Archive for April, 2006

Tally for the weekend so far

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Points awarded to Kevin for installing new vinyl floor in the kitchen: 100
Points awarded to me for painting the kitchen: 100
Points awarded to me for massive house cleanup/organizationathon in progress: 100
Points awarded to Kevin for taking the boys fishing at his parents’ place for the whole entire day leaving me here to bathe and paint [...]

Thunder lizard theme for the day, in three parts

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

1. Tyrannosaurus Rexes were huge, they were carnivores and they were as big as a- a… as big as a thunderstorm.
2. Justification for taking apart my flashlight:
The flashlight quit working because of that thunderstorm. See, the way it works is a thunderstorm causes thunder. That’s why they call it a THUNDERstorm, okay? And the thunder [...]

Because I #&@!$ said so.

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Everything is rebelling against me this week. Graham is in the process of learning what the word no means, something he delights in hearing over and over. I put him down and surround him with a circle of toys, all scientifically designed to stimulate his senses and later get him into Harvard, even though I [...]

What is it girl? Did some bird paintings fall down a well?!

Monday, April 24th, 2006

I set up a page for ordering the birds. Yay, birds! No obligation you guys, please don’t let my earlier whiney money post make you feel like you gotta buy something. It’s not like my kids are going hungry or anything. Especially since we found this place that sells dented cans of catfood at amazing [...]

Birds! On plexiglass!

Friday, April 21st, 2006

Thank you everyone for the awesome ideas for how to be a not so starving artist. I keep thinking there must be a way to live a simple, creative life that works all around. Ideally one that includes me keeping the Caravan.
But! Whatever, because you know what? BIRDS. This is the first of the birds [...]