Around and around we go.........

WOW....what incredibly fun is this piece??

I was soo insipired by my new copy of SBS Wire Jewelry Summer 2009--

and not only did it inspire ME, but my daughter (Haleigh) ended up torching

herself for almost 3 hours yesterday !!! It was definately a creative type of day.

I LOVE those days, dont you?

A HUGE thank you goes out to Kerry Bogert for designing such a fun way to

use glass discs, and for helping to make the most AWESOME-NESS RING's around!

I will post more pictures later, but cant you just see this ring on YOUR finger?

Oh, no doubt, so do I!

You know you want one......

Go ahead....Splurge, they are only $14.00 W/FREE S&H.

You deserve it.....and I'm having WAY too much fun making them.

This should be illegal.....but its not...so off I go, to make MORE!!!

I'll Be Back (*insert best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice*)

1950 meets 2009

Haleigh had the funnest 1950's musical last week. It just so totally rocked. What fun. They did the hand jive & Haleigh can do it soo fast, that she's like a live tornado.

I wanted to get a good shot of her with the 50's Cat Eye Glasses, and my Mom made her a B&W polka dotted scarf. She looked great.

I should have had one made for Miss Kady also, lol......

Summer is upon us, and there are 5 days of school left for my child-ren.

Oh have mercy on my soul!

Let this be another great summer....!!

The pool is filled, bathing suit shopping is almost done, the only thing we are lacking is

sunscreen. Boo-Yaa! I cant wait.

Most people look forward to grilling out, come summer....but not us.

Gary grills out even in the snow, lol.

To make things even better, is my best friend of NINE YEARS came into town, and stayed

with us for 3 days, 2 nights, and I laughed my ass off.

I mean completely off. I tend to gauge my friends with a stomach ache.

No really, just hear me out.

If you laugh soo hard that it gives you a side ache/stomach ache, now THATS a funny friend.
A sure keeper. Thats my friendship with her.

I havent laughed that hard.....well....in the 4 years she was away getting her masters degree in Sociology. Man, she came back SMART too!

I think I need to go back to college now, lol.....

All in all, it was a fantabulous time, and when someone tells you that ol' wives tale,

that Laughter really IS the Best Medicine......................

They are right.

Your Robe, Thy Honor....

Ever feel like you live in one of those sappy TV Soap Opera's?
You know the type..... full of all sorts of crazy people, ideas, love, hate, judgements and every sin available to man?

Yah, you probably can't relate....but many can

I know, that I can, lol.

Then again, I'm not your normal person either.
Im a person that is FULL of mistakes....Im human.
Far from perfect, then again I never claim to be perfect.
Who is anyway? Who hasn't made mistakes?

I will be heading back to Ohio....LONG story...you'll have to watch
the FULL show to know exactly what is going on.
But thinking of the FULL show....

Notice how people always have an opinion of YOUR life?
Those people that "think" they know ALL about you and make false assumptions on what they see, or THINK they see & know....but the truth is, they DONT know. They cant know.....
They do NOT wear the judges robe to judge you and to know you.

Its impossible to know exactly, someone elses life.
Unless they have super powers and well....then we get into all that talk about capes instead of robes....

Why? Because they've NOT lived MY life from the moment I was born to the moment I had a birthday on Wednesday.....(Happy Birthday to me!)
No one has walked thru my crazy childhood on thru my crazy adulthood.

No one, but me. And I've done the best I know how with what I have.
I can either beat myself up for my mistakes or I can grow and move forward and do my best.

I am a person that is full of mistakes, no getting 'round that, lol...
but out of my mistakes, I have 3 of the GREATEST kids on earth.
And my kids will make mistakes too. You may even make a few here & there....*wink*

But honestly, my kids are amazing.
They've pressed thru some crazy years and in the end...
they are all still amazing.
Timothy and I were laughing about that, just yesterday.

Tim's ready to head back to Ohio...& so are my girls.
But Florida was good to us. No, Florida was GREAT to us!
We got to see alot, do alot and we've had a buttload of fun.
It turned into an extended vacation, is what it was....and now we are headed home.

Home where our friends & family are, and many will have ALOT to say about it I'm sure....but until you've lived in our life, walked in my croc's and know exactly what goes on minute by minute, your not allowed to be a judge.

I don't judge others by their mistakes or their paths, I have enough to worry about on my own damn path, lol
And in the end....those that judge will BE judged....

Hopefully I'll be back on my blog full time within the next few weeks....
Stay tuned.

Buckle your seatbelts, fasten them tight, the ride is about to begin.

It may be a bit bumpy, but its gonna be FUN!

And to the judges.....step back and take off your black robe.
Put down your mallet...there ya go....put it down.

Gently.....shhh.....there, there.....now look.
Under that judges robe, YOUR a real person too!

Who knew??

Snap...Snap....Snap....

Can you tell we had a blast snapping pictures?
The girls love it when I have a lens in their face....
what usually starts out serious, ends up
with all 3 of us laughing hysterically. You know the type...
That deep belly gut laugh? The one that comes from deep inside?

Laughter is good for the soul. You should laugh each day.
If you have nothing to laugh about, then find something.
I promise you'll feel better.