Well, howdy! I stopped and read my last journal and decided it was far past time for me to update it. I haven't had many chances to get art done lately... between managing the kids, dogs, and household, (and trying to keep up with my husband playing Oblivion... although he has started over a few times... I'm slower and more methodical) I haven't had much of a chance. I have an inked drawing of some koi that turned out WAY better than I ever could have expected that I need to finish and post.

I also just got a polymer clay book called, "Fairies, Gnomes and Trolls" by Maureen Carlson and have tried one project out of it. I''ve never really played seriously with Sculpey before, and I think for a first shot, it turned out well! I didn't use colored clay for my first try (a big pack of white was cheap) so I need to paint the little frog I made. I have the acrylics out, (which I haven't painted with in ages!!) so if I don't mangle him in the painting process I'll post him real soon.

I would still love a copy of Photoshop elements to call my very own (instead of just a trial version) but I haven't gotten around to it. As it always is with reality, there are more important things to spend the money on. One-a these days, though. Oh, and if you are one of the appreciated few that read this journal, in regards to my last post, my tonsils are STILL swollen, almost 5 months into it and 5 courses of antibiotics later. My ENT just rescheduled my follow up appt for the 3rd time, so I think I'm going to look for a new one.

Anyway! Thanks for stopping by, but I have baby screaming to tend to. (nap time) Hopefully I'll be posting more really soon!!

My new avatar (icon) is courtesy of and his image [link] He was extremely generous, and let me crop his skeleton with the jaunty hat out of the image. Thank you!!

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