Last Cause

-I was reading a book and one of the main characters was St Jude. The saint of lost causes. That is a saint I can get behind. We all gave a lost cause. Mine is I want to be an artist. Not the kind that paints or plays in clay. I like to bake, do handy crafts and every thing I make is pretty.

-The blanket I crochet are beautiful and are orginal patterens. It is becoming a lost art. Many baby blankets I have given out to friends would not have had them because no one in the family crocheted, how sad. I have tried selling them but again no one is interested or will pay what they are worth. I have seen a person layout $1500 for a machine made quilt but would not look at a crocheted afgan that was hand made and better quility. (Yes , this is a soap box).

-A t some point I plan to have a studio in my house in Texas but for now it is only a lost cause, St Jude , help.

houses, conference and friends, new and old

I have been trying to find a house in UT the last few months. The problem is not a lack of housing but rather a lack of working real estate agents. I have called many over the past year and have found they have an inability to return calls and better yet answer the phone. Point of fact; I called about a hotel for sale in Springville UT and got no answer and called two different numbers, no answer. I went to the hotel to see if it was open and found the owner in the lobby. Hotel was pretty but for me over priced and I could never come up with the money or have the time to run it.

I have found that housing here is leaving the middle income people on the street. I have a 2 bedroom town house, nice enought but the same house is renting from $200 to $400 dollars more than what I am paying. I have found the nicer housing is subidised or better yet student housing. Leaving those that are productive and working with no place to live. I would rather buy but the housing is over priced and and forclosers are high here but again the real estate agents do not want to deal with them.

The conference is going well so far. Katie and I are both stressed out beyound words. A car load of trainers were an hour late for class, no surprise there, for the afternoon session. I locked the door when class started. I wanted them to make an issue about getting in the room. There is a lesson there bet they did not learn it. It will be on my hit list a couple times before all is said and done.

I have to got to a dinner party tomorrow night. Tonight I have to bake a cake for the party. I am planning on going over for a short time and leaving I still have two classes to get ready for and no time to do the work.

Work, Visit, looking around

Today is a holiday, I am sure you new that because you are out having a good time not at work. Yes, I am whining. It is beautiful day and I am at work doing proposals for sales. Ok, I really don't mind that much but it does give me an idea of what I will be doing for the next 6 weeks.

The conference is ready as it will be and I have three classes still to outline. Shouldn't take long There is only one class I really need to take a look at. and it is not til friday.

My exhusband's second exwife visted this weekend. She was here to see our son and his wife. We had dinner and talked until I gave up and went home. It did make me sad that we did not get to know each other while Bill was growing up. There was just to much bad stuff in the way. She now lives in the Houston area and is doing well. I am happy to know friends can happed even after so much bitterness. We don't discuss exhusband or the problems we had with him, better to forgive and forget. I have often wondered if she resented my not talking to her over the years when I was mad at Ex. Did she realize I was really trying to keep her out of the middle and not take the anger out on her. She did nothing wrong and I refused to make her a whipping post for my bad marriage. Needless to say Ex is married again but I don't see us getting to know her, no reason to other than to tick off Ex, well that might be fun. Ex-wives club, wonder if he will try for an even dozen???.