Hello All,

I have returned from Ireland and it was a wonderful trip! My husband and I started up a website with our photos if you are interested: [link] It's nothing fancy, but it updates the friends and family. Lemme know what you think. On other notes, I was very creative while there (despite having a lip the size of Bubba's from Forrest Gump- ironically swelling the day after kissing the Blarney Stone... hmm... co-winkee-dink?). Anyway, I wrote a lot from my next chapter in the book. Sadly, since I have returned, I have written absolutely nothing. I spent a lot of days sitting on the coast, writing. I may need to relocate.
Aside from that, I begin my second year of teaching in just a couple weeks. Where the hell did the summer go? I've started moving into my new art room, which is very exciting. The only thing that makes me nervous is that there is a pipe labeled "methane gas" next to my brand new kiln.... ugh... problem? Other than that, it's been like Christmas with all of my new supplies. I'm very sad though that the company send me the pussy, 'foam' linoleum for printmaking instead of what I ordered. Well, maybe there will be less blood spills that way.