So Glad GreekChat is Back Up!

[PenguinTrax]

Did you get to Oak Creek Canyon? You can 'waterslide' down the creek there and there's an apple orchard in the park that sells cider - very yummy!

I just got back (along with DS) from 8+ days in Milwaukee. Visited with family, attended the Bead & Button Show and took classes. Our flight back yesterday was 2 hours late leaving Atlanta, so it was a looooong freakin' day. Have 200+ work emails to wade through, too.

I'm like BlueAngel - I need a vacation from my vacation.

[EtaPhiZTA]

Wow - it sounds like everyone is having an adventure-packed summer.

As for me, I have some good news and some bad news. First the good news, I did finish that video course I wrote about earlier. In fact, I finished it ahead of my personal deadline and mailed it off last Thursday! Yeah

Now the bad news. The next day I woke up with a terrible toothache. Turns out I have an abcessed tooth and I need to have a root canal. Oh well, now that I am on antibiotics and steroids (for the inflammation), it is not nearly as painful. Just have to wait until next Tuesday to have the root canal done.

After that, summer is bound to be great. I am looking really hard for the silver lining

[blueangel]

Hey Barbara! I was wondering where you've been!

No, we only had a few hours in Sedona. I really loved it there, and wished we had more time. We did a "brief" jeep tour. Just in that one day, we started in Scottsdale, went to Montezuma's Castle, then Sedona, and on to Grand Canyon. Whew!

Sounds like you had a busy vacation too. Are you going to post some pic's of some of the new beads you learned how to make?

[PenguinTrax]

Didn't do too many beads - but yes, I'll post some pics as soon as I have them downloaded from my camera..which is still sitting in a suitcase upstairs. I need a YAWN emoticon, lol.

[FSUZeta]

what i did this summer(so far):

just got back from heiping the in-laws celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in oklahoma. their actual anniversary was in december, but the celebration could not happen until last saturday. it was a great party, and we were able to spend some time at my sister in laws lake house before the party-the kids learned to wakeboard.

we are planning a sailing trip in the abacos the end of july.

[radioZTA]

Update...I've lost 15 pounds so the diet is going well. We are going on vacation after all. I'm flying straight from Convention in Houston to Denver to join my family.

And I'm just getting over what the doctor thinks is CHICKEN POX! I had them when I was 2 but the doctor can't figure out what else it could be. He had 2 other doctors look at me and I tested positive for a virus. I'm tired, itchy and splotchy. Ugh! Hope my skin clears up before I go to Convention. I'm going to take a benadryl and go back to bed.

[ZTAMich]

SO I have a bit of an update!!!

I GOT ENGAGED SATURDAY! We were in Michigan at his family's house, it was so perfect. July & August have just turned into early wedding planning months instead of just summer relaxing!