I Eat Clay

Mama’s gonna be famous!

By doriluthy, August 23, 2009 11:00 pm

Hey folks, just got back a few minutes ago from a truly incredible 3 day Board Retreat with the Eastside Culture Crawl Society bunch. HEY! It’s really fun being President! We have been working on our Mission Statement and 5 year Strategic Plan for a little while, and managed to gracefully conclude the writing of both of these things this weekend- whew! Thought I’d just share this little piece of victory, as it’s been a real pleasure working with this incredibly bright and thoughtful group of people to put our hearts into this organization’s health and success. YEAH ECCS CREW!!

AND…

I have been featured over on Dolly Hopkins’ website- her Woman of the Week project has just been launched, and I got to be the first woman to be featured!!! Go check it out and leave me a little note- it will make me feel special. And I’ll give you a cookie.

AND…

Oh boy! I’ve made it to 30 weeks pregno! Will write more about the babe in the belly another time, but I’ve got to hit the hay after the long working weekend. Back in the studio full board this week, last week before I take the work up to Salmon Arm for the exhibition.

ALL GOOD THINGS.

Hey, did you check me out on Etsy yet?

Ciao.

Such is LIFE

Medium rare, but not for long.

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By doriluthy, August 17, 2009 12:13 am

Remember that song from childhood? It goes a little something like this: “Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes…” Well, if I could tell exactly what part of the baby is jabbing me, in which particular place… Cause the kid inside me is tap-dancing that song onto my intestines right now.

Yes, it’s almost midnight, and I’m wide awake. Rather, I seem to have a 2.5 lb Peanut flavoured chuck roast on a continual rotisserie in my belly, keeping me awake. (I was going to link to a photo of a 2.5 lb chuck roast, but I realize that might terribly offend my vegetarian readers. And it’s kinda gross.)

I swear the kid is going through some kind of radical growth stage right now, cause it seems to have been non-stop action for about 3 days now. I’m bulging. I’m popping. My belly is lurching, rolling and extending… How else to describe this?? If you have never been pregnant, or spent any significant time with a pregnant woman, I don’t imagine any of this makes too much sense.

Suffice to say: THIS IS THE WEIRDEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. And Dustin seems a little freaked by it, too.

So. Is this blog turning into some pregnancy/mommy blog? I’m afraid to tell you, dear readers, that if the thought of this sends chills down your spine, you may need to take me off your RSS feed. I honestly don’t think I can help it. A friend recently advised (warned?) me that there is little that can be done about the fact that when you give birth to a child (and for the time leading up to that moment) very little else consumes your thoughts quite as much…eat, sleep, talk: baby.

Let’s just say that this a fair warning to you all.

In the mean time, what else is going on with me? Oh, I miss Erin. She left on Wed for Toronto for another of life’s big adventures. It’s awesome. And it sucks. I miss her. sigh…

And my show opens in the gallery in Salmon Arm in less than 3 weeks!! Egads! So exciting! Anyway, here’s the official postcard for the show (click on image for a bigger version):