Nine days ago, I was apologizing to my daughter for working on her birthday, then furiously wrapping up emails, cleaning off my desk and preparing to leave the office until after the new year.
Eight days ago, I was in a waterpark, listening to my husband declare, “Oh my god, I’m Ricky Bobby,” enjoying a few [...]

Filed under: Mad Mom on December 31st, 2011 | No Comments »

Made a calendar. You can still buy one!
Launched a Dia de Los Muertos portrait project on Kickstarter
Painted Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and The Bloggess with skull faces
Was mentioned on Molly Crabapple’s Tumblr page

Made Dooce’s Friday Under Fifty list
Bought a grown-up camera and an iPad
Shipped my artwork to 5 of 7 [...]

Filed under: Not painting on December 29th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Santa Suit + Night Vision Trailcam = Two Kids Who Will Believe in Santa A Little While Longer.

Filed under: Mad Mom on December 27th, 2011 | No Comments »

I was recently doing some online Christmas shopping for a…um…how shall I put this delicately? A piece of performance gear for cold weather running that is for the exclusive use of gentlemen.
No?
Um, it keeps one’s parts warm while running.
Male parts.
Are we all on the same page here?
The problem was, I couldn’t remember the name of the [...]

Filed under: Mad Mom on December 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Last week was one of those weeks. Dr. Rossman was off running a marathon (and enjoying lovely Arizona weather, I might add), so the chore of getting the kids to school and to their various activities, fell to me.
I emailed my very understanding co-workers on Sunday night warning them of my probability of tardiness. All [...]

Filed under: Mad Mom on December 22nd, 2011 | 1 Comment »