Good Feeling - Flo-rida

When a painting comes together for me and I become completely lost in the act of painting, I often reach a state of being that I fondly call "My Zone".   More often than not, I reach this state as a direct result of having my music playing loudly and drowning out the world around me.   Yesterday, I actually got to my zone while cleaning house of all things.  With my I-Pod turned on to drown out the vacum cleaner, the song, Good Feeling, by Flo-rida came on.  This piece of music really gets me going and lifts my spirits.  You know its good music when you don't mind cleaning house.

Spending today, cleaning house top to bottom.   My best friend from high school is coming up for a visit.  We have not seen each other, these past three years....something always gets in the way, but we do talk on the phone at least once a month.  We will drink Margaritas and wine the whole weekend and regale ourselves with memories of our wild teen years during the hippie generation.  I still can't believe that she and I survived those years and grew up to become respectable adults.  My good friend JoAnn once told me to write a book, cause no one would ever believe it could be true. 

Yesterday, my boy toy turned 58,  I won't tell you how much younger than me, he is.  We went exploring our new location and then out for his birthday dinner. 

Our new kitchen with a breakfast bar.  I am standing in the bay window breakfast nook to get this photo.  I love sitting at this counter, working on the laptop.....very convenient.

Racoon Disaster

We were invaded last night.  Five very hungry racoons showed up and destroyed the bird feeders.  The cats ran off and hid until the hordes had retreated to the forest again.  We have decided to take down the feeders for a while and hopefully they will think thats all there is and stop coming around.  The cats are now going to get their meals inside the garage.  No Food - No Racoons.....I hope!

Guest Bedroom

Yes, I Know!!!!  Every room in this house is dark.  The previous owners liked dark colors on the walls.  And since there are porches on front and back, the windows let in very little light.  I hope to repaint a few rooms down the road, but for now, I just want to be unpacked, order instead of chaos and back at work in a well lit studio. 

Dinningroom

OK, so this room was Ketchup red when we moved in.  I already had green curtains from the last house, so I bought some Celery green paint and now its a soothing room.  Have you noticed how I use food to describe colors?  Is it any wonder I am overweight? 

There is no good angle to take a photo of the dinningroom.  But you can just make out my little Rob Liberace drawing on the back wall.  One of my favorite things.