Monday, May 2, 2011

I'm still here

I'm so busy!  We are building a new house and selling the one we are living in.  Both transactions are going to be completed this month.  I have had so much paperwork and meetings and inspections that I seem to meet myself coming in and going out the door.

I sometimes have to go to the new house several times a day to look at how the lights are being installed, or what the color of the grout looks like with the tile, etc.  So many decisions!  After the kitchen tile was about half done, we all agree we didn't like it and couldn't live with it.  So that came down, and we had other meetings to choose new tiles.

But we are getting close.  The flooring is going to be installed this week.  That will really make it look finished.  After that it should just be touch up work inside and the landscaping.

We will have to move out of my daughter's house, and all my stuff is in storage in Austin.  So we'll have the time consuming chore of unpacking and finding places to put things.

With all this, I haven't painted in days.  I did make my weekly class, but that painting is still unfinished. We are all so looking forward to living in the new house.  Particularly, I am looking forward to having a space of my own in which to paint!

Thanks to everyone who has come by and commented.  I really appreciate each and every one of you. I'm so looking forward to painting and posting regularly again.

15 comments:

  1. So good to hear from you...enjoy the process and I will look forward to your paintings as they come!!

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  2. Good luck with all that's going on Virginia. I can still remember when we built our house years ago and how time consuming it was for us. I hope it all goes smoothly.

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  3. Sounds like you are one busy lady! But it will all work out, and you have a painting space to look forward to also! How great!

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  4. Sounds like a super exciting and stressful time. You'll have to share pics when you finally move in!! And I'm beyond jealous that you'll have a studio!!! Good luck with everything:)

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  5. Congratulations and good luck! By the way, great painting down below! I like it!...Daniel

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  6. Good luck Virginia! Sounds busy and exciting.

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  7. Good luck with all Virginia. Exciting but yuck. I thought about building a new house so I could have a studio built in and then thought of all the time it would take away from my painting. Decided I would stay put and paint. Would be happy with the result but not the procedure. Best of luck!
    Love your geraniums. They glow with light and color!

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  8. Virginia...I'm so happy for you..what a busy but exciting time as well. Good luck with your new house and we'll be here waiting for your future paintings!!

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  9. Big change--moving! Hope it's going smoothly for you. Did you enjoy Mother's Day? I hope you find some painting time soon.

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  10. Thanks, everyone. I hope to find some "me time" soon.

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  11. Good luck with the move and the building VIrginia! Sounds like you're in the homestretch, but oh I know what a pain that can be! I hope you can get some 'me time' soon! :)

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  12. Wow, that sounds like fun, but LOTS of work, too. Just think, when you are all done, you will have a cool studio... that makes all the work worthwhile ! ha ! Did you go smaller, or larger? We moved to a bigger house (and older, too) when all of our kids moved out, but it's SOOOO much work, and yard, I wonder if building a newer more easy maintenance one is the way to go.. Lots of people in our community buy a small house, tear it down, and build on the lot... That is a possibility, if we could find one reasonably priced. The main thing is the kitchen and the studio, as far as I am concerned ! ha ! We all miss your blog, and know you'll be back better than ever soon !

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  13. I'm having trouble with blogger too. Beaucoup trouble. I like the thumbnail of your new post although I can't find it on your blog. I posted my chocolate rabbit yesterday, and then it disappeared during the night.

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  14. Blogger deleted my painting. I hope they put it back.

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  15. Thanks for your post on my blog- I really look forward to those comments! BTW, I like the red too, but I think there's too much of it; I'm going "back in" to change it a bit.
    I can see why you haven't had time to paint! Building a house is so time consuming and you really need to be involved with all those decisions. Too bad you didn't like the tile; the exact same thing happened to us in our house in AZ. The glass tiles are still there, but they will be replaced with something more rustic- eventually.
    Stay in touch and keep painting when you can!

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