Yesterday was a day of ups and downs and one which I would like to forget. The down was that we were waiting to see if we could exhibit at Artigras this year as we have the past 4 years and they were not taking names for last minute cancellations. This has always been a very good selling show for both Guiteau and me so it is costly to be sitting around spending money. It is disappointing that neither of us will be at this show.

I called on my South Miami show to find out the location of my booth and was told it would not be the large booth I had paid for. They had a lot of requests and said they sent letters telling me and others of this with refunds for the extra money paid. This is one week before the show and the letter they said they sent was never received. The good news is that after 4 phone calls they said they would make a larger space for me at the beginning of the show and I would pay the small difference. It costs more because it is actually 2 regular size booths rather than the one extra large. Regardless, it should work out okay.

See.....it is getting better. I have made it past another hurdle. Two challenges and I am still alive and breathing. I have been arguing with my emotions for the past hour and hate that these little daily ups and downs are keeping me down. It is such a girly girl thing isn't it?

Now to the better news....

I went online to check emails and found out that both Guiteau and I are accepted in the Omaha Summerfest this year. This is a nice good selling show and we have always done one booth until last year when I was wait listed. Since our work is so different now, we applied separately with our individual work and it will be interesting to see if it has any affect on sales. I know it won't be twice as much but an increase would be satisfying.

I had planned to spend the day yesterday working on my juried show applications and instead spent it driving by the Artigras show, working on my Miami booth and wallowing in self pity. I should have spent the afternoon on the beach visiting with Beverly Delaney who has moved down here from Houston. Because I had planned to work on Wednesday we didn't spend time. Now we are rescheduling for later in the week. She is always so positive and it would have been time better spent with her rather than in my Pity Party. Maybe I should refer to it as a Pitiful Party. I have capitalized it because I made it such a special event lately.

Today I am up before dawn having gone to sleep early. It is a new day and I have new energy to face the task of show applications... I don't know of any artist who loves doing these.

I put a few of Guiteau's new mixed media artwork on eBay just to get a response. Because they are at higher prices I am not sure how this will work. He doesn't really have any small items to test right now. I just put them up because we are spending money out of town and I thought if I could get some sales this way it might offset the costs.

This blog is getting boring so I am going to make a fresh pot of java. Bye.....God Bless You.