Big Girl Feet Cynthia Frenette

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Garden goodness

I ♥ Spring! Everything starts growing and things you put in the ground and forgot about peek out like little gardeny surprises!

The weather is getting nice and warm, today is supposed to be very warm, so we're taking an extended lunch break to enjoy the sun while we can. Our basement office is bloody freezing cold no matter what time of year,(I'm halfway serious about considering buying a Snuggie to keep warm- even in the summer it's like a refrigerator!)so going outside around noon to sit in the sun is heavenly! 

Anyways, here are some new pics of the garden, and our garden helper... she runs laps around the yard while we do our thing.

And some plants, isn't this cosmo cool? I love the pink spots, it's so unusual looking.

Our crazy multi-head mutant tulips are huge!

The magnolia is in full bloom and the rhodo is starting to open up....

The chicks and hens I put in last year who looked like they were on death's door have suddenly started chicking and henning all over the place!

And, I had pretty much given up on these little guys, after 2 weeks, no action but then suddenly we have a few peeking out- sweet peas! Sweet!

In other news, I've been taking it easier in my work world, asking for more time and not rushing when not needed, and I am loving it. I'm sleeping better too which is huge- even made it thru the night last night which I haven't done in many years.

My wonderful friend Kim called yesterday and she is working on The Artist's Way. I was telling her about nasty client and what they were doing and why I ultimately dropped them and she said Chapter 2 in the book is all about "crazy-makers". I haven't gotten that far in the book, I haven't started my daily writing yet, so I was trying  to stay in Chapter 1 until I officially get started but I couldn't help but peek ahead- and you know what? It's like they know this person in real life, it describes them to a T, literally. Everything. I was reading it thinking- how totally spooky, how did they know that!? Golly and I'm glad in a way that it wasn't just me feeling this way about the behaviour- it actually exists out there! It's not down to me, it wasn't anything to do with me like I was made to feel and get blamed for! Which I kinda knew but after being subjected to it for so long, you start to second guess yourself sometimes and feel like it's all your fault no matter what your better judgement tells you. No more!!  Done. Gone. And I have to start my writings and get started officially on TAW. No excuses.

In health news, I went for a blood test yesterday, I got to skip Tuesday- phew- my arms are feeling like pincushions. I'm awaiting my dr's call today to find out what I need to do today & the rest of the week. I feel a lot better overall already in so many ways. And I think it's also part to stopping taking those pills in general. A friend of mine who was also taking them said- "Have you read the insert that comes with them?". Um no, oops! So I read it. Crap. I wish I had read it earlier, as I was never informed of any of it by my dr. Depression? Check. I was feeling very low and left out of social circles for quite some time. I was actually thinking of going to see my dr. to find out why I was feeling this way. Stop taking it after 3-4 cycles? Um, nobody told me that. And all about chest pain, calf pain, etc.- crap again. Ok! I promise to read the small print from now on!

And now it's onwards and upwards. I feel tons better and much more like myself. More in touch and in tune with things I had long forgotten about for whatever reason. And that's a great thing!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Naughty or nice… I’ll never tell

Here's my piece for the show: The Art of Bump & Grind, for the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival.

She's approx. 12'"x16", painted onto cotton muslin, then quilted/embroidered, beaded & sequined, and faux rhinestoned up, and attached to a wood frame., with info printed onto inkjet cotton material & sewn to the back.

She's for sale too! Contact me for details if you're interested!

I'm loving how these are turning out, more to come as they happen.....

Catching up and caught up

Tee hee! I started this week in such a good mood, despite all the crazy goings on with my health and all. I came to the realization that it's partly because I dropped nasty client! I didn't have to listen them bark at me first thing in the morning and didn't have to answer their million panicky stressy calls throughout the day any more or bend over backwards to meet their ridiculously short and unrealistic timelines (one of the last projects was to create an ad and I was given 15 minutes to do so, get it approved and send it off to the publication- Ugh!!) I think it's more of a relief than I thought it would be, despite losing the $$ every month, my sanity is much more valuable these days. Whew! What a difference! Now I can concentrate on all my fave peeps and spend more quality time on their projects. And things are looking like the  gap in income has been pretty much filled with new stuff anyways- which I'll share soon. I'm superstitious about announcing things too soon, it always jinxes them somehow, so I'll update when things start rolling.

The trips to the lab continue for blood tests although it's every other day now- thank goodness. My tablet dosage got bumped up by one though, so I take 2 a day instead of one. My arms are terribly bruised from all the needles. Yesterday however there was a lovely man working in the lab who was so gentle, I even told him so, and I didn't even feel the needle go into my arm. I hope he's there again tomorrow when I go back!

Last night I worked on my piece for the Burlesque art show which I need to finish up today  and ship to the city- it's almost done so I'll show you when it's finished.

I feel sooo great when I am painting or creating, it's so much fun! Sunday I sat outside in the sun and worked on my piece for the show and it was heavenly. All this week is supposed to be sunny and warm so I'm thinking of taking extended lunchbreaks then working a bit later in the day after once the sun has left our yard, to work outside on my own arty projects.

I spent 3+ hours yesterday replying to emails, I didn't even start any actual projects until after lunch. I'm so fortunate to have such kind and understanding clients who are telling me to take my time and no rush- what a nice thing to have.

(Do you know what nasty client said to me when I told them about going to the hospital last week and all the tests and such I had to do? "You're very fortunate to have the luxury of being able to take time off to go to the doctor." Now you can see what I was dealing with! Ugh!)

Anyways, that's all the updates for now, pics to come shortly....!