more damages, necklace, and home made beads...

Those who think I am a DRAMA QUEEN please avert your eyes else where, I am about to complain AGAIN.
Sunday David and I had some welcomed time alone, we bought new batteries for the 5 smoke detectors we have in our home they are wired into the electricity also... WELL we prayed that was the problem since the fabulous lightening strike we had, well it wasnt :( David checked them out several times and then un-hooked them from the wiring and found it, the smoke detectors are fried, more like melted inside along with the wiring in ALL 5 of them. :( :(... And when the lightening struck the lights in our bedroom all went out along with the AC, They had gone back on after hubby put the breaker back on, well yesterday they went out completely and it didnt trip the breaker and another outlet that is wired into that breaker is still working fine ??? You got me on this one. I am confused, upset, mad, furious, Grrr!!! Grrrrr!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I hate lightening and thunder Always have and even more now I HATE IT!!! If I never see lightening again that would be perfectly fine with me... I got me a busy week again, hopefully after this week I will only have to make 1 run per week for appointments for Nate if not Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!  Ok done with my bitch and moan session on to other things...
I spent the day at my craft table I think its something I needed to do today it kept my mind busy in between calling the electrician, tv guy, and the other calls I needed to make. I did some creating something I been wanting to do for awhile and FINALLY got it!!! I am pleased with the results I made some beads and pendants with my poly clay, and of course some shuttles came out of it as well, but those will be for another post WHY well because these are super cool that is why they are worthy of their own post HA HA no I need to finish them first. But on to the beads...

And here is one of the many designs that came about from the no-internet for 4 days... I call it Madison because when I was watching The Bridges of Madison County (I LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie) I got the idea for it. And actually started it while watching the movie but Clint took my attention ;)

I am so thankful for my tatting friends who listen to me complain especially Debbie... And for my husband who pulls me out of my funk even when he is in his mood too. This lightening strike has really opened my eyes to alot of things. How fortunate I really am for everything I have and the people who I have in my life, well the ones who dont make me feel like crap that is, I can do without that. I could have lost my home, or if the tree would have been hit differently my husband may not be here right now, I am just so glad things didnt go differently. I wish I knew the reason we are having things go on and go wrong lately but if it dont kill us it will make us stronger, maybe I am being a drama queen, maybe I do complain alot but you know what, in all reality we all do it in some way, shape or form.

Well hubby is helping our neighbor bring in oats or whatever you call it hee hee. I am gonna get me an early shower, the kids are all ready bathed, they are mad they cant play video games but hey tough crap LOL

I hope to post for TTT tomorrow :D

I am back with much to tell...

First of all I am so happy to be back online and so so very fortunate that my house didnt burn or worse...

We had a storm last Saturday night, it was late and we heard this awfully loud CRACK we all jumped out of our skin, Shannan screamed, Nate hid, Ned tried to blend in to the wall and poor Ginger peed on the floor, I dont blame her I was ready to pee my pants myself HAHA

After the crack of lightening, we heart something fall kind of sounded like glass but we just didnt know, lights went out, we were thinking just a power outage. David went to check on things and only a few lights went out we blew a breaker, then we smelled smoke so we were hurrying to find the fire, nothing. We checked everything it blew a lightbulb in the kitchen, destroyed Nates night light, and all of our smoke alarms but 1, we checked the phone and it was dead. Once we discovered the issues we still had power and our lives and our home, Things could have gone another way and I am so glad they didnt...

Sunday I 'thought' the tv wasnt appearing right when the kids went to play the playstation, so I did a little investigating, and found the problem and the source of the smoke.

Wow talk about burnt, that is the cable for the tv / satelite dish. There was a piece on top of that but apparently it blew off and did this to the wall

A few days later we found the pice that was covering it

David said it was aluminum, its charred and even blistered... WOW

David had gone up on the roof to see if he could see aything burned that would have caused such a thing...

He discovered this

It was maybe 6 ft from my back door a little too close for my liking. When David told me about this I just felt sick because it could have gone several different ways. The tree the lightening hit is approx 20 ft tall the lightening hit near the top of the tree and went all the way to the ground splintening wood and burning leaves. It appears the lightening hit the tree and followed it into the ground  and came into the house via the ground wires.

Talk about nasty, I hate thunder and lightening as it is, I think I have had enough for the rest of my life.

We were without internet and phone since Sunday and yesterday (thursday) we got it back, The technician for the phone company said the circuit in the phone box was exploded and everything was black and broken, wow. so its fixed and last night my sister in law called and we discovered it killed one of the phones too I answered it and it sounded like a scary movie all screechy and fuzzy.

A good thing though with out internet I did get alot of designing done probably about 10 pieces :D

Some more things went on a bit hurtful things but we will not go there.  There will be less complaints on here now. My venting place is gone.

Today we are going visiting my cousin and uncle who are in for a while.

 

Last nights storm was something else. Didnt sleep much, the lightening hit we smelled smoke but thankfully no fire. Blew out some lights. No phone, no internet

Lets scream together ready 1... 2... 3... Ahhhhh!

Its been a wild week here I will say that much. Monday David was off work and Nate didn't have camp. It was hot, miserably hot, the day went to crap nothing went right, Whatever.
Tuesday we went to Debbie's for out Tat and Chat had a good time like always. :)
Got home to a fabulous email from Deb at the Keystone Tatting Guild, I had contacted them to see if they would like me to donate my tatted books for their library, I forgot I sent that email. She asked if I would like to deliver the books in person and teach a 2 hour work shop with one of my tatting designs, I was excited and sooooooo happy, its in Camp Hill, Pa close to Harrisburg. Approx 3 hour drive, i though no problem I can do it. I sent Debbie a text and told her you are coming with me and she agreed its not until September 11. I told David when he got home and that was my first mistake. He made me feel like I was being stupid for being so excited and that it "wasn't that big a deal" well to me it WAS. Pretty much he was telling me that I wasn't going :( ok whatever, then he tells me in his crappy tone of voice "if you want to go then go" he knows that if he says it that way I will feel bad and not go. My happy excitement lasted a few hours I guess.
Yesterday was miserably hot my kitchen reached 87*F And I was cooking, I cant stand the heat, plus I was feeling really weird because David and I both take Zoloft we share our pills we were down to a few so I decided to be NICE and not take them until we get paid and can get mine filled thinking that was the nice thing to do, I am going through withdrawals from it, weakness, dizziness, faintness, and horrid mood swings. He is getting mad at me about it, I just want to scream right now.
He also pretty much told me that he doesn't really care about my business because it upsets him that he cant have his own business, so when I go on about things or want to do things that I enjoy he doesn't like it, WOW so I guess I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut. Cant ya tell my nut pills have exited my system. Yikes I do sound rotten don't I?

Then yesterday (Wednesday) my daughter was outside checking on Brucie and giving him treats and she came in the house nearly crying she got stung by some of those nasty bees in the lip, we iced it a bit and put the baking soda on it and her lip was huge within about 10 minutes I got scared because David is allergic to bees she was breathing fine and everything but it just kept getting bigger it looked like it was going to burst I felt horrible so I made the decision to take her to the ER I was worried. She is allergic next time it could be worse they said :( She is on Benadryl, Pretnisone, Prevacid and we need an Epi-Pen for her just in case she gets stung again, they said she could still have another reaction today its unlikely but it could happen. It took so long for the swelling to start going down we were at the hospital for a couple of hours last night. Finally after the kids went to bed David told me I over-reacted a bit that he sees that all the time when he gets stung. hmmmmmm a 45 year old man compared to an 11 year old child I think there is a bit of a difference there. Big deal I may have over reacted but better safe than sorry. This photo was taken about an hour after the meds were given the swelling was already going down slowly but it was bigger than that.

Nate was worried about his sister yesterday but today he was mean this morning WOW.

Nate made me this at camp on Tuesday isn't it so cute

Ned was tired of David watching an all day marathon of  How its Made so I think he was changing channels or trying to hide the remote

And Ginger says this heat is not something I like

I am done being mean for now, I guess. I am working on designs for Tatted Earrings and Things book 2. Once I get things straight I may be needing some test tatters, or tatting testers, how ever you want to put it.

Time to go and tat and try to relax some, I hope for a very un-eventful day. So far so good, with the exception of Nates attitude this morning.

Happy Friday

WOW Friday again. I am not complaining.
Today I am alone just me and the dogs. I love it. I am doing a bit of clay, had a custom shuttle order. and Dying thread I havent done either in a long time and it sure feels good to be doing it today... Sadly my day has gone too fast. I have 2 custom thread orders and I have 2 colorways in mind. Not sure if I will get to all of it today but I am having fun for now
Have a happy and safe 4th of July
Heather