This past weekend was a busy one! Jasmine moved her "Stuff" from my house in Modesto, down to her new apartment in Fresno. This is the very first apartment that she has totally on her own. No housemates, roommates, or any other shared living condition....

My New Job My job with Federal OSHA was in West Covina. I of course had no car and lived in Upland which is about 16 miles to the east of West Covina. I chose an apartment in Upland because the office was supposed to move to Upland shortly. To get...

A Desperate Note From Norm: At first, I was really happy. Sig gave me this jar of “beads”. She said that someone suggested that I use them to make a little brick walkway with them. I thought about it, and thought a better idea would be to use...

I don’t know what possessed me to buy these butt ugly, worthless, useless beads. It must have been some Demon of Bad Judgment who possessed me, or perhaps I had a moment of insanity, or maybe I had more money that day than I knew what to do with...

As some people have definite preferences with tea and coffee, beaders also have strong preferences concerning the standard seed bead and cylinder type beads (Aikos or Delicas). I am heavily immersed in Delicas. I just love them. For the most part....