Final beads

So after struggling to get the beads off the metal rods, I gave up. The beads lay smugly on my coffee table, stubbornly attached to the metal rods and refusing to give up their death-grip.
My husband came home and I mentioned to him I couldn’t get them off. He whipped out his tools, pulled out [...]

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Flameworking bead-making class

My sister Corrie and I signed up for a beginning bead-making class. You can see her post about it here. So here’s my version. Corrie’s is the accurate, academic version with detailed instructions where you might actually learn something. Mine is not quite like that but hope you find it interesting.
First the teacher went over [...]

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Adventures in driving

How Albert takes Megan to orchestra rehearsal:

Eat dinner.
Leave very early.
Go directly to rehearsal.
Arrive early.
End result: husband = happy, daughter = happy

How Angela takes Megan to rehearsal: (a recap of today’s happenings)

End up in meetings most of the day.
Lose track of time and realize she is late to get home.
Run out the office door, forgetting to [...]

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Strengths Based Leadership

My friend recently sent me a copy of the new book, Strengths Based Leadership, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. I’ve long been a StrengthsFinder fan, reading almost every book that has been out on the subject. This is probably because one of my strengths themes is Individualization, or the ability to appreciate the unique [...]

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Star Wars fans

I used to be an avid Star Wars fan. Watching the movie first triggered my interest in film making and video editing, which has led to my current love of editing videos.
Saw this today: a Star Wars Hoth diorama, made of 60,000 Lego pieces.

Albert’s comment: “That’s one rich guy!” (He is a Lego lover himself.)
Also [...]

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Organizing bills

Finances have always been a great anathema to me. I was never good at math. Trying to calculate numbers in my head makes my eyes glaze over.
Before we used computers, it would take me an hour to balance the checkbook because I would mess up calculations even with a calculator. My poor checkbook register was [...]

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clever viral marketing

Companies are doing all sorts of stuff nowadays to get people’s attention. I saw this posted on a friend’s blog and clicked out of curiosity.
It’s the Pomegranate Phone.
I’m not the type to spend a lot of time on a website but I confess I did linger a bit and click around just out of curiosity [...]

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Jewelry projects

Here’s a gallery of some of the pieces I’ve been working on. I like simple, non-gaudy jewelry. I’ve started selling on etsy.com and will be putting more pieces up as I get time to make more.
Here’s one I made for Corrie, my sister, for Christmas, made of silver-lined glass beads with sterling silver beads on [...]

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