The world around us

Well, after looking through endless pages on Etsy, I finally did find something rather nice and am considering if I should get it or not. The colors and style are beautiful, but the subject is not. It’s a drawing of a cactus, which is not really the best kind of feng shui to bring inside one’s home, so am really going to read up a bit and do some research on it, before committing to it. Well, so all my time spend looking through mediocre artwork did do me some good after all!

Those who own trucks only understand just how much of a following they have to kitting out and buying truck accessories of all kinds to make their truck look the best. A friend of mine in college had a truck and thought it was the best type of vehicle ever. He didn’t use the back for anything at all, but just loved the idea of owning and driving a truck. He would spend all his money on just buying stuff for the truck and nothing else at all.

Blogging seems to be taking a whole new direction lately, which lots of new entrants to the world of blogging and a lot of blog fatigue setting in on a lot of the non serious bloggers, who got involved initially due to the buzz, and now don’t really know what to write about anymore. I started blogging in mid 2004 and have had my ups and downs with blogging, but in general, I’m always looking forward to write something on my blog again.

When I worked at the art gallery, we used to have a lot of clients ask us to being a selection of artwork over to their premises to see how the art would look. We used to have a van along with a van rack so we could pack and carry art and sculpture to off site locations, some even out of town ones. Having to carry expensive artwork meant that we had to be extremely careful about transportation and packing. It was a really fun job, and I loved meeting artists and working on my art collection.

I’ve been using Etsy to find quirky and offbeat art for over a year now, but lately their offerings seem to have become even more offbeat, to the extent that I have a hard time finding stuff that I like. I wonder what has happened? Is it just my sense of art that has changed or is it that their selection of artists have completely changed? I thought I would look for something for my new home today, but could barely find anything worthwhile. Most art was either too small or just too weird. Hmmm.

I’m a big fan of staying at bed and breakfasts and cozy inns. I just find they have so much more character and are so much more memorable than a hotel. Take the beautiful Mendocino bed and breakfast for example, it is simply picture perfect, down to the last petal of climbing roses on the pergolas. I would love to go and spend a nice relaxing week there, well actually 10 days would be even better, and spend time reading, walking, and getting inspired to paint of course. Looks like I have me work planned out for me!

Been working too much today it seems, and just can’t wait for the weekend now. It seems like it’s never going to get here, doesn’t it? Well, I have made lots of plans for this weekend…sleep, sleep and more sleep and absolutely no chores and errands at all. Let’s hope I can stick to the plan!!
Updated to add: Well, I have just so much work still pending that taking a relaxing weekend is a dream so far. Just one of the downsides of working from home, I guess!

Financial stuff seems to getting much too complicated these days, and it seems that one has to have a financial planner and adviser to take care of everything from investments to taxes and using a financial consolidation software such as this one as well. Everyone has their specialties, and while I am logical about finances, my knowledge is obviously not as someone from the industry, so might as well make use of their expertise right? It certainly seems to make sense to do so to me.

I finally downloaded the Google Talk Client last night and got started with making calls on the internet, which are completely and absolutely free. The voice quality is quite clear and loud, pretty much just like a regular phone call, so its a great way to keep in touch with friends and family and save a ton of money if you like me make international calls on a regular basis. No webcam for the moment, but might get one of those later on. I’ve never been too keen on them anyway, so the more I put it off the better it is.