So, I haven't posted in a very, very long while but I have decided to change that status immediately! I spent the weekend of April 25 & 26 with an amazing bead artist, Marcia DeCoster, who was kind enough to grace us with her talent & presence at the Alaska Bead Company for 4 amazing classes in seed bead work!!
Marcia is a serious blogger (check out her website at http://www.marciadecoster.com) to see her amazing designs, read about her life, and link to her fun blog! So, after hearing Marcia talk about her daily blogging & reading some of her entries (hey, my picture is even on one of the blog entries), I realized that I needed to get my blogging butt in gear. Hats off to you Marcia; you've accomplished what few can -- motivating me (LOL!)
I've been busy working on my Marcia DeCoster jewelry items (Romantica & La Boquita), finding inspiration at every turn, now that finals week is over at UAA. Get this -- I even posted my grades early (for me anyhow!); its just an amazing time all around.
The weather in Anchorage has been dishing out mass amounts of sunshine. We still get down in the high 30s at night but the days are heaven. In fact, Saturday (May 2) we had record breaking temperatures -- thank you God! It was awesome after the dreary, cold, & rainy summer last year. I planted the zucchini, summer squash, acorn squash (we're trying this new this year), sunflowers, strawflowers, and cucumbers in their started pots in the sunroom. I also had to move the cabbage & lettuce plants out to the greenhouse to start hardening them off the same day. Course, silly me, I spaced about how hot it was & put the baby plants in the top shelve of the greenhouse. Thank goodness my dad was around. He noticed where I had put the plants, thought he'd go have a look/see & found the poor babies wilting from the direct sun & heat! So, he moved them down a shelf to get them out of the direct sun & they've perked back up extremely well.
Next, I've got to plant the herbs (cilantro, basil, thyme, & rosemary) as well as the marigolds. I was going to do them on Saturday but ran out of little starter pots. I think I'm planting way, WAY to many seeds -- sure hope Paul & Dad can get the garden cleaned out in time! I've also got radishes, beets, peas (two types -- yummo!), and carrots to plant in a few weeks once the night warm up a bit. At the rate the weather is going, we're going to have a bumper crop of everything from the garden. Good thing we're in a new house -- the neighbors are unsuspecting & have no clue about our ways (you know, dropping zucchini, crooked neck, cucs, etc. on their doors late at night so our refrigerators & freezer don't explode!)
Ok, off to bed. Paul & I started a new weight-loss program & we have to eat at the same time each day so my "summer vacation" won't include sleeping in much!
