First 6 Days

My neighbors got together the other day and were deciding whether to call the police. They were worried because the light in my office wasn't on 24 hours a day as usual. They thought we'd all been carbon monoxide poisoned! Now how pathetic is it that my neighbors judge my health by my office light? Oh, well. I'm lucky to have neighbors who are on their toes.

I actually spent the weekend in beautifully frigid Duluth, Minnesota at Dylan's hockey tournament. We had a great time cheering (Go #17!) and goofing around with the other hockey families. We hockey people--especially the moms--aren't as nasty and tough as certain governors claim. We're actually big softies who love our kids enough to sit through 5 hockey games in 2 1/2 days in sub-zero temps at funky arenas out in the middle of Nowheresville, USA.

I brought my beadwork, of course. I may be the only person in the 5-state region who beads at the hockey rink. I'm working on an alternate colorway sample for my Peyote Buttons class at The Bead Museum in Glendale, AZ next month. Diane Fitzgerald and I will head up there after Tucson--I'm so excited!

My playtime was definitely over on Monday as I walked into my office and shut the door. I'm hard at work on Rachel Nelson-Smith's upcoming book by Interweave Press. Holy cow! If you don't know Rachel, do yourself a favor and check out her work. She takes the obsessive beader's cake to a new confectionery genius level. It's going to be a superb book.