20 days later…I really need to get on this updating more. I always feel like I need to post a ton to make it relevant but maybe a few words would be ok too, maybe even just a photo? I’ll try.

So I made the gut wrenching decision to give up the incredibly high paying job. *twitch* Still not sure how I feel about this, it was more than I have ever made in my life thus far. But on the other hand, I really

don’t know why I beat myself up about it (aside from the joy and freedom having money can bring), the chemicals were making me feel nauseous every day and also playing havoc with my lungs, so there you go. It’s kind of a no-brainer…but still…I was starting to get used to the idea of the possibilities this would afford. *sigh* Anyway…

On to other things. We ARE moving, yet again, that makes 4 moves in 3 years! I still have the traumatic memories of the last move fresh in my head, feels like it was just yesterday. I guess it might be akin to giving birth, it hurts like hell but you forget about it…eventually? Anyway, I very serendipitously (there are no accidents) found a 3 bedroom suite on the top floor of a heritage house in a beautiful area of Victoria, closer to downtown and the beach and bike trails and a funky neighbourhood! And it’s only $50 more than what we pay now…can you believe it? Me neither. SO excited. Do you know what this means? Yes. My own studio again! This means no more cats tip toeing around open paints or stepping on palettes or walking on my canvases or chewing on my brushes or tipping over my water or worse yet, turpentine. This means i can create all day and then shut the door…and imagine this…when i go back in, everything will be as I left it! I know, can you stand it?! And to top if off, the room that i will make my studio actually has a little sink in it (don’t ask me why, i don’t care)! How convenient is that? I am beside myself with joy!

Every artist, I am convinced, needs a real room of their own to create in, move around in, contemplate life in…I am going to put a small love seat in there too so I finally have a place to sit back and look at what I’m working on. It has a closet to store my paintings in, big windows overlooking a beautiful yard, wood floors…do I sound excited?! It has been awhile. Right now I am using the dining room, well, to be honest I have completely taken over the dining room and before this I had a studio about the size of a postage stamp. Anyway, I figure this is worth the angst of another move. Plus, the guy that owns the house is a counselor AND his sister is an art therapist…there will be some brain picking going on for sure. And he seems really great and laid back and there is a garden plot and a greenhouse…and…

And finally I will be able to think about a whole new etsy shop overhaul that is a longtime in the making. School is mostly over right now aside from my field placement and I am still looking for work but might actually have some time to sit down and plan some new pieces and vamp it up a bit. I added some new pendants recently (see below post) but have so many more ideas.

So that’s pretty much all the latest here, I have added a picture of the biggest poppy I have ever seen in my life up top in case you hadn’t noticed and a pic. of the incredible Rhodos on the side of the house. These are just a couple of the many things that bloom in our yard, have I mentioned that this place is crazy gorgeous! Yep, it is.

Bliss. :D