saw some of the folks off last night, and this morning there’s more trickling as we all take planes, trains, and automobiles to our homes and next shows across the country.… Read More

Ohmigosh – I can’t believe what a fun and crazy weekend this has been. Getting to hang with my friends is such a joy. I drink it all up as much as I can since I know I won’t see many of them until Tucson in February.… Read More

Ohmigosh – did I crash yesterday afternoon when I arrived at the hotel in Philly. I didn’t get a lick of sleep the night before as there were so many last minute details getting stuff together for the trip. Wasn’t it only a few days ago that I was bragging about how together I was for the show?… Read More

Ta-dah! I am finally done with the stitching portion of Rachel Nelson Smith’s Endless Cuff, er, Ootheca Cuff. I had no idea when I vowed to not go to bed until I was done that adding the clasps (there are 3!)… Read More

Blogger kindly informed me this evening that this is my 100th post since switching over to blogging on this format rather than on my website. How quickly the time has gone! I was quite worried about my dedication to blogging on this regular of a basis.… Read More

Wednesday is my “day off” this week – meaning it’s the only day I’m not having to go into the store to either teach or assist a class between Monday and Saturday. Instead I’m going to be at home, in my jammies, juggling the thirty hundred things that need to be done here.… Read More

The weekend disappeared when I wasn’t looking – how did that happen? I assisted one of Mick’s classes on Friday night, taught a class on Saturday night, and treated Mom to a much-deserved steak dinner on Sunday. The rest of the weekend was spent happily with beads (weighing them, labeling them, moving them to and fro) and a nap here and there.… Read More

I forgot to tell you that last night’s Piazza Perline class was evidently drinking at the Mexican restaurant next door before coming to the store. They decided en masse that my class was to be renamed Pizza Praline. Umm….nice try!

And remember how I told you that everyone was busy making sure I’m taking care of myself?… Read More

I have gotten into a bad habit lately, and it almost caused me to miss my blissful 90 minute massage Thursday afternoon. First, to explain, I have to admit that I stayed up all night Wednesday night and didn’t finally sleep until 5:30am.… Read More

There seems to be a plot afoot to get Jill healthy!

I’ve been hearing from Mom for a while now about how badly I’m eating, and that I need to sleep on a more regular schedule, yada, yada. But now the word has spread and everyone seems to be making it their mission to make me follow the rules!… Read More

What a whirlwind weekend this was. 6 hours driving on Saturday morning, laughing and beading and catching up with my beady friends, teaching Saturday afternoon, more beading and laughing and catching up on Sunday morning, and then another 6 hours drive back home.… Read More

I swear, there was a group cry of greeting as I finally walked in the main room of the bead retreat yesterday – “Jill’s here! We were getting worried!” I feel guiltier than ever! But we managed to make up for lost time with lots of fun all day.… Read More

…still at home! Oopsie.

I realized after I wrote my post earlier today that I was simply too exhausted to get everything done, plus drive safely for 5+ hours. So I decided to wait until the wee hours of Saturday morning to head out – I’ll get there by 8 or 9am, and be fine for a full day of retreat fun.… Read More

I got the post office yesterday with five minutes to spare. Okay, maybe three. But I made it! (And I had a back up plan involving UPS in case I missed the PO.) So the samples and instructions and the last few weeks of my life are now off to the Bead & Button staff and I can put it out of my mind for a little while.… Read More

Winston’s mad at me because I won’t stop and play. The latest computer-related casualty is my wireless, ergonomic mouse. I killed the left button. No time to shop – back to the trusty old fashioned wired and plain-shaped version. Success!

Happy dance – my boxes arrived today.… Read More

I’m so busy I can’t think, breathe, function. Everything needs to be done now. Yesterday, really. Fractured sleep patterns are developing again as I bingo from task to task, but for now it’s an effective way of continuing to move forward.… Read More