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Best Laid Plans…
Ever since my dad, the healthiest member of our family, suddenly came down with a life threatening condition, I feel like everything has been in a crazy tailspin. Thankfully, good things have been happening along with the bad things so we are all coping but man, you just don’t know what crazy thing could be around the corner!
Before I get to what I want to blog about I should give you an update on my dad. He is home safe and getting his blood checked daily. They have to drive quite a bit to get to the lab but it’s way better than the long drive home from Northern California they just went through. The best news is that it looks like his insurance has been reinstated and might even go into effect retroactively. This is awesome news because he had to borrow money for the expensive shots from my uncle they weren’t sure how they were going to pay him back. This worry off his shoulders is a huge relief.
I talk to my mom and dad daily and everyone seems to be very optimistic. Now all we do is wait for the medication to do it’s thing and his body will eventually break down the clot. Thank you for all your prayers.
So back to plans going haywire. This weekend was supposed to be Elliora’s 2nd birthday party. I had plans to drive down to San Diego Friday night to help Bethany get ready. You know how I am about party prep. I did go ahead and drive down with my parents blessing because there isn’t really anything I can do to help AND I had a sudden craft project come up that required a baby as the model. Bug is at her Dad’s and not really a baby anymore so going down to San Diego was the optimum plan so that Elliora could model for me.
The plan was to party with Ellie on Saturday, (Bug and Toby would come down too) and then craft on Sunday.
And then Annalie threw up. Poor kid. She was so excited for her little sister’s birthday party and then she went and got sick. Poor Bethany. She was in the middle of party prep and suddenly had to navigate whether or not to un-invite all the guests. Was it food poisoning? A virus? Could she, should she go ahead and have a party on only a half an hour of sleep?
In the end everyone decided it was best to cancel and reschedule for next weekend.
We needed more time to get ready anyway. :)
And in the meantime I’m crafting with my little partner. Isn’t she adorable?
I have to admit I was a little worried about E being a model for me. I’ve been doing craft posts with Bug for so long, we have a rhythm to how we do things. She poses with her big brown eyes and every shot turns out. I reward her with frozen yogurt and pedicures and everybody’s happy. Would E be as photogenic? Would she want to do crafts with scary Aunt Brenda? My paycheck depended on these things.
Well, I needn’t have worried.
The answer is yes.
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Details!
It’s amazing how much more a home can seem like a home once you hang pictures and add a bunch of people to it. Well, obviously the people make a house a home…but you know what I mean.
Bethany’s house has this really big living room. The ceiling is so tall you could easily hang a decorative kimono and a gallery of family portraits below that and still have room to spare. Unfortunately Bethany doesn’t have or want to hang kimonos on her walls so I just left them blank. We talked about some crazy art installations but in the end decided to just leave it big and airy.
It’s fun to hang the same pictures over and over in new locations. This time around we used Reusable Adhesive Putty to keep the photos from hanging crooked and that was AWESOME. Of course everything is still wonky because I refuse to use a ruler or do any math. Eyeballing it is more my style. Otherwise it would never get done.
As you can see Bethany has quite a collection of fine art from various famous artists such as cough-cough, myself and my daughter, cough-cough.
What I really love are Annalie’s masterpieces. She’s really quite an artist.
How funny is this comic strip?
If Bethany is on your Christmas list you might keep your eye open for some black and white UK art. She seems to have a collection started that is missing something on the left. She also hates that chandelier. It came with the house. I think it looks like an upside down chocolate fountain from a big fat Greek wedding.
And lastly the bathroom. Bathrooms always have to have art. You do spend a lot of time in there after all.
I’m thinking of putting that bathroom illustration in my Etsy shop if anyone wants it.
I think that’s about it. Bethany’s house is officially unpacked.
