Monthly Archives: August 2011

Craft Room Renovation.

So I’ve been working on this Etsy studio/office project for awhile, and true to form, I keep changing things around, and waiting to add certain items, and taking on new projects in the middle. We  finally got it where I’m not embarrassed to show the final result. I am, however, embarrassed to show the ‘before’...

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May I.

This quote is making me happy today. Methinks Mr. Abraham Cowley was a kindred spirit.

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Thinking.

(In which you suffer the experience of being inside my head.) ~ -Our little girl is home from the hospital. So glad. -Our house is occupied again. -I like the sounds, and conversation, and Legos being clinked around. -I like to hear book pages being turned. Paul cooking, boys arguing, (well, I don’t like that),...

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Life.

Here’s what it’s like having two boys and one girl. For a nanosecond, I get the boys to cooperate for a halfway decent picture. Then, they start goofing around, making noises, playing air guitar, and just being typical Joel and Connor. Nora? Still sits there quietly and smiles. Which is typical, too. So then I...

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Sometimes.

Sometimes, when life is busy and filled with little moments of disparate and increasing stress, it’s best to start out the week quietly. Slowly. Peacefully. With warmth and feelings of sedate hope. With the knowledge that rain brings greener grass. That clouds make for better sunsets. That the tiring times can bring the most growth...

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