Ok,  I will start putting the pictures up. I have been so many places and have seen so much that It would be hard to write about it all. Here are some of the highlights.
In NY I went to see two brilliant shows, highly recommend both " Color of Purple" and "Spring Awakening", also went to Metropolitan Museum of Art, Modern Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, and Natural History Museum. I partied with my Russian friends and had a lot of fun. In Moscow I went to Mayakovski theater and saw a play about marriage and divorces, was interesting. Went to Tretyakovskaya Gallery of Art, loved it, loved it, loved it. We hang out with my brother and his fiancee, worked a little. In Saint-Petersburg I worked for a day. In my hometown Yekaterinburg I went to Opera to see "Karmen" by Bize, amazing, two thumbs up, I watched 3 times before and still love it as much every time, some things are timeless. I spent time with my family, this was the best. Then I had a 10 year reunion with some of my high school friends. I also spent time with my favorite professors in the university, talked about life and it's meaning. I learnt a lot and got a list of 100 new books to read. My sister will be going to the same university as I did and I hired tutors for her to study for exams and hopefully get full scholarship. In Ukraine I had the best time with my grandfather, we were so happy to spend time together, it's been 3 years since I have seen him. I climbed a tree that I used to climb as a kid. We did a lot of fun shopping and I bought everybody presents. In 3 weeks I gained 15 pound because of all the good food and drinking. I had the best time of my life, feels like I spent 2 years there, at least in 3 weeks there I had more fun than in the past 2 years in the USA. I had a chance to reevaluate my life and here is what I decided. I am not going to be a business woman, this is not for me, I want to be a woman with a happy husband and kids. I also want to be an artist. I am going to art school in spring, I will continue painting, writing poetry and my diary. I will continue growing my jewelry company. I am going to be a student in a jewelry school in Russia too. So I am changing gears here and coming back home to spend more time with my husband in US and my family in Russia. Recently I've read a lot of great books and I am finding my true self. I got distracted and lived with my mind,  I am coming back to terms with my heart. For some time I was just an empty cage because I killed the bird. I am coming back to life and it is beautiful. We just moved into our new house that I will be decorating with the help of my mom and dad. For Thanksgiving we are going to the beach. In January we are going for a 2 week vacation to Puerto Rico and Caribbean Islands. Life is good :-)

Here are the pictures :-) xoxo
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This is my last painting "In my heart". I felt pretty bad for a while because I was on the wrong path. I am turning around now and making some major changes, I am coming back to my true self.
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