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I figured I may as well try to do something useful with the wire since I dragged it out yesterday, so today I grit my teeth and grabbed it again. Only this time I realized I ALSO have some 18g full hard wire. Still tough, but not nearly as hard on my hands as the 16g. My poor beading tools are about to go on permanent strike. But I got these made. Like my garage floor vs. handy man hammer texturing? There’s lots of sand in these here parts.

Title: Pretty, vacant
Description: Empty bling vase – crystal glass vase adorned with diamonds rhinestones
Inspiration: Today is Paris Hilton’s birthday (1981)

Well today I got up early with The Baby, and when he went down for his nap (at 7:45am!) I hurried and threw together a pair of earrings. I figured I’d better move while I had the chance. I think if I had to name them, I’d call them Seaspray b/c of the green, aqua, pale blue and clear crystals. They are very sparkly, but I am not the best photographer so you’ll have to use your imagination.

Then all the boys (The Baby, the First Grader and The Daddy) were up so I decided to cook a real breakfast. I don’t do this often, for selfish reasons. I LOVE breakfast food and it’s hard to restrain myself from overindulging. But I broke out the sausage, the eggs and got busy. I almost didn’t do this next thing. It’s just so hard to resist it. I was going to save myself and toss out the drippings and crunchy cooked on bits but I just couldn’t bear to do it–they looked up at me from the bottom of the skillet with such sad eyes. I caved and made some gravy. Oh sweet hay-soos. It was so good. I was ready to just eat it all with a spoon, straight out of the pan. But I only took a few bites. Maybe I’ll make biscuits for dinner.

Then my most favorite thing. I made the baby laugh. Well, he’s not really got the laughing part down pat but I got some super cool squeaks and squeals from him. Yes, I know my sheets are wrinkled. No, laundry will never be my forte and I don’t see ironing sheets in my future. They are at least clean, which is a miracle in itself with all the baby puke and other byproducts that this little angel produces.

We were making the bed — I say ‘we’ because I couldn’t walk out of a room without him wailing, so I’d put him on one side of the bed, work on it, then move him and work on the other. This quickly dissolved into a game of peek-a-boo with the blankets. He loved it, as you can see

More clothesline photography! I think I have found my new thing. Ha. Anyway, this was my cheat necklace. I took it apart and remade it, b/c I really didn’t like it at all. Guess that’s what I get for trying to cheat, huh? Hope the intended recipient likes it as much as I do or I may have to steal it back and keep it for myself.

Such a simple thing, it should only have taken 10 minutes. Oh well. They are kinda cute. I did make pancakes for Boy #1, so I made him happy. There’s a double thing right there Thanks for the pancake inspiration, Venus! Of course I didn’t make 50+.

Since I hung these on the line, does that mean I can mark laundry off my list for today?