My thoughts tonight

As much as I LOVE the internet and all the WONDERFUL things it has brought into my life (including YOU), I think it’s gotten into my head and has stirred up a

wee bit-o-trouble!

 

  Between Facebook and Pinterest………

It’s kind of made me think I need to be perfect or at least try to be.    With a click of a button I can see others, all over the world who appear to handle it all so much better than I can!

            

I see people committed to getting physically fit and I’m inspired by their transformation and dedication and wonder why I can’t quite get there myself.  I try, but I get side-tracked and quite easily I might add.

 

Why can’t I find the time???

  Ok, I could MAKE the time, I know that. 

 

But I’d also like to find more time to paint!  So many out there are creating, sharing, teaching, holding contests, making videos and hosting giveaways and I struggle to just keep a touch of freshness in my etsy shop!

I see beautiful photos that people have shared of their homes.  Why do their homes seem so perfect and ….spotless?  Then I look around and think I should spend more time cleaning and organizing my humble abode! 

People share how fabulous the latest best seller was that they just finished.  I used to read.  Not a lot, but when I did, I really did enjoy it!  I miss sitting down with a good book.  I feel I should be reading more.

 

I should be walking my dog……every day.  On top of the guilt I feel with everything else, he gives me these looks when I slack in HIS department.

There’s also the cooking and baking!  I LOVE that too, but now that the kids are grown and on their own, I just don’t cook like I used to.  When I see all the wonderful recipes and photos, I just wish I could find time for that too!  But for now, I’ll just enjoy the many ‘how-to’ videos on youtube!  They are fabulous, by the way!!  Check some of them out!

While I’m at work, I’m all pumped and excited with huge plans of all I’ll accomplish once I get home, but as the day goes on…I… fizzle… out.

And finally… aren’t we all supposed to find time to pamper ourselves too?  I mean, that’s important too, right?  Yeah, well that rarely happens here!

There are SO many things I want to try, so many things I want to do better, but there comes a time when I need to just sit back, relax and slow down a bit.

I’m going to try very hard to learn to accept what and who I am.

Accept what I can do.

Realize and appreciate that I am doing just fine where I am at this time. 

Accept that I can NOT do it all and more importantly, I don’t have to!

I will learn to accept that I am just fine as is. 

I’m not perfect and thank GOD for that!  Nobody likes being around perfection anyway!

ha!

Hoo’s your buddy!?

 

I’ll be your buddy!!    This is a 12 x 12 canvas.

A new angel

Here is a new angel on a 10 x 10 x 1.5 wooden canvas.  Lots of texture due to previous screw ups and eventual cover-ups Molding paste is a wonderful thing!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend!  I am!

A foggy mornings makes for beautiful frost!

 

Happy Friday!!

Just how I feel these days

A special order

        

A very sweet woman here asked if I would ever paint something special for her.  Her brother died in a horrible accident at work 4-5 years ago.  He worked at a sunflower processing plant.  She wanted something to show them both, possibly in a sunflower field.  Boy, I struggled.  It took 4 attempts.  First I tried larger fields, but she did want me to show them both as blondes with blue eyes and the further away his image got, the less detail I could get in.  Finally I decided on a close-up view and hopefully the ‘in a sunflower field’ comes across here.  I did layers of 1” papers again, put on a background paint and then sketched and wood burned the design.  I found it extremely difficult to do a male figure/face without it looking TOO feminine.  I hope I accomplished it somewhat.   Thank God she wanted whimsical and not realistic

I hope you are all having a great January.  I can’t believe it’s almost over!  I’ve hit my normal January brick wall where almost all of my creativity comes to a complete stop after the holidays.  I’m really hoping it kicks into gear soon!  I have tons of ideas in this head of mine, just haven’t had the urge to get them onto canvas yet.

New Year…New Me! (again?)

Well, after fighting a stubborn chest cold, I’m bound and determined to get going on my plan to get healthier this year and stay that way! I’m going to try the Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno. It’s more than doable for me since I LOVE fruits, veggies, chicken and fish!

My problem is going to be with sweets, pasta and salty snacks I also have a love/hate relationship going with them! ha

I’m excited to receive my new Creative Essentials package from Sue Walters! I decided (after much thought!) that I would treat myself to a Christmas gift!! It’s a pyrography package and I’m hoping it will be as much fun to experiment further with wood burning as I think it will be! I’m looking forward to trying anyway!

I’m late, but I want to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!