August 23rd and I still have not painted anything of my own. I did finish the reproduction of the cowgirl that I was teaching the ladies in my Monday night class, but that was a lesson painting and I don't consider it to be one of my own originals so it doesn't count.

Jack has improved quite a bit over the past few weeks. He can get himself out of bed, dressed (if I have his clothes hanging on his walker at the end of the bed), and can walk out to the dining room by himself on his walker now. I am so glad as it was really hurting me physically to have to pull him up and to steady him as he walked painstakingly down the hall just two weeks ago. He is getting stronger every day, but still has a long way to go. I still have to do alot of things for him that he has yet to accomplish. Home Health will do an evaluation of him this week and there is the possiblity that they will not be coming to the house any more after this week, and Jack will have to be taken to the Rehabilitation Center for the rest of his rehab. This is all good news as far as his recovery from the stroke.

Now if we could just recover from the finacial disaster this has caused! I just don't know what we are going to do at this point. I am praying that something will come along very quickly for us so that we don't lose our house and the utility companies don't leave us sitting in the dark without electricity, gas, and water. Food is another primary concern as well as all the medications Jack takes. The only thing I can do is put it in God's hands, because I can't go get a job due to taking care of Jack's needs right now. Plus the fact that there just are not that many jobs out there that I can do that are not being applied for by about 20 other people. I keep looking for something (that doesn't have a fee to sign up for) that I could possibly do on the internet here at home. I haven't had much success yet. Maybe there will be a miracle and someone will want to purchase some of my paintings. I can only hope that someone will stumble across this blog and decide they like one or two or more of the paintings I have listed and decide to contact me to purchase them. I can't afford to pay the monthly fee or I would apply to http://www.daileypainters.com/ for the exposure. At this point even the small fee they ask for means the difference between whether I pay the fee each month or buy a few groceries. I have never been in this position before in my life that I didn't see a way out, but that is where I am at the moment. But being the Pollyanna that I am I just know something will come along to take care of the financial problem soon. I don't know what yet, but I just know that it will come. And I am so thankful that Jack is recovering as well as he is.

I hope to be able to start a new painting this week. I plan to do a series of wedding cake paintings to be followed by a series of wedding dresses. This is something that just came to me out of the blue. Who knows what may come of it. I will post the first one soon. If anyone who reads this would like to contact me please email me at sassyfrasinn@yahoo.com instead of the pyrmom@ yahoo.com address. I will get the email much sooner that way.