A few updates
Posted: October 30, 2007 at 12:49 am by pannOn the home organization front, war continues to wage between the laundry and dishes. The dishes are winning, we think, but barely. Sleep continues to be pushed back into the wings while open hostilities are exchanged between the dirt in the bathrooms and the cat puke on the stairs.
Here’s a before and after set of pictures of tonight’s skirmish in the kitchen:
On the self-enrichment front, I’ve finished my drawing workshop and here is a before and after comparison. The first photo is a sketch I did shortly before taking the Faces drawing workshop, and the second is a sketch I made after the four-class workshop.
On the ailing parent front, who will manage to make me feel guiltier? Will it be the sad, pathetic alcoholic father, languishing by the pool in sunny Ft. Myers, Florida? Or will the Italian mother (bonus: catholic) wear me down faster with her lower back pain (er, pain in the ass?) Only the shadow knows.
Finally, the cat thread. The current score is:
Evil Cat: 3. Soft Paws: 0.
Posted in Personal, Depression, Self Referential, photos, Organization | 
October 30th, 2007 at 5:01 am
Nice job on the kitchen…and the portrait. Your kitchen picture reminds me of your refrigerator burritos you showed me. I could kill for one of those right now. ^_^ My apt sounds like your house. I am not a good cleaner or organizer. I get sidetracked by my art stuff… and the computer… and pretty much anything that can be played with.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Wow on the portrait. You are SO talented and artistic Pann! I can’t even do stick figures!
October 30th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
The kitchen looks fantastic! And the drawings are great; are they a relaxing hobby for you?
Hang in there with the parents…
October 31st, 2007 at 10:07 am
Thanks!
Drawing is but one of my many relaxing hobbies. I do really enjoy it, and it uses a different sort of concentration than anything else I do. I’m also working on illustrating a children’s book that I wrote, a queen size quilt that I started -wow- three years ago for a wedding present for some friends (I keep thinking, please stay married so I can give it to you on your ?th anniversary when i finally finish it), and of course gardening is a big hobby too. I guess now that winter is coming I will work on some of the indoor hobbies.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Funny about the war! The housekeeping one and the parental one!
I like your first picture a lot.