19 years and 1 day.

No job = no gifts, but we did enjoy our day together.
Josh commented that it was just like any other day, but since we usually enjoy our days together that worked out just fine. :)
We did serve up some grilled salmon and scallops for dinner so that was out of the ordinary...and yummy!
Aaron's Taylor got the first season of Pushing Daisies on dvd so we also enjoyed a bit of that on Monday and Tuesday night.

I'm still busy sketching and am not sure when I'll have any new original artwork to show you.
I did find a wonderful stack of weathered wood outside of my dad's shop yesterday and I'm hopin' he'll let me use it for paintin' on.
It was the most beautiful shade of gray!!!
In the meantime, here is something I forgot to share.
My silly old Party Time frog showed up on Cuteable a few weeks ago.


Thanks Lynsey!

And also I got the word that I was featured here yesterday.
Toot toot! (that's the sound of my own horn) :)

Anywho, I'm happy to say that print sales are picking up again over in the old Etsy Shop. Maybe because of my summer-long print sale, or maybe just because things are starting to look up out there.
We'll see.
Also don't forget about my first batch of Sugar Nellie stamps available at Funky Kits and about the lovely She Believed locket sets over at Polarity. I've heard only good things about these, although I haven't seen them in person yet.
(all links are in the sidebar)

Okay, that's enough of that. Just thought you might like some places to visit while I'm busy here at home.
Enjoy the 2nd half of your week!

If - hollow

...I'm not high on life. I'm not drunk on love. Broken down not feelin' right.

This is old. But I'm VERY busy. And it fits nicely, I think.
Words are from one of my favorite Clarks songs. (actually almost all of them are my favorites)
It's called Happy...but really it's sad. :(

On ebay now too.

Cause that's how I roll. :)
ebay

Original painting up for grabs

I should be working on other things, but sometimes a new sketch just can't wait. Paint me now it cries! If you don't do it now you know you never will!!! So I listened. :)
Image came first. Found the quote second.

"Simple, Sweet Things"
In my etsy shop.

I started the day off having an argument with Aaron and have felt crappy about it all day.
Mike is leaving in a few minutes for a hockey meeting (he signed up to be VP/team manager for Eli's ice team). All the kids are off with friends and girlfriends.
The only thing worse than being bummed out is being bummed out and home alone. :(
Eh. Maybe I'll get some work done.

Oops! Forgot to say that yes, Heat Miser is Jack Black and Snow Miser is Dick VAn Dyke. :)

The Miser Brothers

Josh decided they should remake "The Year Without a Santa Claus" with real people. He sketched this up with his casting choices for The Miser Brothers.
Can you guess who they are?
I thought Heat Miser would be the easy one, but my Facebook friends haven't guessed it yet. :)

And speaking of my little artist, here's the new haircut. More handsome than ever, I'd say.



I spent yesterday nursing a sore back and purple toe. Injuries sustained while "attempting" to play volleyball at my mom's on Sunday.
We had a fun-filled weekend with Mike's family...and mine too. Well, the funeral part was no fun :(, but there is nothing like having your family around to help you forget about your problems. Lots of food, a bit of Flyght, and fireworks on the 4th. BAck to mom's on the 5th. More food and a birthday cake for my sister who turned 49 on Friday.

No new art to show really. I did some sketching yesterday while I laid on the couch nursing my aching back.

And this one I did this morning while enjoying my coffee.
Sorry I'm so boring. I'll try to do better. :)

Adjusting

So it's day 2 of Mike's unemployment. It will probably be next week before he can begin a serious job search, as his Aunt Betty passed away on Tuesday and we'll be busy with family for the next few days.
It's weird having him home in the middle of the week...but nice.

I was busy yesterday working on new Sugar Nellie stamp sketches. I finished two and I think they are pretty darn cute. If you haven't seen the first set yet, click on the Funky Kits logo in the sidebar.
So nothing new that I can show, but I did add all of my latest paintings to my etsy shop as prints (Summer Sale Prices apply!!!) and I've also made some cards for my Zazzle shop.

A Single Rose - Greeting CArd by DudaDaze
Create custom note cards with Zazzle

In other news, Josh is requesting yet another haircut. He wants to go way short now. Which made me realize I never showed his last haircut.

Not a great picture, but you get the idea. It looks better than this usually. Kinda like he stepped right out of "That 70's Show". :)

Now he's asking for this Scott Blasey cut. I can't wait to see how he looks! It's been years since I've seen him with short hair.


And here's the picture I promised of the mohawk Mike gave my nephew, Brant.

Brant turns 18 tomorrow. We'll be celebrating this and his graduation tomorrow night at his mom's house. Mike's brother and his family will be up from VA for the funeral and for Brant's party.
Aaron and Flyght are playing at the drummer's families annual July 4th party on Saturday. And then we'll be celebrating my sister's birthday (also tomorrow) on Sunday at my mom's.
So really we don't even have time to worry about no income yet.
If I'm not around you'll know why.
Have a lovely holiday weekend!

Two little "Flower Girls"

I finished the first two paintings in the new "Flower Girl" series I mentioned in the last post.
I think they are sweet and hope you like them, too.

They were just added to my etsy shop.
You can visit there for all of the details.



Last day for Mike at work tomorrow and then off into the unknown for us!
Wish us luck!!!