12.27.07
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I couldn’t sleep last night…so I flicked channels. I came across a documentary narrated by George Clooney. Figured I would watch it, sometimes docs put me to sleep. OMG that doc did anything but that. in fact, it woke me up…in more ways than one.
What is going on in Darfur is shameful and horrendous. Our friggin president uttered the word “genocide” regarding Darfur. I have to check it all out, but I am sure that once a world leader says genocide then they must act. Yes, America sends relief efforts, but most of that comes from private organizations or citizens wanting to make a difference. We went to War to fight genocide when Hitler committed it, why on earth aren’t we doing anything?? i am opposed to war, especially the one in Iraq…but…if military force could stop the deaths, torture, and rape of the people of Darfur then we should do whatever is necessary. It is hard to think that perhaps world leaders, including our president, doesn’t care bc there isn’t an economic reason to care about Darfur…even harder to think that they don’t care bc it’s just a bunch of poor black folks. Wake the hell up!!! It’s a HUMANITY issue!! There are more genetic differences in individual people than there are between “races”. I hate that word, RACE…there is one friggin race, the HUMAN race! We are ALL the same RACE! Science has proven time and time again that the original humans came from our African brothers and sisters. Humanity began in Africa, yet, we allow humanity to be slaughtered in Africa. It’s sad, it’s shameful, and it’s pitiful.
I think everyone should read up on Darfur. I heard that if only 100 people wrote their senators and congress people from each state then it would become a political priority. So, basically, humanity is a political popularity contest? damn. So, make it popular. write, email, call. make a difference.
I am actually working on a plan to aid those in the camps in Darfur. When i get the logistics figured out, you will all know.
Do something. Ignorance is an excuse, but now you know, so you will have to live with what you do or don’t do.
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I can’t wait for 2008. This has been quite a year! Last post, I wanted peace and quiet…did I get it? hecky no!!!
December 2 brought us a horrible storm. The winds blew and blew for over 24 hours. The last reading before power went out was 109mph winds. Our house was shaking. The power was out for 4 days. I sure don’t know how the pioneers did it. We couldn’t leave town bc we are surrounded by water and only a couple of roads that lead out…all of the roads were closed. There was no gasoline in town bc of the power outages. A couple of stores opened up without power but there wasn’t much to get. Our laundry room was flooded and we lost a large amount of clothing and towels etc. Five kids bored was bad. We played Candy Land til i thought my eyeballs would pop out. We played every version of cards there is. I sketched. I couldnt have coffee!! well, i finally found some instant coffee at a store. I heard angels sing…i swear. lol. on the way home, happily holding my treasure of instant coffee, i realized that there was no way for me to heat the water!!! Well Duh, i remembered that I have a propane torch!!! tell ya what, that turkey heats a pan of water in 10 seconds flat! On the last night of the power outage (for us) 2 of my boys and i went for a midnight walk bc we were going stir crazy. It was so eerie!! It was so dark, so silent…except for the hum of scattered generators. We were so happy when the power finally came on again. Then it was clean up time. ugh.
I wasn’t feeling well thru it, finally, I went to the hospital. They prescribed antibiotics for a kidney infection. Days later, after taking all of the antibiotics, I felt worse. In fact, I was in total agony!! Thru tears I told sim to get me to the hospital. He knew it was bad cos A, i dont cry over pain, B. i HATE going to the doctor much less the hospital! By the time I got there, i was writhing in pain. The doc called it the “kidney stone dance”. I got a lovely I.V. of something and felt nothing after that. They did a cat scan and found the stones..sent me home to “pass them”. pass…pass sounds so easy. It was a nightmare! I never want to deal with that again, but unfortunately, if u have em once, u will probably get em again. I cut off diet coke…can’t give up coffee…and i drink gallons of water per day now, tho.
We lost a week’s income. that put a damper on Christmas. But we made it through and everyone is happy.
Now that things are calmer and i am well, i am working hard on new jewelry and bead sets.
I was accepted into SRA…Self Representing Artists!!! Just got the email today. So happy.
It’s snowing!!! well that just doesn’t happen much on the Washington coast! It’s not sticking yet. I hope it does. I miss heavy snowfall that we had in Indiana.
ooo wait, scratch that comment …. i need to travel to Frantz glass tomorrow and the road is a twisting turning road…don’t want too much snow…i need glass!!!!! i love glass!!!! i am addicted. lol.
speaking of addiction…heeeheee….i am addicted to the video game that we got the kids…Guitar Hero III. lol!!! the kids are impressed and bragging to their friends about how their mom can rock it. lol!!! Rico is the best at it, running a close second is Jordan, then me, then Tahj, then Tashi (she is so cute playing it cos she does this little knee bending booty shaking dance when she plays the guitar lol), then Myhles, and lastly…poor Sim. lol he gets in this rocker stance, looks good but can’t hit a note to save his butt. lmbo!! We called stores all over yesterday looking for Guitar Hero II bc it has some songs i like. nobody has it tho. sigh. The kids and I stayed up til 4am Christmas night playing it. lol!! rock on dudes and dudettes! til next time,
hugz and lots of peace
Angela
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11.24.07
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Sim took the kids swimming. I have the whole house to myself!! updating my site and off to make some sets of beads. He took me out to dinner last night. It was nice. Very quiet without the kids. lol. we dont do that often. i felt like a bad mommy cos i really didnt feel like going home. We went to a sporting goods store to look for some gym shoes for Rico. We couldnt find a thing in his size. 
he wears a size 15 so….ugh. we did a lil christmas shopping, too. lol parents….we go out for a night alone and end up thinking and doing for the kids. lol. i did manage to buy myself some head pins for the jewelry. So we got home and back to the chaos. A boy down the street spent the night so video games were blaring, computers were blasting, and my daughter was watching a movie so the tv in the living room was blaring. i crawled into my bed and watched Most Haunted and tried to ignore the noise. Didn’t work. Some kids came over to see Tashi and Jordan and they sat on the front porch laughing and talking until i called their cells and told em to come on in. all the sudden, silence. THAT makes me nervous…silence in a house full of kids. lol. but they were all tuckered out and falling asleep. ahhh silence. lol
jordan’s hand was actually broken in 4 places. I don’t really understand how or why but he has continued going to wrestling practice and even played in the annual football game here on Thanksgiving. It looks a lot better. I will be surprised if the doc doesn’t give him the all clear next week.
A friend asked me to make a kitten bead and a black lab dog bead. i did it! i think they are both adorable and will be posting pics tomorrow. Seems like sculpted beads are getting to be my “thing” around here. I like doing them, don’t get me wrong, but, they are pretty tedious. Especially on a HotHead torch.
I made some sugar frit. I raided my kitchen again and found a nice deep spoon to put it in to roll the bead in frit. Hoping to get started on some sugar beads today, too.
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11.15.07
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Jordan broke his hand in 3 places. he fell down a little hill that was rained on…wind was blowing about 80mph that day. ugh!! he is worried that this will end his wrestling and football ….i dont think so. he goes to the orthopedic surgeon in 2 weeks for an evaluation. either the soft cast comes off and he is free, or a hard cast will be put on, or surgery.
so, yeah, wrapping up kids in bubble wrap. my daughter wont look too cute in it on her sweet sixteen party saturday but oh well. lol
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11.10.07
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It’s been a busy month! Football for the little ones ended. My two high school boys still had games. Jordan played JV and Varsity. Rico played freshman C-squad. I always worry about Jordan more bc he runs the ball. Rico blocks but he is a big dude so I never worried too much about him. 3 minutes left in the season for Rico and BAM! he got hit from behind in a dirty hit. It was terrifying. He was having seizures so off to the local rootypoot hospital for him. Then off to Tacoma to the Children’s hospital. He was in ICU and had a lot of seizures. Test after test showed a severe concussion. After 4 nights we got to go home. I was so tired and had a lot of things to catch up on so beads took a backseat for a bit. Thankfully, all is well and I am busy making beads again. woohoo!!! I am almost finished with a nice lil set of Christmas beads. Not sure if I will put em on ebay or on my site. I am also finishing up a really cool necklace. The focal bead is about 1.5 inches long, it is made of a silvered glass with aqua blue transparent lava lamp looking center. The accent beads are silvered and aqua transparent. I think its cool. I have a ton of ideas but so little time. (((sigh))
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I have put up a really cool necklace. I think it would be perfect for that special guy.
It is waaaaay different from the cutesy lil sculpted beads I have been doing. I will be adding a Christmas set in the next couple of days too. Not sure yet if I am going to make a necklace from it or just sell it as a set for you to make your own jewelry from. decisions decisions. lol
I have a couple of really cool florals that I have been inspired by. I got some beautiful sterling silver chain to put them on…waiting for that (((pow!!))) moment when I just know for sure what to design with it.
Well, off to the torch. Hope you like the Industry chain that I put up.
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