Can you spot the imposter in this photo?
This one is for Daddy:
Life, Love, and Critters – of course!
Iraqis Registering to Vote!
January
18
2005
Just saw this article, some great news for the Iraqi people!
It’s going to be a dangerous couple of weeks in country, though, so please be thinking about our guys and praying for their safety as they pull security detail on those polling places!
Man Pants.
January
18
2005
I saw this through another blog lastnight, Dolce and Gabbana have been working on some new menswear.
Now as a woman, and an artist (I’m using my scapegoat now), I can appreciate the frontside of a slender young model in this new line of jeans. Butt. (and I say that as more of a pause than anything else.)
Butt.
That’s my problem. Turn the guy around, and how much of the backside do you get to watch? Iew. I’m sorry, that should not be in the public view. That’s not leaving a n y t h i n g to the imagination, you know?
Here’s my other problem.
Let’s say a guy, not that everyone doesn’t have a beautiful body, but out in public let’s say you see a guy in a pair of these jeans. He’s got 3-20% body fat, unlike these models who appear to have like 1% body fat.
How’s THAT guy going to look in these pants?
And besides, don’t most “youngin’s” wear their regular Levi’s down this far? And D&B wants the boys to spend over $100 a pop for something they can do with a pair of Levi’s?
I swear every time I’m out in public I want to run around pulling pants up, am I the only one with this urge? LOL
(should I shut up about it and just buy a pair of the “LOVE” version for my guy? hehe)
Possums and Cats and Bathrooms, Oh My!
January
17
2005
I was going to split this all up into separate entries, but no. Nut-uh. Ok ready? Eye candies galore!!
First, the remodeling:
The tub surround is up, sealed and drying. All of the fixtures are back on permanently, shower curtain up and ready to go! To do: mud the rest of the room, sand, prime, paint, install mirror, install cabinet above the toilet, install ceiling trim.
Next, the sketches!
The first three I’ve laid out to go together. They are all 6×6 on gallery wrapped canvases, all of them are black cats.
The next two are 8×10 cats on gallery wrapped canvases:
The next one is an 8×8 on canvas panel, a remake on PossyII, this is PossyIII:
And there you have your eye candy for today! If I’m not completely beat, I’ll paint later on tonight. I’d like to get some mudding done so it can dry overnight.
I’ll let you know when I’m paintin’!
The Prelude
January
17
2005
Good morning!
Sorry I missed you all yesterday! We chatted with Mark for a few hours yesterday morning, and then I dove back into the bathroom. Here I was, thinking I was definitely going to get a shower lastnight, but noooOOooOOOoo, the adhesive has to set up for 24 hours! The bathroom makeover gods do. not. like. me. one. bit.
I am, however, nearing the finish line in there. I’m going to let that set up today, and caulk inbetween sketching my next 6 commissions!!
THAT’S RIGHT! I’m going to be ARTFUL today! Can you believe it?! How long has it been?? Yes, I agree. Far too long. Here’s what you’ll be seeing in the form of eye candy later today:
1. Bathroom Progress Pic
2. 6×6 Cat Portrait Sketch: Emily
3. 6×6 Cat Portrait Sketch: Ten
4. 6×6 Cat Portrait Sketch: Tori
5. 8×10 Cat Portrait Sketch: Callie
6. 8×10 Cat Portrait Sketch: Nicki
7. 8×8 Wildlife Portrait: Possy III
YES I will get them all sketched out today! It may take til later this afternoon, but I will get them done and be ready to rock on my next several paintings!
BTW, If you’re reading this (and I know both of you are, heh!) I need images for #8 and #9!
I’ll be back!
More Bathroom progress!
January
15
2005
Alright so no shower for me tonight, I’ll be submerging myself into the tub again. Bah. I need that nice hot water beating down on my shoulders about now, know what I mean? I’ll get one tomorrow, I can guarantee that! (Even if it means checking into a hotel! LOL)
Mom & Sis came down today and lent their huge helping hands! We tackled the medicine cabinet first, got that out of there and Mom wired up the new fixture, which is really super bright! YAY! Sis did some tapin’ and some muddin’, I actually used a :gasp: circular saw and cut some cross braces (studs) for the cabinet and got those up. We started in on the exhaust fan and boy was that thing naaasty. Mom ripped it out of there, and what I had purchased to put back up was so chintzy that I opted to run down to Lowe’s for a new one. Mom installed the new one while Sis and I did more tapin’ and muddin’.
We had a lil’ pizza, a lil’ birthday cake, a lil’ ice cream, and got back to work!
They had to leave a little while ago, and I just finished up cleaning in there and getting a new piccy for you to see! Now you can see the whole floor installed, and the medicine cabinet gone and drywall up on that wall. I have just a couple more pieces of drywall to put up, have to finish taping and mudding, sand it all down, prime it, then install the shower surround.
AND MARK IS BACK! YAHOOOOOOOO! That just made my day. I missed my MAN!!!
Today, January 15th….
January
15
2005
34 years ago (no I don’t care who knows), is the day my mom went through major pain to bring me into this world.
Then she went through another ummm….18 years of pain raising me, and still more pain trying to let me go and live my own life.
Sorry ’bout all that, mom. 😉
Still, today is the day I owe her a debt of gratitude. Without Mom, I wouldn’t be. Anything. I couldn’t imagine that, and it’d be a real bummer to not live the life I live. So thanks, Mom.
I’m one year older.
One year further away from my birth.
One year closer to my death.
One year less afraid of that occurance.
One year less worried about how people feel about me.
One year more worried about how I feel about myself.
One year closer to attaining my goals.
One year stronger in character and set in my ways.
One more year to look back with very few regrets.
One year closer to driving like a complete lunatic and making everyone else on the road angry.
One year closer to sitting on a bench in an art museum with my best bud Paige, across from one of my paintings, and remembering the time I painted that piece. Speaking a little loudly since we’re both in hearing aids by then. heh.
Finally, I’m one year more grateful for God’s gifts in my life, there are so many.
Getting old isn’t all that bad.
(except for the back pain and joint aches. Jeez.)
2 Walls done
January
14
2005
Here’s a lil progress shot for ya, really exciting stuff huh? Aunt T got me to call Menard’s with the rest of my supply list (tub surround, adhesive, a couple more sheets of greenboard) and have it DELIVERED! So yay for not having to figure out how to shove it in the back of my car!
Yea I know this looks wierd, it’s greenboard, literally. It won’t be green when I’m done. 😛
Where’s my hubby??
January
14
2005
Anyone know where my husband is? Man I need a fix. He’s been out doing his thing since last Sunday.
I’d also like to know why the DMV is closed tomorrow when everyone else is celebrating MLK day on Monday? Thankfully I remembered that I had to have my license renewed and got it done today, otherwise I would have been driving on an expired license. Oopsie!
The bathroom is coming along! I’m taking a short break from drywalling, it looks like I’m going to run out of greenboard. Two walls are finished, now I’m moving over to the walls with all the plumbing and wierd cuts. We’ll see about getting that light fixture up, I know I’ll at least get the medicine cabinet out of there today! We’ll just use a floor lamp until we’re all set with the new fixture.
I’ll post some pics of my progress a little later on. Meanwhile, you could try to track down that tall handsome man in uniform for me, k? I’d really like that! Thanks!
😉
