having fun

i am having a blast finally getting to get my hands dirty in some paint this weekend with the workshop with Pam Carriker's "Visual Journalism 101" online workshop with Creative Workshops. I've only gotten a few pages done (for the first week's assignment anyway), tomorrow starts the next assignment (I CANNOT WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S NEXT IN THE PROCESS). 

i always get the workshop frenzy this time of year, and this year is no exception. i'm sure there will be others that come up, but this week i signed up for the Susan Lenart Kazmer resin workshop at the bead & button show in june, and the Judy Coates Perez whole cloth painted quilt workshop at the chicago international quilt show in april. i got the new stampin' up catalog yesterday. omg - they have some really cool new stamps... yikes! someone had better glue shut my wallet! no, serious, i am budgeting for my habit... it keeps me going AND out of trouble otherwise. 

i have been trying to make some time (not sure where to eek it out, but i'm trying) for cooking. today i'm making a pot roast. smells so yummy in the oven. marc & i are not meat people and this pot roast will last us for 3 - 4 days. i'll be making alsatian onion pie this week as well. i saw a new cooking show last weekend with chef Hubert Keller where he made all kinds of alsatian pies (from his homeland of france) and i just had to go to the store and get the ingredients. of course, i CANNOT find his recipe on the internet as apparently this was a new episode of his show, so i'm searching for a similar recipe. maybe i'll e-mail him? who knows, maybe i'll get a response. he really should update his website, don't you think? 

work is crazy busy. frenzied. good for me and those i work with, but stressful nonetheless. i started light therapy just over a week ago. you know - the light boxes you read about? anyway, i think it is helping me. i am not a morning person, never have been. i come from a long line of not morning people! i joke about this with my aunts, who are all so glad to no longer have to work so they can stay up late and sleep late! but, i also find that the light seems to have a calming effect on me. i do not feel so frazzled, short-tempered. that is most helpful dealing with so much stress at work. one crisis after another that i have to deal with. marc has been using it too, but he says he feels no different. i told him you have be a "believer"! LOL! i'm sure it effects everyone differently and some people not at all. he is a morning person, and maybe that's why. he wakes up early and goes to be early naturally. not me. 

take care - have a great day!

note: i e-mailed the Hubert Keller secrets of a chef show website and within about 15 minutes (i am not kidding about this!) i got the recipes e-mailed to me! WOW! talk about service. YUM. i will let you know how it turns out at home.