Here we go with a fucking skunk smell again. Really hope those aren’t a problem in Florida! I don’t think they will be. They seem to be mostly in in-between climates. It’s horrible. I’ve smelled more skunks in just one year here than in my entire life elsewhere. I don’t think they dwell in deserts like Arizona (I don’t remember seeing or smelling any down there) or subtropical climates like Florida. I know they’re up in Oregon because I saw one once but even there they’re not nearly as abundant as they are here. This is the worst climate to be in when it comes to skunks.

Even though I slept 9 hours and 2 minutes, my sleep score was 85 instead of 86 like it was yesterday when I only slept for 5 hours and 31 minutes, and I do feel more tired today too.

Managed to load up the beads into their plastic compartment case, which is surprisingly heavy when full, and I have different ideas in mind for various designs. I might start with a necklace where I have a set amount of the same color in front and then a random mix at the sides.

I was kind of pissed at first that they didn’t load the beads into the case but this way I could load them in the exact order I wanted. Even the brown glass is nice. The only ones that are so-so are the solid red and orange, along with the silverish gray that’s kind of dull. But hey, I’m a woman. How many of us actually like gray? I knew a couple that did actually, and neither was very feminine. Oh well, to each their own. I like my girly colors…pinks and purples, although there are some pretty blues and greens in this set as well. There’s a multicolor metallic-looking one that’s gorgeous. They’re very tiny and come with needles, plus a bonus bag of letter beads. Never been a fan of letter beads but Aly said she liked those, so I made her a letter bracelet I’ll eventually send her with a seed bracelet or necklace. I’ll wait till it’s closer to Christmas.

OMG, though! This skinnier stretchy cord is way easier to work with and tie off! I appreciated the needle threader as well not just because it’s needed but because I just broke one trying to thread the thicker cord with it.

Looking forward to getting the toggle clasps I ordered because I think they’ll be much easier when putting bracelets on myself that aren’t on stretchy chords. Claw clasps aren’t easy to use, especially with long nails. Magnetic clasps are nice, but they grab onto anything and everything. When loading jewelry onto my jewelry stand, they all want to graph each other and bunch and tangle. Jewelry orgies aren’t, well, very organized.

I’m also looking forward to the bicone crystal glass beads I’m getting as well as some lava beads.

Plus, we’re getting beading cement with a very fine needle-like applicator for inserting into the centers of beads to hide knots. That’s what I don’t like about the last bracelet I did is that the knot shows. I secured it with clear nail polish but it’s too big. I should have only knotted it twice and not three times, especially with that cord being thicker.

Lastly, he replaced our ancient Firestick with one we can use with Alexa.

I had another moving dream that was senseless but kind of funny. We moved, only it wasn’t to Florida but to the California/Nevada line. We lived in one of a series of houses scattered hundreds of feet apart on these lush green rolling hills. I seemed to really like the house but was dismayed to learn that a woman with three no doubt noisy kids were checking out the one for sale next to us. Luckily, she didn’t take the house. The Twenties got it instead and the funny part was learning that our house partially extended a few feet into Nevada which was the side they were on. Because of it, we were legally obligated to share part of our land and part of our house with them, including my dresser, LOL. I had to allow Mrs. Twenties to place whatever she wanted on top of half of it and the use of some drawers too.