Well, I have ended my giveaway and have already conversed with the winner. I allowed her to pick a painting of her choice which I mailed off today. And yes even though I would love to be shouting "I sold a painting" I am just as happy because my horse painting is now off to her new home. And trust me when I say today didn't go anywhere near as planned, thus is why I am writing today.
It's quite the story . . . in my opinion.
Alright so the night before I had talked to my husband, the plan was to both get up and take him to work so I would have the car to run around and do all the things I had to do. I didn't have Zumba class this morning which I was sad about, but made things easier time wise. All was set, now just to go to bed and put the plan into action. Anyone who has made plans before knows sometimes they just don't go your way.
Life is grand like that.
So anyways, I wake up with Richard and we are both getting ready for the day. When I suddenly didn't feel to well. I will not go into details because its not needed. Regardless Richard was going to be late for work if he didn't leave, so I told him to go and I would get everything done on Monday or Tuesday. Not preferred but it wasn't going to hurt anyone. So needless to say we said our 'I love you's' and he went to work. About 30 minutes later I am suddenly fine. Absolutely nothing wrong with me. I made the choice to walk into town and get everything done like I had planned, just without the car.
Walking is good for you anyways . . . Or so I told myself for motivation.
Luckily for me it turned out to be a beautiful day. It was supposed to rain and at one point in the beginning of my walk I really thought it would. I packed everything in my husbands backpack. My wallet, the painting, bubble wrap, packaging tape, my scissors, keys, and water, all the items needed for my outing. First stop was to the electric company to pay them. Easy enough, although it did get quite hot after that, adding my jacket to the mix of things on my back. Off to my bank, and then off to Mallards, which is where I get my boxes. Here is where the fun started. I arrived picked out my box and asked if I was allowed to package my painting there. They didn't care so I got to be out of the sun thankfully. All was well, but I forgot my ruler. Sure you really don't need one, but it helps me out a lot. So I had to eyeball it. What I do is cut the corners so the box doesn't leave much wiggle room, making it less likely for the painting to get damaged. I began cutting the corners and on the last one my scissors actually broke! I have had this pair for quite some time but I did not expect them to die on me. The corners were not even and I had started cutting some of the top off so there is less cardboard, and when I say started I mean I cut one side.
This was the worst box I have ever packaged anything in.
Normally I would have bought a second box and started over, but I didn't have anything to cut with and it would have been pointless. So I taped . . . and taped . . . and TAPED . . . and taped some more. Finally it was held together, looking normal - for the most part. So I okay-ed it and began my walk to the post office. And yes even though it was the ugliest box I have ever put together, I still felt pretty proud. I was sending off my work to someone who likes it. There are few feelings that compare.
I get to the post office and wait my turn to hand over the package. I get to the counter and the lady on the other side looked at me then to the box, and then back to me. I made a comment about how I normally package better but today this will have to do, and she laughed but took my money and said she will have it sent off. To my surprise she said it should arrive Monday. So again, another positive to my interesting day. Now off to my husbands bank and then finally home.
I finally make it back to my road and at this point the heat is crazy hot. Normally I am not one to complain about the heat, but today I was not feeling it. I choose to stop by the mail box before walking down my long drive way, which I am happy I did because I got a surprise. I had received a post card from a fellow artist.
So thank you Robin! If you would like to check her work out you can do so here. She creates hand torn paper pet portraits and they are very cool. I mean just look at this kitty! I love it!
Congrats again to Deana. I hope you enjoy the horse painting. I know I loved creating her! She is a one of a kind and I hope she brings you joy like she has me.
