Travel Blog Announcement

Our tickets are booked (FINALLY!) and we'll be going to Singapore and India for 2 weeks in February. We had a bit of a hold up because my cousin, Abby has decided she'd like to come along with us, so we were waiting for her to get a travel visa. I'm telling you though, this trip has had a bit of bad luck from the start, so I don't hold out for a very smooth trip, to be honest. First, we had trouble booking Abby's tickets. Now, we're having trouble again- changing Abby's tickets. She seems to be the opposite of a four leaf clover. I'm used to having luck on my side...my husband is the luckiest guy I know. I don't know how many times now he's been pulled over and hasn't received a ticket yet!

But anyway, a trip to India and Singapore means that I'll have some great stuff to write about on this blog (for 2 weeks, anyway!). Seriously, though, I've had like 2 months of nothing but hospitals and sick people, and that's not fun stuff to write about or read about, so there haven't been any posts for a long time. Plus, I haven't had any time at all. I think my life has opened up just this week, though, and I should have more time to write about my projects...and to actually complete a few of them!

One cool thing about our trip is that we'll be in Singapore for Chinese New Year. That should be pretty wild. I don't know what to expect, but I'm sure it will be pretty festive there. Chinese New Year lasts 2 days. Another cool thing about our trip is that we will be going back to Bombay and Jaipur...two places we went on our last trip to India. We have family in Bombay, and I loved Jaipur so much last time we went, I wanted to go back again. I wish February was next week, but I'm sure the time will pass quickly.

On a totally different note, I finished another piece a few weeks ago and gave it to my husband for his birthday. It's pretty cute. I'm working on another one right now, which seems to be going well, but has a few missing pieces I have yet to figure out, so we'll see.

That's my update. Hopefully next time I'll have pics. TTFN.

The Hospital

I feel like I know the hospital a little too well lately. For the last month I've been back and forth to the one hospital or the other, like, daily. My very dear aunt has had some surgery and is now recovering, and we've been wanting to be with her quite a lot.

The good news is that she's doing quite well and will probably be able to walk with her walker in about a week. The bad news is that she will have the hospital in her life for at least a few more months as she is treated for her illness.

I think her outlook is great, but I feel bad that she will has such a long road left. She'll be fine.

As for me, I've not had time to work on much of anything creative lately. I did a mixed media piece about 3-4 weeks ago, which I'm in love with, and I made some prints of it which I will probably put up on Etsy eventually (when I get some TIME!). I also made some prints of another piece I did and will put those up as well.

I have some ideas for other pieces, too. It just takes time to get them going. I need at least half a day of uninterrupted time to work on a piece and get it started, and I haven't had that in I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. :) I may take a day off someday soon and try to put my head down and work. The problem with a day off is that I would be tempted to rest and not work on creative endeavours! :)

I have a pic of my aunt that I almost posted here, but I thought about it, and I don't think she'd appreciate a picture of herself posted when she's not completely healed yet, so I won't post it- but I will say that I'm very proud of how far she's come, and I really wanted to post it to show everyone how great she looks!

Who knows when I'll post next, but hopefully it will be a post with a picture of some new artwork or bead work! After all, the Bay Area Bead Extravaganza is coming up in about a week and a half!