Slowly but surely we are taking our house back.  Furniture is finding it's way back into the living room.  I still have nothing to sit on but that's a task I'll tackle long from now.

The kitchen is pretty much done except for the tile which is being shipped.  The tile which I blogged about here was not in stock, on back order, or whatever...  so after a painful week of looking at tile again I decided to go with something from Walker Zanger. In hindsight it was a good thing I had to go through that again; this time I chose something much more fitting with the 1920's style kitchen that I'm going for.  

I sooo have the renovator's blues - wish it were over, wish I were moved in... wish I could get ON with my life!!

Another BIG time consumer for me is my participation in our school's parent teacher organization.  This year I'm sharing the presidency with another busy mom.  Within the last week we had our first meeting of the year, our annual potluck and our first fundraiser - I got up at 4am this morning to man an aid station for the marathon.  NOW THAT THAT'S OVER...

I can finally get on with my life as an artist!  Well not just yet - I've promised to do some classroom sewing for a new teacher.  Ever read the book titled something like "Women Who Give Too Much?"  I didn't but the title intrigues me.  Is this me?  Am I sick?  Seriously, does Donald Trump volunteer in his kid's classroom?  Did Picasso even have kids?  Right about now I'm questioning whether I have the capacity to be self-absorbed enough to even be an artist.  I know I have a good eye, and I can take a pretty picture, but being an artist also requires a substantial commitment of time and focus.  Now that the kids are young, I'm happy to be living my definition of a "plugged in mom."  I ask myself, is this just a temporary arrangement, or will I always find something else to distract me away from becoming the artist that I want to be?