BLACKBERRYBEADS

I hope you’re gonna have a hamburger or hot dog – or maybe even a tomato sandwich like what i”m gonna have…corn on the cob? fruit dessert? like blackberry cobbler!!  I’m ready for this weekend, its gonna be hot (oh who am I kidding, its already hot), and I think a nice fruit drink will do well…

I wanna go see Public Enemies with Johnny Depp this weekend…enough with the blow-up-everything-in-sight kinda movies, we need some real movie stars who know how to act…not some stupid lame-o girls who run thru buildings and get dirty…I want real movies!

Its too dry to light fireworks, but I’m sure there’ll be plenty around tonight and tomorrow…which always makes me nervous cause folks homes catch on fire…I don’t wanna be one…can you see me outside with my garden hose, dousing my yard? yeah, i can too…

The TOUR de FRANCE stars tomorrow!!!  I’m excited!

I’m in the mood to make some felted bracelets…using roving…which I have loads  of…but maybe I need some more? new colors? and beads – I need beads…oh, maybe not tons of beads..but something interesting? pearls? crystals? I’m in the mood to do something I haven’t done in awhile…I’m also in the mood to make some silver rivet rings for these new beads I just posted…I think I gotta get busy!

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Noelle Dass Turtle print…see more of her work here

Now that I’m feeling better, I’m trying to play catch up…errands, grocery, vet, its all gettin’ done…I’m finally at the studio and wanna check out the beads I made yesterday…they are still in the kiln…the groceries are still on the table…had to sit and cool off a bit before jumping in….plus Joe runs around yelling and attacking my legs when I first get here, so if I sit, it tends to relax him…

Back in a bit…hope its not hot where you are…rock on!

I’ve cleaned my work station and am firing up the kiln…I’ve got some ideas I want to try from Kristina’s class…making teeny dots w/ a rod is hard…I might have to skip that part…

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Last night I was upstairs printing labels and shipping beads (hurray!)…I don’t use the computer upstairs for anything other than printing because I use my MacBook instead…so, I fired up the old computer, its working just fine, thankfully…I opened email and IE7.0 and Stamps.com and Paypal to get everything ready for me to print and ship…while loading up Paypal, I found someone else’s login information automatically pre-filled in the login window..which was very unusual, because I don’t know who the person is that was autofilled…but the worst part of all – when I clicked on the password window, their password auto-filled into the field and I was able to log into their Paypal account as if it were my own…

I have no idea how this happened, but it makes me wonder if I am able to receive random people’s email/login AND passwords, what are other folks able to do? This computer never leaves the house, and its not like i’ve had anyone over to use it…it makes no sense to me at all.

Its not like I coulda withdrawn any money from the account (the account was empty, but still active), but I could do all sorts of damage to the account like remove addresses, phone numbers, change passwords…I suppose if there were money in the account and I knew what I was doing (which I don’t often), I could figure out a way to withdraw it – meaning so could anyone else who logged into any other account…isn’t that what they talk about ‘hacking’ into accounts is all about?

Anyway, I guess the moral of this story is – be careful, but even if you are careful, bad things can happen for whatever really weird reason…makes me wonder if my account info is out there in the internets waiting for someone to smash into it…nice…

Its finally raining here…which sounds mundane to ya’ll, I’m sure, but its been in the 100’s most of this month, with no rain for weeks…the ground was yellow and crunchy…there was a fire about 50 yards from our house, from a transformer overheating…its been 105-107 for the past week…hot hot hot…so now, its raining and we are all emerging from our homes like we haven’t seen rain in months…we need about 3 months of rain to make up for our deficit, but I’ll take today…wouldn’t it be great if it rained all day? I”m fine with that…

I brought home all the pieces for shipping (except I forgot the Icicle earrings, d’oh!)…I’m heading upstairs to get started shortly…I’m looking forward to shipping, its a good way to unwind and get everything organized…

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I haveta say, i’m feeling better, although not completely healed quite yet…but i’m well enough to get up and get my life back, I’ll just cough all over you if you get too close…the meds are working, things are loosening up and at times when it does, I cannot stop coughing…thankfully, its happening less and less each day…

I looked at my calendar – and don’t have anything lined up right now…no shows, no classes, no trips, no nothing…its a good feeling, actually…i can concenrate on beads, and getting work done…I like having wide open calendars where I can pick and choose what I need to do…and I’m ready to get back on the torch, its been TOO LONG…

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