Charmed, I'm SURE!

*SALE* *SALE* *SALE* *SALE* *SALE*

I'm having a 40% off sale on my website from now until....well....indefinitely. :)

 www.bucklebottom.com 

 If you live locally, please let me know before purchasing.  If there is a way for me to deliver your purchase to you less expensively (like, in person!), I will do my best.


Thank you for your interest in BuckleBottom!!

Winter Woes

Don't let the title of this post fool you.  I.  Heart. Winter.  I know some of you reading this blog might want to knock your computer to the ground and/or delete me as a "bookmark" after reading this post, but I do.  I heart winter.  Winter elsewhere is miserable right now (and I'm praying for those of you that are getting hit hard with extreme weather), but I still...sorry...heart winter.

It's chilly here.  We actually had to cover plants and turn on the heat last night.  It's snuggly inside.  It's chilly outside.  I heart winter.

I've been wearing my sweater slippers for months now.  They look kinda grimy.  But they are oh-so-cozy.  They keep my feet just a "right kinda" warm.  Even if they make any outfit look like I'm still in my jammies.  That's okay.  You love me anyway.

And who cares?  Maybe I need to look like I'm in my jammies.  Or.  Maybe.  Just maybe.  I'm still IN my jammies.  Who cares?

But back to my point about being mislead.  You, not me.  I know where I stand on winter.  I heart winter. 

But, ohhhhhhh, the germies.  That's my only complaint.  Sickies galore.  My poor babies.  One is still really sick after 5 days of coughing, hacking, sniffing and sneezing.  The other just can't shake that nasty cough.  And my BIG baby?  My sweet, hard-working husband?  Yeah.  He left for work hackin' up a lung.  I have managed to keep it at bay....just a little sniffle and a dry, tickle cough.  I can handle it.  But my babies.  Hence my only winter woe.

So.....

Let me reiterate.  I.  Heart.  Winter.

I will relish this time (as best I can with the germies) because......100 110 120 degrees could be just around the corner.

Mad dash

Just a quick post of my cuties from this Halloween:

Sunday Silence - on my birthday :)

Sunday Silence

School already?!

School started for my eldest monkey on Monday.  I thought I was sooooo ready for her to go back, but.....  Well, I miss her during the day!  I knew she drove me nuts while tormenting her younger brother, but I didn't realize how much she was entertaining him!!  He's a little "attention hog" now!  (He also screams when his sister gets out of the car!)  It's funny, yet not.

The good news is the beads are back!  I haven't actually sat at the torch yet (still hot out there, people!), but I've started organizing my stash, getting ready for holiday boutiques and ordering more findings online.  I hope to be FULLY PREPARED by October because that's when the shows start for me.  I'm hoping to be a part of more this year.  First one is October 2nd.  Let me know if you're interested in coming!

I probably won't be having another big sale until later on, but I will be posting specials from time to time.  I'd also like to do a contest.  I need followers, folks!  COME ONE, COME ALL!  You gotta be a "follower" to get the good deals, I'm tellin' ya.

So until I actually have some stuff to show ya, I'll probably be fairly silent....like Sunday Silence..... Do you like those posts?  I hope to keep 'em coming. 

SUMMMMMER!!!!!

Summer is in full swing!  It's definitely a love/hate relationship......  It's HOT.  My kids get BORED.  I can't TORCH.

BUT.  We get to go to the BEACH!  I have time to spend with my KIDDOS.  There is a LAZINESS about life that I just love.

So, it will remain quiet here for awhile, at least on the bead front.  I'll letcha know how the BEACH goes....cuz that's comin' up soon!!  WHOO HOO!! :P

Happy Summer!

Camping and Nervous Nelly

I've probably called myself "Nervous Nelly" a hundred times in the past three days. My daughter is going camping this weekend and I'm not. She's going out-of-town to camp. It's just nerve-wracking for me. I know when she comes home I'll be excited for her and wishing it had lasted longer (it'll definitely be peaceful here without her!), but for now.....I'm Nervous Nelly.

It's so hard to let your kiddos "fly" on their own, isn't it? I know this will be great for her, a learning experience and soooo much fun for her! But, still.....
And pray for her safe return.

I trust who she's going with. I trust they'll be safe and protective. I do, really!

But I'm a mom.

And maybe a paranoid freak.