Long Story Short

I have not been online in quite some time.  I have had this particular post written out in my mind for awhile, but just haven't put the thoughts down.  What to go into and what to keep to myself.  I normally try to only share positive thoughts and cheery statements, not only on line but around friends/family/acquaintances too.  When something is bothering me, I usually keep my thoughts to myself.  Not the healthiest way to be, but it has worked for me for 32 years, so why change now?  I can't really get out of explaining my absence without really addressing the issue behind it.  What I have been up to:

1.  Dealing with my son's school.  And his teachers.  Hearing a lot about disorders, emotional issues, and lots of this is wrong and that is wrong.  Hearing a lot of sentences that start, "well the way he does this is not normal" and "the way he talks is not normal" and "if you had another child you would know it is not normal."

2.  Developed an aversion to the word "normal."

3.  I was sick in November for Thanksgiving, December for Christmas and just to finish it out once more in January.

4.  I made a bunch of money selling stuff before Christmas and instead of purchasing new beads, paid off my bead Visa.  This is completely responsible and also completely out of character. 

5.  I have not bought beads in over two months.

6.  I have not made anything for longer then that.

I have no drive to make anything.  At all.  I used to have ideas swimming around in my head all the time.  So many I used to have to write them down because I can't draw to save my life, but now nothing.  All that extra space is taken up with worrying.  I joined the Bead Soup Blog Party party in an effort to rescue, recharge my muse, or whatever you want to call it.  Put of me knew that if I joined there was a chance I wouldn't make it in.  I figured if I didn't, ok, well not meant to be.  But now I know that I did get paired up with a lovely partner and I am going to have to make something out of what she sent me.  Can I do it?  Or will I stare at them and not have a clue?

Well, if you have made it this far, thank you for letting me vent.  I will take pictures of the soup that I receive and will properly introduce you to my partner, Vonna.  Just finished putting together her soup that I will hopefully get into the mail tomorrow.

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Jewelry Show

So, I had did a jewelry show yesterday.  I did pretty well, and everyone seemed like the displays that I had set up.  I liked it, but some of it will have to be streamlined if I want to get into the outdoor craft show circuit.

This was one half of the table.  None of those bracelets were purchased, which I found kinda surprising. The only bracelets I sold were all memory wire.  People like the one size fits all, I guess.

This earring holder display was much easier then my other one.  Those two necklace stands were made by my father.  He also made me a couple of other tall ones.

Yeah, this one is kinda of a mess and took FOREVER to set up.  After I did it I was scared that people weren't going to want to take them off of the corkboard, but they did.  Quite a few a these got purchased. 

It is always interesting to me the stuff that people purchase.  It is never the stuff that I myself wear.  They like a lot of jewelry sets, earrings and necklaces.  The stuff I like almost never sells.  The plus side of that, more stuff for me to wear.:)

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Bad Blogger, Bad

Sorry, I have been dealing with quite a bit right now.  There is a lot of not-so-good stuff swimming around in my head that is not fit to share.  I am sooo tired.  When your days are marked by timing every four hours to get your dose of Tylenol, it's probably not a good sign.  Enough of my whining.  Check out these beads I got at a bead show this weekend.

First time I have ever stayed in budget.  Hmmm, that is probably a bad sign too. Will be back soon with happier thoughts.

Magic Kingdom Adventure and More Photo Collages

One good thing about living in Orlando is that you are close to and can access the theme parks whenever you want.  One bad thing about living in Orlando is that your 4 year old knows that there are theme parks and he wants to go to them all of the time.  It was so nice out this weekend we decided to take him to the Magic Kingdom.  It was lots of fun, but very crowded.  That park is so small and it is usually the busiest, which makes for a bad combination.  My boy wanted to ride the race cars, so we rode the race cars. 

Those suckers are frickin hard to drive.  I had to use all of the non-existent muscles in my leg to get it to move and then if you take your foot off a little bit, it completely stops.

This is me trying to prevent him from diving out of said race car.

All in all, we had a good time.  He was beat by the time we got home and was mellow for the rest of the night.  I haven't been making much stuff lately, which is not good, because I have a show coming up on November 19th.  Here is some of the new stuff that I have made for it. 

I really cannot get enough of these photo collages.  Hope everyone has a good week!



Happy Halloween!!

This is who will be running around my neighborhood tonight. Have a good Halloween!!

Fall Styles

I really love these sweet little fall beads that I got from Humblebeads.  Now, I just need to find something to wear these with.

I love those solid pumpkin-colored flowers.  I also bought a new app that does collages right on your phone.  I'm sure this has been out for awhile, but it takes me a while to learn about these things.