Loser Art teacher

Today I am teaching my last period of the day, Grade 9 Art and everything is going fine. As fine as grade 9 students can be:) I am helping a nice girl paint and I am leaning over her painting and talking when........MY GUM FELL OUT OF MY MOUTH..... and landed right on her painting!!!!!!!!
Serious No joke! She was mortified. A lot of kids would laugh hysterically and find it funny ( I did) but oooohhh nooooo not this one. She was freaked right out!!!!!!
Oh well I guess it is not as bad as last year when I split the butt out of my pants and had no idea. I was walking all over the place when someone finally told me, not before the high school boys wipped out their trusty cell phones to try and get a few snaps.......and yes it was a huge bare cheek sticking out. When you wear a G-string your butt cheeks are not exactly covered!!!! Frankly I am suprised no one barfed at the sight of it!!!!!
I am such a loser!!!!!

Watson

 I always check out my feedjit to see who has logged on to my blog and I always notice someone from WATSON checking me out.

 Dear Watson,

      I am curious about you. 

     Sincerely,

     Me

photo class

 Well I stayed home tonight just so I could register for a online photography class here. I am pretty excited about it. I have really really really been wanting to take pictures lately. I picked up a couple of props a few days ago that I think would be fun for a little kid shoot. I really want to practise and keep at it. If anyone is reading this blog from in and around Saskatoon and you would like to do a photoshoot of any kind please email me!

 Cori if you are reading this you should sign up fo the online class as well.

work

Work really gets in the way of life I tell you. I just had the last week off and it was wonderful, great and fantastic. Now I am back at work with 3 million things to do. My kids art show reception is this Thursday night and we are busy getting ready for that. Kim and I decided to drive to Humboldt at 9:00p.m. last night to look at a truck. We bought a truck on Saturday but THIS is the truck we both like. So, he is going to try and get rid of the current one and buy the Humboldt one!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooooo tired:(
Have a good day!
p.s. Barb, I just noticed that you chatted with me on FB and I am sorry I was signed in but away from my computer. I miss you!

Today

 So far I have had a great day. 

Woke up early!

Had coffee!

Had a good workout!

Met Kass for a lovely girls only lunch!

Hit a crazy good sale at Sew& Home see pics for my finds all at %70 off!

Bought my first set of photoshop actions!

It is Friday afternoon ......LOVE iT!!!!!!

Friday

 Ahhhhhh my week off is ending soon and I am sad:( I could be a stay at home non-mom forever and never be bored...but I would be broke so that is not good.  I am in the middle of a few projects and do not know why I am posting them unfinished but hopefully that will motivate me to finish them. I am making a 365 book that was inspired by the kit Becky Higgens sold. It created an outrage on her site when they were sold out within 1 day. People were selling her initial kit on ebay for $200 after that. I am doing my own cheap version with a $3 binder and photo page inserts. I know now that 365 is totally unrealistic for me so it will be a version of that in some way.

 Oh and that is Benji on the couch in my room helping me craft. Poor little guy, I have soooooo much stuff in here and the floor is slippery. he went to jump up on the couch, he slipped and a pile of craft crap fell on him.........scared the poor little guy!

Ok my new trainer will be here is a half hour to kick my ass!!!!!! aaahhhhhh!!!!!

Couple of things I have made over the years.

 I am LOVING this February break It is awesome not working! I am feeling really inspired and loving having the time to create stuff.  Here are a few samples of stuff I have made.

1. Detail from 1st painting I ever did in grade 10 or eleven. {Kass we will not even mention the butterfly} It is a detail from the Sistine Chapel. We were only allowed to mix our colors with the three primaries and of course our shades with white and black.

2. Detail of Large format B&W print.  This was waaayyyyy back in the day of film photography. I processed the film myself and printed the large format print in a huge bath of chemicals.

3. Detail of an unfinished painting. There are a million of those lying around!

4. An actual finished mixed media piece.

5. A small 5x5 mixed media piece.  Thinking of doing a children's series  along these lines but who know's I do not have kids and am not really into the whole kid thing at this point in my life.

 That is it for now hopefully more to come!

Perfect Morning

 I love mornings like today. I am up early all the dogs have been outside and are back sleeping in their spots, Kim is still sleeping, I have had 2 cups of coffee and alone time on the computer to read my favourite blogs! 

 My post was short yesterday cause I had to run, but yes we are going back to CT, NYC and then making a side trip to North Carolina. We have booked our trip for the last week of july and the first week of August. I am already making a list of the stuff I want to see and do ( oh and so is Kim)!

1. Want to see a taping of a show....SNL, Live with Regis, Martha Stewart, Tyra ANYTHING really!!!!

2. Go to Brooklyn

3. Visit Etsy headquarters and see if there is a workshop going on I could take.....ooohh maybe I can get some PD money for that!!!!!

4. Guggenheim

5. Meet someone famous. Last time we were there I was dying to see anyone and we saw nobody. I get back to school and this little grade 7 girl in my class was all " Oh I saw Meriah Carey and Miley Cirus" I don't care if they are as cheesy as Meriah and Miley.....I want to see someone!

6. The list goes on and on. If you have any suggestions please leave a comment!

Oh and our NC adventure. My dream is to visit North Carolina! No real reason as to why however it is just a place that seems beautiful and wonderful and I need to see it! If anyone reading has any suggestions for NC please leave a comment. We are renting a car in CT and driving down to NC for the first week. A little American road trip! I really want to meet people our age and from NC...don't ask me why I just do!

Ok this was a long post I am outta here more later!

p.s. the above pics are obviously from our NYC trip last August. I always said I would never go again in August however that is now the plan!

NYC,CT and NC here we come!

 Well it is official we are going back to the east coast this summer! I can hardly wait! More details to come. I gotta run!

Happy V Day!

 Well I am having a lovely Valentine's day despite my hubby being away working at the moment. He will be home tomorrow and then maybe I will get some discount flowers!!!! Since he rarely reads this blog I can post what I am working on right now.....a little scrapbook of our honeymoon. I started a clear acrylic album a long time ago but it was wrecking my pages so I went to Michaels today and got 2 8x8 albums on sale! I have decided i will probably never be a 12x12 scrapper it just is not for me. What am I talking about I am not even a scrapper! this is like my 3rd album I have ever done and the first 2 were kits that explained everything for you!

Oh and I went to old Navy and bought Benji and St. Patrick's day t-shirt...that is right he is wearing a PINK St. Patty's day shirt on Valentines day!

 I went to the gym today and did my favourite class, physique.It was an 8:30 Saturday morning class and it was great. I have decided I would be soooo much more productive if I did not work. Last night I cleaned the house, ate a good diner and this morning I went to the gym, went shopping and now I am completing something I started back in August! I guess I cannot complain being a teacher means I get a lot of holidays!!! I have a week off now and then another in April. Only 4 months till summer break! YEAH!!!!

Speaking of school my students are having a BIG art show next week. It is at SCYAP in Saskatoon and it will be up for 4 weeks. The reception is on the 26th from 6-9 if you are interested in coming out! My van is currently full of stuff for the show that I am hanging next Saturday!

 OK back upstairs to continue the album!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxxooxxoxox

polaroid fun!

 Kim is still away and I am at home playing!

TODAY

 Well I just trued out my new Tracy Anderson Dance cardio DVD and Wow I suck!!! She has a lot of choreography that is good but a little hard. As well the DVD player in the basement is not working so I was doing it from my laptop upstairs with 3 dogs around me. They were looking at me like I was totally and completely nuts. Oh well, better luck next time!

 I went our for diner with my mom tonight b/c she is leaving for Mexico for a month. It is soooo cold out I would like to go along for the trip!

 Kim is away in Nipiwan on duty until Sunday which means I have the house to myself again! Tomorrow is Friday and the last day before the break. 1 week off yeah!!!!!!!

 For some reason the ladies  that made the cupcakes for my wedding called and asked for a pic....well this is the only one I have!

Best in Show goes to a Senior Pooch....but that kinda sucks:(

I was soo happy to hear that the famous Westminster dog show gave the Best in Show title to a senior pooch this year. Stump a 10 year old little guy won! Having 2 senior dogs myself I just love this honour. That said I TOTALLY disagree with dog shows! In fact I HATE dog shows! I do not believe dogs should be bread (inbred) to be hauled around like dolls and living in kennels their entire lives. That is just one reason I think dog shows should be banned. Another reason is that dog shows promote dog breeding and inbreeding. There are MILLIONS of Innocent, sweet animals killed everyday in shelters simply because no one could look after them. Dog shows and dog breeding is brutal and I am totally against it. If people want purebread dogs go for it......there are plenty in shelters! There was actually a story in the NY times this week all about how Westminster is brutal and I will find it and link it to my blog as soon as I can.

I am off to my class just thought I would rant a little.

Sunday Walk

It is finally nice out here so Kim and I headed out for a nice Sunday walk. I tucked my pants into my red polka dot knee highs and Kim thought I looked totally ridiculous. I could care less I hate coming in from outside and the back of your pants are covered in snow and soaking wet! We are going to go out for asian food in an hour or so.... what a perfect day!

Ballons & Hay Bails

I have always wanted to do a photoshoot with Balloons and Hay Bails, just like these pics from this amazing photographer!

Lot`s of people ask me about the Ion cleanses that I get, well these pictures pretty much explain it all. You put your feet in a clean tub of water, the ions pull the toxins from your body, the brown soot is all the crap inside of you....min is usually darker than this pic though and then you are left with a bath of yucky stinky toxin filled water. Ilove my Ion cleanse lady beacuse she reads my water and puts on rubber gloves and pokes through my water to examine all the crap in there. She tells me I always have a lot of tobacco release which I would like to thank the ol` folks for as I DO NOT smoke, nor have I EVER smoked. The years of second hand smoke are evident in my cleanse water!The smokes after diner, the smokes in the car, the smokes while I was in my mom`s belly yum yum!!!!!! Ahhhhh but in the early 80`s they just did not know did they! I really want to find the pic of my mom in the hospital just after she delivered me having a dart. This pic apprenty exists as my cousin clearly remembers it and I need to get it!
OK it is 4:44 in the morning and I just got up to let the dogs out. Back to bed!