The week in review

And what a week it has been!

It's been warm the last few days ~ in the 50's. Which means we are starting our slide into Spring. It won't come fast or easy but we are on the downhill part of Winter. Yay!

My crown popped off while I was eating those yummy cinnamon jelly hearts by Brach's late Friday afternoon. Of course, the dentist is closed and we are flying out of here at 0600 on Monday morning. I jammed it back on there. That worked until I decided to have a Milky Way for breakfast! This time it is glued on so I hope it stays until Wed when I can get to the dentist. Do you think this means I should lay off the candy? But I so love those cinnamon jelly hearts. 'Tis the season you know!

I am starting work this coming Thursday as a floral designer. I'm absolutely thrilled. Being in that environment is going to keep my muse happy, so expect great things in the bead arena!

Tomorrow at 0600 I will head out with our friend Tim to McAllen TX to pick up his mom. She has Alzheimer's and is moving in to a really cool nursing care facility here. Luckily we got our flights arranged so we get there about mid-afternoon. We will head to his mom's and finish getting her stuff packed up. Tuesday mid-morning we will start our journey back home. I'm a bit curious as to how that will go because we will be in-transit for at least 10 hours before we arrive at the nursing home here to get her settled. I'm not sure how all of this flying, changing planes etc is going to work for her. We do have a light sedative ~ hopefully that will keep her from becoming terribly agitated.

Now, I am headed out to the studio to make beads. I need a little peaceful time to myself!

Baby, it's cold outside

Correcting images, posting beads on etsy - what better way to spend a day when the temps don't get above 0. I've been at my computer most of the day and not once have I seen the weatherbug say anything different than zero. It was 36 around midnight though!

My sister-in-law, Marne shared this today and it's oh so true!

WINTER POEM
It's winter in South Dakota
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At thirty-five below.

Oh, how I love South Dakota
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave South Dakota
I'm frozen to the friggin' ground!

It's actually really pretty out with the new snow. I'm just glad I'm in ~ not out. It was 50 here yesterday and the wind was gusting up to 70mph. If we even had a slight wind today it would be a blizzard.

Seth's here. He's outside melting glass. Tuxedo Brownies in the oven and it smells heavenly.

I digress.... I was really going to talk about Effetre Yellow Ochre and Vetrofond Wasabi Green. Later, tomorrow.... sometime I will.