A quick post before the storm rolls in.............

My treasures came today!  My Mother's Day gifts to me.  Next year I'll have to plan better so they arrive before Mother's Day! LOL!
My diamond painting came and I have so looked forward to it that I told myself when it came I would drop everything and do it!  Well, almost....I cleaned up the house and prepped for supper and got the garbage out and back in first.  Then...I did this..............that's just the canvas and it is covered in plastic as the canvas has adhesive all over it.  If you're interested in learning more there are plenty of videos and tutorials on You Tube.  I watched several before starting out.  Granted....this is a big one but I really liked it so I told myself..."go big or go home"!

 You are given bags and bags of "drills" or plastic crystals that have one flat side and one dimensional side.  If I do this more than once I will definitely invest in a bead storage container..........I'm using a pill box from my parents and some little jars but there are still lots of drills..........they give you little tiny sealable bags to put the beads/drills in but that would be a pain before too long.  I may be making a trip to Walmart again...............

Here's the little bit that I have done...........I think this might be my new addiction!  But it's still going to take a long time....that's just the border!  Whoa Nellie!  Donna from Stitching in DooDah did a bigger one than this.  I should ask her how long it took her to do it.  I think I will probably set aside so much time per day to work on it and maybe I'll get faster and more proficient.  I really enjoy it so far.

I also got some water color pencils.  I've always wanted some of these and I thought I had bought some but alas I had not.  So now I have!

   I bought some 'masking' tape in assorted colors and they come off in strips.........so pretty!

 Last but not least.....I have been trying to read The Mueller report for weeks now.  First I knew I couldn't read the Justice Dept. copy on their website as I would have to sit in front of my pc.  Then I downloaded one for my Kindle but it didn't format correctly and was unreadable. Then Audible came out with one for free but I couldn't assimilate the information as fast as they were reading it....old age I suspect.  So, finally I ordered a hard copy that I could read at night in the comfort of my bed at my own pace.....400 some pages may take me awhile but I'm determined! 

 I am signing off now to get the girls fed and out before the storm blows in and also get my dinner cooked in case we lose power.  Hopefully the storm will have lost steam by the time it gets here!  One can only pray!  
Happy Trails!!!