It's Nuts Out There

at Walmart that is. We went there just to get donuts for Sunday School and some tea. We almost got run down several times inside the store. We've had an influx (I think that's the right term) of new soldiers and their families and things are congested right now. The traffic is rough and the stores are crowded. That's OK, I think it'll level out eventually.

Today is my MIL's birthday and we sent flowers to her. She is very hard to buy for so we usually send flowers. She doesn't want anything Christmasy and that is hard because most of the arrangements were with a Christmas theme. She enjoyed the flowers we did send her.

My allergies have been really bad the last few days, sneezing, headaches, stomach upset, all that.
We found out today that SIL's soon to be ex husband does have a girlfriend. My in-law's neighbors know her and have seen them together. I thought he had a girlfriend. We also found out that they have been having problems for a long time now (hid it pretty well) and SIL is actually happy and relieved that it's soon to be over. It's sad to me because they've been married 27 years and it seems like that would be worth fighting for but they don't care for each other any more.

I did a couple more paintings. The first one is the star on top of our tree, it's done in semi hard pastel. The second is a landscape, a view from the top of Mt. Scott, it's done in soft pastel.





They look better in person than they do in the photo. They were fun to do. I found a photo in the Smithsonian magazine that I think I want to do next. I think I'll do it in the oil pastels.

Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.
Acts 10:43