Happy FriDaY**

What a busy week, boy am I glad that it's Friday.
Tomorrow will be my last long run before my race.
20 miles.
I get a lump in my throat just typing it, I'm sure it will be fine but it's consuming my thoughts.

I started this drawing last week and finally finished it last night. Very paisly and spring-ish,I love this green.

AnDeRsonS**

Last week I took some fun family pics for my friend Anne Marie. They just had a cute cute baby boy a few months ago, GRANT.
Here are a few of my favorites.



This one should be in a magazine. pretty lady.

FroZen FloWerS** boo hoo.

I'm getting excited for Spring.. only five more weeks of school and then I'm off for the whole summer. yay!
Only 4 weeks until my marathon, eek.
I was getting excited at the thought of planting these in the ground...

even started a little spring-ish cross stitch..

then I woke up and looked out the window.
and cried.

BirtHDaY DiNnEr*

Last night we met Matty and some friends downtown to take him out for his BirThDaY.
Steph flew back early from New Zealand to surprise him, it was so nice to spend time with them. It made for a late night and I'm really ready for the weekend. Tomorrow I have to run 17 miles, It's the last thing I feel like doing right now. Argh. I need a new route, the one I've been running is getting a tad mundane. I only have a few weeks left of long runs on the weekend and then I start cutting back.

Here is my snapped straw bouquet from last night. I hadn't snapped straws since I was in middle school. Please ignore the hangnail.

DiNnEr wiTh DuC, LuncH with DeB

I met my friend Duc last night for dinner, he's helping me get some nice prints of my artwork made up so I can get an etsy shop up and going.
He is one of my favorite creative people.
You know those people who inspire you to be more creative when you are around them..
He's like that. He also just purchased an amazing letter press and is going to help me make some presses out of a few of my designs. Actually, he is going to do it. I know nothing about presses.

Another creative...
my friend Deb..
she makes faces out of sandwiches.
Okay, maybe not intentionally, but she is really creative too. HappY ThuRsDaY.

Art CLub.

I started a morning art club with 2nd and 3rd graders a couple weeks ago, they are making jungle drawings on foam board and will be printing them next week. This is the example I did to show them how to print their drawings and their drawings are amazing. Next week they will be printing and I can't wait to post a few pics of their prints. Monkeys hanging from vines, elephants tromping through bushes, trees and foliage everywhere. Henri Rousseau would be impressed.

ApriL 7th

I had a really nice weekend.
I ran the Platte River Half Marathon yesterday and it felt really really good. I ran it just under 2 hours. 1:56. If I could do that twice (at the marathon) it would be fantastic, but I'm sure I'll slow down a lot the second half. We'll see. I run 20 miles in a couple weeks (for my long run on Sat) so that should give me a better idea of what my time will look like for the race. I just want to finish the dang thing so I'm not sure why I'm wanting to keep track. This might be my first and last marathon, who knows. I know that my body starts to hate me at about mile 12, everything starts to hurt.

I was reading about these crazy pro marathon runners and they run hundreds of miles a week. I can't imagine, I don't know how their bodies can handle that.

ANyWay, also got the front yard cleaned up yesterday. And woke up to snOW! When will it ever stop? Happy Monday.

Back to WoRk*

My Spring break was so nice and relaxing. Vito took a few days off work so we spent some nice time together. We spent a lot of time getting things done around the house.
I didn't get much painting done at all but I did get a lot of stuff done that I seemed to have been putting off for quite some time.
For example, taking all of the tags off of my husbands boxers... he couldn't handle the itch. That was about 6 weeks overdue.

I finally finished knitting the sweater I started in December, but now that it's April I'm not sure it's going to get much wear.
Easter was nice, lots of yummy food.
I ran 16 miles on Saturday and felt pretty strong. I didn't drink enough water so the last few miles I felt like I was turning into the tin man. My lips were cracking, I was cramping up, I couldn't fully extend my legs, not good. Oh, and forgot to wear sunblock. not good either.
So, I went and bought myself a water belt. It even has a cute pocket for my phone. That way if I trip and break my leg I can unzip my handy pocket, pull out my phone and call for a lift.
Happy Wednesday.

New PaiNtInG**

Here is a little
HapPy EarLY EaSteR painting. Acrylic on cardboard.
We are having Easter dinner at our house this year and I think that it's the first time we've had a holiday dinner at our house. I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully the weather stays nice, it's beautiful outside today.

I signed up to run the Platte River half-marathon next weekend. For some reason it's called the 'Platte River Half Marathon and Buckhorn Exchange Relay'.
Buckhorn exchange? Is that the best they could come up with?
Anyway, the funny thing is that on that day I'm actually supposed to be running 16 miles. So after running the half marathon I will have to come home and run a few more just to stay on track.
That's a lot.
bye bye.

I LoVe PhotoshOP.

Bye ByE *ReD*

I repainted a couple of walls in the living room this weekend. I was so sick of the red I could hardly stand it. I wanted to repaint it in the fall but figured the red would look good for ChriStmAs, so I left it for a few months. It is so much brighter.


We had a great time at Karsh's on Friday, we all played his wii for at least four hours. I woke up Saturday morning and could hardly move my right arm.
However, I did manage to run 12 MiLeS!
Here it is Monday morning and the only thing sore on my body is my dang right arm from Friday night.
Legs, fine.
Left arm, fine.
Butt cheek, fine.
But my right arm feels like someone punched me half a dozen times.

This is my last week of school before SpRiNg break. yippee. HapPy MOnDaY.

Happy FriDaY*

I'm so happy it's FriDaY.
I'm so tired after my looooooong day yesterday. I was at the courthouse for 10 hours listening to testimony after testimony after testimony.
Tonight were going to Karsh and Janelle's for dinner at their NEW house.
Can't wait to see it.
Tomorrow we have a fun surprise B-day party to go to in the evening
and other than that, lots of relaxing.


These little prints I digitally colored, I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it.

HapPy SpRiNg**

Well.. maybe not quite.
I think it's supposed to snow today,
So I made my own flowers.

I have jury duty tomorrow so I should be getting stuff ready for a sub, but instead, I'm making cute flowers out of scraps and wire.

I pulled the scooter out of the garage last weekend and dusted it off. Took it for a quick spin around the block. I can't wait for it to warm up enough to ride it work in the mornings.
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Good MoRnInG!

My BuM is Better.
That in itself is enough to post about.
I'm feeling about 85%.
Ran 8 on Saturday,5 yesterday.
And things are looking up. However, I need to run 12 this Saturday to catch myself up. Yikes! Double digits, that's almost a half-marathon.
I'm just taking it slow and steady.
Here is a little 'LoVe YoU' ditty I did last week.
Happy Tuesday.
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He turned water into WiNe*

My husband of many talents bottled his first batch of wine a couple weekends ago.
40 bottles to be exact.
It was quite a long process and still needs to age about 6 months. For a few weeks our office reeked of yeast. yuck. But ohhh it will be worth it in the end.
He has already started batch number two. So, for all of you wine lovers, you're looking at your Christmas present.
Not sure what we are going to do with ALL of this, perhaps build a wine rack in the basement.
If he keeps this up I will be painting in the garage.

It's Friday!

Happy Weekend.

Finished Commission

I delivered these little beauties last night to a great couple who just built an amazing house close to downtown. Quite happy to say these little guys are one of the first few things hung on their freshly painted walls. Every part of their house is beautiful, even the elevator (yes, I just said elevator.)
These paintings are each 2ftx5ft and I wanted to just keep them for myself.
But I didn't
and here they hang.


Happy Wednesday.

I tried running last night at the gym, didn't work so well.
It will be two weeks tomorrow and I'm starting to feel a bit nervous about loosing too much ground. I walked a few miles on Saturday but am already about 40 miles behind schedule and I really really don't want to have to run a different race. I'm going to rest one more week and see if it's better. If not... i'll kiss my marathon goodbye. whhhaaaaaaa whaaa (whining and crying).
Hopefully things will work out and I'll get myself back on track.
hopefully.

I made this little 'HellO' dity on the computer last week. I'm thinking I might print it to make some cards.
Happy Tuesday.

Winter? Spring?

Saturday was beautiful.
We took Cassius to the dog park wearing shorts and t-shirts.
The weather was amazing, in the 70's.
Look at him being such a good boy and sitting for the camera while all his friends are out splashing about.



Then...we woke up Sunday to a couple inches of snow on the ground.
I cried.
and cried.

..and after I finished crying I spent the afternoon snurched up by the fire drawing and watching movies.
Happy Monday.