I'm Alive Still

Hello people who read my blog.

I am still alive after opening the shows this last week. They are the Woodbury Invitational featuring 5 artist and an exhibition of photographs about the Amazon. The Invitational runs through Feb. 2o and the Amazonia exhibit till Jan 16. After that it's the UVU student exhibit - which may or may not go over well. It's not supported by the Art department and frankly I don't care. That department is filled with poision people and life is better without them. The Arts at UVU are better with out them. I feel so bad for the students who are getting a crappy education because the faculty can't act like adults.

ANYWAY, after that we will rehang works in the Selections gallery - these are works from the permanent collection and long term loans. Then we will be down for a month while we get a new security system and new lighting grid *CHEER* after that is the Saltgrass prints exhibit for a month followed by Shaolin: Temple of Zen exhibit. It's about 100 photographs about the Monks at the Shaolin Temple in China. I'm please about this one because I did the ground work to bring it in. I do however think the title is a bit funny as Shaolin and Zen are different forms of Buddhist thought *shrug* ah well.

Other than that I'm getting ready for the holidays. I need to take down the Halloween decorations and put up Christmas. And clean my house before my mother in law comes for a week *sigh*. Oh well. Life is good though. Obama won, my daughter sleeps through the night, and i finished two paintings this last week. LIFE IS GOOD.

This Is Halloween

Here she is! Kathryn with her first haul of Halloween candy. She Trick-or-treated 3 blocks and fell asleep on the way home. Life is gooooooooooooooooooood!

Right to complain

Vote. I don't care who you are, but you should vote. I have been an Obama supporter since the beginning so Don't bother throwing Republican falsehoods at me about him. Perhaps the best article I've found that points out the truths about BOTH candidates is this THIS ONE

Got Hope? I do!

All the Thoughts of a Pumpkin

It is only 9 more days to Halloween the BEST day/night of the year. I have no idea what I'll be which is the opposite of my little bug. She has three costumes. Four if you count the onesy with the spider on it. This weekend will be pumpkin carving and such. I'm still trying to decide if she's old enough to trick-or-treat. I know she can't eat solid foods yet - let alone chocolate, but still who am I to deny her the delights of the night!?! Maybe I'll get Rick to come over to the mall and we'll trick-or-treat there and pick up a toy at the build a bear place. Though....... It may be a good excuse to just take a walk with her in the evening before handing out treats. OH oh oh I just thought of a great costume - a Democrat! we look like everyone else *giggle*

I got the most AMAZING package from Becky Weeks yesterday (Thanks Becky). Not only did she move to Texas, get breast cancer, come to Utah for treatment, have a double mastectomy, have various illnesses cuz her immune system is repressed, return to work (you know she's back logged) AND keep working on her novel, but she made me a beautiful scrapbook/photo album.

Incredible!!!

We also got pictures of the bug in frames from her aunt Kimi - who also had cancer and complications over the last few months. CRAZY.

Anyway, here is a new picture of Kathryn in an outfit given to her by Kathryn (my friend).

Kawaiiiiiiiiiiii

Humility means having canned goods and sleeping through the night.

It was fall break this last week. A number of lovely things happened. first is that my little bug slept through the night TWICE. *cheer* This also means that I got good sleep. course this didn't deture me from taking a four hour nap on sunday. The other lovely thing was that I now have a loveseat and a recliner rocker. This brings the 'Needs" to curtains in the front room. Of course there is a huge list that must happen before Thanksgiving when the relatives will be here.

Rick pulled up all my Halloween decorations this weekend from the basement. OH, we picked up pumpkins too. "Freeeeedom, Freemdomm, freedom". Decorating must happen this week and carving pumpkins. I love Halloween! Oh man I've got to pick up toys and candy and get the bags of fun made.

The only thing that was not good about this weekend was church. *makes a face* It was horrible. I've come to the conclusion that the spirit has left the building. Sacrument was loud and useless. I could plug my ears and STILL hear the speaker. Not that she was worth listening to. Her topic was humility, but she rambled on about anything but that and went over time! Apparently you must have food storage to be humble. My husband leaned over and said "so much about my students makes sense now." what he meant is that they don't stay on topic, ramble, and communicate poorly on top of having no sense of time. The ward choir was like listening to dogs in heat and the last speaker was a newly home missionary who went on and on about how great "numbers" are. *roll eyes* I told Rick that I give him less than a year or 2 before real life makes him bitter.

*sigh* I miss being spiritually feed at church. I really think I'm going to become more Buddhist than LDS. I get more out of it.

more pics and a promise to write later

Science Projects

Long time no post, but I have a good excuse and a note from my doctor.

I've been pregnant, however, I am not any more! I have experienced a whole new level of pain . . . EVIL Pain! My epidural wore off for the nasty part right at the end. I felt EVERYTHING! Kathryn will be an only child. A well loved, but only child. I could go off about things now with her around, like how the next most evil pain to birth is breast feeding. Thank Heaven for bottles and breast pumps. Then there is the lack of sleep . . . *hiss* BUT I won't.

Anyway, many of you have asked for pictures and I'll send stills of things upon request, but in the mean time enjoy this little video. Kathryn and I made it today for her Dad.

Turn your sound on.