Showing posts with label crohn's and colitis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crohn's and colitis. Show all posts

Feb 8, 2009

The Grandturtles

Well...finally got to meet the "grandturtles" today. This is how my daughter refers to them, being the first pets she's gotten since moving into her own apartment. I must admit...they actually are kinda cute. I brought them some "freeze dried shrimp" and scored some big points with them for that!

I went up to visit really so that I could drop off the Mardi Gras paper artwork piece I'd done for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation fundraising gala/auction. It was just a nice bonus to get to finally meet the "kids".

I think I'm going to hit a milestone tomorrow and finally make a decision on the real estate agency to work for. It has certainly been an eye opener the last week and a half, interviewing all the many local agencies. Yes...I pretty much did the interviewing. It is truely amazing how many agencies contact you almost the moment you pass the exam for your license. Everything from tons of mail to phone calls asking you to come and talk with them. I went to quite a few....enough to get a real feel for just how varied they are. One might think that it's all very similier.....nope. Each office has their own way of working, their own rules and expectations, and their own vast amounts of money that they plan to deduct from you before and after you start making any...lol

Sooo....it's time to just do it. I'm not gonna make anything while mulling it over.....so tomorrow I jump in with fingers crossed!

Jan 28, 2009

A new paper piece


Ahhh...finally gave myself a good bit of right brain action.
My daughter, who works for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, told me of a fund raiser they were having in March. It is to be a Mardi Gras theme ball and they were looking for donations for the auction.
Every year I try to do what I can for donations to good causes. Since I was feeling the need to drown myself in a piece of art....I got right into this one.
I can't honestly say for absolute certainty that it is done....you know how that goes...but for the moment I'm thinking it looks pretty good. May get a minor tweak here or there....but I'm feeling pretty good about it right now.