My Saturday so far

I got to my Weight Watchers meeting early this morning and got my favorite seat. LOL
I felt really good because I met my 25 pound goal this week. I had hoped to make it two weeks ago but maintained, then I gained .6 last week. This week I'm down 2.4 woo hoo!
Afterwards I went to Joann's Fabrics (didn't have much time, I had an appointment with an optometrist). They had Simplicity patterns on sale for 1.99, but I couldn't find the ones I wanted in my size. Then I couldn't find the things I needed to complete my bracelet. (I got the beads from Fire Mountain Gems earlier in the week.) I'm just gonna send them another order and maybe I can make it next week. I just felt like doing something crafty this weekend.
I watched the Dr. Keith Ablowshow Friday. The subject was "Inside The Minds Of Female Body Builders". They have inspired me to get involved again. Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth I was very involved in the lifestyle. I admired (and still do) Nicole Bass and Chyna (before her life started going downhill). There are numerous female bodybuilders that I admired, Kay Baxter, Kike Eloma, Lyn Conkwright, Georgia Miller Fudge, and Bev Francis. I know there are a lot more I can't remember. I didn't want to get as big as the ladies who competed in Ms. Olympia, but I liked the fact that when I "made a muscle" people took notice. So, on Monday morning it's off to the gym.
I finally finished another book from my 2006 Summer Reading List (see side bar). I have several of them started. I keep one in the truck and one in the car, and one next to my bed. I also read several magazines (one of the 101 things is to get caught up on reading them). I spend most of my reading time reading texts and studying for class. And of course, I spend time here on the pc reading blogs and doing research for class.
I still haven't taken pictures of Hannah, the lawn goose. I'm not sure yet where she is going to be placed. And she still doesn't have any clothes.

Fire Mountain Gems

This afternoon as I was getting ready to go to class someone knocked on the front door. I peeked out the window and saw that it was Fed-Ex. Since Walt was expecting a package I asked him to go to the door. When he came back into the living room, he told me it was for me. It was from Fire Mountain Gems. hmmmmmm......I haven't ordered from them in a while. What could it be? I opened the package and there was a catalog and.....a package of G-S Hypo Cement. There was also a very nice note from Marlynn. In it she stated she had read my blog entry where I spoke of having problems with my bracelet and sent me the cement to fix it. How cool is that??!!

I have been a customer of Fire Mountain Gems in the past, and received very good service. After this you can believe that I will be a customer again, and again, and again! Since I have exams in my next two classes and need to spend spare time studying, I'll get my order in on Thursday for the delicas to make the tiger amulet bag and beads to make a bracelet.

bracelet

This is my first piece of jewelry. It is made from Dalmation jasper oval snowflake obsidian cabochons. I love these colors and think they will match several items in the SWAP I will be making. I have on order more items from Fire Mountain Gems.

I found some pretty patterns for making amulet bags here. I especially like the tiger and snow leopard. It's been quite a while since I've done beading of this type. I'd really like to get started doing it again. Patterns and beads are so much easier to get than when I was beading back in the early '70s.

Blogroll

I'm getting really frustrated. I've been trying to set up a blogroll for
a couple of weeks now. I am making progress, but it is awfully slow. I
am getting the message I need to use the correct user name and not my
email address. BUT...BUT...BUT!! I am using the user name I was set up with!!

This isn't the only thing I'm having a problem with. I can't get the code
from flickr to work on here either. I am not familiar with css or java-
script or XML, whichever it is, to figure out where/what the errors are.

It took me a while to figure out the "glittering lips" errors so they would
show up.

The two books I got at Barnes and Noble yesterday are about XML and javascript. I'm hoping I can get an inkling of how these languages work.

I really miss working with the guys at CGS. They were always up on the latest in geek chic. We had great fun talking about programing languages, the newest technology, and computers in general. We had an interesting job and had lives after work. They were smart and funny. We all promised we would keep in touch, but you know how that goes.....we go in different directions and lead different lives now..... I do see Miss Rosalyn on line in my Yahoo IM contact list every now and then.

I got some glue at Joann's yesterday to glue the sets in my bracelet, so they wouldn't pop out. I still have to wait get new pliers to finish it. The ones I have aren't working very well. As soon as I finish the bracelet, I'll post a pic. I've got to order supplies to make a couple more too. I get them from Fire Mountain Gems. They have some really nice things there. I want to try the Art Clay, as I love silver jewelry. And I especially love bracelets! I'm not a big earring or necklace fan, even though they can "finish" an outfit.