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Monica made a gorgeous necklace yesterday at
Grandma's house. I'll make some stuff too later, then maybe tomorrow we can
photo and list. Mon finally gets to go to a bead show with
Alex, Patrice and I. Usually these seem to fall on her dad's weekend. I'd like to thank Jessica for adding an entry
in my guestbook. Can't wait to have a few mins to
check out your website. Rebecca, thanks for the VERY
kind words. Pat, ditto! Thanks! Okay, chicas… I have
to go back to work… I'll be back later! So… in order not to be overwhelmed (and it’s
so easy nowadays), I’m going to select two things and focus on them. One will be happiness. I will realize I am
happy right now. Although I may look forward to things in the future, I’m not
LIVING for them. I’m living for right now, today, and that’s where my
energies and thoughts are. Two will be creative visualization. I want to attract
the good in life, not the bad; so I must stop worry about all the negative
things that can happen to me/us. I will realize that the universe can provide
what I need and want and all I have to do is believe it. We’ll start with
creative visualization, though. I need to set aside some quiet time for
myself. Maybe I’ll take a relaxing bath tonight. Mon and I torched on Sunday. Here’s my first
picture of Monica torching…
I haven’t done much more with the beads than
take them off the mandrels, though. Nothing of mine came out spectacular but
it was nice getting my feet wet again in the world of lampworking. I made a
bracelet last night out of one of the beads I made. I thought it came out
nicely. Haven’t photo’d it… maybe tomorrow (not
worth setting up all the camera stuff for Monica’s been making hammered clasps for the
past two days. She loves it. Here are her first efforts…
The second set is listed on eBay at auction.
The first ones she’s keeping. Went to the bead show in Hm… sorry this was such
a droll entry. I’m a little tired… need to start falling asleep earlier. Hmph! It’s so nice staying up… just hanging out in
relaxed mode. But … oy!...
I pay for it in the morning. TTYL! Now, as far as the “forgetting” thing goes…
sigh… Yes, I’ve become quite forgetful lately. When I start to freak out
about it (for obvious reasons), Mike tries to tell me it’s most likely
because I’m just overwhelmed and have too much I’m supposed to remember
anyway. No matter the cause, I guess it really comes off as rude. I
apologize. I will try to focus more on each task at hand and not allow myself
so many distractions. I’d like to send good thoughts to a friend of
mine who’s going through some really tough times, physically. I wish her a
speedy recovery and good health for the coming years (and her dog too). We’re caught up with the membership
applications for SRAJD. A couple more and we hit the 700 mark. It's Saturday morning and I'm sitting here
messing around on the internet, checking email and reading discussion groups,
and I'm thinking, a cup of coffee would be nice while I'm sitting here
relaxing. So I go into the kitchen to make a cup of
coffee. It's extremely simple (I use instant)… all I have to do is add water
to the kettle and plug it in. But first, I see that one of the cats left me a
barf present on the kitchen floor. Well, at least it's linoleum (the carpet
is already riddled with cat food dye stains). I reach for the paper towels to
clean it up, but… oh, they're not there. Oh yeah, we took them to the living
room last night while we were eating dinner while watching the Sharks win
round 1. Okay, so I head to the living room. But on my
way, I pass the front door and see Bear at the bottom of the stairs whining.
Sigh… I go outside. Yep, just as I figured, he got his rope tangled and
couldn't get back to the porch to say he wanted to come in. Okay, I go out and untangle him. But then I'm
bombarded by the ferals (or at least the ones that
bombard… the others sit from a distance and stare and meow). They want their
breakfast. Sheesh! Okay, I go back inside, into the kitchen for
some cat food… am reminded there's still puke on the
floor. Oh yeah. Scoop some cat food, take it outside, feed them, and promise
them I'll give them water later. Back to the kitchen. D'oh!
Back to the living room, grab the paper towels, back
to the kitchen, clean up the puke, oh man! Can't throw it away 'cause I
forgot that Mike took the garbage out last night and I was supposed to put a
new bag in the can. Argh! Okay, one hand, get a new bag from under the
sink and try to open it and place it around the rim of the garbage can, and
throw the cat puke away. Grab a couple more overdue items from the counter
and get them in the garbage too. Okay, back to the computer, sit down… ARGH!
Forgot to start the hot water. Oh, but then my phone rings. And that is my quiet morning time. Do I only procrastinate on the stuff I am
uncomfortable doing or do I procrastinate on everything? Sometimes I want to say, “I’m not
procrastinating. There just aren’t enough hours in the day for me to do
everything.” And as true as that may be (and it is!), I know that I put off
things I don’t want to do. Put them all the way at the bottom of the list.
Sigh… First, I’d like to thank Patricia for the
wonderful, touching entry in my guestbook. How awful to have your (and your
family’s) jewelry stolen, not so much because of the value but because
jewelry, for most women, is a very personal and emotional thing. Each piece
has a story and/or a feeling, memories and emotional triggers. I’ve only had
one piece of jewelry stolen in my life (that I know of), but the sentimental
value was priceless (the piece itself was probably only worth a couple of
dollars). Hearing what you said makes me feel so special
I can’t tell you. Thanks! Oh, Monica and I found another tiny kitten
(about 3-4 weeks old) in the street last night when we got home from work.
ARGH! I can’t turn my back; we feel responsible. But we can’t take in another
kitten either and none of the agencies will take one so small. (Update, we
ended up finding a home for him... yay!) |
