We're home after a fabulous week in GAP

Otherwise known as Garmsich-Partenkirchen.....we had a great time, ran into some friends and got to do a lot of skiing. It was cold, but that didn't stop us! I had a "little" crash, so you can see the photo I "took" as I was crashing, and what my helmet looked like after:*(

The photo of the kids on the ground is one Ava took...I'm glad she has a sense of humor, or is that a mean streak?

Gingy

Ava's creation at school yesterday

Boogerville, or Level 23 as it's now known as

Is Robbyn my color queen or what????

C'est ridicule

Overheard by Michelle at the Louvre that is showing "Art" by Jeff Koons. My personal favorite is Michael with Bubbles.

I love this photo

Did I nail it or what? And it doesn't hurt that my models are so fabulous!

First shots from our trip

These include visits with friends, Bruges, first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower and Paris....and look at Michelle the Angel:*

A chance to win free presents!

Krappy Katie continued, or is that Crafty Katie

But which blog to post to? I guess this, as it's not about jewelry....

Tanya the Craft Goddess(seriously, she's AMAZING, and I mean this in all seriousness!)gave me some fabulous homespun yarns for my birthday complete with needles and yarn bag, as she's giving me lots of credit to think that I might be patient enough to learn to knit...but today, she had me over for a class in felting. SO MUCH FUN! Look what I made, 3 of the 4 balls pictured:*)

Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of Katie the Craft Queen

Chicken 2008 by Ava Holmes

Another fabulous party, this time for my bday

Thank you to all my friends who could make it....Sylvana, Giacomo, Giuliana, Alessandro, Kristin(with Caesar), David, Isabel, Andy, Julia, Elena, Jeff, ReNell, Anne, Ken, Aidan, Gwyn, Helen, Sterling, Klaus, Hannelore, Lena, Michael, Tanya without her clan:*(

It's so nice to have this life and have the friends! I couldn't do this without any of you:*)

And to my wonderful jerk, who I love the most! Oh, and Ava, who painted me a picture of Chicken, which I will post tomorrow.

WOW, what a birthday!

Birthday wishes from: backpack from Ilka, Isabel, chicken dance card from Nonna, earrings from Catherine and Kathaleen, Ava, John and Gwyn made me a hysterical card, Aidan, Muffins from Anne, an apple and tray from Heidi and Brigette, Sylvana and Giacomo, a Sindelfingen plate from Barb the fab, vest from Robbyn, Zia, Tia, Aidan, Michelle, Jana, Klaus and Hannelore at 8:30 with a bottle of wine, and taken out to a fabulous dinner at Viola by the DeHan Clan!

I am SOOOOO lucky to have the life and friends that I do! I must be doing something right to have the karma that I have!


Thank you
everyone!!!
kt

43 and FABULOUS!!!!

Check Get Stoned, made a few today!

Happy Birthday to Me!

My first birthday present from my friend Ilka is this FABULOUS LeSportSac Backpack, complete with pirates:*) She and Lola and Paul (Bernd is in Santa Domingo playing golf:*()came for make your own pizza tonight, and this is what I got:*0 SO flippin' cute!!!!!!! I'm SO lucky to have the friends I have, and cannot believe the luck we had in coming here and getting new forever ones! Love you all!!!!

Give a sister $500 and 20 minutes in Bangkok

And look what she can do:*) Thanks Zia!!!!

Big money day!

WOW!!! In the last two days, I was paid SKY commission, English camp, sold 2 necklaces and 3 belt buckles! I'm feeling kind of Jamaican:*) But don't come asking for a loan, as one of my Boogerville tenants stole rent. He got evicted yesterday by my property manager EXTRAORDINAIRE Robbyn, who is one of the best friends a girl could ask for!

My jewelry display

There's a craft show on base this weekend, and I'm showing some stuff. Stop by if you're in town:*)

This is who Ava voted for yesterday....YIPPEEE!!!

Big news: First tooth out

But unfortunately, we lost it leaving school today:*( She was playing with her friends, and we got to the car, and pow!(%@#*@ It was gone..... So she wrote a note to the tooth fairy in hopes that he'll/she'll forgive and leave a little something:*)

First Snow of the Season

Tenerife, The Canary Islands

A little background..... We found an apt. for $329 for the week, so what the heck? Take a week of leave, pop Ava out of school for 4 days, and go!!!! The weather was great, the jamon was great, the sangria was great, John got to golf 36 holes,and my family is great! What else????

The photo of me with no top is pretty self-explanatory, except that I'd forgotten my top in the car which was a 5 minute walk, and didn't care. So, topless:*) The cat is Stripey, one of our pets for the week. Rock is lava with sea salt. And the door is for Tanya, as I know she loves doorways too! Taken in the tiny mountain village of Vilaflor. The woman was just leaving, so I asked if I could take a photo. She invited me in, but I declined, as I thought that the fact she would let me take it was a great photo in inself. The yellow submarine is the sub tour we went on, and well, it was worth it for Ava, but blah for us....Oh and Ava falling asleep in the chair? She woke up at 2:30 am for some unknown reason, and stayed awake. That was taken about 4pm....poor little baby:*)