Monday, April 15th

Woohoo, Monday! Even though I usually work 7 days a week, the start of a brand new week is always exciting to me. Can’t wait to see what I accomplish. I hope to get the rest of my studio walls patched, and painted. I also hope to get at least 5 new videos filmed, and edited. Gotta stay ahead of the game, y’know? Right now, it’s early morning, and the cats are telling me it’s breakfast time. That reminds me of this hilarious photo I took a couple months ago..

I don’t know if I’ve told you this, but Harold is a little snitch..he does this “follow me, Mom, I need to show you something” thing whenever one of the other cats does something he deems “wrong”. Usually it’s because someone got up on my desk or studio table, and knocked something on the floor while I was sleeping. He needs to be the one to break the news to me, always. lol 

He led me to the kitchen a couple months back..someone (more than likely it was Harold himself 😀 ) opened the cabinet, and tried to get into the cat food. I keep their dry food in plastic bowls.

I snapped a pic of him telling me all about what happened (meoooow meowww, meeeeow, in case you were wondering what he said, this was it..word for word. I swear! 😉 ) and I caught him with his mouth open. Looks like he’s absolutely shocked something like this could ever happen in our house. LMAO 😀 😀 😀

BREAKING NEWS ALERT!!

Harold has now lawyered up, and word has it that he hired the best lawyers in town. He’s paying them by letting them pet him, and give him kitty treats. Court case is still pending. We’ll have to see how this goes. 

Tuesday, April 16th

Not only did I paint my studio walls yesterday, but I also painted 3/4 of the living room. Wooo!! The bluish purple is mostly GONE!! I’m sure you’ll see the color I chose in the background of some of my photos soon, but in the meantime, you’ll have to imagine a light gray/off white color. You thought I’d say I painted it PINK, didn’t you? lol haha..nope, but I hope to have a lot of pink accent to make up for the lack. 

The color theme of the house is going to be grayscale..mostly white, off white/light gray with a tad bit of dark gray, and a hint of black. 

I have wanted a grayscale house ever since I was about 9 years old, and saw my aunt’s black & white kitchen for the first time. I loved the lack of color then, and I still love it now. 

incoming storm

This week is starting out all about the house, so I’m going to need to shift gears, and get back into the studio today. 

Wednesday, April 17th

 

Scritching Sweet Pea’s ear

The studio didn’t happen yesterday. My husband installed a filtered water system in the kitchen, ran into problems, and it took alllll day. I was on standby, in case he needed something while he was lying on his back under the sink. I didn’t want to be constantly interrupted while painting, especially now that I’m filming everything I paint.

mini portrait painting

I was able to get some photos edited, but didn’t accomplish all that much. The most productive thing I did was trim the kitchen & bathroom curtains last night, which was a chore I’ve been putting off for 4 months now. I had every intention of hemming them, also. Turned out that since moving, I have nooo idea where my sewing stuff is, so I wasn’t able to hem them. It’s okay, tho. I’ll get around to it evidently..or not. haha!

Little backstory..I’m not a big fan of sewing. I have to YT how to thread my machine every time I use it. lol I also have no idea where the straight stitch setting is, so whatever I sew has a zigzag pattern. I laugh soooo hard at my ignorance every time I attempt to sew anything. 😀 😀 😀 

I’m having studio withdrawal symptoms, so I MUST paint today. 

Thursday, April 18th

Making a blue abstract painting
WIP

Determine never to be idle.
No person will have occasion to complain
of the want of time who never loses any.
It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
– Thomas Jefferson

Wouldn’t you know it..I finally got into the studio yesterday, and BAM. I suddenly wasn’t feeling all that creative or motivated. haha Good thing I never let that stop me, eh? I pushed through my negativity, and managed to record 3 videos, but I felt meh about the paintings I made. Looking at them with fresh eyes this morning, I kinda like them now. I’m thinking maybe a tweak or two will make me fall in love with them. I’ll work on that today. 🙂 

Some succeed because they are destined to,
but most succeed because they are determined to.
Unknown

I’m usually not interested in the flavor of the week, but I started listening to her, and now I’m addicted, just like all y’all. 😀 Also, in love with Ricky Gervais, and his Netflix show. 

Before I go, I’m having a 25% sale in both of my Etsy shops. All items are on sale, including prints. If you need some new art for your walls, check it out here: Miz Katie (portraits), and Art by Katie Jeanne (florals, birds, and abstracts)

Hope you have a fantastic week..what’s left of it. I’m going to be in the studio all day tomorrow, so I’ll be sure to catch you up on what happens next week.