EYES

This week I had my eyes "fixed", meaning I had laser eye surgery. What can I say? I can now see for the first time in my life without glasses as thick as the bottom of Coke bottles....my life will never be the same.

Down side, none really, 2 weeks without make-up, ha I think I can cope, drops in my eyes for a month, BIG deal, sleeping in goggles for a couple of nights, no biggy, and no swimming for 2 weeks, well it's rained for the last week and it hasn't been that hot yet anyway.

So why am I bothering to write this all down.....because if you're reading this and thinking about having this rather minor, though expensive surgery done, think no more. You'll never look back, you'll be too busy looking at everything else. 8-)

The Day Passed

So Saturday came and it was pouring with rain, needless to say the Markets were cancelled. We went there anyway and waited an hour while they made the decision not to open....it was after all pouring with rain. Mind you later in the day it cleared for a few hours, but then it rained again. 

I have mixed feelings, I would have liked to have gotten over my first time nerves, but I also didn't feel as well prepared as I would have liked to have been, so now I have a couple of extra weeks to get better prepared. Of course, I certainly didn't want my paintings getting wet in the rain anyway. Also in two weeks it will be that much closer to Christmas, so people will be out shopping for presents and there will be more tourists in the area.

This week I have to finish my Art School application and get that sent in, get the house ready for my daughters, boyfriends 21st birthday party, which we are hosting, and on Thursday I'm having laser eye surgery, just to top off the week....as if I didn't have enough to do.

Not to mention that it's just over a month to Christmas and there is still a lot to do with the kids and grandkids all coming home this year. It will be busy, but we'll love it.

As for my other project of a song a day on YouTube (look up dmaurice1964), because of my eye surgery, I now have to do a lot of recording beforehand because I can't wear makeup for a couple of weeks and vanity won't let me do the videos without it...............bring on the next few days, here it is after midnight, I can't sleep because my mind won't stop and I have too much to do, but we'll get through it somehow.

It's A New Thing

As I sit and write this it's pouring with rain and I can hear thunder and I'm wondering will the markets even be on tomorrow and it's an important question because tomorrow brings new things to my life.......I start selling my paintings for the first time.

I began panting only 3 years ago and I've managed to accumulate a huge number of them, and with the encouragement of my well meaning family and friends I've begun to take this thing seriously, and I can't believe I'm actually doing it.

I've sold a couple of paintings to people I know, and I showed 6 paintings in an Art Show recently, but it was a very amateur show, so it wasn't hard for my work to be amongst the best. 

The thing is now I'm really stepping out.

I'm more nervous tonight than I think I've ever been even before gigs when I've sung before 1,000's of people, but I've done that since I was a child and you get used to stepping out on the stage and just doing it.......I kind of wish that's what I was doing tomorrow, singing my heart out as I've done so many times before....what if they reject me? 

We'll wait and see...........