My Gosh How the Time Flies!

I only have to get up and go to work on 4 more Mondays. (Memorial Day there is no school). I don't know how many days of actual school that is, I refuse to count yet. Midterm report cards go out this Thursday!

I haven't decided what to do with the paper bead business yet this year. I need to rest and recuperate and so have not planned any fairs or festivals for the near future.

But I am leaving for Ireland on June 5th! I'm going with my friend from work. Her and her husband own Pixel's Foto and Frame on 90th South and State Street in Salt Lake City. They do tours all over the world, (Ray took a tour to Turkey last fall and next year they are during a China tour!) But this year is Ireland. The tour is really for people who love to take photographs since Ray is a professional photographer but I'm going along merely for the site-seeing and maybe a bit of sketching. I said that I'm just not really into "photografizing". But I'll take my little sharp shooter just in case. I'm so excited, I want to go sit out at the airport now!

I would like to put more necklaces on Ebay to sell, if you have a special order, I am still doing them - just email and let me know what you are looking for. I just am really enjoying reading books and doing some genealogy lately.
But I did just make a gorgeous green lanyard for a co-worker out of beads from a Mother's Day poem book from the 1970's that I picked up at the D.I.
And I do need to say a special welcome to the family to my grand-niece's new lizard, "welcome Lizzy!"

I'm BACK! I no longer leak CSF fluid!

I'm home re-cooping from surgery at the U of U. (Love that hospital, they are soooo professional and efficient and knowledgeable and... most of all they seemed to have fixed me!)

Other than feeling like I was kicked in the face by a horse, I'm doing great.

Even my teeth hurt, along with a headache, nose stuffed full of who knows what, and no sense of smell what-so-ever.

Believe it or not I can handle all the pains and no smell power as long as I no longer drip.

SO...

Hopefully I can get some jewelry back on Ebay and Etsy in a few days and get my inventory down to a manageable level.

Look for some OUTSTANDING sale prices!

I'm not going to do any fairs or festivals this year.

I will only be selling on-line or from my home to help preserve my health.

I need to teach school at least one more year to make sure the Obama Health plan is up and fully functioning!

Can you believe I just may be able to retire now and actually purchase health insurance - it is unbelievable,

I am SO HAPPY!

Teachers (at least here in my area) no longer get health insurance when they retire yet we have a 30 year retirement plan.

I have 29 years in the system but with no health insurance and 8 years to go before any possible hope of Medicare,

I knew I was doomed.

What company, given the option, what provide health care insurance for a breast cancer survivor with chronic CSF leaks?

Who?

No matter what the cost!

(Which I do have limits on how much I can pay each month!)

So, I for one am so happy with the new health care plan that I just have to keep watching the news like it must be some joke!

I pay for roads I never drive on.

I pay for education for children I never conceived or reared.

So,

I thank all those who will pay into the larger insurance fund even though they may never need the insurance monies themselves so that people like me can have some peace of mind in my senior years and get some help with obtaining insurance

(not GIVING me free insurance - just helping ensure that I can purchase some!)

THANKS.

I need surgery. See my CSF leak

I'm bored, anxious, nervous, and getting stir crazy waiting for surgery. So I took a video of my leaking nose. It does this 24/7 ! I'm saturated with CSF fluid. I often feel like I am drowning. I suck it into my lungs at night while I try and sleep - my lungs burn.
I will get more confirmation on surgery date today but it looks like the 10th or 17th of March depending on scheduling of a little boy with a tumor.
One worry, doctor says if my brain dries out too much, (CSF cushion is too little) my brain could sag into my spinal column and that is NOT GOOD! Meningitis is also a risk but really not such a big of risk. So I stay semi-vertical as much as possible and drink a ton of liquids! I'll get back to beading and teaching when this major inconvenience is finally eliminated! Someone! Find a cure, Please! for Intracranial Hypertension! All my science students, past and present - this is a call for action!

Good news! Bad news. More bad news?

let's see which first - ok, bad news first..... My nose is definitely dripping CSF fluid again. I just got back from the doctor a few minutes ago. It looks like surgery again but the doctor is anxious to try and "in and out" procedure where I won't have to stay in the hospital so long. He will call in a few days with all his research done and finalized to tell me what and when to do this. It is not as obvious where the hole is this time so a bit of glowing dye in the CSF fluid will need to be used - yuck, why me?

Ok, now the good news. I'm going to be a grandmother! I can't believe it! FINALLY. My daughter-in-law just surprised me with the news yesterday. She is due July 22nd. We don't know yet if it will be a boy or girl but I can't wait for either one! This is Cody my step-son, but I raised this kid so his child WILL BE my grandchild!

Ok, now more bad new. We had another fire bomb on our front porch last Wednesday. I called 911 this time! The fire trucks, cops and all. It turned out to be a bomb made of Drano and wood chips wrapped in aluminum foil. There is a chemical reaction with the drano and foil that starts the wood on fire. This time we had quite the burn left on the rug in front of our door. Thank goodness this one was not on the vinyl decking! But who in the world hates me this much?

But, I'm going to be a Grandmother! That beats all! Thanks Mel and Cody!

It's February and the Dang Groundhog Saw His Shadow!

So far this week, I've been to a Yoga session (my sternum hurts. What's with that?).

Some prankster (I hope it is just a prank) left an large aluminum foil wrapped something with a burning top on our front porch. It scorched our vinyl decking a bit. That totally freaked me out and I couldn't sleep much that night.

My hubby got ahold of the police but they didn't seem that impressed or interested. What's with that? They never even told us what was inside the foil - we were afraid to look, not knowing what to expect!

I've had a weird cold that seems to be going around, headache, sinus congestion and super tired - just want to sleep, sleep, sleep! What's with that?

Oh well - Harley-Davidson recycled paper beads are selling like hotcakes the last couple of weeks. I've got to get more made!

A new list of items are on Ebay so check them out. Here is a link to one item. Go to the upper right "info" square and click on "other items for sale" to see all up for auction this week. There are some super good deals!

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/Recycled-Paper-Bead-Necklace-Earrings-Taupe-Turquoise_W0QQitemZ370330864686QQcmdZViewItemQQptZHandcrafted_Artisan_Jewelry?hash=item5639708c2e

Don't forget Valentine's Day - there is still time for a special order or two!

February is the Hardest Month for me - how about you?

January has been so hard and we still have all of February to go!
AND at least there will be a wonderful holiday in February. And of course we must go Green at Valentines! Check out my latest items up for auction on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Paper-Bead-Necklace-Set-Harley-Motorclothes-Mag-copper_W0QQitemZ370327334021QQcmdZViewItemQQptZHandcrafted_Artisan_Jewelry?hash=item56393aac85

Paste the above address onto your browser. Then when the ebay page comes up, look on the upper right corner "Seller Info" click on "see other items" to see all I have at super discounted prices this week!

Or in the Ebay search line just put in: paper beads harley - that will get you started.
There's some red in the list this week!

There is also my Etsy store site. Check it out! No auction, just buy-it-now, no waiting! see the link on the right side of this blogsite.

Back on Ebay by popular demand!

I'm back on Ebay with auction selling. I haven't re-opened a store, thought I'd just go for some auction selling for a while.
Check out the new LOW prices!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Recycled-Paper-Bead-Necklace-Earrings-Harley-HOG-pages_W0QQitemZ370323509290QQcmdZViewItemQQptZHandcrafted_Artisan_Jewelry?hash=item563900502a

just hit the link on the right side that says "see more items for sale" or something like that and you can see all the inventory I have on ebay right now.

OR

just enter: "Recycled Paper jewelry" in the search line and up will pop my stuff.
Thanks for your wonderful interest.