i make the rules

this blog is my creation, right? so why do i sometimes feel like i *have* to do this or that or feel guilty when i've only posted 7 times in the past 127 days?

silliness, i suppose.

when i first started this blog, i was pregnant with cate, eme was soon-to-be 3 and lily, soon-to-be 5. i had been following some really amazing blogs, kept by some ladies who are truly made of awesome.

i was inspired.

most had a couple of small children crawling + running around the house, and i was in awe of how they found time to write about it and share photos of the lovely things they were magically creating.

i was inspired.

and i still am.


"mommy vases" made by me (under the instruction of the wonderfully rock star-ish, alex williams, of potsalot in new orleans) way back before i was a momma

and i know that the magical creating is often a lot of smoke + mirrors (for me, surely).

and that is totally okay.

if you would have seen cate yesterday, after she had basically made a meal of a bright turquoise marker (washable, of course, because, according to eme, that is how we roll), you would know exactly what i mean.

there may be some sleight of hand around here as posts from the past pop up from time to time. i have so many unfinished posts with goings-on and projects that are waiting to be added.
i really want to print up these almost-two years of my blog into books (has anyone used blurb? any other suggestions?). so, since i make the rules, i'll be playing catch-up around here for a bit.
i have no delusions of grandeur that hundreds of people read what i write, but for the 6 or 7 of you who do come by to see what we are up to, i wanted you to know that all is well.

and that i suck at time-management. but you already knew that.