After Michigan’s first snowfall of the season (Monday) and a stressful weekend at work, I decided on a low energy, restful week. We made some comfort foods (nachos, mostaccioli and quesadillas), played with pups and talked about Christmas plans. I made a card and moved some dichro cabs along: On a positive note …
Category: cooking, crafts, dichro, fused glass, life Tags: card making, comfort food, custom designs, CVT, D, down time, ER nurse, fused glass studio, michigan, Snack Factory prestzels, stress
Equals PLAYING … So, this is what you can do when all of your kids are ‘self-sufficient’ … Amazing! I love it … I’ve sold out of a few Michigan-specific dichro cabs … and all four of my two-legged kids attended/are attending my alma-mater … So, totally due: And, I’m wrapping up a custom-order … …
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But, I don’t want to stop making stuff … This is crazy … I have hundreds of dollars worth of dichroic glass balancing precariously on teetering molds [umm, multiple molds], while I shuffle jars of frit from here-to-there, to make room for etching cream … on the cutting mat, off the cutting mat … move …
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While not quite healthy, I’m not dead either … so, I’m playing in the studio, as I mentally prepare for another fun-filled ER nurse weekend tour. Sandblasting, earrings and kumi – oh my! We had a request for an etched wine bottle, and I had an idea (peace signs and wine names); It’s that time …
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DH signed us up to participate in Brighton’s Harvest Fest (market/art and craft show) … umm – this SATURDAY. (8am-3pm 9/27/14) So, it’s a good thing I’m not stressing out, experiencing any sort of insomnia spike while I systematically search the internet (like some neurotic, jonesing sociopath with only one thing on her mind …) …
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Life After Maggie … is tougher than I was prepared for. I didn’t realize I’d be grieving this much. And it hits me at strange times throughout the day/night. But, I haven’t cried today, so I feel like I’m advancing through the stages. Maybe I’ll even sleep a bit tonight … [Oops – there I …
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To bring you an afternoon with internet searches and technical support. My favorite … trying to figure out why something computer/electronic isn’t working. But special thanks to Mike at USCutters, and my fancy plotter is up and running again!!! (Now, I have no idea why my other, less expensive Eclips is misbehaving … but that’s …
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Can you go from 80 degrees to 40 degrees inside of 24 hours in May … Not complaining, just still in awe … while my teeth chatter. Got through Mother’s Day 2014. It wasn’t awful, although there was plenty of drama in the E.R. … But, no emergency enemas – so it qualifies as a …
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