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I do not know this woman; however, her wedding gown is very sexy.
I do wish to reflect on something wedding related that I can not seem to understand. I may never understand it, which is frustrating. My brother who is in Afghanistan has chosen to not attend his sister's wedding. This will be the second cherished moment in one of his sisters' lives that he will be missing. I am fearful that he will choose not to attend mine some day. I do know that if I was in my sister's place I would probably take it as a bad omen and not go through with it. I know that my sister is a very smart woman and will not do this, but if I were in her place I would only see it this way. Yes he is deployed right now and spending 4 days of his 14 day leave may not be in his plans but what the hell? I cannot understand it. I am kind of choosing not to because it is not right.
Sometimes we have to accept things that just aren't right in life but when it comes to family I believe that we should be there for each other all of the time, and support each other in all aspects of life.
On a lighter note summer is almost over, I know this because my birthday past and it always flies by after that. The search for a fall job and become severe and I am anxiously putting out cover letters and resumes. Perhaps a full time job teaching art to middle schoolers? Or perhaps a full time job working at a school tutor half a day and secretary the other half? Or perhaps paid intern at a gallery? Who knows, the possibilities are endless!

Dog park hopping

Other things that have been going through my head:

How to motivate and how to be motivated.
The boyfriend tries to complete a programming assignment in one night that should have been started weeks ago. He did not finish of course, all I could do was motivate, right? Wrong, all I could do was distract him from his work. I found myself trying to punish him for not going to class with things like taking away sex but that is harder to do than said. The question is how can I motivate him to make life changing decisions like setting aside two hours a day to work on that program that's due in two weeks? Still working on it, three years later, still working on it.

So today I decided to go dog park hopping with the dog I've had for one year this coming June.



One whole day off to do whatever I want! woo hoo what fun. I decided to take the dog on an adventure to a couple different places. The first park was big with a separate fenced in swimming area, lost the frisbee- who knew it wouldn't float. Some people just do not take the energy to discipline their dogs. Had to exit the swimming area because one big black frisky dog would not stop snapping at Cole and trying to start something. After three tries I decided to remove Cole and go to the grassed area. This man did not change the tone of his voice nor the volume of his voice when he spoke to his pet. How can a dog learn if there is no communication that there was a misbehavior? I found these people at this park to be slightly lackadaisical about their pets. This trip was only Cole's second time swimming this season, I fear he is a little rusty and needs more practice before canoe times.

The second park was very nice a large, no swimming area but there are several fenced in areas for different sizes of dogs. There is even a fenced in agility course. I will definitely be making the drive more often to get away from so many dogs. At the local dog park there are usually too many dogs and Cole does not have a moment of calmness.

I am happy to say that my summer tan is developing nicely and will most certainly be ready for the California trip that comes in a couple weeks.

A few trips to Michaels and we were on our way to making signs for parking. Thanks to Megan, Jessica, and Brodie for helping with this task! A few sharpies and a little spray paint helps make the show that much better.


Erin's handmade paper exhibition is totally the best in show no doubt it took my breath away when I saw it oh wow owowowowow. The headphones let you listen to the sounds of the paper making process.

I have a better version of my exhibition but I like this blury night version better than the ones I took. Come see the works in person please the camera cannot do them justice.


Done with painting beads and sewing on sleeves. I am even done with hanging the works on the wall in the gallery and mounting my artist statement. The gallery opens tomorrow morning at noon and the open house in Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
I am so Pumped!!
We will be out at the gallery hop on Saturday night in the short north. If you have never made it out there this is the month to go! They say the gallery hop in May is the best...!

Want a sneak peak? I hope you got it with this post. I am so pumped for the gallery hop this weekend. We will be out off of Ibiza in the Short North on High st. We will be doing a community art project, come join!

Filling in the Gaps

This morning I worked on filling in the gaps in my patchwork wall hanging. Frustrating stuff trying to make it all fit together. Wish I had been making everything symmetrical like mommy suggested.
Sloppy work!

Mandala s and Collage s

In the fifth grade we did mandalas and collages. Collages were in the style of Romare Bearden. Enjoy a couple examples of each.
My mandala:
My (and My C.T.) collage:
Student work:

Guest Speaker

I was the guest speaker today for 2 sixth grade classes. The teachers brought their students together just to hear me talk! I felt honored... I talked about the process of putting together an exhbition: promoting, describing, making the work, hanging etc. I also talked about my study abroad trip to Egypt. There are so many students who raised their hand when I asked if they might want to travel and study abroad in another country. There is so much to talk about and discuss on both of these topics I was not even worried that I had only 10 minutes to prepare.

Spray Painting Fools

Great Spring afternoon spent outside spray painting our logo! Sorry ODU, we only made a small oops on the sidewalk. On a sheer curtain we repeated the stencil, I am thinking long scrims? But it will hang in the Student Center in the Griff for publicity. Date should be the most noticeable info? I think so.
Moving right along with the show... I need to finish more pieces that is for sure.