 Anyway, I'm out in the garage, as you can see, on the treadmill, kind of sweaty and dripping, watching movies on my iPad while I'm on the treadmill, because that's what I do, otherwise I get bored. Sorry, sweat's dripping into my eyeball. But making sure I get my steps in, it's a great way to start the day. I've got video to edit, last week's vlog to edit, and I think there's other stuff on the camera now. It's been a while, I forgot what's on there, so I'm gonna work through all that today, and I'll be back. It is Friday, October 19th, a little troublemaker's here, with her parents, it's family dinner night, we're working on a puzzle of the Capitol, no jumping. Go play with Bandit. Anyway, we're working on the building puzzle of the Capitol, and we are having a hard time. See, they're all in there, working on the puzzle, I'm trying to cook the ravioli, yeah, anyway, I'll be back. Guys, it is Saturday morning, October 20th, I think, or is it the 21st? I don't even know I've lost track, anyway, it's Saturday. I think it's the 21st, I think actually yesterday was the 20th, and I think I said it was the 19th. You know, you guys all should know by now, I have no sense of direction, and I frequently have no idea what day it is. Anyway, this is the finished puzzle we did last night, it's our most challenging one yet, all these little pieces of the Capitol ceiling, yeah, these were hard, and these buildings, they were really, this particular building was really a pain, but we got it done, so a lot of fun. So it's our way of having sort of family togetherness without the TV on, or the devices, we actually have to talk to each other, I love that. So anyway, alright, I'm going to go get ready and get on the treadmill, and get my steps in for the day, and then we'll see where we go from there. It's Sunday, October 22nd, and we're getting ready to go out and run some errands. Yes, my hair is all wet again, we're going to go to the bookstore, we're going to go to the hardware store, and to the grocery store, so I'll be back. So we're out running some errands, and of course I talked the husband into going to Barnes & Noble, because you know, I needed more magazine for my hoard. I found this magnet, I'm going to stick it on the cart, metal cart in my art room. Do more of what makes you happy, I like that. Sunday afternoon, and we've been running around the house, doing chores, there's Mr. Krabby pants, let's close the door so he can't get in the house, I've been chatting with friends, washing out my brushes, my husband says, come here, come here, we have a little visitor on the garden gate, here in the house, and I start to hear this whack, whack, whack, and it's the husband outside taking an axe to the old broken hose thing, so he can get it in the garbage can. I wasn't sure what exactly he was whacking on, but now I know. There's old Mr. Krabby pants, you're good now, huh? Because the little troublemaker is not here today. To drive your old butt crazy. It is Monday, October 23rd, and I have spent most of the morning in meetings about the MyCreative Year Facebook group, an art video group that's going to be on, mainly on Facebook, but the videos will be aired on YouTube. Anyway, if you want to know more about it, you want to join the group, there'll be a link to a video and description in the description, and a link to the Facebook group in the description. It's a year-long free mixed media group, anyway. So it is almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I've gotten like nothing done. I have to go get the mail. I'm starving, so I need to eat lunch. So we're going to go get the mail first. I did get a bunch of paperwork done. I did get the IKEA cart cleaned out, which I intended to do. I did that while I was chatting with people on the computer. But I have to film a journal flip and do a couple other things still today. But yeah, I need to stop and eat and get the mail first. All right, that's it right now. I'll be back. So does it seem like it's dark outside? Because it is dark outside. It's almost 7 p.m. and I got talked into meeting the husband at the Masonic Lodge for work. I mean for work. For dinner. I was not planning on attending, but he called me and said, when he met us there, said, I'm dressed in my panty. I'm not leaving the house clothes. He said, it doesn't matter. Just come. I said, okay, I'll be right there. So here we go. As you saw, I was on the treadmill earlier and while I was on the treadmill, I was chatting with my art friends in our weekly chat session. I also got some laundry started. The dishes done. The coffee pots all cleaned out and I have a KCAP machine. So that's not easy to clean, but it's clean. And I got the giveaways mailed off for the matchbook journal. So if you're watching this and you were one that entered the giveaway, the two winners were picked. In fact, that reminds me, I've got to mark the video closed, but they were picked and they're mailed. And I had some Etsy orders that also had to be mailed. And I finally got Facebook to approve a name change on my business page on Facebook. Yay. And yes, I do have a business page on Facebook. And I will put it in the link tree link, which is in the description below. You can click on the link down there that says link tree. It says link tr.ee slash Gina B. Arons. And if you click on it, it's going to give you links to every single place on the internet you can possibly find me. All my different store links, all my social media links. You're even going to get a copy, a link to the LinkedIn site where my resume is. Should you need it? I don't know, but it's there. I don't know, there's a lot of stuff. I've had extra coffee today that probably wasn't a good idea. I don't know. Got the garbage cans all emptied, all that stuff. So I'm going to go in the house and sit down. My daughter's over visiting with her puppy because they lost power at their apartment and she works from home. So she's like, can I come over and borrow your electricity and Wi-Fi? Like I'm going to say no. Of course I didn't say no. She and the puppy are over and they're inside, I'm sure. Lily is a very sweet puppy, but she's a puppy. So her nickname is the little troublemaker. In case you haven't gotten that clue yet, and this is your first vlog. And my dog is old and cranky. So, you know, he's Mr. Cranky Pants. Anyway, I think that's it right now. I need to have some lunch really bad and then I've got to work on some fabric stuff and reorganizing a little bit of stuff in my art closet. Again, today that's kind of the job today and tomorrow. And yeah, I got some sewing to do. And I'm going to film some of it for my creative year for next year. I also have some repairs to do and I may or may not film that too, but I've got a handbag that needs repair. So I got to do that too. That's it right now. Okay, it's Tuesday evening. I'm out. Ooh, the phone's gonna fall. I'm out in the front room of my house and no one's home. I am going to work on Inktober for today. The prompt for today is blind. So I'm going to do a continuous, I've done this before, but it's been a while, continuous line, blind drawing. So not only am I going to keep my eyes closed, but I'm not going to try to lift my pen up. I'm going to try to do something that has some facial features, maybe. I don't know. We're going to find out. It's going to probably be a hot mess, but you know. So let me set up the camera so you guys can see what I'm doing. And yeah, we'll take it from there. There are ways to do these kind of drawings where you don't lift your pen up. You can look or not look at the paper. I've done them where you're staring at the subject you're drawing and you're not looking at the paper. In this case, I just kept my eyes closed. She's an interesting cute hot mess, but yeah. There we go. All right, that's it for today. I'll be back. It is Wednesday, October 25th. And I'm going to go run one really quick errand. And then I'm going to meet my student, Laura, for a art coaching tutoring session thing. We don't exactly know what to call our sessions, but yeah. That was all fit. Anyway, I'm going to go do that really quick and then meet with her for a couple of hours and then try to go run a couple more errands, I think. So we'll see what happens. I've already had an early morning before dawn business meetings with Cindy Utter about things coming up for next year. And she asked me why it was so dark. I was sitting in the dark. I said, I have the lights on it because it's not dawn yet here on my side of the world. So anyway, that was pretty funny. Yeah, so here we go. I'll be back. And I just stopped at the grocery store and picked up some lunch. I'm going to go get the mail and then I'm going to go home and just sit and be for a little while. I need that. All right, I'll be back. Hey guys, it is Wednesday evening. It's just after eight o'clock. I have had quite the day. I had everything, as I said earlier, from early morning meetings to meeting a student in her house for some art coaching and then coming home to do some filming for my creative year for next year. Yeah, next year. I did say next year. And then squeezing some chores in there somewhere, you know, dishes and laundry. And I did have to finally vacuum the floor in here because I did a few projects in the floor was just full of bits and pieces and scraps and it was bad. So it's all clean now. See, nice. Well, except for the paint stains, but you know, it's clean-ish. I'm all ready tomorrow to hopefully get some journaling done and work a little bit more on my to-do list that I have of projects I want to, you know, continue to get done and caught up on. Yeah. So anyway, it's been an interesting week and it's all good. My friend who I mentioned earlier, but I'm not going to name that sick and had surgery recently. Her results are not good. So everybody, you don't know her. I'm not going to name her, but throw some good energy out there for her. I would appreciate that. And everybody else who's suffering right now, they could all use it. That's it for today. Don't forget to check the video description for any relevant links, including the link to the my creative year next year, the free online mixed media teaching group for lack of a better term. It's not just journaling. We're going to be doing all kinds of things in there and there'll be classes, the videos will be here on YouTube, but further instruction, direct communication, materials, lists, the free downloads, all that's going to be over in the Facebook group. So if you want to be part of it, join the group. Link is below and I know there's, I do actually have hair. It's just, yeah, it's there. I don't know. Distracted by the way the top of my head looks. So all those links are in the description below. My tip jar link, if you want to support the free content here on YouTube and the content on Facebook, is in the description. My Amazon wish list is down there. My happy mail address is down there, all that stuff. So check out the video description. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. And above all, go out and have a great day. Have a great week. Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. And I will see you later. Bye, guys.