So today we went to the zoo… It was a very nice family day. The best part of the Oregon Zoo are the Lorikeets. You enter an enclosed area and you can feed them and they walk on you and in general are very sweet… and colorful!

I forgot to let everyone know that I updated my store! Hopefully you are on my mailing list anyway so you got the email…

There has been a little drama behind the scenes here which has been keeping me busy. I was being good and I downloaded a copy of my blog onto my computer for a back-up and my virus software said a file was infected! Eeek! Like what do I do about this? I only know enough to be dangerous and when I deleted the file my blog would crash… I asked DH for help and he had NONE! He said I’m beyond his web knowledge and I had to fix it without his help… sigh… I asked my webhost what was up, why did this happen? Don’t they protect my files? Haven’t heard back on that yet… So I had to take a deep breath and upgrade Wordpress.

Are you thinking what is the big deal? Well… that might be true, except I have upgraded in the past to disastrous results! And even though my blog still looks pretty good at first glance if you click around there are broken links that I now have to figure out… BUT! I did do it and I didn’t break it!! Woohoo!! I can’t tell you how happy this makes me! Okay, enough computer whining for one day… off to ship some packages!

Running amok with my macro lens again… I’m sparing you the gross photo of a spider eating a bee that I took today! EWWW! I’ll be back tomorrow with beads!

DH recently took a kayaking class and has decided that we need to spend more time on the river… so we went on a little rafting trip today. The rapids were not too crazy which made it more relaxing, and our guide was great. He managed our two very chatty girls quite nicely and we had a fine time!

It is that time again… my computer is outdated and I need to upgrade. There are a few items that I have been salivating over and they will not work with my current setup, so I’m preparing to upgrade my system. DH had offered to build me a computer so I don’t get stuck with all that software that I don’t really want and that drives me crazy! Did you know that you can pick your case? I had no idea! Although the ones that had cool front lights really appealed to me… I ultimately went with the most girlie box in the bunch! What can I say? Who can turn down swarovski crystals on a computer case?!

Vicki shared another bracelet using some of my beads. I love it! The bits of copper in it are very cool! I think I need to go dig out my stash of copper and see what fun I can come up with.

I’m hooked on the swirly goodness of organics again… I’ve just added some new sets to my store, click on over to check ‘em out!

I made this necklace and it is really comfortable to wear! I had such a great time hammering the bar which the pendant drops from… I think I might be a little addicted to hammering silver now. I’m cleaning a big ol’ pile of beads for tomorrow so check back if you have a minute!

She is still hard at work using the glue gun and popsicle sticks! What am I going to do with all of these?

Remember our hike over the weekend? Well I found this photo that I took of a bee in action!