Older but no more wiser...

Tomorrow is my birthday. I won't reveal my age but let's just say 40 is coming up quick!
I treated myself and got my hair done. I needed to dye the grey out and the blue chunk which had faded miserably. I got it cut shorter in the back and longer in the front which I thought would be a nice change. I like it but I don't think my husband does. I'm not too worried about it though.
So I have been struggling emotionally lately. The same old, same old with regards to my business and my job. I would love to work for myself fulltime but not sure my business can make enough money. Sales were slow in August :(
I have also been overweight for years now and am sick of trying weight watchers etc. I am thinking about lap band surgery but it is so expensive and I am not sure I even qualify. I am trying to get some answers. My husband is not on board with it. he doesn't want me to spend my money on it and I kinda think he just thinks I am lazy which is so not the case. In any event, I am looking into it and will make the right decision for me.

Gimme A Break

Give me a break! Break me off a piece of that KitKat bar. MMM I love me some kitkats.
So I took a short break from blogging. I got a bunch of work done, made some jewellery and I even spent some time at the beach.
Don't worry though, I am back at it and will be blogging away aimlessly on a regular basis again :)

I am too clumsy for my own good.

I fell down the stairs late Friday night! Who does that? I was tired and I have a bit of a hard time with stairs ever since I broke my knee in February but I don't really know how it happened. All I know is that it hurt. I wacked my head, cut open my arm, broke a toe and "re-aligned" my already messed up knee. Let's just say, when I am going to do something I never do it half way!
In other news, I did get some jewellery done this weekend as well. Here is one of the pieces. It is a charm necklace made with a Swarovski crystal, a flip flop charm and a simulated beach glass nugget in soft aqua.

Picnik

Today I found Picnik! For those of you not already aware, Picnik is a great photo editting site. It is so simple to use and I am sure it will help me on my quest for better pistures!
The nice part is that it costs NOTHING and only takes about 15 seconds to register!
How sweet is that?
www.picnik.com for those interested. I think it is a great site

Amusing Thoughts

I will pre-warn that today's post is a bit of a grumpy-cakes post. It is all true and it kinda makes me chuckle but it is also a wee bit nasty which I am not particularly proud of. Yet, I still choose to type this out and go for it.
So what I am finding quite amusing today is, shall we call them, grammatically challenged, people on facebook who try to post deep and thoughtful status updates but they just can't quite pull them off. I am sure you know the type. The attempted insightful message usually:
1) is filled with grammar and spelling errors
2) makes not a lick of sense
3) doesn't apply in the slightest to the person who posted it
So this leads me to question a few things about myself. The first is, am I the only nasty bugger out there who likes to laugh at these ridiculous updates? Am I going to Hell for being so rotten? And finally, why do I have so many under-educated, under-read and amusing in the wrong sort of way people on my facebook?
Please tell me I am not alone!

New Jewellery

I have not had a lot of time to make jewellery and this is a little upsetting to me for a few reasons. They are:
- I have three big shows coming up between now and the end of the year and I don't have enough stock!
- I sell less when I don't have regular new items to post
- I am not getting the creative outlet I so desperately need!
I keep waiting (and waiting) for my life to slow down or my schedule to ease up but it hasn't happened yet!
In any event, I did make a few new pieces on Sunday evening. Here is one of them for you to look at:

It is a nice, long necklace made with ceramic beads, silver plate discs and quartz nuggets. I truly an happy with how this one turned out!

Sun and Sand

Another fabulous summer weekend for us! We went to Sherkston Shores and we had a great time. Piper loves the lake which is awesome because so do I!
We had a great visit with family and now we are home relaxing and doing some laundry.
I am also happy to report that I have completed my current custom jewellery orders and will ship everything first thing. I am thrilled to get orders of any type but the only issue I have with so many custom ones is that I don't have a lot of time left to just make whatever pops into my head. I am not complaining about the sales though. So far, so good this month.
In other news, I finally got my hands on an iPhone 4 for Bob. I can't believe how crazy people are about these phones. Rogers will get 5 in and 50 people will line up and wait for hours to get them. It's nuts. In any event, Bob is thrilled to have it and I think I am in the running for a wife of the week award.