soo,BIG NEWS!! its actually a few weeks old (news) but i guess its time to spill the beans : i am no longer going to be working at SQ. i am moving on to greener pastures ... i had a great time working there and met some FABULOSLY talented women ... Please keep in touch and lets get our Crafty groove on sometime! I plan on taking it easy and hanging a bit more with the rug rats this summer ... here are a few thinga i am going to do ...

followed by a little of this ...

and maybe some of this ...

and listening to the tales of these guys ..

My First Attempt at QUILLING

Ok, so my thought is "...i dont have time (or $) for a new obsession.." . Right? I am being sensible and practical...blahbalahlah... Well, my friend Cher is a very talented girly ... we often get together for a crafty day ... so she convinces me i should try quilling (YES! she has hounded me for months, and sends me texts and emails telling me how much fun it is and how i am doing myself a disservice not at least trying...she points out how it really is discrimination, leaving out those fun and new art supplies ... OK! enough already, Cher, i will TRY it - but i wont LIKE it ....SERIOUSLY, that is EXACTLY how it went down ... more or less ...ok, less...) Here is my first card:

Happy Fathers Day card - CHECK! oh, yeah, now i have to buy a quilling set ... anyone got one they want to sell????

on a more sombre note ...

i am pleased with the verdict in the Tori Stafford trial. i cannot, however, say that justice has been served: a lovely little girl is still dead and she was still brutally murdered. those responsible for her death will never EVER, no matter how many years they spend behind bars, make up for the hell they put that child and her family thru. thank you to the jury of his peers (although, really, i am hopeful that none of his peers are as depreved as he and his accomplice...) for finding the right verdict. and to Tori's family, you will always be in my thoughts; you will never get back what you lost but hopefully your fellow man have supported you today and helped to show you the good again in the world.