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Crafty Weekend

I made a bunch of jewelry over the past couple of days, using bits and pieces from Industrial Chic.  I had a great deal of fun playing with washers and nuts and stuff.  I made four necklaces, three bracelets, a pair of mismatched earrings, a thingie for my medic alert, and a ring.

The mini handcuffs and the bead chain with license plate and key came from an antique shop, but everything else is Industrial Chic.

I'm Back!!

I've spent the last two months in Hartford, CT, commuting home on weekends while I completed the ARC I teacher certification program.  I've never worked so hard in my entire life.  It was exhausting and exhilarating.

I've spent the last couple of days enjoying things I've missed - like being with my family, and sleeping in my own bed (and sleeping in general!)

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CT High School Musical Theater Awards

Wow!  That was some show.  Those kids are absolutely incredible.

The "kids" on Glee have got nothing on these guys.  They sang their hearts out with no electronic sweetening, and did a fantastic job.

And to see my Daniel up on the Palace Theater stage - wow!  But I swear he looked taller than he did when I left home last night!

Back to School!

I am safely ensconced in a hotel in Hartford.  Tomorrow, I start my classes.  The alarm clock is ready to go.  I have to write a short paper and then I can go to bed, although I don’t expect to sleep well tonight.

The town where Daniel’s gala is tomorrow night is actually closer than home, so I’ll see my guys tomorrow night in Waterbury.  The kids are performing 2 numbers from Fiddler, and the cast is up for 9 awards.  I’m so excited to be able to go!

As we loaded up the car, Dumbledore ran down to the garage and tried to get in the car.  He was certain he was going with me (after all he always has before!).  I felt really bad for the little guy, he doesn’t understand.

Excited About The Challenge

Thursday night was the orientation for the program I'll be doing this summer.  It was a long evening, but I came away very pumped and excited about it.  The work is starting already, with a ton of reading and some projects due by the time we get started in June.  I awoke this morning, not just undaunted by all the work, but excited to get started.

I'm hoping to find somewhere inexpensive to stay over in the Hartford area during the week, because Momma needs her sleep and you know the one hour drive each way will be done at the expense of at least two hours of sleep every day.  It's also two hours a day more I could be working on school work.  Each day long lecture is going to be an entire college course worth of information condensed and I'll be plenty busy!

We're also probably talking a tank of gas every other day if I go home every night- yikes!

A Puppy's Dreams

Inspired by this crazy quilt at Piecemakers, my aunt and I have been working on this square - since last Spring!  (I didn't much feel like crafting while I was dealing with breast cancer, but my mood's been looking up lately and I've been crafting again!)

I called it A Puppy's Dreams because the Yorkie in the corner has been wandering in a misty garden and watching the spider and butterfly going about heir business.

Here are some detail shots:

The puppy.

The spider.

The butterfly.

Our signatures.

The puppy and his trail of footprints in the dew.

The bottom right corner of the square where nothing much is happening.

I'm loving my Singer embroidery machine!

Veering in Another Direction Yet Again

I'm not sure if this is plan D or E or what, but I've been accepted into Connecticut's ARC program.  For 9 weeks this summer, full time, I'll be taking classes and student teaching, and when I'm done I'll be certified to teach math in middle and high school.

I no longer enjoy programming the way I used to, and my sanity can't take living apart from my guys any more.  I'm looking forward to the new challenges.

Blue Funk Necklace and Earrings

My aunt gave me a broken shard of flow blue pottery, and I've been playing with it for months.  Mostly I designed it by changing stitches when I got bored!

Fiddler

Dan played a merchant in Fiddler on the Roof at his high school this past weekend.  We're so proud of him for just trying out, and besides ourselves that our freshman was in all the big ensemble numbers and even scored a few lines!

Here he is selling bagels (wait for the transition from the previous scene):

And amongst "the sons" in "Tradition":

A couple more photos: