It's our Anniversary - 32 years and counting!!

Thirty two years ago today, I married my best friend.  It was a swift courtship, and we both knew that was it.  We were off the market!

In the summer of 1979, I was eighteen years old and I had my dad's truck and two of my best friends. We were going out, going to the Cabin Tavern, still there, on Muldoon road.  On the way there I stopped at the gas station on the corner of Northern Lights and Boniface, also still there.  This cute Filipino came out to help us.  He filled up my gas tank and told me that I was missing a gas cap and that he had extras, he would try to find one that would fit my tank.  How very nice of him!!  I found out later it was a ploy between he and his friend to keep us there longer.  Sneaky boogers aren't they!
We were all talking and they ask us where we were headed.  We told them, said our thank yous and good bye's and headed out.

Hours later we were having a great time and these two cute Filipino's came walking in the door!!  I was there with another guy that I was kinda' dating at the time, but nothing serious.  So Danny and his friend spent the evening with my two friends and me and my date.  We all found out that night what a great sense of humor Danny had.  We all had such a great time!!  When it was time to leave, Danny ask my friend for a date.  I was so happy for her, he was cute and lots of fun!!  What more could you ask for!!

The time came for their date and  I was staying home that night, when the phone rang.  It was Danny!!  I was a little confused and ask him about his date with my friend, he said that he had called her and had ask how serious I was about the guy I had been with that first night.  She had told him, not very, so he broke his date with her, got my phone number and called me!!  We talked for over 3 hours that night and the rest is history!!

I guess I should give you Danny's version of how this all came about - according to him, we met at the gas station, but once he hooked up with us at the Cabin Tavern, I grabbed a hold of his leg and begged him to pick me!!  You guys can go with whichever version you like!!  LOL

I also have to tell you that his proposal wasn't the most traditional either, there was no getting down on one knee or anything like that.  We were out dancing and he looked at me and said, "You know I really like you, I don't just like you, I love you, we should cut the cake!  How could I ever turn that down!!  LOL

When we first got married, Danny worked at the Yamaha distributor in Anchorage.  His dream was to
own his own dealership.  Finally, in 1992, his dream came true.  It was a successful, family run business for over 17 years.  Danny was the Salesman/General Manager, I took care of the bookkeeping and our son learned to run the service department.  Danny also has always had a love of racing and has been active in the racing world for as long as we have been married.  This also was a family activity that we all enjoyed.  Both our kids have raced over the years, Chad continues to race, but Danielle decided that she was more like me when it came to racing.  I am a backup kinda' gal.  I enjoy helping to make sure everyone has what they need and always keep track of the status of each of the racers.  This also is something that I admire in Danny.  He is happiest when he has all of his family around him.  Over the years, either in business or just in life, we have always found ways to spend time enjoying each others company and still remain very close.


I am so very proud of the life Danny and I have.  There is always compromises and sacrifices that have to be made in any relationship,  and to truly be happy you have to want to make these compromises for the greater good.   We have always made the choice to work thru things together.  I have always been amazed that when I am at my weakest, he has been there to hold me up and when he is feeling weak, I am there for him.    It's definitely not always the easiest path, but it is, without a doubt the best and has always been worth it in the end.  And look, now, after 32 years, I get to spend everyday with the man that knows me better than anyone else in the world.  A man that has worked thru the bad times and celebrated the good with me.   There are so many good memories!!  Even the memories of the bad times, we can look back and enjoy the fact that we made it thru - together.

A friend and I were recently talking about another friend who had divorced and how sad it was.  The conversation turned to our own marriages and laughing about all the little quirks that make life interesting.  There is no perfect relationship, but I told her that no matter what lies ahead of us,  I would never want to live it without Danny.  She looked at me and said, "Cheri, if you and Danny ever broke up, I would feel that there is no hope for the rest of us."  Without even realizing it, she had just given me the best compliment anyone could give!!

Yes, 32 years with my best friend.  We have raised two amazing kids who now have their own families and successful lives and they have given us five of the most perfect grandchildren we could ask for.  We have had successful business ventures in the past, present and are even working on a future one!  Racing has been a big part of our lives and has given us lots of great memories and well as some of the best friends we could ask for.  We also have lots of great memories of our travels around the world.  Life with him has been an awesome adventure that I wouldn't trade for anything!  And yes, he still makes me laugh!

On this day, 32 years ago, in our marriage vows to each other, we both said, "for richer or poorer, til death do us part".  There is no doubt in my mind that Danny and I both have done so and fully intend to continue happily stand by that vow. 

I love you my hubby!  Can't wait to see what lies ahead, always with you!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentines Day to you All!!  

This is a wonderful day dedicated to showing those you love how very special they are to you.  Danny and I celebrate it a little differently than most.  We both are huge foodies and love cooking, so rather than go out to dinner.  We have started our own traditions.  I am always the cook on this day.  I start searching weeks before and plan out the whole menu.  There is usually appetizers and maybe a glass of wine, we then sit down for dinner and there are at least 3 courses, which I serve.  I break out the good china and glasses, candles everywhere and red and white roses.  I can't even remember the last time we went out to dinner on this day.  It started out just Danny and I sharing a romantic dinner at home, but for probably the last 8-10 years or so, we invite others who don't have someone to share this day with.  We have had single friends over the years who start to get depressed just thinking about Valentines Day, so Danny and I decided that we can have a romantic dinner, just the two of us, any day of the year, why not share this day with those that need a little cheer on this day.  Also, Chad, my son works up on the North Slope and I think he has only been home for one Valentines Day since he met Jayme, so it has become a tradition to share this day with first her and now the girls too.  Allie has informed her Daddy, "We go to Nana's for Valentines."  

Danielle, my daughter does the same thing in her home.  She plans a special meal and shares it not only with her husband and children, but they have always invited Jeremy's grandmother to enjoy it with them.

I know that Valentines Day can be viewed as an over commercialized holiday and it can become that way if you let it.  But to me, it's a day to show those that you love how much you really care and to make them feel special.  Last year, I can remember Allie's eyes lighting up when she told me she had helped mom make the chocolate dipped strawberries that we shared and when she saw the fancy table with candles and she got her own stemmed glass for her juice.  And the huge smile when she finally got her huge cookie all to herself!!
   
Danny and I always look forward to sharing this day, not only with each other, but with any and all those that we love that want to enjoy it with us. 

This year the menu is:

For the appetizer: seared ahi tuna with wasabi and soy sauce.
First course:  Spinach salad, with strawberries, almonds and a homemade poppy seed dressing.
Second Course:  Puff Pasty wrapped Salmon fillet with watercress mousse and a champagne, chive
                              butter sauce, with steamed broccoli.
Dessert:  Fresh strawberries, stuffed with cheesecake and topped with graham cracker crust and drizzled with chocolate. (Jayme found this recipe on Pinterest, it's pinned to her board, "Food") we thought that this recipe drizzled with chocolate would put them over the top!!


I'm also surprising Allie with a huge chocolate chip cookie!  I made her one last year and that was the only thing she wanted all the way thru dinner.

I truly hope you all have the best Valentines Day ever!!  Enjoy those that you love, whether it's with that one special someone or with those that are special, it's a day to go over the top to show your love!!

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Sleepovers and Snow

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I most certainly did!!  I got a phone call on Saturday afternoon from my nine year old grand daughter.  She informed me that she and Landin had decided that they should come over and have a sleepover and invite Allie to come too!!  Worked for me!  I'm always up for grand kid pajama parties!!

We spent most of the afternoon, just hanging out, we found out that my oldest grand daughter had a basketball game, so we all piled in the car and went to cheer on her team.  They won!!  YAY !!!!  More often than not, she has a big fan club there cheering her on.  Danny and I try to make as many games as possible and she has her other grandparents, aunts, uncles and even a great grandma that come on occasion also.  It has been said that it takes a whole community to raise a child.  I love that my grandkids have such a large support group.  There is no doubt in their mind or ours for that matter, that they are loved and have support from us all.

Ok, sorry, back to the sleepover!!  On the way home Lanie ask if I had ice cream at home.  I told her no, but had a great idea!  A friend on facebook had recently made snow cream!  Our Alaska winters over the last few years had not accommodated with very much snow, but this year we have had plenty!!  I'm loving it and we had just gotten some fresh stuff that day.  Perfect for a big bowl of snow cream!!  I told the kids my idea, they had no idea what it was, but were super excited just to try something new.  Allie, said "Nana, I just wished on that star over there that we would make snow cream!"  I laughed and said, "Well, you wish is granted!!  We are making Snow Cream!!" 

I have made snow cream many times over the years.  So I have my own recipe, but was curious, so went to Pinterest and actually found another recipe for it, slightly different ingredients, They used soy milk for theirs and I have always used evaporated milk, but basically the same.

This is pinned to my board "Food and Recipes"

Stepped right out onto the deck and filled up my big stew pot with fresh snow!!  Started mixing all the ingredients and Landin and Allie ask if they could help.  I told them there wasn't much to do, just had to keep mixing until I got it right.  Landin looked at me and said, "But Nana, we always help you."  I had to giggle.  They are so stinkin' cute!!  We got it just perfect and I dished it up. 

Their very first bowl of Snow Cream!!

I remember my mom making it for me and my brother and sister and I have made it many times for my kids and their friends.  I actually posted this picture on my facebook page and one of Danielle's long time friends commented that she had memories of me making it for her too.

Good stuff and Good memories!! 

We woke up the next morning and Allie had brought a big bottle of bubbles and ask if they could play with them.  We did for a little while, indoors, but I also remembered a pin that I had added that involved bubbles.  It had said that if you blew bubbles outside and it was below freezing, they would freeze.  Perfect!!  Had to try it!  This is pinned to my board "Nana Day Activities to Try"

They were so excited, they didn't even take time to get dressed!  We all threw on our coats and boots in our pajamas and went out of the front porch to give it a try!!

It worked!!  They really do freeze!!

Lainie wanted to try to pick it up, but it melted as soon as she touched it.

I didn't have any time to plan craft projects or buy extra goodies at the store before the kids arrived this time, but we still had loads of fun!  Sometimes, the little things that happen spur of the moment are the best!

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T Shirt Scarves

I know I said way back when that I wanted to do a post about the t-shirts scarves that I found on Pinterest and made for Christmas presents.  I have put it off because, even though I made several of them, I only made one style for my presents.  There are several variations that I wanted to try and make, but I have been so busy with other things the t-shirts for the new projects continue to sit on the shelf and call out to me.  I definitely want to make more scarves, as well as some other ideas I found, all using just plain old t-shirts.  I have had several people who check in on my blog ask about the scarves, so rather than keep everybody waiting on my schedule to clear, I decided to go ahead and at least share the first scarves with you all.

 
This is pinned to my Pinterest Board "Christmas Present Ideas"

If you look thru the "Christmas Present Ideas" as well as my "DIY & Crafts" boards you will see some of the other scarf ideas that I still want to try.  It will happen!!  Just not exactly sure when.........

This is hands down the easiest project I have ever done!  Seriously only took like 5 minutes to make.  I did cheat a little bit.  I knew this was gonna' be one of my Christmas presents to all the girls and while I was wandering the aisles of Michaels, my favorite store ever!  I came across some strips of t-shirt material.  I wouldn't normally buy it because at regular price I could very easily by 3 t-shirts, cut them up myself and have at least 6 times more strips of material to work with, but these were on clearance for $2.49 and I knew that plain t-shirts at Walmart ran about $3.49. I assumed you would get about the same amount of strips to work with but after buying the shirts and cutting them up, I found that you get almost double the strips from a shirt. Oh well, lesson learned.  

I got out my t-shirts and started cutting.  The strips I bought at Michaels were about 1/2 inch wide and I knew I wanted to make all the scarves relatively the same so made sure to cut the t-shirt at the same width, but you can cut them any size you like.  Some of the info I read said that the wider you cut your strips the fuller the look of the scarf.

I mentioned before that I could not live without my rotary cutter.  It makes so many of my projects 100 times easier and this was definitely one of them.  But if you don't have one, this project can still be done easily enough.  Will just take a little longer.

The instructions said to use XL to XXL shirt so that your strips will be longer, but if you wanted it to be smaller, you could use whatever size shirt you want.  Once all the strips are cut, you just gather up your strips. Again, since I had pre-bought the strips and there were only 12 strips in the packet, I stuck with that game plan and only used 12 strips from the shirt even though at 1/2 each you have at least 6-8 more.  I will use the extra for another project at another time, but you can use them all for yours.  Grab the inside of the loops and stretch as far as you can.  The edges immediately curl for you!!  All you do then is just tie them all together.  I cut off a strip from the arm and used that to tie them.

I did tie them all with the t-shirt material first and that looked great as is.  You could totally be finished at this point if you wanted.  But I decided I wanted to add a little extra.  These are some that I had found some pretty broaches and pinned them over the area where I tied them all together.

I also had some leftover ribbon from another project that I used on some other gifts.  Sorry didn't get pictures of those for you, but you get the idea.

If you would rather purchase the scarves, the picture from my Pinterest board is from the Etsy shop "BlueEyesAndBareFeet" they are for sale for $19.50 each and she makes the pretty flowers to put on hers.  Also, if you do some checking on Pinterest, you will find many different ways that you can wear these scarves.  The pictures I took of mine are with them doubled, but I have seen them used in several different ways that are equally cool.

                                 I would definitely recommend you give this project a try!!
There are LOTS more scarf ideas - vests - dressed up tee's and MUCH more!!  I want to do them all and most certainly will - just not exactly sure when..........

                                                     Just a plain old t-shirt - who knew!!


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Nana Day Lunch

                                                             Time to Feed the Kids!!

Well, it was Nana day and of course the kids always have their favorite foods and I always try to keep most if not all of what they like on hand. Hey, I'm Nana, it's a big responsibility!! Anyway, thought I would try to steer them a little outside of the box and try some recipes that I had found on Pinterest.




Both of these are posted to my board "Food & Recipes"

I was at the store buying the biscuits for my last post, "Biscuit Makeovers" and saw the crescent rolls.  I had remembered seeing a recipe that used them, so decided to buy them and used the recipe at a later date.  When it came time for lunch, I decided to try it out but I didn't have string cheese or pepperoni.  I'm thinking, if I make another trip to the grocery store I will end up buying three times more than I planned, because of the cute little faces looking at me and saying, "Nana, PLEASE, can we have that?"  So.... I looked in the fridge and found turkey slices and American cheese.  They like these two and have made them sandwiches, so decided to give it a try.  I put the turkey and cheese on the crescent roll and thought it needed a little something extra......... ranch dressing!!  They love it on everything!!

                                                     I baked them just as the recipe said......

Looking Good!!

Ok, so now for a little accompaniment!  I am a huge fan of "Cheez its"  I convince myself that I'm buying them for the kids, but if I'm totally honest, the kids eat a few and after they go home, I devour the whole box!!  They are SO good!!

I found the recipe on Pinterest to flavor the oyster crackers and one of the ingredients is "Ranch Dressing Mix".  Since the crescent rolls also have Ranch, I thought these two would be a good lunch for the kids.  I followed the recipe exactly and they were very, very easy to make!  The were really good, but I have to say, they pale in comparison to a Cheez it.  Oh well, continue the search at another time.

It makes quite a bit and for another use on these.  A couple of days later, I had taken out some pork chops and was gonna' make my version of "Shake n Bake" pork chops.  Rather than buying the mix, I just season my own bread crumbs.  But when I get ready to cook dinner, I had no bread crumbs in the pantry.... Hmmmm.  Ah Ha!!  I crushed the seasoned crackers and used them!!  It was pretty yummy!!

OK, so lunch for the kids.  I plated them up.

And gave them to the kids

The final word on lunch from the "judges".  Landin liked the oyster crackers.  I asked him if he liked them better than Cheez it's, he actually said that he did.  However, Allie, didn't like them at all.  As for as the crescent sandwiches, neither one was impressed.  Danny and  I liked them, but not enough to go to the trouble of making them rather than just making a turkey and cheese sandwich. 

Oh well, moving on to the next recipe experiment!!  I might try the crescent rolls again, but with the Pepperoni and string cheese - maybe......

Cork Crazy!

                                                      Corks, Corks and More Corks!!

My 2011 New Years Resolution was to finally start an online Arts & Crafts business and make and sell all the things that I have been making and giving as gifts to friends and family for years.  Everyone has been bugging me to do this and I finally got up the courage to give it a try.  Well, I have been in business for a little less than a year now and it's slowly beginning to become a profit making venture.  Either on my online Esty page, at local Arts and Crafts Bazaars and my sweet hubby has
even shared some of his man cave with me so that I am able to have a display of all of my goodies for customers to drop by and check it out.  What a guy, right!!

Among the many things that I make and sell are hand painted wine glasses, cut and engraved wine bottles and misc. products made out of corks.  On occasion, I have been asked, "Do you drink all of  that wine?"  I kinda' have to giggle at that one.  Don't get me wrong.  I do enjoy a good glass of wine or two, but The answer is no, well, not all, I do save all of my bottles, jars and corks, but I also have friends and family who bring me bottles and  my best friend works at a restaurant that serves wine so she collects all of their corks and gives them to me.  Since my cork collection has been growing in the last few months, I've been trying to come up with some new ideas for corks.  So, where else would I go, but to my faithful and never disappointing Pinterest!!



These are both pinned to my board "DIY and Crafts"

The first picture is one that my daughter, Danielle has requested.  It's on my list Danielle, I promise!!

Since Valentines Day is right around the corner, I thought something to do with hearts would be a good idea and I had seen several cork/chalkboards that others had made on Etsy.com.  So using all of these ideas I came up with my own. WA-LA!!

Will soon have this for sale on my Etsy page, but if you wanted to make your own, it's pretty simple really. All you need is a simple wooden board, whatever size you like, then just paint the entire board with chalkboard paint.  I had some that I had bought at Walmart, but I have also seen on Pinterest, recipes to make your own chalkboard paint in any color you like.  I will definitely be trying that out one day soon.  Ok then just a few wine corks.  For the border, I cut the corks in half and glued them all the way around the edge.  Then for the heart I stood them up end to end and glued them into the shape of a heart.   I did get a little glue here and there on the chalkboard as I was gluing on the corks, no worries.  Just touch up with a little more paint!!

Here are a couple other ideas I have come up with.

Christmas Ornaments

Candle Holder

A friend was also telling me that she had strung corks for garland on her Christmas tree!!  I have seen lots of ideas and I still have lots more corks to work with, so be assured that I will be going to Pinterest for more inspiration.  Well, right after I get Danielle's jewelry board made.

Recycle those corks!!  Even if you don't want to use them, bring them over!!!! 

I will find a use for them!!

Biscuit Makeovers

                                                 Plain Old Biscuits?  Who Knew?

This post actually contains two "Nana Days".  I knew I was gonna' have the kids so I went onto Pinterest to get some ideas for goodies and craft projects. I actually found two different recipes for goodies that I was curious about and they both started with ready made buscuit dough.  One recipe miraculously transforms the dough into fresh, warm donuts and the other was a take on sticky buns.  They both sounded SO yummy that I had to try them!!  Also, I have been told as of late, not by grand kids but by my kids that my goodie stash has been soarly lacking as of late, so thought this would be perfect for both grand kids and agitated kids with sweet tooths.

These two recipes are pinned to my board "Food & Recipes"

Ok, so, first things first!  On "Nana Day" one, I made the donuts exactly as the recipe called for.  The recipe said to heat 1/2 inch of vegetable oil so I decided to use a small skillet (1) to save on a large amount of vegetable oil and (2) so that I could do these in smaller, more manageable batches.  Thought this would help on having less mishaps.  Anyway, I didn't have a regular round hole cutter, but I did have the small heart shape so decided that would be perfect!  I am making these for the most perfect, most loved grand kids in the whole world right!  Hearts it was!

Got the oil heated up and got to work! 

It went a lot faster than I had anticipated.  About the third batch, I burned a couple of them a little bit, but all in all it was WAY easier and faster than I thought it would be! 

I followed the recipe exactly as they said and used butter, then dipped both sides in sugar and cinnamon.  Four of five grand kids and hubby said they were way better than store bought!!  I was thrilled and actually surprised!  In the back of my mind, I was a little afraid they were just gonna' taste like a biscuit with sugar and cinnamon on them, but they really did taste like fresh donuts!  Fresh, warm donuts!  Mmmmm.  Definitely making them again next Nana day with a few more ideas.

As far as the craft project I had planned, well, it kinda' got taken over by 4 and 5 year olds.  All they wanted to do was play with more salt dough!  Seriously, need something to keep the kids entertained - make salt dough!!

So...... on to "Nana Day" two!  We decided to make it a sleepover, so I knew I was gonna' make the "Sticky Bun" recipe with the biscuits and then for in the morning I wanted to make more of the donuts.  Landin arrived before Allie, so we got to work on the sticky buns.  I read the recipe and the blog about the recipe and the girl said that she had used the "Grands" biscuits and had learned a lesson and would use the regular ones for the next batch.  So, I used the regular ones and followed the recipe exactly.  It easy ingredients and easy to assemble, but I have to tell you, I wasn't impressed.  First of all, after baking, they stuck to the pan.  Now, this may have something to do with the "New Formula" Pam No-stick spray, because I am so Not impressed with that either!  Don't buy it!!  I have NEVER had anything stick when using the regular Pam spray.  I bought the new formula and so far have had everything stick so far.  Ok, I digress, anyway, even after I got them out of the pan, not so pretty I might add, but out of the pan and on a serving plate.  These actually did taste like dressed up biscuits.  I'm thinking the lady that used the "Grands" biscuits had the same problem I did, so don't think it has to do with the size.  Also, I like sticky buns that are actually sticky.  These seemed dry.  So, all in all, would not recommend this recipe.

See, they even look dry........

The sleepover was awesome, as always!!  We wake up in the morning and I knew that it was going to take some convincing to get Allie to eat donuts rather that her all time favorite Nana breakfast - blueberry pancakes.  This is no joke!  She NEEDS her blueberry pancakes!  On the last sleepover we were laying in bed getting ready to go to sleep and Allie snuggled up to me and said in her sweetest voice, "Nana, will you make me blueberry pancakes in the morning?"  Hello!!  Of course!!!  Snuggles and sweet voices get me every time!!  I told her that I wanted to make them some donuts, but if she still wanted her blueberry pancakes afterward, I would still make them. 

So, this time, I followed the same directions, right up to the cinnamon and sugar.  Allie's favorite donut is always chocolate with sprinkles and Landin doesn't like regular chocolate, but he does like white chocolate with sprinkles.  I've got it covered!

I used white chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips and added a little butter and milk and melted them in the microwave at 30 second intervals.

I skip the butter this time, the chocolate seemed to stick better without it.

Ummm - the non-sprinkle ones are for me and Danny.  Hey, we have to eat breakfast too!!

They were a hit!!  From Landin I got a raised eyebrow and a "Nana, can you make these everytime we come over?"  and from Allie I got the sweetest smile ever and a "Nana, I love you."

Definitely will be making these again and again!!

You will have to wait in anticipation to see the craft project we started.  It's a work in progress, but it's gonna' be great!!

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Alaska Northern Lights

Ok, so this is kinda' stretching it on my Pinterest inspired blog, but this has been an exciting day for me that I just had to share!!

I guess I should back up and tell you what this story is all about.  Back in May, I had done a 4 foot by 4 foot painting of a Poppy field for my best friend and had taken it to the UPS store to have them package it and mail it.  While I was there, a lady saw the painting, 4 foot by 4 foot is kinda' hard to miss right?  Anyway, she saw it and told me that she worked at the local art gallery and she had never seen a painting like mine.  I do a lot of three dimensional accents to my paintings.  She said that I had to bring some of my work into the gallery!  It was a huge compliment and I was completely shocked and thrilled, and frankly, a little scared.  What if they didn't like my work.  I'm just now beginning to feel like I might be able to do this, what if I got shot down.  Would it destroy all the confidence that I had started to build when it came to my talents?  All of this was running thru my head and even though I knew I would eventually get up the courage to do it, I kept putting it off. 

In October, my daughter-in-law, Jayme, had ask for a painting of the Northern Lights for her birthday present which was coming up in November.  I hadn't even planned to do a painting for her this year, I know she loves my paintings, but I kinda' felt like I might be overwhelming them with paintings.  But she ask for it, so, of course, it was hers!!   I painted it for her and I have to say, I thought it turned out pretty good.  Jayme said that it was her favorite painting that I had done for her so far. 

                                                                               
That gave me the idea that I should do a much larger version to take to the Art Gallery.  I made the decision to try and get it painted and to take it to the gallery in time for Christmas shopping.  It was exciting to work on it, but I had to keep reminding myself to relax and enjoy it.  I was putting way too much pressure on myself to make it perfect.  Finally,  I finished it and I really do think it turned out really good.  But, still, I couldn't bring myself to take it to the gallery.  Those nagging insecurities got the best of me.  I have to say in my defense that I did proudly display it in my own little art section in Danny's shop!

So, today, a friend came by to visit that we hadn't seen since last April.  He was out in the shop with my husband, Danny and he came and told me that Ken was here visiting.  As always, when he comes to visit we have to go have lunch at our favorite Thai Restaurant.  Before we headed out though, I told him that I had stolen a portion of Danny's Man Cave for my own goodies and to come up and see.  I took him up to look around and he saw my Northern Lights Painting.  He said that he loved it and wanted it!!  I just looked at him and said, "Really?!"  He laughed and said, "Yes, how much?"  He bought it!!  Holy Moly, he bought it!

Everyone tells me that I shouldn't be shocked when people want to buy my work, but, honestly, I hope the thrill of knowing someone likes my work enough to pay for it never wears off.  It's exciting and humbling at the same time.  I know I still have to work thru those nagging little voices of insecurity, and believe me, today helped me move in that direction!!   Thank you Liz and Jayme for your belief in me and my work!!  I am very honored that God gave me this talent and I'm also very proud that I am trying to use it to the best of my ability. 

Hey!!  This does connect to Pinterest, because I also use a lot of the photography for inspiration for other work that I want to do and I found one that just might be my inspiration for my next painting of the Northern Lights.  I do need to do another Northern Lights painting after all.  And who knows, maybe this one will actually make it into a gallery.


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