whew, I made it!!!!!

Yes, thank God, I made it through the two weeks of hell at my job.  Now it's back to normal hours for me.  I am so glad.  It really took more out of me this time than I had expected, but, at least I'm going to get a good paycheck from it.  Next time I have to cover, I'll only do it for one week.  Two weeks of a lot of hours is too much for me at my age.  Now I just have to find a pic of spring flowers for my new painting.  The crocuses are starting to bloom, so maybe I'll use some of those in the painting.  We have a big patch of them out behind the house at home.  They are all different colors.  Purples, yellows, and mixed colors.  How nice.  I think that is a real sign that spring is just about here.  I hope so, I am kind of tired of the cold and snow.  I think that spring is my favorite season, everything is in bloom.  I love the cornucopia of colors, and it reminds me that the warmer weather is just around the corner.

Another day off

I must be getting old.  I used to be able to handle working 40 hours a week.  This last week has been a little different, though.  Working 3 and a half hours in the morning, then coming back to work 4 and a half hours at nite.  It seems to drag you down a little more, when you have to be back later in the day.  I bet if I just worked the full 8 hours, it would seem less stressful.  I only have to do that on mon, tue, and wed, then the usual part time hours at nite on thurs.  Then just 8 hours in the morning on sat and sun.  Of course Friday, being the only day off for the week.  It feels like more hours than it actually is, and here I am blogging on my day off.  I am tired as hell, but the whole day seems to be slipping by rather fast before I have to be in at 6:30 in the morning on Saturday.  One more week of this and then I'm back to the normal four and a half hours a nite mon thru fri, with the weekend off.  I can't wait, back to normalcy.  That way I'll have some more time to start some spring paintings.  I'm not sure what yet will be the next one, but I have an idea it will be flowers of some sort.  My art is so basic, so it may be just a couple types of flowers, something within my ability.
 

Hows the weather?

I sure hope spring is near, I'm tired of the cold.  I do like the change of the seasons, but after 3 months of this crap, it starts to get old.  Even though I like snow, it's the cold weather that comes with it that is hard for me to deal with.  Maybe when I get rich I can move to Southern California, or to Arizona.  Yeah, like that's going to happen.  I need to start some spring like paintings, that way if I think spring, it will happen.  Maybe some tulips or some daffodils, with some crocus flowers here and there

Me, Donate??????!!!!!!!!

I was at the usual coffee hang out today, and I had just finished a new painting, when a person came up to me and asked me to donate a painting to the Academy of Arts and Dance.  How cool!!!!  It would be auctioned off for money to be used by the school.  I have until the end of March to make up my mind, so as I feel right now, I think I'm going to do it.  The painting is of the Grand Haven pier at sunset, and I really didn't like how it was going when I started it, but it seems to have worked itself out.  You tell me what you think.  My friend thinks it's a good Idea to donate a painting to get my name out there, but will anyone really buy what I do?  Who knows, I'll get the details about what they are going to start auctioning it off for.  She thinks that at least someone will see my art and pay for it.   It's not a matter of being seen or becoming famous to me, it's just a matter of getting them sold to get back some of my costs, and with donations as they are, I won't see a penny from it.  I think that however, what goes around comes around.  I can afford to give to a good cause, especially since it's a school.

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow

OMG.  The snow is coming down really thick and fast.  It's like snow drifts dropping from the sky.  I hate to say this, but it's really beautiful.  I always get kind of excited when the snow starts falling.  It's like a new cover for the ground.  It looks like there are a lot of closings coming across the t.v.  Another snow storm, yeah, I guess.  I knew it wasn't done for the season, as a lot of people had hoped.  We still have a couple of more months of this stuff to deal with.  I don't mind the snow, it's the cold that I don't like.  I get chilled to the bone.  Even though I have some extra weight on for this year, I still get cold very easily.  I kind of wonder what it would be like to have no snow for the winter, and be like tropical weather in the Virgin Islands.  Some day I will experience a whole season without snow.  Two years ago I went on a cruise to the Caribbean, and it was in January when  it started to get really cold here in Michigan.  It was quite nice to not have to wear a coat, and the sun shined every day.  The islands were beautiful, and the snorkeling was great.  The water was just the right temperature, and very warm.  The fish on the corral reef where very colorful, like neon blue and black.  I also saw an octopus.  Some of the fish were neon yellow.  It was a great time.  The food on the ship was outstanding, and so was the entertainment.  I think I might want to go on another cruise again, some day before I die.  This time to maybe the French Riviera.  That would be exciting.

Some kinda wonderful

I don't know why I put that up, just a song stuck in my head.  The weather is warmer today, but really windy.  I had so many errands to run today, I'm glad I got them all done.  I had to get some more paper for the business cards, and this time I got the right stuff, thank God.  It seems like it's time for spring, but in all reality, we have a couple of months more of this cold shit before spring is really here.  MMMMMM, this coffee is good.  I should have called this blog like Melissa's, but a Very, Very, Caffinated Me.  LOL.  I think I'm going to paint tonight.  Thinking about doing a pier picture with a really cool back drop of different colors.  Yellows, reds, and purples, or least I think that's how the picture looks.  The pier pictures sell the best here in the big resort town of  Grand Haven.  I just think that the multi-colors would look kinda like an Andy Worhal painting.  That would be cool.  I think I need a refill on coffee, this one really rocks.  It's chocolate, raspberry and vanilla. MMMMMMMM!!!!!!
 

New business cards

Wow, my best friend, Melissa did my business cards on her computer for me and they look great!!!!!!  Thanks Melissa!!!!!  The next two weeks are going to be hell with work, I have to fill in for a guy who's wife is having a baby.  The money will be great, but I'm getting too old to do split shifts, it just may kill me. LOL.  I'm sure I'll get through it, it just won't be a cake walk and I know that.  I just have to go into it with a positive state of mind.  It won't give me much time to do any painting, but I plan on getting some more supplies this week to do more pieces.  Maybe something will inspire me in the mean time.  Who knows?