I think I may have mentioned that I’m a scosh OCD.  I stepped outside my comfort zone last night and tried something new … painting.  Not painting the house (which desperately needs to be done as all our rooms are builders beige because we still … after all this time … can’t decide on a color for any single room).  Help, Kim and Sherri!  I need your decorating expertise – come visit (ok, I really do, but I’m still secretly trying to get you both to come visit!).  Rather, Painting with a Twist is a 2 hour class where they teach even the most inept  (read ME) participants to recreate famous paintings.  The “twist” is that it’s BYOB.  I brought a bottle of wine and promptly proceeded to down approximately 1/4 glass (that was my entire consumption for the entire 2 hours.  I’m a cheap date).  Apparently, this wasn’t enough as the teacher kept coming by my canvas and, noticing my hesitance and grimaces over every perceived and real mistake, kept telling me that, “You need to drink more, honey!”

Anywho … despite how I may be portraying this, it was an absolute blast!  I would love to go back!  I went with some former co-workers and really enjoyed seeing them.  I can’t say it enough, my friends and family are my saving grace and I never for one second take you for granted.

Recess over, back to the painting class … here are the photos of the painting in stages (notice my itty bitty wine glass in photo – isn’t it cute?).  I still agonize over the imperfections, but the process was so enjoyable that I can overlook them.

Stage 1 – The easy part … still stressful

Stage 2

Tada – the finished product