Wow, the last day of the month and the last day of blogging every day in August. Well, do you guys feel like you know me any better? Ha ha. Today was my first day of classes for the Fall semester. I had playwriting. It was quite a bit of fun, and it flew by amazingly fast. There are 8 of us in the class total, but it looks like of the students will be ...

Well, this is the second to the last day of August. Today was also the first day of the Fall semester. It went pretty well I think. It's kind of fun to be at the university and see all the new Freshman coming in. They are often young, and wide eyed lost puppies attempting to find their classes. I sported a new look with my hair cut, and black hair. I'm kind of going back ...

So no one thought to tell me that they were touring in Ohio this month!!!!!!!! Oh I'm such a sad sad sad child. I would have loved to see them! But no. I'm a loser who didn't realize they were touring right now cause I usually don't think about that kind of stuff. And they were in Pittsburgh too, still didn't find out about it until like 5 minutes ago. Grr. I really really like ...

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. This is a play written by Jane Wagner and made popular by Lily Tomlin's performance. It is also the next play that will appear at Kent State Trumbull's Theatre and I have been hired to do the artwork for it. Yay! This is also the reason why I'm so late in getting today's blogpost up. I was working on it until just a few minutes ...

I'm happy I went to Sawa with my husband tonight. It was a nice time out with just the two of us. I unfortunately had a headache all evening. But that's okay, I'm not complaining. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow and I can do a better blog post. I hope you have a fabulous weekend. ~Always Allyson

Hi there! Wow, it's the 25th of the month. Can't believe my daily blogging is almost done. I would have posted this sooner except that tonight I was actually working on my sketching and drawing, and also on a commission that I'm trying to have ready for approval for Monday or Tuesday of next week. I don't really have much else to say other than I'm not sure when I'll have the next installment of ...

I'm not really having that great of a day today. But I did at least get to see Riley's soccer game. It was a tie, which is good. It's the closest they've come to winning so far I think. There's a part of me that would like it to hurry up and be the weekend but at the same point I don't really want it to, because I'm just one step closer to starting the ...

I am amazed at how fast this day has gone by. And that's saying a lot considering I woke up at around 5:30 this morning to the sounds of an awake yelling baby....Daaaaad! Mooooooom! Which honestly is way better than him crying his guts out. So I got him a bottle, turned on the light, put some toys in his crib, and attempted to go back to bed for another hour, but I couldn't fall ...

Wow, hard to believe that the month of August is nearly over! Pretty much just a week and a half remaining and then that's it. Also with the onslaught of September school is starting as well, both for my daughter and me as well. And by me as well I mean I work at a university and the fall Semester actually starts not next week, but the week after. For my daughter, her school starts ...

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You may notice that some of my website's stuff is either missing or not working properly. We were trying to back up my data, and instead some of it got jacked up! Ahhhh. So please be patient. Don't worry it'll get fixed and return to its original state more or less. Hopefully more than less. Please, if you notice anything out of sorts, feel free to email and let me know, so we can ...

Xalay was kneeling on the ground unable to see anything around her. She tried putting her hand in front of her face and found that she was incapable of even making out her fingers. She touched her face, checking to see if her eyelids were open. They were. "What is going on," she wondered. A low rumble sounded somewhere above her, and slowly it got louder, until finally it roared above her head. She could ...

The last two days have been somewhat endless, and yet they are coming to an end. They were nice because I got to spend some one on one time with my son. Which is something that doesn't usually happen. And for once he wasn't a terror! Ha. He's nearing those terrible twos. But lately he's been really sweet, giving me hugs, and kisses, and sitting on the couch with me and snuggling while we watch ...

The last two days of this week have been incredibly long. I feel like its already been four days, but tomorrow is only Wednesday! I wonder how come that is? Why is it that there are some times where it seems like you are running to keep up. And then there are other times where it just drags and you feel like you're going to scream if something doesn't pick up soon.

I'm not sure ...

So, today was my niece's birthday. We went to her house to celebrate. She turned 9. The night was kind of a bummer though because we took Lenny. And of course he didn't take any naps while he was at my parents house today. So he was in rare form during most of the party.

Sarah had a good time though, and so did Riley. I'm still feeling kind of bummed out because I didn't ...

Oh man. This is one of the best movies I have seen in a really REALLY long time. So glad I got the chance to go out and see it tonight. If you haven't heard anything about the movie, don't look up the trailer, don't look up reviews. It will ruin it for you. Go in to watch it knowing NOTHING. It will make it worth it. Ha.

This movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen ...

Oh man, it's the fourteenth and I have little to say. I'm not ready to do the next post of my story yet. So, I guess you'll just have to wait. What have I been doing all day you ask? Well this morning I was at my mom's helping with her garage sale. Then I came home. Got baby and husband ready to go out. I stopped at the store got some cat food for ...

Oh geez. I am really really liking the sound of this band. I've had their songs stuck in my head for about 3 days now, and its too the point where its the background music for my dreams at night. And then I watch the videos, and I can't help but stare at the lead singer. I'm enamored with something about his body movements and facial expressions. The thing about it that makes me sad ...

What to blog about today....

Well I'm liking how my story is going so far. I just wish I had more time to write it out. Don't worry, I'm going to keep plugging away at it.  I can't help but wonder how many people read it though. I do get a lot of folks who tell me in person that they read my blog or check out my site on a regular basis. But no ...

Xalay was laying on the medical table, listening to the words of the Paelana nurse, Sarandin. Lycius was losing his patience. His healer - his BEST healer, was refusing to give medical help to his best friend. What could she possibly be risking? "What are you talking about, Sarandin?" Xalay held out her hand, palm up and whispered, "Sarandin, stand up. There's no need for you to bow to me. We are but women, regardless ...

Well, I had plans of doing another installment of The Girl with Red Hair and Sapphire Eyes. However, I was trying to figure out what the heck my password is to my XiaoyuHibbard twitter account. It's one I haven't used since 2008 or 2009 and for the life of me I can't remember what the password was or what email address I used on the darn thing! Ahhhhh.

So I've spent I don't know how ...

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So I thought I would give a little update about what the heck I'm doing with the Red Haired Girl with Sapphire Eyes story. Please understand it is by no means perfect. And it is an incredibly rough draft. I'm basically just sitting down at my computer and typing the story directly into my blog as it happens in my head. Consequently some things probably won't make sense or I will need to ...

Xalay woke up with a start as cold water doused her face and body. She sputtered and coughed water that had gone down her throat and into her airways. She reached to wipe her face and then quickly became aware of the fact that she couldn't. She opened her eyes, and realized she'd been strung up by her wrists from a pipe across the ceiling of a small and dingy room, a cellar. She was ...

Well, we did our second day of the garage sale today. And it went really well! Over the last two days my parents and I made almost 500 dollars! Yay! I'm amazed we made that much and sold that much, and yet still have so much more to get rid of. We're taking a break tomorrow. We're going to do another sale on Saturday next week.

The kids went to the park with my husband. ...

She sat on a large boulder just at the edge of the forest on her property which shared borders with her friend Lycius' compound. The smell of night was beginning to enter the air, as the sun began to dip below the horizon turning the sky into a magnificent scene of reds, oranges, and pinks.

The cacaphony of bull frogs, crickets and owls echoed all around her. The sun's last evening rays glinted off Xalay's ...

Hi There:

So I've realized just how difficult it is to blog everyday when you actually have a life. Ha! I've had the most difficult time trying to figure out what the heck to talk about each night hence the reason why I have been getting these up so late. But the other reason has been that all week long I've been extremely exhausted or haven't felt well so I've been laying down to sleep ...

I don't have a whole lot of time to blog tonight. But I couldn't go to bed without mentioning that I finally got the Etsy shop up and running!!! Yay! I'll be adding more things on there nightly! I have about 30 bracelets that I took pictures of and I'm not painstakingly loading. Ha ha.

So just click on my Store link above and you see not only my zazzle things but also my etsy ...

Yay!!!! Smallville is starting up again. The last couple seasons I've had mixed emotions. I honestly think its been struggling since they lost Lex and Lana. They were the most interesting part of the story line to me. This however is supposed to be the final season. I'm sad that its ending but then again I think it kind of needs to.

I can't help but wonder what the actors are going to do after ...

Ha ha. I've been working on products to sell in my zazzle store. And I think I'm addicted. I also have a new store link on my web page. Right now it's just zazzle but I'll be adding etsy shortly which is where you can buy my bracelets and sun crayons from. I've decided I'm going to try and do one art piece each night for the month of August. I don't know how easily ...

Oh my goodness. I cannot believe it is already August. It seemed like May just kind of crept up on me, and then all of a sudden my daughter's first year of school was over! Now she's started soccer, and summer is practically done with only a month to go, and then she'll be starting 1st grade.

Did I accomplish what I set out to do this summer? Hmm. I have mixed feelings about this. ...

Well, I finally finished Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith....

Overall how do I feel about the book?  It was not a complete waste of my time. It did intrigue my interest. But I'm not sure I would reccommend it to someone else to read unless they really liked murder mysteries or were obsessed with Russian history maybe?

The beginning of this book was incredibly confusing for me. The author threw a bunch of stories ...

Hello there! So I thought I would do a blog post on something unrelated to art. Why? Because its my blog and I want to. Ha ha. But first a couple of updates!

Bracelets, Chokers and Anklets! I've been working diligently at making these this summer. And they've really been a success! I've already sold 19. I still don't have the etsy shop set up yet, but don't worry it'll be up soon enough. I ...

So, I decided to try and make a little extra money on the side by making friendship bracelets and using recycled crayons to make new reese cup shaped crayons. I've already sold quite a few excitingly enough. I'll be selling some more at a garage sale at my mom's in the next weekend or so. And I'm going to be setting up an etsy shop. For those of you who don't know what that is, ...

Hi Everyone:

So I thought I would do a quick blog post while I have some peace and quiet. I've been reading my textbook for class on internet ethics and policies and reading about copyright, and I find a lot of the information incredibly interesting. The true life stories are also intriguing. I'm going to be heading off to a family picnic in a little bit too. So I wanted to try and get my ...

Well, so sorry I haven't been blogging lately. I've been working non stop for sometime on commissions and also on classes that I recently started. But things are starting to slow down a little bit so I'm able to catch my breath so to speak! For those of you near the Kent State Trumbull Theatre I just recently finished the artwork for Oliver. It will be playing in July. I'll be posting the artwork for ...

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Don't have a whole lot going on, except to say that I'm plugging along on my commissions. I start my next two classes in about a week. I'm going out of town next weekend. Unfortunately its more for business then for pleasure. But that's ok. Just going to Columbus.

Also I should mention that I'm not accepting commissions for Christmas. You need to get them in early if you'd like to have them ...

Yay!!!! Today has been a pretty good day. I'm finally getting to do some relaxing after about a month of straight working. I still have some commissions left to finish, but I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel at least. Ha ha.

It will be slightly short lived though as I start some more classes in mid June. But if I can get my commissions done before then it'll be ...

Hi there,

So I wanted to touch base with you guys so that you don't think I've become too busy and forgotten all about you. I haven't. But I have been busy. And I'm going to be painting pretty much all weekend long. Although, I'm currently not painting right now because I'm watching my little one. My husband and daughter flew the coop and I kind of have no choice. And Lenny is too little ...

Hi there!

So my semester is winding down. I've finished all my classes, and now I just have to complete my final and finish up my sketchbook for the semester. Wednesday is our critique. This semester was fun but kind of rough. It wound up being a lot more stressful then I thought it would be.

I'm working on 4 comissions right now too, so that's kind of not helping the whole stress thing either. ...