The View from Home!!

I couldn't leave today without showing the great view from my deck of the snow capped Olympic Mountains and the sunlight ( Yes! Sunlight! ) streaming into my home! Yeah!! Better hit the studio to work on Tucson stuff. Lois

The Culprits!

These are my girls! They are the ones running with me and it was Jesse, the tall and leggy Lab that bumped me and sent me flying into a free fall! They are great aging ladies and I just love them to pieces! After I fell, Jesse must have thought, " I need to get outta here! " because it was Regina who stayed and licked my face and kept running back and forth to the front door for help. I was hollering, you betcha, but my Phil thought I was singing or howling at the moon! Which I do on occasion but it was daylight! Oh well, like George Burns said," Aging isn't so bad if you can stay young at heart! " Have a spendiforous day!!!! Lois

My Hot Husband!!!

I just wanted everyone to know that my wonderfull............. so hot husband...... the man behind the scenes, the guy in the shorts who supports me in all I do is sooooooooo WONDERFULLLLLLL! Not to be out done is my sooooooooooo wonderfulll 11 year old son Jacob!!!! They handled the bead shop's garage sale by themselves yesterday and had a blast with our customers and then today ( ! ) they are returning to clean things up!!! If only that sooooooooo hoooooot Andrea would have brought us some of her wonderfull stuff.............. why we would be rich or rather all her stuff would now be my stuff! hahahahaha - going off to the shop now! Lois

No pictures today!

Sorry, no pictures today. I have done nothing but lay around in bed taking painkillers, advil and applying ice packs to various parts of my body after falling last night. That will teach me to run with the dogs in sloppy shoes! Jesse tripped me and down I went into a nearly full face plant! OWIE!!! OWIE!!! Fortunately, I only broke a toe and sprained and bruised everything else including my ego. How come when we are all grown up falling hurts more and a kiss and a few bandaids don't make it all better? Choclate helps though.... more tomorrow. lois

Home from Oahu, Hawaii

I am home to sunny skies and what has been described as the warmest temperatures since I left! Lucky me! Rain, gray and even snow is on the horizon for Tuesday this week so it will really feel like I am home. It felt great to be in my studio and catch up on my journaling, creating and beading. Nose to the grindstone time as Tucson looms around the bend!!! Gotta get those charms all ready!

I am also posting a picture from Hawaii of a religious site that was very interesting and historical. Unlike the great Cathedrals of Europe and the churches of the states; the Hawaiians built their temples and places of worship with the materials at hand, rocks. Lots of rocks. Carried sometimes for miles and often up hill. Very impressive! A little altar at the site had offerings of fruit, flowers and beads upon it. I will head back this way again some day.
For now, I am happy to be home! Lois

HULA BABY!

Just checking in, having a great time getting into the Hawaiian Spirit! Too bad I have to come home tomorrow......... was really getting into this Hula Dancing!

See ya soon!
Lois

HAWAII!!!!!

Hi I am just checking in from beautiful Hawaii and really enjoying the weather and scenery here! Not sure I want to come home to the cold anytime soon!!!!!
Lois