Last night, as I was driving my tax return to the post office (at 10:30 p.m.) I drove around for an extra 30 minutes trying to find a good place from which to photograph the full moon.
Two mornings last week, I turned off the route to work and drove farther out into the country, just [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Not painting, Random on April 19th, 2011 | No Comments »

The kids and I made a list of all the things we want to accomplish over Spring Break, and it looks like I’m already setting them up for disappointment. It’s Day 3 and we’ve only marked one thing off the list. I’ve done a lot of painting and they’ve done a lot of going over [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Celebrities, Dogs, Kickstarter, Mad Mom, Not painting, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Random, Watercolor on March 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »

The mister and I don’t get out much. The combination of work, gym, homework management, hobbies, children, cooking and housework kinda takes the wind out of our sails come Friday night if you know what I’m sayin’. But last weekend, we kicked off my spring break with dinner out in the big city. I threw [...]

Filed under: Foodie, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on March 21st, 2011 | No Comments »

I haven’t had Spring Break since I was in junior high. In high school, I worked full-time at Puppy Love dog grooming to earn money for my horse habit. In college, I had that work study job in the Psychological Services department making posters for support groups.
Every year spring break rolls around and my kids [...]

Filed under: Lists, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on March 18th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’m wearing green today.
I wear green every day because my wedding ring is an emerald.
I have been listening to The Chieftains all morning. My St. Patrick’s Day playlist includes The Chieftains, The Corrs, Sinead O’Connor and The Cranberries, among others.
I will not make corned beef and cabbage tonight.
I don’t drink beer, which my husband claims is [...]

Filed under: Lists, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on March 17th, 2011 | No Comments »