Not jewelry related, but funny nonetheless…..

I was researching something on the IRS website, and I came across this gem in the instructions for taxable income:

 ”Stolen property.   If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner. ”

Yes, that is a direct quote from their site.  Genus!  I hope the turd who came into our house and stole money right out of my husband’s wallet claimed the $300 on his taxes.

I’ve been able to finish a few more pieces.  This week the whole family has been sick with colds, so I haven’t had much energy to play, let alone do the stuff that needs doing.  But, I’m tired, so I’m blowing off work for the next 10 minutes to post some of my new pieces.  Most of them have cooperated with me while I’m making them.  The first set is one I made for myself from vintage beads.  I’m not sure if they’re aquamarine or blue topaz, but they came from a stash of stuff my grandfather had (he was sort of a travelling pawn shop, but that’s a story for another time. 

 The pendant is a piece I received back in high school for my birthday. The rest I made myself.  I also made a bracelet out of the same beads.  I wore it for one day, then promptly lost it.  I looked all over the place, in the snow bankings, in the mud, then finally figured that if I saw it again it wouldn’t be till spring (which at this rate won’t hit us till July).  I was feeling pretty bad about it.  I went looking through the diaper bag for something else, and there it was, in a “non-pocket” on the outside.  Yay!  Anyway, here it is.