VALidations

I finally spent some time painting!!! I set aside a few hours in my schedule and planned to paint during that time, and I actually did it. It was great, too! Everything seemed to come back to me, all my teachers' voices popped back into my head and reminded me what to do. I guess it is sort of like riding a bike. Painting in oils again also made me remember why I like them so much better than acrylics. Oil paints go so much further than acrylics and they don't dry instantly like acrylics seem to. I used a lot less paint and covered a lot more canvas. And the paint I didn't use will still be useable next time. Brian and Maggie came downstairs with me and listened to music in the music room. It was fun, and I feel so much better!!! Here is a picture of what I got done in about 3 hours. It's on a 16x20" canvas that I had laying around. I recently acquired two huge boards from work that they were going to throw away. One has some water damage on the end, b...

We're all married now!!! Our circle of couple's friends are all officially married. Dave and Melissa were wed in December, Kaleb and Kylie last weekend, and Scott and Bailey yesterday. The weddings were all wonderful. I couldn't keep myself from crying when the girls came out in their beautiful dresses. That always gets me for some reason. Now it's time to place bets on who's going to have a baby next! We had a great time yesterday with the Keran's . We rode together to Scott and Bailey's wedding. When we got home, there was a surprise check in the mail! I thought I would get one, but I wasn't planning on the extra money. I showed it to Brian (who had been talking about getting a new TV all day) and jokingly said, "Let's go get a new TV." Brian thought I was serious, so...we have a new TV now. I love it. It's the same brand as our old one and we got a great deal on it! We only spent about $20 more than the check we got in ...

I thought I'd start a new blog, reserved for random things. I figured most of the people who read Maggie's blog really just want to know about Maggie...probably not so much about my back yard and houseplants. That's what this page is for. Maggie will most likely make appearances since she's a major part of my life, but I'll get to ramble about other stuff here as well. Here goes! I really got my hopes up today about a potential job for Brian. Yesterday, his boss called to tell him that someone from the company was coming in and wanted to talk to Brian about a position that just opened up. Things were looking really good, and I really thought it was going to finally go somewhere. Well, once again, we were let down. Brian waited ALL DAY for this guy to come and talk to him. He never did, so Brian found him before leaving. Apparently this person was not interested in Brian for the job at all. They are going to cover the position by contracting it out. But, ...