What a fun day so far, and it’s not even 4:00.
I somehow made it through my 8 mile run this morning even
though I didn’t leave until 8:00. In
Houston terms that means starting at almost 80 degrees and the sun wasn’t even
over the taller buildings yet. That was
the first time in quite awhile that I’ve run that far (the most I’ve been doing
has been 6), but I’m trying to bump things up this month because I’m running a
half marathon with a group of friends on the 28th. It might not be the fastest race I’ve ever
done, but if I can do an 8-er with no problems I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to
finish.
Next, TJ and I stopped into Chick Fil A for our free
breakfast entrée. Bless them all their
days for giving free, yummy food away so frequently.
Three of my good friends came over for a ladies lunch and
then painting time. Unfortunately I’m
lame and didn’t get any pictures of us, so I’ll have to remember to do that
next time. For our potluck we had clam
chowder, Hawaiian rolls, salad, and raspberries. It was delicious and totally hit the spot! The soup was my way of willing autumn to
come. It didn’t work. Just ask our poor AC.
After lunch we set everything up in my office/studio and had
fun chatting and painting while TJ made himself scarce. One of the girls had to leave early to help
photograph a birthing story (there was not much we could have done about
that!), but that just means we have to plan another afternoon together.
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| Ignore the red streak at the top - that's just the drop cloth behind it. |
Here is my acrylic painting, and I love it! I haven’t worked with acrylic paints in
probably 15 years so it was fun to reacquaint myself with it. Since we only had an hour to do the actual
painting I did just a small one. I think
this is an 8x10. And the best part is
that done and dried and ready to be signed!
Perhaps I should get more into acrylic instead of oil painting since it’s
faster and cheaper. Hmm…
