 Well I can say happy Sunday morning still because it's not noon yet so happy Sunday morning. It's December 20th I think and it's 11 36 a.m and obviously we're in the car. We've got the house sort of cleaned up and we're out running a few errands. We'd like to get done today so we don't hopefully have to go out again this week until like after Christmas maybe so we'll see how that goes and I got an interesting Etsy order in today that my first Etsy order with an invalid address so I've messaged the customer question we'll see what happens with that it's also overseas so she's going to hopefully be okay with me making the sticker sheet smaller so they fit this smaller envelope or postage is going to be insane so we'll see what happens um that was an interesting way to start off Sunday anyway we're headed to the garden shop and the hardware store and the grocery store so we'll be guys it is just after four o'clock on Monday December 21st I think I know it's late in the day right I have been busy today and the cleaning lady is here and before anybody asks of course she's working for us safely she's masked we're staying far away from her while she is working if she's downstairs we're upstairs if she's upstairs we're downstairs if we need to one of us run errands that one will go out of go do that one of course always stays home but yeah we do it very safely she's masked the entire time um anyway I'm out checking the mail I also had to send out some masks to my parents they need more masks because I think they're giving them all away I keep sending a box of masks and I think they're giving them away so since I think that's what's going on I'm sending them extras because that's fine just let me know I still need to make sure my parents are safe um Wendy letty just left as she finished getting the house clean and working for the day and we were gonna go walking when she left only I don't think we're going walking it is after lunch let's see it is 12 26 p.m. Tuesday December 22nd I think um spent the morning doing a live broadcast we did two pages in the December daily cut a bunch more snowflakes because I ran out and got all of that done and then got the mess cleaned up from doing that and now Bob is putting together some furniture that I got for Christmas for the guest room I think Fred's putting together some nightstands for me this room up here we also got a a desk for this room because you see that giant thing right there that's an old computer that takes five and a quarter inch floppies and it's accompanying floppies I don't know that we'll plug it in I'm a little scared to even like try that but I do want to put it up on a desk somewhere it's a fun conversation piece so yeah we'll probably go for a walk later as long as it doesn't start pouring again yeah what are you all doing today fun stuff I hope all right that's it for the minute I'll be back I got some painting done and I finally got the Moody River painting I think is finished and I'll put some pictures here from start to finish I started this painting back in March at the beginning of the pandemic pandemic hit and I sort of got lost a few times anyway I think it's done now uh Bob put together there he is some new furniture for the upstairs guest room looks really great up there and uh yeah we just kind of put it away in the house on things I needed doing we're gonna go for a walk now it's a little bit drizzly but that's okay I'm not the wicked witch I won't melt I don't think I'll be back I think somebody lost a couple of balloons oops yeah and everybody it's Wednesday afternoon December 23rd it's just before 1 30 in the afternoon I've been painting again I started another new painting right here I'm actually using up some craft quality paints and I've taken a bunch of like colors and mixed them together and then I'm going to be using them at least for the base and beginnings of this painting and I and future paintings until I use them up I do like where this is going I'm going to work on a few skyscape inspired paintings I have two of these big square canvases and I have a bunch of smaller ones so I think I want to do a little series um I have some of the paint over there I've used probably about half of what what I found that I needed to purge I'm not sure on the other half that may still end up in a purge box so so stay tuned for that the painting that I just finished yesterday may go downstairs in the game room I don't know we're going to do some rearranging okay here's the question for you all so I have this Ikea car right here that I pull out it's one of those Ikea carts on wheels it's full of the artist paint that I use when I'm painting canvases over here on the easel and then I have a little table right there for the water and things I'm not sure this setup these things and that are the best use of the space what do you all think send me your suggestions my email is down below and if you're on social media with me tag me in a post so kind of looking around for storage solutions I do like painting in front of the window because I like the light I like not having to always turn that light on but I'm just thinking one of those large like tabaret style cabinets with a flat top and lots of drawers might be a better use in this corner and then I wouldn't need to move this all the time yeah so that's what I'm thinking about but they're really expensive so I would want a thrift for something that'll work anyway what do you all think all right I'm going to bring the painting downstairs and do some things I'm working on laundry you know the normal chores and I've got to get the crock pot out because we have to figure out how we're going to cook the big giant pork shoulder for tomorrow so that's a thing all right I'll be back so we're pulling the big guest room together today finally except for this wall which I want to paint one of these colors of light blue but we're rearranging the where are we art library and finished art cubes work to put the tv up here this is the tv that was downstairs we which we never watch so it would be better served to have it up here we also have how many of you are old school enough to recognize this computer system it's not plugged in and I don't know that it ever will be but it is on display it's literally been in storage for decades literally decades I can't believe I can say that but at least 20 years but probably more like 30 so I don't know if it's capable of being plugged in I don't I mean it would probably start a fire to be plugged in I don't know so not without some serious tlc for the moment it's not going to get plugged in but we do have it and it's part and floppy disks and instruction manuals I know right and that giant monitor so it's kind of just a conversation piece I asked for this desk for Christmas so that we would have a space to be able to have it out on display you know it's just it's a fun thing to have right so anyway we're going to get this cube situation straightened out after the husband gets the tv hooked up he's looking for a part that he put away somewhere yeah I don't know where they're we're away places but hopefully we'll find it all right I'll be back okay my hair was in my face so it's not gonna messy ponytail I don't have any problem telling you all this because by the time you see this they'll be back but the kids are out of town and so I need to go check their mail which I almost forgot we've haven't been since Monday so I need to go do that now and then check my own on the way back and I've got to get the crock pot out for tomorrow and hopefully the pork fits in there or we have to cut it up or something and then we're going to go walking then I have to figure out what we're doing for dinner and then we're going to go drive around and do Christmas lights it is going to be a busy afternoon and evening but it's Christmas time so anyway I'll be back yes I have my coat on again so we did go on a walk about two and a half three miles friend yeah about that two and a half miles and we walked down to Panda Express again and got dinner I know I know right it defeats the purpose of going for a walk but anyway we did that and well we were gone and we got a call that Bob's mom heard herself she's in California she's going to be okay we think but yeah that was exciting not fun exciting and you know I don't know what you expect anymore it's 2020 it's the freaking apocalypse so anyway it's kind of home moping and just vegetating on the couch we're going to go drive and see Christmas lights because we are making the best of this Christmas as we can right yeah so we're going to go see Christmas lights we're going to take you with us we'll be back for him but he's like taking his time in the closet he don't want to be on camera yes he's a lot taller than I am he's doing something on our purpose um anyway I just wanted to tell you as as does Bob um Fred Fred aka Fred um wherever you are in the world whatever you celebrate um however you do that despite COVID and all the other challenges we've had this year in 2020 we hope you have a happy one even if it's driving around the neighborhood looking at lights right right have a merry Christmas merry Christmas happy new year happy new year all right what was that for next week well New Year's is next week next week anyway whatever it is whatever happy Hanukkah happy Kwanzaa whatever it is have a happy one happy holiday happy holiday all right we're gonna go sit and have some maybe some tea oh grass wine I'll have tea he'll have wine all right I'll be back everybody happy Christmas Eve it's just before 10 a.m on Thursday December 24th I almost forgot what day the week it is I don't know can you see all that frosty stuff on the roofs outside it looks like it's starting to melt a little bit but not a whole lot so and it's colder than it's supposed to be right now so I don't still don't think we're gonna get any snow but you never know um update on my mother-in-law she is doing okay but because of her age and the type of fall she's at the hospital and we're waiting waiting to get some reports back but yeah we'll see anyway we've got a giant pork shoulder in the oven the whole house already smells like pork it's only been in the oven for about an hour and boy does that smell good anyway we are going to just hang out at home and work on dinner and wait for phone calls and yeah we still have to tell the daughter her grandmother fell so I'm waiting for more information before we do that so anyway I'll be back to scare Bambi away but I guess I did anyways she was over here eating lunch I'm sure she hasn't gone very far she's been hanging out all morning waiting for us to put corn out which we did and apples anyway it's been quite the 24 hours um as I said earlier Bob's mom um fell yeah I don't know if I said exactly what happened she fell at her house yesterday last night she broke her hip she's as we speak having surgery uh she's 92 years old and she has just recovered from COVID so she is one tough woman I have all confidence she can make it through this but some prayers for a good speedy recovery are most welcome please and yeah holy cow it's 2020 over yet because yeah I've had enough of this year I don't know about you all I would say good morning but it's like 2 30 in the afternoon so that won't work but Merry Christmas everybody or happy holidays if you don't celebrate Christmas we are home alone today just the two of us we did Christmas presents this morning and that was a lot of fun got a lot of things we both wanted pretty much everything on our list which is great doesn't happen every year but love that um if you see are seeing this clip you also saw a clip of me having a zoom Christmas uh with my family and Bob was on we were on two different couches with two different iPads that was interesting but anyway um we're going for a walk now it's a little bit drizzly but not too bad and try to get some steps in after overeating too much last night with Jenny and Brian and drinking too much and all the things so we're going to go get some exercise I've already done today's journal pages and uh daily doodle and all the things so yeah let's go get some steps in and see what we can see I'll be back earlier out walking we walked by the king city community park which we do a lot and they have a free library book box thing um in at the edge of the park which we always stop and look out and every now and then I see something um that I can take or I will sometimes go thrifting and buy a bunch of kids books and go on purpose to go leave in the box this time I found a little bag of all of these sticker flakes and these are some cute yeah these are cute I'll be using these in my journals on the covers of my journals all over the place so glad I found them can't do that right now but yeah so um I love it I can't believe no there's an antique shop near here that sells some things like this they're expensive they're as much as three dollars a piece look how many I found yeah so happy yay Merry Christmas to me all right I'll be back people it is Friday uh Friday yeah yeah it's Saturday uh it's the year of Mondays I don't know what day it is it's Saturday morning 10 28 uh 10 29 a.m December 26th the day after Christmas we are getting ready to go run a few errands and take some donations and um I just got done sorting them in the back of the car and sorting some trash and that sort of thing as one does post Christmas um so anyway the kitchen's pretty much cleaned up um all right I adopted kids uh brought us some flowers um which are beautiful I do think I'm gonna pluck some of them out later this afternoon and press them in a book I know because they're just they're pretty they'd be pretty on the journal page so anyway um yeah I've gotta go check on the PO box I've got to take the donations in we need a couple of groceries um like normal food not sweets or cake and uh stuff like that so we're gonna go get all that done and take you with us as we can and I'll be back so I will say welcome to a typical day in Oregon it's cloudy and rainy and yet obnoxiously sunny to where you need your sunglasses all at the same time yeah welcome to our world it is raining out it is 9 30 or something I don't know Saturday the 26th of December I don't know I just finished my daily drawing um journal page thing and doing all the posts on social media for the evening so thought I'd come upstairs and close the vlog um computers finally off for the day and that sort of thing we went to Ikea today as you all probably know because I've probably already said uh first time in about a year I think I have ordered some things from there during the pandemic which takes so long took two and a half months to get where's it a pegboard for the wall back there um um it was a crazy amount of time anyway um it wasn't very people-y not like a normal Ikea day Saturday um it wasn't wasn't too bad they had a queue a line so you had to be six feet apart there were marks all over the ground the registers are all cordoned off with plastic and cheating and everybody's in PPE and the surprising yeah not surprising thing is the lack of inventory and the supply chain issues are having because me of course I'm chatty caffeine so I'm talking to people and looking for things and they're just not getting the supplies and the shipments that they were getting because of the pandemic because um international shipping issues and all of the things for the things because of the year of Mondays so anyway yeah you know what are you going to do anyway it's been quite a week it's been an interesting Christmas that's for sure my mother-in-law um for those um if you've watched it this far then you know she got hurt um at christmas time and she ended up having surgery but she's recovering nicely she is 92 and she's a tough old lady and um she's very annoyed because she's not in control basically so that means she's doing just fine Betty we wish you well so all of you send your good thoughts and energy out to her I know she could use it she's 92 years old so you know it's never fun to matter your age to have to be in the hospital and get surgery and but especially when you're 92 and at christmas time right anyway so it's been a fun one so you're over yet holy crap anyway um I hope you and yours had a happy holiday whatever holiday you celebrate and that we try to go forward in kindness kindness I'm thinking about others more than ourselves I think right now in this time of the pandemic we need to do some of that because I think we're all forgetting about that anyway personal opinion you don't have to agree with me and that's okay um please if you can support the free content here on youtube and in the facebook art groups not just mine yes if you want to support mine I appreciate that there's lots of ways to do it look at the video description there's patreon youtube membership and all of you can shop in my auntie's shop there's a link to you list of links down below it'll when you click on it it'll give you my instagram link if you want to follow me over there and like all kinds of stuff but if you have have a favorite content creator 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