©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2021
18 x 27 inches of thick buttery oil paint by Laurie Pace
JUST for you... this newly painted piece is on sale, hoping to make a Christmas Wish come true! Click on the painting or the Title of the painting. I did the first portions of this live on Instagram. It is almost ready to ship out with a pre-glaze on it.
It is already late on Thursday night and I am not sure where the day went. Our two granddaughters came to spend the day. It was full of school work first, and then time in the backyard in the sun helping their Bampa rake leaves from our nine trees out back!
I am trying to figure out how to shop for Christmas. Still need to buy gifts for two of the grandsons... we are not doing gifts for the adults this year. We will be celebrating quietly apart again. Just like Thanksgiving. This rips my heart as a grandmother who wants to see the grand babies. Terry and I have not even thought about gifts for each other, because we don't need anything but possibly FREEDOM!!!
This year has definitely redefined our lives. I must note that I am not wearing makeup (So I am not buying makeup). While I am wearing clothes,... I am not buying clothes. We are not going out to eat. We are not buying junk food. We are not traveling. We are not out just 'shopping' either.
While this takes us two ways... one more negative, one more positive... we are learning even more about each other and we 'date' back to him age 13 and me age 11. We are closer than we have ever been. Never thought it possible. We are more gentle in our thoughts and care for each other more closely. We are knitted even tighter in our dependency on each other. (Again...good or bad?)
Good
1. Not spending extra money shopping (Clothes, Shoes, Makeup and more)
2. We are not spending money eating out.
3. Groceries cost less with more thought to food prep.
4. Kindness is the word of each day.
5. We grow closer by the day and the hour.
6. We are not spending much in gas for the cars.
Not so Good Things.
1. Our temper seems to flare a bit more these days.
2. We run out of bananas quickly.
3. We are not seeing family and friends.
4. We are not putting miles on the truck/car.
Looks like The Goods stacked up higher than the Not So Goods!
Have a great Friday! From the Great State of Texas... wishing you a safe weekend.
“So may all your enemies perish, LORD! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years." Judges 5:31
Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist
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Laurie Pace is an international artist with her paintings collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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