Merry Christmas & I’m Blogging Again!

First off, Merry Christmas to everyone. I am having a nice, quiet day alone with my pets. I was dreading the holidays, but remembered it’s all a matter of perspective. I decided instead of being sad that I was alone, I’d look at it a different way. It was a day where I could do whatever I wanted without feeling any obligations. How great is that!

Since I have switched my web site over to a new host, I haven’t had a chance to do anything to it, including getting my blog back up. I was going to try to put it back up with all of my previous posts, but I decided against that. Why? Well, mainly because it would take a long time. I have a tendency to make things harder for myself, so I decided to just start fresh. I also decided to give blogger a try instead of movable type. I have been very happy with movable type for my blog, and the support is great. But, it is complicated to get it going. I wanted to get my blog up today and still have time to make art! So, I opted for blogger. Maybe it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, but, do I really need all of the bells and whistles? I’ve probably got boxes of them already, so no.

Okay, my blog is up! Now for art making. Or, maybe a nap. For christmas, I ordered for myself a Gakken Mook Stereo Pinhole Camera. Yes, it’s in Japanese. I’m hoping since I figured out how to order it, I can also figure out how to assemble it. It’s a kit that you have to put together, and it comes with a full color magazine (in Japanese). If nothing else, the photos in the magazine are lovely to look at. I’m a very visual person, so I’m good to go. I wish I could read it though because there are other cameras pictured in it that, uh, I might want to order if I could only figure out how . . .

I want to give a shout out to my lovely art friend and surrogate mother Carol Parks, or “CP” as Sonora Beam and I call her. She sent me 2 boxes–one for my birthday and one marked “don’t open until Christmas!” I was good, and waited on that one. So, today after giving my pets their Christmas treats, I opened the box from her. It was so fun to have presents to open! Thanks CP!