 Everybody happy Sunday. It's Sunday August. What is it fifth way? It's Sunday first Sunday in August. We are headed out to the movies and dinner to bright blue sunny day hot again Anyway, just taking it easy on Sunday. We have stuff. We probably should be doing but we're not going to so anyway You know how it is We're going to see the Incredibles 2 yes, we are You'll oldest people in the audience, but that's okay, and it's incredible. It'll be incredible. It will be a Twice is incredible. Right? We'll be back. It is Monday August 6th. I only know that because I'm sitting at my desk in the computers right there The husband is off today. He's working these long 12-hour plus shifts for his company doing some customer service worldwide and Training and sorry my asthma is itchy My asthma is acting up and my nose is itchy. My allergies are acting up, too Summer's not a great time of year for me, but the fires in California aren't helping anyway So he's home today He was off yesterday today tomorrow and Wednesday So we're going to try to get some DIY done here around the house and some other errands and things I've been putting off that I could use his help with I did finally get a decent amount of sleep last night and the night before I think my body is just at some point The exhaustion overrides the anxiety And and I just collapse and so that's despite the fact that there's giant bags under my eyes Which are kind of always there I did get some sleep last night Anyway, I've been up doing paperwork and answering some emails and Make making lists. That's what I do when I'm stressed. I make lists. So I made some lists this morning Anyway, I have some art that I want to do I am Inspired to work on a few watercolors that came up with some ideas last night I have a watercolor journal I want to work in so I might work on that I may film it for the vlog and not just for regular YouTube. So I'll see what happens and That's it for the moment. I will Be back. I don't think there's anything exciting going on today except unclogging the whole shower drain I don't think that's super exciting. I won't I promise. I won't film it because who wants to see that I don't want to see that Anyway, that's it for the moment. Okay guys, this is for you all here on the vlog I did my last double-page spread in this journal This is my moleskin one that I never remember what it is. Let's see. It's a moleskin fountain A moleskin weekly notebook for 2017. I did start off the journal dating the pages and of course Finished it with no dates. Of course. This is how it what it looks like How fat it is? It takes my page protectors out What it looks like It has the coolest texture on the pages and in the book because of the layers on some of them and then Just the design on others. It is the coolest thing. So anyway Break out your old calendars and work in them and see what you can come up with That's it for today. I'll be back morning everybody It is Tuesday August I think it's the 7th Pretty sure anyway, it's Tuesday morning at 6.52 a.m. I'm not really awake. I've only had one cup of coffee I'm helping my husband get his car over for service Which means I have to go with him because it's far away and I need to Get him Turn right on to Muscat Drive Turn right on to Uvinyard Drive And they're gonna need to have his car all day. So He has a vintage Mitsubishi 3000 GT sports car 1990 Turn right on to Uvinyard Drive So he's gonna go have a service and then he's got to do blood work and then we're gonna go to breakfast So this will be fun because we'll be driving in rush hour traffic And I haven't done that in quite a while In one mile keep left on Tuesday through 85 north I try to avoid it at all costs. Gene keeps interrupting anyway, we're gonna head on our way and I'll take you with us guys it is 4 37 in the afternoon on Tuesday And it hasn't been an overly busy stressful day, but we have had a lot of little things to do and I just got done dropping my husband off to pick his car up from Getting it serviced, which is the early morning trip that we went on this morning and Then after we did all that we went out to breakfast, which was nice and I think I got a little footage of the restaurant that we went to bill's cafe That I think you saw right before this cute little place Was a pretty good breakfast a little bit pricey the Biscuits and gravy were a little bland, but I have to say My eggs and bacon were cooked really well. The hash browns were delicious coffee You know diner coffee is so hard to get right and not have it be burned and their coffee was really good um police reported ahead Or is now stuck in traffic because my husband's car places on the other side of san jose Getting up there wasn't a big deal because everybody's going south, which is now the way I'm headed and yeah, it's bad anyway, I'm gonna stop at Target on the way home Maybe michaels. I don't know it depends on how annoyed I get with the traffic and where I get off the freeway to be really honest um, I Want to work on some watercolors because right now Um after I finished the journal that I showed you all the other day um The only I'm packing up everything except for my travel arts applies my my travel sketch supplies and some watercolor um like really basic basic basic so I am Want to work on some watercolor. I'm actually inspired right now to work on some watercolor I got the new gene hainz watercolor book in the mail today I pre-ordered it months and months and months ago and I will put a picture here somewhere And um, I am really inspired to practice with some watercolors and I was talking to my husband After we get all of the things done that we're doing right now I may do a few big watercolors to get framed and hang in the house. So anyway, um, but That all being said I left out a couple of watercolor journals and some paints of course and brushes But I do not have any watercolor pencils and I want to do some pre sketching That actually for once I don't want to show when it's done. So I need to go to the store Crayola will work fine. Um, these are just practices in the in the journal. So If a little bit of the pencil shows, that's fine It doesn't matter, but I don't want to use black dissolvable graphite, which I do have But that's too dark for what I want to do. So I'm going to just pick up a box of crayola watercolor pencils Rose art or something that'll work just fine So we're going to go do that on the way home and I'm sounding raffy again because of Um, the air quality issues that we're having right now in the bay area because of the calo at californ nor the california fires So, um, they just finally put out an announcement today, you know I already knew it for like at least a week, but I'll show you guys what it looks like This is just to get on the freeway It's just to get on the freeway Lovely, right? That over there on the left is the freeway. It's like this here all the time So yeah I saw I'm going to turn up the music and I'm going to just Try to relax and enjoy the ride guys. It is Wednesday, august 8th. It is 10 53 a.m. And it's been a busy busy morning filled with phone calls and Me trying to get enough coffee to feel like I'm awake, which I haven't really managed to be perfectly honest I got this piece of happy mail yesterday all the way from offland new zealand From youtube superfan stephanie parks. She's a long time fan of mine She sends me a lot of emails with artwork images that she's done And she does great work. Thank you so much stephanie's for being a big support over the years And I absolutely love all the stamps that you used. You knew I was going to say that though I love them I don't know what kind of bird that is Stephanie, but maybe you can tell me you can send me an email. I know you don't let comment on youtube very much or anything Um, or maybe one of you all knows but anyway, aren't these great? So this came yesterday. I haven't opened it yet. It's still sealed. So Let's see if we can get it open see if we can find a little hole Rip anything it seems like a very full envelope the description on the um Customs tags just says um stationery I don't know what that means, but it looks fabulous. She sent me some really beautiful handmade stuff before You know, I'll save this because this is great. Look at this How she has this all wrapped up Look at that. I love that I'm going to stop and take a photo. I'll be right back. Okay So there's a card. Let me read what it says beautiful card handmade card And made by Stephanie. Well, this is um Actually for my birthday. She sent me something for my birthday and um, that is so sweet. Yes. My birthday is august 2nd and um I love that you remembered That's great. I am terrible with people's birthdays even it when they're family or close friends I'm pretty well known in the family for being horrible with birthdays. So Um, but anyway, I'm glad that you all are better at it than I am So thank you so much for the wonderful birthday card all the birthday cards I got this year going in my travels notebook journal. So this one will be included And then she sent me this fun little birthday package. So let's see what's in here I'm gonna try to Of course save everything Because I can use this string look at this beautiful paper. It feels like a handmade paper Oh look She said look at these flags These are gonna be great in my travelers notebook I love them. I have not seen these These are wonderful. Thank you so much Stephanie. I do so appreciate it very much So there you go. That's it for the moment for today We've got to go do some banking and other things Later today after lunch and I need to finish laundry because we have a lot of dirty clothes again I don't know why that is Anyway, all right, I'll be back. Hey guys. I finally started doing some watercolor again and I Was really interested in painting some pictures Representing love but in a non-traditional way. So I thought what about some watercolors of At least a suggested image of an actually anatomical heart But what about one that was dripping rainbows or, you know, one that was Ocean colors one that was forest colors Inspired by things that you love, right? So I just had this thing about doing the first one in with rainbow colors And at first I wasn't too sure how it turned out. But now it's dry You ready? I don't know. I know it's not going to appeal to all of you. There's just something about it that I love I love it and There is a trick to how I did it. I do think I want to do a series of these on bigger paper After we get done with all the boxes and cardboard and craziness that's going on around here Um, so there is a trick to doing it. I think that You could do paintings of this and do repeated paintings and rather than a hand sketching each painting and have it be You know, a completely different or a slightly different size each time this way They'll be at least of of similar size. Although they're each hand painted. They'll be of similar size There is a trick that I'm using an old trick It's not a new trick by any stretch of the imagination. If y'all would like to see it Let me know in the comments. But yeah, I am also going to be painting some owl feathers In non-traditional colors. This is a reference image I found on the internet And I have a couple other ideas for some watercolors. I'm going to work in this Journal it's one of the few things I can get to I left out one watercolor journal out my Daniel Smith paints out and some brushes and things Um, and then I already finished the other journal I was working in the collage one, which I already shared with y'all So I am going to work in this watercolor one now Love it Anyway, let me know in the comments below if you'd like to see how I did that Good morning everybody. It's Thursday morning August something. So that's my dad. So it's been a great morning I started off the morning with The city of San Jose garbage people not taking the old motor oil that we had in their jug Because as they said it wasn't in their jug and it wasn't motor oil There's that I went to go clean the furnace vent and get the lint out of it and I got the brush stuck So my dad's here to help with some other stuff and he's going to try to unfix it for me I'm unstick it unfix it. Anyway, it's been an interesting start to the day. I'm having some more coffee We'll see where the rest of the day takes me. I'll be back this cute envelope in the mail late yesterday and I It says it's from Karen And I wasn't sure who that was There we go The only Karen I know is my I have a sister named Karen, but I was pretty sure it wasn't from her. She and I don't really get along that well So, um, I opened it up and it's from a Either a follower on facebook or a fan here on youtube Actually wasn't real clear on that See if I can get it out one handed. Let's see Let's see And she sent this really nice card with this really lovely poem on the front you all can Screenshot this right here so you can read it or pause the video right here so you can read it And there was a very nice note handwritten note inside and She did some artwork and doodling inside I love it. Thank you so much Karen if you're watching this. I really do appreciate it It was a really nice surprise to get in the mail Uh for my birthday really nice. Thank you so much It is friday august 10th Um, it's 10 o' eight in the morning Um, I've spent the morning getting ready for some more people and estimates to come over to the house I can't really deal with any more workmen or anything. So my dad is actually visiting And my husband is working from home today. So they both said go We'll handle it. So I said, okay good Dad take notes for me. Um So i'm headed out of the house before I drive myself and everybody else around me crazy And um Yeah, so we're gonna go run some errands and have some fun. We're going to see roger doll tree tonight. That was One of the people that just drove by Um, so we're gonna go see what roger doll tree tonight. So that'll be fun And uh, yeah in the meantime, I'm gonna go run a couple errands to like Dollar tree and things and pick up some stuff that I've been looking for if I can find it And we'll get some thing for dinner Before I leave so we can have an early dinner And yeah, so I'm gonna bring you all with me. I've already updated the website And added a couple of new memes The design team videos all came out today For my design team for my product line for my etsy shop. So I will link My video in the description below and in my video description I actually know you know what I'm gonna list all of their video links in the description below I don't care if you watch my video, but go watch all of theirs show them some love And if you're not subscribed to their channels yet do that um What else is going on today? I feel like there's something and I can't remember because I'm kind of I'm having kind of a high anxiety moment and That was why My husband and father both said you need to just go run your errands before you drive us yourself and everybody else crazy Because that's a real thing So we're gonna go over to world market Which is a store that sells All imported goods and I'm gonna go see if I can pick up some incense And it's one of the few things that doesn't make me cough and wheeze. So Um, I actually should say it shouldn't say that there's a couple of scents of incense that don't make me cough and wheeze So I'm gonna go pick some up because I'm running low and Um, I want to go to the dollar tree Maybe michaels. I need I want to need I don't need I want to get some decor things And I might drive down to hobby lobby depending on if I haven't gotten texted that people are gone And I still need to kill time that I might drive down to hobby lobby Which is the other way because I'm headed north And hobby lobby is south in morgan hill That's a thing All right, that's it for the moment. I'll be back. Okay I stayed out of the house just long enough for all of the workman people to come and go and there I got everything unpacked and the groceries and stuff I'll put away and ate lunch and now I'm back out again I gotta go to the bank now. Great. Go get some cash My dad came down from washington state to help us out with a few things and I need to get him some cash to cover his expenses Because that's only fair and um, yeah, so I need to go do that Still looking forward to the roger doll tree concert tonight Um A lot of stuff in my house is packed because we're having work done on it But I think I know where there's one sweatshirt and even though it's 112 degrees right now on my windshield I'm gonna need a sweatshirt because when the sun goes down up where the concert is it's probably going to be freezing And I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it and be dressed like this So there's that Anyway, that's it. I'm gonna go to the bank. I'll be right back is um, saturday morning Uh, october august 11th 10 39 a.m And we are just having a slow lazy day. I'm still in my pajamas And uh, yeah, the husband is on call for work the next few days in a row including saturday and sunday So, um, we aren't going to be going too far But I do have some more, um Purging to do and my dad has been visiting helping us out with some things around the house Which means that I now have to clean because Love my dad, but yeah He's a little bit like The pig pen character from the peanuts comic strip with a little dust cloud following him around Yeah, so anyway Um, so yeah, I might get some more watercoloring or something done today. I will try to catch some Clips of it if I can for you all And yeah, that's it not nothing big No huge things to do Which is nice for a change. All right, I'll be guys Wow, it is 117 on saturday. It's 100 degrees on the windshield Which is slightly cooler than it was at this time yesterday Which was 112 degrees Yeah, all right, so we've got some cleanup done Had some lunch. I need to go out and run some errands now. I need to actually get a couple things for dinner and I need to Drop off some batteries to recycling We found some old batteries and um I need to take an etsy order in and pick up the mail you know All that jazz So let's go and by the way last night's Concert with roger doll tree despite the fact that he had um technical issues with the sound system was fabulous and who knew Roger doll tree was a johnny cash fan. I had no idea and he and his band sang Some johnny cash at the end of the concert, which was fabulous and I have yet today to find time to Look and see if he's ever recorded any johnny cash song. So I'm going to be doing that. I don't know if he ever has Um, he made it sound like he hasn't ever but he does sing them It was fabulous either way If you have the opportunity to go see him and you're a fan of the who and johnny Sorry and roger doll tree You might want to go see it. It was really a lot of fun And if you're in california In the san josei bay area or greater san francisco bay area And you're looking for a nice concert venue I would really recommend the mountain winery and if you've never heard of it I'll link their website in the description below. They do Um read out their space for events like weddings and things. It's not a huge venue Um, but it is a really nice place to go see a concert Yeah, because it's a smaller venue Uh, we've seen a number of different people there including willy nelson john jet um ryan setzer So many I can't even think of who And every single one of them was great So I can't recommend them enough So anyway, let's get to get and then go get the batteries dropped off and get my Stimped at the grocery store done so I can go get the mail We'll do the two not fun things first All right, that's it. I'll be back You know, I really love how people think The traffic signals and lane lines are just a suggestion I'm only literally one block from home Two blocks max and I've already seen two very near accidents One that almost involved me Seriously people just slow down and pay attention to what's going on around you. I don't understand I literally just saw somebody running red light in front of oncoming traffic I made a left turn in front of oncoming traffic from the other way And then somebody Decided to change lanes right in front of me without looking to see if there was anybody there i.e. me Unbelievable Let's go get the mail Okay guys, so that's it for this week. I hope you've had a good one I know it's been interesting for us And it will continue to be so for a little while look towards the end of this month for A new vlog series specifically on what's been going on with us and what this all is about behind me to start airing here on the channel and That's it for right now. Don't forget to be nice to each other be a decent human and for goodness sake Go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys