One Of Those Days...

It's been one of those days today.  I'm sitting at my computer writing this blog and ignoring the bead mess on my work table 10' away lol.  And what a mess!  At this point I would be happy to be able to say I spilled hundreds of tiny foil lined rochelle beads--I didn't.  I'd even be happy to say I spilled a thousand of them.  These tiny, precious beads that add such beatiful accents to the jewelry I make I spilled several thousand of, and will need my magnifying glasses to pick them all up.  Well, I suppose it could be worse.

In the meantime, I have been working with my crock pot again, since it's been cool and rainy for a week.  (I want to mention here that I feel for the people in Florida, which was visited with tornados both yesterday and today, and for the people in the New Englad area, where a Nor'easter is coming in). Our dreary weather here is not a complaint, just an opportunity to take off one perspective (the one who would like sun to go bike riding in), and put on another one (the one that celebrates cool weather because the crock pot can come out).  In the last 24 hours I've been cooking pork rib tips, relatively inexpensive cuts of pork that don't lend themselves easily to a lot of dishes.  I bought $13 worth and threw it all in the crock pot yesterday.  Today they are ready to come out and be shredded, either to be packed (1 cup shredded/chopped meat to 2 cups broth) and put in the freezer for wonderful bean soups, or the meat to be shredded and mixed with bbq sauce for sandwiches. 

Ah, well, I suppose I should get back to my jewelry project and picking up beads.  I have chain maille links to make today, and a wonderful lime green and cobalt blue necklace to finish up.  And oh, pick up all those beads too lol.