January

I can't believe that January is almost over. Where did it go?

I have been busy, even in the studio. There are stacks of masks to fire, one in now, and several more waiting. I did rush to take glass down to New Orleans before the BCS game (what a disaster), and I started a new large panel yesterday.

Outside of the studio, I've accomplished a little more. My flowers are starting to look more like someone is unsuccessfully trying to improve them, instead of their just being abandoned. I've gotton peas, snap peas, spinach, brocolli, beets and lettuce in the garden and started more seeds.

I finally finished the wall of many colors, ending up with a light green I really like. So much better than the 12 different testers I had painted all over the wall for the last few months. And I babysit a lot. They are so much help, I pick it up, they pour it out. I've been sorting piles of misc. household stuff into bins, just imagine a 2 and 3 yr old HELPING, hahaha

I have to pick a new home improvement project to begin. I think I will write them all down and put them in a bowl and have my own little work lottery... That may work great, it beats my usual method of running from one project to another, finding another {pretty kitty} and never getting QUITE finished.

Oh, Well, I know I have too many irons in the fire, but I better put that electric one to work soon or I'll be sorry.

Laisser le bon temps rouler or Let the good times roll

See ya soon.

Merry Christmas

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.
We had our traditional family Christmas party tonight. Too much food and lots of kids running and playing. Transformers and dollhouses everywhere. Now, all the babies are home, waiting for Santa. Noah is the most excited. The other two are a little young. Wouldn't you know it, toys everywhere and the two little ones are playing with plastic ornaments and tissue paper. hahaha Tomorrow everyone has family to visit and I am going to RELAX!!
I guess I'll get back to the studio eventually, but first I'll have to clean up the wrapping paper disaster.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season.

Running out of time

I truly thought that finishing shows earlier this year would leave me sooooo much more time to organize and finish Christmas decorations. Well, the joke's been on me. I stay overly busy, but nothing actually gets accomplished. I have been spending a lot of time with my 3 little helpers, but they really aren't that hard to work around.

I only have 3 more things to finish in the studio, naturally they are supposed to be Christmas presents. Nothing like waiting till the last minute. I did have a pleasant surprise yesterday. A customer came out for one small piece, ended up with 3 pieces, one of them larger.

(Pralines , cranberry chocolate , date roll cookies)

What I have really been spending the majority of my time with is "THE CANDY MAKING" It has really taken on a life of it's own. What started as me learning from my Grandmother has morphed into a yearly marathon of sugar dipping endurance. The last few years, we make a party of "Opening Day". My close friends, Terri and Lauren, and my parents come to help, laugh, throw things and generally see who can make me snap first. Even in the decibel registering melee that follows, we accomplish a lot.

Still to do:

Finish making candy...finish cleaning the disaster from making the candy... decorate the empty tree...wrap ALL the presents...make the rest of the presents so I can wrap them...shop for groceries so I can cook Christmas eve...ship presents...visit family...cook, work, clean, cook, stress, clean, cook................ HAPPY HOLIDAYS YA'LL

Show time

Took glass to Gallery 459 in Lafayette today.

The show will be Saturday from 6 - 8 pm at the gallery on Jefferson St. (459 Jefferson St.) to be exact.

One piece didn't make it intact. The largest piece, naturally. I may try to repair it by then, but may not have time. Also took a good bit of glass to Sans Souci gallery. An assortment of things from fused fleurs to 3-d's. Even some Christmas trees.

I REALLY need to make more purple and gold to take to New Orleans before Christmas. With the BCS national championship on Jan 6 and all those LSU fans in town, need to stock up Adorn on Royal St. Tiger's eyes, lots and lots of Tiger's eyes. plus fleur de lis, LSU wind -chimes, and all things purple and gold.

Finally started Christmas shopping today, Online on Amazon doesn't count. I'm actually looking forward to pulling out the tree tomorrow and starting to decorate. Noah was disappointed with our sparse decorations last year, so this year I'm going all out. Big tree, little tree, lights ( I probably have enough for a landing strip in there), garland, doing the whole works. Dickey may not be so enthusiastic when I tell him we are doing the outside too, but he'll get over it. It's probably best if I stay off the roof.

I want to wrap my crepe myrtle with lights tomorrow and freshen up the rustic log reindeer , if it stops raining. It's the unwrapping that gives me problems. We may be the Griswold house by the time I'm through.

I also have to find time for the "candy making extravaganza". Seems to grow exponentially every year. I'll need supplies sometime this week, may need a bigger van, hahaha.

Ok so that means tomorrow is "clean the disaster day"

Thursday is "buy more stuff day" (candy stuff)

Friday is "make stuff with the stuff day"

Saturday is "Dress up and Party day"

Sunday will be " baby watch day"

Monday will still be "baby watch day"/ maybe

cook a little

Tuesday will be "cook a lot "day

Wednesday will be "OH MY GOD< ITS BEEN A WEEK AND THIS IS ALL IVE GOTTEN DONE" day

Better known as abject panic day

There's more gifts to buy, more gifts to make, more glass to deliver,more glass to make, more house to decorate, more house to clean, more candy to make, more presents to wrap, more, more, more, more

And now that I have thoroughly freaked myself out. I'll take a deep breath in.

Let it out slowly. and repeat after me

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

lots of purple and gold

Hello and welcome to my "pretty kitty" world. I was riding the ADD express today. Sad thing is I don't have ADD. hahah

Right now, If you're not an LSU fan around here, you should hide. haha It's a purple and gold world. Luckily, I'm an alumn, so I'm good. Unluckily, I'm running out of purple glass. Not good!!!!!

I started my day deciding to repack glass I need to take to the gallery in Lafayette. I need to have it all done by Tuesday. That was going pretty well until I decided I needed several boxes to pack in that were in the house. When I walked in the house, (ok, I did stop and pull up a few weeds along the way, "pretty kitty"), I forgot about the boxes and decided to work a little more on setting up my etsy site.

Oh wait, back it up. On the way in I was shanghaied to drive a bulldozer to pull off a tractor. I have to admit, the bulldozer is a bit intimidating, but I managed with no serious misfortunes and headed back to the house, boxes forgotton. Spent a few hours, no seriously, hours, trying to make a regular picture into a long, narrow horizontal picture. Just LUVE computers!!!

Went into the kitchen for a diet coke and decided to start supper. "PK"

Started soup, then back to the computer, then back to the studio, back to the computer, back to supper, etc... throughout the day. I even had a little helper come in for a Mickey Mouse break.

Suprisingly, I accomplished some of everything today, but all of nothing.

The soup, I named "throw it in the pot" soup, came out pretty well. It's a good thing, there's a lot of it . Never mastered that 'Just a little Bit' thing. It Grows....

Ah well, tomorrows another day. Maybe I'll make a list. hahahahaha

For all of you who live in "pretty kitty" land like me, just look at it as a way to combat boredom and get lots of exercise running from one thing to another.

See ya soon, ya'll

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving
Busy day, Lots of cooking. Had my little helpers
this morning. They stir and drop, but mostly just
run around the kitchen and play chase and scream. The pie turned out, only a couple of bites left.
It was a beautiful day to play outside. Throwing the football to toddlers rounded out the day.

I am so not one for black Friday shopping, so I think I'll work in my much neglected flower beds.
More than a one day job, but I have to start somewhere.

AHHHHHH!!!

Can't believe I have a break from shows. I've spent the last few days trying to clear a path through my house. haha It's really not that bad, but I have been letting things go. I have a lot to catch up on. Burned up a vacumn cleaner last night. I think it died from shock.
I'm cooking for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so I have the alarm set to put in the turkey. Most things are ready to bake except the pecan pie. I haven't made one in a while, so good or bad, we'll have to see.
Even without shows, I have to get back in the studio soon. Need to finish gallery pieces and a couple of pieces for the "Girl's Who Kick Glass" show.
A few Christmas presents too. My new goal is to take more pictures to post and master my website. Well, at least take more pictures.
See ya soon