A Perfect Start to a Friday

Monthly Painters Challenge - Rhapsody of Colour

This is how I want to start every Friday...

I sit here at 5.54 am

yes you read that right A freakin M...

and yet I have a smile on my face

normally this is more a grimace

more of a woe is me sort of half smile

which is the Sup nod equivalent for mothers the world over

but I digress

I am happy and smiling because it has been a great week

I have painted well

I attacked the tea cup canvases

and they actually look like they are going to be half way decent,

my Monthly painters Challenge piece

which is usually a source of mild angst

came together quickly and with ease

I actually opened the draw beside me

messed up the paint tubes a bit so they looked a bit more interesting

and painted them

woohoo easy peasy

and I really like the end result

I also got to use Buddha's Last Balls as a title for a blog post

which has been an ambition for quite some time...

and the dog got a hair cut

which is most unflattering and somehow makes him look fat

which normally would be a very bad haircut

but it is causing me to giggle every time I see him

because he sort of looks a bit like ET

with a white fluffy face

and he is clearly unhappy with it... priceless

and the greatness doesn't stop there...

I was showered with fun and kindness via the blog world

I was a Showcase winner

for a Challenge over at Inspiration Avenue

which meant I declared myself awesome 

and wore a tiara all day

even for school drop off which resulted in a level of teenage daughter angst 

that truly made my soul sing...

double woohoo

I had a few people email me about doing some little swaps 

which is great fun and all exciting 

and one involves Balls

which is a customs form I would like to fill out!!!

and I got to wake up this morning

to see that the lovely Jenn over at Just Add Water

had put up the post that showed me as a featured artist

Which featured an official seal....

so I am official and reading that interview I am very impressed with myself

seriously I sound quite mature

and thoughtful and all those good things

while in my heart of hearts I am still the same old me

it is nice to have a space in the cyber universe where I can sound so together

and it was such a pleasure going through the process with the lovely Jenn

who was so supportive and generous in making it enjoyable

and it was such a thrill to wake up to see it there

and to see my work in one place like that

no wonder I have been a bit tired

I have been quite busy

recognition is like just the biggest smile inducing thing isn't it...

especially at 5.54 am..

So I challenge you to not smile

even at 6 am, 

when your week has included

painting without angst

awards, tiaras, teenage embarrassment

your dog doing a days long impression of ET, 

an official seal, and interview which 

makes you sound much better than you are in real life

linking up with your friends at Paint Party Friday

knowing there is a new Blog Hop -

 the Artist's Play Room starting tomorrow

and balls... I dare you xx