#14 is here

Our 14th grandchild, the 5th boy, was born April 10, at approximately 6:15 p.m. I have to settle for pictures because they live 2,000 miles away. I am so grateful that mom, son, dad and big brother are fine.

DD and I went to Wallaby's for dinner before Special Needs Mutual, that is where we were when the proud father called. While DD was at her meeting I watched Martian Child. I fell in love with it. I was adopted also, but from birth, so I wasn't plagued with why "they" left me. This "Martian" child was so undone by it all he couldn't fuction.

His adopted father had lost his wife and decided to follow through on the adoption.

A journey for a man to become a father and a child to become a son, both becoming a family.

Starting all over again

Not sure why but my passion for art kind of waned a bit over the last 20 months. I tend to do that with all my interests.

However the last while (actually since my mom passed away in Jan) I have felt the tug and/or need to draw again. Problem with stopping sketching everyday? You lose confidence and forget skills.

I was babysitting 2 of my grandchildren the other night and brought my sketch pad and sketcing pencils. Not so good but I did start. Grandson had to add his art also. Last night DD and my "Girls Night Out" we went to the library with sketch pad in hand.

I started a contour drawing of my hand. I froze up and it didn't turn out too well. I did however end up with four fingers and a thumb. I did a quick sketch of a man (maybe homeless because several use the library as a base) that turned out very pleasing to me. Got brave and sketched DD. Found out an interesting thing, drawing someone you know is harder. I kept getting hung up on mistakes, a good lesson to me.

I will try to post the pictures soon.

I am so excited, I ordered a laptop. I really don't like laptops (don't last as long, I drop all my electronic gadgets) but for various reasons that is what I ordered. I won't get it for about 2.5 weeks (I want it now, now, now).

I kept telling myself while dealing with mom's death that when it was over I could buy myself a laptop. It's not all over quite yet, but I got her taxes finished, so I ordered it. Has lots of bells and whistles, can't wait.

Next big project, buy my half of mom's house from brother and get it ready to rent. Not sure I'm really for the responibility but I'll muddle through. So far I have been able to get out of my comfort zone and done things I haven't wanted to do.