 Kitchen's officially a mess. My hands are a mess. There's flour on the phone. There's flour on the iPad. There's just Flour and pasta before. Yeah, just everywhere. Good morning. It's Sunday morning in August 1st It's just after 9 a.m. And we are starting off the day with a walk Yeah, the week with a walk in the morning before it gets hot we are going out Later this afternoon with the kids for some wine tasting and That sort of thing we thought we'd go get some steps in before we do so we're going for a quick quick walk and Yeah, I didn't get any steps in yesterday because we were At my dad's working on stuff. It was kind of depressing, you know all the things so You know Yeah anyway So we're gonna start the day off. Hopefully on the high note get some steps in and then go have some fun with the children I'll bring you with us where I can and I'll be back everybody. It is just after 8 a.m. Monday morning August 2nd my birthday Hold on a second. I'm gonna turn things on and all that So I'm all dressed to go walking this morning Bob is out at an appointment And when he gets back, I think we're gonna try to go for a walk At least I hope we are cuz I'm dressed for it and haven't had a shower yet Can't remember my password. There we go It's a weird birthday because my mom isn't here anymore My parents usually call and sing me off-key happy birthday every year for my birthday since I can remember And This year it's just my dad so Anyway, I'm gonna do something cute and I'll play it right here his message of his his off-key rendition of happy birthday Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday wonderful daughter Happy birthday to you was very sweet my daughter's mother-in-law my son-in-law's mom called me yesterday and She knows it's a difficult birthday for me because my mom's in here and she sang me happy birthday I didn't get that recorded, but that was very very sweet of her We went out wine tasting yesterday and with the kids. I don't really drink anymore but I I did yesterday and the day before that Couple days before that. I don't know. Anyway, I had a few sips of wine here and there. It's not gonna hurt me And it was a lot of fun and we got to see some beautiful sights and some beautiful photographs I took some beautiful photographs and It was a good time It's a little bit surreal, but I mean, you know Anyway, I don't know what we're gonna get up to today Bob has taken the day off today because it's my birthday So I don't know what he's planned once his appointment is finished, but we'll find out and I will be back We did go on our walk this morning It's a grossly hot out here. It's after three o'clock I just got all my weekly posts done and my video edited I didn't get them done ahead of time like I said it was going through last week because you know Life got in the way Anyway, I see a corn stalk Darn squirrels keep planting this corn instead of eating it. They keep planting it. That's got a lot of vlog is saving. I'm gonna Go check the mail There's a couple packages coming today, and I don't know what they are because other than Amazon stuff I haven't ordered anything So I have no idea what that's about I think we're gonna go out for a little bit. Maybe We have to run an errand over to bed bath and beyond which is a home goods kind of store They don't sell food per se, but they do have my coffee they sell coffee stuff So they do have that stuff that I want. So we're gonna go do that maybe walk around the mall and That sort of thing. So just to get out of the house get some steps in Bob's got to pay off And then we're back at it the rest of the week I thought it was going crazy. It's always fun when the kids send their mail to your house Hi, yeah, yeah, I Alright, I'm gonna go back in and hopefully the vlog is done saving I can get that loaded to YouTube and then we can head out and Yeah, do something with our day. Yeah, I can't see it, but there's a white butterfly He disappeared Cuz again, like I said last week I suck at wildlife photography. It just isn't it is a thing that I don't do well. I See some more corn I'm gonna pull it and go in the house. I'll be back. I would say good morning everybody, but I'm not so sure it's morning still Let's see. Oh Yeah, it is 1141 a.m. Ha It's Tuesday, August 3rd. I Was gonna say April Anyway, I spent a couple hours this morning chatting with some friends and supporters from patreon and the youtube Community if you want to be a member of either or both The how-tos are down below. My patreon is in my link tree list of links and along with a bunch of other stuff And how to join the youtube community is in the video description. So check it out. Anyway, I worked on a Page, I'll show you so I have a great nephew who is two His name is Paxton and when I was up at my dad's this last weekend checking up on things I got him to sit down with me for a little bit and draw on some paper and he did some scribbles It was so cute So I turned his scribbles Into this How cute is that? So there you go. So I'll be sharing that later on social media and I added My mom's prayer card to my prayer card book. I Still don't know what I'm gonna do with my aunt's Planner address book she made for my mom God knows when they're both gone now So I don't know how old this is. Anyway, I found this in the stash of stuff I don't know what I do with it. Probably take it apart, but I don't know yet I'm also ready for next year And I mean this is my desk I would say to you it's cleaner than it was a few minutes ago, but I don't think it is really One of the kids got me Some markers which I love but also a bunch of washi tape for my birthday which I opened which I love and Yeah, I've got some Extra half pans I'm gonna put away right now because some of this stuff I can just put away. I'm just you know Not doing that I don't know why I need to put some packing tape on the dusky watercolor Swatch sheet so I can put that away and I need I got these motivational cards from amazon And each one says something different and I thought I'm all about words in my art Y'all know this and I thought I could use these in My art journals and Just pick one at random and then do a page based on that look up at this one Love that and so I took the box that they came in and I cut it in half So I'm gonna tape the bottom of that together and they can just sit on the table like that I can just grab one I need to put this away because it doesn't go here So I guess I better get doing because it's not going to do itself I wish it would but it's not going to I'm probably getting this off my table because that would be helpful All right, I'll be back. Good evening. It is Just after 8 p.m. And we are out trying to get a few quick steps in It's finally cool enough. I think I have water just in case I got All of my little calendar labels done For 2022. Yes 2022 Had them done printed cut out I'll put a picture here Um, I won't be doing lots of explaining about it on youtube necessarily but um Something we're going to be using in my art groups and the patrons And supporters already have free access To both downloads the people in the facebook group are only going to get one But yeah, anyway it's for them So if you want access Join a life of art and self-expression the link is down below Anyway, I got that done. I got some other random things done while I was chatting with friends and supporters today and I'm going to do some art in a little bit some daily practice, but We're going to go try to get some steps in first Exercise it's important All right, I'll be back. Good morning, but it's already almost two o'clock in the afternoon It is wednesday august fourth Yeah, anyway, I spent most of the morning In meetings about some upcoming youtube collaborations and pay for classes I'm going to be teaching in collaboration With a couple of other artists whose names you will probably recognize You ready? Mike deacon And bae a grub anyway Not ready to announce more than that right now, but yeah Anyway, I wanted to get out and get some steps in but it was in meetings with them and dealing with more family stuff regarding my mom's passing and her funeral and all of that stuff and Anyway, it's I think 88 degrees or so outside. So it's kind of hot So we definitely won't be on a brisk walk and I'm probably going to need a shower But I've got some water I've got my rescue inhaler Got my phone Bob's home. So I don't need my keys And we'll just see how far we can get That's all we can do Take some deep breaths Enjoy the peace and quiet All the things All right, I'll be back Good morning everybody I look like poop Extra extra poopy Than normal I I literally just got up through some clothes on and we're in the car It is 6 52 a.m Thursday, August 5th. I think Bob is taking the barracuda into my local performance shop To be looked at and worked on a little bit some things that are beyond our skills And so I'm following him over there so he can get home So That loud rumbling noise you're starting here. That's the barracuda So anyway, we're going to go get this done Then I can have the rest of my morning coffee and some cottage cheese And then I'm going to head over to the grocery store and get that done And we need groceries, but I also need some ingredients because the kids want me to the girls want me to Work on some cooking with them this weekend Specifically, we're working on Perfecting the gluten-free pasta recipe. They want to know if they can make raviolis with it. I have no idea Although I've made ravioli before it's been a while Anyway, so I thought I better get some ingredients of practice Because I also think that gluten-free raviolis you might need to freeze them and cook them from frozen and not for fresh Or I think that pasta dough might fall apart gluten-free Does seem to be very crumbly So You have to add extra xanthan gum and or potato or corn starch to them To get them to not be crumbly So And even then they still are a bit so anyway something about the lack of gluten, I think Anyway, let's go get this done and we can get on with our day. I'll be back Okay, yes, I'm still wearing a mask most of the time at the store Especially on days today where it's smoky One benefit from covid is they appreciate now that we can wear masks in the store If I feel like I need it because of my asthma and people don't think I'm like crazy My hair is just I don't know what it's doing. It's doing like I don't know what it's doing My kitchen is officially a mess. My hands are a mess. There's flour on the phone. There's flour on the ipad. There's just Flour and pasta on the floor. Yeah just everywhere, but I think we successfully made gluten-free pasta dough I made some notes and we're able to make it into a ravioli now you can't Roll out the dough as thin as I can normally do for a regular ravioli. However I think it's going to work But I guess we'll see we'll have to wait until saturday and cook it and find out and I'll have to let you know um And if it works, I'll share the recipe for you and I used a Cheese filling recipe. I already had I did add some pork sausage crumbles to it um So, yeah It's all good. All right. I'll be back everybody. It is friday august 6 I think 8 43 a.m. I have already done the mornings breakfast dishes and um checked on social media and Answered some questions and replied to comments and all that stuff Checked on my email We are headed out now because I've got to get some at the orders in the mail and I need to run a couple of errands I need to get some postage stamps because I've got to start writing thank you notes For the sympathy cards that I've been coming into us and to my dad Appreciate it by the way If you would like to send my dad a sympathy card you can use my p.o. Box down below um His name is albert by the way. Anyway, so I am going to Get some postage stamps so I can start replying to those because I Am sending notes to everybody. Anyway Thanks to do places to go people to see Stops I want to make that I don't have to but I'm going to everybody it is saturday august let's see Seventh I think it's 11 51 a.m. It's just before lunch My dad is here. He's spending the weekend Um, the kids are all on their way over Um, we are going to spend the afternoon hanging out and chatting and having Coffee I'm sure there'll be some drinking involved But we're also cooking so we're making homemade raviolis and I think jenny and brine are making popovers. I think There's grandpa in the background We are out for a quick walk between dinner and dessert the gluten-free raviolis turned out great. Say hi dad See that's that You're gonna be on youtube. Oh, okay. Uh-oh. Yeah Anyway, we're gonna go get a few steps in between the homemade ravioli and the upcoming dessert I think we need to get a few steps in Uh, yeah, but the recipe turned out great. I'm gonna type it up for you all I'll put some notes down there Definitely because it's gluten-free. It's a little bit tricky But if you have some patience you definitely can do it. I will even include my filling recipe for you all Which was a cheese filling that we used Anyway, we're gonna go get some steps bob and polyas have noodle girl otherwise known as lily our grand dog And uh, we'll we'll get it done and I'll be back. It is 12 50 p.m Just after lunch on sundae Sorry about that so, um Then last week or so and the coming week For obvious reasons because of my mom's passing are going to be very busy with family time and family stuff and arrangements and phone calls and the like So my vlogging is going to be erratic at best But I will do what I can to document what I can not only for you all but for myself So anyway, you saw that my dad was here for dinner yesterday. He spent the night He left this morning to go back home um, he said Everything was delicious, but he ate way too much We did manage a finally a good gluten-free pasta recipe I think I will um as I said in the last clip type it out for you all so you can share and you can Try it and see what you think if you are of Uh mind to try baking homemade pasta if you've never made it before it's a little tricky to do gluten-free um I'll put my notes and thoughts about the recipe in there And we did do ravioli this time instead of plain pasta, but you could definitely do this Same recipe as just an egg noodle or other plain pasta Um, anyway, it was delicious. It was really good and we also made my grandmother's salad which is just Flavored lettuce. I'll make notes on that too for you all. 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