I think I have 'Myself Deceived' ready to final mix.  I spent time going over the song with a fine-toothed comb fixing and tweaking it.  The great thing a about digital recording  is that you can cut out  a thousandth of a second on a part and save it.  I had to do that with one of the guitar solos.  As I was listening to the song closely, I realized there was a noticeable mistake in the solo that really stood out.  I identified the minute section that was wrecking to solo and just cut it out.  Solo saved.  I am going to try and have the song completed by Feb 1rst, but that is just a loose deadline, nothing in stone.
     No change for 'Fairy Tales'.  I think I am going to concentrate on getting 'Myself Deceived' finished and then I'll turn my attentions to 'Fairy Tales'.
     Hooked up with Monika this week.  She wants me to help here on a few songs.  On 2 songs, she wants me to lay down the guitar solo.  They are essentially finished except for the drums, which the drummer is doing the drum parts last (I know that is a little backward, but she said the drummer is that good).  After the drums are down, I will lay down the solo.  She actually wanted me to put down the solo before the drums, but I told her the drums gave me the feel on how the solo should be played.  
     Monika also has another song that she did along time ago that she wants to redo.  She wants to change the feel of the song and asked me to work out a finger-style part (the original is a strummed guitar part).  I have figured something out and need to run it by her to see what see thinks.
      This week I also might have found some dudes to jam with.  They are currently a 3-piece and the guitar player plays a 7-string.  They are currently called Outliar and really are just kind of jamming right now due to their schedules.  They don't have a singer and are interested in me trying to sing the originals they have recorded.  I am going to get together with the guitar player and see if things click.  He really feels my style is similar to what they are doing now.  I'm crossing my fingers.  It would be nice to play out once in a while.