Beading WIP

 I didn't get the mittens done last week because I'm being distracted by beading. I'm almost done with this pearl and czech bead necklace.

 The pattern is here: Necklace tutorial

I am using 3mm glass pearls and some 6mm Czech glass beads. So I've modified it a bit.

Last week I took Zoey to the vet. She went for a walk in the woods with my husband and daughter and came back with a slight limp. No one saw her hurt herself. I figured she pulled a muscle and would be fine in a few days. Nope. It was getting worse. So, to the vet we went.

Turns out she's sprained her groin muscle pretty badly. She's been put on a painkiller and we have to keep her quiet and indoors for 2 weeks. Ugh! So far, so good. She's been very well behaved and isn't fighting the pills I'm giving her at all.

Still no snow. It's been in the 40s during the day. We've had rain, but not much. A new gal came to our weekly knitting group at the library and she said something about winter not being too bad around here. We all were quick to tell her this winter is a freak. Not normal. Don't get used to it. 

Speaking of the Rathdrum Library knitting group, we're suddenly getting knitting visitors to our meetings. Not everyone who comes joins the group, but we've had 2 people join in the last month. They are great gals and fit in to the group wonderfully.

Another library development I haven't blogged about is the problems the library is having. Some extremist Christian Nationalist got voted to the board of trustees and they are wreaking havoc! They are trying to ban books and destroy the library system. They started by refusing an annual donation given every year to help the libraries out. They shut down the community book sharing system so books can't be sent to other libraries in the county. Then they laid off a whole lot of employees because there's not enough money. After that they changed the hours so it's not open as much, including being closed on Sunday and Monday because of "lack of money". Yet, when offered the money they needed, it was turned down! They've been talking about having a "Smut Room" for the books they have tried to ban. Now they've decreed that we must have a chaperone at every group meeting held in the library. So now we have a girl young enough to be my granddaughter keeping an eye on us every time we meet, and she doesn't even knit! 

The new rule is extremely insulting. Our group doesn't need someone keeping an eye on us. We're not children! 

In addition, they are working to get a law passed making librarians responsible and liable if a child checks out an inappropriate book. This includes jail time! This is so unreasonable, and downright crazy! There are safeguards already to prevent children from doing that. In addition, it's the parents job to keep their own children from reading something they don't approve. Local people, rightly, are unhappy with what is going on. I expect the next board of trustees election will make some changes. 

We've had several of these people get into local political agencies and they've caused no end of trouble. They got on the board for North Idaho College and did so much damage the college almost lost it's accreditation! Fortunately there is a huge backlash from the public and these people are getting voted OUT! Meanwhile, there's so much damage to be repaired. It's a Trump town. No doubt about it. I wish they would all move away and leave us alone. We'll keep fighting them until they are all out of local government positions.

Live long and prosper. \\//