Things that are going my way...

- I love the woman at Borders that gave me my $15 in Borders Rewards when my card showed there was nothing on it. This was after finding a book for Piper, chasing her through the store, finding a book for myself, then retracing my steps all around the store because my sweater had come untied from around my waist. I had a 25% off coupon that expired today and didn't want to use it unless I was using my Borders Rewards, too. I had an email proving that I had the Rewards, but that meant finding the nearest computer and printing that out returning again. I was already sweaty from my jaunt around the store and Piper was needing a nap. Then the nice woman with the rainbow peace tattoo on her for forearm came to the rescue. When she couldn't even find out how to check the Rewards balance, she decided to just give them to me anyway. Who does that these days? I mean I was being honest, but she didn't have to do that. I thanked her profusely and escaped from the store before Piper had a fit.

- I locked in our mortgage refinance at 4.875% today. I am happy that we won't have to go through the appraisal process or have normal closing costs.

Yes, my cat is on the kitchen table. That's where she gets the best sun.
She happened to be laying next to my jewelry so I took a picture with
my phone (hence, the sub-par picture quality).

- I finally made some beaded jewelry. I have been resisting the beaded stuff because my silver jewelry is what I really want to do. This is partially due to the fact that the beaded market is super-saturated. I have been stressing about getting more silver jewelry made so I can put more jewelry in this shop I sell at in downtown Bozeman. The silver takes much longer so it has been hard finding the time needed. Then I realized that my beaded jewelry actually sells at the this shop so why not make some just to sell there. Beaded jewelry doesn't have to be my focus, but in not being my focus it doesn't mean it should just go away.