 everybody it is Monday morning July 2nd I don't know what date I said it was yesterday I have no idea anyway I'm still in my pajamas on the couch I'm trying to finish up my coffee and wake up it's 7 52 a.m. I've got to go out and go get some more packing tape and stuff so I can finish packing up my office today so that we can get the shelving that's up on the wall off the wall so that the drywall repair and painting can happen in that room so I'm almost done not quite anyway my sister's coming in Wednesday to help out so yeah that'll be good anyway that's it for right now I'll be back all righty so as usual my hair is wet I'm finally out of my pajamas we're gonna head out this morning and run a couple errands before we go home and do more packing it gets me out of the house at least but it is not quite 9 a.m. so that means we're gonna hit morning traffic at least a little bit you know just I need to just go out and get this over with and like get out of the chaos that is the house right now so that's what we're gonna do I'll be back hey that's more my office packed up we're nearly ready for the workmen to come do the drywall repair and repaint and I got some more stuff so we're gonna go to Goodwill we're gonna get the mail you know stuff like that I'll be back hey guys it is Tuesday morning time is it 937 July 3rd I only know that because tomorrow is 4th of July and I only sort of know it I did have to peek at the computer as you can see my art room is pretty empty we're gonna be starting interior work on this room drywall repair repainting and also my husband's office next week so I have to finish getting this emptied except for some a few essentials that can be wheeled out of the way the day the work starts you know that sort of thing or wheeled into the dining room so I can do something that will keep me calm maybe sort of so anyway that's been my focus has been packing up stuff so yeah joy I'm going to go out today and get my hair done because yeah the roots are showing again and it's been obnoxiously hot here in most of California so the air conditioner has been on a lot for the last week I don't think today's gonna be any different it's windy outside but it's still warm and I have a bunch of lights on in here so that makes this little teeny room which is only 10 by 10 a lot warmer as I'm packing I've been finding more things to get rid of and to donate and so I've been making trips to Goodwill I think every day the last bit that I have to do I'll turn you hopefully a little slowly besides the little altar space which I have to do is the ephemeral wall and the ephemeral wall of course is mostly paper and stickers and stationary and that sort of thing I have over the years cleaned out a lot of it and I don't anticipate there being anything for me to clear out from here and honestly it took me way too long to build up the collection of things that I can pull of when I'm feeling creative for me to get rid of a lot so this is like the one part that I can just you know slap into a box and I don't have to like sort through anything that being said I need a break from packing boxes just yeah my sister is actually coming out from Utah tomorrow for something else she loves packing and purging so guess what she's gonna help me with once she's here yay for Elizabeth anyway that's it for the moment I will pop back in and check in if and when something interesting happens and okay that's it my hair is all done and colored and fixed up dye on my skin to prove it happens like every time I get my hair done anyway it's all done I got some groceries for dinner tonight I think I'm gonna make stroganoff and yeah I'm gonna go get the mail and eat some lunch and then I guess after that try to get the rest of my ephemeral wall packed up yeah cuz that's a thing if I don't just decide to leave the packing until tomorrow we'll see because you know it's a 50-50 shot whether I finish doing it tonight we'll find out I think I just ran over a squirrel pancake happy 4th of July everybody it is Wednesday July 4th it is what time is it 955 a.m. and I've already been up for a while restacking attacking the boxes I had to get out of my office of stuff finding some more stuff to purge which is at the curb and now I got to go to the grocery store to get 4th of July food cuz you know I forgot to do it yesterday hopefully they're open otherwise we're in deep doo doo what else I have of course the kids are coming over today we're gonna have a late lunch early dinner because they have to go somewhere tonight to pick up family at the airport so we're gonna do that watching fireworks isn't really our jam most of us have dogs so watching fireworks is not something we normally do scares a crap out of the dogs my daughter doesn't know it but her aunt just flaunt my sister is flying in today so I'm gonna go be going to pick her up in a couple of hours at the airport and she's gonna help me with some of the packing and rearranging of boxes that I've been doing around the house to get ready for the workman to come in next week and just be here for a visit the kids as I've already said are moving so they're having a going away party on Saturday and they don't know that Aunt Elizabeth is gonna be here so that's a surprise to them anyway my sister said you know while I'm there I like packing and moving stuff so I'll help you I said good you're hired because we have to sort of make the house look presentable for the party I don't really want stacks of boxes everywhere which is what I normally do when we're having renovation work done but we're having a party so I'm not okay with that so we've got to try to squeeze it all into the garage at least anyway that's what's going on at the moment I am gonna go head to the store we're gonna grill some chicken and asparagus have some french fries that sort of stuff maybe some baked beans you know that sort of barbecue stuff just have a good a good time so if I can I'll film some things for you all you know I will and that's it for the moment I'll be back good morning everybody it is Thursday morning July 5th it's 954 a.m. and I had it out to make yet another Goodwill donation and I need to get some propane for the barbecue because we are having a barbecue on Saturday and it turns out we're at a propane and I go home my sister is in town with her husband visiting and she's gonna help me get ready for the work to be done on the inside of the house on Monday and so she's gonna help me do some more packing they already helped me restack the boxes in the garage so that we have a lot more room which is fabulous they're so great at that that's pretty much my day okay that light was green it's never green anyway so yeah that's my day running errands getting some more things packed getting ready for Monday and getting ready for the barbecue on Saturday that's happening at our house as a going away party for our daughter and her boyfriend so I need to do the packing I need to do and have the house be presentable enough for the barbecue so that's a challenge so that's a little bit stressful so we're working on that and I need to go through some artwork that has been listed in Etsy that hasn't sold and I'm gonna start removing some canvases from the stretcher frames the wood frames and bundling them up into packages to sell to you all for you know inexpensive and you can cut them up and use them for journal covers you can remount them on some artboard or whatever so I'm gonna do that I think today too anyway I'll be back yeah yeah I'm putting the seatbelt on okay yay they took the artboard whoo all right next stop propane tank hey everybody it is Friday afternoon it's 147 and it just turned 147 I was gonna say 146 in the afternoon Friday July I think July 6th yeah I think the 6th because 4th of July was Wednesday anyway for those that don't know right now in case I haven't said and I've lost track of when I'm vlogging and when I'm not I have like no idea I have a bunch of people at my house we're having a going away party for my daughter her boyfriend tomorrow my sister is here she's been helping me get some of my stuff packed up so we can have the interior work done on the art room and helping me clean and get ready for the party stuff it's been great visiting with her and her husband Philip anyway and then today it is really hot in my car okay wait we need air conditioning blasting it's 97 degrees outside right now which is cool because it was hotter than that yesterday anyway everybody in my house is working their day jobs at home so my husband's working from home today the daughter came over to hang out at my house with her dog and she's working she's actually in my office with the door closed so I can't get in there Philip and Elizabeth are both working on their computers at the dining room table it's a good thing I don't need to like film anything or do a YouTube live or I don't think there's enough bandwidth so I've been just doing some cleaning and going through my magazine stash and stuff like that so now I'm gonna go out and get the mail I have unmounted a few canvases off of the stretcher frames that they're on when you buy a stretch canvas at the store and decided to sell them off the frames because honestly they've been around a while and they're not selling any other way I didn't do it to everything but I did do it to some and I've sold a few I have a few left at the time of filming this and if there are any left I'll insert the pictures of them here and I'll try to remember to number them and then if you're all interested in a particular one send me the number of the one and then I will get back to you first come first served I'm not asking much but we can dude really you don't have the right away anyway not asking much but they do need to make them go away enough is enough already you can remount them of course you can cut the you know ragged the edges off and put them onto some mat board and frame them that way you could cut them up and make them into other art or journal covers or something they are all signed so they have it some of them I did on YouTube so you'll recognize some of them anyway they're all for sale I sold some right away last night so I have to go mail them just how I got started on this conversation and pick up any mail that we have so I'm gonna go do that right now I don't have to do another Goodwill run because I did have another one for today but my daughter was very sweet and in between basically visits to my house she had to run home and get something that she forgot she said do you want me to take the Goodwill stuff on my way out the door I'll make the donation for you and I'll be right back I said sure and we're gonna go out to dinner later probably for sushi or something and I think we need to go to Costco for the party so anyway I'll film whatever is interesting and let y'all know that's it for now I'll be back okay all the artworks mailed and it didn't cost that much to send so that was a good thing no mail for me to get up get pick up because it was all junk so I threw it away before I left my husband will be happy no windows for those who don't understand what I mean by that bills bills always have envelopes those windows in them so he likes them we don't get windows anyway I'm gonna go home now and I'm going to just have some water and sit in the corner maybe read my Kindle or something since I can't get to my office or my computer or anything all right that's it right now I'll see you later I'll be back yeah who thought this was a good idea I almost said Friday it's Saturday July 7th I actually thought it was Sunday when I woke up so yeah doing really well today according to Krispy Kreme donuts it's National Chocolate Day anyway we're having a big party here for my daughter and her boyfriend for their going away party for their moving and I guess in honor of their party and National Chocolate Day we have you see that in there it's a seven pound chocolate cake from Costco anyway of course my hair is wet I just got out of the shower and we're getting ready for the party we're gonna be setting up here and I will get what footage I can when I can and I will be back we need more ice it is 98 degrees outside going to the store to get another bag of ice this time I think I might just let's go get the ice morning everybody it is Sunday morning June something 8th I think I forgot to film the outro yesterday we had a going away party for my daughter and her boyfriend because they're moving to Oregon as you can see by the fact that we didn't get everything cleaned up yesterday so I forgot to film the outro so anyway it was a fun party went well into the evening there's Mr. Bandit yeah he didn't like the fact that he couldn't come out of his run-in like play with all the kids but you know it is what it is anyway I hope you had it all had a great week we certainly did there's a lot going on here this week I'll film what I can when I can and yeah go out and have a great day do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'll put any relevant links in the comments below in the description below don't forget to like share and subscribe and hit that little bell icon if you want notifications about new videos when they come out that's it for today I'll see you later