 or so later than I attended because I started chatting with friends online again and then I got an email from my attorney regarding the workman's comp thing and cross your fingers I can make an announcement soon that we're done with that hopefully but I'm gonna go run some errands now and I didn't get on the treadmill today but I am hoping I can make up the steps while I'm running errands if I can't I'm gonna need to get on the treadmill later or go walking with the husband in the evening when he gets home which is something we also do on non treadmill days which he likes because he sits in a cubicle all day so he doesn't get steps in unless he like has to walk to another building or something on the site where he works so anyway I am gonna go run a couple of errands we have a brand new Daiso and a brand new Tuesday morning really close to my house so I don't need anything but I want to go take a visit and I need to go pick up a couple of things at the grocery store and stuff like that I also have some things I need to send out in the mail I know there's was a late delivery by Amazon to my post box so I need to go pick that up and maybe by the time I get there my other mail will be ready I'm really having an issue with Amazon's delivery carrier in my area they are just not organized they instead of making one trip with all the deliveries for that particular address they make multiple deliveries they're constantly coming too late in the day the business is closed you would think they would know it's just very frustrating and it's I've talked to my people at the postal place and it's not just me it's all of their Amazon deliveries are messed up and the notifications I've gotten about things being not able to be delivered has been after eight o'clock and their delivery says that it should arrive by 8 p.m. that's their standard thing they're not even coming by 8 p.m. not to mention the place of play place closes at 7 p.m. I've been on I've been chatting with Amazon more in the last two weeks about this than I ever have ever in my years of shopping at Amazon it's just there's my little rant we'll see if I actually get that into the vlog and I don't edit it out we'll find out so in the meantime I'm gonna go run a few errands and get some stuff done I have some things on my list on my desk I need to take care of today not to mention laundry and dishes and all that normal stuff so we're gonna start our day by doing some shopping always my favorite way besides art all right I'll be back on the other side of the mall which is okay because I get some steps in tell it's a small brand new Daiso it's not super big but it's also brand new so it's not super well-stocked and yeah sorry for the screamy children in the background somebody's having a temper tantrum anyway now I'm headed to Target then I'm gonna go hit Tuesday morning all right so we're on our way home the new Tuesday morning is not open yet a couple more days so I'll probably go by there sometime next week because it says coming soon October 27th and it's the 25th no 26th so tomorrow some a day early figures what else I am going the back way home and I'm gonna stop by our local library I know a lot of my art friends I always find interesting magazines and stuff for cheap or free other local libraries I'd like never find any of that stuff my library has a little section of books and stuff that they sell occasionally there's a free pile they don't generally have a lot of stuff so I haven't been in it a long time it's probably been a year or more and that's what I mean by a long time so I'm going to stop by there it's directly on my way home so we're gonna go by there and we're gonna see if they have anything I did pick up a couple things in Daiso and I got some tea and target on my way out of the mall because there's a big target there and I'm just sort of killing time for a little bit before I go take my stuff to the mail place I do need printer cartridges too so I have to go to staples I'm almost out of color to eat so and that's in the same shopping center as the postal place so we'll take care of that all at once all right that's it for the second I'll be right back it's generally a waste of my time they just don't have much ever often or I just constantly miss it so I don't know how you all are finding good books and stuff to use in your mixed media not me all right I'll be back it is Thursday October 27th I believe no it's not there Thursday today it's Friday I've lost a day did I even film yesterday I think I did film yesterday holy cow I've lost a day all right so anyway it's Friday it's the 28th I believe and I have sure nobody's coming I have already done all of my daily daily writings and postings that I do in the mornings across all the groups I admin for teacher in that sort of thing I even did a few business shares in my business Facebook page the links for all of these Facebook pages and social media things are in the description there's a link that says link tree slash Gina be errands and if you click on that like all the links for everywhere I am are in there just FYI so go to the description down below and so I've done all that this morning had my coffee had my breakfast dude green light I got my steps in on the treadmill my hair is wet again my hair seems to always be wet when I'm on camera lately I don't know so anyway I had a shower I'm clean I'm not stinky I'm going to go run some errands now I need a couple things at the hardware store for projects that are on hubby's honey-do list so I'm going to get those so that he can work on them this weekend and then of course while I'm there there's a particular kind of paint chip they have at Lowe's that I really like to use in my journals and I'm running low so I'm gonna go get some more of the chips have a series of color splotches on it but they also have some really cool graphics on them that I like to cut apart and use in my journals so I'm gonna go get some more of those and I've got to get groceries I've got to return something that hubby bought at Staples it doesn't work for him that he needs me to return it's family dinner night so I've got to get some pizza for dinner we get the pre I should say made to order but not baked pizzas so we go to a place around here Papa Murphy's which I think is nationwide but for those of you not in the area that don't have one it's a place where you go and they make the pizza for you as you order it but they don't bake it you bake it at home in your oven so I'm gonna we really like that kind of pizza so I'm gonna go get that and I got a puzzle to work on for family for family game night I like to have people not turn the devices on put the phones down and do a game or a puzzle and talk to each other I know that's a novel concept but anyway all right that's it for right now I'll be back those free 2% milk it was like watered down water what was your comment I like lactose I love lactose okay we're having nothing but trouble this morning finding everything that we're looking for because you know we're just having an off-day fun times at Costco for an entire year we only do we gotta get more messy I guess we're too clean we're too clean people we're not messy enough I gotta start dripping things and dropping please don't and if they're making messes we can use it more often yeah please don't so here's when you recycle your old be of good rich radial TAs yeah does it say they come back we're getting a mat for the back door and it's $10 at Costco there's this recycled rubber back it's got recycled rubber I bet you it looks like an old tire on the back see those are little bias by bias pies now the dogs neither one of them has to lay on the concrete always thinking about Lily Lily what about your dog you know mr. grumpy pants maybe we need some joint supplements for the dogs and vitamins for you know mr. grumpy pants well he'll eat it just he'll just think they're candy yeah we just like give it to him yeah dip it in some beef broth or something you don't even have to dip it are you kidding mr. skinny here is like documenting all his food in an app because he thinks he's fat you know and you know something I eat the same foods day in and day out it's the most boring thing I've ever seen I don't want to hear about it because you can eat whatever you want and you don't get any weight I don't want to hear about it I think I eat the same five things during my walk less than me I don't understand it's just a tuba skier yeah yeah that's enough pie for like 50 people maybe we can get one for our welcome my brothers yeah when we go out for Thanksgiving but we're not taking any home Costco hot dog with a sauerkraut yeah I think we should get one yeah yeah heartburner no oh yeah we're gonna regret it about three o'clock in the afternoon but we should have it anyway yeah I agree I think we should take that risk yeah I agree don't always buy this magazine but it's discounted here at Costco and I want to I want to go to the places that are half the most joyful places on the planet search for happiness sounded interesting enough to buy now we're gonna give ourselves some heartburn by having a hot dog he's gonna have a Polish I'm gonna have a hot dog hey guys it is Saturday October 27th pretty sure if you are watching this a bit then you've already seen the bit where we husband the husband and I went to Costco it is not my favorite place to go but sometimes it's a much needed necessity there are things there that we were running out of that we have to get from there and so anyway we did that and bonus we got to you know walk around the store snacking so you know it's always good I was chatting with some of my art friends online for a little while and I did a journal page while I was talking to them and I'm headed to go pick up the mail driving by DMV but it's not a problem today because DMV is closed so less traffic let's go see if there's any mail and if there is what it is I'm pretty sure it's not gonna be my Amazon deliveries because they're all delayed again yeah so anyway I'll be back I think it was just bills or junk mail could be junk mail actually one of them looks like a subscription thing so that's probably junk mail I don't know what this other one is I'll wait till I get home and funny bit I was as I was chatting with the art friends earlier my husband was dusting his office he dusted the Wi-Fi box what that what is that called you know sometimes some days the words just escape me am I the only one that does that hope not anyway you know the Wi-Fi box should know the name of this thing but I can't think of it right now anyway he was dusting it and the whole house Wi-Fi went off like we have none and he didn't turn the box off it's on but it's not connecting anything for more than like one second so I don't know what he did so I thought it was best to come get the mail because he was like sitting in his office very annoyed yeah so there's that anyway all right now sit with a cup of tea maybe a little snack go through my stack of magazines that are on my side of the sofa articles I want to reference read some articles I haven't read yet pull out some images for my art binders and grab and glue stash I'm working hard right now to finish another one of my journals or two I've been alternating between the little mini address of journal I've been doing and also my small delusions journal trying to get more journals finished for the year and I also have a couple projects for my creative year that I need to get working on and I want to get done and film it in the can so to speak I did already film an opening video for what I'm gonna use for the year but I'm thinking that I need to either re-edit that re-film it or add a part two because I have more ideas of what I want that video to say so and or how I want that journal to look does that make sense so I think I need to rethink that we have to have some more meetings about the upcoming business for the new year tomorrow I'm gonna do it a little have a little meeting and then Monday a little bit longer meeting so yeah it's all fun and good times that's it for right now I'm gonna go home and relax and just be for a bit how about you guys it is Sunday morning late morning it's 11 o'clock October 29th and Bob and I spent most of the morning after we had our coffee getting that cleaning the house we do every week or two he helps me since I got hurt at working on my issues with asthma it's hard for me to do some of the and hurt both my shoulders it's hard for me to do some of the cleaning pushing the vacuum you don't really realize how hard that is until you don't have full strength in either one of your shoulders and then it's an issue so anyway he's very sweet and every now then on a Saturday or Sunday morning he helps me get the house clean so we did it it's clean we're good for a while and he's home now taking a shower getting dressed and all that stuff and I'm trying to delay long enough so that he like pays the household bills while I'm gone because it makes him very crunchy I don't want to be in the house while he's doing it I don't think that's gonna happen but I'm at the hardware store I've got to pick up a window screen we needed repaired and I've got to pick up a couple other things and so I'm gonna run some errands and then I'll be back you know when that little voice in your head tells you don't do that or you should do this this way that little voice is more often than not right so when I was in the hardware store I needed a little rug to go into the dog's bowl the water dish for both dogs actually they just share a bowl they don't care and I got one but I didn't really like it and I thought it was kind of expensive but I was being lazy and I just I didn't really want to go anywhere else it is Sunday after all and then on the way home I thought about it and I thought I'd stop at another store on the way home a discount department store called Ross dress for less for those of you not in the area or in the US that you know don't have the same kind of stores it's a discount department store and I ended up buying two rugs they're actually bathroom rugs but they'll work just fine it's just for keeping under the water bowl mind you so that you know they don't slather water and stuff all over the floor and these are nicer rugs a better color more neutral washable all that stuff and they were less than half the price of the other rug see the little voice is trying to tell me so now I'm headed back to the hardware store to go return the other rug because I was tempted to just wait a couple day the same little voice is saying no no no just go do it now so we're gonna go do it now I really should learn to listen to myself because I do give myself decent advice sometimes I'm still blaming it on the eclipse whether it's it's fault or not I'm still believing on the eclipse it's my excuse alright I'll be back hey guys it is Monday October 30th it's the day before Halloween that's how come I know so you know don't get too excited you can see behind me that I'm in my art room and I'm working on some more journal pages I have another journal I'm trying to finish before the end of the year the small delusions journal and bonus I'm using up not so only some of my images from my image binders and stash but I'm having a lot of fun doing just a little bit of painting in the background and lots of collage and layer and texturing in the foreground and I'm really really really liking the style so I'm experimenting a lot with that and it is a lot of fun I think I might have to refilm some things for next year that's how much fun I'm having anyway there's a big old hint for you all who are going to be in my creative year next year I also need to work on some sketches for the rubber stamp design designs for next year I have barely touched the surface with that I have to finalize some things and then get with rubber moon and see what they think then there's usually some edits and all of that stuff so what else I really would like to go to a couple of new stores that we have in the area I don't really need anything though so I think I'm going to avoid that I do need to buy Halloween candy I know right I haven't done it yet so when I'm out getting the mail today and mailing off a couple things to art friends I really really really have to get the mail I did some more cleaning and purging this weekend so I've got a pile of ephemera scrapbooking paper and some trash out actually out there in the garage I need to sort through it and dispose of the trash bag up the small bits and then figure out a place to donate it to because I don't want to just throw it in the recycle bin although my husband did try to do that and no nobody panic I did save him from the recycle bin he's all it's just paper open in no so yeah yeah we're not doing that I may split some of it up and put it in happy mail I don't know yet so anyway that's it it's kind of been you know the weirdness continues my weeks and business life are just kind of off they've been off for a while I'm still blaming it on the eclipse I don't know if that's valid to do anymore but yeah that's what I blame it on all right that's it for right now I will okay so after my purge that I did this week last weekend of paper scrapbooking papers collage papers I had a probably inch inch and a half two-inch stack of scrapbooking paper I wanted to keep but it was 12 by 12 I never use 12 by 12 and paper anymore who does I just don't use it anymore so I took it all and I took it to staples and had him cut it in fourths for me so now I have four little stacks of six by six and that's perfect and it fits in the bin where I wanted to fit I don't have to find an extra place to store it and the drawer in one of my desks that I had all of this stuff in has overstock fine art papers and drawing papers so they're in the drawer they're put away they're gonna stay clean and dust free and you know I won't be getting some paint splatters and stuff on them which is perfect that's perfect for me I do have to re-label the drawer now that I thought about it though but yeah it worked out great and they did the cutting for free so I don't know that all of your staples are gonna do that but mine did they're really sweet that way and yay thank you all right that's it for right now I'll be back it is Tuesday October 31st and I am babysitting a little troublemaker for the day she's already tried to dig bandit out of his pen a few times peed on grandpa's tree trimmer then chewed on grandpa's tree trimmer even though I thought I moved it into a safe place so I had to move it up really high and tried to dig a hole to China in the middle of the yard so yeah anyway my daughter did say she was full of high energy today oh joy she is cute though right I'll be back hey guys it is Wednesday November 1st and I am headed over to my postal place where I get my mail they also have notary services I'm about to sign off on my five-year-long workman's comp and disability issue with my former employer and I am settling for a lot less than I probably should but I to be honest I just wanted to be over so we're gonna just do that make it happen I have mixed feelings about it so anyway I'm gonna do that and I'm going to not wait for snail mail to get the papers back to my attorney after I do my part I'm not gonna email them I don't trust that I'm gonna actually drive into his office which is kind of a big deal because he's about 45 minutes from me in Redwood City, California and if you know the area at all and you know where South San Jose is it's quite a drive so it's just before lunch time it's probably a good time to do it hopefully I can be back on the road towards San Jose well before three o'clock because our rush hour starts between 2 30 and 3 and Travis gonna get really gross I used to drive up that way for work for my former employer a lot and traffic is not fun so anyway that's what I'm up to today what are you guys up to today there's also been some business upsets this morning again this weekend oh yeah yeah it's just one thing after the other right now you know but it's all good I've made some beautiful art and I've done some more purging in my space I can find some really fabulous stuff I forgot I had so you know good news bad news right all right so I'm gonna pull in here and I'm gonna get my part done and I will be back on the freeway oh joy because you know I love driving so much but it's for a good cause I'm gonna get this finally thing this thing finally settled behind me can move forward in 2018 with a clean slate in a bunch of different ways that's gonna be a good thing all right I'll be back okay oh my god I'm gonna have to take some video before I leave here my attorney has changed offices since I had to drive to the office for anything last and I knew they'd moved from San Jose to Redwood City I didn't realize that their office was at the port of Redwood City like seriously people talk about a beautiful view so anyway yeah right on the bay hello so I'll try to get a few stills or pictures or video or something before I leave all right I'll be back this is the view outside the front of my lawyers new office building no wonder they wanted to move up here holy cow beautiful view hey guys it is nearing the end of the day on Wednesday November 1st and it's been it's been a mixed bag of nuts today I got to tell you so you know we did the whole lawyer thing and cross your fingers it all goes as planned there just seems to be a lot of bumps in my road right now and I'm handling them no fear and I have friends and family who are helping me handle them but it's discouraging nonetheless so most of the bumps for me are have to do with business just discouraging I don't know what to say but I'll make it through and we'll keep making art we'll keep doing what we love right and I'm gonna keep sharing with you all and for free as long as I can and I'm having fun working in this little journal doing this sort of for me new style of art journaling where it's got a lot of collage and a lot of texture and a little bit of paint and mark making and I'm loving it it's just so much fun and it might be something I continue to do going forward so look for it I hope you're liking it too I haven't filmed everything I've done but I do have a couple of things I've filmed that at this moment I have yet to edit so hopefully tomorrow I can spend most of the day editing because there is a lot of stuff on my cameras as D card and so yeah alright I also have a few things to film but editing comes first I think that's it for right now don't forget to check out the video description for any relevant links including links to my tip jar my Amazon wish list and my link tree link which has everything on it the new Facebook group all that stuff and the most important thing of course go out and have a great day have a great week do something nice for yourself because you deserve it alright and I'll talk to you later bye guys