Waiting, Watercolor on paper, 2016
Hm... so umm... yes. Its been a little while. Sorry about that, but life happens you guys. Life just happens.
So some of you hypothetical people might be wondering how my new years resolutions are coming along. (For my years resolutions, go here for what's up) In January, I wanted to concentrate on making devotions a daily part of my life. I give myself a solid... C. Maybe C-. Guys, I just did not do as well as I had hoped. Devotions certainly have not become a habit. The combination of uncertain sleep habits with my kiddos and a slightly different sleep schedule than my husband (we try to do devotions together) didn't make the time or practice regular enough to become a habit. BUT I press on. I am certainly going to continue trying to implement devotions into my life this year. Still... one could wish my foray into this years resolutions had started off with some more success.
"But now we are in February," you say, "Isn't it time for something new?" Well yes, yes it is. This month had been designated my yoga month. But umm... remember how I said in the beginning of this post "life happens?" Well, it has indeed been happening and in a more expensive way than we might have hoped for. With registering our adoption the state and the accompanying paperwork and fees, an almost $1700 car repair, a new desk, and a new gym membership, we are hemorrhaging money at an alarming rate. So am I still doing yoga this month? Well yes I am, that is what the gym membership was for, after all, but I will be the first to admit that my mind hasn't exactly been on getting to the gym regularly or on mastering various asenas. We have been number crunching over here, and we are making the rest of this month and all of next month into the "Buy nothing month(s)". This will shift things around a little bit, and it doesn't mean that we wont do another buy nothing month in November. So yeah, that's what has been going on.
What else shall I say? Well, while my resolutions are based on creating habits this year, I have several non-habit goals that I hope to accomplish. One of them was to complete a series of free pieces of art I promised to people last year. It is going to be the last time that I will be offering so much free artwork. The goal of it was to get my butt in gear and to get some new artwork for my portfolio, but so much happened last year that I didn't get it all done. Now I am playing catch-up. But I thought you might like a sampling of some of the work I have done so far this year! There are a few more, but I am posting my favorites so far (The first one is at the top, obviously.)
Graybill, Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016
Hobbiton, Watercolor on paper, 2016
In case you hadn't guessed, while I have been enjoying blogging an awful lot, given the choice between blogging and painting, I will almost always choose to paint. So I may not be a particularly consistent blogger while I have these projects going on, but I still plan on keeping at it and updating when I can. :) Also, I'll be posting some more of my artwork and projects, because I guess I need something to post about.
That is all. Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go get ready for yoga.
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