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Cedar May 10th, 2007

Mothers Day is this Sunday…don’t forget to call your mom!

My own mom is an expert in all things motherly…she is currently a nurse who works with new mothers and babies, and she will be a midwife when she gets her Masters in midwifery. She taught childbirth classes for years, and used to run a home business as a supplier of baby products. Have a question about vaccinating your child? Cloth diapers vs. disposable? Nutrition for little ones? She’s the one to ask.

More impressive than all of this, though: she had 5 kids (of whom I was the first) and has spent many many years making sure we have everything we need, teaching us, talking to us, and loving us unconditionally. Here are the fruits of her labor:

This is a portrait commission that is being given as a Mothers Day gift:

Erin & Her Mom 20″ x 20″

The woman on the left is Erin, who was my best friend in 7th grade. When I moved away from her, we fell out of touch, and last year I found her on Myspace. (The Internet is awesome!) The woman on the right is her lovely mother.

Here is a work in progress that’s been sitting untouched on my easel for the past few days:

I’m not sure what it needs exactly, before it’s finished…but it will have to wait, at least until after this weekend.

We are in the final dramatic throes of our kitchen remodel. Being overeager, last week I scheduled a party for this Saturday night–to celebrate the finished kitchen, it will be a cooking party, followed by eating and movies. So now we are scrambling desperately to meet this looming deadline. (Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about the party, but who knew the tiling would take me so long?!) It turns out the “finishing touches” are more work than we had thought. So that’s why I’ve been neglecting this blog so badly.

Once this all blows over–well, things will still be crazy, but at least I will stop talking about my kitchen.

And I will be able to start spending more hours in the studio again.

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