Showing posts with label vacation planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation planning. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Status Report

I have decided to shorten my trip by a few days, now instead of 14 nights I will be staying only 10. I decided to do this to cut costs (my total decreased by over $500) and to make it easier to get time off when I finally find a decent job. Other than that my plans remain the same.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

What I've Been Up To

Well, still no job. I have been working on my jewelry making skills and hope to get a booth at a couple of bazaars this winter. I've taken up chainmaille weaving as well. It's really fun, and challenging, to learn a bunch of the weaves. There are dozens to learn. Here's a picture:

That one is called European 6 in 1 - for every center ring there are 6 outside rings that go through it. I've made about eight different weaves so far, and there are about 50 more that I want to try. Here's a Queen's Mail bracelet (also called Box Chain):