Appreciation For My Blogging Friends

.This is a great time to express grattitude for all the friends I have met through blogging, buying beads and designing jewelry.  What a great bunch of talented artisans in the bead world.  Each and every one of you have touched me in some way or inspired me.  

I have let my blogging, blog challenges, Etsy and jewelry design go for the time being while my shoulder heals and my resolution for this year is NO GUILT.  I will do what I can do and that's all there is to it.  Sometimes life decides to send us in a different direction and that's okay.  

I will keep up with blogs but may not leave comments (no guilt) so please know that I am still here.  

So thank you all dear people.  You mean the world to me.

A freeform bracelet I made quite a few months ago

Life goes On but can I stop for a while?

 Day Lily in my yard in Alberta

 I want to thank every one who stopped by my blog and left a comment after the Bead Soup Blog party on July 28th.  I'm a little late doing this but very thankful for every one who sent uplifting messages in the past few weeks.  This has been a very trying time for my daughter, and our family and you have no idea how your kind and caring thoughts and comments have mattered.  I don't even know some of you but you have made a difference.  I am very proud to be a part of this beading community because not only are you talented artists, you touch people by your words.  That means a lot.  Thank you to Lori Anderson for putting on this event - I really enjoyed being a part of it and to my partner Terry Matuszyk for sending me such great beads and being there for me.  You were a great partner.

Kids watching DVDs on the trip to BC

Each day is another day onward and forward.   We drove our three grand kids to BC and are staying for a couple weeks of much needed rest.  However, with a 12 yr. old, 10 yr. old and 7 yr. old there doesn't seem to be much of that.  The very best news possible is that our daughter is coming to join us tomorrow and bringing Charlie with her.  Charlie is the 6 yr. old orphan son (of her boyfriend who was killed in the plane crash).  We are so happy that he will continue to have a relationship with her and with us.  We are looking forward to their visit and planning where we can take them.  Charlie has never been to the ocean so everything will be new to him.  The kids are so excited to show him around.  

Yesterday the waves were crashing into shore and the kids swore they wouldn't get wet.....oh yeah!
That was no fun.  They had to see how close they could get to the spray.

I have put my Etsy shop on vacation mode until the end of August.  I feel like I have nothing left to give to my bead business at this time so must put my family first.  I look longingly at what others have on their blogs and etsy sites and I want so badly to create as it is what feeds my soul and keeps me in balance but these days, there is no time left at the end of the day when I fall into bed.  So I must stop for a while.

I will be checking the BSBP this coming Saturday and can't wait to see what all you talented wonderful artists came up with.

I will be back stronger than ever in the fall I promise.  Thanks again for all the comments - please continue to do so as it helps more than you will ever know.  Warm Hugs 
Katherine