To be frank, blogging sucks! I find myself going in and out of wanting to do it at all. I don’t know what my inspiration should be and among many others, I’ve struggled with knowing what to write about. No one wants to hear about this stuff. A lot of the time, I end up writing about what I think others want to read about. I know, that’s bad you say. You should write about things that make you happy, you say. blah blah blah. Ya, your right. What if I just started taking pictures of my life, my house, my pets, my habits, my stuff and wrote about that? What if this blog had no other purpose in this world than to show everyone reading who I am?

Seems kinda narcissistic. Ok, I’m over it.

It’s cherry season! If you have a minute, go get some. A cute neighbor girl came to our door last night and sold us a bag for $3. I put them in my vintage strawberry pattern bowl today and have been chomping them off their cute little stems! There’s a bit of my life today whether you wanted to read about it or not.

Ya ya ya! I’m going to soap making boot camp this weekend. Two intense days of nothing but learning how it all works from people who have been doing it for years. It’s a class offered by The Nova Studio in Pt. Richmond. This is extra important to me because it’s what I’ve been needing to get a jump on Little Brown Owl Soap Company.

As some of you know, it’s been in limbo for well over a year now. I have a website designed and am working with my super talented husband to get that up and running (but probably not launched till I have something to sell ). I may be contacting some of you soon to test out the product. I need to figure out packaging and shipping methods still, but it’s all coming along. I’m especially excited to attempt a new scent that will hit home with most of the fellas I know (Stephen’s idea of course!)… Hop soap. I know ladies, it seems like it would be kinda smelly, and not in the good way. Don’t worry, I’ll add a woman’s touch, so that it will attract instead of turn away.

Some nice things about l.b.o. soap is that it’s purely vegetable, mild and natural, made with essential oils (no animal products, perfumes, or fake stuff of any kind). Some other scents I’m leaning toward are sandlewood, patchouli, douglas fir, lavendar, milk, tea tree, eucalyptus, rosemary mint, oatmeal and my all-time favorite, cocoa butter. We’ll see what really turns out.

Ta ta for now.

So I just had my 27th birthday yesterday. I have to say it was a weird one. Not at all in what we did, but rather how I feel. Every other year of my twenties has been no big deal, just another birthday… but this year I’m definitely feeling older. My cute husband organized an awesome day in the city with a bunch of our good friends. We went to the MOMA, then to 21st Amendment for dinner and beer. It was a great day! Thanks to everyone who came or wanted to come.

This Wednesday, we’re also going to see the Jimmy Eat World – 10 year anniversary Clarity Tour at The Fillmore. I’m so excited. I still say Clarity was their best. Here’s a clip I found of a show recently.

Big things have been happening in my family of late. We welcomed a new addition… Olivia Leigh Bos on December 12, 2008. My sister’s first, and first grandchild on my side. She’s amazing and beautiful and has a sense of humor already. As my mom says, this isn’t surprising considering we’re all a bunch of clowns. I have to agree. I can’t wait to grow up with her.

This Christmas has been the best one yet. It’s interesting to see how one’s priorities change when there’s a new life around. Gifts no longer matter. God already gave us the best gift anyone of us could have hoped for. What more is there?

So, here it is, almost January and I’m just now writing about this. Tis’ the season to pack one’s schedule so full that there’s barely room to breathe, let alone tell the world what you’ve been up to, eh?

I have my art hanging at Panama Bay Coffee, in Downtown Concord for the month of December. I guess you can say this is my first “real” art show. I’ve had a few peices in other places in the past, but never a grouping of this size. It’s a good feeling.

I shared the joint (he he) with my sister-in-law, Shalina, who hung samples of her photography. I love her work. This is all old news to my close friends and family, as most of them were able to be there at the opening. Steve’s band, In Reverent Fear, played their acoustic set. We just hung out; it was a great time. Go to my portfolio page to see the work. Peace.