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Thought I’d gather some photo’s of my grandson from the week that’s been. He’s been on a playdate, he had his 10th tooth and he’s got more energy than all the grown-ups he’s surrounded with have together :pp His mom was trying to do some art on the computer the other day while Alexander was still awake, but that ended the way you can see in the last two photo’s :p As soon as she sat down at the computer he did everything he could to get her attention, and when he did, he didn’t want it…hehe Typical :p

It was pretty much the same with my son (and Alexander’s dad) when he was in that age. And when he was 3 years old he managed to get a canvas filled with wet oil paint off the easel, move it into the bedroom and put it down on the bed – with the canvas and wet paint facing down on the bedspread :p He’s never been that close to death before or after that…haha
Guess it’s needless to tell you that the bedspread was ruined and both that and the canvas went in the trash.

Anyway…yesterday I spent all day in Dreamweaver, putting together a layout. It’s not ready yet, but there’s no panic so I’m taking it easy. No one’s gonna do it for me, and I work best under pressure any way. It’s cloudy/sunny/rainy/windy today. And muggy. We need some thunder again.
I spent the night staring in the ceiling when I didn’t toss and turn. For some silly reason I keep forgetting that there’s a pair of pants (trousers if you’re in England) that I simply cannot wear, and I should have thrown them away a long time ago. But somehow I always forget. And I hate throwing out clothes that fits and that are in a good condition.
But this time they will have to go.
The problem is my skin. I’ve got hypersensitive skin because of the Neuropathic pain and the wrong kind of friction (not sure if there’s any right kind of friction, but anyway…) will set my skin on fire. Or so it feels. The bed sheets feels as if they were made out of sandpaper and it’s really painful, which makes sleep almost impossible.
Although, this time it’s been limited to the back of my right thigh, but now I’ve got about 2-3 weeks of this to look forward to. Yippiii! :p

Those pants ARE going in the trash this time. Can’t for the life of me understand why this is so difficult to remember. Most people tend to remember pain even if they can’t remember anything else, but I guess it passed me by since I’m always dealing with pain somewhere on my body on a daily basis.

But…that’s life sometimes.
Now I need to continue my day here. Hope your Friday is a great one :D

The fuzzy creature in the photo in this post is my grandson…heh His mom posted this photo a couple of days ago and said in the post that it’s becoming more and more difficult to get a clear picture of him. He’s moving around too much and too fast :D Seems like the video camera is a better option these days :p
Give it another 10 years and he will be very camera shy. At least that’s usually the case in that age.

Not a lot happens around here today. Robin was out of bed early, about an hour after I went to sleep or similar and it still feels like it’s weekend. Have to force myself to make this into a Monday.
Outdoors there’s scattered clouds…big clouds…and it’s not particularly warm today. Or hot anyway. It’s just perfect :D Which means that I should do some gardening before the sun sets. We’ll see how that goes.

And I’ve got a cyst just below my neck (almost between the shoulder blades) that I’m not sure what to do about. I should have had it removed a long time ago, but the thought about someone cutting in my back is not very pleasant. On the other hand, neither is the cyst :p
That won’t happen today anyway and will take a bit of planning.

Time to make this lunch into an afternoon and get something done around here.
Might be back a bit later :)

My grandson had his very first bib overall the other day, which I have to say is one of my own favourite kind of pants….or trousers if you’re here in England :p Especially if they are big and with a loose fit :D
But of course a bib overall is not even half as pretty on me as it is on Alexander :p Everything is cute in a smaller size, just the way it is :)

We have a grey, but not too cold day today. Actually, the sun is up there somewhere and it’s trying it’s best to peek through. I’ve got a painting to finish and that should keep me busy for the rest of the day. I’m also going to spend half an hour with Paul McKenna in the afternoon today, trying to do as I’m told for a change and put away the cigarettes. Still got that cough and it’s not easing off any, so I guess it’s time. Rather not have bronchitis during the rest of the summer if I can help it.

And Alexander’s mom is 21 years old today :D Hip hip hurray!! :D If I was there I would bake a cake and bring over…at least :) But since that’s not possible and since sending a cake would probably get messy in the long run, I’ll have to do the congrats virtually instead.

And as I suspected, the house we were looking at last week was already gone today. Someone managed to call the landlord yesterday and grabbed it. To get out of here is like trying to leave Hotel California….and this place doesn’t even have room service :p There’s a new local paper tomorrow though, so we’ll keep looking.

Now it’s time to start doing something creative here. And don’t forget to have a great day :D

I didn’t post anything in here yesterday, did I?
Well, I was busy all day with a web site that I wanted to get done. As I mentioned a while back, a friend passed away in the beginning of this month and I wanted to put up a memorial site. He had a lot of friends and we wanted a place to gather memories. And instead of making it into a depressing place I decided to make it into a celebration of his art, life, writings and music.

So that’s what kept me busy yesterday :)

Today’s not been that busy in front of the screen. Instead I’m taking the opportunity to clean up a bit around here since my chest and upper body feels pretty ok so far. Seems that I hurt for a couple of days and then I have a good day in between that. Very weird. But I’m still careful since certain movements hurt my chest bone.

In the picture in this post is my grandson, as I’m sure you already guessed. He was at the playground with his mom the other day, eating sand and chasing bumblebees…hehe
And it’s quite nice here today. Not overly sunny or hot, but warm and pleasant. So the front door is open while I’m roaming around trying to tidy up a bit. At some point I’m making lunch too, but that will happen after the breakfast dishes are done :)

And I’m thinking that I should move my progress posts over to Paperbag Designs blog instead of posting them over here. Might start doing that when I’m done with Doctor Who :)

Just me again :pp
Since I posted the update on the painting I’ve been playing with the bar at the bottom of this blog and found some more things to add to it. There’s a lot to choose from, but I don’t want to clutter it too much. So being a graphic designer and illustrator myself who is hunting new customers with a big axe (well, maybe not :p) I know how difficult it can be to find the next project. There are times when a steady job with monthly fixed payments is very tempting, but it would kill me. And I like to live on the edge…so to speak :pp

Anyone who’s working as a freelance knows that to get that next project you need to stay on top of things. And since this blog is almost all about graphics and art I thought I’d add a feature to the bar below that will make the hunt a bit easier.
The button where it says “Creative Jobs” is a search especially made for freelancers. It shows a lot of different kinds of jobs since creative jobs are not limited to graphic design and illustrations. Web development and any kind of entertainment is just as creative, but in their own way.

The easiest way is to take a look actually. And you can clear the search if you want to look for something that I didn’t add to the basic search too.

And if you’re looking for a freelancer, feel free to place your own ad :) New ads will automatically be posted to Twitter under my profile, @simplychrista.