Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone all the best for 2008!
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. Anonymous

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to one and all. Jamie and Andrew were here last weekend until Christmas Eve. J, A, and I would like to say thanks to Nana, Uncle Gary, Aunt Carol and Aunt Cathi for their Christmas gifts. They had a good time here with new games and shopping with Chistmas money. Christmas day was quiet by comparison. J and A will be back this Sunday for 5 days to bring in the New Year. Love and Peace.

Miss ya, Bro!

It is hard to believe two years have passed.
Miss ya, Bro! Much more than many know.
This quote sounds like something he would have wanted; "Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there." ~ Isla Paschal Richardson

"Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy T-Day, New Pics of J and A

Happy T-Day. Here is Jamie and Andrew's new portrait pics for this year. Aren't they just a couple of handsome young lads! J and A are with me for the Thanksgiving break. Nice to have them here for an extended time period. We shall feast on Turkey TV dinners! Lol.

Well not much else new down here in Okie land.

Take care and peace to one and all.

Jack, Jamie and Andrew.

Raku Rumble, Cat Show, Guitar Hero 3 and the Kids

Hey there! I figured seeing that I have not blogged in like forever, I would blog. This past weekend I was part of the Inaugeral Raku Rumble in Downtown Denison, TX. This was a fun event to be a part of, it was great to Raku with a number of clayart-making friends of mine. I even sold a few small pieces. Woohoo! For more info on this event check out: http://www.smalltownbigart.com/ I also managed to do a pottery wheel demo at Artplace Gallery as well. Artplace displays my paintings, sculptures and photos: and sometimes even sell a few pieces. Here is a link to my gallery space at Artplace: http://www.artplacegallery.com/gallery10_ousey.htm

I just sent some of my artwork with a collegue to be entered an artshow at Grayson College called The Catshow. I entered a couple of Photoshop Manipulated Photos of cats...one with Smokey as the subject....sleeping as per usual. I posterized it and pumped up the blues and oranges and entitled it...'Ball of Fire'.

The other photo was of 2 cats that a student of mine took: the 2 cats were sleeping sort of like the Yin Yang symbol....I photoshopped it and also posterized it and pumped up the blues and oranges....looks kind of expressionistic. So this one was a team effort. The other piece I entered was...of course... a Cat head whistle. And I entitled it....you could have guessed it....'Catcall'...Har har har!

Last week I bought Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii...it is a blast to play. Jamie is quite good at it. He also has the advantage....as he has the playstation version Guitar Hero 2 at his Mom's house. But it much fun to rock out on the guitar...brings back many fond memories of when I played in the band. Apparently they are going to come out with Drum Hero as well. NOW WE ARE TALKIN! That should be a blast....can't wait.

Jamie and Andrew are doing well in their respective schools and I get them for visitation this weekend. As usual, I look forward to having them. Well that is about all that is news in my part of the world.

This morning on NPR radio, at the end of one of the morning announcers shows; rather than saying the usual, "Have a good day". He said, "Make it a good day." That has stuck with me all day. I quite like the notion of being pro-active and Making it a good day. The choice is yours....Make it a Good Day!!!

Peace and love, Jack

Back to School, Busy Busy Busy

Well it has been quite some time since I posted. I read my sister-in-law's last couple of blogs and was guilt-tripped into blogging :) Another school year has once again started...and it is back to being busy busy busy. The weeks just seem to fly by when school starts back up. Jamie and Andrew also started at their new schools and according to both....they like their schools. So all is well in that area. Hard to believe that Jamie will be in th grade and Andrew will be in 3rd. As the saying goes... time flies! I have them for visitation for most of the upcoming Labor day long weekend. As always, I look forward to them being here.

I understand from Gary's blog and email that Mom has received word on being able to move into here new place.....Yeah! I am sure she will look forward to that. When I was in Victoria this past summer, Gary took me and the kids by to look at the place she will moving into. Although we only saw the exterior....it looks like a very nice place and I think she will be happy there.

Well not much other news around this neck of the woods. So I will sign off for now and try to post a little more frequently.

Peace to all.