 Hey guys, it is Is it Wednesday? Hold on. It's the year of Mondays is what it is It is Sunday morning December 27 I think It's just before lunch. It's 11 14 a.m. To be exact. I only know that because I'm in the car. Don't get excited Okay, guys, it has been a crazy day Update on Bob's mom. She's doing well as well as can be expected She's annoyed. That means she's doing well because yeah Anyway, um It's got a bunch of stuff done got some more to do but we're gonna take a break and go for a walk I think we're gonna go On more of a destination walk like we do now and then and we're gonna go get some coffee We're gonna walk it's about a mile and a half from the house mile Something like that So about a three mile round trip Walk get some coffee. It's actually daylight out still. Yay And come back So i'll be back in a bed. It is 11 18 a.m Monday I think Um Yes, I am still in my pajamas. This is my sweater robe um After much debating much internet searching I really wanted to do this without buying anything and I think I did we are gonna buy a piece of plastic to go on top of here Because I would like to have plastic on there. It's actually my husband's idea It's a good one not because I need the plastic But we had this wire shelf unit that was in his office closet That I've put in this alcove next to the round table that was already here I did a little bit of rearranging and then the easels here Which is nice because it faces In a way that I get the afternoon sun on the canvas, which is wonderful I do have a light there if I need it. I'm going to hang a painting here on the wall And I think that's going to be perfect. It's just my little painting alcove I have an excess of artist paints golden and fluid acrylics and stuff. I am going to be labeling the bins I am This year Doing a use it or lose it challenge to myself and I'm going to try to use some of this up Some of this is really old. Some of the paint is getting stinky So it's turning bad and so I need to use it up. So that's going to be the project this year and uh I think this setup is going to enable me to do that very well. So I think that's I think it's a good job. So The afternoon it is 2 44 p.m It's all of about 36 degrees outside um Yeah, and we're in the car. We're going to go for a drive I mean, you know, there's not too many things because of covid that you can do safely Uh around the world not just here um So one of the things we do do occasionally is just get in the car and go for a drive We don't necessarily stop anywhere except maybe to get a cup of coffee and when we do we do it, of course safely I've got my mask right here I'm gonna keep forgetting there's one actually in the pocket of this jacket Anyway, we'll brush coffee in McMindle. Go there. It's wednesday december 30th 11 45 a.m I wasn't sure of the time, but it's just before lunch um I was planning on spending the day at home finishing up the last few empty pages In the december daily journal as bonus pages and getting them done tonight. I got two of the four done um Obviously, I'm not still working on the pages. Hello in the car because we need to go pick up Some food for tomorrow and fred said come with me. So So Yeah Here we are Semper daily is done. I decided to take the last four pages of the journal and write a letter to myself or any thieves or people who look at the journal about my thoughts about the year we've had for 2020 and um kind of a little bit of the inkling into what my thinking was behind um creating the journal Anyway, uh, it's done now. And so now it's drying. I've got a propped open. So Pages don't stick together while the glue is drying And now I can clean up the mess on my desk I do think we're going to continue with some sort of a positive affirmations journal And so I'm going to keep some of these things for that. I'm going to keep some of these things for um next winters um december journals and Some things that just aren't speaking to me are going to go in the next purge box and I'm good. So that's going to go So For those that don't know I come from a decently creative family. I have two aunts Had one is passed away now one on each side of my parents family My sisters my mother's sister and my dad one of my dad's sisters. They were both um fine art students back in the day and both creatives in their own right And that has definitely kind of creative gene has been passed on to the family Both grandmothers were creative and both did a lot of needlework in the day and all of that stuff and My two nieces um megan actually works at a hospital now. In fact, she's considered essential medical help. So she's already gotten her vaccine. Yay megan. Um and No side effects. Anyway, she does um Like spray paint art galaxy stuff and katie does a lot of scrapbooking and things but she's getting into painting And I also have a sister who who's a painter by the way Anyway, big family of creatives and katie. I just found out like two minutes ago She said that she made something for us. I've seen pictures of what everybody else got And but she said you probably won't get it until this weekend It came today. Do you all want to see what it is because I kind of want to see what it is So we're going to open it. Hang on I didn't expect it to be this big. Um bob didn't either and the pictures we saw you couldn't really tell how big it was to be fair Um, yeah Okay, it's I think it says something in german, which i'm not sure what that says We'll have to do google translate, but there we go. Oh, there's a card taped to the back. Maybe it says on the back So for those that don't know my husband is german 100 He doesn't speak any though. You don't know what that says. Do you dear? No I don't know what that says. I have trouble with my english words, but it's beautiful nonetheless And I can't wait to find a place to hang it. Thank you very much. Yep. Thank you All right, we're gonna husband's got the tv on so shut the doors up here. Um Happy new year's eve everybody. It is december 31st new year's eve. It is 12 26 p.m just after lunch and I think we're ready I know i'm ready for the year to be over anyways. We're not super hungry for lunch because over eight yesterday and So we also are taking advantage of a break in the rain To go for a walk and get some steps in and burn off some of the calories we ate last night Yeah, and stop by the mailbox. So anyway, I'll be back Good morning. It is Saturday saturday january 2nd I think it's saturday january 2nd. I'm pretty sure It's about 11 48 50 ish a.m Let's see 1149. Oh, you know, I was close. Okay. We got most of the christmas decorations down except for one string of lights Four wachis to get on the ladder. You just don't want to be on camera right now Um, and it's raining outside and slippery. So We're gonna wait until it's neither of those things and then but we unplugged it I got to talk to my friend leslie mcgrath She had covid recently fun fact She's doing much much better. I'm so happy for that. I got a journal page made I've got a couple of Our new little cards filled out for our Thankfulness jar Hey guys, yes, we are in the car because we Do not feel like cooking again And our fridge seems to just be full of things that are frozen and sweets Like chocolates chocolates liquor. Yeah liquor. Yeah, so we're gonna go grab a hamburger Hangover. Yeah, so we're gonna go do that in the meantime. I hope you guys have had a great week a great new year and that Like us you're looking forward to what the new year has to bring Please stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay creative. 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