Hey blog! My blogging frequency has really declined over the past month…just two posts last month. But after FIFTEEN YEARS (?!) I suppose that’s to be expected. Look at my baby! He fell out of his raised sandbox onto his face a couple of weeks ago. He has a little wound on the side of his nose that keeps forming a scab and tearing off too soon, never healing. Poor little kid.

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for Mr. Baby. Last week the entire family had the Norovirus, which was 0% fun. For baby it was about a week of diarrhea, with intermittent vomiting. For me it was a few days of diarrhea and one night of vomiting about 4 times. Josh never threw up, lucky him!

And then once that nonsense was all over with, the baby’s molars all appeared to be coming in at once, so this past week he woke up at 4, 5, 6…all over the place. Thankfully this morning he slept in until 6:30. Except now him and Josh have a cold. Fun never stops!

Here’s the baby blanket I finally got it together enough to sew for the baby/me. I love that aqua-colored minkie fabric!

“Jawbreaker”, available HERE!

A couple days ago I dropped out of the RAW show. Unfortunately, it all came down to finances. Specifically, the 440$ I would have to pay RAW if none of my tickets sold. The day before I dropped out, I had sold exactly one ticket…to the Broad. I panicked and dropped out.

Right now I’m working on applying to do a show in Ballard–the only cost for the artist booth is 70$. Of course, I have to apply for a Seattle small business licence, which is around 55$. Still! Better than 440$!

“Palm Springs”, available HERE!

I’m still doing low-carb, but the weight loss is sluggish. Maybe every two weeks my weight will drop down two pounds, and then stay there forevvvvvverrrrrrr. I consulted the dietician at work. She told me to weigh my food.

Turns out I’m fairly good at guessing. I guessed a pork chop was 4 ounces; it was 4.4. I didn’t even have to buy a food scale, we have a tiny postal scale! Bwa ha haaaaa. But do you think I’m really going to weigh my food? Um, no.

Here’s my belated Mother’s Day prezzie from Etsy. It was shipped from Turkey and took awhile.

Sweet baby Goo!

“Valentine”, available HERE!

My neighbor’s yard is so pretty in the springtime.

Hmmm, what else is new? I can’t believe it’s already June. This year is going by way too quickly. Pretty soon it will be camping weather! Yayyyyy!

I paid 30$ for an ongoing FB Fluid Art class run by the artist who got me interested in fluid art. Using her tips I created this fun neon piece…

…and I used the drippings to make a baby piece! Maw.

Our neighbor’s irises next to our rhodies. I’ve been wanting to take the baby to the arboretum this past week but the weather has been cold and crappy.

I’ve been working on this one forever.

We were thinking about buying a new bed this weekend but changed our minds once we assessed the current finances. We don’t NEEEEED a new bed anyway.

I’ve read all of Tana French’s work. Somehow I missed this one back in 2016–the year I was pregnant, I didn’t really read. Especially not anything heavy!

I wonder if I will be the same way the second time around? I loved listening to stand-up when I was pregnant. I hope there are a lot of fresh stand-ups to listen to next year.

Spotted in Mukilteo. I actually pulled the car over to take this photo, because I thought it was so beautiful.

Sometimes Josh and I communicate exclusively in Bitmojis. Dorks!

I want you to know just how hard it was for me to resist this little glitter vinyl backpack I spotted recently…SOOOO HAAAARD. Maybe I should have bought it, for the baby? Nah. It would have ended up being worn by me. I can’t resist that shit.

Had to do another hard pass on this sno-cone machine. Although surely delightful on a hot summer’s day, it will not help me achieve my goals…of fitting into my pre-pregnancy wardrobe.

The other day I was desperate to pour some art so I poured over an old paint-by-numbers canvas that I would never ever complete, and that damn tiny Marilyn painting that was never going to look right. Josh says I should call these pieces “Paint by Numbers” and “Marilyn”. Nobody would get it, but I think it’s clever!

Hey it’s me! This was last Wednesday, right after work. Still in my work outfit.

The baby and I went to “Hobby Lobby” for potential art supplies and this sign cracked me up, tucked amidst all the inspirational “Live! Laugh! Love!” signs.

Now that this image is giant instead of a tiny box on my phone, I can see that it is not especially sharp. My phone doesn’t do macro at all.

Sometimes playing with paint is irresistible. I still have some under my fingernails.

At “Hobby Lobby” I scored some fun new wooden stars to paint.

A new artificial sweetener to try in my keto snacks. I still haven’t met a sugar substitute I like.

Well that just about wraps er up! I’m off to play with my baby.