Reality Sets In . . .

When I first started this blog I thought it’d be so simple to post painting projects, write blurbs about feng shui, maybe some other decorating stuff – all on a daily basis. Well, reality has set in. Hard.

Yes, I am an artist and always have a myriad of projects going. And, yes, I’ve taught and written about feng shui for 12 years, so that too should be easy. But my life right now isn’t so easy.

Being a work-at-home artist/designer has always been a challenge to find the balance between work time, rest, and housework. But now it’s doubly hard. I’m traveling back and forth from my house to my mother’s – about 35 minutes away. She was diagnosed with lymphoma in March and I’ve been taking care of her 4 days a week.

I spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with her, come home for Weds pm and Thursday, back up to her house Thursday night and back home Friday afternoon for the weekend, when Hubby usually wants to go somewhere. Add in beautiful grandson who visits on Weds evening and all day Saturday. Work taken a backseat to everything else.

While at Mom’s I lurk around my fav blogs, bookmark all kinds of projects and dream of my time at home when I can do all these projects. Then, reality hits when I get home and there is not enough time. I marvel at all my sister bloggers who have kids and manage to craft and blog and get it all done!

So I’ve decided that while I still paint a little, write, a little, this blog won’t be full of muralmaking tips yet, but I’ll just try my best to share as much as I can.

And now, it’s Thursday, I’m home and I get to paint. I’m working on tealight lampshades made out of watercolor paper. Easy. Cute. Fun.

For now I’m counting my blessings that my mother is regaining her health, and I’m lucky to be able to spend so much time with her and my grandson, and I can still squeeze in some work time.