ami's place blog

Hands that hurt and a new student

Yesterday was the third time my new little student came for a lesson this summer.  She had a good time learning to spray inks and use distress ink pads with stencils. It was an hour of play and being messy and attempting to move away from all pink to a bit of orange or yellow. She is a delightful young girl.

By this morning, however, I realized that I am no longer able to teach, especially a younger student who needs to be shown more than told. I spent most of last night and all of this morning in the midst of a flaire-up. My right hand barely useable and my left not much better. 

I am finding more and more that I have to cut back on the actual paper art and stick to the digital for the satisfaction of being able to create.  My heart is heavy. I will spend a few days chanting and resting and then make what may be more tough decisions. 

Late June & Early July Project Life page

This was taken at the kitchen table where our Project Life album resides. The pictures are of my Mom's visit and also the crazy construction that is going on. The siding is being removed and the gutters and drainage is being redone along with most of the landscaping. My life is filled with banging and knocking noises from early morning through early evening and yet we try to maintain. 

 

Mom's visit

This past Saturday, while my Mom was here from Florida we went to see our son, Matt and his wife, Kris and their boys Ian and Brandin. The kids made us a lovely breakfast of waffles and eggs and veggies and fruit. Mom will be 90 in December and says that this is her last trip out to see us. She did, however, fly first class this time and it made the whole trip much easier. 

I'll be posting some pictures tomorrow of my young student and I making pictures with spray inks and distress colors. We had quite the great time today. 

This is my latest favorite picture of Jon. We were at our son's house with my Mom for breakfast. Waffles make us all smaile.