Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Creative New Year!

Thank goodness we survived the Mayan Apocalypse.   I, for one, was not that worried.  I’m more worried about global warming.  One time in Mexico The Husband and I visited the Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza.  It was so hot I told my husband no wonder they performed  human sacrifices. It was probably just to get out of the heat.

Madonna and child.  With Dog (mine)

This of course has nothing to do with Christmas 2012.  I’m just rambling.  So back to the matter at hand.  If you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas!  If you don’t, happy winter solstice, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Happy Festivus and a very happy New Year to all.

Thank you for visiting this blog, commenting and/or “liking”.

Here’s to a Happy, Healthy 2013 to you all.

Madonna and Child….with dog (again)

In the spirit of being “green” for Christmas, and since I haven’t done another card, and since this one still makes me laugh and since last year’s post is still valid.  Here it is again. Reuse, reduce, recycle!

Merry Christmas, Happy Festivus, Happy Chanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Merry Winter Solstice and may we all be happy, healthy and extraordinarily creative in the new year.  And of course may there be peace in 2011.

Madonna and Child…with dog

To those of you who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas!

For those of you who don’t, Happy Festivus (for the rest of us).  If that doesn’t work for you then Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Winter Solstice (at least the days are starting to get longer).

I mailed out the above image on a Christmas card to family and friends.  Only to discover that I had sent the card TWICE to some friends (Kung) and not at all to others (Mary and Elise).  It’s probably because I did not make a list & check it twice.

I am not a list maker.  My husband makes lists all the time.  Then leaves them all over the house and forgets about them.  I try to keep all the information I need in my head, only to discover that, with all the other junk rolling around in there, oft times I forget what I’m supposed to remember.  (Or worse, I remember what I’m trying to forget.)

My sister used to be a very organized list maker.  To the point that one time she wrote a very long  list and then went shopping with it.  She got stuck at a store because she accomplished something on her list but didn’t want to cross it off said list because she DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PEN SHE WROTE THE LIST WITH.   Thank God she got over that stage of anal retentiveness.

I suppose lists are good.  Especially when sending out Christmas Cards.  I hope Santa has me on his list!  (Even if I have only been moderately good this year.)

So, to all my friends, family and blog readers.  If you got a card from me, yay.  If you didn’t, I meant to send you one.  If you got two, make sure you save it since I probably won’t send cards again for another 5 years.

Thank you for reading my blog and for all your comments on my paintings and my rants.  A special thank you to Leslie for photo-shopping this image of Madonna and Child…with dog.

Happy Holidays to all and Here’s to a Happy and Healthy 2010 2011.