I have just done the most dangerous load of laundry possible, including that hazard known to all Motherkind as: The Blanket. Because HEAVEN FORBID that blanket is not dry by the time the next nap rolls around. I just escaped with my life - there were 4 minutes left on the dryer, but it was just barely dry and warm, at exactly the time that the monsterus minimus began her tired meltdown into Nap Number Two.

I laid her down in her crib, and she wailed in betrayed outrage until I put her blanket on top of her. She promptly pulled it completely up over her head, as she adorably does, and went utterly silent. She pulled it down just enough to watch me closing her curtains and turning on her monitor, made a few wibbles of protest after I left, and is now slumbering peacefully. She will never know how close we were to Total Blanket Blackout.

Disaster averted!



Bread is rising, and I got some artwork scanned during Guppy's last nap. Horrah! One is off for approvals right now, but here are two:


Yes, that is a cow-spotted cowbell. Because I am all about giving folks what they ask for, and so far the concensus is that this blog needs more cowbell (really, what blog doesn't?). :) If you haven't yet, do take a moment to fill out the massive poll of miscellanea I have going! Facebook folks, you can log in using your Facebook ID (in the upper right hand corner of the page) and vote as well! If you have none of the login options, you may also email or PM me your Very Important Data. http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1355588.html

I will pick a random person who fills out the poll to receive this AMAZING original ACEO. (Edit to clarify: The Cowbell ACEO, above, not the Dream Spinner ACEO below.)



Click to see 'Dream Spinner' at Sketch Fest.