I apologize for my abrupt disappearance. The days have been frugal with their time. There isn't even enough time now to tell you everything that has been going on. Still, It's nice to have at least one journal locked. I've gone "public" and more discreet since becoming a more "public" figure. I'm sort of a big deal. Okay, not really. But good things have been happening. Let's break it down.
Work - BurnsBrothers
- I still hate this job. I was hired to do marketing and I'm an admin as best. They are old, stuck in their ways, xenophobic and just all around morons. But it pays the bills and allows me to keep doing what I love on the side in hopes in turns into something better.
- This has been taking ALL of my time. Every moment that is not given to Maddox or Ren is given to Gwyneth Paige. Andrea has had no time.
- While this proves to be a very lucrative business it isn't yet, hense BurnsBrothers.
- On the plus side, I have polished my blogging skills: www.gwynthpaige.blogspot.com and really enjoy doing it over on blogger for GP.
- I going to be designing all the paper ephemera for ArtPrize! Think Sundance Film Festival for Artists.
- We are furiously getting ready for the National Stationery Show in NYC. My plane tickets are booked, so is my hotel. The most horrible part? Being away from my boys for 6 days.
- Abby Larson, the owner of Style Me Pretty, asked me to be a weekly wedding expert guest blogger. If you aren’t familiar with Style Me Pretty, google “wedding blog” and she is the number one ranked google blog. She gets 180,000 hits DAILY. Every time I blog, I get to promote Gwyneth Paige. This is huge people. Just huge. Not only is it an honor, but it’s a gold mine.
- If any one you know of unique weddings that are dying to be publized, LET ME KNOW
My Ren. Hubs and I are amazing. He's perfect. There isn't much else to say about him. We just hit 6 years of dating on Monday. That rocked.
Home - Maddox
Oh Moo. He’s so wonderful. He is right in the middle of being two. I don’t believe in terrible twos. I believe in the “I’m going to assert my independence and test every rule you have ever given me over and over again” twos. He’s smart as a whip and learns more every day. He can count to 17, he knows his age and his name and all his colors and shapes. (Even rhombus!!)
We are still battling with sleeping through the night. Most nights he’s okay. Some nights he is up once. Others two or three times. We are so used to it now, its okay.
He started a “gym” class for babies 18 months to 3 years old at our local YMCA. It’s parent/child once a week and it has been really good for him. It is immersing him in sharing, kindness and group play. This is not to say he doesn’t push, grab, scream or cry but it gets better each class. He is the only Maddox in his class. That makes me happy.
There is this little Russian girl named Taisia in his class. I want to kidnap her she is so damn cute. She is tough as nails and Maddox’s match. They are fun to watch interact and it is so god damn cute when they say each other’s names.
Maddox is obsessed with reading right now. He loves playing with “potato” (with play-doh), he LOVES to bounce. One of our favorite excursions is to go to the local bouncy place and let Maddox run wild. I love him so much and I cannot wait until I make enough at Gwyneth Paige that I can stay home with him. One year baby. One year.
Home - Life
We've got one million projects, or at least I do, swimming around in my head. We cleared out a room for my home office and we are laying flooring in a few weeks. This spring we are putting up beadboard in the dining room and repainting the downstairs hall. I want to sheet rock the garage and paint the floor. Make it a bit more functional. We are redoing our walkway and putting in new entry stairs and I am finally going to paint over that disgusting mulberry front door we have.
Me -- oh, me.
Do I get a category? Maybe. I'm finally eating right. I've lost 5#s in two and a half weeks just from chaning my diet. Just wait until I add exercise.
I haven't given myself much of anything else. I need to give so much elsewhere. I haven't has my hair dyed since August (nor have a been to the salon). I don't rember the last time I bought myself anything new (but I did get some awesome new stuff for Christmas).
I still love to bake. I love following Deanna's baking blog. I made homemade pasta and sauce last weekend with Adam. It rocked.
See, there isn't much to say about me. That can't be good.
Friends -- do I have those?
Kidding. Well maybe. Because of the sheer business of my life, I haven't had time for me, let alone others. Thank god for Rachel. She keeps me sane. She probably doesn't even realize how much just her sitting on our couch, working on lesson plans means to me. Even if we aren't interacting. Just being in her company is comforting. I adore her.
I wish I had time for more but I just don't. This has already taken way more than I thought it would.
It's nice to be back. If only for a moment.
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