TGIF

Oh I am sooo ready for the weekend. Ever since I found out I was going to be in the Art Hop I have been running, working, buying, and stressing my little head off. I had to order pictures for the show, order an easel, and hope like mad they would get here on time. I had to design and have printed some business cards and postcards. Unfortunately I wasn't as thrilled with these as I had expected to be. The color was off and they were all cut funky. They said it was my fault, despite the fact that 1.) I followed their directions to a "t", and 2.) I've never had that problem before and have designed several cards in my day. This was the first time I have had them printed locally and only did so because of the time crunch. While they were nice people and got my order done quickly, I hate to say it but I won't be back. I ended up spending what precious time I did have yesterday afternoon trimming the postcards down so that the card looked like how I designed them. Ah well... Thankfully both the prints and the easel arrived yesterday as well. This led me to calling David at Art on the Go Thursday afternoon and begging him to frame my two 16x20's and a couple of 11x14's. He is awesome and while I ended up not framing the 11x14's (only because the frame that he and I both loved wasn't in stock), I can't wait to see the other two today. So far this morning I bought frames from Target (that look really cheap but what's a girl to do), picked up my other 11x14 from our local lab, dropped off what I had at Angel Kisses (their store looks AMAZING!), and dropped off my kids' fundraiser packets for school. I am now home eating and patiently waiting for the time where I can go pick up the big prints and get them over to Angel Kisses. Although there isn't much room to really showcase my stuff, I still think it will be good advertising. I have promised to take pics of the set-up and will do so tonight. I am also thinking that on my last trip to Angel Kisses it would be a perfect excuse to drop in to Balay and get some Bubble Tea.

My biggest pick-me-up of the day was when I dropped off the packets at the kids' school. My daughter's classroom is right by the front doors to the school and the 1 window they have in that room looks right outside where people walk in and out of. As I was leaving, I couldn't resist looking and seeing where my daughter sits. And even though I was far away from the window, she saw me. Her eyes lit up, she waved enthusiastically, and I blew her a kiss...which was promptly returned. I swear, I must have smiled for 5 mins. after I left. Nothing beats your kids' eyes lighting up when they see you. I hope that never goes away...it may fade some, but so long as it's still there to a degree that's all that matters.