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trip from hell part1

I have no idea how to start this its just to much to be believable. well to start john's mom and mine are both sick, both have cancer but johns mom is doing really bad. she tells john she is ready to go. So off we go to Denver as fast as we can arrange thing. eBay stuff packed as fast is I can get it done. as a result I now owe two refunds. Two boxes arrived smashed. so much for my packing. John made the reservations thinks it will save a few hundred leaving out of fort Lauderdale. hummmmmm gas , parking, extras wow boy those extras really got us. we lost about 700 flying out of fort Lauderdale. I know just does not add up. key west Miami or Lauderdale. well let us see how that happened called for parking, internet had handicap lot a mile or so from airport called park and ride. sounded great. park your car about 8 aday that's cheap. and give you a ride to the airport and best of all handicap too. was all over that one. other parking for handicap was 15 so thought I just had really lucked out. lucked out all right, they lied. they have a handicap space but you have to push your wheelchair the mile or so down the highway and hope you survive or you can call a cab because they will not under any circumstance transport some one in a wheel chair they will take my money but only give me half the service I paid for. the managers idea was to cancel my reservation but of course it would take a while before they could give me my money back. TAXI. should have paid the 15 aday more on this part of the story later when we return to get our car. then it goes from bad to worse (or should I say from bad to abuse) well it was about 5 hour drive from big pine key to Lauderdale between rain rush hour and the fact that the pain in my back was getting to bad had to stop every hour. I was ready to cry by the time we got there but was afraid to take full dose of my meds. air port police do not like you to fly when you are smashed on meds. so I held off taking them till we were getting on board. that was another mistake. real bumpy take off did me in. MORE LATER THE FUN HAS YET TO START.

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trip from hell

well its 9pm wednesday been home a few hour, tomorrow I will tell you about the trip from hell, its to bad not to be true. but to my family and friends don't worry we are home safe and sound. just wiped out.

Tutorials

Hi every one Just finished reading some other blogs from people who's work , just amazes me art jeweller aka Hans just posted a Tutorials on making a fused ring and as always I just loved it. This week on my eBay sight I was asked when I was putting up my own web sight and would I include tutorial's on how to use the tools I sell chasing and repousse. but I have my reservations about it there are others who's work is far better then mine like Handforged by Kirsten Skiles. I am rusty at all my skills, but I also know its like riding a bike its coming back. I have been practicing different aspects of the work and I am improving and with the help of others like Hans I will be some day soon post my own tutorials. I have also been thinking of making graver's for sale. I think it would make a nice addition to my tool inventory and they are very easy to make. We I have some bad news to share as well, I am leaving for Denver with my husband at the end of the week. Johns mother is getting sicker and the whole family is getting together.