Lunch with Mom is always an interesting treat. We frequent the drive thru establishments since I cannot lift her wheelchair into my car. She’s really accepting of this and just loves being able to “escape” from the home. Yesterday, while driving to the Dairy Queen, she continued to ask about this and that kind of car as they whirred by us. Eventually she said, “I don’t know why I’m so interested in cars. I’m not going to get one.” (“whew”, I thought) I told her that it was OK to look whether you were going to buy or not. “Like men?” she asked. Again suggesting that it might be OK to look, but not want one she told me she wanted one! Although my Father has been gone for almost 9 years, I quickly changed the conversation.
My conclusion from Mother’s wisdom is that it’s OK to go to all those bead shows and to peruse the websites whether I’m planning to get something or not. A plethora of ideas often pops into my head while enjoying the eye candy. I do try to keep the computer time down since it takes away from my design time, but following are the four websites that I try to keep up with:
www.jewelrylessons.com (Eni Oken)
I’m pretty disciplined about the beads shows. For each, I give myself both a time limit and a budget, the two things from which I seldom veer. A list also helps unless you lose it at a vendor’s table. After my lunch with Mom, I’m feeling pretty good about going to those shows . . . after all, it’s OK to look.