Summer fun... what can I say. I have really been enjoying lounging out on our nice new patio furniture... Not in my skivvies, but in very well-mannered shorts... often with a nice cold Vanilla Coke or perhaps a Southern Sweet Tea. Thanks Dad & Eva for the lovely house warming gift! I have been totally appreciating it since the day it arrived and made itself comfortable out on our cement patio. I am so thinking of going out and relaxing on a fluffy chair right now!
I am absolutely ready for the 4
th! The little one will have her grand
ol' 1st birthday party and we will do much feasting out on our lovely concrete patio. Okay, it's not really technically her true birthday, but fireworks are fun!
How do you like my latest drawing? I have really been doing a whole lot of pencil sketches in my little work pad, but am a little, oh nervous about trying to translate them into a design program just yet. I really like the rough quality of the originals. I am currently working on a new logo, when I am finished, I will show you all the new design. It's for a non-profit org.
What is on your summer reading list? Here's mine so far:
I just bought a cool book on Art Deco Design, Anne Tyler's "The Amateur Marriage," and various books on color and design.
Do you ever feel like this poor mermaid? Something is just within your reach, but you are about to be overwhelmed with waves... hurry up and grab it! That's all I have to say. I have been up to mucho things. I am trying to get sketch time in as you can see. This drawing may evolve in the future, I like the concept, but we'll see.
It is really nice, however, to have some help with the younglings every now and then. When you have three children it becomes absolutely terrifying to go to places like theme parks and malls and such. You always hear the horror stories of how some poor mother 'just looked away for one second...' And really, it CAN happen that quickly. I was in the mall with my brood and even had other adult types with me to help keep watch, and my daughter slipped out of sight for a minute. I FREAKED! It seemed like an eternity, but only really moments, and we found her hiding in a clothes rack like kids like to do. That incident actually took years off of my life. I'll have to remind her of that someday... 
