Happy Birthday Google!

As a major Google fan, there was no way I could pass up the chance to say happy birthday to my favorite search engine today! Of course, there is much more to Google than just a search engine, but that is what they are best known for.

Here's to a fabulous 13 years!

Sleep, Sleep, I Need Sleep

I have decided (after a week of staying up until 2:00am painting every night) that artists don't go crazy and cut their ears off because they are epileptic.  It's not from the toxic paints that they work with either.  It's because they don't get enough sleep.

That has to be the reason.  After all, I am about one more sleepless night away from cutting my own ear off...

Ninth International Art Competition Coming Up

The Ninth International Art Competition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in coming up soon.  I have spent countless hours working on my project, and it still isn't finished.  I have actually worked on a few different projects for this competition and finally settled on just one.  I am really excited about this one!  I will post pictures as soon as I get a little bit further.  We are getting down to the wire now.  Just a couple of weeks left before the deadline. 

Sept 11, 2011

I can't believe that it has been 10 years since the disaster of 9/11.  Like most people, I can remember exactly where I was when it happened.  I was working as a cashier at a grocery store in Lethbridge, Alberta, and my boyfriend at the time came up and told me that the United States had just been bombed.  I just stared at him as he told me about the twin towers and the pentagon.  The information about the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania didn't reach us until later.

When my shift ended, I ran over to my boyfriend's apartment to watch the footage.  I will never forget the horrific scene that unfolded on the television.  There were no bombs, but what we saw was so much worse.  The sight of the planes crashing into the towers is something that will be burned into my mind forever.  Words cannot describe my feelings when I saw the towers fall.

This year marks the 10th year anniversary of the event that changed our nation.  My husband and I saw the footage again on the news.  It was like seeing it for the first time all over again.

So many people.  So many lives.  Let's not forget those we lost.