Random Tuesday....Here we go again!!

Well, my sweet dear friends!  So good to see you again!  This is a momentous day.  My 200th post!!!!   Wow!  That is pretty impressive.  So to celebrate that I am going to have a giveaway!!  More about that in my next post.  But it will be a print from Diane Duda!!  Her work is so whimsical!  I will post pics of the print and a sign up next time!!

Let me see how Random I can get this time around.  Georgia (my 14 year old granddaughter) has been staying with me; along with her eleven year old brother, Lee Jr.  She has been helping me with my fiber sculpture!  Yesterday, however, we spent 4 hours at a glass class and we had a blast.  Here are some pics...

Georgia and her work!

Close up of Georgia's work!

Close up of mine!

I this class, we were to cut out shapes in differing colors (or same) and layer them.  The pieces Georgia and I created will be pendants for necklaces.  The layers will melt and mix together.  Then we need to sand them and attach a bezel so that we can add a chain.  Looking forward to how they turn out.  Find out on Thursday.

Dr. John took Georgia up the mountain to take pics and visit the mountain gift shop.  The mountain is called Sandia Crest!  It is over 10,000 feet above sea level.  Had to share some pics...

Well share one pic of Dr. John getting ready to take some close ups.  I will share the mountain top pics in another post.  Still editing them.  Both Georgia and Dr. John took over 200 photos each!!  Whew!  A lot to edit!!!!

Georgia had dark blond hair and wanted it to be brighter.  So I bleached out her hair and this is what we got.

As you can see, she is gorgeous and also, she loves her hair.  I was going to tone it down some; but she wanted it bright!!!  So she is now a bright blond beauty!! 

You know I have been on a campaign to get a larger studio.  Dr. John posted how he was not against me getting a larger studio!  He just didn't know how we could do it!  Sigh!  Anyway, some of your wanted to see my crowded studio so I took some pics.....!

As you can see...quite crowded.  In the foreground in the fiber sculpture canvas number one.  In the background, on the left is canvas number two.  On the right is the handmade paper stacked up.  The rest is miscellaneous supplies and such.  Packed to the rafters I am.  I think one way to go is to get a storage shed to put all the misc. supplies in.  That would free up some room and I could move around better.  More to come later.

Hey!  I got two new babies to add to my ever growing doll collection.  I call them the twins.  I am not too sure about their story, but I thought they were adorable.  I am researching them.  What do you think?

Aren't they the cutest ever??!!

I got a blog award from Eddie Bluelights of Clouds and Silvery Linings!!   Thanks Eddie...you are the best.  If you have never visited his blog...you are missing out on a real treat.  He does a feature every Sunday called the Sunday Roast.  What fun it is.  He pics a blog and asks the blogger to answer some insightful and amusing questions.  Stop by his blog and give a shout out!!

As with any award, there are a series of questions that Eddie posed for me to answer.  So here we go...

1.  Do you write blog posts to please yourself or please your audience?

I can say honestly that I do it for both.  Myself and my audience!!

2.  What do you consider your best way to interact with your fellow bloggers?

Best way I know of is to visit their blogs and leave comments.  I love getting to know them and see what they are up too.  There are many that I follow on a regular basis.  I consider them to be dear friends.

3.  If you were starting your blog again, would you do something radically different?

No!  I like the way my blog has naturally evolved.

4.  What is the most significant thing in your life to date?

I would say my Gastric ByPass Surgery for sure!  It has changed my life for the better!!

5.  Would you like to appear on the Sunday Roast program?

I have already and it was fabulous!  Thank you Eddie!!

6.  What do you like to do in your free time?  And will the pretty ladies have dinner with me tonight?

In my free time???  When is that??  HA!  I guess it would be to catch up with all my grandkids.  What they are up too and who they have crushes on.  Things like that!  Also I read!  So that is always a treat to be able to read some of my books.  I have quite a collection.  I also watch baseball games on TV...I am a big Cleveland Indians fan and a Boston Red Sox fan!!  I am a Boston fan because they have drafted several of the Cleveland players!!  Sigh!!

7.  If you could go back in time, which event would be of most interest to you and why?

Jane Fonda laughing it up with the Vietnamese while our POW's lay starving and beaten in nearby camps.  I would have voiced my disgust with her actions much more strongly and called her on the carpet for her ridiculous and un-American actions.  I would have done more to welcome home the Vets and made them feel welcome.  Our men and boys served gallantly and they deserved respect and honor and were treated so badly.  I would have done more to rectify this...at least done a better job of doing my part!!!

8.  Are you addicted to blogging?  Do you think it is addictive or can you take it or leave it?

I don't know about addiction...but I love blogging.  I look forward to comments on my blog and I also love seeing what my fellow bloggers have been doing and what they have to say.  Is that addicted??  Ha!

9.  Which person on the planet Earth, past or present, do you admire most and why?

Jesus and Mother Theresa!  For obvious reasons...selfless until their deaths.  Mother Theresa commited her life to serving others and did her best to encourage us to follow in her footsteps in some part.  I have yet to be able to do so...she was amazing!  Jesus not only served others...He gave His life for all of us.  That is something that is still hard to fathom.  But I am glad He did it!!

10.  When life is over do you think it is curtains or is there an afterlife?

Oh an afterlife for sure!!!  I believe this is only the beginning.  We have much more in store for us...an eternity of being that person we were designed to be.  I will have the most fabulous art studio!!  I plan on being able to write plays, poetry, take photos, sculpt, paint and such for ever!!!  I have written several plays and had them performed.  I miss doing that!  And I love the idea of having unlimited time to create!!  Woohoo!!  Come on afterlife!!

Make sure to pop over to UnMom and do your Random Tuesday link up.  You know you want too!!

Sorry!  This is longer than I figured.  But Eddie was so gracious to give this award to me, I felt I needed to address it today before I forgot about it.  Thanks again Eddie!  I loved his questions and I ask you all to take this award and answer these questions.  I am dying to hear your answers!!

Have a blessed and magical day!!
Hugging you
SueAnn