Well, i've FINALLY kicked the wicked infection that kept going from my ear to my sinuses to my chest and back again. Had my ear drained and a tube put in, and i've been sleeping on average of 10 hours a night, so i'm good. I've been sorting beads like mad, and finding neat little bead shops all over the milwaukee/madison area. I've also been working 60+ hour weeks, so yeah, busy lis! I'm also working on constructing a cheapie lightbox for myself to help with the lighting problems. if i can get thtat under control, i'll start working on taking better pictures with more detail.

I also found this really cool online library site: [link]

it's basically an online library catalog for your own collection of books. how awesome is that! i'm setting up mine, because, quite frankly, i have no idea how many books i have, and i need a way to document WHAT i have. also, i will be setting up another account to show people the books i have a available for trade/selling, and another account as a wishlist. i have a huge wishlist of books, and i would LOVE to trade for them. i also have close to 500 books that i want to get rid of. I sold a few hundred on ebay when i had an ebay account, but with the prices as nuts as they are on there now, it's just not worth it.