The family took a long weekend vacation to Arizona. (Thanks mom and sis!) We needed it. I can’t remember the last time we took a vacation as a family, nor the last time my husband took more than one day in a row to just relax. Or me, for that matter. Let me tell you [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Lists, Mad Mom, Not painting on September 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Thirteen years ago today, I got married. I was 24.
We looked like babies.
It was also the very day his hair started turning gray.

We may not be exactly where we thought we’d be by now, but in most regards, it’s still a pretty good place.

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Not painting on August 16th, 2010 | 6 Comments »

You know the saying about the best laid plans, right? Well, I seem to be doing a lot more planning than doing when it comes to this blog lately. I’ve been doing lots of painting, but they are all orders for gifts so I can’t show you yet. But – I can share some things [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, Not painting on August 14th, 2010 | No Comments »

This weekend I was away visiting the kids, and my husband was doing a triathlon in Washington which meant that for 36 hours our cats were without people. Here’s how it usually goes: Steve gets really ticked off and spends a few hours upon our return scolding us and acting all superior; Birch stays indoors [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Not painting, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Ron Weasley, Watercolor on July 13th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I left my kids today. They are spending a sizable chunk of their summer vacation with their grandparents because 1) I don’t want to pay a babysitter if I don’t have to; and b) they have fun there.
So that’s what we’re doing.
My kids are being juggled between two sets of grandparents (in the same town) [...]

Filed under: Art, Mad Mom, Not painting on July 11th, 2010 | 2 Comments »