I had my second stained glass class and I completed the butterfly. I started on my second piece which is a flower. I chose my glass, cut the pattern, glued the pattern and began cutting out the glass. I did not finish cutting out my pieces because I broke two of them and had to start over. I will try to get this done at home before my next class.
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| My finished butterfly |
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| The pieces of my flower |
I have a stained glass kit with glass, tool, grinder, etc. I have had it well over a year. I watched the instructional DVD but just was not ready to attempt it. I found a GROUPON,(coupons you can buy buy for cool activities by city) for a stained glass class is my area. I signed up for the four classes. They are 2 1/2 hours each.
Yesterday was my first class. We learned how to cut glass and use the proper tools. We started our first little project, a butterfly. We used a pattern, cut the glass pieces, grinded the pieces, and copper foiled the pieces.
Wow have I been gone a really long time. My quality of life was slowly slipping away. I was hurting all over and feeling weak and fatigued. Even though I was going to the gym to work out twice a week I just never felt good. In June 2010 I ended up with torn cartilage in my knee and had surgery. I spent about 4 months in physical therapy to get my knee to straighten and bend completely. It never happened. I finally went back to a rheumatologist and for the second time was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. That is a diagnosis I just never "believed in." I was at the end of my rope so I went ahead and took the medication he prescribed. On the fourth day on the medication I felt like a person again. My leg was better, my random aches were gone, and I had energy. Now I am back in the game and starting to live. I am signed up for a series of stained glass classes, I have sewing projects to work on, a new garden that is dying for some TLC, and lots of reading and learning to do about writing. I also plan on keeping up with my blogs.
I transcribed the first of Cooper's writings.
My room has Lego’s everywhere. My computer desk has two Indiana Jones Lego’s on it. My shelves have tubs filled with dusty toys and an onyx chess set. My bed has Star Wars sheets on it. I am a 10 year old boy and these are the stories that I write.
WWII
WWII started when German armies, led by the German Fuhrur Adolf Hitler, started a world domination attempt in Europe. The British and Russian’s held Hitler in Europe.
Meanwhile, Pearl Harbor’s U.S. Pacific fleet in Hawaii was surprised attacked by Japan. After the attack America was in the war. The attack on Guadalcanal was just the start of the war. America teamed up with allied forces against the Japanese and overtook the islands.
For now I am talking about the Pacific War and the Big “E” or Enterprise aircraft carrier and her Corsair and Hellcats and also the Japanese Jakes, Dals, and Zeros.
The Enterprise launched 5 or 6 Corsair to take out enemy transports that were carrying thousands of troops to Guadalcanal. Sometime in the afternoon the Corsair find the enemy ships. Back gunners on the planes open fire on the enemy Zeros. Minutes later Hellcats zoom in to support the corsair. The corsair make their dive and bomb the enemy transports killing thousands of imperial troops. Guadalcanal was safe for the moment.
That night Japanese battle ships were heading to bombard the Allies on the canal. The Japanese did not see the battleship Washington coming to destroy them. The battle raged and the Americans won. Now with barely any aircraft remaining the Japanese lost control of the skies. America would still fight for the Pacific.
In Europe D-Day had begun. It was the largest amphibious invasion ever with more than 175,000 allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. The clouds were so thick allied bombers did not know where friends were. Omaha beach was called Bloody Omaha because of the big battle that was fought. The Allies pulled through and the Germans surrendered in a church.
In the Pacific, Nagasaki and Hiroshima were hit hard with atom bombs which made Japan surrender.
That is my story of World War II.
Another "Project" that I started yesterday, like I need another project, is scanning my son's school "writings". I have a few of his first writings from second grade through fourth grade and a complete journal of writing from fifth grade. I am trying to decide what exactly to make out of it. Maybe just a memory book or two. The fifth grade journal actually has stories he created which are quite interesting.
" a biography isn't supposed to be a collection of facts assembled in chronological order; it's the biographer's interpretation of how that life was different and important."
