i lOVE this pic of my sweet Eliza

Jer got me tickets to go see Sia and a babysitter!! We got all fancied up and took a silly little "prom picture" The concert was FABulous....thx honey.

from Easter weekend

what a lovely scene...we love the river
pant came off to sport new leg warmers
my overbearing Liza hugging her cousin, Ella ;)



just getting around to it....here are some pics from our lovely weekend in Kerrville.

Viva Agave!!!

.......she's finally finished.....i may have started this about a year and a half ago....im not sure....but anyhoo, i felt motivated to finish it today. I looked at a close up pic of an agave cactus.
....have i mentioned I LOVE CACTI !!!!?

she's not perfect when i look at her...but then again, who the hell is? :)

ps....if you look close you can see some strange texture that does not correspond with the agave...it has a painting under it that i botched and i repurposed the canvas. this makes it have an extra special meaning to ME.....

"We all have things under our pretty outer shell that we are not proud of, but we can hold our heads high, and put our best assets forward....or we can bury that sh*t and never speak of it again. " (kidding....the prior is definitely a better line) ;)

Go Go Jeni MINI

.....so i have a new mabe-not-so-practical-but-really-if-you-think-about-it, - it-is-crush

on this car. A MINI Cooper. .....gets like 800 miles to the gallon compared to my beast of a Yukon getting ....oh, a mere 12- 16 on a good day.....the engine sure sounds fierce tho. ;)

The MINI has amazing safety ratings...it is like a little steel cage!

Eliza and I would have a blast.

We're shopping for one, but still giving it a lot of is-this-right-for-us thought.

My Hobo Wallet

......wanted one of these forever.....finally got it. :) me happy.

NEVER a bad hair day

This is one of my favorite things in my house!! I have so much fun choosing her new doo.
She is from www.wisteria.com
I love this catalog!!

Eliza's Swirly Curly "E"

I painted Liza's room the richest, darkest brown....and I ADORE it!! The walls seem to fall away in the distance and the room feels huge. Here is her fun mural. The E is iron and stands about an inch off the wall (looks painted, but is not)

a tree mural for a good friend!!

.....so to say the least, I was so honored that my very chic friend, Melissa in Austin asked me to paint a huge tree in her laudry room. She had a super great idea of continuing the tree outside the window indoors so she could enjoy it. I LOVED the idea but was so nervous to do it for such a great friend. If they did not like it.....then what....we go to their house all the time. They are so laid back and completely trusted me.......so we went for it. Unless they are really good actors, I think they totally love it.....I so hope they are honest peeps!!

We did not want it to look like it was trying to be realistic (like something in the church nursery or at a children's hospital) so we did not give it leaves and I made it a very whimsical shape. Miss loves circles so circles we gave it. It is in the laudry room so we started calling it the Bubble Tree.......perfect.

Anyway, I think it is really groovy and im looking for a spot in my house to put one!!

Thanks sooooo much ya'll! can't wait to hang out soon.

dont forget to water your BUBBLE TREE ;)

Auctioned latest Longhorn painting

This 12 x 16 painting is probably my favorite one that I have ever done. It is unofficially Bevo XIV (for University copyright reasons)....so I named him Texas.

It was so hard to see him go, however he was put in an auction to raise scholarship money for

The Texas Exes Chapter of Brazoria County. It was the second most expensive item in the auction....second to something signed by about 70 of the all-time greatest UT athletes, so Im super happy about that......anyhoo.....I am sooooooooo proud. He went for $550

I am offering giclee prints of this handsome fella if any real UT fan is interested.

jenilizi@hotmail.com

funny.....the things mommies find hilarious

so i was getting Eliza ready for bed the other night and i was having her blow her nose. she took a reeeeeeeally deep breath and wide eyed, blew her little tiny nose as haaaaaard as she could. i could feel the force of something huge launching into the tissue in my hand.....i timidly looked inside the tissue and witnessed the HUGEST mass of a Hercules booger and i inadvertently yelled out loudly...
"WHOA, Liza....that was a goooooooooooood blow job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I then burst into a true belly laugh, bent over, hands on knees and everything and little Liza looked at me strangly with a smirk on her face wondering what she had done that was so entertaining so she could recreate it.

a Mellow Yellow Fellow

Prince Charming in drag!!!.........Eliza's new favorite activity.....he is stunning in a yellow ball gown, I must say.

I'm doing this so I don't watch mindless TV

Our pretty little thing!!