Where does the time go?

How is it already December? Where does the time go? Why are there never enough hours in the day to accomplish everything I need or want to do?

"Tick tock!"say the Hartland clocks. "Time is ticking on!"

Every time I say that things at my Real Job are finally calming down, a new project pops up, and I get swamped. And that's a problem because I tend to do a lot of brainstorming and blog writing on breaks at work. Unfortunately, I'm often too tired at the end of the day to do much writing when I get home. Or my time at home, especially weekends, is usually spent painting and trying desperately to catch up on commissions for my incredibly patient friends and customers. This has all meant that I have fallen off the wagon of trying to write weekly-ish posts here. In my defense, I have a pretty solid excuse for the last month.

Oops

I am now almost a month out from my little hospital misadventure, and I'm fine. But I feel like it's taken me until today to catch up on all of the work I had to set aside while I recuperated for a week. Whew! The last three weeks have been *busy* and I am ready for a breather and a slower pace for the rest of the month.

I have at least been making notes to myself on subjects I want to cover and models I need to photograph when I visit my family for the holidays. These are just a few of the posts in my drafts folder. I am looking forward to getting back to work on these!

I also managed to finish up a few models to offer as Black Friday stocking stuffer sales. I don't talk about my own custom work here much, but I've mostly mothballed my studio blog (and even with good health insurance, hospitals stays are not free. Eep!) So these are all portraits of horses that BreyerFest attendees will recognize---racing legends and famous past residents of the Kentucky Horse Park Hall of Champions. Left to right, they are John Henry, Point Given, Cigar, and Funny Cide.

John Henry and Point Given are both still available if anyone reading this is interested. They are $110 ppd in the USA. Just drop me a line at mumtazmahal (at) gmail (dot) com or message me on Facebook.

John Henry

Point Given

I am planning a spring sale as well, probably more minis and maybe a few larger customs. I have a huge stash of Maureen Love molds that I need to get to work on. If only setting those Hartland clocks back a few hours would take me back in time like Hermione's time-turner. Or maybe I need to put them in a DeLorean and speed up to 88 mph?

Anyway, I'm always looking for more blog topics to tackle. Feel free to let me know what subjects you'd like like to read about next in the comments!