once upon a time there was a mom who had a sitter but instead of leaving when the sitter came she just went right on blogging ..... why...not sure....

yippee, zippy, hooray .... i finished this out today with black fluff and a key hole escutcheon .... now that's an SAT word ..... don't go checking my spelling though .... escutcheon means little fancy metal bit around the key hole .... or....i THINK that's what it means ...... anyway ..... this is my ninth finished piece in nine days .... i'm cranking and feel good about my art accomplishments ...... i'd love to stop and chat and tell you what all i did today ...BUT .... the babysitter just got here ..... cause andy is in switzerland (milan tomorrow....paris the next day!!!) ....but this is my art blog not my woe-is-me-can-i-whine-a-bit blog ..... i'm thinking you wouldn't be so likely to come read it for that ..... and the sitter is here (can't call him a BABY sitter since i have no babies ....oh....i could whine there too .... no.... i won't .... deep breaths ...... ) the sitter is here so that i can go to back to school night and hear just how woefully ill prepared for fifth grade i am ...even though the twins seem to be doing fine with it!!! .... luckily first grade is a breeze for me ..... and sophie seems to be doing fine with it .... when she isn't fretting over just how much work they are making her do ..... anyway..... art blog, art blog.... i must keep saying that ......i have POTTERY class tomorrow ... that's a fab thing, eh? ..... i'll at least make something flat and fab to glue to a canvas ... might even make something worthwhile enough to give as a christmas gift ..... we'll see ..... ok .... have i mentioned the sitter is HERE ... no doubt wondering why i am still here too .... haven't budged since he got here ... but i did get this whole nonsensical blog out .... whew .... i'll be charming and enlightening in tomorrow's blog ...... promise .....

late edition.... p.s.....NUTSO ....somehow i'm a day off .... i was thinking TOMORROW was the 18th but it is TODAY ....so ... happy birthday to my sweet brother david ..... i sent him this link so that he could take a walk down memory lane ...... those of you who push it, that was a HUGE part of our childhood ..... kinda funny to think about it now .....