Roses

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Roses that Mom brought for our table at the restaurant for my family birthday dinner.

Paper quilled roses by Doreen Coreman. She made this pin for a customer who was so taken with it, she asked Doreen to make matching earrings.

I wasn't the only one on the Quillers email list that found those paper folded roses to be exquisite - there's been a lot of discussion of the technique lately. One of the list member sells an instruction sheet with photos for $3.00. I couldn't get my PayPal finger clicking fast enough to order that. I haven't had a chance to attempt them yet - but work of the above quality is my goal. Man, I love those!

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Shocking news. I'm an idiot. I guess I couldn't post these photos for the last few days because I had not saved them with the .jpg extension. It must be that my old scanner software added the extension automatically if I didn't, even though I was in the habit of adding the extension myself. And for these photos I had not. I was determined to figure out my problem this morning and as soon as I looked at the files, I knew what I'd done. Idiot.

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After work tonight, I'll go for my 3rd massage of that 6-session package I bought. What a grand idea that turned out to be. It wasn't easy prying the money from my wallet but knowing I have a weekly massage appointment, already paid for, makes me happy all week, starting Monday morning.

And tonight I'll continue our weekly pizza pick-up plan as well. Simon has dinner at his dad's so it's always just me and Steve. Two weeks ago we had a pulled pork pizza and last week was a taco pizza. I'll order it before I leave work for my massage and ask them to have it ready at 6:30. I love Fridays.