It's Going To Take Some Getting Used To...

I have so much to do...you would

think that I'd have spent all day yesterday

getting it all started.

Well....I didn't.

I worked on far less than I

had planned to.

I was having a very hard time

getting used to all the

'quiet'.

This "being on my own"...is going to take

some getting 'used' to.

Now Listed..

I have these three paintings

now listed in my

Etsy Shop.

I won't be selecting any

day in particular for my next

shop update..

but rather...

I will list new paintings

whenever I can list two or three

at a time.

New Paintings....

Here are pictures of one of the paintings

I am hoping I have time to get listed yet today.

"This Is My Heart".

The title is 'etched' into the side of the heart...

it's a little hard to see in this picture...

I've got a couple other paintings finished...

I will try to list all three today...

tomorrow at the latest.

I'm retiring more prints.

I am doing a 'revamp' of my Etsy Shop.

I will be listing a lot more original paintings

over the next couple of weeks,

some new jewelry pieces,

and brand new prints.

So..the time has come to retire the following prints.

1. Alice and the Cheshire Cat

2. Almost At Peace

3. Autumn In the Air

4. For All Eternity

5. Good Day

6. Hold On To The Dream

7. In Fields of Green

8. Nature's Sonata

9. Red Tree Against Grey Skies

10. Something About Trees

11. Sophie and the Baby Seal

12. Still Waiting

13. Red Trees

14. The Offering

15. Trees

16. Winter's Dawn

Anyone wishing to get any of these pieces

will need to hurry...

I will be retiring them very soon!

I will miss the 'mess makers'...

...but not the messes they make!

This is Simon and Ava.

They're my youngest grandbabies...now (almost) 5 and 3.

They've spent almost every week-day afternoon with me for over a year now...

so their parents could both work.

This is 'mommy's' last day at her current job...she's taking a different job..

so she can spend more time with her 'babies'!

I'm a little sad...that I won't have them everyday...but, I'm very happy

that they'll be able to spend more time with their parents.

These years are so precious..and fleeting..that it's important for all of them

to spend as much time together as possible.

I'll still see them often...but, now I'll have more time

to spend on...painting..creating..'taking care of business'...and I desperately need

to do this!

This will also free Jaime up to be able to do the same!

I said 'change gonna come'...well..it has begun!

I've start listing brand new pieces

already this week...

and I'm in the process of retiring many...many

of the pieces I've had in the shop...

to make room!

Doing the RIGHT thing...a $104 Fine???

So...how much does it cost to..

do the RIGHT thing???

I guess it's $104.00!

Last night, Ryan had to run a quick errand

and he slightly scraped the bumper of a van

that was parked (almost, but not quite) too close

to our driveway. It's been parked there, at least a day...maybe longer.

It's pretty banged and battered...

anyway..

Ryan cut it a little too close

and slightly scraped the bumper ... as well as a little bit on my car...

very minor damage...

what to do????

Don't know who owns the van..

but

probably better call the police!

It seemed like the right thing to do!

Okay...well...

because he called...

and admitted he bumped the van..

it was an 'automatic' $104.00 fine!

So what did the police officer say?

If the van had been six inches closer to the driveway...

it would have been ticketed...and Ryan would not!

And..the officer added...'you would have been

better off just leaving a note under the windshield wiper...'

Really???

Oh well...I try to teach my kids to

'do the right thing'...

and I still think that he did:)

me...and my blog...

I LOVE to blog.

I also LOVE to read blogs,

good blogs....

not too much into the tech blogs, gaming blogs, gossip blogs (unless they are full of humor)...

I started a blog, about the family group's original art,

back in June of 2005.

It was about the same time I learned that my best friend in the whole world

(my husband)

had cancer.

Every time he had to go into the hospital for this reason or that,

everytime he had chemo or radiation,

everytime his health affected shipping schedules for paintings...

I posted a blog.

There were times that I would have to go look at my blog

in order to answer doctors questions

(about when did 'this' happen or when did 'that happen').

I guess I had enough on my plate that I couldn't remember my own name most of the time....

it was a good thing I'd posted the information in my blog.

When he lost the battle,

on Father's Day of 2006,

I posted a blog.

I wanted the world to know, it had lost a very extraordinary human being!

I'm not sure why it has become so important to me...

maybe because I spend so much time by myself...

but I find that blogging is something

I MUST do!

It helps keep me 'real'.