Excuses and I'm Lost Without My Camera!

Did everyone turn their clocks back?  I don't think Daylight Savings time is buying me any time...It's been quite a while since I posted!  I am, in fact, shocked at how fast the time has been passing, even with our clocks turned back :)  Seems there is always something crazy going on these days.  

So what's been going on that's been keeping me so busy?

First, I have to tell you about this wonderful little item I received in the mail....I can't even tell you how thrilled I was to open up  this happy painting by Stacy at Magic Love Crow.  Stacy is always so upbeat and her blog always has something fun and new going on.  She also has the best giveaways, too!

So before Halloween, Stacy had a giveaway for Magaly's All Hallows Grim Party, and guess who won...I did!

This happy little 6x6 inch painting is going right in my hallway so everyone can see it.  Isn't it adorable?

I should have a photo of it on my wall but...Part of the reason why I haven't posted lately is because my camera is on the missing list.  Well not really missing, I just left it in my locker at work.  

Last week was "Take your Kid to Work Day".  All the kids in Grade 9 get to go to work with their parents.  I took my son, Andrew and his friend Michael.   Since I work part time, I was off that day.  I took my camera to get some shots and left it there!  I am really missing my camera!   I think the boys  really enjoyed their day, though.  They thought it was cool that they got to wear lab coats...said it made them look smart LOL.  They got a great tour of blood collections and all the areas of the lab and the X-ray department.

Halloween was a blast for the kids.  We took them on haunted trail tours the weekend before, carved pumpkins, got costumes ready and Halloween night we had somewhere in the neighbourhood of 130-140 ghosts and goblins at our door...pretty good crowd!  We topped the night of with fireworks and sparklers with all the neighbors.  It was great fun...I'd share pics but I left my camera at work :) No tricks except for the after hours pumpkin stomping goblin.

I've been working on a painting.  I was planning on doing a step by step of the painting process, but *sigh* my camera is at work.  Yeah, I know I already said that, right?  Okay, I can't post the work in progress, but I will show you the original photo that I'm working from...

Is that an incredible photo, or what?  My grandfather came from Poland around 1910.  He worked at the steel plant for most of his life.  Before you could get on in the plant, you had to "earn your dues" in the rail yard...here is my Papa earning his dues.  He is sitting in the front row, furthest to the right.  He is looking down.  They look like such hard workers, don't they?  But check out that guy in the middle...it looks like he has a shovel in his hand and he's about to bop the guy in front!