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Lately, since we have been updating the house and the walls were looking quite naked, I've been working on doing a little art. I have always enjoyed drawing, painting and creating. I took an art course at the University of Guelph and though I have never considered what I have done real art I have started to wonder lately what is the difference between an Artist and what I have been creating. At what point does someone blossom from a regular crafty and artistic person into a real Artist? As I said I never really thought of what I have done as real art. As I have spoken about many times before I struggle with confidence in myself so I have never considered the possibility that what I make might good enough that someone might want to own it. But could it be? Might I be able to take steps towards becoming an artist, doing shows and creating a collection of work? I don't even know how someone would go about doing that and what steps might be involved. I suppose it doesn'...

I have a guilty pleasure to confess to. I watch America's Next Top Model. I know it's a terrible show but I find it quite entertaining. Mostly I watch it for artistic quality of the pictures they take of the girls. I also watch it on line after the fact so I am able to skip some of the house drama with the childish cat fights but I do enjoy some of overreaction of emotional girls. Another part I find immensely entertaining is Tyra herself. She says and does some of the most crazy and off the wall things that it's like looking into the brain of a fashion schizophrenic. I'm not sure why this amuses me so much but there is just something about Tyra that is so egocentric and off the wall that is quite funny. She has however gone to far. She has written a book called Modelland that she worked into the show last season (because the show is in fact all about Tyra ) and I got the idea that this fictional book that I thought might be intriguing for the same reasons t...

Today I wasted a lot of time waiting for an appointment that didn't happen. I was supposed to have a follow up appointment with the surgeon who did my reduction and my appointment was for 2:10. Unfortunately I would need to be home by 3 because my husband would have to leave for work and this Dr. has a reputation for being late. As I sat in the lobby I decided to do what most people do and flip through one of the magazines. Looking at the rack I saw a familiar face staring at me off the cover of Elevate Magazine. Melanie Chong is a model that I always spot since her family attended my church when I was young. She's spent a lot of time on early on in the Sears Catalog and since then has gone on to be a fairly successful model. It seems that now she has launched her own skin care line as well. As I perused the pages another picture caught my eye. I thought, that girl looks familiar too. Where do I know that face from and I realized with a start that the editor of the ma...

It's been a while since I've posted and in some ways that's a good thing. I tend to write more when I'm struggling than when I'm doing well so a gap in writing can mean that I am in a good frame of mind. The weather has also been so wonderful that we've been very busy with outdoorsy things and I've also been trying to get back into the routine of more exercise. Things are going well and there was an event on the weekend that really pointed that out to me. My parents gave us a wonderful little break and took the kids for a few days of the March break. Since I was given a gift certificate for Conestoga Mall from my fantastic Father in Law I decided that I would do a little solo shopping. What could be a better time than when I can actually try things on in peace? I also am in need of cloths that both fit so off I went. Pants. Specifically jeans. I think almost every woman has trouble finding a pair that fits just right. I grabbed about 8 pairs and st...

There is a wedding I will be attending in April. This means a new outfit to wear to said wedding. I have actually already purchased a dress. This surprises me. For as long as I can remember I have needed to be a very advanced planner for these things. Sometimes I feel I have to start looking for my outfit when the bride does just to make sure I find something suitable. This is because it was always SO HARD to find something that actually fit, let alone looked good. Cloths just didn't come in my proportion and I was very limited in terms of styles that were flattering as well. So when I got the invitation to this wedding the first though I had was "what will I wear?" I almost immediately went out shopping even though I was still sort of in the healing process from the reduction. Surprisingly, I found something I liked the first time out! I was far less limited in terms of styles and sizes! It's exciting to be able to go into a store, try on cloths and reje...