Too much stuff, too little time. Sounds like I need to simplify my life some more. And that's with choir and Tuesday bible study over for the summer.

Recently got a huge desk, so I have more room for large art projects - fabric cutting or drawing and the like. It's currently covered by my two cats who insist on sleeping on my drawings.

The big thing right now is moving - I should be settled down in the new apartment by mid July, with a whole room dedicated to my music and art. Hopefully that will encourage me to spend less time watching tv and spending the time in my room focused on my arts.

Project list:
Music - I've got several gigs coming up, which will hopefully get me back to playing and arranging more. Especially since I think my $$ idea is writing fingerstyle guitar arranging and arrangement books, and starting teaching private lessons for guitar and bass. Yes I like working at the music store, but that's not a life-long career unless I can get in the warehouse, and then I have to contend with the fact that my husband's going off to seminary in the next few years and I'll be paying the bills.

Digital - I've got to get back to working on CelticMusicNations.com, I've let that slide for several months now. Eventually I'll start it up again, focusing more on Texas and writing fewer articles each month.
- I'm planing on overhauling Lizardbass.com, making it more commercial friendly and a center for my lesson pricing, gig advertising and graphic design shop. I've seen too many people with really crummy looking posters, cd art and business cards to not offer my services to the local community - decent if not spectacular designs at a cheap price.

Art - my big project right now is a 18"x24" portrait montage of my neice, grayscale pencil work. I'm so glad I found large art paper, and then got the bright idea to use the glass door to my entertainment center for a tracing/work surface. I suppose for larger pieces I might try taping the paper up to a window.
- I'm still taking lots of photos. my new apartment will be much closer to some large parks and lakes for some interesting opportunities.
- After playing with my friend's big Cintiq i've been bitten by the drawing pad bug, and I hope to get one for my birthday or christmas. Until then that (and the more user friendly desk) have revived my desire to play around in illustrator. and I might try playing in Gimp just to see how that works.
- I've gotten the idea to start a strip comic. considering my past history with these sorts of projects we'll just have to see how long it lasts
- I'm doing a lot more wood carving recently. It started with the love spoon for the couple at my church, and has expanded into my signature at Scottish festivals. I figured since so many other clan tents attract people with spinning wheels and the like that I'd bring out my knives and it seemed to go over well.