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January 22, 2004
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We're back from the retreat, and we had fun - not that we had much time there. It rained on the way down, traffic was really slow, then we hit a restaurant for dinner, then the grocery for sodas/ice for the cooler. The retreat started at 5:00, we got there at 7:30..stayed till 10:30 and went to the hotel..checked in and played around w/ stringing beads...then one of our roomies got sick in the night and was heaving in the bathroom - which was interesting, I realized Ihadn't heard that sound in a very long time...Got back to sleep, woke up at 10:30am on Sat - breakfast had been served at 8:30 at the retreat...got there around noon, just in time for lunch. Made a frog on the torch and then we took off around 3:00 (retreat was over at 6:00). So, for the most part, we weren't even there..But we had fun all together and laughed the whole time. Heard some interesting stories, learned some neat techniques and bought some cool shoes. All in all, a good day for shopping. Oh, Ibought some CZ's to play with, we'll see if I like how they work into my beads...it will be interesting to say the least - if I don't break them all first. I've heard they can be tricky to work with, and that they can crack, or the bead around them can crack. Kim Miles makes great flower beads w/ them as the centers, they'd also make nice stars in a nighttime sky...I hope I have success with one or two...
for everyone who bought stuff from me in the past 2 days or so, I've addressed all the labels, and will be mailing your packages out Monday or Tuesday. I'm working on my sales tax this weekend - its due Tuesday, and I hope to have them done soon, but if things get ugly it might take an extra day to sort them out. But never worry, all the beads will be ready to go and you'll have them by the end of the week!
<--my class comes up next Sunday - i'm really looking forward to it!
Posted by Donner at January 22, 2004 10:33 AM