Wire Bird Nest Necklaces and alot of Laughing!

Yesterday one of my knitting group friends came over and I taught her how to make wire bird nest necklaces. Patty brought some of her beautiful tiny glass beadwork over and I was amazed at all the things she had brought to show me-they were absolutely gorgeous! She used to work for her friend, who has a bead shop in California. Every time there was a class, she would sign up for it and she learned some absolutely gorgeous things!

Patty made 2 bird nest necklaces for Christmas gifts, which turned out wonderful! She is a natural. We laughed and told stories about each others lives the whole time. John came in at one point and was laughing at us laughing like a bunch of schoolgirls! Atleast it was fun and we had a wonderful time! We have decided to do this more often and hopefully there will be alot of laughing again!

The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

I just started listening to this book. It seems like this is going to be a good summer read (or in my case summer listen). Here is a review from Booklist on amazon.com. When I'm done with the book I'll post my review.

"Set during the summer of 1968 in Palo Alto, California, Clayton’s novel chronicles the lives of five women who conduct a weekly writing group at their neighborhood park. Frankie is an unassuming midwesterner whose inventor husband brings them to the burgeoning Silicon Valley. She meets Linda, the all-American athlete; Kath, the southern belle; Brett, the enigmatic scientist; and Ally, the shy bohemian. The women share their feelings about marriage and motherhood and together mourn the assassination of Robert Kennedy and watch as man walks on the moon and feminists protest the Miss America pageant. They support one another through illness, infertility, racism, and infidelity—and encourage each other through publishers’ rejections. Readers will be swept up by this moving novel about female friendship and enthralled by the recounting of a pivotal year in American history as seen through these young women’s eyes."

Matthews, NC Farmer's Market

John and I got up our usual, early time because we had decided we were going to the Matthew's Farmer's Market. We got some wonderful things there and I ran into one of my knitting group friends! John knows her from the title industry so they caught up too. You have to get to the Farmer's Market pretty early or everything is gone. The bell rings at 7:15 to start the market and everyone is off to gather all their veggies, cheese, organic meat, eggs, herbs, flowers, soaps, breads and baked good, etc. for the week. Here is what I got today:


Some yummy looking yellow summer squash. I love this steamed with just a hint of butter and pepper! I'm having this tonight!


A lovely loaf of homemade pumpernickel bread made by a local baker.


Fingerling Potatoes-love them.


Cucumbers for cucumber salad tonight-yum!


I love these tomatoes-they are a fabulous heirloom tomato. Can't wait to have a tomato sandwich with them on it-yummy! They are called Cherokee Purple.


John and I have been talking about eating more organically grown meat. So we bought a slab of organically grown pork bacon from a local farm. We took their price list from them too so we can buy more things from them.


Some baby zucchini.

After the Farmer's Market John and I went to a little place near there for breakfast. We came on home and worked on the flowers in the courtyard. Now we will putter around the house, read and I might create some more jewelry. Last night I added some more things to my etsy site. Take a look! I added 2 more pairs of earrings and 2 hand knitted dishcloths I made out of 100% cotton.

Everyone have a wonderful weekend!

Oh no snip, snip!!!!

Last night after work I had a hair appointment. I was suppose to have a haircut and highlight. I should back up a little. I got a call about 4 days ago that said my hairdresser was no longer at the salon I was going to and they could reschedule my appointment with someone else. I was a little hesitant, but thought I would give another hairstylist a try. Well that was the wrong decision on my part!! I got to the appointment 10 minutes early (5:50 p.m.) and I didn't leave the salon until 9:15 p.m.!! Now my hair isn't that long, just medium length so it shouldn't have taken that long. The worst part of it was I was minus 3" of hair!!!! After much mixing of highlight and lowlight color and about 50-60 foils later and chop, chop of the hair I walked out of the salon with 3" of hair less and my purse was $105.00 lighter! While I was paying and trying to keep my composure the floor manager told the hairstylist I had they wanted to see her and he let almost everyone else leave. Not a good sign! Maybe that hairstylist will have the same luck as my last hairstylist that was let go! On the hunt for a new stylist again!!

Review of Smash Cut by Sandra Brown

Here is what Publishers Weekly Starred Review had to say about Smash Cut. This superlative romantic thriller from bestseller Brown (Smoke Screen) features a particularly memorable villain, sociopath Creighton Wheeler, who's obsessed with re-enacting scenes from films like Strangers on a Train and Frenzy. When Creighton's wealthy uncle, Paul Wheeler, is shot dead in an apparent robbery at an Atlanta hotel, Paul's close friend, gallery owner Julie Rutledge, attempts to persuade the police that Creighton ordered the hit. Creighton's father asks Derek Mitchell, a criminal lawyer, to represent the accused Creighton, but Derek declines because he had a plane tryst en route to Paris with Julie after Paul's murder. Angered by Derek's refusal, Creighton stalks Julie; targets Derek's dog, Maggie; and plots to kill the ex-girlfriend of his henchman, Billy Duke, after Billy has second thoughts about helping Creighton. Brown skillfully charts Julie and Derek's quest to catch the slippery fiend. Multiple smash cuts (abrupt scene shifts) lead to a wonderfully frenzied finish.

My opinion:

I thought this was a good whodunnit. There was certainly alot of action in this book. Sometime the gruesome details of the murders was a little bit much a times. Aside from that I liked the book. Creighton Wheeler certainly was a villian you did not like. He was a very vile human being. Sometimes the character of Julie Rutledge was a naive, but for the most part believable. This was a good summer read for me! Sandra Brown does it again!

Zedonk

I needed a break from what I was doing at work so I decided to check my home e-mails. Well rr.com had this little cutie on one of their main news stories! Isn't she the cutest little thing you ever did see!!! I want one. Enjoy the picture of the little 4-day old Zedonk. Yes, it is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. So cute!!

Summer is flying by!

Summer is flying by and I've taken a few moments to think about some of the summer things I love. Here are a few of them:


Blue and White decorating


Sitting on the porch.


Going to the Beach!


Wearing shell jewelry.


Wearing flip flops.


Eating watermelon.


Making Sandcastles at the beach! Isn't this a beauty!


Having a picnic at the beach!


Eating yummy crab.


Or some corn on the cob.


Collecting shells to take home so you can remember your trip to the beach.

There are so many wonderful things you can do during the summer. Summer might be flying by but atleast we have a few months left of it! Enjoy it while you can!