 We're obviously in the car. We're headed out to go run our weekly air in Bosco, which is a big box discount store. Our grocery store, and we need to go to the post office. We haven't, for those that don't know, every year we send out a lot of Christmas cards, like in excess of a hundred or more. And usually invariably we hit one or more dead people because we have forgotten or not known that somebody passed away in the year since we sent cards out last. It's always unintentional on our part, but we always get cards back. You know, saying that deceased or something. This year so far, knock, fake wood. We haven't gotten any back yet, but we've already gotten our first wrong address back. So I've got to take care of that this morning. That usually happens a lot to where people have moved and I don't have their address. Well, they just don't tell us. Yeah, they've, you know, don't tell everybody. So anyway, we've got to take care of that today, but cross your fingers, no dead people. I know it looks like good evening, but it's only 4.38 PM, Bob just checked his watch. I know it's dark outside already. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest. We are like, excuse me, I'm sticking to it. I got a late start this morning, so much so that I had to take a quick five minute shower and ask the husband, are you on a call? And if you're not on a call, can you keep an ear out for the front door? Because I wanted to try to get a shower really quick before the pest control people came by for their annual spray, which I forgot about this morning. And I got, again, as I said, got a late start. So, yeah, anyway, that was the start of my day. But I got the vlog edited and it's loading right now. And I am setting up to film the My Crave Year tutorial for December. And then I need to go over to Mission Inspiration. I'm not sure I've done the December mission yet, so that might be something I have to do too. I don't necessarily have to film it, but I need to do it and post something about it. I also need to put more bottled water in the fridge because, yeah, always something, you know. Okay, so Kelly and Selena, we got your Christmas cards. Selena, oh my God, your bunny is so cute. Let's see, we also got Christmas cards from, we've gotten a bunch back. Hold on, oh, the Pathy Whitney. We got yours too, and yours is totally adorable. I love the little houses on there. And then we've got a bunch from Friends of Family. And evidently, we've got one from our daughter. We've not even opened it. Oh, yeah, I guess I should open it and look at it. Anyway, thank you very much. I appreciate your card so much. And again, Selena, your little bunny is so cute. Bob hasn't read that note yet. We're seeing the card, but I will make sure he does when he's done with work for the day. So, all right, that's it for the minute. I'll be back. It is after one o'clock on Tuesday, December 15th. I only know that because it's late in the day, and I'm not sure exactly what time it is. But anyway, we had a live broadcast on my YouTube channel this morning for about an hour and a half every Tuesday unless I announce I'm not going to or something's wrong. The neighbor drove by. So anyway, we did that this morning. We did a December Daily bonus page and some other stuff had a nice little arch. Had a flip through of one of my finished watercolor journals, the eyeball journal. And we chatted about the one I've been working in, the lips journal, which I also showed. And I get the mail right now. And at the orders I've already gone out, I'm going to grab the mail and then I'm going to go upstairs and play some YouTube or snow poppers or Star Trek or something while I'm doing some more painting. I have some more little skyscrapes I want to do. And yeah, until they try to stay warm until we go walking, it is really cold today. Bob and I are out for an evening walk and there you go back there. Can you see that? That's what we affectionately call the holiday house. They are decorated like that for every single holiday. It's pretty cool. They don't have Christmas decorations for every single holiday, but they have decorations. Not Christmas, like for Thanksgiving, they have like a giant turkey and they, the people knew what I meant. They're not stupid. Are you stupid? You're not stupid, are you? Okay, we're going to go for a walk. Don't be barring people. It is the day's end. Wednesday morning, December 16th, I think. 928 a.m. That I only know because the clock is right behind the phone. Obviously I'm in the car again. I'm going to go out and safely run some errands. I've got to check the PO box. We need a few things and we are doing some Christmas stuff this weekend. So we won't have time to run errands this weekend. So I'm going to do them today by myself. I've kind of gotten used to over the last few months and doing all the errands with Bob and not doing them by myself anymore. So that's a thing. That's a thing I thought would never happen. We'll put a picture here. They're mostly craft paints, Dekalort Americana and other similar brands of craft paints. It's not that I don't like those brands. It's that they are shiny finish and a really, really shiny finish is your enemy when you are journal unless you want to code all your pages with wax or clear gesso or something when you're done. And to be honest, I've said repeatedly, I'll say it again, I'm the lazy crafter. I'm not the frugal crafter that's losing my work. I'm the lazy crafter. I don't want to be bothered having to finish my pages with a code of clear gesso or something. Like, yeah, I just can't be bothered unless it's absolutely like no other choice. So I'm switching over to matte finish acrylics, gouache acrylics, which are basically matte finish acrylics, a water soluble gouache, matte finish water soluble paints and all those type of things. I did find a giant jar of black chalkboard paint, which I didn't even know I had, which is matte chalkboard paint as a matte finish. So I'm going to keep that. But yeah, a lot of it's got to go. So it's got to either go in a purge box or it's got to be used up. I'm not exactly sure right now. So stay tuned for that. I am just didn't lean on the computer. I wrapped another gift that came today listening to some YouTube. And now that I've got my mess cleaned up and my plants all repotted, I was looking for one more herb plant for the dead one that was in the kitchen window to replace it with, but they just didn't have anything where I was going. It's probably kind of the wrong time of the year, plus I didn't go to a proper nursery, my bad. So I'm going to go to a proper nursery on Sunday, I think with Bob and pick a couple of things up. I'm also looking for a Christmas cactus. But it is Thursday morning, December 17th, 10.09 AM to be exact. I am of course upstairs as you can see in front of the computer, checking on different things and fishing around. Anyway, I think today I am going to print out some stuff for the two Facebook art groups and have that ready sort of for my planners and drawing journals and stuff. And then I think we're going to do some acrylic pouring. I have some paint I need to use it or lose it. So I think, and I want to practice to see if I can do sort of skyscape themed acrylic pours. I have a couple of different ones I want to try. So I think I'm going to dig the acrylic pouring stuff out and we're going to see about setting up a separate drying table. I have some thoughts on that because I won't be able to get the big giant pan on there without moving everything, which I don't want to do. I think I'm going to use that for the staging area for mixing the paint. So I think I'm going to do that. I may prop you guys up in a corner so you can kind of watch a little bit of what I'm doing. And of course I've decided to do this when I have a white t-shirt on. So I guess the first thing I better do is put on an apron or I'm going to have even more shirts with paint or God knows what on the front of them. All right, that's it for the minute. I'll be back. All done with that. I've got these over here that are Skyscape or Sunset inspired pours. I like some better than others but I'm happy with them overall. Then they were more than anything they were fun to make. I may tip a few of them a little bit before I go downstairs. I might just leave them. They'll continue to change a little bit as they drip and dry. So we'll kind of just see what happens. I'm okay with that. Anyway, it's lunch. Okay, I literally moved the paint around with my fingers on these and I love them now. So we are going to let them dry. They will continue to change a bit, hopefully not too much. But if I lose some of the parts about them that I like, I will go back with solid colors once they're completely dry in a few days. I'm going to catch up the corners or on the edges and then I need to wash my hands again. I'll be back. I've got my paint, the paint off my hands. Let me show you the paintings. I have them in their wet state. So they will continue to move a bit as they dry. Hopefully not too much. I was inspired to do these by all of my pictures and little gouache paintings I've been doing of Skyscapes and Sunsets. And I love the abstract nature of them and what they say. I'm going to take the torch to them one more time and then we're going to leave them alone for a few days and let them dry. Good morning, people. It is Friday morning, 9.51 a.m., December 18th. No, you're not seeing things. I actually have a little eye makeup on. I know, right? So first time in literally months, I can't remember where the last time I even put mascara on. Much less wore a bra, but TMI, I know. Anyway, I put some makeup on this morning because, sorry, my daughter's texting me. I'll answer her in a minute. I'm going to be filming some intro videos for the two Facebook art groups that I have into order projects are going to be for the coming year. So I thought, you know, it would be nice if I looked semi-presentable. So there's that. So I'm going to try to get those filmed and scheduled out in two groups today. That's my goal, along with some sort of welcome post or beginning post for New Year's Day. It's a couple weeks before I really need to do it, but I'm going to do, I think I'm going to take care of all of it today so I don't have to worry about it. So that's the main thing on the agenda. All right, I better answer the daughter before she gets worried. I'll be back. It is Saturday, December 19th, and we are going to be doing Christmas early with our little bubble, basically the kids. And we're having an ugly Christmas sweater contest. What do you think? It not only has jingle bells, but there's lights here. Let's see, where's one of that? Oh, there we go. The lights don't like come on. They come on when they want. There's one right there. It's supposed to come on with movement, but anyway, there's a light. Oh, there we go. So anyway, what do you think? You think I'm going to win? I actually kind of like my sweater. So, but I think after Christmas, I'll take the jingle bells off and I might try to get the lights out. I'll get more wear out of it then. My husband says I should leave the bells on then he can find me at the store. So we're going to be doing that. We're making homemade pasta the kids want to, the girls, both girls want to learn how to make pasta. One of the girls is gluten-free, so we're going to have to see what happens. I don't know. I've made regular pasta plenty of times, but not gluten-free pasta. So she's bringing some flour with her and then I've got the rest of the ingredients and we'll see what happens. So I'll let you know. All right, that's it for the minute. I'm going to deal with the computer. It doesn't want to open a website. And yeah, I'll be back. Anyway, it's been a good week. It was a good day. I hope that you all are doing what you can to enjoy whatever it is you celebrate for the month of December, whether it's Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or whatever it is, have a happy one, even if it's with a very small bubble of people. We usually have 20 people or more here or we go somewhere else where there is that many people. So to just have a few people is weird, but you know what, we made the best of it. And we'll just make it work right now. And at some point hopefully we can get back to normal and we'll see what happens. Dirt or something on that rug. Sorry, distracted. So I hope that you're able to do the same and it's just the two of you and you don't have a bubble. Maybe you can Zoom with friends from around the world and have a holiday event that way. That would be fun. We've done that for Thanksgiving, which was great. So anyway, whatever you do and however you do it, please do it safely. Please stay safe, stay healthy, stay creative. Please wear a mask and go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. Have a happy one, whatever it is. And we will see you next week. Bye guys.