Hi! Finally we trouble-shot our broken refrigerator.  I love the internet and sites like Appliance Blog and Acme How To.  This is the third household appliance we have managed to fix due to their helpful hints and tips.  Thank you so much!!!  The parts are ordered and now we just need to install them when they arrive.  On top of that I have a cleaned out frig and freezer.  It is like we are starting all over.

Now I am off to tackle the taxes.

Hi!  Whoop!  Whoop!! I lit the torch today and actually made four boro marbles…nothing fancy just some implosions.  I found out that I need larger marble molds.  Also, boro is so much easier to round up then softglass.  I have only made a handful of softglass marbles and one boro mini-marble before today.  I really need to practice before John Kobuki’s class later this month.  So all is good in the studio today.

More soon~

Fay

Hi! Mark your calendars fellow Tampa Bay Area glass melters for a fun-filled get-together on April 12, 2008.  More information can be found at: Florida Flames .

Hi!  I haven’t totally disappeared…just drowning in teacher stuff all of a sudden.  It seems to go in spurts, as soon as I think everything is finally on track and I am ahead with my teacher work, a huge roadblock occurs.  I have been chipping away at it and hopefully by the end of this week, life will be a little more calm.

More chitchat soon~

Take care~

Fay 

during bead and gem show week.  The shows take over the entire city.  This is my first year missing out on selling in Tucson since I moved.  I am definitely peagreen with envy that my friends are there running to every bead show and checking out all of the new creations.  My favorite show is the Best Bead Show.   Lewis Wilson and his show crew orchestrate a fabulous show offering a beautiful array of artist glass beads to the public.  So if you happen to be in Tucson, drop in the Best Bead Show and say Hi to all of my glass melting peeps!

Hi!  I heard on The View about these quizes that you can take and it will give you a list of the Presidential candidates for all political parties and a  % on how close each candidate is to your theoretical president.  So of course I had to hunt them down and check them out.  This was my favorite of the ones I completed.  I found them to be very interesting…..how about you?????

Quiz Link

The Giants won!!! Way to Go!!!

Hi!  Today is Superbowl Sunday.  Last night my hubby made enchiladas for the Superbowl party that we are going to where most of the people are Patriot fans.  My entire life my father has been a Giants fan…Sunday’s were always filled with Giant football games.  So of course, I am all for the Giants winning tonight.  The underdogs will go all the way!! 

Go Giants! Go!!

How cool is it….. when something catches your eye and you see a blur of something familiar, something that was a part of you, something that you created?  That is what happened to me.  I was reading threads on a forum and in the corner of my eye I saw something that looked like cool flames, so, I had to go check it out.  And, when I did I noticed some of my best beading buddies beads and a litt’l mask of mine peeking up at me!  That really made my night and makes me energized to go create a few beads! 

Thank you Flow Magazine!  You rocked my day!!!

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Hi! Flaming Hot’s question for this week is “What are the little ways you enjoy glass and the business you run?”  I love glass.  I dream about glass.   Being able to squeeze in time to melt glass is being in heaven.  Balancing a fulltime job, family, and a business has been difficult for me to readjust to and do well.  For now, my glass business has had to take a back seat.  I am sure as time goes by I will get back in the swing of things and be able to perfectly balance the three aspects of my life.  So, for me the small moments in the studio are what I yearn for.