Excellent, excellent well...

Just had to share...

A painting of mine got into the Fair Fine Arts Show!!!! YAY!!!

...okay. Ahem. Personal art goals on target. Funny thing is, I forgot to take a picture of this piece before I delivered it. So, I'll have to take one and post it later. We went out to dinner to celebrate and hell yeah I got dessert!

Today, we spent the day at the library. The boys read and read and read. Elijah did some drawing and created some kind of Sonic airplane with his new activity set that he got for completing the summer reading program. I am so happy for Isaac. He just learned to read like a month ago. More importantly, he is happy about it. He sits eyes fixed under furrowed brows and tries to figure out words EVERYWHERE now! It is so cool to see his world just opening up for him. It is like the part of the Wizard of Oz where it goes from black and white to color.

I got in some reading and a couple of sketches of a character that I am developing for my Too Tight Ponytail Girl project. I don't know why, but all of the sudden, I have such a clear vision of where that project needs to go. The trouble is, I have too little time to work on it, so artistically I am always playing "catch up." I have to refamiliarize myself with drawing all over again. Better that than rich in time and a famine of ideas I guess. I'm not sure though. I have enough interests and British comedy dvd's to get me through any rich in time but creative famine periods. Bring it on I say.

Tomorrow, it is going to be a full day with an early movie with free popcorn, lunch at the library and then sketching at the zoo. I know, I'm insane. I'm pretty sure I'll be committed complete with sedatives and straight jacket by about 4:30. Please visit me in the asylum. Oh and I need volunteers who are willing to keep my mustache under control and wipe the drool off of my chin for me. I'm pretty sure the nurses will do all the other stuff. Hey, maybe then my art will sell. Heehee.