This weekend...

So Hailey is still in Hawaii but she will be back tomorrow sometime in the afternoon. Bethany plans to drop her on their way back from the airport. It has been very quiet this whole week. And it’s not like we have her every day, so I am used to having free nights, but it has definitely been weird not having her at all. This weekend we will help Dennis and Gloria in their backyard, laying brick for the new patio. I think it is going to look great when it is all done, though I really can’t wait until we are finished for much more selfish reasons. I think we are going to have a really relaxing movie night in on Saturday and maybe go to the drive in on Sunday to see the new kids movie, but we’ll see. Looking forward to the reception. Looking even more forward to after the reception when we will move into the backhouse…thank goodness we will finally be rid of Kermit.

slacker

so I have really been slacking when it comes to posting, and more importantly when it comes to working on my art in general lately. My last sketch was on June 15, so a full month ago. I did however read the most amazing book in that time. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. This is easily one of the top five best books I have ever read. The way that Davidson describes the world is beautiful and addictive.

http://www.amazon.com/Gargoyle-Andrew-Davidson/dp/0385524943

and the author seems quite funny.

So the plan, is to start taking advantage of my time alone (oh yes, my husband now works the 12-9pm shift so I have A LOT of free time on my hands at night) and do at least one 20-30 minute sketch a night and one painting a week. lets see how that works out...

changes

So I just combined Soixante-Sept and D'Ame...

you know you're bored at work when...

you start a family blog just so that the painful silence of having finished everything you needed to accomplish by 10am is cut by the sound of typing because the entirety of the internet ceases to sufficiently occupy your time...