"Stuff"

Well, my cat, Misi, passed away Monday. Here is a pic of her relaxing and healthy, before she was ill. Tough couple of days, especially the nights when we used to settle in together on the bed with a book or a movie. I went through a few days of expecting her to come round the corner in the apartment when doing things. And explaining why I haven't been painting in two weeks! That question was thrown at me so many times last night, I just got frustrated. Give me time to mourn folks.

I got a noise machine Wednesday, that helped, fill the air and space. I have always slept with white noise from a fan, and the fan broke. Can't find a fan in stores this time of year. I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond, and they had an alarm/noise machine on display- the volume was good- so I picked it up. Will make you lazy when you're already exhausted! Took quite a few naps to rain storm, waterfall, thunder. Quite nice.

Have received a good reception for the works hung in Herstory II, and struck up a friendship with Terri Amig whom I've only admired from afar.

Tomorrow Night! Herstory II

Just a quick post with pics. They've hung "My Crucufixion, Fishtank" (one corner) and "Death in the Back" and "I Can't Eat Your Lies", another corner. I'm excited.

Misi is probably coming home tomorrow. I will have to feed her with a tube so we will see.....

Hanging Herstory II

I am hanging Herstory II with Liz Nicklus today, should be fun. The Shades are making a big splash- they chose five of them to hang "in the big money spots" as Liz said. I will post pics next post. The flower pic- during the snows I finally installed my photo program- just a little experiment. Everything went well with that and I am excited to have this program again, but newer and better.

I have a bit of a life upset right now, yesterday I put my cat Misi in the hospital. She's quite sick, has a 50/50 chance. There is something wrong with her liver (all other tests for diseases came back negative), she couldn't keep any food down- eventually she stopped eating all together. Yesterday morning waiting for the vet's call was gut wrenching, I was a little bit of a basket case. I couldn't put her to sleep without giving her a chance. She's been a wonderful companion- the sweetest cat I've ever had, never hissing or swiping, loved people and company. She's on an IV now, hopefully to flush the toxins out of her liver, and they have to get her to eat again. She dropped down to a mere six pounds after being a little overweight. So I don't know when I will post pics of the show, maybe tonite or tomorrow while she's in the hospital. My time may be taken with nursing her for a while.

Opening is this Third Friday, 6 to 9, at the RRCA!

Town's too small sometimes

The gym hasn't been very friendly this week, downstairs. I can't help but wonder if it's because of what I last wrote- that the gym would be my social life. Let me rephrase that. If I need to be around people- I'm going to the gym. By the by- I have graduated to power yoga and have lost six pounds. So I'm not quitting.
I'm rarely on Facebook, I haven't been to the gossip mill for coffee in two weeks, my neighbors say quick hello's, and my mom is quiet. Why am I disappointing them, so I sense? When- I ask at near 50- do you stop people pleasing? Get to stop people pleasing. Maybe I should stop writing this blog, as much as I've stopped charting my daily activities on Facebook. I don't want to be tripped.
I've had my hours reduced at work, it was mutual- I am only going to work the weekends. The week will be mine. I cannot wait to have my time and creativity back! I'm tired of cramping my life into a schedule four days a week (and rushing to have my life the other three). Just the weekends will be fine. A week for me will be great. As it stands right now, with work, Artworks, watercolor class- I have only one day a week for me.
The watercolor class has been great, I may- MAY (time) take another. Learned I need the right brushes. Biggest realization is this- it's OK to be a successful female artist and state "All I want to do is paint!" As my teacher has done many times. I miss it, very much..........

I'll share- after the fact from now on........