Stained Glass & Oil Paintings

Today was a 'day off' and I enjoyed spending time with family. We three girls all contributed a lunch item, and hung out here at our house eating while the babies played or napped. Our dog Jake lazed in the warm southern California sunshine (in late January, yes), and we brought the food outside to eat on the back patio.

Menu:
~~salad of kale, avocado, tomato, Gorgonzola, and a home made vinegrette;
~~fruit salad with bananas, apples, blueberries, raspberries, oranges, and Myer lemon juice
~~pasta of elbow mac and creamy cheesy goodness

We should open a restaurant!

All of the above were splendid and delicious and we are going to add this to our schedule, so if you are interested in a few hours hanging out with the girls, join us!

Back to my Blog!
I've been spending way too much time creating my online presence. Well I digress; I knew from the beginning that this was a commitment of my time when I set out to do this, so, I will continue to enjoy what I can online, but I have created a schedule for myself so I can be more committed to making art and advancing my skills in the creative arena too.

Wonder what it means that I am still up this late after adding items to my Etsy shop, answering emails, working on my Mom's "photo book birthday gift" (I am creating a Snapfish hard cover photo book for her, and have requested all siblings, spouses, and offspring to send me a letter to her that I will copy and paste and add into the book), and now writing in my blog. Going to be quite difficult to stick to my new schedule. Can I ask, what does it take to change your internal clock to a whole new schedule? I have been a night owl my entire life, and now want to flip the switch!

Back to the Blog I was writing prior to my latest tangent: :)

I am taking advantage of all opportunities in networking and making new acquaintances who will grow to be friends. I'm joining groups and clubs; am volunteering on Meetup to help others less fortunate; have been building my online presence in many shapes and forms; have added an Etsy shop app to my facebook page; am helping out one of my LinkedIn groups, by offering my time to approve members and submissions for posts; am adding comments on LinkedIn whenever relevant; am on Pinterest watching the boards for trends, and after someone repinned my stained glass vase to her wedding board, offered my services (for a price) to create centerpieces for her reception; tonight after reading an Etsy blog and watching a video about Kat Von D 's purchases from Etsy shops, wrote a comment to Kat Von D offering to swap a butterfly tattoo for a custom hand made piece for her home.
Hmmmm...............
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Wonder what the kids will think of that one?....

All I can think is that my poor doggie has some gas that is clogging my thinking right at the moment and that I haven't posted any photos!