Busy Week, No Time to Smell the Roses

Monday, June 16

My week has already started out hectic. Yesterday being Father’s Day and all.

I had signed up for a bracelet class, not bothering to check my calendar to see that June 15th was Father’s Day. So not wanting to lose my money, I went ahead with the class and arranged to take hubby to dinner afterwards. He was ok with that. That gave him some “him” time without me looking over his shoulder.

This morning, I was up bright and early. Around 9am. That is early for me since I am usually up all night beading or macraming. I had an 11am appointment at my credit union to finish up the paperwork to buy my current car, a 2005 Jeep. The lease ends August 1st and I decided to keep this one. This was my 4th Jeep Grand Cherokee and with retirement and all, I really did not need to remain in a lease. So off I went to sign away my life for the next 36 months.

Tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment. Yippee!! My all time favorite medical appointment. NOT!! I hate going to the dentist. It is for my quarterly cleaning. And the insurance company only pays for two a year. Guess who pays for the other two?

Since I now have to plan my errands “by the route” and not waste gas, I have decided to check out the next nearest JoAnn’s after leaving the dentist. My closest JoAnn’s (around the corner) is closing the end of July. I need to familiarize myself to this one further down the road. Take a look see, browse the aisles, see what is so great about this site that it gets to remain open. It is on the same street as my dentist. I wouldn’t really call it a STREET. It is Telegraph Rd. And if you have ever driven Telegraph Rd, then you know it is like a freeway, a drag race strip. No slow pokers allowed. Press your foot on the gas or get run over.

I am not wasting gas, so I guess I will get run over.

Vintage Pearls, It’s All in the Netting

Monday, June 16

Vintage Pearls.

That is the name of the class I took on Sunday, June 15th at toocutebeads.

I jumped at the chance to sign up. They had one spot left. (Only 4 students allowed per class) The lady who processed my payment asked if I knew how to peyote. Yep!! Sure do, was my reply. So you can only guess my excitement knowing this would probably be an easy class.

Well, surprise, surprise!! It wasn’t peyote at all.

It was NETTING. And that stitch kicked my bee-hind, up one side and down the other. I just could not get it. I think I must have said, “I don’t get this” about 4 or 5 times.. until finally I did get it.

Here is my bracelet.

Made with light blue 5mm Swarovski pearls. Seed beads are Toho 11/0 tarnished silver. Clasp, though you probably can’t see it very well, has tiny light blue crystals. Ends of the toggle bar have tiny crystals too. (Go to toocutebeads for instructions on how to make this bracelet and the supplies needed. I believe this clasp is a toocutebeads original.)

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I have enough pearls left on the strand to make a second bracelet. Just need to get a double stranded toggle.

Well, that’s it for June classes and not sure if I will take any in July. I didn’t see any that I liked that I hadn’t already taken. So for now, I will just concentrate on perfecting the stitches already learned.

Time to update my Count Up page. I have learned quite a bit since my last post to it.