Heyoooooo! Remember when I used to do those exhaustive re-caps on December 31st, detailing every “important” thing I did that year (and lots of un-important things as well).

Well guess what? I’m not gonna do that anymore! NYAH NYAH NYAH.

Okay I can’t help it. The baby turned 1, we took him to swim classes, we went to Maui, I did an art show in Ballard, we went to Priest Lake, we dressed up like old people and I sold 3 paintings total this year. One old and new (2010-2018), one old (2009) and one commission. YES!

I suspect I could have sold more art if Owen had had his annual art show this past month (that I invite myself to every year). Last year I sold three paintings at that show alone!

But ne’er mind that, the past is the past! What’r we gonna do in 2019?

Thanks to the Excesses of Holiday Eating I’m 10 pounds over where I’d like to be STARTING my pregnancy (groan), so if I could magically lose 10 pounds in the month of January that would be cool, daddy-o.

I donated all of our candy and chocolate to work today and the nurses seemed excited. Take it! All I need is uh…salad and Sleepytime tea and coffee and a couple of eggs in the morning.

Oh it’s gonna be a sad day when Mama has to give up her coffee. Last time I suffered brutal headaches for a week straight.

We had Christmas at our place again! We were supposed to go to Spokane this year but Jerry was being anti-social so we stayed home and my in-laws drove over and stayed with us.

The baby got 423842384 new things and Josh and I got 4. Parenthood!

Brenna made me this. TRUE.

Fleeta bought us this sweet little nativity set. I love this type of art.

Josh bought me this. I’d known Lindy from reading “Jezebel” for many many years, and he heard her interviewed on NPR one day and liked her.

It always feels like there’s this massive build-up to Christmas and then BOOM! Over. I had requested the 24th, 25th and 26th off from work but for some weird reason my boss “forgot” and I had to work the day after Christmas. Heigh ho!

You guuuuuys I keep working out but it doesn’t change anything. I like food too much. God, remember when I was vegan? I was so thin. There was nothing to eat!

Here’s the cake I’m gonna attempt for Goo in a few weeks. That reminds me, I should probably make some birthday invitations.

I love this kalimba Jerry got for Christmas. I want on! I saw one online in teal!

I did an art giveaway on Instagram this year and this glittery guy ended up going to a drag queen in Brooklyn. Here it is displayed near his wigs. Yes!

Time to get off this computer and go hang out with these cuties! Happy New Year!

* So Macaulay Culkin has just told everyone that based on some sort of Twitter vote he’s gonna legally change his name to Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin, and I…don’t know how to feel about it