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A new year full of painting possibilities awaits! How exciting! One never knows where the inspiration will come from and when it does, there is usually more than one painting that bursts forth, and along with it, a decorating idea or three. It is such a joy to be able to express what is seen or felt with brush in hand.

I have challenged myself to paint one item a month, and have made a 2012 calendar that can be tucked in my paint box to keep myself on track. You might find it helpful too as you set your painting goals for 2012. The calendar fits on a 5" x 7" index card and is to be printed on both sides.

Last year I had some requests to put the calendar on a computer desktop. So here are some screen resolutions for which I have made a simple wallpaper. There are so many different screen resolutions now, that I just tried to make a few that might be the most common.

EHow.com has some excellent instructions on how to change your desktop wallpaper: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, MAC OSX. Just right click on the links below and save the image to your hard drive, then follow the directions that apply to your operating system.

• 1024 x 768
• 1280 x 960
• 1366 x 768
• 1680 x 1050

Now you can keep up with all of your goals for the new year!