My head is spinning with all that needs to be done and I don’t have anything profound to say. I’m so tired my head feels like a bowling ball….BUT here’s a trailer for an upcoming documentary that you must take a minute to watch! http://www.expelledthemovie.com/p laygroundvideo3.swf Thanks to my friend Julie in Portland for sending [...]

Today I stole a few moments to see what other moms of kids w/ DS were up to and stumbled upon BSB Creations…a cute idea that obviously spins from Eric Carle’s work. Life inspires and when it throws somebody a curve, it’s always great to see positive expressions and inventions resulting from difficult circumstances. I’m [...]

Hot tea, 2 shirts and a sweater, long “janes” and jeans, fuzzy socks, and the battle still rages to keep warm. Heat’s on, but it’s an old drafty house…you can almost see the dollars floating like ghosties out the windows. Ah, but I do love winter nonetheless. No weeding, happy fireplace, the covers feel great, [...]

Now I’m loosing track of the words that Nathan signs, but his learning continues at rapid fire speed…he’s up around 60 words. Today, he signed “thank you.” He just pulled it out of his hat, I hadn’t been pushing that one and it just came out unrehearsed. He’s chattering and “telling” us stuff now. He [...]

The tapestry of the work-at-home-life is a colorful picture of time and efforts all jumbled together in a very disorderly fashion….chaos actually. Laundry + glue & paint + dishes + therapy + grocery shopping + make a newsletter + change a diaper + bill the clients + design a brochure + feed the little birds [...]

This past Friday and Saturday, Paul and I attended a marriage conference at our church. I was amazed that around 400 people had signed up, mostly from our church! It affirmed to me that we ALL have troubles that need fixing. Paul Tripp, a pastor from Philadelphia, was our speaker…and a tremendous speaker he is. [...]

One of my Christmas presents from Paul was the 2007 Print Design Annual. I’ve tried to read it about 6 times since Christmas and today finally sat still long enough to read an interview between Steven Heller and Jim Coudal (who lives and works in Chicago). Let me back up by saying that I used [...]

Once a year Mary Engelbreit features artists’ studios. It’s my favorite issue because it’s a peek into the work world of successful artists and how their space inspires them. Well, for the past several months, my office has been a dumping ground for household debris. I used to have my drawing table in the living [...]

Check this out http://www.re-foundobjects.com/ a shop of recycled objects that have become something other than what they originally had been…pretty cool! I’ve been thinking about how having kids changes a career path entirely. What used to be so important or valuable has lost its glow. Professionally, I used to crave the most creative challenge and [...]

I’m on a search, looking for good stories about people who work at home. I’m intensely interested to learn how much they earn, what is the cost of all the distractions in a house, do the pros outweigh the cons? For instance, I save money on daycare, spend quite a bit of time with my [...]