Well i've found something to do....and then some!
a friend asked me a couple of months ago if i could do a large scale painting of a photo he took while on holiday in his home country of south africa before his newly found love came over to nz so it was finished when she got here (they met on said holiday) so of course i said yes cos i had so long to do it. when he never brought me the photo or the canvas i assumed he'd scrapped the idea.
a couple of days ago he shows up with a giant canvas and his camera..... no paints, you see he wants it done in oils (i HATE painting with oils) so i go out and buy the paints, which he will be fixing me up for lately........ uh huh.......$75 later im sat here with a huge canvas a photo (which i also had to pay to get printed out) and some horrible oil paints. Now this is a fairly complex picture, being in black and white some would think that makes it easier... well not quite, its actually quite tricky to get all the contrasts right and make it look good, those who have blown up a photo will know that they tend to look a little rough, so i have to take a photo, blow it up like a million times and make it not look rough.

Did i mention he then told me i have a month to finish it. SHIT.

I also have 2 assignments to do and a brat to attempt to control.

My next big challenge is to try and get a lazy pomme and an equally morning challenged 3yr old up to go to the dawn parade next week. I do like a challenge, but not that much of a challenge. How do you motivate a 3yr old who has no idea what an Anzac is to get up at like 4am to go and pay her respects to those who served our country in the war? Well i figure if i can work out a way i may even be able to get her to apply it to her mother when she's at home..... i know im delusional, but just give me my moment.