great weekend of chores

I know some of you understand...got to catch up on a bunch of stuff and with the sunshine there was no denying the fact that the house required cleaning. first let me back up... friday morning Margaret and I worked out in the am, before work...when I went to put my shoes on I realized there was a problem. I had two black boots, one left and one right...the only problem is there were two different shoes. One with an inch heel and the other with like an inch and a half. So I went "with it"...as you must when packing your clothes in advance. But by lunch I was hurting, you know when you go to the chiropracter and they tell you that you are out of alignment...well thats totally what i did to myself. What a geek. So all weekend I've had to baby my neck, lower back and hip.

As for Rich, he and Greg went to the MoNStEr TrUCk rally at Arco. There were quad races and monster trucks. It was loud, exhaust filled and crowded with testosteroned boys (of all ages). Just ask Rich to see his videos from his phone.

Saturday we did chores and the house looks better with a little TLC...but the animals think we are just idiots making such a racket. Saturday night we went to Taro's for Sushi...haven't been in almost a month (can you believe it?) Great date night, one of fav chefs was there and Rich and Johnny love their banter!!! See my progress with my suncatcher project, at stained glass class.

Well tamale we are back at it...cheers!

Win some...

lose some

nice three day weekend

Well we have appeased the "art gods" this weekend. We worked on some pot melts, fire polished some new pendants and are going to try combing tonight, keep your fingers crossed. Then the best was the reorganization of the art room, yeah. And Ikea now has more of our money. Saturday was very fun geocaching in Placerville and eating at the Hangtown Grill. We found the Gold Bug Mine, which was really cool but we couldn't go in with the dogs. We will return as it had three mines and worth further investigation. All in all much Football and good football to boot this weekend. Now back to work...oh well another stained glass class on Thursday and 24 is back on...life isn't too bad.

Stained Glass Class

I attended my first Stained Glass class. Damn Rainbow Glass got more of my money. The owners wife asked me why I was taking the beginers class and we both scoffed...but I totally learned new techniques. Me and my new 70 plus year old boyfriends are all part of the Thursday class. One factoid that I thought was amazing, stay with me...when I fuse a 4 by 4 inch glass piece, I take the kiln up to like 1350 degrees and bring it down to 1000 and hold it for an hour to anneal the glass, to avoid cracking...so when they made the Hubble lense (still with me?), the had to anneal it for six months to ensure that it didn't crack. Ok, that was Glass magic news that just blew me away. My goal is to combine what I've learned in fusing and combining the two techniques. Ok, since I hate my "all talk" entries...so I'll share my New Years Eve Pot melt which I thought was a sucess. The picture doesn't do it justise, you can't see the iridized red swirl...K

Practice<> Practice <>Practice <>Practice

Well I am reallly getting in to the Sushi makin.... Since you are a regular reader of the Marckmadness chronicle you know we took a class in Sushiology and now I have the bug big time. The first victims...I mean guests were Sean and Lori and since Lori is not a fan I had a tough audience.. Suffice it to say I have not changed her opinion....Sean however was game and we polished off a bunch of Spicy Tuna Hand rolls and some California Unamaki Rolls(Inside out rolls). So a week goes by and I found myself at Whole foods and looking at some great tuna on New Years Eve and what the heck I couldn't resist so Sushi to ring in the New Year.. This time my special guest was Greg and the technique is getting better,,,tighter rolls with better seams. The hand rolls are good but I think I am making them too big. I guess its the super size syndrome but sometime bigger is not better.. but thet were very good. So if you like Sushi and are adventureous enough to eat a rookies rolls let me know and we will rollsome up. Rich....

someone's got a new outfit...

Isn't she beautiful and warm!!!!!!!!!!!!!