Monthly Archives: December 2010

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simple goals

i just need a place to put them, to help manifest…

creative goals-

sell originals + package them nicely
acrylic on canvas. let’s do it.
commissions. learn how to work it.
illustrate a short children’s story. i have a few in my mind. thinking too hard about them..
digital design- get a tablet and learn illustrator – will open me up to logo work, published illustrations, and easily customizable art based on clients needs.
keep playing with new styles + draw men/boys better
get a sketchbook
printer to print my work at home, or find local/european printer.
confidence. find it. harness it. be it.

find a space to jot down some of your goals. don’t think too hard about them. just do it.

nonsense no.3 bow-chicka-wow-wow

my muffin top is being squished.so.tightly. into my jeans as i sit here.
they aren’t bad when i’m standing up. they are the best, in fact- because they hold it all in.
normally when i sit down in my house, i unfasten them….
yeah. i know….

i’m torturing myself right now because a delivery man is on his way with a new washing machine (!!!) and i thought it might be rude, or awkward, if i were to answer with my pants unzipped…
*cue music*
er. i think not.
ew….

also, i’m hearing really great things about gap jeans being THE perfect post-partum jeans. but i’m afraid to order online without knowing how/if/size fits.  if i could just order a few. try on. and return for free… hmph

squishy, balding, beautiful post baby body

speaking of bow-chicka-wow-wow…… four months on, and i’m still feeling scared. of. it.
you know…
and being scared makes me scared of other things.
and it’s a big scary non-sexy squishy circle.
oy.

nonsense no.2

she’s laying on the floor babble-talking to herself, to the ceiling, to me. a mixture of different sounds and mostly da-da-da-da. fighting sleep with heavy dozy eyes. each time i look at her nearly dozing off she smiles, turns her head up to look at me more.
i would be in bed right now, with her inbetween us. getting a few more hours of sleep.
*yaaaaaaawn*

but i dread that frantic jump out of bed to scramble for clothes and answer the doorbell. i always feel like it’s so rude of me to answer the door in that state.
landlord coming by to fix the oven. and, it just so happens that our washing machine decided to go crazy crazy on yooouu us. (couldn’t help but follow the lyrics)
oy vey. feels like everything is falling apart over here. it makes me feel terrible…

- the weather, beyond anyone’s control. it turns out that we’re the lucky ones now… other people have burst pipes and still don’t have water.
- the oven, in due time for love. just needs element replaced. just happened to crap out on us at the most perfect of moments.
- the washer/dryer. crazy asshole needs to be replaced after ruining my baby’s clothes. at least she’s growing out of them fast…  it’s falling apart and spinning bits of shredded plastic and black shit.
- i need to replace shower head, or else you’re showering in either freezing cold water, or scorching hot. sometimes it decides to change it up for you on it’s own. delightful dance to get clean..
- return christmas lights since they are brand new and half the strand is now not working. will they even take that back? 40 quid is a lot…

meanwhile

i ordered business cards. have yet to order shipping materials. need to get my act together and photograph paintings and upload them to etsy.
major procrastinator…
working on sketches but my pencil just won’t flow.
maybe i need a different medium. hmmmmms

i love this numbering of posts instead of thinking of titles. you wouldn’t think that it would take that long to come up with something non-douchey as a title… but it keeps me from clicking ‘publish’ and i end up just deleting the whole thing. which.. might not be a bad idea either. ;)

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watching videos of her baby baby self…
giggling and paying attention

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eskimo kisses.

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i measure time by how she fits against my body…
at one point, she was small enough to be curled within my belly.
the next, she was slithered, wet, and warm between my thighs there on the bed.
she then fit in the crook of my arm so perfect, her body curling around my torso- at my breast.
suddenly she lays twisted in my lap, her legs stretched out- chest turned towards me to nurse
now, her legs rest easily against my hip…

from a cocoon only a month or so ago…
to grabbing your hands as help in pulling herself up to sit.

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santa gave claire a quick call on skype today. thank goodness he’s tech savvy these days…

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