It's been a long time...marathon post and Mosaic Monday

Hi, sorry that I haven't been posting anything, I've been back in the hospital again.
I had another surgery, I had kidney failure and had to have a nephrostomy bag
placed in my left kidney. I already had a piece in my left from a prior kidney
failure. I regret to say that both of my kidneys are bad now but I'm hanging in
there and to be honest feel pretty good right now. I've been on IV meds again
here at home since I've been out of the hospital but now I can be off of them for
about 2 weeks. So right now I'm feeling good.I want to thank everyone for all your prayers, love, friendship, happy thoughts,
strength positive energies, cards, calls, gifts! I can't tell yous how deeply touched
it has been for me in my life to have found the loving, sweet and fantastic new
friends and family in each and everyone of you! Thank you all so much, your love
has really meant the world to me!

So many things have taken place in the last month that I've been in the hospital
but I want to start with first things first...back at the beginning of May I had won a fantastic Giveaway from Carol from My Painting Room http://mypaintingroom.blogspot.com/

I won a $25 Michael's gift card and a gorgeous Violet Watercolor Print. Thank you so much Carol, I love the Violet Watercolor Painting, it's so beautiful and reminds me of my mother...thank you! I'm also very sorry that I haven't been able to post this earlier for you. If anyone would want to stop in at Carol's Etsy Shop and see her
wonderful work I'm sure that you'll be pleased http://www.etsy.com/shop/carolspaintingroom

Then, while I was in the hospital my wonderful and very sweet good friend, Lisa
Criswell from Indigo's beads http://indigosbeads.blogspot.com

sent me the most gorgeous, beautiful and incredible beaded cuff, "Dot's"! I just
love it...thank you so much Sweetie! Giant hugs to you! Lisa makes the most
awesome one of a kind beaded embroidery pieces! I'm her #1 Fan!

Lisa also has a Etsy Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/indigosbeads

and a Shop Homemade Store http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/6-176-3113303237

plus is a Designer at The Bead Coop http://www.thebeadcoop.com/Designers/DesignerInfo.asp?DesignerUserID=6430

She's a proud mother of 4 great children, has a wonderful husband and is a awesome and very talented designer! Oh...and a super picture
taker to!
I joined a really fun group, Goddess Dolls on Yahoo and met a incredible bead
artist, Christine or better known as Littlebead there. Christine has a Etsy Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlebead where I purchased pre-made doll forms and Christine also makes the dolls stands from copper
pieces that are great!

She also has many gorgeous beaded dolls that you'll find there to! These are the two that I got from Christine and I'm so excited to try my hand at these! I've never made a totally beaded doll before but I'm sure going to give it a go.

I did make a small spirit doll for my Goddess Doll Group and also my Decidedly Different Dolls Yahoo group that I've joined. Here she is...Moon Beam.


I have to say that I'm not really pleased with this one, but it was my first go at a doll and this is what I had come up with. However, the gorgeous Cab that I used for Moon Beam's face is one that my very close, dear and good friend, my"Sis," Beth from Bellesanbeaus Crafts http://bellesanbeauscrafts.blogspot.com/ made for me. Please make sure you stop in at her blog, Beth is a wonderful person, great friend, mother, mammaw and is one very talented lady! It doesn't matter what Beth makes she's talented in so many different things. Over the years she's made so many gorgeous and one of a kind pieces.

This past week has been a good and a bad one for me. First off on a great note, it's been the first of a very long time that I haven't had to use my cane for almost a full week now! It makes me so happy! I had been in a wheel chair for a time then have been in and out of walkers then my cane so not to have to use it right now is a total blessing for me! Now for the not so good...this week I had to replace my refrigerator. My old one that to be honest really wasn't that old but it seen it's last day this past week. I lost all the freezer foods. Wowww can't tell you what a awful feeling that was! Then, now this is funny but at the time it happened I really didn't think it was. Anyways, I have very a small kitchen. I had a apartment size refrigerator in it that had broke. Well...guess what??? My new refrigerator doesn't fit in my kitchen without having to cut down partially some very needed cupboards! So, it's now in the garage. Although this did opened up a very needed space in the kitchen! This really made me want to utilize the new space, which I did at that! I do have to thank Beth for this excellent idea though! To buy a small counter top, get a stool and presto...space and built in work top. Well here's good news again...my dad came over and gave me a awesome counter
top, I got a stool, one of my sons put the counter top up for me, still used one of the other cupboard's with it thanks to my daughter-n-law, Cat and her great idea. Then because of what the old floor looked like where the other refrigerator had been I had to buy new floor. One man came over and laid it for me for free that was from my Church. I have to say that he, Matt laid this floor and did such a great job on it for me...thanks so much Matt! so now I just have to paint in the kitchen and it'll have a complete make over to which it really did need! Now that I'm thinking about this it actually was a lucky thing for me that my other refrigerator broke down, look at all the nice things that came from it!

Gosh...is this like a marathon post or what??? lol I haven't posted now for a lil over a month and geezzz check me out this evening. lol Tomorrow is my youngest twin grand-daughters, Haley and Kaley's 7th birthday. I had them all of this weekend, we had a lot of fun together! It's so nice that I was well enough to have them again to, makes me very happy! They love to come to Maw-maw's house, they get to wear some makeup, get their nails done, make jewelery, giggle, tell make believe stories, read, color, you name it we do it and naturally we do "girly girl" things together. Happy Birthday girls...Maw-maw loves yous!

My second oldest son, Michael and his wife, Donna, my daughter-n-law are about to have their second child, my 7th grand-baby! Whahoooooooo Her name is Sofia, I don't know what they're gonna to have her middle name be yet, this has been a very long discussion. Anyways, lil Sofia is due the 17th of this month! I'm so excited about her coming to, I almost can't wait! I loveeeee my grand-kids! Last week my daughter-n-law went in for her last ultra sound picture, Wowww, I've never seen anything like this before in my life! So I'd like to share this with yous. Sofia at 6lbs and 8ozs.



This weekend my oldest grandson, Jonathan aka "Jon" had his hair cut. Here's a new picture of him:



Okie dokie, now for a peek at my beading tray, hmmm looks pretty messy to me but lots of things going on. Since I hadn't been able to bead while I was sick I'm just now starting some new pieces so here's a quick peek. The daffodil cabs you see in the picture are ones that Beth at Bellesanbeaus Crafts http://bellesanbeauscrafts.blogspot.com/ had made for me.



I do want to say that I'm so happy for my friend, Nicole Campanella from http://beadwright.blogspot.com/ Beadwright for her brother Vince and his strength, will to live, love, and his recovery every day! Vince was very ill and he's doing so much better now. Please be sure to keep him, Nicole and their family in your prayers.
I want to say happy Mosaic Monday to everyone! I've sure missed Mosaic
Monday's since I've been in the hospital, so I'm very happy to be here today! I do want to say a big thank you to Mary at Little Red House http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/ for being the gracious hostess she is and for having Mosaic Monday! Please do try to stop in and visit with her, I know she'd love to have you! While you're there please check out all our friends mosaic pictures here in Blogland, they're always so interesting and fun!

Well for pete sakes...after a entire month of no posts and here I am trying to post this and good ole blogger is down, hmm what to think about this! I wonder if anyone else is having the same problem I am this evening??? This is what it's telling me: "Blogger is currently unavailable right now. We apologize for this interruption in service." hmm I sure hope that blogger can fix this problem ASP! I think those Gremblins are trying to take Blogger over again! lol Marie...helppp, please be sure to stop in at Marie Segal's from Art From My Heart http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/ and her new Etsy Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/mariesegal she has some incredible things there!

Well, I've tried waiting in hopes that Blogger would have fixed what ever problem it was that they're having again but it's a no go this evening! It's now midnight and I'm going to try to lay down and rest, I haven't been sleeping so well for about 3 days now so I'm tired. I'll try to post first thing in the morning! You whoooo Blogger Gremblin's go AWAY! Blogger, come out, come out wherever you are! lol

Stayed tuned...

Thank you so much for stopping in and for your love and caring! Until the next
time, bead happy...

Hugs and happy beading...
Bobbi