Painting

So Renee's Blog has inspired me to get going with this thing and not create a page of "mindless banter" (as I call it) that nobody wants to read. I want it to be useful 'n stuff. So pretty soon I'm gonna take pictures of some of my recent paintings and post them. I'd take a picture of the guacamole I made today, but it's not nearly as beautiful as Renee's Honey Peach Ice cream with hand picked fresh blackberries scattered on top. Oh my goodness, I need to stop talking about ice cream. But more importantly, I should stop eating it every day. Mine and Kelly's attempt at the South Beach diet lasted for literally 1 day. after dinner on Monday, our start day, we broke down and cursed the diet, and then I had ice cream. And I think Kelly had cereal. We're very rebellious. I'm gonna start cooking more. It makes me happy, makes me feel accomplished, makes us eat healthier, saves more money (that we'd use to go out for dinner), and makes me feel like I'm eating when really I'm just touching food. It's not the same thing, if you were unclear. But I titled this post "Painting" and I'm going to be true to that. I'm having a lot of fun with it and just need to go out and buy some ridiculously huge canvases as soon as we have some moneys in the bank. I have begun commissioning paintings from friends and family- at no cost, of course... maybe someday I'll actually sell some! Who knows? But for now I am just getting my creative juices flowing again. I never found a style, so every painting I do is completely different from the last. I suppose to some extent you could tell that it was the same person who painted them but I'm hoping to begin some sort of themed series at some point. I'm not trying to go deep and get all artsy or anything, just want to find something that I think is beautiful and run with it for longer than just one canvas. I've never done that before! And that kind of deep look into something is what makes an artist, I think. Kelly's started playing his guitar again, regularly enough that his fingers are getting back in shape, so I guess we're an artsy little couple! Never really thought of us like that before! Anyway, pictures to come at some point!