It’s been over a week since I posted. Most of that is because I was out of town last weekend at Hottime on the Mountain in Asheville, NC. I was fortunate enough to be asked to demo one of my murrine ring beads.
I made one like this but added butterflies. It went pretty well, despite using a smaller torch than I am used to (which is pretty much always the case in these settings and is totally fine). It just means the poor attendees had to spend a lot of time watching me wait for glass to melt.
However, on Sunday morning many of them showed me their class beads and everyone did super awesome. I know what it feels like to be scared of using murrine. Greg (the hubby) is a master and it still took me years to get comfortable with trying. It’s really not that hard, I promise.
Anyway, I came home with a pretty nasty head and chest cold. This is what happens when one doesn’t have kids and rarely spends a bunch of time with the general public. Our immune systems just aren’t up to fight off the latest germ de jour. Hopefully I don’t infect Greg. Two of us sick just won’t do. Especially since I’m feeling pretty pathetic right now.
One bright spot in my day however is a five heart review I just found on Sizzling Hot Book Reviews of Haunted on Bourbon Street. It’s the first book blogger review I’m aware of and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
“Haunted on Bourbon Street
is a wonderful debut novel for Deanna K Chase with a well developed plot, strong characters and a multi-faceted story line with twists and turns to keep you thinking.Haunted on Bourbon Street
is sultry and sexy with just enough tension to want the reader to scream, yet enough details to leave the reader satisfied that they aren’t guessing what’s going on. I have to say, pick up Haunted on Bourbon Street
and just enjoy it for the paranormal mystery romance that it is.”
Yay for a pick me up!