Of the newest Pendants :-)

Girasol:


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Friday we had a great time out with some friends. Had some yummy dinner at Maggiano's, then went to see Corpse Bride - very good! And I loves me some Danny Elfman :-) Then we sat outside of Barnes & Nobles and drank way to much coffee until way too late. Good times!

Yesterday, I had breakfast with the Honey, made a few new pendants, started the big revamp of the website (basically making navigation easier), bought a pretty piece of Larimar, took pics of the pendants, knitted a bit, then got to wacth World Extreme Cagefighting on HDNet! What a day!

Today I need to grocery shop, do some cooking (Corned Beef and Cabbage to commemorate the beginning of Fall!), and try to clean around the house. Should be another productive day :-)

I've been so busy at work that I really can't get online at all, and been too tired to do much at night. It's not a bad busy, but just doing alot fo data analysis this week. Next week will be more relaxed **crosses fingers**

So today things seem to be crapping out. The Check Engine light in Mr. Lotii's car won't go away and the mechanic has not been able to figure out why. Hopefully by tomorrow morning we'll have it back. Also his camera crapped out, so we have to take it in to get fixed :( Mr. Lotii without a camera is a baaaaaadd thing....

This weekend I need to do the mass edit of my Stone Lotus website, and take pics of some pendants to post. I want to visit the bead store and see if there's anything nifty :) And if I can manage to get the floor clear enough to vaccuum - I will be ecstatic!

Have a great weekend - and everyone in Texas - try to be safe!!

I finished the Gaia Stone Pendant, and I am really, really pleased with it - Yay!!! Gaia Stone is a stone made of the ash from Mt. St Helens - it's a beautiful green color!

Last night I made the most perfect Chicken Fried Rice - YUM!!!

Prep:

- Cook the rice. Jasmine rice works wonderfully in this!
- Scramble some eggs. If the egg clumps are too large - chop slightly.
- Chop some pre-cooked chicken, and nuke some baby peas and baby broccoli crowns.

To Cook:

- Use cooking spray first so this doesn't get too oily. Cook the chicken with the peas and broccoli until warm.
- Drizzle some sesame oil over this, then add the fresh rice on top.
- Drizzle soy sauce on top of the rice. Some white pepper is good, too.
- Gently fold until the rice is all nice and brown.
- Add eggs and fold until everything is nice and toasty!

Very yummy - and some eggrolls are great on the side. You can bake the frozen ones while you cook the rice :-)

I am desperately behind in adding about 30-ish pendants to the Gallery in my website. This Sunday will be Mass Update Day! I also have several pendants to add to Ebay, so I'll be doing that at the same time.

I did, however, take the time last night to add a Guestbook to the website. Check it out:

http://www.stonelotuscreations.com/

Traffic stats show that plently of people visit the site, so hopefully I'll get more feedback this way. Yay!

So - after making almost 200 pendants over the course of the last year....

I have finally made one for myself! Sorry for the blurry pics, but I wanted to get something up to show off :-) Wheeeeee!!!







Angelite – Stone of Inner Peace - Angelite is a stone that can bring serenity, inner peace, and a sense of calm. Angelite is excellent to use when you need to calm down from feelings of stress and overwhelm. Angelite dispeals fear, anger, and encourages forgiveness. Psychically angelite is used to conntect with spirit guides, the higher self, and guardian angels. It is excellent for enhancing telepathy, psychic awareness, astral travel, and spirit journeys. Angelite is also excellent for creating a shield of psychic protection and for balancing etheric and physical energies. Angelite can be used to aid expression and communication in group settings and in relationships. (Throat Chakra – Space)

Yeah - it's been a busy week. Had the stomach flu on Sunday which really had me out of it for at least a couple of days after. I feel excellent now - I'm so glad that done!

The rest of the week I was focusing on work, taking care of one of our wee sick ferrets, and working through my final Reiki Master session. I made another pendant this morning. Girasol - it's gorgeous! I'd taken some time off from pendant making, since I slashed my thumb, got sick, and generally had the busiest month at work that I've ever had!

Today the To Do list includes laundry and general cleaning of the house. Should be too bad - I've had a really relaxing morning :-) It's been all raniy/drizzly all morning, so I could sit back, drink coffee, work on a endant and practice reiki. It's all good :-)

Whooooo.... gotta get back to my healthy food starting today. With friends visiting (which was awesome!) I tended to eat... alot...

But that's okay - I'll make some of my favorite Oatmeal this morning, drink lots of water, and try to eat lite foods. If I can make it through today - it's all good. I'll even get on the exercise bike today.

I want to see Mr. & Mrs. Smith tonight- it looks like it will be a funny, entertaining action flick. I haven't been to the movies in ages, so I'm really craving a movie on the big screen!

boulderquest is going to be selling my jewelry, and lots of it, too!! I'm very excited! That means that right now I'm making pendants like mad. I still want to keep the Ebay store up as well, so it means I'll have to be extra motivated to get some made every morning. That's not bad, though, because the jewelry making gives me a time to relax and clear my head first thing in the morning. I go to work just a bit more peaceful if I've spent some time with my meditative hobby. Just have two more topics to cover in my Reiki Master training, so I must buckle down and get through those as well. It's a very good time to refocus my meditative efforts.

I out drove the storm on the way home - I did not want to get caught in my driveway, not wanting to get out of the car because of the lightning. So I sped my way home. I did it in good time, too, because only minutes after I got in the house - the sky opened up!

Geez, this is the most intense storm I've been through in awhile. I love storms, so it's lots of fun, but when lightning strikes IN YOUR YARD - it scares the crap out of me. Yeah I watched the lightning stike our yard in between the tree line and our house, and it sounded like a bomb went off! After the storm calmed down I took a shower - and the power went out in the middle for just long enough for me to have to rinse and get out. I've given up programming the coffee maker. All the power flickers are making it a futile effort.

In other news - I had a most wonder Sunday sorting through stones, making pendants, and watching fights with Mary (of boulderquest) and swtfxofaddrm - Awesome! Yesterday, however, I did not feel so great, so worked from home and tried to recuperate. Today I'm feeling better, but quite exhausted from work today, so I'm probably going to hit the hay early tonight and try to get some good, deep sleep!