It is unbelievable to me that I have not posted since September 8th!!!!
What a naughty blogger I am! Since that time I have:
- celebrated my 19th anniversary with my hunky hubby
- celebrated my 1st born and only son's 18th birthday
- celebrated my youngest daughter's 8th birthday (including redecorating her room from Princess to Zebra Stripe) and we had a blast making her Zebra Birthday Cake, memory we will keep in our hearts FOREVER
Claire Designed her own Zebra Cake
- hosted a friend weekend with 5 overnight guests and a party for 20+
- traveled to Indiana for the annual Covered Bridge Festival and spent 4 days with my sisters and extended family
- instigated the renovation of my website (to launch VERY SOON!)
- had several full studio days that are reaping many fantastic assemblage pieces (hoping to finish and photograph the new work tomorrow)
So, WOW, I think I am not accomplishing, but then I look at the above check list of accomplishments (which doesn't even include daily things like hours of chats with my teens, or the hours of assisting the 3rd grader with homework and 'projects', or finally spending some quality time with my husband and friends . . . I can see, with that beautiful view of PERSPECTIVE . . . that my life is so FULL.
It is not only FULL of activity, but with:
LOVE, SACREDNESS, fulFILLMENT, BEAUTY and the richness of DISCOVERY.
Once in a while I might feel sad, that maybe because of back pain, or general 'rushedness' - I might not have fully paid attention to a daughter's drawing or school story, or that I didn't take care of myself by taking my daily walks - but, all in all, I find that the choices I made several years ago - to quit work and stay home with the kids, to work from a home studio, to be available to them every hour they are not in school - I truly did the right thing - not just for them, but for me!
I am not saying there aren't days I wish I could be in New York City hanging out with the other artists and networking, or attending EVERY SINGLE art opening in Middle Tennessee . . . but, really, I don't think I miss much, and I for sure have gained A LOT.
What a naughty blogger I am! Since that time I have:
- celebrated my 19th anniversary with my hunky hubby
- celebrated my 1st born and only son's 18th birthday
- celebrated my youngest daughter's 8th birthday (including redecorating her room from Princess to Zebra Stripe) and we had a blast making her Zebra Birthday Cake, memory we will keep in our hearts FOREVER
Claire Designed her own Zebra Cake- hosted a friend weekend with 5 overnight guests and a party for 20+
- Singer/Songwriter, Larry Winslow, entertains our guests
- traveled to Indiana for the annual Covered Bridge Festival and spent 4 days with my sisters and extended family
- instigated the renovation of my website (to launch VERY SOON!)
- had several full studio days that are reaping many fantastic assemblage pieces (hoping to finish and photograph the new work tomorrow)
So, WOW, I think I am not accomplishing, but then I look at the above check list of accomplishments (which doesn't even include daily things like hours of chats with my teens, or the hours of assisting the 3rd grader with homework and 'projects', or finally spending some quality time with my husband and friends . . . I can see, with that beautiful view of PERSPECTIVE . . . that my life is so FULL.
It is not only FULL of activity, but with:
LOVE, SACREDNESS, fulFILLMENT, BEAUTY and the richness of DISCOVERY.
Once in a while I might feel sad, that maybe because of back pain, or general 'rushedness' - I might not have fully paid attention to a daughter's drawing or school story, or that I didn't take care of myself by taking my daily walks - but, all in all, I find that the choices I made several years ago - to quit work and stay home with the kids, to work from a home studio, to be available to them every hour they are not in school - I truly did the right thing - not just for them, but for me!
I am not saying there aren't days I wish I could be in New York City hanging out with the other artists and networking, or attending EVERY SINGLE art opening in Middle Tennessee . . . but, really, I don't think I miss much, and I for sure have gained A LOT.