Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Back to normal

I took Thursday and Friday off last week -- I needed a little break. Bob was still out of town on his annual fishing trip, and I took days off that week on purpose so that I could sleep late and have no responsibilities and no one else to worry about but myself.

I didn't really do anything major. I read several books, took myself out to lunch, shopped at a couple of bead stores, and made some jewelry. I also made some prayer beads. They aren't directed at any one particular religion, i.e., they're not rosaries, but I've used the Buddhist mala structure, just because I like the symmetry of it, and they're a good size to be portable. As soon as I take some pictures and write descriptions, I'll put them up here and also put some up in the shop.

I had intended to spend some time working with polymer clay, but I didn't. Mostly because it takes so much equipment! You wouldn't really think so, but for the kinds of things I like to make, I need stamps and ink and various kinds of tools, and to condition the clay, I use a pasta machine, and it's just a lot of stuff. When I'm doing beading, I can fill a bead board with beads and findings and sit down in front of the television and get a lot of things done. Working with clay is just a lot more labor intensive. It can certainly be rewarding, but I'm not at that point yet.

I went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant on Thursday, and that was nice. I took a book with me, and went late in the afternoon, and there was almost no one there. There was a table of what I assumed were new employees, tasting various dishes and learning about them. That was kind of interesting to listen to.

I stayed up late, and slept late, and it was a nice break. There weren't any phones where Bob was staying, and no cell phone towers, so he came into town a couple of times to call me. One night he called and asked what I was having for dinner, and I laughed and said tortilla chips and ice cream. (Not together.) He always says that things fall apart when he's gone, and that's kind of true.

I went out and saw my parents on Father's Day, and Bob came home that day, too, so everything is back to normal, or as normal as it ever gets around here.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Laughed when I read this.. "tortilla chips and ice cream. (Not together.)".. my current favorite flavor of ice cream is called "fried ice cream" by Mayfield. Bits of tortilla and caramel in rich vanilla. Totally not bad. Try it if you get the chance.

Willa said...

Wow, I bet I would like that! I like salty and sweet together. My favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor is Chubby Hubby, with peanut butter filled, chocolate covered pretzels. :)

Anonymous said...

OMG I just got a terrible craving for ice cream for some reason!

I know what you mean about needing stuff to do polymer clay. I find when I want to watch TV and work on my polymer clay beads, I will just do one step like sanding. Then I don't need to take too much stuff out of the studio down to the living room!

Sharon said...

I can't wait to see your prayer beads. For those of us who are uninformed, will you include a short writing about how they are used? I really like that idea and would love to try it.