Being a more or less computer idiot, who after 10 years or more on the internet, using my mac laptops - I am on my second after recently bringing my first, not even done with its' AppleCare contract, to a sad death (they hate being dropped from high places, even once, and this one was, unfortunately dropped, and squashed... still can't do much more than turn it on and off and stick CDs or DVDs in the right place, well, I am not going to try to install the link to get my www.VerveEarth.com link's widget one more time.
Now I have become very clever doing all sorts of things with my MacBookPro, with the Leopard OS, as it is made for idiots. As are all things Mac. They don't even come with real manuals, but tiny little 81 pg. booklets. My style. And iPods don't have real instructions to speak of at all.
Well to stop rambling, a specialty of mine, I made a real mess of finding my new password which I needed for this widget, and Google would not let me into my own Blog. I was pretty clever, I thought, and just whipped up a new one, thinking I could just import all three years of posts to the new one. Oh just giggle yourself silly, it was and remains a ridiculous thought, and it didn't work. So I created a second false new front page for my old Blogspot, and if you want to read the many entries, just click on 'VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE', located under the boring information under my name. If you do, you will find yourself in an information area, and find four Blogs, all entitled An Artists' Life. And they are my entries since September 2005.
And in the meanwhile, when I feel brave enough to admit I am this stupid, I will cry out to the wonderful technical support at www.VerveEarth.com for help in getting my widget. Blessings and have a great and happy day to you all.
Forgot to mention, this little monket is Ziggy the piggy, our French Bulldog puppy, now just about exactly four months old. She is going through a growth period and is trying to turn into a soccer ball. She is so funny looking here, dressed in the twins sized 0-3 months baby clothes, which darling Rebecca let me keep out of the hand me down basket. My doll has been wearing them for nearly 4 years, and I never imagined so many
people would start laughing when they saw the little angel all dressed up in the freezing weather. Our vet did say it kept her warmer than those silly sweaters that they make for dogs, leaving 3/4 of them all bare. Ziggy has only been outside this whole winter to go to the vet, and drive home with us on January 13, Rebeccas' birthday, when she was 9 weeks old. More Ziggy stories to follow. Again, goodnight, or good morning, depending on your location or insomnia...
And how could I forget to mention, the love of my live, Max, Maxie Boy, and finally, Madd Maxx Attacks, the handsome (a mothers' true love), the 12 year Pug, born on January 1st 12 years ago in the back seat of his mamas' car (turns out the frigid cold negated the need for a c-section, was born. His name was Goliath, but heck, he was always a cupcake.
And one last anecdote: Baya once asked me why I was calling her Nanas' little cupcake, and I told her it was because she was just like a cupcake, sweet and little, and she looked up at me with the sweetest (of course) look on her face, and said "Aw, my little nana"... we have special bonds, my granddaughters, and doggies, and paint brushes.
It is the real adult world that shakes me up.
Mildred is my step-mother whom over the years has become quite near and dear to me. It finally dawned on me that she dragged a special pillow with her every place she traveled, because she has terrible back pain, and needs her own pillow. The problem was the pillow case was so blah. And she is so special. Always has some special outfit on, and she is very petite and has her hair done every single Saturday unless she is quite ill; and she isn't ill that often. 
