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Pretty Photo for you, Diamond Waterfall in St. Lucia

For Mother's Day, I am offering free shipping in the SueBeads etsy store, until May 9th, my birthday! I was actually born on Mother's Day!!! What a gift! :} The only thing is, I don't feel like changing over 60 listings, so just wait for a revised invoice to pay! OR I will be happy to refund shipping if you forget!

Today has been pretty much like yesterday - bank, BB&B, make beads, eat lunch, use de-piller on the karate dobok (sp?) that I got at BB&B, move buttons on my daughter's uniform kilt, plant some plants, dishes, get dinner in the crockpot, etc. While I'm not done yet - I have to make some earrings with my beads for the Pittsburgh Glass Center Sale on May 9th, I did sit outside to move the buttons and boy, is it nice!!! I love this weather, and getting some alone time before the craziness starts again at 4pm.

Oh yeah, I wanted to mention, my daughter has been taking a class at the Glass Center called Photographic Imagery in Glass. She has a fantastic flair for photography, and loves glass (of course!) and this was perfect for her. She made a piece (it's still waiting to be sandblasted) and wrote a poem to go along with it. I won't post the poem until I get to post a photo of the piece, too, but let me tell you, I am FORCING her to submit it to a teen poetry magazine - she is just amazing!

Oh yes, and my son is participating in an all martial arts championship tournament on Saturday (all day!!!). He usually comes home with a trophy bigger than he is. I hope he does again this year, although it will be tougher for him now that he is a black belt. But he's really good, so I'll keep my fingers crossed. He likes to trick me into thinking he did horrible! I'll let you know!

Edited to add - thanks Heather for the name of the waterfall!

Comments

peacockfairy said…
Hi Sue - I visited this waterfall about 2 years ago - it's the Diamond Waterfall. Have you ever been to St. Lucia? I wish I was there right now!!!
SueBeads said…
Hi Heather - we were there in December! I couldn't remember the name - thanks! My engineer took the photo.
peacockfairy said…
Ohhhhh, did you love it??? Where did you stay?
SueBeads said…
Grand St. Lucian (Sandals). It was very nice, the hotel was great even though we felt OLD! I liked Grand Cayman better for snorkeling, though, but this was a better resort! Where did you stay?
peacockfairy said…
We stayed at Ladera - it was amazing! Sounds like you made stops on other islands? My guy is an engineer too. :-)

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