Sandy Munchkins

I am wiped out from sitting on my ass all day on the beach yesterday.
Imagine that.
Yes, we have a good life here and today is a day that I feel more gratitude than ever.
I was sitting at my painting table last night, near midnight, realizing I had eaten only sandy donuts for dinner.
As I cleaned [...]

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Tidbits of Red and Blue

8:00pm: Bedtime. I say goodnight to the girls and walk out of their room.
8:10pm: Red shows up at my desk and scares the shit out of me because I am working with my iPod plugged in to my ears.
Red: Mommy, I’ve been trying to fall asleep FOR HOURS but I just can’t. Can I watch [...]

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More photography

In the spirit of photos, I thought I would share Blue’s little bout with the camera on the beach the other day.
She was “a-whining” so I handed her the camera and went back to my book.
She spent the time hammin’ it up for herself, apparently.
I didn’t realize until I just downloaded the photos.

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Hello, Summer?

A week ago I was complaining about the humidity and high heat.
Three weeks ago I was complaining about the afternoon thunderstorms, the kind where the lifeguards blow their whistles and instruct everyone to leave the beach.
This week, “I’d like summer back, please?”
I don’t mind a rain storm once in a while but my GOD, a [...]

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She sells sea shells

A little while ago, we got out some shells from our big basket to paint on a rainy day and the girls spent about three hours painstakingly painting each one and naming them and setting them out to dry.

When the shells were done, I brought out some old matte board from my studio to let [...]

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Oh Man(hattan)

It happened.
After a year and a half of a consulting project up in the air in Manhattan, one that D wanted with a passion, one that was dangled in front of him and then shut down because the big ass company kept putting a hold on it, he got hired.
He flies to NYC on the [...]

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Do we need to call the…

Red (age seven, sounds like age 3 on Mondays) had been having a difficult morning, crying as if she were stabbed by a villain. Screaming at her sister over a red marker when we were coloring. Throwing herself to the floor because she couldn’t get her water bottle open.
I got her settled in her room [...]

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I read this and I lifted it

I found this Crazy Eights meme and lifted it off of someone else’s blog. (with my own answers of course). It helps on a day where I feel a bit worked over by my work and want to write but can’t keep my head straight.
Eight Things I Have A Passion For:
1. Red and Blue
2. Kindness [...]

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Rock me gently.

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Thank you, to their father

I go back and forth between calling Ex husband, “the ex husband” and “the girls’ dad”. Recently I was in a group at the beach and said something like “my ex husband will be with the girls for Fourth of July.” Red piped up from behind and said “DON’T CALL DADDY YOUR EX HUSBAND!”
I was [...]

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