I think I figured it out!

Sigh…..here we are. October 2, 2009, again…already? Really? Where does the time go? Seriously….I remember when I was young. I would hear the adults complaining that “the days were getting shorter” and I remember the comebacks “ya…if there were only more hours in the day” Well, I have given that some thought. IF we were given more hours in a day, we would still complain. Why is that? Well let me tell you what my theory is.
We would still complain about not enough time….or not enough hours to get our things done. Or to complete our never-ending “to do” lists that we all have. Now just because yours might not say “to do” at the top doesn’t mean that you don’t have a list somewhere with things on it that you would at some time….LOVE to get done. You just can’t seem to find the time in the day. Maybe your list is like my husbands. It isn’t even written down anywhere, he can keep it all in his head. I used to be able to do that. Then….my brain just got too full. So now I not only carry around a “to do” list. I carry around a 70 page spiral bound notebook. NO! I am not kidding.
At the top of each page is the day of the week, the date and yup…you got it….I even have to write down which month it is. I can fit 2 months into one of these 10cent jobbers. I keep my appointments listed, things that I need to get done on the computer each day for the shop. The jewelry I want to get done for the shop. Designs I think of. Sites I need to either follow up on, or go check out. And you know what….there hasn’t been one day NOT ONE….that I have been able to cross each and every thing off of a page for that date. Not one. I don’t understand it. I have PLENTY of time during the day. So why???
I get up at 5:30…have my morning coffee with my husband and send him out the door with his bottles of water that I have put his grape propel into. Then it is our youngest daughters turn to go…she is out of here about 6:50. With me standing at the door telling her to “hurry or you are going to miss your bus” and her walking like she has all day. I think she does that to make me nuts…then when she gets around the corner…I would put money on it that she is running.
So the house to myself, I arm myself with my handy dandy spiral notebook and a tall glass of iced tea and head to the office. First it’s the email…and I tell myself EVERYDAY, don’t get distracted…just delete it all. But then there is always that one email that I have to open. Ohhhh mannn there is a link….don’t hit the link….don’t hit the link….don’t….shoot. Page is loading. So then I tell myself…ok self….just click back out of it. But wait…CHECK THAT OUT….ok. So you get the picture here I am sure. So after an hour of trying to get through 30 plus emails and I am not on #8 or so…I realize….time to go and toss in some laundry. While I am grabbing the jeans and shirts to toss into the washer I tell myself…”ok…just go and check the Etsy store. Just do that. Do your forum thing. Relist a few things….list the new stuff…and get out. You have a lot more to do today on there….don’t blow it….again”
Back to the computer….type in http://beadedindulgences.etsy.com/ ok…so far…so good. Sign in. Ok…doing good. Just keep on the path. Go to “your etsy”…check a few things…and then off to the forum….just to see if there are any good topics or new bugs with the system today. In forums…..hmmm let’s see….where to pop into today??? Ahhhh another “newbie” needing help. I will go in there. I still need help with all this stuff too. Ohhh Wait….they are fighting in this one…calling out….I don’t want to read all this mean stuff…(click pg 3) man they are really going after someone. I can’t believe they are being sooooo rude. Page 5…I will go and look and see what else is going on. Then you notice….ohhhhh what a cute avatar she has….click on that one and your off to the races. WELLL this is a veryyyy cute shop. Wow…..I will heart her…hmmm wonder who she has sold to….
See where I am going with this? So by the time I finally realize my buzzer on my dryer is going off for the 3rd time…and I should be wellllll past my Etsy business….I have yet to make it to Destash Junction…or CoiffuresCommunity….or WeLoveEtsy or one of the twenty other spots I need to check on….or go and see what is on sale at my favorite suppliers…ohhh that reminds me SweetGeorgiaBeads @etsy.com has the best deals….go in and check her out again. Then I start to compare her prices with others….so when I do have the money…I know I am going to her anyway….so why do I bother comparing??? I dunno. Is this human nature….or Adhd??? Or just bad time management? I wasn’t like this until the brain surgeries. Dang Chiari Malformation.
I used to be a Medical Assistant. I worked with Doctors and Specialists. I loaded people into ambulances and the dang helicopter. Held the knife sticking out of a mans belly while the police questioned the wife….and the man with the metal rod through his neck….had to hold his neck still until ambulance arrived because we were out of C-collars and I was scared to death that if he even sneezed…that metal was going through his Carotid Artery. Oh…and I delivered a baby in a Toyota pick-up truck in the middle of a blizzard in our parking lot. They were on their way to the hospital…and couldn’t make it. The best part of that was….the Doctors left me alone to it. They ran back and forth into the building to GET ME what I needed for the patient…while I brought this little tiny baby boy….who they named Kevin into the world. Did I mention they didn’t speak a word of English….I couldn’t figure out why she wouldn’t answer me at first…lol.
So ya know….I used to be someone. I was someone important. Now I am just me. Trying to make jewelry on the side because, after my brain surgeries was told that I could never work again. Matter of fact. I am being sent to UC Davis for 2 weeks so they can do testing and all kinds of other junk to me. Maybe after I get home….I will be able to manage my time better. Once upon a time I was Employee of the Month…of the Quarter…for a very large hospital. I was someone. What I did mattered. Now…I am just…. me. One day I was making great money. Now I am just trying to teach myself to make jewelry to sell online…to try and help my husband pay for my medications. Maybe when I get back from UC Davis I will be able to remember things again….I guess I didn’t mention…the reason I carry the spiral notebook…is due to short term memory loss. I have to write everything down….because I don’t remember what I do week to week. I have another notebook to write down where I put things….I can never remember where I put things. Especially important things.…only problem is….I lost that notebook. And no, I am not kidding. Well…I guess I figured out my time management issues. What are some of yours?

Newest Listings

Ok...wow....I don't know where the time truly goes.
I keep a notebook...and at the top of each page is the date. Down the left hand side are the things I need to get done that day for the shop....ie: new listings on Etsy....go to CoiffuresCommunity and update...go to WeLoveEtsy and update...then to DestashJunction....and the list goes on. I also ALWAYS have on that side....BLOG...and do my HUB pages. Geeeze.
Now....down the right hand side....kinda mid page I'd say. Are the things I would like to go and check out...ie: new sites I have heard of in the forums...or on one of my web link emails I get daily.
So as you can see....I begin my day around 6-6:30 a.m with good intentions. By 11:00-ish I realize that smell isn't coming from outside....and I need to shower. (not that bad...but you get the point) So I go in and take care of business there. I don't know why I bother with the makeup and doing my hair...it isn't like Publishers Clearing House is knocking on my door today or anything. But...we are women....it's just what we do. That is what I tell my husband anyway.
He...the husband...get's home around 3:00. I decide to migrate away from the computer that I have again been at since around noonish.....and begin to weed through all the wire and the beads and my idea pages to figure out what I am going to work on today...if there isn't already something in progress.
Just when I am getting somewhere with what I am working on....and this is always inevitable I hear the familiar sound of "Honey, dinner is ready" grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr whisper to myself....can't you see I am WORKING!! He is home for the day....his day is done.....grumble grumble....
So after dinner.....it is onto the couch next to him.....he is falling asleep and I am working on the latest and greatest items I am attempting to fenagle my way through. As he is napping soundly....I run back to the office to check email again....ya just never know!
Around 8:oo hubby wakes up...."what's on t.v honey?" my reply is typically....uhhhh dunno....working on this.
Now....some nights I can get away with working past 8...but that is what he had decided my quitting time is....or I would work until midnight.
Wellllll.....last night....taking my hair out of the twisted band around what I will swear was at one point of the day a pony tail type,....well...whatever thing. There was a POP in my right shoulder. So guess what.....I had to hear a lecture for almost an hour about how NOW my quitting time is WHEN HE GETS HOME AROUND 3. How fair is this???? Because my arm is hurting...he seems to think that I am working it too hard.
Men don't understand. Well...I shouldn't say MEN...there are women out there too that are like this. It isn't that he isn't supportive of what I am trying to do. It is because I have already had so many dang surgeries....he is worried I will injure myself doing this. But how do you go from working day in and day out....12 hour days....to having a team of Doctors tell you that you are never working again. Ok...ya....my jewelry that I make takes me a lot longer than the average designer. I don't care about that. I do get it done....eventually. I know now that if a project says "Complete it in an hour" I know this will be a day long deal for me. I have come to grips with this. BUT to not understand that I can't sit still all day.....and as he told me last night....DO NOTHING BUT WATCH TELEVISION....are you joking???? SERIOUSLY???
....WOW......I got way off track....lol lol lol.....
I was coming on to show you my latest additions.LOLLOLOLOL....
Ok...here ya go.......

These are one pair of the Breast Cancer Awareness Earrings I have made to gear up for the month of October. I think the HOPE charms truly add a little something special to these. So when wearing these...your not just showing your support to breast cancer sufferers and their family and friends...your showing HOPE.
































This anklet/bracelet to the right>>>>> is a new
piece that I made this past week. It has three
different colors of teeny tiny glass pearls. There is the darkest color that I am calling Gunmetal and then the middle grey is a Steely color grey. The lightest grey is so light that in bright brightttt light it almost looks white. There are Montana Blue Sapphire Swarovskis in 6mm and 4mm intermixed with some silver chain and silver spacers. It will go from approx 9"-11" with extender chain. Kinda cooool huh?



AND THESE.....What do ya think???? These are my latest earrings that I just finished. It took me a week and a half to complete these between designing them...and figuring out what would and wouldn't work....a lot of trial and error....stuff flying across the room lol
These are my new Bohemian Earrings I just listed. I used Antique Brass chain, ear wires and the twisted hoops are antique brass as well. The top topaz bead is a czech crystal faceted bead. The bottom is a smooth round periodot green bead. the beads dangling off of the chain are both Swarovski bi-cones the green is the periodot color and the topaz have an a/b finish. (auroreau borealis) So they have this amazing shimmer to them.
I actually was pleasantly surprised with these. I love them. They are 4" long from the bottom of the ear wire...so I think these are actually considered "shoulder sweepers" or something like that.
Well.....I have more on my left side of my list I have to get done. Not to mention my daughter is taking me to town for a bit. Boy....gotta love Fridays huh?
Alright....talk to you all soon......so for now.......GO AND DO WHAT YOU LOVE!!!!

Finally....

For the longest time I have admired those that have the talent to make anything with wire. Especially Jewelry....wire weaving....wire wrapping....wire ANYTHING. So...I am now a member of CoiffuresCommunity and some of the members over there are nothing short of AMAZING.
They have this tremendous talent that makes me sooooo want to be able to do that. You can see their work at the site http://coiffurescommunity.com/ there are many many talented people there. Oh...and if you are a jewelry artisan.....you should look into signing up. Pam...the gal that started all of this is an amazing person. She is very friendly and personable. I love it there.
Wait...where was I???? Oh ok...soooo a few weeks ago I saw a wire cross and thought to myself. That's it....that is what I want to make first. So I searched and searched and SEARCHED for the tutorial or instructions to do this. I found a lot of tutorials...but nothing was really very close to what I had in mind. I knew what it was I wanted to make....but I couldn't find anything even resembling what I had in my head.
I pulled out a bunch of wire right around the same time I was hunting for the DIY link I thought I could find....every night...I would pick up the wire....and play with it....and then put it back down. I did this every day and night for about a week....FINALLY, with my husband sitting next to me on the couch....and the wire sitting on the little table right in front of me while we watched "Wipeout" on ABC....I just grabbed the wire and told him....that's it...I am just going to go for it. And I did....and here is my first wire wove-wrapped up cross. I used Swarovski bi-cone crystals also....let me know what you think....but be gentle.....I did this without instructions and no net...lol....this is my first shot at this.....

I am going to make a chain to go with it. I know it isn't that great. But hey...at least I just went for it. I am happy at that. I made it. I did it. I had the cuts all over my fingers to show for it too lol.

Well....time to get to making some new items for the shop...I listed a few new ones today. Go check them out at http://beadedindulgences.etsy.com/

See ya later

Back To School Sale at BeadedIndulgences.etsy.com

Hey everyone...it is that time of year again...and to celebrate this time honored tradition of the yearly "Back To School" shopping sprees and beating the crowds...I thought this would be a terrific time to have a sale at our new store as well. We all know our girls can't go back to school without the coolest, hippest, funkiest and trendiest fashions...and that includes jewelry...of course!
So from now until the end of August when you visit my new online store at http://beadedindulgences.etsy.com/ and you purchase an item...you get the next item at 50% off *. We can't let them go back without all the coolest looks...I have been adding many new items...and you should see the ones that I am getting ready to list...they will be a sure "must have" for all young ladies...and hey...don't forget to Indulge yourself Mom...I have plenty of terrific looks for us there too. Oh...by the way....when you receive your order...be sure to look inside the package...you will have a surprise waiting inside! See ya there...but until then....
..Go and do what you love.




*50% off item that is of equal or lesser value
*Discount does not apply to shipping charges