Aunty Em, it's a twister!

Ok, so this is an example why the Love Dare is not working so well for me. I'm in bed watching tv last night around 10:15 or so. I'm watching something on the DVR, so I'm not getting the news flash on the weather. In the distance, I hear the weather warning siren going off.

I turned on the news and there is a tornado warning for Geauga County! So, I wake up my husband and tell him we need to get in the basement for about 15 minutes or so. Ya know what he tells me?! "Oh, they're just sensationalizing the weather" WHAT!!!!!! I grabbed Aiden and the dog Jake (Couldn't get Josie, the other dog out from under the bed) and sat in the basement watching the news. There was a tornado cell sighted in the Hiram area - too close for comfort. Can you believe my husband stayed in bed. I have to confess, some unkind words were spoken when he told me to leave Aiden in bed sleeping. Aaaargh!

I don't think I'm ever gonna get to day four!

Rockin Pendant Class

I taught a class at Bead Paradise this past Sunday. I had 5 great students, all taking a class from me for the first time. We drilled beach stones and tube set cz's into them. After a few broken stones, everyone got the feel for the drill press and went home with at least one beautiful finished piece. I didn't get any good close up pics, sorry.

Here's Sheila wearing a drilled cabachon that Joy gave her to use

Joy and Diane hard at work

Duana ended up finishing 2 pieces

A smiling Diane - fun was had by all!

Barb is working on tube setting her cz

Thank you all again! I really enjoyed having you all in my class and I'm so glad you loved your finished pieces!

Silver Fusing Workshop

What a great workshop I took yesterday through our PMC Guild. Anne Mitchell is here this weekend teaching to our guild members for 2 days. The second class is today and I wish I could be there to make more chain - if you don't know Anne's work, visit her site: www.annemitchell.net

What is cool is that she is very environmentally friendly when doing her work. She doesn't use solder in the class we took and she is very against pickle solution - this is right up my alley!

Anyway, here are some pics from the class

Here is the the chain I made, I really, really like doing this!

And, of course, my little guy was happy when I got home - here is the toggle part of the chain - the close up pic didn't turn out so good. I'll try to get a couple better pics taken when there's some good sunlight out...

Hope the second class has as much fun as I did yesterday - thanks again Anne!

Here we go again!

I am on day two again! For those of you who have not seen Fireproof, here is a link to catch a clip of it. Did I mention Kirk Cameron is in the movie, he's a cutie!

http://thelovedarebook.com/

Carpe Diem!

I am back on my Love Dare! Some horrible news for a family I don't even know prompted me to get right back on and don't give up.

The fiance of a guy I work with just lost her 40 yr old sister. This woman's husband found her on the bathroom floor in a pool of blood. She either had a seizure or an aneurysm and hit her head. This happened Easter morning. Yesterday, Craig, who I work with left to go to the hospital to be with his fiance while they took her off of life support. This poor woman has a 6 and 10 yr old. I couldn't help but cry for this family, so young and unexpected.

You guys (and gals), life is way too short - I'm sorry this post is such a downer, but it affected me so greatly. Don't waste any of your days! Do what matters to you every day! Tell your family and friends you love them and how much they mean to you! Be the best you can be every single day - CARPE DIEM!!!

My little Picasso!

Aiden loves to draw and here is his latest creation. He calls it "Anchor with nose, eye and hair"

He drew more in this series, they have alot more eyes. Oh, my little Picasso!

Easter's on it's way!

Aiden colored Easter eggs today (with a little assistance from mamma) - we really had fun! Here are the beautiful results!