Today I had to go shopping to get some more beading supplies and some fabric for some custom orders.  I found this cool new bead shop called Red and Green Gems in Lakewood, CO.   They had tons of great stones, tumbled, semi precious, gems, etc, etc.  They drilled some holes in rocks for me, which was great, ...but it was kinda expensive. at $6 per hole!  But the stones were reasonably priced and they had a lot of variety.  
The last time I went to my regular gem shop, they were out of sterling silver earring hooks...and this new place didnt have any either!  Grrr.  I looked at another craft store for them and still didnt find any?!?  Why is that so hard.  I never did get the fabric I needed....I couldnt make a decision...geez.
Josh and I then went to JCPenneys, since I needed more work clothes.  I was able to get a few things...but the highlight of the day was noticing a pet store right outside of penneys, and we spent probably 1.5 hours in there looking at and holding puppies~!!  They had tons of puppies, probably about 50, I would say!  They are all purebred, which is not necessarially our taste, but they sure were cute!  though, I think going to the "pound" and getting a puppy is the better way to go   But they sure were cute!!!!
Rock would be so upset with us...lol

I think somehow our Christmas pics got deleted : (     such a bummer.......unless they are stored somewhere on the external hard drive, but when I downloaded the memory cards, they were blank!  Unless josh maybe downloaded them and put them somewhere impossible to find.......then they are gone.  boo!  
So if anyone has any good pics, I would really like them!

Currently life has gotten back to normal, sorta.  Josh started school this week, he has 2 classes; statistics, and some other one that I cant remember, haha.  He is thinking that the stats class will be hard, lots of work...Josh's degree program is a Bachelors of Arts in Technology.  Yes, of arts....weird huh?  so his classes aren't necessarialy math problems in his stats class, but projects applying statistics to things.  He would just rather math problems, i think...so it will be different, but I hope to see that the class really applies the stats to specific problems one would face in a technology (IT type) job.....we shall see.  

Got some results on my back recently, I have a degenerating disc in my back, which is causing most of the problems....well, its settin off a chain reaction of problems to my muscles, and other discs, who are supporting this bad one.  basically I go to a physiotherapist and see what they recommend, hard core PT is what I think will happen.  I guess thats way better than surg!  I need to make an appointment with them, and hope to on Monday. 

I still need to post some pics of the basement...but I haven't gotten to that yet.  I hope to tomorrow, since Josh is skiing (and i am too worried about falling and hurting my back, but  I hope after a year of physiotherapy....next year....) Our friend Joe is buying one of our tickets, we purchase them in August they are way cheaper, so we have to use them up!  

I am working on a line of clothing which is more low cost for the customers.  I hope to be doing less work on an item, less time, and to make it simpler and sell it for less.  We will see if it catches on...my pencil skirt for $28 sold pretty quick......so maybe..........