Happy Friday! I've been working on some papercuts for a friend, and this one is my favorite of all the ones I've made to date. Two down, one more to go. ******************************************************************************* K and I have been having some conversations about exercise: K: Mommy, which sports are you good at? Me: Well, I played tennis in high school... K: No, I mean now. Me: Oh. I don't know, I haven't played sports in a long time... K: Yes you do! ... Read more
Body Image
So last week I accidentally hit 'publish' on a post that I was nervous about. It's the one that follows, and it was very hard for me to write and was mortifying when I hit the wrong button before I was ready to share. Gah! as they say - so typical of something I would do. In a fit of embarrassed panic, I unpublished it, but it ended up showing up in readers, and then I got several amazing emails and comments from people who shared their own stories and were so supportive -- I was surprised ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that it's Mother's Day this weekend. These months are slipping away and soon summer will be in full swing. As I was thinking about the day to celebrate maternal figures in our lives, I stumbled across a package that my father-in-law had sent me a few weeks ago. M's grandmother (ergo my father-in-law's mother) is not doing well - this saddens us greatly, but she is also over 90 years old, and has led a remarkably full life. I ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! What a week! I'm pretty wiped out from sewing like a madwoman and cajoling a six-year-old to model constantly, but I also feel very satisfied with my efforts. I did miss doing my usual other creative pursuits though, particularly drawing/painting, writing and baking. I love to sew, but I find that baking and journal writing are the ultimate forms of stress release for me. I'm also a big walker. That's a little illustration up there that I doodled - wishful thinking really, because ... Read more
Sunny, with a slice of sweetness
All this sewing means lots of indoor and sedentary time, so now I'm trying to get out and about for some vitamin D and exercise. Luckily, we are having a most unusual spring here in Seattle. It's full of sunshine and twittering birds (of the real variety) and people wearing shorts. And what could be sunnier than a mandarin orange? These are called Gold Nugget Mandarins, and are incredibly tasty. Before K was born, M and I used to live in downtown Seattle and every weekend, I would walk six ... Read more