i'm an artist

bet you didn't know that! ok, not really. tonight i'm going to a little class called "sips n strokes." basically you are in a room with about 50 other people and everyone is watching a "real" artist paint a picture, and we just follow along. now, we are all painting the same thing, but everyone's painting turns out completely different. oh, and the most important part is that we drink wine the whole time! so fun! i think whoever came up with this concept is a total genius. you pay between $25 and $40 per painting, and all they have to provide is paint and canvasses! you bring your own wine. there are 5 locations in birmingham and one in atlanta, i think. something that's EXTRA special about tonight is that my sister is coming with me! she has never been before so it will be fun to do this with her. we don't get to spend much time together by ourselves without the kids. (LOVE the kids..don't get me wrong) my sister is not a big fan of wine (I KNOW..how are we in the same family?) so i probably won't be drinking either. especially since you-know-what still hasn't come in (see post below)! so, anyway, these are the two paintings i've done so far. these are the professional pictures so obviously mine don't look anything like them, but you get the idea. ok, nevermind...i couldn't find pictures and i'm too lazy to go back and delete that last sentence. so, instead i'll post a picture of me and my sister. for the record, i have another sister who is totally cool and in-style (thanks to moi), but she lives far away so we can't really do very many sisterly things together. sad :( and it's also sad that the only picture i could find of me and anne was like 2 years ago when i had blonde hair. i will have to bring my camera tonight!