Vacation Week

Hello All -

Today is Day Two of my home vacation.  I took the week hoping to get a lot of started projects completed.  I think I have taken on more than I can chew -- shocking.  Yesterday, my intention was to paint my hallway from it's 5 year stint in "builder's white" to Martha Stewart's Sea Urchin Green.  However, as small as it is, I only completed about half.  I had not planned for the all day off and on taxi cab services for my children.  Not that I mind, it takes me back to my younger days when having fun was getting together with friends at the pool or hanging out in the park just chatting.  Additionally, we had a sleep over last night!  It always amazes me how late young people can stay up when I feel like going to bed by 7:30 - so sad!  However, I have been up since five this morning and besides the dog, cat, and a BIG cup of Starbucks to keep me company, there are only the soft murmurs of deep sleep.  :) Enough said, today, I am going to finish my hallway and then start the daunting task of turning my husband;s office/music/record storage room (Yes, I said records.  For those of you who are really young, they came before, MP3 players, CDs, and tapes.  Moreover, you play them (Well, my husband does.), not just make cool modern art with them.  I will post pictures later today.  My daughter would like a Bohemian themed room which fits her to a tee.  She, I am proud to say, has the "disease" too - a creative soul with lots of inner inspiration.  So, look for pictures in the days to come as we move forward on all our projects as well as a few tutorials too!

Welcome!

Well, here I go!  Like many of my predecessors, I never thought I would start a blog, but here I am.  As a mother of two (11 and 14), a wife of 18 amazing years, and administrative assistant by day, I look forward to my time as an artiste by night and weekend!  I have been inspired by the millions of you whose blogs I have visited and of course the queen of all that is good and creative - Aunt Martha (a.k.a) Martha Stewart).  No, she is not really my aunt, but I have turned to her many a time for advice, basically I ask myself, "What would Aunt Martha do?"  This has gotten me through a harrowing Thanksgiving dinner or two, revitalizing a historic Victorian home, as well as provided me with courage when my charming - albeit wrong - husband told me, "You can't paint paneling!"  Of course when he left for work the next day, I did just that.  And, as far as I know, it remains painted with the perfect shade of Martha Stewart's own paint, "Lambs Ear".  So, I look forward to this newest adventure in my life and those with whom I am lucky enough to share it!

Best Regards - Jennifer