+Happy New Years DA friends! Hope you have a productive and fun 2010.

+I have a piece in the Sensory Overload Show in Des Moines, IA. Check out Instinct Gallery for details: [link] It'll be in the show from January 8-30.

+I'm settling into my new life well. I'm not carrying such a lonely burden anymore. Things are progressive and moving forward for me. I'm starting to enjoy life again. I'm lucky to have the friends I have and the people that I care about. So I'm looking forward to 2010.

+I'll add the details closer to time for the shows. One in Des Moines, IA. One in Florence, AL. They'll both probably be in late January.

+My new apartment, photos: [link]

I'm settling in okay. It's small, but I don't mind small spaces for the most part. I had to use more of my art for the walls, so it might look like I'm a little narcissistic, but I just needed filler.

+My legs are giving me a bit of grief lately. I'm a fighter though, I'm pushing it. Will go to Kirkland in Birmingham at the end of January. Keep your fingers crossed for me. So many families going through hard times right now with their loved ones health. You are all in my thoughts.

+Life is otherwise lovely. I'm my usual feisty self. I'm now 30 years old, still 5' 2", and full of piss and vinegar.

+Have a happy holidays. However you are celebrating it.

+Multiversal Art Show, December 3rd-6th in Miami Florida. My work will be in the show: [link] Last month I had a piece in Feminality in L. A. I'd like to have more stuff ready for exhibit, but life circumstances has changed that for me temporarily.

+I'm back to business as usual. People are asking how I'm dealing emotionally. I am okay. I've thought it over, I don't have any major regrets. I'm happy with who I am. So, I'm moving forward. I feel like with my work ethic and my friends, somehow I'll be okay.

+Working on the series Ghosts of Mississippi. Slowly. But I'm not giving up on getting these pieces done.

+Avatar by Kezzi Rose.

+Again, I'd like to say thank you. Your support has been a beacon to me in a dark time.

+At first I was shocked about the divorce. We'd been together 11 years and I never saw it coming, but then again I have a habit of seeing the good in people without ever looking for cracks and corrosion. At first I was broken-hearted, this person who I trusted just left me broke my trust in the worst way possible. I've stopped asking myself why. The truth at the matter is that he just gave up working on the marriage and wanted out. One person can't make something work, so its time for me to move on.

At this point I'm in survival phase. Picking up the pieces and working out how I'm going to survive. I've put 10 years of my existence into building a career and lifestyle who's not going to be there tomorrow. Now I have to start building my own.

I'm not weak. I am strong, stronger than I had initially thought. My world did shatter, but I see the pieces and I can see how to rearrange them and repiece them to make something more beautiful.

+I've found a studio apartment. It's tiny, but it'll save me money until I can get on my feet and get things in motion to start a new life. I'll be moving around the 1st of December.

+I will be showing at Multiversal Group Show [link]

+Working on the series Ghosts of Mississippi. Slowly. But I'm not giving up on getting these pieces done.

+Avatar by Kezzi Rose.