I am not a “crafter”.  Being the computer nerd that I am, when I see something scrapbook-y (yes, it’s a word) or fabric-y…I immediately envision how I can recreate it on the computer.  I know…nerdy.

This weekend (week rather…he left Wed morning) Zach went on a road trip with his friends Clay, Adam, and Chet.  Clay got accepted into med school at Ohio State, and leaves this Thursday.  So naturally, they wanted to do one last boys’ trip together.  TENDER.  So Zach was gone for 5 days, then my family left for Lava Hot Springs, and Zach’s whole family went to Lake Powell.  So I made my usual “List” for the weekend and got to work.

I hung my new velvet curtains in my bedroom (yes…way sexy).

I ordered all of our new large and in charge bedding – we had to buy a king size duvet and pillows considering we upgrade in royalty sizes.

I did all the laundry and cleaned the house, and got really bored of all that stuff pretty quick.

SO…I hung all the frames in our office, which have been leaning against the wall for months.  This was the start of my problem this weekend.  I was way upset when I realized I purchased a frame from Michaels and the glass was cracked, in two places.  So I went back to the store to return it.  OF COURSE they said they couldn’t refund my money or let me exchange it for a new frame…because they claimed that I couldn’t prove that it was BEFORE I took it home.  Lame.  BUT they did give me in-store credit (but it wasn’t enough to cover the EXACT frame that I needed – don’t even get me started.  Michael’s is on my shiz list).  So thanks to Pinterest, and the fact that my husband had been gone, I decided I was going to make a few pieces of jewelry I had seen on there with my extra cash-ola credit.  So instead of a gorgeous frame, I left that stupid institution with bags of beads, wire, clasps, and some things called “crimping beads”??  I have never made jewelry before in my life, I was so confused by all the gadgetry.  But I was on a mission.  I even enlisted some friends the first day and I made these bad boys: Decided to post them to my DIY Blog.

I have to say that the Chevron Friendship bracelets were one of my favorite to make, and the easiest.  I went a little overboard, and over the weekend (and time period Zach was gone during the week) I watched my favorite shows and made 8 chevron bracelets in Bad-A colors!

Some projects were more difficult than others, and to be honest I saved some of the more difficult ones for last…which was foolish because my friends had much more knowledge in jewelry-making than I did and they weren’t as passionate at getting them ALL done as I was.

I get really lonely when Zach is gone, so I try to keep myself as busy as possible so I don’t have to think about how much I miss him.  I have decided these little “projects” are my way of keeping distracted and I am already making a list of new things I want to replicate when he leaves for the next convention and/or Man Adventure.

Speaking of adventures, Zach and his friends had quite the week in St. George > Vegas > California.  They didn’t make it to Mexico (thank Heaven above, I was praying it wouldn’t happen.  A little gringo like Zach would get snatched up in a second.) but they did get COMPED at a SUITE at the Venetian for two nights and Zach came home with a pretty decent bundle of cash from his winnings at the tables.  I don’t love him gambling, but I wasn’t super upset when he brought me home my dream watch from the rest of his winnings.

Ah, the spoils of victory.  I was totally cool with him gambling just this ONE time.  WHAT?  Don’t judge me!

All in all, I’d say it was a pretty killer week and weekend.