how-dee!

well, i have been real happy to settle back in and be at home and just do our thing.

jamie was doing some great plumbing work for us last week and hurt his knee crawling around on the floor. i have to say that the work was worth it, but his pain has been hard. this is not the normal bruised knee cap, but it is getting better! so our weekend was spent in front of the tv, heating and icing the knee and just spending sometime together, which was lovely and needed.

we are super glad spring is coming. thanks to george bush for upping daylight savings. it seems very weird to both of us that our ...umm...deficient...president has the power over time like this. well, we are happy to have more hours in the day whether it be for the ecomomy or for the crocuses in our front yard! i was very pleased to see the crocus that are in are yard are orange, as i love orange flowers the best! (well, next to pink and red flowers...) but it is exciting to see what is in our yard since this is our 1st spring here. we have lots of plans for planting this year, and it is very fun!

we stopped in cash converters last week while waiting for take out thai food at Noi's Kitchen. i recommend this thai food, as i have been to thailand and eaten the food there. it is on merrimon just south of wendy's. anyway, we picked up a nice converter table top set of ping pong for our dining room table! woo hoo! we have already played many games. jamie wins more than me, but i win some too. it is THE BEST! our dining room table is a little slim, but it works just fine and gives us joy.



since i made some money at my jewelry shows, i spent some of it on some new tools as a gift for myself. this is the first set of tools i bought, a new set of dapping punches and a dapping block. i am so thrilled, it was like a whole christmas opening up these tools and wiping off the excess protective oil. look at how nice my new ones are compared to my old ones...wow!


wednesday i am off to savannah for the SNAG (society of north american goldsmiths) conference. i am really excited to hang out with some people that are attending the conference! it is going to be very fun. jamie was supposed to go see Van Halen this weekend, it was his big christmas/birthday present from me, but eddie van halen has gone back into rehab today and they canceled the tour. totally sucks. big disappointment, but jamie and john are going camping instead and will try out our new boat. that should be fun too!

i found yesterday that one of my rings is featured on a jewelry blog that only has pics of rings with growing things. it is a super great blog, with awesome fun pics of rings that grow! check it out, even if you can't read it!











i'm on the 3rd book in the Outlander series, Voyager, by diana gabaldon. yee haw, these are fun books! i highly recommend all of them to those with time on their hands for reading! hot stuff! (notice the brooch on the front cover, with its traditional "thorn" clasp! awesome!)

i'm out,
love to all
jo