 everybody. It's 10.35 a.m. Sunday, July 24th, I think. Bob is doing a few chores downstairs, including I think finishing the pond repair. We had a leak in our little pond in the backyard. Anyway, the vegetables I transplanted yesterday from the seedling pots seem to be doing really well in the spots I picked. So I mean, I've tried growing tomatoes and stuff before with little bit of success. We don't get the most sun in our backyard. I don't think this is the best spot to grow things like that, but I mean, we'll see. We'll try it one more time. The kids are going to come take the rest of the seedlings at some point, maybe not today, but soon. I'll keep them watered in between. And I got mood boards done for the Facebook group for August, September and October just now. I need to do my August sketchbooks and get those prepped. I'm going to be away from the sketchbooks for a bit in August, so I need to do a few drawings ahead. And I also printed shed mood boards that I just created and I have a composition notebook. I'm keeping them all in, so I'm going to cut them out and add them. Anyway, I know it's a lot. I'm also doing dishes and laundry and it's Sunday, so it's tour day. I may try to get the vlog edited today too. Bob has a Masonic thing he's going to go out to this afternoon and I might try to edit the vlog while he's gone and get that done ahead of time and get it loaded and stuff for Wednesday, so I don't have to do it tomorrow. Maybe we'll see. I'll be back. It's hot out here. I want to get the seedlings watered. I've got the, all the work for, well, I got a lot of work for to this morning down. I got the mood boards done. I got the journals ready. I got all the video clips for last week's log loaded to the computer and they're ready to edit. They're all formatted and ready to edit, which I'm going to do after lunch. And then I'm going to work on drawings for today and also all the daily drawings for the first week of August. So in the meantime, I'm going to check on everything I moved around in the backyard for ourselves. I'm going to water the seedlings the kids are going to take, keep everything alive until they can find their new home and then have lunch because that sounds like a plan, I think. I'll be back. Getting the list done. So I got the vlog edited a day early and out of the video footage I shot for said vlog, I got two patron videos. So they get extended cuts of things like new painting at the easel and stuff like that. FYI, if you want, it's only $2 a month. So check it out. Anyway, Patreon link is down below. Anyway, so I got that done. And the first of the three videos is loading the patrons from Patreon. Patrons and supporters have their own private YouTube channel that you don't get access to unless you know you're one of them. So anyway, after the main vlog is loaded, I'll load the stuff to the Patreon channel. Dishes are done. Laundry is working. All the posts I needed to do and schedule are done. The August journals are done. I just need to sit and do some drawing now. Drink some water while things are loading. The air conditioner's on because now it's almost three o'clock. So we're hitting our like peak temperature right now that we're going to get. So today's the first hot day of the next week is going to be hot. We got heat warnings just now. I got a text message and an email because that's a thing. I was going to go walking when I got to the point where the videos were loading, but now it's excessively hot outside. So as you can see, I'm doing laps around the sofa. I don't know. Yeah, it's a thing. I'll be back. You guys, have I vlogged you today? I don't think so. It is Monday morning. I'm sorry, Monday afternoon, July 25th. It's 1 12 p.m. I have been catching up my watercolor sketchbook there. That's all caught up. I usually print a bunch of things, reference photos I want to draw from. I don't always draw them all. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. This time I only drew three out of the ones I printed. So I should be more careful about what I print. But anyway, that's all done. I've had lunch. I'm going to go downstairs because I've got to do dishes because the dish this thing is full. Anyway, it's going to be somewhere between 90 and 100 degrees today, but bonus Bob's car should be finished and we might be able to pick it up tonight. I need to go bring the garbage cans and you know exciting stuff. I have a it's already like 10 36 a.m. It's Tuesday, July 26th, and it's already 82 degrees outside. I'm going to go get a few steps in before it gets any hotter and do a little neighborhood sketching. So we'll see what we can see. It is already warm though. I can tell you that. All right, let's get to it. Shall we? I'm starting to get sweaty. I have one more drawing to do, but I think I'm going to head towards home. I don't want to have to take another shower again, but yeah, it is warm already. I'll be back. So the furnace guy was here. Furnished an air conditioner. He checked everything out. Good thing they came. They haven't really had a chance and we haven't had a chance to double check the new air conditioner since they installed it because they installed it in the middle of winter and until recently hasn't been hot enough for us to even use it. If you're following me, you know last week we had a problem with it make the condenser making a funny noise outside and they were able to fix it. I have like but he came today for a complete system service and I'm glad he did because he found a little bit of condensation in the furnace closet upstairs. There's a drip pan. It didn't damage anything, but it took him a little bit and he was kind of new to figure out what it was. I do think he's fixed it. Cross your fingers. We're going to keep an eye on it and if it's not, we'll call him back out and yeah. It was an adventurous day. At the same time, my daughter is working on something for me and she's asking me for photos from the Yahoo Small Business photo shoot I did for them in 2018. That was a long time ago and so it took me like two hours to find some photos. I do think I found them. I did tell her I have a lot of stuff on the backup drive if she wants to just come over and just take the backup drive. That might be easier, but it also might be easier for us to just do a new photo shoot. She is a photographer fun fact besides a realtor and an expert in advertising and social media. I don't know what we're going to do, but I'm guessing there's a photo shoot on my horizon. Oh yay. I'm going to go sit down now and have a snack and have some water and decompress a little bit. I'll be right back. It is 9.57 a.m. Wednesday, July 27th. I already had my counseling appointment this morning. Really helped a lot. Helped a lot to talk through things with somebody. If you're struggling from anxiety or depression or any other mental health issue, there's no shame in seeking help. Medication, counseling, therapy, like do it. I'll put a link for someplace here in the U.S. that you may be able to call or email to get some help or get references for a place to get help. If you're in a different part of the world and you have a link, I should put below. Let me know. All right. We are waiting for the furnace people to come because they thought they fixed the condensation leak. Only it's still leaking a little bit. So they're going to come take a second look at it. Plus, I think both of us feel like the kid yesterday was very sweet, very honest and did a great job, but he admitted that he's new. So did he fix it right? We don't know. He did as much as he could. He did his best. That's what he said. And that's fine. But he said if it was still leaking to call back, so we did. Yeah. All right. And I can't do anything else till they get that gear and that gets over with. So that's okay. All right. I'll be back. The furnace and air conditioner guys have been here on and off all day. He thought he put a temporary like fixing on it, but we probably need new parts. Again, it is under warranty. Anyway, after he left the temporary fix started spraying water everywhere, so he's back. This would have been during a heat wave. Anyway, I'll be back. Morning, everybody. It is 916 a.m. Thursday, July 28th. Yes, I want to say January again. It is not January, not yet anyway. I am just not capable of multitasking. So hang on. Let me log into the computer. That's not the right password because you know. So I'm just taping. Oh, okay. So yes, the air conditioner unit is got an issue still. But we can run it. We seem to have some faulty parts and it's not allowing for proper drainage of the water condensation in the air conditioner unit when it's on. Thankfully, we have a drip pan under set unit here in the house, which is actually here in the art room like over there. So there's no chance of it leaking or flooding or anything like that. We'll keep an eye on it. But of course, they don't have the parts in stock and it'll be a week or so before they can get the parts and get back here to fix it. So we will be cautious about using it and keeping an eye on it. And that's okay because we don't generally use it a ton anyway. We are going to have a couple hundred plus degree days coming up here at the end of the week. But we have found if we leave upstairs windows open all night, it does cool off the house significantly. And then you know, when the inside temperature meets the outside temperature, you close everything up and then the house will warm up at some point and we'll keep fans on and then we will turn it on and just keep an eye on it. So anyway, fun times right. Me time is fun. I tried to film some videos using my arm art foam ease and I kept having battery issues. So my camera batteries, some of them are not holding a charge anymore because they're old. So I guess I'm going to have to order some new batteries. So that might be a thing. Lovely. I'll be back. Cookie dough is made. It is chilling in the fridge. Lemon lavender cookies and the raw dough tastes great. So unless they bake up weird or something, they're going to be good. So all right, now let's go see if we can edit some more of the video I shot this morning. You guys, to my huge surprise, we did get three art foamy videos out of all that footage despite the battery issues and it's been edited and it's loading right now, scheduled out over the month next month. And here's the secret. I'm coming out with some new art foamy designs. The samples come in sometime next week and I will be showing them after I have a chance to get them and play with them and KP will be doing some lives with them and yeah. Anyway, now I'm going to go breathe the heat and check the mail because yeah, it's gross outside. He's just up there staring at me. I'm just waiting for you to finish. I want to interrupt your vlog. Hey guys, it is just about 9 30 in the morning on Friday, July 29th. And yes, I just constantly want to say January this month. But anyway, I have an eye doctor's appointment this morning and those of you who know my journey with my anxiety and depression know that medical things are one of my triggers. And pardon my choice of words, but I have fucked up eyes. I have since I was born legally blind without corrective lenses. That's, you know, now I'm older, I have mild bilateral cataracts. So you know, anyway, so I am just allowing myself time to get there and not rush remembering my breathing techniques. So I carry in my wallet a little card I laminated that has the breathing techniques on one side that were recommended by my counselor and the five four, three, two, one calming technique on the other. I'll try to put some links for both down below. And so you breathe in for a count of four, hold it for a count of four, breathe out for a count of four, hold that for a count of four. And I know it sounds like simple and sort of silly, but it does really work. I'll be doing it on my way to the doctor's office this morning. And I am going to run a couple errands on my way there. My guess is they're going to probably dilate me and I'm going to get a headache afterwards. So I want to get anything I want to get done before I go so I can just get myself home afterwards and not have to like deal with it. So just remember to breathe. All right, I'll be back. It is almost 9 30am Saturday, July 30th, I think. Yeah, pretty sure. Anyway, Bob is off to his eye doctor appointment. And I've already got all the plants watered inside and out. I have to finish my coffee and do some dishes, do something with this hair. We are meeting the kids later tonight for dinner. Paulius' parents are in town, helping them with some DIY. And we're going to meet for dinner later to celebrate my birthday because my birthday is in a couple of days. So anyway, I will probably close the vlog early at some point today so I can get it edited before we go do that. But all of that will be included in next week's vlog. Anyway, I'm going to do something with my hair right now and then I'm going to sit and I haven't finished my coffee yet. That's important. All right, I'll be back. So it's about 5 30. We were going to meet the kids and our daughters in laws and everybody for dinner. But there's some stuff going on. So we're not doing that. So I'll have a birthday dinner with them later. But dad, Bob and I are going to go out and we are going to go get some barbecue. And then we are going to get on with the rest of our week. And I'll be back. Man, that was a good dinner. Buster's Texas style barbecue. If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, check it out. I love their smoked brisket salad. It's good. Anyway, dad loved his food. None of us were very hungry and yet we cleaned our plates. Anyway, it's been an interesting week. Our air conditioner, yes, as I've said, is got a condensation leak and thankfully things are going into the drip pan and we're just not using it if we don't have to. And it will be fixed. It is under warranty, but it's going to take like two weeks to get a person because that's a thing. In the meantime, we have something else going on, something special, but that'll be in next week's vlog. If you want live, updated video clips, mostly unedited, yeah, you need to be a patron or supporter. They get a first look at some stuff. So there's that. But it'll be coming up in the next vlog. So stay tuned. Please like, share, and subscribe. You know, it hasn't been too bad of a week. I mean, you know, life gets in the way of making art some days and that's just what it is. And there's nothing wrong with that. But I'll make it up soon. Anyway, I hope it's been good for you. It's been good for me. Don't forget to check out the video description for relevant links. By the way, one thing I don't think I showed on camera this week, I made these really great lemon lavender cookies. They're a big hit with everybody. Yeah, I'll be making them again. I need more edible lavender, though. If I can find the recipe I used, I'll link it down below. Really good. And not too, not too hard. So of course, it's summertime, iced coffee, because you know, anyway, go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. Have a great day, have a great week, and I'll see you in the next video. Bye, guys.