Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's Liam trying out his new cardboard guitar by singing the "Milkshake Song" just like Mr. Dave at the library!  (Click on Happy Valentine's Day to go to the link.)

Panty Liner Art

When Colin took a nap this afternoon I was really tired and Liam promised me that he would watch cartoons right there on the couch next to me while I took a nap.  I got up from my nap to find some artwork in the half bath.  I don't know whether to yell at him or just be impressed with his design instincts.  Boy do I hope preschool is open tomorrow...

Grandma Madness!

If you know me then you know there's almost nothing I love more than my Grandmas.  Awhile back I inherited, being in desperate need for furniture for my apartment, my Grandma Veit's couch and chair that she had in turn inherited from her oldest sister, Dorothy many years ago.  Grandma had always said the set had been a wedding present to Dorothy and her husband, making it from roughly the 1930's, we think.  At some point the set had been reupholstered by Schuler's Upholstery on Thurman Avenue in German Village with a pink textured fabric.  After bouncing from family member to family member, many years of heavy use and my cats sharpening their claws on them, we decided it was time to have the couch and chair reupholstered.  So for Christmas this year, we had them overhauled by Fortner Upholstering.  Today the couch and chair were delivered back to my house looking beautiful!

I have also inherited my Grandma's coffee table (and there's some story of how that table came to be, but I can't quite remember) so I'm pretty much recreating Grandma's living room right here at my house.  And, no, that's not at all creepy, is it?  Now if you'll excuse me I'll be listening to Daniel O'Donnell on PBS while flipping through the Lillian Vernon catalog.  Thank you.

Today's Tally

Liam's work for today:
- unrolled one roll of scotch tape to "taping the kitchen and family room together"
- shoveled snow and ice ONTO the driveway to "make it slippery for me"
- almost pulled the fire alarm at the library
- stuffed a load of clean laundry into the drawers of the island in the kitchen

And so it begins...

Always one to crave feedback and approval from others, and after many, many crazy Liam stories, I've decided to start my own blog.  This is surely another sign of the apocalypse!

I am a stay-at-home-mom to Liam, 3 years, and Colin, 10 months.  I have Epstein Barr Virus,  a condition similar to Chronic Fatigue, which forces me to pace myself much more than I would like.  I have been diagnosed with Dysthymia or chronic depression.  Most of the time it's under control until I do something crazy like have a baby or make any other kind of major life change.  Oh, and also, I have Seasonal Effective Disorder (SAD) so winter is not a good time of year for me.  But those three weeks a year when I feel really good, I like to think I'm pretty awesome!

I used to work for a wonderful non-profit in Columbus, Ohio, but quit my job in December 2005 to focus on a career as an artist.  After a Jerry Maguire-type speech at the company Christmas party, I packed up my desk and headed home.  And that's when the real adventure began...

Liam was born in September 2006 and Colin in March 2009.  Because of my health problems and because my husband, William, travels for is job as an electrical engineer, I had to make a choice between paid work and staying home with my kids.   I used to wonder why women with kids always looked so grumpy and stressed out at the supermarket.  Now I know why...