Sunday Marathon Session

This last Sunday it was the London Marathon; which always makes me cry. Every year we go and watch it and we are standing by the 7 mile mark. The reason I cry I think is that I’m so impressed with the effort of the runners. Not so much on the day it self (that is impressive in itself), but for the effort they have put in before hand. The long lonesome runs, the muscle pain and the blisters; it all comes to a head on this one day in April.

I have wanted to run a marathon for the last 10 years, but have not gotten around to sorting it out, and now after the extensive hip surgery I’ve had I probably never will be able to. This is a small life lesson for me, if you want to do something, do it know as you never know when someone will remove all the soft tissue in your joint (or life) so that you can’t anymore.

My friend ran it this weekend, and he ran it for me. I was so happy seeing him and seeing that. It made me cry worse then normal. Luckily I was wearing my new Winged Zebra striped sunglasses that cover most of my face.

So the above picture is of Fred running the Marathon.

2.5 days and counting

It’s my last 2.5 days left at work and then I will be officially unemployed; By Chioce. That is the strange thing, I will be unemployed by CHOICE.

I am very financially risk averse, and leaving my job without having sorted another is something I would never think I would do. But I have and it’s scary and exiting at the same time. Exiting because it might allow me to do something different, don’t really know yet what the different thing will be. But I’m sure that will show it self. I will start by sitting on a beach for a couple of weeks to start; the meaning of life might show up there, you never know.

I have spent so much time in the last years being disillusioned with my previous choices and blaming everything and everyone but me (that’s right mum and dad I’ve blamed you) . But I guess I finally realised that I’m the one the blame. Better late then never eh?? Blame for wanting security before doing something that I like, but I think the most annoying part is that I whine about it. I guess I’ve grown up a little, you have to stand by your choices, I choose to study for 4 years something that I really didn’t care for. Mainly cause I didn’t really know what else to do, and I really didn’t want to move back home without having achieved something. So I got my MSc and then what. I started whining.

I guess what I’m saying is that I’m going to try to not be such a cry baby, now if I get to the other side of the world and run straight into the same industry that I work in here and that I bitch about all the time. Feel free to whack me over the head. That will be hard as I will be living on the other side of the world from those most likely to hear me whine about it. But you can tell A to do it for you.

Anyway tonight I’m getting my camera that I left at a friends house on Sunday, and I will show you the fab photos of London Marathon and the fantastic sweater my friend Fred ran it in.

Super heroines

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about superheroes; well more like super heroines, female super heroes. What type of jewelry would a super hero be wearing.
I’m thinking for a super hero work situation they would have to wear a gun shot reflecting bracelet, an amulet necklace that would protect them from what ever is their own type of kryptonite., maybe a ring that allows communication since the phone/watch is so Bond ca 1970 but not in a good way or in which you can carry some type of poison.

I don’t think for their work costume they would be wearing big earrings, but small discrete ones with something like Bluetooth technology in them.

Whereas for their casual clothing I’m feeling some over the top drop earrings are in place, that could be used as a throw weapon incase of emergency like Modesty Blaises handbag handle.

They would still be wearing a bracelet, maybe one with a secret super heroine code on it so they could recognize each other. No point having two super heroines in the same coffee shop. Better to spread out the super hero powers over the city. So if they saw one with the secret sign bracelet in the coffee shop they could then choose another coffee shop. To make sure that all citizens of the town was save, in all coffee shops.

So my first Super Heroine I’m making jewellery for will be my made up “Water Woman”, she will mainly be wearing Sterling Silver and Aquamarine jewellery. I have not made any of it yet, I’m still in the design phase. I’m also not sure that Water Woman is such a good name for her. So If I explain what she is like, maybe some of the readers can help me with a good Super Heroine name

Water Woman– (name for now)
Gemstone: Aquamarine and Blue Topaz. (Aqua Marina – “Water of the Sea”)

Personality: Strong willed and honest. Sometimes to honest, she will tell you if you ask if that skirt really suits you, but only if you ask. She is diligent and hardworking, she feels no pain. She is great in a crisis but sometimes her clear slightness makes people believe she is cold and detach. She isn’t, but she likes to get the job done quickly and efficiently so she can get off and continue with her swim training. She is currently working on her butterfly stroke.

Super Hero Powers: Water Woman magically overcomes any effects of poison, she can summon the energy of water to deflect bullets or any attackers with a water shield. Can control and divide water in the style of Moses with her mind.

She is a great swimmer, gives Dana Torres a run for her money Dana.


Look: I see Water Woman as very fair, sometimes so fair that she is translucent. She can blend into any environment almost as she was see through. She will be tall and strong, almost a bit boyish in her muscle definition (again see Dana Torres, can you tell I’m a fan) . I will have to have a think about her casual wear style but her super hero outfit will be a aqua colored swim suit like outfit. With a small cape, the cape will have tiny tiny silver butterflies on it, so small that you can’t almost see them, as a nod towards her favorite swimming stroke and also showing her well hidden girly side.


Insecurities: She spends a lot of time on her hair and do not like to get it wet, but hates the look of a swimming cap. She currently working on developing a swimming helmet for her super hero work outfit that does not give her helmet hair.

This is my first drawing of the Amulet Necklace for Water Woman. I’m not so good at drawing on the computer, but you get the idea of what it will look like.

Old jewellery

I have so much jewellery, over the years I have made so much for me to wear that I could open a shop. Now as I'm moving i've been trying to establish if I should take it all. I mean I have things I made when I started out that I never wear anymore.

For example these rings, I made them , I still really like them. But I never get around to wearing them. They are such a statement,they are such a party piece of jewellery, I call them My Ninja Death Star Set.

Ninja Death Start Set

Rose Quartz Necklace
I have at least three different necklaces of this type, one in chaceldony, one in turquise and this one with rosequartz. I love the weight of these necklaces, and they work so well when you are wearing a mainly subdued outfit (as I do mainly wear only black that fits me well). I still don't wear them often. I wont be getting rid of it thought.

RoseQuartz


Then there are other old things that I would never get rid off. My stacking set, I've got one and it's the one piece together with my wedding ring that I wear everyday;I made one of these for each of my three sisters, they all wear it daily.
I like the fact that the the little gold balls allows you to rotate the ring between your fingers. So you have something to do with your hands when you get nervous.
Sisters Stacking

Travel Plans

We have finally decided on where to go to as our Chanteburi trip had to be cancelled. Our long trip will first to Hong Kong for 5 days, then to Bangkok where we fly straight to Langkawi to stay at this lovely place called Pondok Keladi .

It's a guesthouse and it has got wonderfull reviews on Tripadvisor, we stay at langkawi for 5 days and then go back to Bangkok to fly to Koh Samui where we will stay at Bohput Resort.

We stay in Koh Samui for 6 days and then back to Bangkok to fly to Sydney where we stay overnight, and then up to North Queensland to see A:s family. And then back to Sydney to start looking for a place to stay and a job for me. Exiting and scary in equal measures.

I can't wait to see all these places, and to start this new phase. I'm so exited. And SOOO scared, and all my jewellery making tools will be shipped so I wont be able to make anything for atleast 10 weeks. But I've been planning to use that time to rebuild some functionality on my webpage. And to get the shop set up. I have some stock, just need to get things up and running.

Right now I'm working on more of the rings with the pearshaped topaz stones. And I will go this week and buy more of the amazonite and rose quartz half drilled beads as those rings are popular with everyone I've shown them to. I reckon, when my little sis is here for the weekend, we'll make her one...

New Rings

I've made some new rings lately. I'm practicing to set square stones

I love topaz, and particulary this strong london blue colour.

This is a set of rings I've been working on, they are rosequartz and amazonite.
You can wear them individually or as a group.

I think they look real cute grouped together.

They are cute one on one as well

I've been trying to take new photos of my tourmaline cross over ring. It's really hard to show the cross over detail. It's a delicate ring, and the cross is where the ring meets at the top. I love this ring, the elevation of the stone makes a lot of light reach the stone and makes the stone sparkle and shine.


I find taking photos quite hard, but even harder is describing the pieces. I'm working on my description for my webshop and it's hard. It's hard to explain what they look like, and how much you like them without sounding like you are doing the hard sell...or like a prat.

First time in a long time

Today was the first time in a long time I went to do training and I liked it. It was a revelation; I had forgotten that I love the feeling of straining muscles and the type of tiredness that forces you to sit your arse down. I’m so unfit that it happens a lot.

It was also the first time in a long time when the muscles I was training was hurting more then my hip. Don’t get me wrong, with every step I take still feels like someone is punching me in the hip, snapping at my muscles, the scar still pulls and every time I touch the scar it hurts. But today my shoulders, chest and thigh muscles hurt more. And I loved it. Now don’t get me wrong it’s not like I like pain per se; but I don’t mind it, or I don’t really feel it. Except tooth ache, I can’t stand tooth ache.

I know the surgeon said it would take 9 moths to a year to get back to strength, and I have refused to believe him attempting to run after 2 months. Now I kind of get it, it’s getting better; much better, but very very very very slowly. Now one day maybe I will be able to run again. I don’t know. I hope so. Today that didn’t feel so important. Just the fact that I could do my 50 to a 100 speedy lounges without crying made this day a real good one.

So I’ve given myself a little goal. I shall be able to do 3 *15 Jackknife push ups by the end of May. I can now do 9,4,4 in my sets.