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I woke up this morning feeling rested for the first time in... well, pick a number. I have taken my sleep for granted, it turns out, all my life. No more. I've felt so good these last 12 hours that I've wanted to blog all day. But no matter how much I've wished I could collect my thoughts into a genius stream of profound theological insight, I've ended up just feeling happy and "un-deep". I even tried an acrylic painting tonight that failed for the most part and I didn't mind. I hopped over to odosketch to refine it.
Here's the list of why I'm so chipper besides the sleep factor:

*We've had two epic ♪♫concerts♪♫ in the last 10 days. The first was outside in the face of pouring rain-and-thunder-and-lighting that stopped as soon as we began to play (as I knew it would). We had bonfires and pie and about 120 people, and there was an umbrella hung over the cellist (on the covered stage) and I got to be the "guest artist" and sit on the stage in a blue, overstuffed wing-backed chair and draw. None of us got electrocuted, as Dale (justifiably) feared we might, and Safe Family Ministries came away with a few more dollars and a few more donations. Last night we got to play our first-ever concert INSIDE and had just a screaming-good time while Love INC put on a lovely auction. I also got to wear my RED BOOTS. For the first time at a concert. They make me feel like less of a poser. (No fooling, they truly are that color.)


*I finished a painting. But I can't show anyone yet because I have to send it to the people it's for first. Then I'll post it. Anyway, I like it.

*Speaking of my own paintings that I like, I finally sorted out the process of making prints, and now any painting of mine of which I have a digital copy and permission to reproduce can be sold to anyone who wants one, and that means that Stargazer is finally going out to all those who wanted one, and my good friend Liddy bought the one I'd donated to the auction and that delights me exceedingly.

*I sold a book on amazon marketplace which turned out to have been bought by the mother of a friend I haven't talked to in ten years. Now we're friends on facebook. ☺

*The Lord has been handing me all sorts of new and exciting (and terrifying) responsibilities, but He's also the one responsible and is handling it. Let's just say it involves me walking out some of the stuff for which He gave me a heart seven years ago, and which I haven't seen come to fruition much... until this last week. Most likely more on that later.

*I got to talk to my best friend today. Always a good idea.

Yes, I know this blog is taking a page out of Ria's and Bella's book, but they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So. And cheerful, non-life-and-death stuff makes a nice change.☺