Celebrate the new year!

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Hope you have a fun and safe New Year's Eve!

Well, we all celebrate in our own way, now don't we?

Wishing you all the best for the coming year.  Happy 2011!

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Kim Kardashian has nothin' on me!

Have I ever mentioned how much I like shoes?  I love shoes!  But there is a problem.  I have wide Flintstone feet.  I mean, I like my feet, they're cute and all but they are really hard to find shoes for.  Cute shoes, trendy shoes, heels.  Gah.  And I tend to be uncooperative about the shoes I am willing to put on my feet as well - I refuse to put my feet in something that is not uber comfortable, or something that tries to make my feet into a shape they are not.  That narrows down my choices quite a bit.  

beautiful shoes but my feet just aren't shaped like that!

Unfortunately they ARE shaped like this - but you won't catch me wearing these!

I did manage to find an awesome pair of leather ballet flats I was able to wear for a while, until my cat pooped in one of them, end of that story.  Doomed to never wear cute shoes?

These are what my closet contains ...

For when I wear brown

my breast cancer shoes

New Balance's version of toning shoes

Old pair of Airwalks I can't part with

Earth shoes, when I want to feel a little fancy

An old pair of New Balance I haven't worn out yet

Hmmm... do you notice a trend?  If you watch any of those "style" shows, they make people feel like freaks if they wear anything other than pointy toed shoes.  And supposedly ANYone can find pointy toed shoes that will fit them properly.  Well, SO????!!!  Does that mean I HAVE to wear them?  Do I have to be embarrassed because I love New Balance and ... and ... Doc Martens?  There, I said it.  My name is BetteJo, I am 51 years old and I wear Doc Martens.  (When I'm not wearing 'gym' shoes)

I literally have 2 pairs of these.  Just in case.

I would totally wear these!

And now that I've seen these - I'm going to be trying to find a pair!

So there!  I have to be me regardless of style or trends.  But there are people out there who can really make you feel like an odd ball sometimes.

What makes you feel like you don't fit in?  Everybody has something, don't they?

Abigail Grace

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But we call her the evil one.  She started out as my daughter's cat, but now she is mine.  I would love to NOT have 4 cats, and I would love to find a home better suited to Abby.  But it would be very difficult.

We don't know what happened to Abby, only that she was abandoned.  She will bite you as soon as look at you, especially if you come at her with your hand outstretched.  But she will come and sit on my lap and grab some of my shirt or pants with her mouth and do her kneading with her paws, and sometimes she will lay down and go to sleep on my lap.  She wants love, but it has to be on her terms.

Abby would probably be better in a house with no other cats, and the person who adopted her would have to be a cat whisperer.  I wouldn't give her up to anyone less than that because at least here - I know how she is treated.  A lot of people don't take kindly to a cat that bites.  

So I make it my mission to become (at least) the one person she doesn't bite, the one person she isn't afraid of or doesn't get spooked by.  

But I tell you what - it's slo-o-o-w-w going!  We've had her for .. over 5 years now, at least.  Pretty sure she's not going anywhere!

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Maxine Monday

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Jesus' birthday thru the eyes of children

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I'd just like to know who 'Mike' is.

Merry Christmas all .. (5 people or so who read on a regular basis and anyone else who drops by) I wish you peace and love and all that gooey stuff people wish for other people they like.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Norah (with an H) wishes you a Merry Christmas!

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Sparking my imagination!

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The purpose of this blog was to promote my jewelry. What jewelry?  The jewelry I design in my head all the time, what did you think I was talking about?


I really enjoy making jewelry but I don't particularly enjoy photographing it or trying to sell it.  But sometimes the smallest thing sends me skittering off in a new direction and doggone it if I'm not going to be fabulous at it - again, in my mind.  


Today I was trying to catch up on my blog reading and I read this post, over at The Beading Gem's Journal.  Pearl writes the most interesting posts, links to awesome tutorials and introduces readers to new techniques and trends all the time.  I particularly enjoy some of the articles she writes about the history of gems and jewlry.  She makes it so interesting!


I tried chain maille after reading something on her blog.  After I read that post on her blog today, and watched the tutorials - off I was for literally 2 hours scouring the internet for a starter metal stamping kit.  2 hours I really should have been spending doing laundry, cleaning my house, and maybe wrapping presents.


Finally I managed to convince myself this is a gift for myself I need to wait till after Christmas to buy (probably because it's too early in the day to be shopping on Ambien).  But just wait - I'll be terrific at it, you'll see!


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