Archive for Matisse & Renoir

The New Painter

May 13th, 2009 by Patricia

After three looong years, Matisse finally has a new buddy. They’re in cahoots already…their mission? To overdose me with their unstoppable cuteness!

Meet Renoir:

Reni, for short.

Amazingly, at just 12 weeks, she’s as good as potty trained.
Hooray!! We feel like we won the lottery…

…except she’s pretty darn good at keeping us up [...]

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Bittersweet Symphony – On the Verge of Being Committed

April 3rd, 2009 by Patricia

So I’m listening to Pandora (more on that later), and one of my very favorite songs comes up: The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony. I haven’t heard that song in ages!
I can’t help but let the melody sweep me into song at the top of my lungs and at the distress of Matisse’s poor ears. As [...]

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Let it Snow…But Sans Frostbite

December 11th, 2008 by Patricia

It is a mind-blowing 32 degrees in Bayou City! 32 Degrees!! It’s got to be the coldest day of the year in our fair city of Houston. On the upside…it’s snowing! And I haven’t seen snow since I bent in ways I thought were impossible to the human body. It was about six years ago [...]

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