 guys it's 4 30 or something 3 42 3 42 i don't know what time it is it's still sunday the day after daylight savings time the day in which i'm always tired this day i just don't understand why we do it to begin with and it always throws my whole body off anyway it's drizzling but we're gonna go see if we can get some steps in before it starts pouring down any harder before and before it gets too dark so we'll see what we can see maybe i can take a couple pictures i can sketch from because i need to finish up that sketchbook so let's see what we can find i'll be back i would say happy monday morning but it's monday afternoon it's uh just after three o'clock monday november i don't know seventh um i spent the morning working on more pain pigments i don't know what the deal is with me anyway really interesting experiment with pansies purple pansies got kind of a blue color when i used just the crushed flour petals dried flour petals i added a little baking soda i got green i added a little vinegar i got sort of a bluey purple having a lot of fun with it um i have decided to add a little bit of clove oil to all the paints so they don't get moldy um i have a couple that i already took off the coffee filters but they're not quite like dry like they should be so i'm going to leave them in jars and open for a bit i've got some more that are just taking a really long time to dry because it's cold um if i thought about it i would have put them on parchment paper instead of wax paper then i could dehydrate them in the oven but i didn't so there you have it anyway hopefully they'll dry out before they get moldy but we'll see all right what else it is rainy outside again welcome to fall in portland um although our temperatures are colder than they usually are right around now and uh we have chances of snow and snow flurries like it's a month or two early for that so anyway i'm gonna put some office supplies away that i just keep walking around i don't know why i'm also going to download the vlog footage from last week which i haven't done yet so i guess i better get to it huh all right i'll be back to be 530 listening to some youtube in the background while i'm finishing up a few projects and cleaning the art room putting some things away i have some clips from making pigments from my phone that i don't like so i'm gonna delete them and refilm some stuff but anyway i'm working on paint pigments this is she's created with pen and ink and botanical pigments pretty cool anyway um i even i even made a pencil bag i had no intention of making a pencil bag but i have this um portable sketch kit um painting kit that didn't fit in anything else that i had and i'm not gonna buy anything i've got fabric i've got zippers it took me like 15 minutes i mean you know if you want a tutorial on that i guess i could do one leave something down in the comments anyway i'm gonna go downstairs and occupy myself turn things off up here i think i'm done for today in the art room um and i'm gonna go downstairs i've got a couple things to do down there bob has a late meeting so yeah all the things for the things because of the things right okay i'll be back morning it's just after 9 a.m on wednesday november 8th i'm kind of excited i've been up for a little bit letty is here at the house doing her thing it is freezing outside it's 40 degrees that's what my car says it is i'm feeling it might be colder um anyway i'm gonna go run over to dollar tree everything is like foggy hold on i think it's the out the back window the rear camera is all fogged up because it's too cold and my car is old anyway i've got to run over to dollar tree because i need some stuff for my paint making adventures i'm out of containers to hold the pigments and so i need to go get some more things so i'm gonna go run and do that really quick this morning bob is homies upstairs hold on bob is homies upstairs working and letty is doing her thing and i will as per usual when things are being worked on at the house whether it's cleaning or construction or whatever i will hide in the art room not a problem for me um and um okay it must be winter or walking in the dark the squish but please don't squish me glow in the dark straps which you can't really there we go i've come out of hibernation yep it's one of the flashlights anyway well he got the house clean for me i got some stuff done up in the art room i needed to get done mr bob's off to work finally so we're gonna go get some steps in i'll be back i'm gonna videotape this because i'm gonna brag okay uh we've been bad the last few months about getting 10 000 steps a day for lots of reasons i'm gonna blame it on the weather but i think we're just allowing some laziness to set in but anyway we just did an 18 minute mile i'm pretty proud of that we have yeah 19 sometimes or 20 most of the time not 18 like that hasn't happened in a while so i'm pretty proud about that that's over three miles an hour i'm okay with it all right and of course morning it is wednesday november night i think it's not even 10 a.m yet and the contractor's been here and gone he fixed a couple issues with the piping under the house that um weren't quite to code the last time he worked on it there was no leaks or anything he just wanted to make sure it was to code and he fixed a couple issues at the kitchen cabinet doors and um we're all good now we're just waiting for the tile guy now i get to put all of that stuff back in the closet under the stairs and like it's only what is the stove says it's 9 32 and we're done already for the day like that's amazing i don't know what i'm gonna do with my time i had nothing planned and my pigments upstairs aren't dry yet so i don't know but let's get the closet put back together first and then i'll figure it out i'll be back so everything is put away so i think the first thing i'm gonna do check what temperature it is outside it's cold it's 38 degrees outside but yeah anyway um hello winter um i am going to i picked some more purple pansies so i'm going to set them up um to do i already did an earth type pigment with them i'm going to do a lake pigment again i do have i plan on doing a video on this whole process soon um but go to the channel alchemical arts he he has just his whole channel is about this so anyway um i'm gonna basically chop those up and soak them in some water and so when covid first started i stopped carrying a handbag most of the time when i leave the house i make sure i have pockets and i just have this and my phone which we're talking on my sunglasses if needed and then my lanyard with my keys and inhaler on it that's all i carry of course the lanyards around my neck or in a coat pocket if i've got a jacket with big enough pockets this is usually in my pants pocket these are on my head on the brain i mean yeah so i haven't even looked in here and i don't even know how long i'm not going to get rid of the handbag i got this as a christmas present right before covid i love it it's a fossil bag it is leather it's wonderful but i do think i'm going to try to put my daily drawing not daily drawing sorry my sketch walk stuff in it and arrange it so that if i want to take my handbag out because i'm going on a sketchwalk or we're going on a road trip or something i can throw my daily stuff in the bag it's got sketching stuff in it and we can just go i don't need this one and that one i don't think i mean i'm not going to get rid of either bag this one will just go back in the closet for storage i'll use it when i'm traveling i have this one and i also have a donut backpack and they actually work really well but um that's what i'm thinking let's see if i can manage it because i have no idea i had to cut that video a little short because i had a little visit from the little ones next door we can't show their faces on camera but they are the cutest thing berkeley and lively anyway um cleaning out the handbag situation led to me cleaning out the handbag closet in the bedroom and yeah now we have a bag of donations oh yeah yeah anyway and earlier i don't know if i said or not but earlier i cleaned out part of my closet that i've been kind of ignoring i think when you can put the dresses on without unzipping them they're probably too big anyway you know i always think i'm done with the purging and then i find another stash of stuff what was i thinking i'll be back i think i can say good morning because i don't think it's lunchtime yet but it's just after 11 o'clock on thursday november 10th i had my counting appointment this morning worked through a few more things or at least have a game plan for working through a few more things a lot of leaves um anyway so that was good we're gonna go on a sketch walk now i don't know if i'm gonna film any of it for one thing i forgot the tripod but um we'll see but also i just need to sketch so we're gonna go do that get some steps in ours per usual because i use my walks as my quiet time no music other than filming for you while i'm taking the occasional picture the phone stays in my pocket so all right let's go get to i'll be back i guess no ducks another visit from our little neighbor berkeley because she's five anyway she hung out with me while i drank my bone broth and we had a little chit chat and i did the dishes and she wanted to help me with chores but yeah no anyway she's so cute i check on things up here in the art room and i have some more tours to do downstairs yeah all right i'll be back it's 9 32 a.m friday november 11th don't get excited i looked already my hair is just i don't know what it's doing today anyway we are headed out i need to pick up some food for family dinner night tonight a couple other random things i think i'm gonna go to fred meyer because there's some stuff that i need that i can't get at our regular grocery store because they don't have it and i'm going to pick up some yarn because i am going to crochet my grandson to be a baby blanket i have a particular pattern that i like to use for baby blankets it's called the little victory blanket from lion brand um they used to make a yarn called baby home spin which were smaller skeins of their oops sorry hold on which were smaller skeins of their textured home spun yarn in baby colors and they don't make that yarn anymore um but they do make their regular home spun and i do like that yarn because it's very textured it's a little bit challenging to crochet with but um it does make a really cute blanket and it's very washable so we're going to go buy joe and and pick up some of that did i mention that my hair looks like a hot mess this morning yeah anyway so we're going to go driving i have a thought so i do think i already set on camera but in case i didn't i'm going to be a grandmother a lot to show you his face on camera or tell you what his name is for privacy reasons but my question is leave it in the comments below should i be known as oma which is the german word for grandmother chores done today i got the errands done i got the first of what's going to be at least two maybe three watercolor paint making videos done yay bob's having a very loud conversation with somebody upstairs i don't know what that's all about but anyway now i'm just waiting for um bob to get off of work and i think it's to just our daughter and us for dinner so that's all cool i gotta do something with my hair like it's just a ratness today anyway all right because i didn't wash it today that's what it looks like anyway all right that's it for the minute i don't know what we're gonna do tomorrow but run more errands but you know kind of wanted like going on a little mini road trip or something we'll see 10 30 am saturday november 12th i think i think it's the 12th um we were just headed out this morning to go grocery shopping but evidently we're gonna do that then we're gonna go home and unload and put things away and then evidently we're going crib shopping for the new grandbaby because we've been getting texts from the daughter and son-in-law all morning this morning so yeah this would be nice for the baby hint hint just let you know hint hint yeah so anyway so um we are gonna do some of that when we're at costco which is a big box discount store and um for those that don't know and um oh that you know what my ceiling is wet again in the car yeah that's wet uh anyway um so we're gonna go look there and then um yeah we'll figure it out and yes my car has like we know seal leaks and stuff it's an old car anyway it's yeah it's wet should call that guy and have a look at it yep we need to have that yeah supposedly it was fixed but it's wet again anyway all right i'll be back down now his gps is a nag anyway i think when i last talked to you guys it was 10 30 in the morning or something and we're gonna head out to go to the grocery store and that was like gonna be it yeah and then we were gonna go home it's almost four three it's half a point three yeah that's not what happened we ended up baby shopping with the kids for the new grandson to be and we looked at cribs and i think we know what they want of course it's not in stock anywhere we're gonna get it for them so we'll go home mr bob will have a drink i'll make myself you need your bone broth bone broth i was gonna say coffee but yeah i really should have my cup of bone broth um and we'll sit and we'll find the best price for the crib that they want and we'll order it for them but that's not how we expected the day to go but we did get i got like 12 000 steps or something i don't know i think my fitbit's died it's out of juice so anyway it's been a fun week it's been a week of unexpected things but it's been fun i hope you guys have had fun don't forget to stay safe stay healthy stay creative enjoy life and enjoy your art and go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it we'll see you next week while he gives me the side eye what side eye bye guys