Introducing Lindsey Rose Johnson!

Get ready for a wonderful week here at Design Mom — Hooray! — because Lindsey Johnson is our Guest Mom. Which means too much fun for everybody. I am just itching to see the lovely posts she's sure to come up with.

Some of you may know Lindsey already from her excellent blog Café Johnsonia. She posts frequently and is always a thoughtful commenter, which makes hers an extra-good blog to get to know. She is also a great friend to many and a woman of many talents. But she's the kind of person who is so humble that you would have no idea how widespread her talents and interests are — if you didn't get a glimpse of her life through her blog (thank goodness for blogs!). I asked Lindsey to write-up a little intro, and she graciously agreed.

Welcome Lindsey!! Now in her own words:


I am totally honored to be your Guest Mom this week.

What can I tell you about me? Well, I'm pretty simple and straightforward.

I am a stay-at-home mom to Lilly, almost 2 ½ years, and Fritz, 9 months. My husband, Fred, is a very smart-dressing librarian and college professor. We live just north of Manhattan.

In a previous life, I slept more. (Ah, I miss those days!) Now if I'm not changing diapers, vacuuming baby powder off my son, or scrubbing crayon off the walls, I'm blogging about it. And if I'm not doing those things, you'll find me in the kitchen cooking/baking up a storm. And if I'm not doing that, I'm documenting it all with my Nikon D70—it's never far from my reach. (I like to think of myself as an amateur photographer.)

I also love all kinds of music, art, art history, and literature.

Someday I'll own my own bakery, Café Johnsonia. And when I do, I invite you come on over and sit down for some kouing aman and lemonade, and we'll have a good chat.

This week on the menu:

Ideas for Easter

Dressing a Gentleman

Birthday Cake and Ice Cream

Displaying Your Family Photos

Decorating a Toddler's Bedroom

And a few more surprises. . .