disbelief

I CAN'T BELIEVE ::

:: it's almost july

:: the little is practically 1 1/2

:: i've been in my backyard studio for over a year [and have yet to show you the inside - sorry]



:: i return to teaching at the end of august

:: i've been good and haven't bought ANY SHOES in over a year

:: we harvested our own potatoes



:: i have to start researching preschools

:: that the little's vocabulary is basically growing by the day [heavy, try, cook, book, draw, car, key, cracker, apple, potato, pepper, juice, baby, shoe, sock, up, down, out, beep beep, cheese, noodle, pop [for toast], ball, block, purple, two, help, ouch, teeth, eyes, nose, ears, bubble, quack, e-i-e-i-o, ro-ro [for dog], mama, dada, papa [grandpa], ba-ba [ba-chan - japanese for grandma], tonka, ga-bo, nu-nu, muno [yo gabba gabba], dirty, trash, bird, byeee/bye bye, hi, spoon, bowl, more, please, hot, paper, pla toh [playdoh], diududududu [music], tall, hat, zo [for zo-san -elephant in japanese], sit, paw, food, tushie, feet, toes, night night, weeeee, row row [row row row your boat], poop, pee, happy....]

:: i can't remember the last time i went swimming




:: that i might get to go on 2 trips out of the country next year

:: that i have a big installation to figure out for november

:: i own my own vinyl cutting machine



:: i have no real desire to own an ipad

:: i've been able to mostly stay away from caffeine for over 2 years

:: that as of this month i've been blogging for SIX YEARS



:: that we once again have a 3 legged cat in our lives [and that i forgot how cute and rambunctious a kitten can be]

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notes on the images :: the beds on doilies are new drawings done on out takes of the print i did for artstream studios [see the print here ]. they are going to the compound gallery to be put in their art in a box subscription service.

the felt "pie" is something i'm working on for that november installation.

and meet lulu - our new kitten. she is incredibly sweet. and has 3 legs - just like chinaski