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I opened my eyes earlier than I wanted to Saturday morning only to see a proud expectant smile on Isabela's sweet bubbly face . "MaaAAAAooooomy. I made breakfast for you and DaaaaAAAiiddy. Get out of bed and come see! Come on, get up!" So with equal parts too-tired-to-fight-her-off and how-precious-is-this-? I stumbled out of my warm spot and across my cold wooden floor, into slippers, across the studio, through the dining room and into the bright kitchen. I had to search through squinted eyes for a minute scanning through the previous night's dinner dishes to find this friendly feast awaiting us. And there they were. Mr. and Mrs. Owlcups with Swiss Miss shoved in their heads and a plate of 7 perfectly toasted slices of bread. As the smile on my mouth formed and before I could breathe out a groggy thank you, she told me she didn't do the cocoa yet becuase she wasn't sure if Mr. and Mrs. Owlcups could go in the microwave. Raise your cocoa mugs my friend...

The light was beautiful across the mantle this morning so I messed around with the camera and some vintage vases from Jeff's Grandma. Translation: I have some important things to finish up in the studio before the weekend and I am looking around the house in earnest for a distraction of any kind. Not picky about the distractions. Have a great weekend! xoox, AM

So I hear that you were graced by Leo's presence a few days ago and I think I should fill in the gaps that his command of the written English language may have left out. (He is quite impressive with those paws and a keyboard, though aye?) We had 3 birthdays last week which left me with a 16 yr old, a 10 yr old and a 4 yr old (and the 8 and 6 yr olds haven't gone anywhere its just that they didn't have birthdays - who would leave with so much birthday cake around?) Ahh. Birth dates and due dates. Oh yea, due dates! The book is done! I finished writing the book. I'm finally done with that blasted book. Hey I've been wanting to tell you I finished the book!! Oh, have I told you?? It's DONE! What a feeling. Its like being on the other side of the biggest college term paper ever and I don't even have the desire to go out an binge drink or burn pencils or anything. I have just a few figure drawings to complete. As it turns out I could have just drawn...

So easily distracted am I! I was over visiting with Betz this morning was so amused with her list of celebrity twins (and btw Betz, each would be lucky to look like you!). I gathered up my personal list of celebs I'm often accused of looking like to share with you. Pretty much anyone with a round face and dark eyes and dark hair will do. Sally , dear Sally. I watched every re-run of Gidget as a kid over and over again. I had friends who called me Gidget in high school. I could be compared to worse, I suppose. I hear her new show is good. Will watch it when I'm not procrastinating by blogging 60's era pictures of the ole girl. I get this one a lot... Ali Mcgraw ...especially from people several years older than me. Jeff stop reading here. Jeff and I watched Love Story together not long after we were married, mostly because people (including perfect strangers in public places) kept telling me 'you look just like Ali McGraw in Love Story!' that we just ...

If you've been waiting around like me for some attention, my advice is to just curl up in a sunny spot and take a nap. She's been in there day and night all week with her face in front of those bright things and incessantly tapping away with that irritating noise. (To think my little episodes of self-cleaning annoy her.) She did run out of the house the other night with everyone but me to someplace , and they all came home smelling like feet. I was able to get a few good licks of frosting from the little one's fingers. (that one never washes her hands and drops food easily. I try to stay close to her at meal time.) When they got back the loud one tore through a bunch of things throwing paper all over the place and making happy yelling noises. Seems like whenever they do this, they do it over and over again. Speaking of noises, you should have heard the one big operatic yell come from the studio a few minutes ago. She made some weird noise of triumph, like som...

Really? Well you should know. Happy Birthday Sweet One of mine. xo, mama

Just whatever it takes. (I have not eaten that whole bag.) (Not in one sitting anyway.)