You know, you only need one solid cocktail to turn things from bad to pretty darned good. This evening, for instance, I got me a nice seltzer, vodka, O.J. and cranberry/apple juice drink. The rain kept us inside ALL FREAKING DAY. I finally got the girls out for a stroll around 7:30 this evening, which [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Nothing a fruity vodka drink can’t fix
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Swine flu panic in da house
Posted in playground, swine flu, tagged pink trees on April 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Kind of an obvious post today. I mention this not-quite-a-pandemic since there is a possibility that my husband will insist that our children and myself stop leaving the house. He actually said that going to the playground is a bad idea. CAN YOU IMAGINE saying that to someone who is in charge of 2 2.5 [...]
Swiney
Posted in 4horseshoes studio, baltimore, government job, naps, scotch whiskey, vacations for mothers, tagged swine flu on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have a bad feeling that Beenie just won’t sleep. Who can blame her? It has been almost ninety degrees in her and Mimi’s room, but the heat doesn’t bother Mimi so much. She had a winter hat on when I walked into the inferno that was their room the other day. Pulled it off [...]
Hot hot hot
Posted in DILF, art, beer, painting, tagged hot dogs on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Boy is it HOT. I’m sure everyone in the Mid-Atlantic region is saying the same thing. And in April! The audacity of wanting a gentle, cool spring. Maryland has notoriously up and down weather. Today hit 89 degrees F. Isn’t that just way too hot? You can tell my life is exciting when I write [...]
Cheezeburger, medium
Posted in art, old friend, painting, potty training, spring, twins, tagged pink trees on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Had a strange and wonderful weekend, able to paint for 1.5 hours Saturday and 2 hours Sunday. Woah. I should just shoot myself now, cuz it ain’t gonna get any better than that! I’m kidding. If I were going to off myself, I’d arrange some kind of huge explosion, or get ahold of many excellent [...]
Welcome girl cousin!
Posted in cousin on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The girls just got a cousin! Hubbo’s sister Shannon just had a baby girl, who doesn’t realize it yet, but has piles of excellent ladies clothes waiting to truck on down to North Carolina. Welcome little cousin! Safe healthy wishes to mommy and you.
Eye shadow
Posted in art, multiples, naps, toddlers, tagged easter, make up, poetry on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
dark springtime morning-noon
laundry piles twice as high as the basket
pancakes lull twins to sleep
coffee keeps me awake
sleep-free nights blamed on nobody but me
awash with worry of early a.m.
and car seat fights
and empty computer work
no time with girls
no time for anything else, either
but it hasn’t started yet, that
our days still fluid
and stressy and sweet and impossibly [...]
Another one down
Posted in art, arts grants, baltimore, painting, pie, playgroup on April 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Got notification of yet another arts grant I did not get. This one wasn’t a big one, but a local Baltimore City grant for individual artists. I believe it is the last of the grants I applied for last year. Oh well. Back to the drawing board, as they say. Time to start researching grants [...]
Spring 2009 in da house!
Posted in 4horseshoes studio, baltimore, camera morte, government job, painting, raising twins, spring on April 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yeah! That’s right, sunshine, showers, all of it. Bring on the huge pollen spores making my three week headache and impossible inhalation possible. I’ll take it. The gigantic tree in front of our house has little pre-burst nubs on it, ready to explode in fluffy pink crepe papier clusters any minute. Requests to go to [...]
