Ending a lovely weekend, starting a new week.

I made a handful of ugly beads yesterday.  That's ok though, I didn't really have a plan and wasn't really trying.  Mostly I just needed to clean up some rods that were left messy and get reacquainted with my small torch after using that fabulous $900 torch on Saturday (WANT!).  I pulled out the dirty and pointy rods and practiced mixing, swirling and striping.  Most beads came out either kind of boring or out-right ugly and misshapen, but I wound up with one "perfect" bead, and by "perfect" I mean it came out looking exactly like I had intended, which for a newbie like me doesn't happen often.  I made one with zebra stripes.  It's slightly lop-sided, but the stripes came out *perfectly*!

Stripes and Swirls and Color Mixing

I'm going to be doing a lot more of that this week.  It was stupid of me to let so many weeks go by without making torch time.  I get my priorities screwed up a lot.

Yesterday Craig asked me, "So, this is your Big Birthday *Month*, right?  Can I give you one of your presents?" then tells me he installed new speakers in my car for me!  *SQUEE!*  He'd been outside "fixing my loose door handle" (or so he said) and already installed them,.  :)  YAY!!!  I can listen to Muse again without having to turn the base almost completely down!

My bunny girls are finally getting along.  I'm not sure I'd say they're bonded, but this weekend I've started leaving them out together without having to constantly watch over them for fear that fur will start flying.  There's a wee bit of mutual grooming going on, but mostly they seem to ignore each other, which is a HUGE improvement over the months of aggression.  Not quite bonded yet, but I do get the impression they're starting to enjoy each other's company, for the most part.

Ok.  Time to get the day started.  This week needs to be very different from last week.