Bookmarks,,,,

Okay, so here is the deal...my father, yes, that 60+ year-old man whom I love with all my heart told me that I needed to update my blog. I find that funny on many levels, but the biggest is the fact that my father even knows what a blog is and what you are supposed to do on it! So, I was talking to my Favorite Daughter and told her that I needed to update my blog but that I really had nothing to discuss; I asked her to give me a word, the first word that pops into her head and I would talk about it. I am thinking that maybe she will give me something cool like....brownies or puppies or LEARNERS PERMIT (these words have been popping out of her mouth a lot lately!) but no, she gives me the word bookmark. Bookmark? Really? Here it goes...

So, when Garrick left for college, I was a bit...depressed. Although, I really will not admit this to too many people. Anyway, I decided that I needed to do something, so I did some scrapbooking (yuk) and some reading (love) and some cleaning (yuk) but I just needed to do something else. Well, I remembered at a youth conference once I learned to make bookmarks out of wire and beads. So, I thought I would make some more. I bought beads and wire and even tools (!) and started on my project. I made bookmark after bookmark after bookmark. I gave them to people, I saved some for myself. I experimented and failed, however, I experimented and succeeded too! Here are a few that I saved for myself:


I know, they are totally cool huh? Anyway, when my son leaves for two years for a mission, I cannot even begin to tell you what I will do to ease the depression. I am thinking, however, it is going to be way bigger than bookmarks! And then there comes the even bigger day when my daughter decides that she needs to graduate and leave the house too! Oh joy! What, oh what will I do all alone? Well, that, my friends, is a bridge that I refuse to cross until I come to it.

So, there you have it...I can make a fairly good discussion about any word...any takers?