And I am a crack craft addict. Now that I’ve admitted it, I can show you what I made: I have another couple of bracelets on the (kumihimo) disks, along with a watch idea. I’m waiting for a few chain mail supplies to arrive … and, I think I want to play with 11/0 …
Category: crafts, non-glass ... life Tags: aging, busy hands, chain maille, Clayton Hill Studio, craft-fix, creating in the studio, family, glass beads, jewelry making, kumihimo, sarcasm, seed beads, sick kids
Tough ER nursing weekend … I was in in charge (yeah, BAD idea) with lots of summer folks (volume – fortunately NOT acuity – PRAISE JESUS!) … Thank Goodness for some great staff, but I don’t like changing hats that frequently. Add too many bodies to count (patients PLUS their ‘posse’) – all wanting water, …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: beaded bracelet, chainmaille, charge nurse duties, ER nurse, family support, fused glass studio, getting back up, great coworkers, hard week, jens pind, kiln fire, kumihimo, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, nurse veteran, off-shift, ouch, rejection, responsibilities, sunshine, trauma, vacation, who hired that nurse?, why I don't sing, working with weak co-workers
And, still a BRAT! But for the grace of God … I could have lost my studio last Friday. I had a kiln malfunction (I believe a relay got STUCK), and while I slept, and then worked – my kiln was running full-steam ahead for some 17+ hours. It took 4 days to air-out the …
Category: Chainmaille, fused glass, jewelry making, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: 3rd shift, beading, bracelets, brat, busy mom, chain mail, ER nurse, father's day, fused glass malfunction, grateful, insomnia, Jen Ken kiln, jewelry making, kumihimo, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, near-miss, overtime. wine making, production kiln
That’s my excuse, anyway. I’m scouring, learning and obsessing over jewelry making again. (In the non-fused glass, non-chain-maille sort of way …) This means I have a new wholesale account with yet another company … (Um, no actual purchases yet, just a lot of dreaming. It’s good to be prepared!) Yep, I know. I need …
Category: crafts, embossing, fused glass, jewelry making, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life Tags: 11/0 seed beads, behind schedule, busy, chores, Clayton Hill Neo, cork bracelet, crystal, dapping, dichroic glass, earrings, fused glass jewelry, hobbies, insomnia, kumihimo, learning, metal embossing, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, sarcasm, sea glass jewelry, swarovski, to-do lists, Yorkies
The way that a third-shift nurse, mom, MAGICIAN feels when she crosses that marathon work-tour finish line with all pieces successfully juggled/managed. Sure … at the final 20 minute push-point, it meant maintaining a 1:1 behavior-medicine watch, while acclimating a new team member, triage-assessing/documenting on our next cardiac patient AND greeting/briefing day shift staff … So, …
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