Some Changes....

 

This week I have been thinking about all sorts of changes that are cropping up

Some things are getting back to a more normal rhythm

like managing to blog twice in a week for the first time in many, many months

and being gloriously haphazard at housekeeping

but there have been some significant changes as well...

After twelve years of getting up at 5 am-ish for Phantom to go to school

I am embracing the life of the mother of a university student

and not getting up until at least 6.30am

on some mornings 7 am

Sounds mean spirited but there is something truly delicious about still being tucked up in bed

and listening to the neighbours hustling their little boys into the car to get them off for the day

yes they have an early start, and I feel moments of pity for their plight

but then I snuggle back in and remember that I did it for all those years

scalding my fingers on nuclear toast, 

being sneezed on by the mutt, which is worse at 5 am let me tell you

and generally cursing a world that requires you to be putting together lunch boxes

at a time when your eyes can barely open.... Uni is sooooo much better

 This getting up later caper has led to some changes for the mutt

and I have been amazed that our middle aged dog

who has always been lazy as sin and dumb as a bucket of rice

is suddenly showing an aptitude for new tricks

Well not tricks so much as turning into a right scallywag

He has finally discovered that he can sniff at and try to get into his feed packet thing

It is in the same place it has been for ten years but he has only just noticed it

of course he hasn't twigged that the treats are on the shelf just above

and infinitely easier to get into so I don't think he is ready for doggy Mensa just yet...

He has also been trying to scam a second breakfast by sitting at the fridge door and looking longingly at me when I get up

He got me once and I muttered and mumbled through making it up for him

cursing Sinus under my breath for forgetting our poor loveable furball 

After feeding him I sent off a strongly worded text to Sinus regarding his doggy parenting skills

 The reply to this text...

You were played

Brilliant.... Who knew he had the brain power..... I was almost proud of the scally

He hasn't managed to scam me again but that hasn't stopped him from trying every single day

We also are the proud owners of a new lounge, or sofa and chairs...

Very exciting and required after the last year 

where I have not been vigilant regarding stain removal regarding the old lounge

and it would appear that me sitting on it with indian ink on my butt

was the last straw in its ability to look presentable

so a new un-ink butted lounge has been delivered and it is all sorts of wonderful

It is still at that stage of newness whereby I get a shock every time I walk down the stairs

it is a slightly different configuration and depth from the last one

and Mushu hasn't quite timed his jumping yet

Which is leading to much hilarity as he has the occasional bounce off the front of it

Before you feel poorly for him

let me tell you he is currently continuing his licking project

which requires him to systematically lick every millimetre of every surface in the house and a new lounge requires quite the commitment to his project

It is gross but luckily after the first lick or two it is a dry lick... Still weird to watch though... 

The final change is that Sinus has put up some shelves and storage baskets in the studio

Which means I now have sketchbooks and paints to hand

And a place for unfinished sketches and scraps of paper with ideas have a home

So I managed to finish some things off this week

Hence the slightly mixed bag of paintings in this post

I actually had even more fun painting the Chanel bottle than I did the Dior one

thinking I should do a whole series

they would make great post cards I think, or prints... they would be great prints

Even more exciting is that the eyeball that has resided on my desk since this time last year is now at eye level

And I get to eyeball the eyeball.... 

happy painting all...xx

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