It Snowed Last Night

 

It snowed last night....

This is a view outside my kitchen window...

normally I can't see Any tree branches.

Yesterday it rained...

and I couldn't get Skittles to go

outside at all..

unless I bundled myself all up,

hooked her to her leash 

and went outside with her.

She loves the snow though...

Soooo beautiful...

You have to look really close to see Skittles

in this photo...

we got enough snow that it all but hides

her.

She does love the Snow.

Yesterday she didn't want to go out...

today she doesn't want to stay in!

I'm Not A Morning Person

I am not a morning person...

I wished I were, I'd probably get a lot more done.

I don't like to get up early...never have.

The alarm clock can go off, until it's won't go off anymore,

and I don't hear it.

Even in high school, the only thing that would

wake me up, short of someone physically shaking me, was the

telephone.

I don't know why I can wake up to the phone

and not an alarm, but that's the way it is, even today.

I do have a different sort of 'alarm clock' now...and it does wake me up...

Skittles.

When she's ready to get up, she will not leave me alone

until I get up too!

Most mornings it is far earlier than I would like to get up...

but once in a while, she actually likes to sleep in too...

so I get a few extra winks on those days.

Maybe I just need to find a way to become a morning person...

though I wonder if I can

after all these years:)

Looking Back at 2011

In January I listed my Zodiac Girls Collection...

I had so much fun creating each piece...

and tried to stay true to the elements

and traits that go with each sign.

March 8th I got Skittles...

she has been such a Blessing in my life...

I don't know what I would ever do without her.

March 15th is the only time any of my art

has been included in Etsy Finds...

which is a pretty 'big deal' for

anyone who has a shop on Etsy.

They included my 'Ides of March' print

for their 

'Ides of March' issue.

I became a Zazzle Pro Seller..

and a couple of my Zazzle items

won some awards...

including my Twilight Shoes.

My 10th Grandbaby...

Oliver Aurealius 

was born September 12th...

Jaime and I watched him the month of November

and I can tell you...

in the few weeks since we last watched him

on a regular basis

he's grown like a weed and doing so many

new things!

Alice in Wonderland - Encore
I LOVE this painting...but it took so long for me to paint
that I decided that I would do fewer 'character' paintings
in the new year.
I'll do more paintings...but these will be more along the lines
of abstract landscapes..
some tree art..
bird art
and the such.

I moved...
and I'm still adjusting to living
in a home one third the size of the house I'd lived in for
the last five years.
But...it's all good. I'll eventually get it all figured out:)

What I've been 'up' to...

I've been able to change up a few things

since I now have my own printer:)

As you know...I've got bookmarks back in the shop....

and

now I've been able to bring mini prints back.

(Jaime was having problems getting the mini-prints to print

right...I tried a few before I listed them...and they appear

to be coming out just fine on my printer.)

 I've got about 14 paintings on Clearance Sale at 50% off.

The sale on these pieces ends Sunday

and any paintings that haven't sold will be removed

(I have very limited space for finished paintings...and

I've reached that limit.)

I'm getting very restless to do some new paintings

and the only way I can do that...is

to make room.

So...those pieces can be found in my Clearance Sale Section

in my Etsy Shop.

And "HORROR OF HORRORS"

to me..at least...

my little Skittles is in 'heat'.

I am having all kinds of fits about this.

I thought I had a little more time before getting

her spayed.

It looks like I'm in for three weeks of  'hell'.

She's been getting me up very early in the

morning wanting to go outside...and she really

will not leave me alone until I get up.

I need to figure out how I can keep her inside

for the next few weeks...

oh...it is just too soon for this!!

On a brighter note...

Patrick had his first play of the new season on Sunday night...

he's been working on it all summer...

it was so funny..

I really needed a laugh:)

Getting Back 'On Track'

Well...Skittles and I are both getting settled in

and I think I'm getting 'back on track' with the work and everything else.

Skittles is really loving her new home.

She gets to spend a lot more time outside at this one.

Course...that means more flea baths and a flea collar...which she's

not particularly fond of...but, she does like the outdoors

so it's a necessary 'evil'.

I'm not a fan of hardwood floors...and thank goodness...this house has carpet.

I would much rather push a vacuum a couple times a week.

I've listed a couple new paintings in the Shop, with more to come this next week.

The back is healing...I've taken it pretty easy so that I don't

keep aggravating it....though I really do need to finish

unpacking and organizing things.

My space is small enough that I really do need a place for everything

with everything in it's place.

Week-Ends Off

I think I picked a good name for my puppy...Skittles.

The only thing that might have been better...'Onry'...

she's a little 'hand-full'.

I love her to pieces...but, she's most definitely a little

'firecracker'.

Given that I was already busy as could be...

with this little 'girl'...I'm even busier.

So...I decided I'm taking week-ends off...

doing very little online work.

With Statsky...I can schedule renews...which is soooo helpful and FREE!

Occasionally I go on long enough to relist anything that might have sold..

but I'm saving the convos/ emails

and other online work for week-days.

It was very helpful to be able to devote a lot of time

to Skittles over the week-end...

she'd taken to using my throw rugs as her 'potty pads'

and she lays on the unused potty pads.

We spent a lot of times outdoors over the week-end

and she had only one accident...

on one of my freshly washed throw rugs.

I will be soooo happy when the accidents are all in the past!!

A Lot Has Happened...

Oh my gosh...so much has happened in the past
few weeks.
After being 'displaced' for almost a week..
then having to wait for the cable to come out and
restore my internet...
I was JUST getting things back on track when...
my 16 year old Grandson showed up
with this little 'bundle of "joy"'.

He had mentioned that he wanted to get me a puppy...
'he didn't like to see me spending so much time alone'...
and I told him I'd first have to talk to my landlord...
(there's a 'no pets allowed' clause in my lease).

Well...I talked...the landlord said he'd "think" about it...
and after everything else happened...
I'd forgotten all about it.

Bless his heart...my grandson has been making payments on this puppy,
determined that I WAS going to have someone to keep me company...
what a wonderful child he is...I love him so much!!

And I am 'in love' with Skittles.
That's what I've named her!
And the name definitely fits her personality...
she has so much 'flavor':)
She's a mix of Yorkshire Terrier and Maltese.

Long story short..
I have introduced her to my landlord...
he just says,
"don't let her pee on the hardwood floors"...
otherwise I think he was rather 'smitten' as well.

And...if I thought I was busy before...

she doesn't give me too many minutes without being right underfoot..
she thinks I'm her 'mommy'.