Woke up this morning to more snow and a boiler that refused to cooperate. 61 in the kitchen and 30 outside. brrrrr.The poor apprentice plumber has been here and back to town 3 times already but he finally thinks he's found the problem. Hopefully...

OK it's the 7th already and I have yet to pay the bills and reconcile the checkbook. I don't know why I can't get over this and just DO it. Well I do but I don't like to admit it. when you live paycheck to paycheck for nearly 30 years it's tough...

Check this out:

Somebody stop me. PLEASE. I was wandering around both the LE and Torchbugs sites and ran across some beads made with Gaffer Glass's chalcedony. O.M.G. The colors are simply amazing. So of course I had to go over to the Gaffer USA site and look...

I got my hands on some new frit blends the other day and this AMAZING set is the best of the lot. I like it so much I've ordered a bigger jar of the stuff.