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My friend long time friend, Lisa, shared this on Facebook and I just had to share it too. This is wonderful. What a talented kid. . .his father is a song writer. Pass it on!!
I am not a person who usually touts a product. . .I have used the same conditioner and shampoo for years. I just tried ARTEC. I love this new line. I have not been disappointed by any of their products. Love the smell of all of the line too! Fresh clean not overpowering. These are what I have tried.
2 Comments on Love This Line, last added: 9/2/2010
They sound nice ... are they free of sulfates too ... that's always such a bonus! :-) It's so nice when you find something like this that you love ... something so simple can start your day out just right!
I wanted shutters for our house since we moved in. I studied all the shutters in our neighborhood and found that size didn't matter. They were strictly for decorative purposes, which made me happy and my project of making my own easier.
So I bought wood wood and screws, used the chop saw and put them together. It took me about 5 days to make the four shutters in the front our our house and the small shutters for our shed. It took me that long because I painted all the wood surfaces before I put them together. It was so hot for one of the days I couldn't work as long as I wanted to.
But they are finished. I also painted all the house trim a lighter color and now I think our house really pops.
Thank you Ann and Ginger!! I think you are right Ginger this may very well be the most realistic I have done. I do think that my style maybe finally be where it's suppose to be.
Our new Puppy Cleo will arrive on Friday!! She is a cockapoo!! We lost our 13 1/2 year old yellow lab last November and I am so happy to have a dog again!!! I just love animals!
2 Comments on CLEO will Arrive on Friday!!!!, last added: 7/22/2010
Going to upload some photos of the house today! Sorry this has taken me so long. People have been so kind in inquiring when I will post them. . .today will be the day!
I sewed all the draperies and valances. . . Lots of Fabric. . .Painted Accent Walls. . . I love the 1880's furniture, draperies, decore and lighting. . .as you can tell, My couches are an exception. :)
Family Room Before
After
Kitchen from Family Room Before
After. . .
Dinning Room Before
7 Comments on Finally Photos of Our New Home!, last added: 7/19/2010
It looks so wonderful... like you always lived there. I love how your kitchen became "yours." Everything is so lovely inside and out. Enjoy this , you deserve it!
Where does the time go! I can't believe it has taken me this long to post again. I have been so busy in our new home and in our garden.
I have also been doing the sketches on a new kids book and just signed on to do another one while doing this one!! Can you believe that!! Wahoo so excited!! The first book is titled "Hey Diddle Diddle," and the second is "Ten for me."
I just love the manuscript for this new book!! LOVE IT!!!
As you know my Dad is ill. . .congestive heart failure. He is one tough cookie! He has his ups and downs, but he is giving it a real try. Love that big Guy!!
I just got in contact with my best friend from 6th grade!! She found me on my Mom's Facebook page!! How cool is that.
I am hoping to try to post more often on my blog. . .
Hugs to all. . .sorry I have been so lame in posting!
Sherry, be careful with the last comment, it may be porno. I received one several times and didn't know better until my granddaughter informed me, then taught me how to check and remove.
Thank Ladies for you wonderful comments! And thanks Mary for the tip on the last post. I get that same person posting on my blo all the time. I just delete them. Once time similar poster posted to about 100 postings. . .that was real work to delete all those.
Sherry, I have been popping over to your blog for quite a while now, but I wanted to take a sec. to leave you a comment this time as you have such great high's and a very worrying low on your latest post.
First, congratulations on your new book deal!! Your work is so fantastic, I just love the details and the emotion you capture-I can't beleive you do that all digitally!!!I'm awe-struck!!
I do dimensional illustrations in plasticine and I have just started to learn Adobe photoshop and Illustrator. I am excited to play with it, and learn, learn, learn.
And... I wanted to express that my thoughts are with you and your family with your Dad's condition. Gosh, that is a tough one....
I really enjoyed your website tutorial on your digital process- very interesting! :)
Suzanne So nice to have a new friend and so glad you liked my tutorial. I really should update that with new art. . .maybe this latest book! Welcome to the digital world!
Just got a blog award from my friend Ginger! Love that woman!! She sure is inspiring and really tries to keep me involved. Here is a link to her blog so you can check it out for yourself!
The Versatile Blogger Award comes with a challenge.
1. Thank the person who loved me enough to bestow this gift. 2. Share seven things about myself. 3. Drop by and let my fifteen friends know I love them
So I will do just that.
About me...
1) The older I get the busier I seem to get. . .I do get a lot done but not all I want to get done!
2) I am tall 5'8 1/2"
3) I love being outdoors more than anything in the world!! Anything! Especially in my garden.
4) I love to sew!
5) I really like watching So You Think You Can Dance
6) I love projects and I love being busy. . .
7) My eyes are green. . .
Have a great Day Everyone!!
2 Comments on Veratile Blogger Award, last added: 7/8/2010
Just want everyone to know why I haven't been posting much lately.
As you all know we have a new home. We just moved in 9 days ago! So lots of unpacking. I already had my family room drapes sewn when we moved in. Hope to post pictures soon.
Last Monday my Mom called me to say that she was calling 911 because my Dad was so weak he couldn't walk. My Dad has congestive heart failure. Just typing those words makes me feel sad. I love my Dad with all my heart. He is such a terrific man.
He is still in the hospital and there have been many ups and downs with his health. We have been there quit a bit so that has taken up a lot of my free time. Not complaining. . .just explaining.
He is pretty weak and day after tomorrow he will be moved to a home where he will get some physical therapy. The likely hood of him going home are pretty slim, but God does perform miracles.
Anyway just wanted to give you a bit of an update. I hope life will get back to a slower pace soon so I can post more often.
Thanks so much Roz!! We sure can use the prayers. As you know it's a time that is draining. Constantly on your mind whether you are with that person or not. Good to hear from you Roz! Hugs!!
We are so blessed! I can't even tell you how excited I am that we will be moving into our new home in the next few weeks!
We put a bid on a house early January and ended up being the back up offer. Yesterday our Realtor called and said that the first buyers backed out and we can have the house if we want it!!!!!
Yay! We are just so excited. We have been fortunate enough to be staying in my friends guest house. It is 750 sq feet and really quit nice. It doesn't have a dishwasher or stove. I bought a two burner hot plate and brought in my frying pan so we have been doing pretty well. I am truly grateful for the generosity of my friend and her husband. They are just wonderful generous people. It has been so wonderful to live next to my best female friend.
That said! I am so excited to get back a dishwasher, stove and tv. We have tv here, but we don't get many channels and don't have all the networks. I am not a tv aholic or anything, but I have missed HGTV and some of my favorite shows!
Here are some photos of our new house. Not all of it. . .but some. It has a garden area already built in!!!! The owners before us took such great care of this home! We hope to retire right here!
Good morning Sherry. You have been blessed to find a move-in ready home, beautiful and large. What fun now to put your signature on it. Happy days ahead. Mary Nida
Mary we are truly blessed. The home was beautifully maintained for sure. It looks almost brand new. Can't even believe how blessed we are. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Congratulations! It looks like a beautiful home, lots of space, light and color. Good luck with the move and wishing you lots of wonderful moments in your new home.
I got my birthday present early and just thought I'd share what I got, because I just love it. I got a Malibu Pilates chair. When I first got it, I tried one of the dvd's that came with it and didn't like the dvd at all. The I tried another one and loved it. If you decided to buy one be sure and ask for free shipping. I did and they actually said yes! It's made very sturdy and I feel like I am going to get some really great results. Okay. . .over and out!
3 Comments on Not Art But Fun!, last added: 3/21/2010
After my mom's Hospitalization I haven't used it since, but I am so looking forward to it!!! I hope to find more time to be on the internet and start visiting blogs again more often.
Hi everyone! I am sorry I have been lax in posting here again. . .life has been very full and I have had so much to do haven't had time to pause and focus enough to post.
After selling our home, my husband and I moved into a hotel so that we would have time to find a home of our dreams. The internet connection there was horrible and impossible. It could take 10 minutes to load a web page and that was maybe it would load.
Our dog Billy is staying with my parents and our cat Margie is with us.
Originally when we moved to the hotel we had our cat Lucy, who was my favorite cat. Sadly we lost our Lucy about a week ago. She lost the use of her back legs. I cried when I saw her dragging her legs behind her. Loved that kitty so much. She was 16 1/2 years old and very precious. My Mom is not a cat person at all. . .but she loved my Lucy kitty and cried when she died.
It took me about two hours at the vet to get the courage to put her to sleep. . .I cried several times. I miss her. . .In this illustration Lucy was my inspiration. . .
We moved from our hotel into my friend Noels guest house. It's really terrific to have such a wonderful generous friend and place to stay like her guest house. It is 750 sq feet and a very homey place. No dishwasher or stove, but I bought a double burner hot plate and have an electric skillet, so I can prepare almost anything. . .and washing dishes isn't a problem as we are just go grateful to have a place to stay! And what is better than living next to your best friend!
We even had our kids over last night for pizza and games last night. So wonderful to have a place that we can gather as a family again!
We have an offer in on a home. . .but we are the back up offer. So we are not in contract. For those unfamiliar with back up offers it means that someone else is actually in contract to buy the house and that if they change their minds or don't qualify for the loan then we will move up into place as the buyer!!
We are praying that God will keep his hands on us and know that if it's his will perhaps the people will re-consider and pull out and we will be able to be in contract. We are not anxious over this as we know that God is in control and if this isn't the house there is another one out there that he has picked for us.
I am hoping to be able to share art good news in a few weeks. . .and hoping to start back at drawing again. . .I have my computer station, my scanner and my husband brought his lazer printer so I can now print. I don't have my normal printer as the movers took it by mistake and it is somewhere in our HUGE storage unit.
Sherry, glad to see you posting again. I love your illustration. Sorry about your cat. It hurts. Our little dachie, Baby Girl was 19years old when she went to heaven three years ago. I miss her very much. Waiting upon God plans and not our own will produce happiness. God bless!
Thanks a lot Mary! I really appreciate the wonderful comment on my art and also the words of encouragement on waiting. . .it's hard because I am so excited to see which house God has planned for us. It's like being a kid at Christmas and asking your Mom and Dad to let you open your presents early!
Hey Sherry Nice to see you post! Thanks so much for the prayers! I need all I can get. I have moments of panic and moments of complete calm. I would think the moments of calm are the moments someone is praying for me! Ha!
What big life changes! So sorry about your kitty ... what a beautiful picture in her honor. I just know the home of your dreams (with space for that amazing veggie garden! :)) is out there waiting for you!
Wow, Sherry, I don't know if you realize the encouragement your words hold when you may feel that you are the one who needs encouraging. I am encouraged. God bless and I'm whispering a prayer as well.
Jim Harris joined a picture book group I belong to. I have loved his work for years and probably own all of his books. After he joined he sent me a private email to thank me for my warm welcome to the group and went on to say out of all my work he really love my mice characters from my Sort it Out Book. I was so thrilled that he would say that.
I started thinking heavily about that and realized that I had never done a mailer with those characters. . .so I ordered some postcards (below) and I will be mailing them out as soon as they arrive.
I should also say that out of all my books, Sort it Out has done the best for sales!
I got my preliminary copy of Newton and Me last night! I must tell you the colors are perfect! I love this book so much. I sure hope it sells well for Sylvan Dell! Can't wait to get the rest of my free copies!
4 Comments on Newton and Me Preliminary Copy, last added: 2/7/2010
My friend Noel has the best sense of humor. She just sent me an email with these funnies. They may not all make you laugh, but I bet at least one will have you laughing out loud!
Have a great day!
1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't. 2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. 3.Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. 4.I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. 6 You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me 7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder 8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe 9.I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are missing
10.Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
12. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
13. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
14. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
15. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
16. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
17. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
18 . Procrastinate Now!
19. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
20. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
22. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
23.They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
24. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
25. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.
26.Ham and eggs..A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
27.The trouble with life is there's no background music. This one is my hands-down favorite:
28. I smile because I don't know what the heck is going on. Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends! Life is too short and friends are too few!
29. Men are always whining how women suffocate them. I say if you can hear them whining you’re not pressing hard enough on the pillow.
30. I keep hitting the escape button on my computer keyboard, but I am still here.
31. Ever notice how the people who tell you to calm down are always the ones that made you mad in the first place?
4 Comments on One of These Should Make YOU Laugh Outload and Hopefully Make Your Day, last added: 1/26/2010
We have had our home on the market to sell since October 21st. We got an offer a little over a week ago. Actually we got two offers. . .We accepted the first offer, keeping the second as a back up. We are now on a whole new adventure and ready to take on the world.
So we are busy packing and preparing to move into an extended stay hotel until we can find a new house to make our home. Not sure how long we will be in the hotel, but I will have internet access and will also have my computer set up there so I can work. We are storing our things in a huge storage unit, our dog will be staying with my parents and our kitty's/cats will be in the hotel with us.
I also have some other good news, but can't share that until the contract is signed.
We are very excited about the prospect of a new home and well. . .the other news.
This is an illustration I did this last fall. Hopefully I will be able to share more new pieces soon.
Our home showed so often it made it hard to get any work done. It showed over forty times while it was on the market.
Beyond kids illustration I did do some work for my old employer in the San Fransisco Bay area, which was fun and brought in some great money which was totally needed. It was truly a blessing.
Off to have breakfast with friends, then church and then more packing. I am going to try to keep you all informed on my progress and tell you the good news soon!
Congratulations! Does that mean you're leaving your beautiful garden?! You'll have the opportunity to create a whole new one! :-) Glad things are going well!
Thank you so much Loni, Julia and Kelly for your well wishes. The New Year certainly is starting out with a bang! Love that.
Kelly leaving my garden will be hard. I currently have peas, broccoli and cauliflower. We will eat most of it and then I will putt the rest out for a clean garden for the new owners.
You are right about starting a new garden in the next home. I am gonna make it even bigger!
Thanks Roberta! Good to hear from you! I am very excited about the move and my up coming project. I actually love to move. I am excited to see what my new house looks like and what I can do to make it our home!
I just found a wonderful resource not only for artist but for writers as well. Here is a snippet from one of the articles. . .click the link to read the rest.
It's been a while since I posted and I really have missed all my Internet friends. Some have emailed me and I have really appreciated the support and love from all of them.
I hope to get back into the swing of things again soon. Our lives have been in a whirl. So much activity and commotion and we are selling our home.
Just wanted to say Happy New Year to everyone!!
9 Comments on Happy New Year, last added: 1/3/2010
I am taking a breather. I have not been posting as much as I should and feeling a bit neglectful about that. But my life is very hectic right now. Aging, ill parents, kids, a husband who lost his job and starting his own business and my own career. So much going on that I need to pull back spending time in many places that just aren't mandatory and sorry to say this is one of them. I love all my faithful friends here and I thank you all for being there for me. I just might show back up here one day. . .but for now I need to pull back and devote time to only necessities. If any of you feel like it drop me a line by email. . .
I have also had a weird experience because of my exposure on the net too and I am feeling a bit over exposed . .so feel a need to cacoon for a while.
3 Comments on Taking a Breather, last added: 9/5/2009
Sherry your presence here will be missed! But after your time away, we know you will come back with wonderful new treats for all of us who so enjoy your work!
Take care, and remember to check up on us too once in a while.
Oh, I will miss you! I hope to see you back again one of these days! I completely understand, though ... I hope all turns out well with everything that is going on (we are dealing with just finding out my mom has metastatic breast cancer, so I can certainly understand needing to take time away). Take care of yourself and we'll see you soon.
We are off again. I will be gone from early morning on Sunday through Thursday. We are off to Lake Tahoe. My husband is doing a conference there and I well. . .I'll be hiking and reading and. . .drawing!
See when I get back!
3 Comments on Here today Gone tomorrow!, last added: 8/20/2009
Wow! This caught my eye right away! What a wonderful picture - I absolutely love the faces of the duck, old woman, and the turtle towards the skunk! Great Job :)
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Sherry, I loved the video. Kids are so smart & funny. I placed it on my Facebook. Thanks for sharing.
I say for for it! The child deserves to be famous!!