The Good, The Bad And The Decidedly Weird

So this week has been a bit of a mixed bag with lots of good things happening,

 like Phantom allowing me to paint the perfume bottle she got for her birthday

well not allowed exactly, more didn't complain when she saw I had liberated it from her room

This perfume smells lovely, which is a bit of a relief as the packaging may have played a bit of a role in my decision to purchase it for her,

and luckily it suits her and doesn't smell like cat's swill on her it all worked out nicely

The win for me was that it was great fun to paint up even if I only got time for it to be a sketch

I often have a play in my sketchbooks before I paint something up in a more finished form

but this one came together quite nicely ... 

so this definitely falls into the good category of the week

Also on the good is the crazy great time that I have had painting up mugs and cups 

for the Cuppa With Friends Project

it has been liberating to push myself to use more materials

and for the first time in ages I have delved into my draw of papers and bits and bobs

and start mixing and playing more with textures, papers and techniques

made more fun by the fact that the neighbour seems to have fixed his wind issues of last week

and the studio has been free of his butt music all week

see , lots of good right

On the not so good side of the ledger is the fact that Mushu the wonder mutt

smells oddly like Chinese food... and not nice, fresh Chinese food

but more like the old, suspiciously furry lot that hides at the back of the fridge

he needs a bath... bad... and is so stinky that an ant actually jumped off his butt

which you would think would be a good thing is light of last week's debacle, but no

this ant jumped off his butt and crawled in between Phantom's toes and bit her

can I just point out how bad the dog must smell that an ant would rather nestle between toes that have been in school shoes all day... 

It resulted in a bite and a yelp, from Phantom not the dog... he snored through it all

 and a mad dash to kill the offending ant, who was surprisingly speedy

Phantom then needed ice to make the swelling go down,

but as she has opposable thumbs she was able to do this herself,

which left me free to scour the sofa for more rogue butt jumping ants

not a highlight...

So we have covered the good and the bad so it is time for the decidedly weird

and this moment is bought to us by my beloved husband, Sinus Man

Remember these tooth brushes... well I made the grievous error of buying one for Sinus

and he now keeps asking me to feel his teeth... which is weird right

I mean I am happy they are so clean and all that

after all I love the clean I get from mine, but this is not something I think he needs to share

and no matter how many times he asks I am not feeling his bloody teeth

happy weekend to you all

especially my friends at Paint Party Friday ...xx

My last two post links are here...

My Cup Runneth Over ...

Sunday Mugs ...