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Uh huh.

Now, someone buy something so I have a reason to go to the post office! Here’s eye candy, go get you some!

http://flamekeeper.etsy.com

unless it is already in the clearance section. Sale ends July 5, 2009.

Right there in the front, my Colby! :D  (hope this works- I need to get a plugin to play WMV files, and the video is 20mb big…

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Not a whole lot has happened since my last blog post, but I did start my clearance sale at the Etsy store, and have a couple of sets listed on the Bay again (yes, I know, I rant and rave, but I needed a boost! ).  The kids have finished Awana for the year, and I’m not sure they’ll be going back next year. Colby has a few clubs he likes to go to after school, and Lili has cheerleading in Rochester, and with homework, it’s a mess trying to get up to town in time on Wednesdays.   (As I sit here and get prompted by Vista that my activation key doesn’t work, and try typing it in AGAIN) I upgraded my laptop, too! New big shiny 320GB hard drive and 2GB of memory- now I can Photoshop AND check mail at the same time, yippee! (yay, retyping the key worked- whew!)

We’ve been fishing, I finally finished spinning that laceweight Maerchengarten dyed top from Cloudlover69 on Etsy:

That’s 1300 yards there. Holy cow, says I!  I still need to take a class!

The kids have had birthdays, I have not

Let’s see, what other news have I? Not much!  Bead pictures?  Ahhh… How about we do this instead?  A little handy EtsyMini and then links to the new eBay sets

Next up, two sets on eBay. I spent forever pulling murrini canes, but it was SO much fun, I think I’ll keep doing it, and I’m saving up for some graphite optical molds Flowers! (You can click the pictures to go to the auctions )

Calaveras Del Jardin (the backs are SOOOO cool!)

and an Aurae experiment that I LOVE,

South Seas

I’m going to finish my coffee and get ready for Mother’s Day with the kids- we’re picking them up soon, and taking Brian’s mom out to dinner!

On the beady note, I posted new beads today- I’d hoped to torch today, but with parent teacher conferences and early dismissal today and tomorrow, no torching for me until at least Sunday- the kids are going to Gramma & Grampa’s this weekend, and I have a grown up girl party to attend Saturday! Another YAY!

So, beads are here:

And I’m off to get something to eat before the kids get home. Today we’re exploring fruits. I have prickly pear fruit, hairy cherries, pepitas (I think) melon and a few other exotic fruits for us to try. Hopefully I can talk them into walking with me after lunch, too! Oh yeah… the sale continues! Keep posting the BlogSale comment, keep getting 20% off