Since April last year, I became extremely busy.
K and I decided 2009 was the year to buy a house, and so we did! We started looking in May, made an offer in July, and moved during August. It has a lot of pluses, but the biggest one for me is a semi-finished garage I’m using as a studio. My own studio! The house needs a lot of work (ever see The Money Pit?) but it’s going to be great some day.
Now that we’ve got rid of the mold in the wall of one room, re-plumbed the kitchen to bring the water shut-off valve inside the house (no, really! I kind of wonder how the inspector missed those two pretty important repairs), and pulled out most of the blackberry bushes, all that’s left is the dry rot (same wall as the mold), dishwasher that leaks and is wired in so Lowe’s won’t install a new one, crappy Pergo flooring in the kitchen, refrigerator that (now) makes ice but won’t dispense it, and redoing the wiring so the outlets are all configured correctly. Oh, and it would be nice if the doorbell worked. And we’ll need to repave the driveway.
Oh, well, at least it’s ours (and the bank’s).
No art came from my studio in 2009. 
I did, however do a presentation at the NWCS on Artist Trading Cards and ACEOs, which was fun, and, apparently, successful. A couple of people asked me if I had ever considered being a teacher. 
This year, if I can get around to it, I want to enter the Lynnwood Library Gallery themed show “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” I have permission to use the reference photo I like, now all I need is the time to work. My job is extremely busy, and what with the new commute, takes up a lot of my time.
