My 65th!!!!!

What a whirlwind of a month for my 65th birthday! I also have two friends who have birthdays in March so it was a month of presents and lunches/dinners! Now I have to go on a very strict eating plan! I still have one lunch to go!

Cory, Riyoko and Wenyee (a friend of the kids and ours, too) came home for the weekend (my birthday was the 27th) and we had so much fun. Friday started out with lunch with Carla at Kings Fish House at the District - this is the best place for fish, especially crab cakes! Then Saturday Dick took us girls to the Auction, where he buys "stuff" (my new favorite word) for his garage sale, (Cory was at his Fantasy Baseball thing that he does). After that we headed to Lake Mead Cruises, where Dick used to be the GM, walked down to the vessel and threw popcorn in the lake for the carp. We then headed to Hoover Dam for the girls to go down and walk through and then we headed to Boulder City for lunch at Mel's diner and shopping! When we got home, the girls took a nap and I worked in my craft room. For dinner, we ordered 3 different types of pizza, stromboli and a nice big salad from Carmines for dinner. Eat, eat & eat again!

On Sunday Cory took the girls to the movie, "Hot Tub in a Time Machine" which was really funny - Dick stayed home to work in the garage for his next Garage Sale. Then Sunday evening, we headed to Texas de Brazil at Town Center for a fabulous dinner of salads, appetizers, and lots of delicious meat - if you have never been to a Brazilian Restaurant, you must try this one. Dick and I have been to one in LA twice and a long time ago we used to go to one on Paradise Road but it doesn't compare to Texas de Brazil! We then came home and the kids headed back to LA and Dick and I just collapsed and I am still trying to catch up on my sleep!

Thank you to Cory, Riyoko, Wenyee and all of my friends for all of the wonderful gifts!

The best thing about being 65 is being on Medicare!!!!

My Last Jewelry Class

Last Friday Jackie & I took a free-style neck-strap class where we needed to design first one side around our pendant of choice and then the other side. Well, guess who didn't bring their pendant but I knew I was going to use one from one of previous copper classes but that was of no use that day since I didn't have it. Jackie was kind enough to give me one of hers that was perfect which came from the perfect girl!

We were supposed to have each segment tell a story - well, I can tell you any story you want to hear! When we finished one side, we could do the other side the same or different and mine was a little of the same and a little different. This class was fun and I am sure it will help me in the future in designing a neck-strap instead of what I sometimes do now which is find a bead cord that matches the pendant or just string beads with maybe a crystal!

The outside neck strap is the one I recently made and the one in the middle is one I could also wear to give it a layered look!

Yes, I know my picture is sideways - what else do you expect from me?