Some brighter notes...

After all the bad news I reported in my last entry, here a few brighter notes. Melissa and Anitra both are doing well in their pregnancies. I have seen Melissa for the past three weeks in a row and her visible progression is amazing! Here's a photo of her and baby at 26 weeks. I don't have her 27 week picture because it was taken with her camera. She's going to be pissed that I even posted the ones I do have...Sorry Melissa, but this is sooo exciting and I have to share!
I've also got a new favorite photo of Teaspoon who loves to get inside of a bag, any bag will do but he especially enjoys noisy plastic bags.

About a month ago I saw a lady wearing some earring made out of dimes. I used to have a pair of these myself years ago and they were favorites. Somehow I lost one of them so I ended up getting rid of the other one as well. But when I saw this lady wearing a pair, I thought to myself, "I can make those!" So I got on eBay and bought some antique Liberty dimes from 1943 and 1944 and am going to make some earrings out of them which are sure to be my new favorites. Yesterday Dave (he's so smart and so handy!) drilled tiny holes in them for me to attach the earring posts. And today I ordered some earring posts from one of my favorite bead websites. After I put them together I'll post another photo, but for now here are the dimes all drilled and ready to be made into earrings!

And last but certainly not least, here's a photo of my brand new Vera Bradley bag that Dave bought me today for my trip to Minnesota! I've been looking at buying this bag for a few weeks now and today Dave spoiled me and got it for me.

Isn't it amazing how something as simple as a cute photo, a pair of earrings or a new pocketbook can brighten a girl's day? It's nice to stop and enjoy the simple things in life!