First 5k

It has been a really interesting weekend!  Friday was my 29th birthday and I had a blast.  I was the best birthday that I can ever remember.  Then on Saturday I ran my first 5k at sunshine school.  It was the worst 3.1 miles that I have ever done.  I was not prepared for what was in store for me.  As you can see I was waving and smiling when the race started and then you can see the look of exhaustion on my face as I crossed the finish line.  My trainer David had me to the 5k and I'm sure that he will want me to do the one coming up in June.  I did 3.1 miles in 49 minutes so I guess I will train and try to do a better time in June.  I will defently have to find me some better shoe support because my feet were killing me after the race and then today the tendons in my feet are aching.  Hey...i"m just proud of myself for finishing the race.

Been awhile!

I haven't been on the blog scene much these last few weeks because life has been crazy. I am the President of our Merchants Association and I have been busy planning our Antiques and Arts Fair which was held this past Saturday. It has consumed most of my time and what time I haven't been working on it I have been busy planning for our store remodel in May and reading a new series of books that I have found called Cirque Du Freak.  It is a wonderful series of books about a young boy who becomes a half vampire and it tells the tale of his life as a new vampire.  The series has 12 books in it so far and I have just started reading book #6. I guess you could say that I have become a little obsessed like I was when i read the Twilight Series. 

VICTORY~~!!!!!!!!!

Victory!  I have been telling my friends Leslie and Gina that they needed to read the Twilight Series and watch the first two movies since the third one is getting ready to come out.  I read the series right after Christmas and feel in love with the books.  Well I invited Leslie over to the house tonight to eat supper and I put Twilight in wile we were eating supper and she was instantly sucked in!  VICTORY!  Now I have someone to go and watch the thrid movie with.  June 30th...here I come!

Back Problems

Ok, so I have never had any type of back problem until last Thursday and it is killing me.  I now have a new respect for anyone who says that their back is hurting.  I did it while working out.  I don't know what I did but all I know is that it hurts.  It was starting to feel better on Monday so I made the stupid mistake of trying to cut grass and work out in the yard.  Well BIG MISTAKE!  I could hardly get out of bed this morning and I can't stand up straight.  Looks like it's going to be a long day!

I have went Resin Crazy!

So, I have went Resin Crazy! I have been trying out the new UV Resin that we got in a couple of weeks ago.  I have made quite a few pieces with the resin and have loved it.  Anyone who knows me knows that I love the Twilight Series.  My friend Leslie told me that I could go to etsy.com and purchase digital sheets of twilight clip art that are the size of a scrabble tile. I went online last night I purchased 8 different collage sheets and went to staples and had them printed out so that I would have some really good ink. Well...needless to say I have went a little crazy with them!

As you can see I have my UV light full with new pieces.  I am still trying to learn a few things about the Resin. The one thing I have yet to figure out is why certain shapes of the bezels create bubbles in the Resin as it cures. 

Here are a few of my finished pieces.

Mud Bones

Well yesterday was Monday and Sammy and I decided to go out and try a new Restaurant in town that we have never eaten at.  Last week was Barleys so this week we decided to try Mudbones in Spindale. I was really good.  The interior to the place was nice and the waitress was super sweet.  They had some great lunch specials.  Sammy got a pulled pork sandwich, french fries, and a drink for $5.00.  I got a hot dog, tater tots, and a drink for $5.00.  This is a great deal considering a chicken sandwich meal at Burger King right now is almost $7.00.  That's right....you can eat cheaper at a local restaurant than  you can at some fast food places.  Anyways, if you haven't tried it you really should because they had great food!

The bottom picture is a new pair of earrings that I made this week.  There is a new bead store in Spartanburg called Robins Bead Nest.  I visited it last week and purchased these plastic beads.  I stacked the blue flower on top of the brown one, put 2 different kinds of spacers on a headpin and stuck them through the center of both pieces to keep them together.  Even though these earrings are massive they are super light because of them being plastic.  Plus, I am the only human being on the planet right now to have a pair.  Ain't I just the luckest girl in the whole world?   :)

New Sandles!

So I hate hot weather but I love to wear sandles and flip flops.  These eare my newest pair. I bought them last week at Spindale Drugs new gift shop.  The medallions on the top are interchangable meaning that you can buy other medallions to go on top and store the others.  I love them!

I have been really busy the last couple of weeks trying to get the April Class schedule finished.  It seems like it takes forever to figure out what to teach.  I spend countless hours on the internet looking for fun ideas and hours coming up with projects of my own.  By the time I come up with one schedule, it seems like it takes me forever.  Not to mention that I am picky and I work and re-work the schedule to where I am happy with the times and happy with the fact that I think my customers will love the classes. I have written up all of the class descriptions and now Sammy is hard at work putting them all down on a calender and on the website.  Look for it later this week at http://www.offthebeadedpathbeadstore.com/