Kids, Work, Music - Oh My!

My life is a balancing act. Between kids, (I'm the mom of two boys 8&10), work (I own a web design & SEO company called ArcStone Technologies) and music, (I play in a duo with my husband called DNL and an experimental band called Liminal Phase) - there's not much time for much else. Being this busy has pushed me to be efficient with my time, cut stuff out that doesn't bring meaning to my life and let stuff that's not that important slide. So, what the heck - why not add something else to the mix like a blog? Basically I want to write about stuff that's going on in my life.

Today was a perfect fall day in Minneapolis. The kind of day where it's difficult to be inside at work. I did manage to get outside and take my dog, Roberto out for a nice, long walk.
I picked up the boys from school (They don't have busing due to budget cuts) and I worked while they did their homework. I had to try to explain how to write a "descriptive" sentence to my 2nd grader. It's a bit of a challenging topic to describe.

I had a chance to practice my oboe while the boys were at tennis with their dad. I'm working on my improvisational skills. Learning how to improvise was something that I didn't really work on when I was younger playing a lot of classical music. My husband pulled out a terrific book that he had while taking guitar lessons several years ago.

I made a delicious dinner tonight - salmon on the grill with avocado, kiwi, tomato, pepper, red onion, lime salsa, black beans and a salad. It was really good. The boys cleaned their plates - high praise.

Now - finally after loading a HUGE load of laundry - it's my turn to have some downtime. Maybe I'll even be able to finagle a foot rub from my darling husband.

Until next time...