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Beading comes back

Ah, what a wonderful and productive day, despite a good 3 hour nap in there. Mom and I spent time reviewing our current kits and figuring out which ones to discontinue for our new goodies. Making sure we had a good mix of beginner to more advanced, bracelets to necklaces, etc.… Read More

Isn’t Christmas over already?

I confessed to Mom today that more than once this week, I’ve found myself confused in a store because all the Christmas merchandise wasn’t on clearance. After all, MY big party is over – and that was the big Holiday event happening around the Wiseman household, so the same is true for everyone else, right?… Read More

Post Open House Report

I know ya’ll have been waiting, breathlessly, for a report on the Open House. I’m sorry it took me so long to post – I had to sleep ALL DAY Monday to recover!

We had so much fun and I can’t wait to do it all again.… Read More

Holiday Open House on Sunday!

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…and they really are!

We’ve decorated. And we’ve cleaned. And we’ve baked. (Yes, I mean Mom’s baked.) And we’ve organized. And we’re near collapse. But we’re finally ready for tomorrow’s Open House. Wheee!… Read More

Beads, beads, and more beads!

Ah, I do love my UPS man. Today I came home from a hair appt to find 20 pounds of beads on my doorstep. And 40 pounds of bags. Yup. Plain ol’ bags. 2×2 baggies, 2×3 baggies, 6×9 baggies, and on and on.… Read More

Sneak Peek

Here’s the sort of thing Mom & I have been up to for the past week.

Santa hanging out in the front hall

These are the new tables for the studio. I love them! And that blank wall on the left won’t be blank for much longer.

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Show & Tell

It’s been been a long time since I shared any jewelry photos with you – mainly because I’ve got about eleventy million projects partially worked up, but nothing actually completed. I’m working away on rectifying that situation as I’ve got more beading time available to me this time of year.… Read More

Mystery in Round Rock

We had a strange thing happen to the Wiseman Family this Thanksgiving.

While my brother & sister-in-law were visiting her family in Dallas over the holiday, someone took it upon themselves to add Holiday lawn decorations to their house. It’s a “complete mystery” who might have done such a thing.… Read More

Adoptiversary


Woof! This is Winston, taking over the blog for the day because it’s MY DAY! (wag, wag, wiggle) Today is one hooman year since I came to live with Mama June and Mama Jill and my step-sisters, Maggie, Piper, and Josie.… Read More

Lost a post?

I’m so confused – I just looked at the blog to remind myself of what I’d last told ya’ll about the doings around here, and the last post I made is missing!? I KNOW I wrote it – but it’s just gone.… Read More

Stimulating the economy

Mom and I sure did our part today to help alleviate the economic crisis. Shoes were purchased (two pair for Mom! A record! And a pair for me as a “commission”) which was the critical component. We tried to clear out the holiday aisles of Hobby Lobby, but their reserves are more than we could handle.… Read More

Falling down on the job

Kelly R. told me in class last night that I was falling behind on the blog, and I’ll be darned, she was right! Know what’s funny? I think about what I’m going to put in the blog all the time – the trick is sitting down and writing all the good material that’s in my head.… Read More

What a great weekend

This whole weekend turned out to be so fun. Getting to spend some time with Alexis – she’s a little sponge, absorbing everything she sees – it’s fascinating to watch her experience the world and figure it out.

We had an absolute blast with class Saturday afternoon at the house.… Read More

What Jill Didn’t Tell You

From June:
First, let me totally agree with Jill’s most recent post. Any flat surface? Covered in 24 hours. Even though I told her the table was lava. Covered. Unpacked suitcase from the Houston show before the last Houston show in the hallway.… Read More

One pile after another

Anyone who’s spent any time with me knows what a Messy Bessy I can be. I’m one of those people who walks into a room, and within five minutes I have my stuff spread on every available surface. I’m not quite sure how it happens.… Read More

Blink, blink – home again!

The 2008 shows are done for me. Deep exhale. It’s putting me in a reflective mood – as Mom and I were discussing over the weekend, this year has been a flurry of activity and good news for the most part.… Read More

Blink – I’m back on the road again

Four whole days at home, and poof! I’m off to Houston yet again. Not that I don’t love Houston. I do. But three weekends in a row?

You guys will be so proud of me. We actually had the Element packed and ready to go by 8:30 tonight.… Read More

Catching up

An amazing surprise arrived on our doorstep this afternoon – nope, not a puppy – but our desktop computer! Back home from its spa rejuvenation at HP Tech Support. As we suspected, it was wiped clean, so we’re in the process of reinstalling all the programs and files and yada, yada.… Read More