Update

Woohoo...Box #1 has arrived containing 5 paintings. All in perfect condition!

Not getting my hopes up, BUT...

Apparently I have 2 boxes of paintings that are heading my way after months of waiting. One box should arrive today, the other tomorrow. Am anxious to see what will or will not arrive.

OK, so over the course of the last couple weeks, I have been receiving calls from a number in PR. I answer and the person hangs up. So yesterday, I return the call. The first attempt was an immediate hangup. The second time was a woman speaking spanish to someone else nearby before she rudely hung up without even responding to the call. If this is going to continue, guess I will have to take some course of action. Have a feeling it is the child ho my ex is dating, (or as he says, just companions). WHATEVER!!! She needs to stop calling me.

Progress in the gallery is good these days. Garbage and carpet remnants have been removed and the electrical work has begun for rerouting lines for track lighting and such. Have to meet with the lighting person Friday along with the contractor and the electrical people to coordinate what's next.

False Alarm

OK, so apparently my paintings have NOT yet been shipped. They are still being held hostage. Beginning to believe my ex is enjoying getting my weekly emails asking about paintings. As once they are shipped and I receive them, there will be no reason for me to ever contact him again. Not sure why he just cannot send me my work. Perhaps it is because he is just too busy with his little girlfriend no one is suppose to know about. SO just send them and you can go back to doing whatever you do with someone that age.

The gallery is still in limbo. The new contractor has not yet begun work. Hoping that tomorrow when I go in some of the work will be done that he said he would do over the weekend. He did assure me that everything could be done in a couple of weeks. That would mean we could definitely have our opening on May 14. Not official yet, but that is what we are aiming for.

I have hit the 30 lb. point in my weight loss. Only 50 more to go. God, how did I ever get so out of control. I figure I just kept shoving food in my mouth to keep my mouth shut. As I never could say what I was feeling in my previous marriage without having repercussions. There was always that long dreaded arrogant silence with an attitude that so said, How dare you say anything or complain...I give you everything...yes, everything but what I really needed...emotional commitment.

Went to an art exhibition last night. Had a great time in Lakeland. Then we all went to Starbuck's afterwards. I laugh as there was a time when after an opening I would have gone for cocktails, and almost did last night. But Starbucks was a good and safe alternative and it was great spending time talking about art and just stuff with friends. I saved the cocktail until I got home and shared it with my husband. Is this what life is like at 50??? I like it!!!

Things are starting to happen...

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Due to some issues with manpower, we will have to postpone {tay'-cho}'s opening until May. We are looking at the 2nd -3rd weekend. We will have some exciting work and artists for our opening. As the time gets closer, I will feature each artist on this blog.

FINALLY...it appears that my work from PR will actually be sent to me. I just hope that when they arrive, they are intact and not damaged. I don't care about the frames as I can replace those, I am just concerned for my actual work. I do believe that once I receive these, I should no longer have to have any connection with my ex. We have no children together so we can both just be free to move on. Me with my new marriage and gallery and him with his child girlfriend. It still makes me sick to my stomach that I was so right about my so called marriage. I wonder how he feels to be out in public with her and have her mistaken for his daughter. I am still trying to figure out how I could have stayed with someone for so long who was so twisted. Anyway, this is done and over and I am fortunate that I no longer have such a person in my life.

I also will be getting my bird back. YAY!!! I have missed him terribly. He is an 11 yr old mini macaw named Meecie. I bought him a huge cage and I will have to drive down to Miami in Apr. to pick him up. This also means I will have to see the ex, as he is bringing him over. Not looking forward to that. But it is a means to an end. The only other thing pending is resolving my partnership in my gallery in PR. and then I can truly be free of my past life there. No more ties!

Our New Gallery

Progress is being made on the gallery and we have finally set an opening date. Apr 9, 2011 from 7-10 pm. There will be food, wine and great music. The side street will be closed for the party. Still working on getting the artwork here. Another promise of my work being shipped has been made. Will see if that comes to fruition. I have been busy filling out paperwork for licenses and permits, overseeing work in the gallery, searching for hanging systems and lighting and trying to complete several pieces of work I have in various stages of completion. This month is definitely going to be interesting and exciting.

Trying to get my work...

Along with leaving my old unhappy life in Puerto Rico, I left all my life's work. Thinking they would be in good hands and once I got set up here I would be able to get them back. NOT TRUE!!! My poor paintings are being held captive and I am unable to get them back. All I seem to get is a bunch of empty promises that they will be sent next week...well next week is 5 months already. My fault for ever believing that the promises of a man who I mistakenly thought would actually respect me and my work enough to send them to me. My fault for believing that 16 years with someone actually mattered. My fault for closing my eyes to see that once he was secure enough to know I wouldn't take his pension and retirement, that he could then call off all agreements and prior arrangements. Now my work is probably sitting outside somewhere collection dust, mold and lizard poop. Guess it is kind of fitting as that was what our marriage was like for the last 6 years of it. Dusty, moldy and full of shit!

Then again...what else should I expect from a man who when I caught him fucking a 25 yr old and I confronted him, told me I was crazy and imagining things, or when I told him I wanted to leave him and move on to try to find happiness, asked me if I needed to see a therapist, or when I have proof he is currently screwing a 30 yr old, someone younger than his youngest daughter, who also btw, happens to look like his youngest daughter, he continues to deny it.

Still pushing forward

Last count, 15 lbs and 15 inches gone. Have cancelled my PR trip and am rescheduling for another time. Can't stand to think about having to see or interact with anyone there. The thought of having to go just turns my stomach. So many bad memories and bad relationships. Thank God I have a very dear friend coming with me as my ally. I need all the help I can get to make it through this trip.

Continuing my forward momentum. The gallery is still slow int he making. Waiting on some finalization of some paperwork and then we can get in there and start the prep work to get it ready.

I have lots of painting projects planned and looking forward to getting started on them. Prepared 5 wood panels for encaustics yesterday so I can begin immediately. Discovered a process allowing me to do photo transfers with inkjet prints, so I will be incorporating mixed media into the encaustics.

Have discovered that those who yell the loudest about their need for privacy, have the most to hide.