 It's 10 o'clock 6 a.m. Sunday August 13th. We're headed out to get the car wash number one. It's filthy tree sap pine needles and actually a couple tree branches so yeah. Anyway we're also going to meet adopted kids Jenny and Brian and we're gonna go to see Oppenheimer today and I've got to go pick up some medicine before that some asthma medicine and I don't know what else we'll get up to but we'll see. Mr. wants to get some bark for the yard. I'm trying to talk him in just having a pallet of it delivered because we do need that much of it but you know we'll see what happens. Anyway that's it for the minute. I'll be back. Soapy storm. Look at that color of the water. I'm thinking it's a dirt on our car and not soapy. Yeah that was gross. Oppenheimer and it was a good movie I really enjoyed it. It has an A-list character sorry an A-list cast playing the characters and the one playing Strauss. I didn't even get that was him for like 40 minutes. Good makeup. Really good. I mean I didn't recognize Robert Downey Jr. at all and he did a great job. He was not the good guy FYI. He was not Iron Man. No. But it was a great movie. It did bring back some things from you know US history class and high school that I remember hearing about some things I didn't know about. I do know the movies based on I mean it is fictionalized you know but it is based on facts of what happened so anyway. It was good. It's 106. Well now the windshield says 103. Anyway it's hot. It's hot. We're having next three days 100 degree plus days. We're going home. I'm going to turn on the air conditioner and we'll maybe have a snack. I'm not super hungry. I did eat a whole bag of popcorn. So there's that. Yeah alright I'll be back. Good morning everybody. It's Monday morning August 14th just before 10 a.m. It's already 84 degrees outside. It's supposed to be triple digits for the next three or four days in a row. I am trying to get myself back into healthy routines because I've been on a couple of vacations recently and kind of got out of the habit. But anyway so we are starting off our Monday morning not at the computer or in the art room although that's where I want to be or on the couch. We're going for a walk and we're going to go get a few steps in. I've got some water. My asthma inhaler. I probably won't be walking too fast because it's already above 80 degrees so yeah let's see what we can see. I'll be back. I made another pair of big giant pants to go under my dress that I made this one. So I made this dress. A while ago I'll put a picture here. I made a pair of big giant pants. Are they maybe too big? Yeah maybe. We're in my closet by the way. But I gotta say they're super comfy though. But yeah you could probably fit two of me in them. But I mean they are sort of hair and pants and hair pants are big like that right? Okay so I have to hold the camera. So this is the dress I made which I could wear by itself. It's really cute. I really kind of wanted a pair of bluer pants. I don't know what else to call them. To go underneath it. Tina Gibbons always has women in her layered up and they're in big baggy pants under a dress with a vest. I thought it would be you know fun to just have some to play with. Now are they too big? Yes they're actually too big. I mean I have bike shorts on so don't get excited but yeah they're really big. Can I take them in at some point if I want? Yeah and I might do but I think before we do anything I'm gonna wash them because I want all the edges to fray and it is a hundred percent cotton. So I'm gonna wash them in hot water and we'll see what happens. Alright okay guys so besides a journal page and video which I'm gonna edit tomorrow. I'm gonna do a bunch of editing tomorrow. The vlog needs to be edited for last week and I have two or key trio videos that's got to be edited so I'm gonna work on it. I also got a mock-up cut out of the mood fabrics and thea dress. It is a made style dress like this and I kind of mock up out of old bed sheets but you know what if it the mock-up turns out decently while fitting I might actually sew it properly it's a hundred percent cotton I could dye it and then make another one out of that intended fabric and if it doesn't work it's an old bed sheet so yeah and I had enough between two partial bed sheets that I'd used for other mock-ups I had enough fabric so pretty pleased about that. Alright so anyway I'm gonna sit down and just chill for a little bit it's I'm nearing the end of the day and Bob should be off of work soon and then we'll head downstairs. We won't be going walking cuz it is hotter than 80 downstairs 105. Oregon doesn't really get those temperatures often so it's everybody's like oh my god and where my dear friend and patron Kathy Whitney is in southern Oregon it's 107 so yeah and I got something on my shirt I don't know what that is yeah yeah I think anyway alright that's it for the minute I think maybe alright I'll be back it's 403 p.m. yes Tuesday August 15th and yes I turned her on and we are video editing. Joy? Not really it's a hundred degrees plus outside again we'll be again tomorrow I of course because you know because I'm getting older and stuff I woke up this morning my hip was bothering me you know I've got arthritis and stuff so anyway took me a little bit to get going this morning but I did and I got some updates to the computer system done that I think allows me to easier transfer a video from my phone to the computer because yes I do do a lot of filming with my phone. I don't know we'll see I still hate video editing I need an editor maybe somebody to help me with PR and merch I don't know I need people alright we're gonna get this done I've got a bunch of threads to hide on some crochet stuff so we're gonna do that and I'll be back five videos edited and uploaded and scheduled I can turn it off now yay we're gonna go out for dinner with our friends and neighbors the Pauly's from next door and they're two little ones who come over all the time I talked about them and yeah so we're gonna go upstairs and get ready for that I'll be fun we're in the car again it is 9 40 a.m. on Wednesday August August 16th anyway it's already 79 degrees outside it's gonna be another hot day so we have some errands to run and we're gonna go out and do it early and get it over with have a bunch of places to go I made a list places I want to go added those to the list I need a few groceries all that stuff so let's go get it done then we'll come back and I've got to turn the computer on again because I need to upload some of the video I edited yesterday to patreon along with the sewing pattern for one of the projects that's in an upcoming video I didn't think I was gonna do this today but I got most of the mock-up done I did have to make a few adjustments to the pattern from it's again from the mood fabrics website I'll put a link down below I had to lengthen the straps on the shoulders I had to widen the bust piece because I'm chesty I had to shorten the waist because I'm short and I'm gonna have to hem hem this just needs to be a lot shorter right now it's way too long but and I don't have the sleeves on yet but hey that's not bad I'm kind of liking it now this is the mock-up it this is the mock-up it's a hundred percent cotton it's bed sheets and I'm gonna put a zipper in the back of it I'm gonna put a blue zipper because I think I'm gonna just if I like the mock-up well enough yes I'm gonna make one more but I'm just gonna dye it I might even tight make it tight I I don't know yet but it's coming out really well I also spent some time winding up some yarn this is my collection of wool and silk and cashmere yes some of which is thrifted and yeah so that's all done and it's getting hot up here despite the air conditioning so plus it's after five yeah Bob's gonna head over to the gym to get some steps in because he didn't get any steps in yet today I did so yeah well he's doing that I'm gonna go sit downstairs and have some water do the I have to do the dishes oh all right I got chores to do I'll be back so it's almost four o'clock I haven't turned on the camera yet today till now I've just been sitting doing chores today I started assembling on my flower bag so I watched a few videos including Jenna's again Jenna Phipps and decided how exactly I wanted to assemble my flowers I'm not sure if I have enough to cover the bag the way I want to but I do have a lot so I figured it was time to at least get started and so I've just been sitting doing that all afternoon to be honest I did a little bit of cleaning and rearranging but other than that well in a few chores other than that I've done nothing else but you know all right anyway this is turning out really cute I'm really happy when I was cleaning I did find some leftover balls of yarn like this so I made a few flowers with it which turned out really cute I don't you don't really see that kind of yarn too much at the yarn shops anymore it was a thing in the 90s and 2000s I think but anyway I have a few leftover pieces so I'm gonna be using them here and there got project ideas in mind once the flowers are done so that's so I don't have anything else today but it's nice to just have a quiet day and it's also not a hundred today it's still in the mid 90s but it's not a hundred so the temperature is going down so yay I think my brain and creative energy is starting to just get heat stroke or locked-in syndrome or something for not being able to really go out of the house much for like a week so yeah anyway what are you gonna do oh I did start off the day by altering this little dress I have on just a little bit I got it when I we were in Hawaii it fits pretty good except for it I knew when I bought it that the armholes were really short and tight and when I went to go put it on I reminded myself oh crap you were gonna fix those armholes so I did that first thing this morning and I re-cut the armholes and fix them fits fits great now well it's a little tight over the chest but so is a lot of my clothes anyway I'm also slouching and yeah my hair really does look like Einstein today all right that's it for a minute I'm gonna keep putting flowers together I think it's gonna be my thing for the next few days I do have another project in mind I think I figured out what I want to do with some of that really nice wool that I bought when we were in Virginia but I need to finish this first so and I have a few other projects I think I've decided on to use the leftover scraps yarn with on so including some more granny squares and at some point we'll put all the granny squares together and make a blanket or something or a jacket or something anyway that's it for the minute I'll be back so it is Friday August something I don't even know 18th 17th August 18th and I set up a play space for junior when he comes and I'm babysitting which I'm doing tomorrow getting back to it and I set that up downstairs I'll put a picture here for you all I also sat and spent most of the day today once I had that done and some chores finishing the flower bag are you ready okay my dress form she's got a mock-up of a dress on that I'm working on but there is our flower bag yes it's a piece of art I think but it's also a usable bag with a zipper closure and I have added some matching yarn over the strap to coordinate with all the flowers she was a pain in the butt you guys but it is done she is pretty whoops let's come over here hold on yeah my table's a mess so she has finished though I love this giant daisy so making the flowers is not hard they're a lot of fun to make I think but then if you want to make something with them then you have to sit in some all together and that's yeah it's a lot of work but I'm glad I got it done now I have more projects to get back to hooding finishing said mock-up over there which is turning out actually pretty well and I think that I might actually make that an actual dress is white cotton cotton bedsheets so I think if it turns out and I like the fit of it not only will I make another one out of the actual fabric which is this but I think I might keep the cotton one and die her cuz why not anyway it's almost the end of the day and when Bob is done we're gonna go grocery shopping we are bypassing family dinner night this week because both kids houses are having construction done one is having something fixed and the other one's adding on so everybody's busy I'll babysit junior tomorrow while my daughter works and her house is being worked on and yeah so we'll just it'll just be us and that's fine all right I'm gonna clean up my mess and go downstairs and I'll be back morning everybody it is 847 a.m. Saturday August 19th morning I'm gonna be babysitting junior today which was always the plan and Bob was gonna go help the kids at their house but obviously I'm in the car and so last minute change of plans I'm babysitting at their house long story but anyway that's fine I've got my needlework bag and with me evidently there's babysitting help over there so you know I've got something to keep me occupied in case I have nothing else to do and I can make sure we're not there for 12 hours helping with construction and I'm not stepping outside so there's that I don't know how today is gonna play out but we'll see and yeah we've had a lot of police in the neighborhood lately I'm going to hope that they're looking for speeders and not there's not something else going on but I don't know anyway I'm not quite awake yet despite the two cups of coffee I'll be back okay guys if I have another opportunity and I had thought of it earlier well we would see if my five-month-old grandson can shoot any video and put it in the vlog because yeah junior liked playing with Alma's camera today that was a thing anyway we today didn't go as quite as planned so Bob did indeed go help with construction at my daughter and son-in-law's house his father is in construction he brought a friend with him and they were all over there working on the addition to the house and they junior was supposed to come over here and I was gonna babysit that's not how it happened I ended up going over there and babysitting with Pollyas's mother and spending the whole day over there so I didn't get any of my chores done but that's okay because I got to see the grandson so I'm good with that Bob is very sore and tired a lot of nails were hammered today something like over a thousand and yeah so it's been a long day but it's been a good day and a good week and a lot of fun I've I'm now working on a sweater and yeah I'll let you all know how it comes anyway I hope you've all had a great week and that you've been able to be creative and find time to do what you love and spend time with your family if you have questions comments or concerns please do leave them down below don't forget to like share and subscribe and above all go out and have a great day have a great week do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'll see you later bye guys