TFT - or - Its Raining again!

Yep - more rain. :)

Last night went well, all things considered.

Leftovers didn't go quite as planned, a slight detour but still got to the bench by around 7pm I think.

Unfortunately my son didn't give me quite as wide a bearth as he usually does and so my work was oft interrupted.

Then a mildly disturbing/unsettling call from my daughter further threw me off track.

Top it all off I spent some time searching for a ring finger sizing doo-hickey thing (yes, I did find it - success!) but in the process of moving things around, I took a small towel with about 6 pieces of jewelry on it, a few misc. stones, and some findings - I brought all the corners up and carefully moved it off my bench and left it folded up on a desk nearby. Sounds good, right?

Well it was, until..............during my search I thought "aha, it might be under there!"

and I quickly snatched up the towel, completely forgetting I had items wrapped up - FLING! they all went flying.

grrrrrrrrrrr. I'm an idiot.

So back to the bench - I spent some time trying to find JUST the right stone for Candace's ring...and more time trying ot decide what/how to make it - contemplating a departure from my norm, then though, no - maybe my norm is good - the process will go smoother, and that may be what is expected, something that is 'known' as 'my style' (if I even HAVE a style!).

I was mildly perturbed at myself that I couldn't seem to find a blue stone that I liked -- in the end I did find one though in a container I had almost forgotten about - YAY! And I did get Candace's ring almost done - just need to do some polising/finishing and set the stone. I'm excited - I hope she likes it!

I began two more pieces - one a ring and the other, well, I'm not sure - it was going to be a ring, but it grew and now I think it may be a pendant.

I ended up taking a little potty break (TMI?) at about 10pm - I thought it was so much later - and got sidetracked in a convo with my Mom, so I never made it back to the bench - well, just long enough to take some things out of the pickle and rinse them. Then it was lights out and back upstairs to watch a re-run of Law and Order with my Mom (we are so pathetically hooked on that show).

In other news.....well............hmmmm....ok.........ummmm, welll........hm.

I'm leaving work early today to be in court - my daughter has an appearance this afternoon....maybe I'll just leave it at that. Please keep us in prayer - I don't even know what to tell you to pray for....peace of mind for all of us I suppose.

I was reading a post today, maybe it was over on Nomadic Creations..? About slowing down, seeing our surroundings, being aware of the beauty around us --

so I'll leave you with a photo I took a few years back after a rainstorm - a rainbow as seen through the trees in my yard. Kind of fitting for me today - a good reminder of God's promises. :)

~Janice