Almost getting away from it all

It was to be a wonderful weekend away from it all. A chance to meet up with some of our friends, and participate in a mixed doubles bowling tournament in Williamsport, PA, home of the Little League Headquarters. We had a nice room, caught up with some of our bowling friends, and had a good meal and several good beers.
Waking up the following morning feeling quite rested, I turn to see Lois at work on her jewelry making. To add to this she has her laptop open and taking time to give her wrists a break from the tools, she is checking out her website, email, and following up on several jewelry blogs. My wonderful wife stated, "I knew that you would most likely sleep in, and I didn't want to wake you with the TV, so I kept myself busy trying a new pattern for a bracelet." I guess you can't beat that logic, and what is a guy to do? What else, but turn over, go back to sleep, and let her keep going. Anything to be supportive.

Getting Out the Next Edition

I must admit that I do admire my wife. She works hard at her business of being a title agent in her own company, then comes home and starts throwing herself into her jewelry obsession. For those not familiar with Lois' work, check out A Beaded Affair. When she is not busy designing, creating, or selling jewelry or jewelry making supplies she is managing a web site for fellow jewelers at Copper Wire Jewelers. She now has nearly 700 members. At this site she also has been creating an online magazine, I think she called it an E-zine or something similar, for the jewelers, now having put out the third edition. She has some creative help from her daughters Meredith and Dani, owners of Hot Glue Media, a website designing company. So where does that leave me?
I guess that I should be glad that she shows me what she is working on for the magazine, as she is putting out an edition about every three months. I do get to listen to her planning on when the next deadline is for pictures and articles, and when they have to be submitted. I get to hear the many oohs and aahs as she sees the jewelry pictures being submitted , or the delight in reading the articles she has received. I also get to overhear the many phone calls she has with her daughters as they try to keep up with the material coming in for publication, as well as the layouts of the pages, and wishing that the publication was extended for more time. So, I guess I am heavily involved after all.
What truly amazes me is that for all of her effort she is not charging anyone for the online publication. Nothing. There is not a fee to anyone to put pictures of their pieces of jewelry, nor for the ads that some have sent in. She has people that have contributed marvelous articles dealing with the making, marketing, and all aspects of jewelry.
What Can I say, but you have to admire someone as dedicated to her craft as Lois. Luckily, I get to brag about the woman I love.