That's What She Said: Productivity makes me warm and fuzzy....

What a fabulous weekend! We started off earth day by recycling our old paint cans, computer monitors and donations for goodwill at the city earth day.

Then Geoff and I decided to go on a nature "hike" (ok, walk) at the Skidaway State Park. This might have been the longest walk the dogs have been on yet. Thank goodness we brought them water.

And now the latest obsession..."Getting those things you've said you wanted to get done for years". You guys know what I am talking about! Those minor things you've left on the back burner, because you know they are not THAT important, but something you would really like done.

So far my list has been:

Fixing my grandfathers cabinet (has been refinshed, all hinges replaced and fixed, polished, wooden casters added back on, mirror backing replaced etc) Now all that is left is finding the keys. Considering this was made in 1901...has been a pain to find. We'll see if a local key shop can find what I need.

polishing my mother and great grandmothers silver pieces (tired doing it myself...the results were less than desirable and my hands turned raw and icky. Found out there is actually someone close by that does it. Would you be suprised if I told you this woman also has at least 20 cats??)

And this is the mack daddy of all things I wanted to get done....

Re-string my mother's jewelry that is broken, or really fragile.

I went to a store in Downtown Savannah that was soooo sweet to help me. I didn't realize how much it would cost to restring beads. They charge by the inch (around 75 cents and up to 2.00 for the serious work) BUT considering some of the necklaces are more than 12 inches and have 3, 5, and 26 strands...it was going to cost be over 1,000 to do all the work done!!!

Ummmm...noooooo.

So the lady told me all the supplies I would need and I have been doing the time consuming task of restringing the beads all weekend. Then I will take them back and she will help me put the new clasps on each of them.

I am on my final necklac. Just making me think about it makes me cringe. It has been the most time consuming since those beads are the size of the tip of a ball point pin. Each strand takes 1 hour to bead (hopefully it will get faster, since I'm only on 4 of 26 strands).