This weekend

Well, I got some stuff.......cool stuff actually:) I got some pretty things for my studio on the quest to make it a great place & funky place to get inspiration:) I bought a sewing machine, I wanted one for a while so now I can really venture out to mix media creations, I am so EXCITED!!!!

I also got plants/flowers & catus for the yard. IT was so windy on Sunday that we only got a few items planted in planters and put out.

Tonight, I am determined to get more creations & pictures & updating Etsy. Mom will have to bring Ms Diva Peaches out. We have started howling together...it is pretty darned funny. She is starting to play play more & it is so cool to see her sweet & GOOFY personality coming out:)

almost done with work. I am so glad my tests are at the end of this week. I just took a nitro earlier. That stuff gives you a kick arse headache but after you take it, my heart feels much better. The Lord is with me, praise Jesus!

Creative fairy has hit.........briefly!

All pictures are copyrighted by Jolene Hardy

That darned fairy, if I thought it would keep her in my studio, I would clip her wings but that is rather evil so I have to live thru her journeys. Let me see, I took a bunch of pictures to update Etsy shoppes, monkey mom is working on that. I create something that I am not sure what I am calling it yet.....I made some jewelery and basically hung up more pictures, clean up and moved things around. That has helped.

I quit all my pills that are like motrin etc...tummy feels much better, body aching worse, sigh. I will keep fighting the good fight.

almost christmas & issues with ICE resin.

I am so trying to get in the Christmas spirit but I just can't. Day job is a scoorage and it is draining not just holiday cheer but life spirit out of me. I am praying about it of course and wondering what kind of lesson that God wants me to learn out of this?

I did put some jewelery in Henry's shop, it is 50/50 so I will keep it in there for 3 months, yes I have intventory sheet and it it doesn't go, then I pull it out.

I am having one heck of a time getting my ICE resin to cure properly this time!!! HELP!!!!

Have a very Merry Christmas and I will to:)

Fort Hood

We need to remember to keep the entire post in our minds and our prayers and the list of wounded and dead listed below:

Among them are Justin Johnson of Punta Gorda, Florida; George Stratton II of Post Falls, Idaho; Kimberly Munley, the Fort Hood police officer who returned fire and halted the suspect; Nathan Hewitt of Lafayette, Indiana; and Keara Bono of Independence, Missouri, Ray Saucedo, hometown unspecified; Spc. Grant Moxon, of Lodi, Wisconsin; Amber Bahr, of Random Lake, Wisconsin; Matthew Cooke, hometown unspecified; and Staff Sgt. Joy Clark, of Des Moines, Iowa.

I am sadden to hear about this yesterday and being a veteran who served in the Gulf War I, this is so very tragic and sad. Even pray for the shooting and his family.

May God keep them close.

Prayers!

Church here in Tucson pic by Jolene Hardy

Please pray for the success of the show tomorrow, Tom's knee will hold up (it has been hurting for a year & finally he goes into the doctor, we will learn more later) and that we can sell loads of stuff, meet more people and most importantly, have a great time.

I will be sure to bring a camera so you can all see the booth and my poor sign, be gentle.....:)

Have a happy and fulfilling weekend and both shops will be on vacation mode starting @1615 pst. :)

The week from HE**

You know, just when things can't get any worse, it does. I am getting hit with awful news at day job, life crap, the only thing is that my jewelery is getting photographed well, Tom & I are great and my family is safe & healthy. Those are all blessings.

Satan is being a pain & he needs to go away and I pray that God will bind him, which he will.

sheesh........

Life stuff

I haven't been on the computer much, nor making jewelery much nor feel like talking to people. Doing a great deal of thinking and will be praying on it later, life changes. Not getting married but my day job. I work at a corrupt place from the top on down. I find it increasly difficult to work here. So, I am weighing all options & will be doing some praying on it later. I have enough years in to retire but I am too young....I think it is time to go do something else that doesn't bother me ethically. Yes, I protect my staff when I can but it appears that is being taken away from me as well. Not from my boss or any type of punishment just the way the system is.....

Please pray that I receive direction from God to know where he wants my path to go.

weekend & stuff

Graveyard at Tombstone.

Horrible day at day job and no computer at Tom's house so no posting of me until maybe Sunday sometime. Have a wonderful weekend all & may God bless!

No win for monkeys this Tuesday

Oh well, keep on trying:) I will list that piece in my shop on Etsy, maybe, I really love it and it is so comfortable to wear, very light. Rome wasn't built in a day, neither will this monkeys empire!! (please read to the sounds of the dark side of the force in star wars...LOLOLO)

It has been a crummy awful evil morning at day job. I am going to pray that God will switch that around and give me the wisdom when I am in a meeting this afternoon to be postive and try to offer up different soluctions...amen!

I will survive!!!!!!!!

Pain..................SUCKS!

I have been having loads of problems with my left shoulder. I have a very bad back spasm/strain and nothing I am doing is helping with the pain nor can I sleep. I finally went to the ER last night because I could NOT take the amount of pain that I was in. They checked to make sure that I wan't having a heart attack, woman display heart attack symtons totally different than men, and my doctor gave me some perocet. Mind you, my t4 came in that mail yesterday and weren't touching it. I got back home around 0530 and fell asleep finally.

I am still really hurting now but at least with the perocet, I will be able to sleep. This sucks and now, back to the regular beading portion of this show. The etsy shoppes are totally updated and I will put some pics up on the pics that I got from using Tom's camera...

PS Please pray for me that they will be able to do something to help me out with this pain issue. I haven't had pain like this EVER!

Updated on Etsy

Finally, got some update on Etsy in both Funky Monkey Girls and Vivamexico etsy shoppes:) Tom's camera takes really awesome pictures:) hooray! I have some more to edit which hopefully I will get to tonight.

In TONS of pain today so I am wearing my TENS unit, kind of helping and waiting for my pain meds, sigh.....I am so relating to Frida Kahlo right now.

It is Friday

I think I have a cold. I haven't had a cold in forever but I don't have a sinus infection so I am thinking I have a cold, bleck. Time to stock up on Nyquil and other things so I feel better, bleck.

Tom is the man! He is going to help me out with this business in doing things that I am kind of uncomfortable doing or mom just can't find the time to do it anymore. I am really excited about that so we will be exploring that avenue when his kids go home on Tuesday.

I am exploring Tombstone tomorrow and it should be fun. Now, I need to remember how to edit photos on my laptop and I will be ready to go. I have a bag filled with jewelery that needs their picture taken! I am also looking for classes in digital photography so I can do that better also:)

Please pray that I feel better! I am use to the fibro pain etc but I hate it when I get sick on top of that crap.....

Training

I feel that I am never going to get thru the mandatory training I have to do for the day job. I and mom figured out where our creativity has run off to...the circus for a while :) I am so busy at work and then figuring out and excitement about the house.

Please pray for my youngest brother Jeff, he is having some werid readings on his ECG. We have horrible heart problems on both sides of the family.

Back to training...

eurka moment

I know where mom and I's creativity has disappeared to, it is in a lovely dish waiting for us to quit thinking about house stuff:) At least, that is where I am hoping it is at because if it left the building, it will be rather hard to find.

I found out that there was shooting at my apartment complex! Okay, very freaking out at this moment! There are a lot of older folks and many who aren't very molble living there and I worry about them. We had a security guard at night but no weapon? He isn't going to be too effective! Oh Lord, give everyone protection at my apartment complex and keep them from harm.

I am quite grumpy at day job land. Flu stuff, provider stuff, changing/setting up clinic stuff....ARGH!!!! Happy it is Friday!

Our weekend plans are going to Ikea in Phoenix to check out furniture. Art stuff in our lives, we have TONS of "worry dolls" and thinking of ways to display them in jewelery etc.....ideas are starting to flow togther. Box of goodies sent to Margaret's store. I need to get more things together for the museum as well than that package will be sent out.

creating

Oh mom and I had such fun creating stuff!!! I also created my first steampunk piece of jewelery!!! It is going to be a pin. Now, I have to pour resin over it cause I doubt if glue will keep everything down and that just looks werid....at least in my opinion LOL!

We are making jewelery for new store, once I can get the bloody thing set up (sigh), museum and for my mexican momma's shop. Loads of things to do.....mom is getting most of her work done during the day so when I come home, beading we go! Please pray that they sell their house in Florida!!!

my doctor

My doctor had a stent put in yesterday and he isn't doing good at all. Please pray for him. I can't give out his name on here but it is Dr M. He is a wonderful doctor & man and I guess a really strong Christian which I didn't know about it.

He didn't do well with his last open heart surgery and they may have to do surgery again.

We are all worried about him!