Blue Moon Atelier Journal

Merry Christmas and all that! :D

Happy Solstice and all that! :D

Well, I'm mostly back after being away for a while! Last week was a real trial....I haven't been confined to my bed with a bad back in about 2 1/2 years or so! Last time, it was over 2 weeks, but this time, only 1 week...improvement! (I think)

There were lows (OH! were there lows!!)...like not being able to find a comfortable position AT ALL, frustration at having so much I wanted and needed to do, but couldn't, not sleeping the first night because of not being able to get into a comfortable position, calling the doctors office to ask for an emergency medicine call-in so I could at least get some sleep only to call back hours later to check ETA and being told "Oh, you'll have to wait 48 hours or so for a call-in - want to make an appointment to come in?"**. And there were highs...from the medicine that I finally got (luckily, the first lady I spoke with at the Drs office realised the urgency and I got the medicine the same day), being able to sleep finally, having my husband stay home Monday and Tuesday to look after me, getting caught up on all the "Martha" episodes I'd been taping for the past weeks, and finally finding a comfortable position to lie in!

I'm still a bit stiff and achey, but at least I can get around a bit now and start catching up on work!

**Sistah, please - if I could come in, I wouldn't need the drugs

Greetings!

Here's the latest news from the Artful Fantasies Gallery:

Card Sale:

Yule Cards are on sale now thru 11 December at 20% off the retail price. Yule cards are now also available to purchase as single cards!

Gift Ideas!:

New items featuring Mary's artwork are now available at Ellen Million Graphics. Bookmarks, Mousepads, Stickers, T-shirts, cards, and alternate print sizes are available and make great gifts and stocking-stuffers for fantasy art lovers on your list (or, for yourself)!

"Bask in the moonlight,

commune with the animals,

and dance with the faeries!"

Artful Fantasies - The artwork of Mary Layton

http://www.marylayton.net