 filming some quick youtube and facebook art group videos vlog style with my phone happy sunday morning everybody it is sunday morning 11 33 a.m. bob is off in the barracuda i don't know if you can hear that rumbling in the background um he's headed over to the kids house good morning everybody it is i don't know what time it is i think it's not i don't think it's 10 a.m. getting interrupted by jeeves it is about 9 30 a.m. ish on monday april 5th and i am obviously in the car i need to go to the store we're gonna be watching the grand dog lily for like a week and so we need to stock up on some dog food and stuff so i'm gonna go and we need salad stuff and some things for us too we're just out of a few things so i'm gonna go get that done this morning and then i have to edit the vlog and do the weekly posts because i was just lazy yesterday recovering from the covid shot so that's a thing anyway we're gonna go get that done try to be quick about it and i will be back okay grocery shopping is done and we're gonna head home now but i wanted to stop and um we are going to hashtag fredmeyer and kroger in the video description here because i want them to hear this the twalatin fredmeyer which no i don't live in twalatin so those of you who are like potential stalkers but i do shop at this store your employees are so nice and above board and so excellent in their job and customer service i unbeknownst to me was shopping and i dropped somehow dropped my rescue inhaler out of my coat pocket i don't know exactly know how it fell out of my coat pocket but it did near the dairy department and one of your employees saw it and he must have seen it fall out of my pocket he chased me down and said ma'am did you drop this i do have asthma it's really important i carry a rescue inhaler with me at all times and they're expensive i so much appreciate him going above board to do that he didn't have to be bothered i know a lot of people and companies whose employees wouldn't be bothered but your employees stopped he picked it up he made sure i got it back i so appreciate that so much and i think it's important that we remember to say please and thank you and not just complain about things so this is me doing a public thank you very much anyway spent way more than i intended but um yeah we're gonna go home now and put it all away and then get to editing the video because i still haven't done that yet all right i'll be back still say that because it's not lunchtime yet um i it's 11 about 11 38 a.m tuesday april 6th fyi i spent the morning cutting out some magazine stuff for embellishments these i think are going to go in the downstairs drawing drawing bag these are one quote and then some lists that i think are appropriate to help remind myself of certain things that i want to do something with up here in the art room so they're on the desk i also cut out a bunch of mixed media paper to go with the rest of my painted canvas um scraps that i did recently to create some more journals create the rest of the journals so that's all ready to go i think first after i've now that i've done all of that i think i'm gonna eat some lunch because i'm a little hungry mama date so she is and that are getting home health help and she has had some diagnosis um she's stable but there she's not gonna improve much so it is what it is and we're trying to make sure she and my dad get the home health help that they need uh until that's no longer a viable option so read into that what you will i don't know i'm trying i'm trying really hard not to invade their privacy so publicly so anyway um i got over 19 000 steps yesterday i was really trying to make up for a couple of days of not really walking much because of the not feeling well from the covid first shot um not that i felt really horrible but bob and i just felt kind of off sort of like we had bad allergy attacks or a slight cold or a mild hangover or all of those um kind of still felt blah yesterday i feel much better today like all the yesterday my eyes were itchy and i was mucusy and it was gross anyway i felt better today i'm gonna do the dish breakfast dishes really quick and then i'm gonna make some lunch and i'll be back so i wild away most of the morning making journals and i made a dozen more of the journals with the painted canvas covers i have some listed already in my etsy shop and i will put the link down below i think there's only like four in the etsy shop right now i do have a lot more than that but i'm not gonna list them until i know for sure that y'all want them um my husband got a big ol giant car cab log in the mouth um anyway uh i also reorganized and sorted my downstairs ephemera pouch for my daily journals added some of the magazine cutouts i did this morning to it and reorganized it a bit the traveler's notebook setup i was using worked great and all but it just got to be way too fat there really wasn't anything in there i was okay with taking out at the moment so put the traveler's notebook away and did something else so it's all good anyway it's a beautiful spring day out nice and warm hope we can go for a walk later we might have the dog i'm not sure when they're bringing her over but i know sometime this afternoon anyway that's it for the minute i'll be back so it's about 5 30 we're going out for our evening walk before dinner we're puppy sitting lily crazy pants no grass for about a week yeah so anyway so we're gonna go try to burn off some of our energy and take her for a walk see what we can see and i think it's chicken tacos for dinner tonight so we're gonna go get that done i'm gonna see if i can take some pictures for instagram and i'll be back guys it is wednesday april 7th i think anyway it's about 11 30 or just before i'm headed downstairs because i'm hungry i'm gonna make one journey um a letter written to my covid pen pals and that's gonna go out tomorrow i got an etsy order wrapped and shipped and that's gonna go out tomorrow i had a couple of conversations with some friends um one who i haven't talked to for a while and that was so great to hear from her um i got an email newsletter sent out edited in and sent out i found a typo i never find typos but anyway i corrected it and then i sent that out um i do have an email newsletter and where i let you know about new pro upcoming projects um sometimes um just my current thoughts on the state of my art and this and whatever situations um you never kind of never know what's going to pop up in the newsletter but anyway if you're interested in getting one um the link is in my link trees that list the links which is down in the video description along with links to my etsy shop and all that other stuff uh i did like i said wrap up an etsy order i sold some more original art of which i do have more in the etsy shop so if you're interested in acquiring a piece or two i try to keep them all decently priced so anyway i am going to make some lunch and watch some youtube while i'm eating lunch and then i don't know what we'll see i have a lot of projects up there i should be working on and there's the ongoing situation with my parents um of which i cannot do anything about it the moment so i'm going to get on with other things and yeah i'll be back reminder i'm teaching a class upcoming with bae agrab and some other talented artists and if you're interested in taking that class from us the link is down in the video description um the earlier bird price is right now and um they is there is some great content over there so check it out and yeah i think that's it for the minute i'll be back william morris prince turned into stickers i can't wait to use them in my journals tonight when i do my daily journaling so that's a good thing um i guess i should go get the mail now i probably do the dishes chores oh joy all right i'll be back hey i'm gonna go out for a quick walk i need some fresh air and some steps uh my mom is declining rapidly it's a good term to use my dad used it um she doesn't appear to be getting better she doesn't appear to be trying to get better those are his words not mine dad's overwhelmed i get to make more phone calls to the doctor's office tomorrow and try to get them some more help all the things for the things because of the things so i am going to go walking because i need some steps i snuck out of the house without lily had to make it quick um so i'm going to go do that i'll go for another walk later with bob yeah tree guys are here evidently cutting down a big tree anyway i'll be back good morning everybody it is thursday morning thursday pretty sure it's thursday april 8 30 ish am 9 27 to be exact obviously we're in the car again hold on one second let's be back up without whacking into anything because that's always nice let me just phone a little bit there we go got my driving glasses on which i can see without them to drive but it's best i have them on anymore anyway these ones get dark transitions ones so the brighter the sun is the darker they will get got my windshield wipers going because it rained last night anyway i got up early this morning and made some calls to my dad and mom's doctors this morning again and trying to help advocate care for more care for them dad has finally admitted he can't do it all and he's completely overwhelmed and any of you who have proud senior men in your life know how hard of a thing that is for them to say so anyway i don't know where we're going to go from here with care for both of them but i guess we'll see there's some evaluations going on again today and next week my brother flies back to california today he's been up there helping and my sister Karen flies in from iowa next week and also because i strongly encourage them both to get here now for a visit before my mom gets any worse because it is at that situation we are going to enough of that we are going to go drop off some edcy orders and covid pen pal email mail at the post office notes too about the responses i get back i should probably print out at least the last one that i sent remember to be honest but into our local little stationary and scrapbooking store which is literally across the street and value village and pop over to the kids house they are out of town and i need to go check their mail so i'll probably go do that too while i'm out got my keys yeah got my keys let's make sure i've got the keys um check their mailbox while they're gone and all of that stuff it steps in while i'm doing it so you know getting healthy losing weight taking care of myself amidst all the stress and chaos of covid and sick parents and everything else the world is throwing at us all right now is very important and so i am doing what i need to for self-care while taking care of my family or at least trying to at the same time not starting any new family arguments not starting any new trauma trying to be helpful and minding my words words have power use them wisely it's a quote from me feel free to use it near our work all right that's it for the minute i'll be back hey guys i don't know what time it is around three o'clock ish i think maybe i don't know to be honest still thursday got a bunch of errands run got the kids mail picked up and all of that stuff a bunch of messaging back and forth with my siblings and my dad regarding my mom and she's on the decline i'm just trying to figure out how to say this without one getting upset on camera and two divulging and too much of my parents personal information what i can tell you is my mom was diagnosed with dementia among other things and it is it is um something that is new is that my mom has a couple of different physical and mental health issues um all of which seem to have been coming on for a long time there are now all sort of coming to ahead at the same time and she appears to be on the decline they have in-home health care at the moment i guess a social worker stopped by this afternoon i'm continuing to make calls to the doctor's office and try to advocate for my parents to get both of them the help that they need my mother to be as comfortable as she can be at this time but also help for my dad um because i don't want what is probably the inevitable to take my father also i forget my drift that's where we're at at the moment with that so i'm trying really hard not to eat too many cookies or M&Ms and deal with it that way i'm doing a lot of walking i did some art and it's a tough situation decade of mondays stopped asking what else is going to happen because every time i ask something else happens the universe is just laughing i'm not laughing good morning everybody it is 9 30 ish on friday morning april ninth i believe it's the ninth of april to be fair i'm not exactly sure i've been having conversations with siblings and my dad and things since early this morning late last night we are trying to figure out there's no way to say it except be blunt end of life care for my mom yes it's it's at that point and the care that she needs the professional help she needs going forward she and my dad both so that's yeah difficult conversations anyway i've got my coffee i had those conversations i had to have this morning now it's sort of a hurry up and wait situation and hopefully i can help my dad get some answers today hopefully i said the deer filled up the bowl with some apples and stuff and i'm going to go try to get some art done i might prep some more stuff to make some more paper dig out some more junk mail out of my stash and the trash can to be honest um and make some more paper because i'm really enjoying doing that right now and yeah it's a tough messed up situation anyway all right that's it for the minute i'll be back okay so we're going for a walk finally i'm getting some messages from my niece and i'm gonna have to make some phone calls probably tomorrow for my dad and try to get some information for him that's gonna be fun um or tonight i don't know if i can do it tonight i'll do it tonight anyway we're gonna go for a walk first we both need some fresh air and some steps so we're gonna go see what we can see and i'll be back morning people it's about 10 30 a.m saturday morning april is it tonight 10th oh it's the 10th i lost a day um yeah so it's been an interesting like 12 hours with phone calls from my dad and him finally saying he can't take care of my mom anymore it's too much for him and phone calls to insurance companies and providers and before i fill the siblings in i need to go for a walk i need to turn facebook off they're all like arguing and chatting and like i just can't deal with it right now so we're gonna go for a walk we're taking crazy pants for a walk and uh i'll turn facebook and social media back on when we get back fill them in really quick and then i think we need to go check mail at the kids house and go to the grocery store really quick and all of that stuff so yeah it's a shit show people no one else to tell you all right i'm gonna go see what i can see and i'll be back i think she's hot to go for another w al k or what by the way she's not supposed to jump around on the sofa like that all right i'll be back okay guys we are on our way home from picking up some takeout we decided to go to our favorite barbecue place and buster's barbecue it smells so good in the car i'm so hungry my little lecture for the week we're gonna have one right now not that i didn't know this before but it sort of hits home and reality with you when your life partner or a parent or sibling is involved but the care process for getting care for our ailing ailing seniors in this country is just shameful it's absolutely shameful how hard it is to get them the care they need and that's kind of what we're dealing with at the moment with my mom and dad um she needs more care than he can provide and the process for trying to get that is just is horrible strong and afford i don't even know if it is a strong afford anyway so we're dealing with that so good thoughts are welcome and at some point when i'm past this i don't know it's got me thinking i i should do something to help other people like this shouldn't be this hard i don't know that little me can do anything but makes me want to volunteer or something anyway that's it for this week it's been interesting and uh yeah but we're still here and we'll keep going oh panel hope you've had a less interesting week than me but you've had a good one please check out the video description for any appropriate links leave questions comments or concerns if you have them you can follow me on instagram and other social media you can shop in the etsy store to support the free content you can join patreon any of those things check them all out i've got a couple facebook art groups i'll let stuff it's in the video description check it out um link link tree lists links most of it's over there video description all right i'm also teaching a class with baek rob and a bunch of other creatives here on youtube and teachers and the link for that is going to be added from now on to the video description it starts in june and there is a lot of really great content over there early bird pricing is going on right now it's a good time to get it and uh yeah i think that's the sales pitch of the week right now please stay safe stay healthy stay creative please go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it take care of our senior citizens people all right that's it for this week i'll be back