Okay, so today was Real Halloween, meaning we got to dress in the costumes we wanted, not the mamby-pamby restrictive versions. Masks, face paint, knives, unibrows - we’ve got it all. Now, where are all those trick-or-treaters?

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Halloween, Mad Mom on October 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I’m a little behind the eight ball this year with regard to Halloween. I mean, we took that vacation earlier this month so I didn’t have time (read: energy) to decorate the house like I usually do. Plus, my husband put our upright freezer right underneath the door to the attic, so I can’t go [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Halloween, Mad Mom on October 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

The Christmas rush is upon us. Er..upon me. It’s a regular assembly line up in here. The family is instructed to make their own meals, keep the house from burning down, and keep the coffee coming. I’m locked up in my studio with my paints and the Halloween candy and I’m not coming out ’til [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on October 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

I love wintertime, and snow. I love to watch ski events during the Olympics. My kids have been skiing since they were two. They, and my husband, use cool slang like epic and sweet pow to describe their days on the slopes.
But I don’t ski.
At all.
You see, it seems I am physically incapable of maintaining an upright [...]

Filed under: Art, Painting on Yupo, Portraits, Watercolor on October 28th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Ron Weasley is infuriating. Here’s why:

He sleeps on the kitchen table.
He sleeps on my desk.
He sleeps on my paintings.
He sleeps on clean towels.
His hair is all over the floor.
His hair is all over my paint brushes.
His hair is all over my clothes.
His hair is all over everything.
He smudged TWO paintings this week and I had [...]

Filed under: Cats, In the studio, Not painting, Ron Weasley on October 28th, 2010 | 2 Comments »