Tomorrow – I paint! I have said to myself almost every day for the past month. I have not painted.

Tomorrow – I paint! I said to myself as I somehow struggled to fall asleep after a long day of housework, family obligations, and a 4-hour fight to hook my printer up to the new network. I did not paint.

Tomorrow – I paint! I said to myself as the sugar plums danced in my head Christmas Eve, then immediately corrected myself, because how on earth did I think I was going to have time to paint on Christmas Day?! Obviously, I did not paint.

Tomorrow – I paint! I said aloud to my husband, my son, and myself after Christmas was over, giftwrap was cleaned up, and the kitchen and living room were back to their normal state of only minor disarray. I did not paint.

Tomorrow – I paint! I said to myself, knowing the next day my husband and my son would return to work and school and that I would have the house to myself again. I did not paint.

Tomorrow – I paint! I said to myself the other night as I got ready to go to bed, pleased with myself at having spent family time multitasking to prepare a new canvas, sketch in the main subject, and consider and decide upon a color scheme. I did not paint.

Tomorrow – I paint! I said to myself last night after spending the day fixing my new website because there were glitches (likely all my fault), and the shop wouldn’t transfer, and what’s the point in directing someone there if it doesn’t work?

So here I am this morning, not painting – yet. Because I thought this might be the perfect first blog entry for someone who intends on writing a weekly, short, hopefully entertaining blog about life as an artist.

Drum roll, please…

TODAY – I paint!