20 Years Ago Today
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Isn't my latest Etsy purchase beautiful? $12 plus shipping. I plan to hang it on my studio window. Here's what the artist says about it:
I make the window stars by hand-folding small squares of paper, overlaying the folded paper, and then gluing them together to create different patterns.
Each point on the star is folded 19 times. With 8 points on the star, that's 152 folds!
This star measures approximately 9 1/2 inches in diameter.
The star can be kept on your window all year round since the paper doesn’t fade.
Isn't my latest Etsy purchase beautiful? $12 plus shipping. I plan to hang it on my studio window. Here's what the artist says about it:
I make the window stars by hand-folding small squares of paper, overlaying the folded paper, and then gluing them together to create different patterns.
Each point on the star is folded 19 times. With 8 points on the star, that's 152 folds!
This star measures approximately 9 1/2 inches in diameter.
The star can be kept on your window all year round since the paper doesn’t fade.
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Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of my favorite day of my entire life, the day we picked up Simon at the airport, fresh from Korea. Steve will tell you I can't say that sentence without a quiver in my voice and he's right. I love that kid so much.
But. Yeah, there's a but. This parental thing we do of attempting to balance enabling and support in the right proportions, is a bitch sometimes. This week has been full of tough love for me. Simon and 3 buds went to Myrtle Beach for Spring Break, very spur of the moment. Simon couldn't afford to go but he's making do somehow. He calls me every day or so, with wild stories. He would swear he's not asking me for money but sounds to me like he's laying the ground work for me to offer. Not gonna happen. It feels good actually, doing the right thing. I'd gotten a wee bit out of balance in recent weeks and realized I was depriving him of the opportunity to make his own success and be proud of himself.
I know I was the only one concerned about it, but Simon got through his five days of jury duty availability without having to report to court at all. He was in Myrtle Beach for the last 2 days of that 5 day period so don't ask me how that was going to work if he had to report. I don't know how that kid hit the lottery but his jury pool appeared to only be 200 people strong with only the first 50 or so having to report to court. Most pools are 900, I believe. His number was 161 so in the beginning I was certain he'd have to report. As the days wore on, it looked more and more like he wouldn't have to report, especially when they started pulling the next pool of 900 into court. So I wasn't overly concerned but it was on my mind.
Anyway, I really do love that kid to pieces. Besides less money to him, means more money I can spend on me in Etsy shops!
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I know I was the only one concerned about it, but Simon got through his five days of jury duty availability without having to report to court at all. He was in Myrtle Beach for the last 2 days of that 5 day period so don't ask me how that was going to work if he had to report. I don't know how that kid hit the lottery but his jury pool appeared to only be 200 people strong with only the first 50 or so having to report to court. Most pools are 900, I believe. His number was 161 so in the beginning I was certain he'd have to report. As the days wore on, it looked more and more like he wouldn't have to report, especially when they started pulling the next pool of 900 into court. So I wasn't overly concerned but it was on my mind.
Anyway, I really do love that kid to pieces. Besides less money to him, means more money I can spend on me in Etsy shops!
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posted by Stefani at 1:44 PM
2 Comments:
Man, that young man is lucky! His good fortune began when he got you for a mother!
I would bet you money that the paper would fade in the TX sun. Everything else does that says it won't. :-)
Tough love, our daughter may hear that if she doesn't move harder to find a job!
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