Slices of Life

 *Originally posted February 1, 2013 when my boys were 5, 7, & 8. We're jokingly calling our weather today a January hurricane.  While I don't think hurricanes are something to joke about, the wind and rain we had last night and throughout the morning sounded worse than I remember the hurricanes sounding. We watched as the power blinked off a time or two and most of our windows leaked.  We ran around with towels and buckets to catch the water.  We felt the house shake, and listened to the walls and windows creak and pop.  The boys thought it was pretty scary. It also meant we had very little sleep.  Everyone being overtired and starting to suffer a bit from cabin fever made for a pretty difficult day. Our day started out OK. Most of the morning was spent listening to the boys sing along with their MP3 players.  Alec and Evan just finally opened theirs from Christmas and had me put some songs on them.  Great music appreciation!...

Hello February! I sure hope it feels like the short month it is promised to be. February and March can be brutal up here in New England but I always have hopes that since February is a short month that it will actually feel that way... even though it rarely does. We do have some fun plans though so hopefully that will help.    Do you have any fun plans for the month?   Most Popular Posts from Last Week:    Share Our Shelves: What I Have Been Reading Lately  by Pink Lady      Some Others that Caught My Eye:    Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina by Chez Mireille    Blueberry Crumb Coffee Cake in a Cast Iron Skillet by Walking on Sunshine Recipes    Inspired by Demi Moore by Is This Mutton?    This party will remain open until the weekend.  My hope is that everyone will share all sorts of wonderful posts: travel, recipes, how to's, crafting ideas, and more-- up to 3 posts per blog.  Any...

I started taking art lessons when I just 5 or 6. My grandmother was already taking my older sister to art classes so all 3 of us took lessons together for a little while. We had a local artist who turned her whole basement into an art studio and had lessons. Christina O'Brian was her name and she passed away in 2017. Through the years she had me painting with both oil and acrylics and while I enjoy both acrylics has a much easier clean up.  My grandmother was quite an artist. Sadly, I only have a few pieces painted by her.   I didn't think I had any of my earlier painting projects but my mom found these two in some of her boxes when they were unpacking in their new house.  I don't remember either one of these but they sure do make me laugh/smile. There aren't any dates on them but I know I was in elementary school at the time.   I kept those weekly lessons up until I was in high school. Then I gave up our weekly lessons for art classes at the school. In fac...