ARE YOU JEALOUS OF ME?

So, are you jealous of me? Well, I don't blame you at all since I have been given 2 cool awards from one of the talented jewelry designers on Artfire. Yep, it's true--Julie of "Creations with Heart" has given me 2 awards.

The first award is the "Tag Your It" award. With this cool award I get to share 10 interesting things about me with you--and you know how I love to share. So my dears--here goes:
1. I am 5'9'' tall. Yep, I am-- I always sat in the back of the room and was the last on line all through elementary and junior high school.

2. My astrological sign is Virgo--I am organized, responcible, reliable, precise, and quite helpful--I am quick thinking, loyal, and quite discriminating about who I associate with--however, I can also be a bit critical, fussy for I am always striving to be better--Most Virgo's are shy and demur--HA!!! not me because I am quite outgoing, friendly, and very assertive.

3. I broke my left arm when I was 7 running after my cousin and again 1 year later running home from school.

4. I had to carry my birth certificate with me when I went to the movies from about 11 years old to prove that I was under 13 years old--otherwise I'd have to pay adult price.

5. I was the first of my friends to have my own phone--my parents were sick of all the time I spent talking on the phone.6. I was voted "Miss Outerspace" in Jr.H.S. because of my very outgoing and "crazy" personality.

7. My mother had to come up to school every Friday to check on my behavior because I was always in some type of trouble for talking and laughing too much in classes.

8. When I was 20 I had a boyfriend with a bright red Honda motorcycle. It was so cool to ride on it until we skidded into a ditch and my entire right side was black and blue for too long a time.

9. I burned my bra in the center of Brooklyn College with about 100 other young women in favor of the women's lib movement.

10. I had a fire engine red Mustang with a black vinyl top that I absolutely loved--until it was stolen 2 years later. My heart was terribly broken.

OK--that's one award finished--

Now for my second award which is the "Premio Meme Award,"-- with this cool award I get to tell you 7 more interesting facts about me. Wow, I can imagine how thrilled you are about this.

Well, my dears--here we go again:

1. This November I will be married 33 years to the same great guy. We have 2 adult sons who are 29 and 24 years old. Our 24 year old is still living with us. We also have 2 cats, Storm and Katie, who very generously allow us to live with them.

3. I come from a long line of talented genes--not, my Calvins--but, my family genes. I have been a crafter since I was a very young girl. I knit, crochet, do macrame, embroider, do quilling, stained glass, and much more.

4. In September I began my 6th year of designing jewelry. It seems that I am definitely a beadaholic and I'm very proud of it. I find that designing and making jewelry is extremely therapeutic and lots of fun.

5. I have been selling on line for 1 year now--first on Etsy, and then I opened a studio on Artfire in November of '08.

6. This past year has been a difficult one health wise. I have had 2 stents placed into one of my main arteries and my appendix erupted. I will be going for another angiogram soon to see if another one of my artery's needs a stent.

7. I just turned 60 years old on September 5th and I have to admit it's really not soooooooo bad at all. For this special birthday I got a brand new 2010 Silver Toyota Camry--this is the 3rd silver Camry that I have owned. I love it--it is totally awesome to drive.

Well, there you have it--are you still jealous of me? Not to worry it is now time for me to pass these 2 cool awards on to ten other lucky bloggers--go check the list below to see if you are one of the lucky ones. Hope you have fun!

1. http://gemkitty75.artfire.com/

2. http://gravelroadjewelry.artfire.com/

3. http://exquisitestudios.artfire.com/

4. http://starlightsilver.artfire.com/

5. http://aridanfashions.artfire.com/

6. http://creativelyjeweled.artfire.com/

7. http://calysjewelrycreations.artfire.com/

8. http://spunsisterdesigns.artfire.com/

9. http://supplycloset.artfire.com/

10. http://debideaux.artfire.com/

I hope this proves to be a bit challenging and some fun.

Well I'll ttyl--

OMG--I'm 60 Years Old!!!

Yep, it's true I just turned 60 years old. Now, how the hell did this happen? I look in the mirror and it still looks like me and it still feels like me. Where is 15, 20, 25, 30 and all those other years before this 60th birthday? Are they hiding somewhere? Are they angry with me, is that why they left? It's a tad "mind boggling" to think about how fast time actually flies. And it's also a tad "mind boggling" that we are so unaware of it as it is happening.

When I was in my 20's I was a big fan of Harry Chapin--remember him?--I really loved one of his songs a lot and I find that recently I've been singing it in my head:

All my life's a circle,
Sunrise and sundown.
The moon rolls through the night time,

Til the daybreak comes around.

All my life's a circle,
but I can't tell you why.
The seasons spinning round again,

The years keep rolling by.

How true are these words? Very true indeed for all of us.

Now, to be honest turning 60 really isn't so bad-- it's just a number just like any other number. I think what makes it a little painful is that being 60 is a reminder to us that life is short and very precious. Well then we need to relish every minute of it, take one day at a time, and try very hard to see the glass as always "half full"! Oh yea, and dance to the music too.

HERE ARE SOME WORLD FACTS FROM THE YEAR I WAS BORN--

1. Nato was established.

2. West Germany was established.

3. Communist People's Republic of China formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong

4. South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.

5. Britain recognizes the independence of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland remains a part of the United Kingdom.

HERE ARE SOME US FACTS FROM THE YEAR I WAS BORN---

1. Harry S. Truman was President.

2. US population was 149,188,130.

3. NY Yankees won the world series of baseball.

4. 45 rpm records are sold in the U.S.

5. The first Emmys were handed out.

6. The Oscar for best picture: Hamlet.

7. Cable TV debuts.

8. Most Popular songs of the year: "Some Enchanted Evening", "Ghost Riders in the Sky", "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer", and "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend".

9. Some of the Movies of this year were: "All the Kings Men", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Twelve o'Clock High", "The Sands of Iwo Jima", and "The Third Man".

10. William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

11. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to Arthur Miller for "Death of a Salesman".

12. In NY theater the most popular Shows were: "Death of a Salesman", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", and South Pacific.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE MEMORIES THAT I CARRY WITH ME--

1. roller skates with skate keys

2. hoola hoops

3. 45 records

4. Black n White TV

5. Drive In Movies

6.Playing punch ball, handball, stick ball, and stoop ball

7. Hop Scotch

8. Hit the Penny

9. Ked's Sneakers

10. Hi-Fi's

11. Teased Hair

12. Chewing Bubble Gum and cracking it.

13. The Lindy, the Mashed Potatoes, the Twist, the Fly, the Stroll, the Hustle just a few of the popular dances of my youth

14. Pedal Pushers

15. Troy Donahue, Ed Byrnes, Connie Stevens, Elvis, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, The Supremes, The 4 Tops, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Bee Gees,

16. Route 66, Father Knows Best, Bonanza, Sky King, Lawrence Welk, Art Linkletter, Rifleman,

My Three Sons, American Bandstand, My Freind Flicker, 77Sunset Strip, Name That Tune, Milton Berle Show, Howdy Doody, Ozzie and Harriet, I Love Lucy, Rinky Dink, Dynasty, and so much more...

17. White Castle "murder burgers"

18. Rock and Roll

19. Hippies, peace symbols, "Hair"

20. candy cigarettes, egg creams, dots, fraps, good humor ice cream truck, ice cream sodas, little wax bottles with sugar water...

There is so much more-however, right now I'm having one of those senior moments that come with this new age of mine!!!

So that's all for now--ttyl