After rushing home from a day out with my Mom, I was pleasantly surprised to find a package from On A Friday waiting for me! It's so sweet and simple, love love love it. AND...as an extra plus...it reminds me of Harry Potter everytime. (Psst, did you hear Harry Potter's going to be bearing all?)
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On a related note, I figured out why I don't make jewelry. It's such a bloody pain to take pictures of! Kudos to those of you who do it everyday. You're a better woman than I am...or at least better photographer!
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Last night we had our first lesson on the climbing wall! We spent the first 30 min. going over the safety techniques, how to put on your harness, tying a figure 8 knot and belay mechanics (basically, spotting your partner). For the hour and a half after that, Jim and I got to split off from the rest of the (much younger) group and work on our own, with the instructor supervising of course.

I actually did much better than I thought I would! I've always had weak upper body strength so I was a bit worried going into the class but it wasn't too bad. I even felt confident enough to give a route a try. Granted, I fell off while trying but luckily I had a pretty good partner!

At some point, after I had fallen, he told us that if you don't fall at some point in the night, you aren't pushing yourself hard enough. I thought that was pretty good advice to use throughout your life.