Fishing

Sorry for my absence. We've been out of town enjoying some down time just relaxing and enjoying this spring weather. Audrie's becoming quite the little fisherman, catching perch with bread and a net. Finn himself caught a turtle with some bacon.

We'll be back to our normal routine tomorrow, and I'll have a lot of Easter pics to share.

Until then...

xo

nessa dee

Escargot, anyone?

xo

nessa dee

Hello, Baby Bump!

I have less than 4 months to go! I have a feeling I'm going to be huge. I'm already catching things on my 5 month belly. This baby is quite the mover and shaker. I think he must be taking karate lessons in there. I love it, though. It's so sweet and strange to know that that's a little life moving around inside me.

Happy Monday!

xo

nessa dee

A note from the baby...

Hi there. Baby here. I've hijacked my mom's blog because I need your help. You see my mom, God bless her, has been buying me new clothes on just about every trip she takes to a store. Now I appreciate the fact that she's trying to have me look like the trendiest baby on the playground, but I've got to draw the line somewhere, and this is where....

Sure these look like an innocent pair of sweet little baby blue jeans, that is, until you take a gander in my mom's closet...

That's right, my mom bought me a pair of maternity jeans. Really, Mom? I mean, I'm a boy, and it's bad enough when moms try to coordinate outfits with their sons for family portraits, but maternity jeans? This has got to stop. The next thing you know, she's going to have us wearing matching sun hats! So, if you happen to see my mom out and about, buying something for me, will you make sure it looks manly enough to hang with the guys. No lace. No bows. No maternity wear.

Thanks!

Baby Boy

P.S. Can someone help my mom out with some names. I'm getting a little worried that they might actually go with Finn's suggestion...'Chewbacca'

The Chairs!

As promised, here are the pictures of the finished chairs. But before you see them, let me refresh your memory on their previous state.

And here's the after:

Aren't they pretty?

Here's a close-up of the fabric that 3 out of 4 of us chose.

In hindsight, I'm glad I was outvoted. Trying to make sure that stripes were aligned on every chair pad would have driven me crazy. I probably would have given up after one chair.

My husband said that if we ever lose our way home, we can always follow the glow of our chairs. It's always a bonus when my zany creative outbursts turn out to be practical, too.

xo

nessa dee

Hello, Monday!

Today...

:: I managed to bang my head on the edge of our gate. You can't really see it in this picture, but it looks like a huge zit. Nice!

:: I'm working on several new paintings. A lot of the ideas I worked up in church.... I'm easily distracted.

:: Our nature walk to find an old bird nest to study turned into playtime in the creek behind our house. The water looked so inviting. I wish our pool was open.

:: I'm happy to see that our neighbors' trees are full of apples and peaches this year! Maybe we'll get to pick some again.

:: Some of us are a lot cooler than others in this household.

:: I've eaten my weight in homemade honey granola chex mix. I combined 2 different recipes from chex.com, slightly burned the whole mix, and now the only people that will eat it are the dog and me. I'm almost sick looking at this picture.

I finally finished my chairs and I have pictures to prove it, but you'll have to wait until the next post the next post. They're quite bright and cheery.

Now I'm off to the studio to paint before the kids drag me outside again to catch minnows with their homemade nets.

xo

nessa dee

Itchin'

I've been itchin' to get in to the studio, get it all perfect, and most of all get back to work, but I've had a few setbacks.
First of all, my perfect table ended up being a little wider than I expected. Though I'd planned the room over and over, and measured twice, and got all of the logistics worked out, I didn't bank on the sawhorse style legs to stick out as much as they did, and it didn't fit next to my dresser like I had planned. So I'm back to square one on reworking the whole space. Right now the table is under the window, which is not where I want it. This room gets wonderful light especially in the morning, but looking directly into that light is brutal. I don't know if I'll ever work in the morning since that's our school time, but just in case, it needs to be moved.

Secondly, see those two in the above picture? They've hijacked the new space to make their own creations. I found myself working on the floor yesterday while they enjoyed the lovely new workspace.

Lastly, since the beginning of time [it seems] MY studio has housed my HUSBAND'S power tower. It's not small, it never gets used, I can't get it out of the space without taking it apart, and I've tried to take it apart, but it requires the strenght of Hercules to do so. I don't have Herculean strength. So this thing is constantly being shifted around the room so I can either sit at the table, or open the closet, or get stuff out of the drawers.

On the plus side, it has made for a nice indoor jungle gym for the kids.

The plan is to get it out this weekend, and I can't wait!!

I also can't wait to show you the new paintings I'm working on.

xo
nessa dee