They are gorgeous. Wow.

Today is going to be a long day into a late night being election day and all! I do not anticipate going to bed until well after midnight. Anyone elses nerves in a bundle today? All I want to know is that the future of my husbands tour in Iraq is going to be a safe one and that it ends as scheduled. That the Iraqi people aren’t abandoned halfway through the program by a new person who really doesn’t care. Those are just my two major concerns. 😉

So I flipped the calendar lastnight, I bought this very inspiring Flavia calendar for 2004. Here is this month’s inspirational saying:

“May we take time to give thanks for this sweet life, and for the wisdom of those who’ve helped us to see it more clearly.”r />Jay and Cocoa were having some sweet moments this morning too:

You can see more full size pics of them both here.

I plan to finish my emotional piece today, and I will need your help on a name! I have one in mind and I am really curious to see what you guys think of. Let me know, and then I’ll let you know! I do have commissions to get to though and I apologize to those on the schedule who are waiting for me to start theirs! A couple of personal notes, one for KM – I am wondering if AOL is filtering mail from my server? Let me know if you’re receiving e-mail from me. And DJ – I had e-mailed your composition and will start yours after KM’s..I know you’re busy so when you get a minute drop me a note and your thoughts on it! 🙂

Okee doke friends, the webcam is ON and will have it on again all afternoon!

Today just got up and ran away from me. Where on earth?! Even with an extra hour?!

We ran errands, which for some really wierd reason took a good part of the morning and early afternoon. It was so nice out, I decided to really push my luck (with my foot in a normal shoe) and go leafblowing and mowing the yard. Bah! My owie is fine, but my toes! It musta been the walking funny in the regular shoes thing. LOL

Well the front yard is pretty anyway, all spiffy for another frost, and some ssssnnnooowwww. I still have some lovelies blooming in the yard! Wanna see? Ah well you’re going to anyway. 😉

I played with my digital pics in PSP to give them more depth and contrast. I like ’em, and I hope you do, too!

So did I tell ya I got contacts? he! Ok so I’m wearing them all day today (I even got a winky-dink from a fella in a pickup truck! Wee! Thanks buddy, I needed that today!) Whoo I got sidetracked for a second there, hehe. Contacts. Yardwork. Leaf particles and dirt blowing around into the eyes. You hear what I’m sayin’? Yea they are burning pretty bad about now, so I better …

I hate to say this…

not paint tonight. 🙁

I blew the program. Forgive me? Ok. So, don’t forget to turn your shirt right-side-out, and vote on Tuesday, or by Tuesday (insert subliminal “for GW” here). I’m sure I’ll be here before then to remind you again. (I fibbed about the no more politics thing. Daggone us Republicans. We’re just awful.)

Baahahahhaaaa Ok I am going to get these contacts out of my eyes! Nitey nite!

I’ve been waiting for all you guys with rakes. Where have you been? I have a lotta leaves, and a gimpy foot! hehe.. no no no, Don’t feel sorry for me, the stitches come out TOMORROW! I still can’t feel my toes, but she cut 3 inches worth of surface nerves so I’m not expecting a full recovery right away.

About the leaves, I hand picked these out of the yard last weekend and they’ve dried out. I really like the one in the foreground. Green or red? It looks undecided. That’s how I feel about the season, too.

I am going to get three paintings (and a print) in the USPS system today, bon voyage, safe and speedy trips for you all! Paperwork…yes I procrastinated on the paperwork and I am procrastinating now. I will have it done by 9AM! ;P

Mark is offline now until around Thanksgiving. We hadn’t seen eachother since he got back over there (I sent him a laptop and webcam), it’s a tough situation of course so being able to see us and our home is pretty daggone hard. Well since we won’t be chatting online for a month, we kicked up the cams and jeez. I didn’t think it would be THAT hard. I think we were all bawling.

Politics: Let me just say this. I’m tired of it all! LOL What a couple of big children “No I want the job!”; “No! I want it!” … Have they thought for a second about how to actually sway people into voting their way? Perhaps something more intelligent for us to chew on, and quit the bickering and finger pointing? Sorry, my cable TV covers the swing state of Iowa, so every commercial is a political one. Thank God for the internet, I can shut the TV off and do my research online. 😀 You know that the whole thing is going to be held up in litigation for 4-6 months anyway, will we still know who our President is on Election Day? Bah! I know I’m still young to the political world, This will be only my third vote, but has it always been like this? I mean just chaos? I don’t remember all the chaos. LOL

PAINTING. Yes I’ll be working on Cleo again today. As soon as I get my “administrative” stuff done, I’ll start up the cam and let you know!

It’s Wednesday. Hump Day. Day before Stitch Removal Day. Day to do the stuff you said you were gonna do yesterday day.

Have a good one!
😉

Hi folks,

Sorry I didn’t update yesterday, it was not a fun day! My sis left yesterday morning (pout), and I was feelin’ some discomfort so I spent a good part of the day with the leg up. Got a strong tummy? You can look at my owie without all the gauze, but be warned if you have a weak stomach!

Click here for the gross stuff!

Now I have a couple of cutsie pics too! Cocoa loves popcorn, so I made a bag and put her on the counter in front of a piece, and she was loving it..

Within moments, though, she realized the bag was just a couple of inches away!

Caption (from Dr. Doolittle) “Does my a$$ look big in this bag????”

I will be painting Gus today, I’m guessing I’ll start up the cam around 11am CST, I have to figure out how to take a shower first. LOL

See you soon!

xoxoxo

P.S. The benefits of bidding on my last custom pet portrait auction of the season – the top three non-winning bidders received second-chance offers at their max bid for a custom portrait of their own!

Another warm & fuzzy about my hubby, he checks up on us every chance he gets. He knows how my auctions are doing, what I’ve written in my blog and if I’m painting live within 5 minutes of logging on. (If the connection is good, that is!) Awwwww.

I know I’m supposed to be upset/offended at the “awful awful mean person” whose intent was to make fun of Mark’s portrait, but you know I ended up having a bit of a chuckle. Whoever “added my link” obviously didn’t understand the intent, and of the thousand or more folks who viewed it yesterday I bet 90% of them understood it just fine. I did add a little text though, for those who actually thought I had the paintingat a million bucks, hopefully that will clear things up for a few folks.

Tomorrow is my pre-op appointment for my foot surgery on Friday. Yes I’m a little nervous about it, it’s not easy for me to be off my feet for any period of time! Last time I had this surgery I was off my foot for about 1/2 hour. Got up and drove myself back to work. LOL

I’m grateful that my job is one where I can prop my leg up if I need to. 😉

Today I’m either going to start working on the layout of one of my custom pet portraits, or start painting another. I’ll sketch two that don’t require layout first, and try to get the layout of the other figured out, but if there’s a delay on that one I’ll go ahead and start painting one of the first ones! Yes that’s a little confusing. There are actually 4 paintings, which I’m guessing will go in the order of (1)Dog (2)Cats (3)Dog (4)Cat. Then I’ll be working on a huge one that I am realllly excited about, (2)Cats and their Mom! That will be my first person/pet combo portrait and it’s a big one. Fun fun paintings ahead!!! 😀

The best comfort food in the world!

Today is another hard day. :*(

Here’s the newest addition to our family, Cocoa! She is a sweetie pie! 😀