05/19/2026
Recap of 1st half of 2026 includes me joining The Milan Art Institute, becoming team lead at my fulltime job, participating in an art exhibit in downtown Lincolnton, being a participant in the Homestead and Artisan event in Cornelius and later the Foothills FolkArt Festival in downtown Newton, a trip to Georgia to see my nieces daughter in The Diary of Anne Frank play, a trip to Greenville South Carolina for Artisphere, my husband ending up in the ER getting his finger sewed up after clipping it with a grinder, another visit to Urgent Care for continuous nosebleeds that don’t like to stop, me getting sick with a bad sinus infection that has lingered for six weeks with a cough, porch repairs, studio floor repairs, deck repairs, selling at auctions, selling online on marketplace , my husband and I paying off doctor bills after his heart attack last year, paying off my car I bought a year and half ago and paying off our house my husband and I have been chipping away at for five years, and of course the art I’ve created all in between. It feels like we accomplished very little and then I realize we’ve done soooo much! We are go getters and we never stand still. Life keeps moving and we are moving along with the cycle of life! Unfortunately I haven’t had time or energy to do any more drawings or paintings lately but this recap will give you an idea of what all is going on and why.