My life took a different turn last August.
The owner of our local bead store decided she couldn't keep running the store and teaching so she decided to close the store.
After very little consideration I decided to buy the store from her. 
This is not what I had planned for my retirement but it has turned out to be a fun twist to my  plans. 
I have a place to display and sell all the jewelry I am making. 
And I have been teaching others the joy of bead weaving. 
Along the way I have made some wonderful new friends I never would have met without the store. 
I will be taking pictures of some of the things we have made in the classes and posting them here in the future.