I received my Dean 7-string acoustic that I ordered.  For the price I paid, it is an excellent sounding guitar and plays well too.  I had to take it to the local music shop for a little adjustment , but other than that, I am happy with it.
     'Myself Deceived' is coming along well.  I laid quite a few takes of both guitar solos for the song.  I'll have to go through them to ensure I have a good take of each or at least be able to piece together one digitally.  Besides the solos, I am pretty much done with recording the song.  I may just start the final mix of this one sooner than later.
     I did try to get some recording done on 'Fairy Tales', but I didn't have anything worth saving when all was said and done.  First, I tried recording some of the acoustic tracks.   It has been along time since I recorded any finger-style playing and it is tough to do a longer passage without any mistakes.  I did a shit load of takes, but never made it far enough through the song where there was a break.  You really have to do the parts all the way through because punching in, even digitally, is just too noticeable (for me anyway).   I then just laid an acoustic guide track to try to record some vocals.  Well, I just didn't lay anything down I was happy with, so I just erased all that I had done and just decided to start fresh next time.  
     Finally caught up with Monika (see Nov 18th entry) this week.  She has been busy trying to finish a cd with her band, but we are going to get together this week to try and do some work together.