Let’s start with the bad, cuz she’s awful darn cute: Here is Cally. She is DH’s favorite Yorkie (therefore, doubly spoiled and a COMPLETE brat!). I think I figured out why he loves her so … she has the same coloring as his beard! [Doh!] The ugly: While on sick leave, my employer called to …
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But first – cuteness. This is our Olivia and her daughter Tubitha (Tubby). Awww … Now, my week. Apparently, my grandmother decided at 89 years of age that she didn’t want her gallbladder anymore. She was so insistent about not wanting it, that she started to go into septic shock. The family phone lines have …
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Typically, I’d say there is no such thing, but … I think I pushed it too far today. I’ve been perusing the ‘net, getting my fill of all things beading, chainmaille and jewelry, when I stumbled on this … Now, I know artists throughout history have been inclined to use just about anything as their …
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with surgeons and teenage girls had me excessively busy with my hands this week – as I tried to keep my mouth quiet! Special thanks to my dad, who let me vent about the surgeon. If you’re not going to listen to your patient, why bother talking to them in the first place?!? … ‘Nough said! …
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This post is just because I can! And – because I have a few photos to share … I’ve been a busy beading-ninja! I’m working on bracelets and pins/pendants and wire-wrapping, OH MY! Here are a couple of bracelets – one done and one a work-in-progress: And, SHHHHHH – don’t tell anyone, but I’m …
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That’s about how exciting surgical recovery is, on a day to day basis … for me. [No offense to lawn maintenance operators …] Or, more accurately, waiting for skin to grow (incisions to heal) … exciting stuff, I tell you! Or, it would be, if that’s all I had going on. Lucky for me, I …
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A few good hours in the studio, and I’m one happy girl! That added to the fact that the stitches are FINALLY out, I’m healing and starting to feel human again! So – my good day: It actually started a few days ago, when DH and I took some items to local shops, and I ‘peddled my wares’ …
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