ann@karmabox January 30th, 2008
I just finished a new painting, another in a series entitled “Doll Collection.” Yeah, it’s a working title… I still don’t have a name for any of my doll paintings. The first 3 were given away as gifts a while back.
This one measures 11″ x 14″ x 7/8″ and is painted with acrylics on gallery stretched canvas (staple free sides are painted black. Here’s the no-name doll herself (with a black frame graphic & watermark):
I hope to eventually name her, any
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ann@karmabox January 21st, 2008
Today was supposed to be one of my “Bumper Days.” A day where I get my more mundane business tasks done, like filling orders, packing & shipping, listing, and replying to the flood of emails I get daily. Oh but when have planned “days” ever worked out?
My two boys (affectionately known as The Monkeys) are grade schoolers with a penchant for laziness and procrastination. They get that from both parents - I’m okay with admitting to that. So when the dreaded Science Fair season comes around… Continue Reading »
ann@karmabox January 18th, 2008
Google is now our splendoriffic new Magic 8 Ball. But instead of droll Yes/No/Maybe answers, it spews forth everything my kids and I need to know from ADD moment to ADHD moment. A quick look at our search queries reveals that my kids and I have asked Google the following over the past 7 days: Continue Reading »
ann@karmabox January 18th, 2008
It’s only 2 pm and I am ready to throw up my hands and call it a day.
- Today is a Teacher Work Day/Student Holiday and Monday is of course MLK Jr Day so my two monkeys get to have a 4 day weekend. Hooray for them, not so much cheering from me. I get to juggle work with cooking extra meals and referee duties.
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ann@karmabox January 7th, 2008
I hear this stuff a lot:
“Eh, I don’t get into politics”,
or “I don’t really care what they do cuz it doesn’t affect me”,
or “I don’t have time to think about it - I have to work double shifts to pay off my bills”,
or my favorite line yet, “It all just upsets me so I don’t think about it anymore.” Continue Reading »