I've got a good schedule...

I write a blog post for this particular

blog about twice a week.

Since I'm not doing as much with my

CMZ Art Brand...at the moment...

I don't really have much news anyway.

At least not with my art...so I'm

pretty happy with it's current 'schedule'...

that way

if something that I think is 'interesting'

comes up...

I have plenty of space to post it here.

I'm A Little Bit 'Funny'...

There are only two kinds of blogs that I read...

the blogs of my followers..

(I figure if someone found my blog interesting enough to 

follow it...then we probably have 'something' in common)

and these are really and truly some

of my ALL-TIME favorite blogs!

Then there are a very small handful of

blogs that I have read for years...

I don't follow them..they don't follow me...

and I never comment on those blogs.

For one thing...I'm a little bit 'funny' 

because I won't leave a comment on a blog

that I think might be 'manned' by someone other

than the author

(heck..it might not even be written by the original 

author anymore for all I know).

A few years ago, I was reading one of the first

blogs I ever 'followed'...though not 'officially'...

and the author confessed that she

had gotten sooo busy

that she was now having her niece doing most

of her correspondence, 

monitoring the blog comments...

and even writing blog posts from time to time.

Maybe the niece was just 'taking dictation'

and writing what the artist was actually saying...

but

I stopped reading the blogs after that.

So when I run across a blog that

is so popular that they get 100s of comments

on each post...

I just don't comment...

no matter how interesting I might find the post.

I'm just 'funny' that way.

Graduation

My youngest grandson just

'graduated' from Kindergarten...

Oh my gosh...

complete with cap and gown!!

Isn't he Precious!!!

St Patrick's

I ran acrossed this photo

while looking for some others

of 

St Patrick's Catholic Church

in Nashville Tennessee.

It brought back so many memories that I just had to

write a quick post about it.

All of my children were baptized here...

most of my children 

served as Altar Servers,

several were Lecters,

my husband  and I were both

Eucharistic Ministers.

And...I taught 3rd and 4th grade

CCD classes for 5 years here.

Some New Pieces

I LOVE Sayings Prints and Posters...

in my 'younger' days

we always had one or two hanging

in our kitchen...

or bathroom...

SOMEWHERE in our house we had

them hanging.

So...I decided to do a few...adding my own

graphic designs as 'embellishment'...

I've currently got a few of

them listed in my

1000 Markets Shop.

1000 Markets have teamed up with

Amazon...so that everything purchased

actually goes threw Amazon...since they have

such an awesome buyer protection.

I thought that was a good idea.

My brother in law wrote a Book!

It's called..
'The Joy of Real Estate'...'The Greatest Job in America'
by Jerald A Zatloukal

Jerry has been in real estate most of his adult life.
He has made and lost a small fortune..but he's always bounced back.
He's so personable and knowledgeable about his 'craft'.

I think it is just GREAT that he finally has a book published...I know
that is his 'other great avocation'.

I wish him MUCH SUCCESS with his new book.

What Shall I Do?

I've got so many things I WANT to do...and so little time to do it in.

It would probably not be as big a deal

if I were actually 'making a living'

doing what I'm doing...

mostly my Rustic Goth Etsy Shop.

But...things have been

more than 'strange' over there since March.

Every time I think things are

'back to normal'

they decide to change things up..

and whenever they do this...it seems

it affects a whole lot of shops

for weeks and weeks.

And...my shop just happens to be one.

So...I'm trying to best figure out

what I should do.

I wanted to do a bunch of new

floral paintings...especially for CMZ Art...

but it may end up being a

huge waste of time.

I hate being so dependent on One Venue...

but since I refuse to ever go back to

eBay...I guess I'm 'stuck'.

I've got shops at

Artfire,

Zibbet,

1000 Markets...

all of them still without even 1 sale...

maybe I'll do a bunch of new stuff for

my Zazzle shops.

I don't make much money...per sale...but

I do make sales on each of my Zazzle sites...

so that may be where I end up

putting my new floral 

and other

CMZ Art pieces.

Yep....I think I've talked myself into devoting a week

or so...to doing a whole bunch of new pieces

exclusive to Zazzle.

Sometimes I just have to

'commit it to paper'