Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature

Website Gallery Changes : In progress!

January

2005

Hey! Today’s uh, over. How did that happen? I got up, we went to the grocery store, I started mucking with this neat program and getting my gallery images ready to go!

So I’d show you my progress on the new layout, but it’s really hush-hush right now. It’s a top-secret design that no-one anywhere has, I thought it up all by myself in the shower one day. No, I was driving. No, wait, I was feeding the dog. Yes, feeding the dog. Anyway I thought it up, and Lisa snaped it into position, and now I’m mucking! Fun!

No, I did not paint today. I will not paint tomorrow. I will paint on Tuesday! The Floor Guy is scheduled for tomorrow, which means I’ll be peeling & sticking again. The guy is like Linus, I swear, a cloud of dirt around him wherever he goes. Yes, he’s a dirty conservative Tim McGraw lookalike. So?? Is that really such a bad thing???

Alright sorry about that, I’ve missed you today, or I’m a little wound up from reading code. heh!

DAY TWO
Today’s Walk
Time: 30.02 min
Dist.: 1.68 mi.
MPH: 3.4
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Finish Line
March 5, 2005
GOAL: 128 mi.
Gone: 3.24 mi.
To Go: 124.76 mi.

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Still Life : Antoinette : Painting On Cam

January

2005

Yep, you heard me right! I will be painting on webcam shortly.

Today started out pretty good! The girls and I had a slumber party lastnight on the couch. We stacked up pillows, blankies, and shoved the ottoman into the corner to make a big cozy spot for us all to crash. We watched The Abyss, flipped through a bunch of really crappy stations for 2 hours, and fell asleep before midnight. As usual! LOL

Now this morning I got up and moving right away, and decided that I’m going to do better in holding myself accountable for meeting my 2-month goal, not much time left!

DAY ONE
Today’s Walk
Time: 30.02 min
Dist.: 1.56 mi.
MPH: 3.3
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Finish Line
March 5, 2005
GOAL: 128 mi.
To Go: 126.44 mi.

I’ll be changing my “Studio Webcam” status in the left side menu when I get started, so check back around 11AM CST!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Filed under: Chit Chat, Home n' Hearth, Still Life, Works in Progress

Happy New Year!

December

2004

The New Year is just a few hours away, with it will bring us all many, many good things.

I am looking forward to having my hubby home in just a couple of months now!!

Cao, you inspired me to bless everyone’s ears with some tunes (and I’ll take it off tomorrow), so I hope you all enjoy it and didn’t have your volume up too loud upon entry. 😉

Gina, thank you for stopping in and leaving your mark! You are welcome anytime, join the fun! It will keep your mind busy while your hubby is away as well.

Have a wonderful evening, and a hopeful and forward looking morning tomorrow!!

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Noisy Kids!

December

2004

I’m standing in the doorway of the studio, gazing at this gigantic Viola, studying it. Where am I going to begin, blending colors in my mind, selecting brushes and all those things that I think about before I start a painting session.

Suddenly, Caitlin and Jayden are singing along, loudly, to Jay’s new Care Bear trike. Squealing and giggling between pressing it, again and again and again. “Care Bears are coming to your town, they’ll lift you up when you’re feeling down, they’re watching you from up above, filling your days with caring and LooooOOOooove!” Yes I already know the words. Good grief.

They tire of the bike – 40 minutes later – and now Caitlin has composed a variety of melodies that she is humming at the top of her little 8 year old lungs, while creating a new mess on the table. The melody she’s got going right now is taking me back about 20 years, I can’t quite put my finger on it, oh yea! It’s similar to the chia-pet commercial tune. You know, the one that resonates even louder in your brain and just starts making your ears go ‘thud-thud-thud’. Yes, that’s the one.

Either they are especially noisy, knowing that I am trying to concentrate, or my ears are hyper-sensitive today.

I will wait for the peace and quiet that I enjoy after 8PM to get back to the studio. This piece requires a lot of attention to detail, architecturally speaking. I want it to be perfect.

~~I’ll be back and let you know when I start!~~

Change of plans, the floor guy is coming over tomorrow to tear up our kitchen & dining room floors & underlayment! Probably not a good idea to have a wet painting collecting dust and junk. I’ll be laying the floor myself (yes I’m a dandy handy girl), and I’ll work on Antoinette after that project is complete. It’s gonna be a fun one!

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10 Things I’ve Learned in 2004

December

2004

Here’s my list of 10 things I’ve learned in 2004:

1. I learned that no matter how many times you click your heels together, you can’t bring your loved one home from Iraq.

2. I’ve learned that no amount of treadmilling will completely melt away your love handles.

3. I’ve learned that over 90% of the time, I end everything I write in an exclamation point!

4. I’ve learned that overusing exclamation points can sometimes be a bad, bad thing.

5. I’ve learned how to calculate square footage from measuring in inches.

6. I’ve learned that sometimes, being a launching pad for someone else’s dreams can be really really cool.

7. I’ve learned that being under my own microscope is pretty tough. Being under someone else’s is just plain annoying.

8. I’ve learned that good friends are a treasure, and they should be kept under lock and key in your heart.

9. I’ve learned that stress makes time fly.

10. I’ve learned that every moment you get to spend with someone you love is a precious, precious gift and should never be taken for granted.

So? What’s on your list?

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Good Fortune

December

2004

Good evening everyone! It’s the day before Christmas Eve! Are you going out of your mind yet? Yea, me too. 😉

We chatted with Mark for quite a while today, which was nice. Things are getting pretty intense over there, so don’t forget about our guys in all the hustle and bustle this next week. They really need our support and prayers more than ever right now.

We piddled around the house for a bit, and then I decided to take the girls out for dinner. We went to a Chinese Buffet. Nummm! I just have to show you my fortune cookie.

Ain’t that the truth? I nearly cried when I read it. Mine was different from both the girls, they got the standard cookie fortunes with the lucky numbers. Theirs were great, and I’ll post those too, but this one kind of caught me as different, and maybe more like it was meant for me to get it.

I also received a fabulous pressie from my sweet friend Erikie. She was in the Philippines not too long ago and was having some wrist pain, and someone directed her to these bracelets. It’s magnetic! All of the pewter looking beads are magnets, and when you start wrapping it around it just kinda takes on a mind of its own and adjusts to the nearest magnet. It’s very cool! She knows that I also get some pretty intense wrist pain from time to time so she picked one up for me too. Bonus, it’s purple! What a thoughtful, wonderful gift!

I received another package from my bestest bud in the Universe, Paige. Now this girls thoughtfulness can’t be beat. She sent gifties for both the girls, one for me, and one for… get this… MY BIRDS! No, I don’t have birds in the house. Paige has been subjected though to numerous phone calls about the beautiful and unique birds I am seeing in my backyard now since the studio was completed and I have a zillion windows. My in-laws brought me several feeders this summer, and I really love sitting out and just watching them (and the squirrelies, too!)

Paige handmade this wonderful seed-wreath, she will have to stop in and give directions on how to make them. Donned with berries from her own yard. This is the neatest thing! I told her I had to show everyone before I hung it outside and it was gone in ten minutes, so here it is!

I still have more blogwork to do, and I will get more of that accomplished tonight. But hey, it’s good huh? You likey so far?

Have a great evening!!

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New Bloggy!

December

2004

Hey there!

If you’re here, you’re noticing something very, very different is going on with my layout! Yea!!

Again, special thanks to Lisa. This is the first of a couple different and user-changeable looks for my blog. The others will be up at a later time.

Be patient with me, I still have some work to do to get things in order. I’ll be transferring as many of the comments over as I can. I also have to wade through 400 entries and categorize them so that you can view my entries by category (see the left sidebar, you can select a category and just those entries will appear!). Most of my images need to be reduced, they’ll be hanging over the edges until I get that done.

Just some minor tweaking here and there!

Have a look around! A bunch of new features await your left-click! 😉

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Talis & Meowface Scan

December

2004

This is the final scan of the painting. The other surprise will be coming along at some point today!

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Filed under: Cat Portraits, Chit Chat, Completed Paintings, My Fondest Memories

Talis & Meowface FINISHED!

December

2004

I can’t wait to get a scan of this one tomorrow, the colors are so vivid. I will probably have another surprise for you tomorrow too, so make sure you check back!