 hey guys good morning for a couple more minutes we're in the car again we're in the car again it's just before lunch we have a masonic barbecue potluck thing to go to today later today for dinner and we needed to bring we're bringing dessert so we needed to go to the store so dessert snack yeah so we did that now we're gonna head back home again have a light lunch and get some more chores done at home that I should have done yesterday one of which is working right now I made bread so yeah got got shit to do big surprise I always click the abbreviated foul language checkbox okay so you know anyway back in the car again we went back home after doing some shopping and I got all the collage work done for the rest of August and I got everything prepped upstairs for September and I'll film getting September's journal ready but I had to get on camera right now because we're on our way to the masonic picnic and you guys mr. Bob got lost that was a lot of fun met a lot of really nice people do I remember their names no the worshipful master Bob's masonic lodge here in Oregon has decided I have a nickname because he can't seem to remember that my name is Gina so my nickname are you ready for it it's Gigi that's all right I'm all right with it growing up it was either brace face or four eyes so Gigi's fine it's a very much an improvement anyway we're gonna drive some back roads and do a little exploring on the way home yes the video you're about to see is me prepping the September daily drawing journal now as we cut away here to the footage of me at the table you'll see that I start with the cover I always start with the cover I decorate it with stickers and little bits and pieces for my stash and then I cover the whole thing with clear packing tape now I started doing this to use up some stuff in my stash you know use it or lose it well that was a big failure because I've just acquired more since then because I enjoyed doing this so I guess it's a win-lose situation I don't know anyway the next thing I do is usually print the random doodle word lists or inspiration word lists inside the cover but I realized as I was opening the book I didn't have one of them printed yet so I started with decorating the pages instead and I also had an aha moment with that in that I realized that instead of collaging creating collages on the pages I have a bunch of paper clusters that are already made why can't I just use those the answer to that is there's no reason you can of course use those so that's what I did I pulled out the paper clusters I put everything else away and I just started going to town decorating the pages some of the clusters are library pockets and some of them are not but that's good because that gives me a space that if I'm I've taken the journal with me because I'm seeing family or I'm traveling or something else specials happened I have a pocket somewhere in the journal I can put something in and I actually like that because this does usually come with me wherever I'm going it was super easy I did find with the clusters because they're a little heavier that I put my normal glue stick on the back but then also some elders glue now I use a mole skin type journal so the paper is a little thin so yes it did wrinkle the paper a little bit am I super concerned no I'm going to do on it journal on it right on it color on it things show through it shows somewhere and tear by the end of the month and I'm I'm good with that I love the way it turned out and on the very back page I ended up putting an extra library pocket which has a card in it and you know if anything special or extraordinary happens in the month I have now a card a place to put that and you know I kind of like I kind of like that idea there's also an extra page in the back because September only has 30 days and usually I take the extra page out but this time I'm not going to and again if something happens or something I want to write about or add extra pieces to I have the room for that and this is much easier to carry with me despite its thickness than a whole giant bag full of stuff is it any thicker than what they normally are at the end of the month well a little bit but honestly they get pretty puffy so if you do something like this you happen to have paper clusters laying around you do some kind of daily drawing every day I do recommend and I do love the idea of having the pages pre-decorated and then all you do is do your journaling do your writing maybe do a couple of doodles and it really I don't know if it's just breaking the blank page you know because their pages are no longer white or I don't know it's just convenient to have to not have to do that step and to be able to bypass that step I do have a few random sticker things and some washi in the front again in case I do come across something during the month that I want to add in an additional but yeah I think this was a really good idea prepping your journals ahead of time it's a thing guys I am working on a new crochet project just a sweater vest thing out of some of the wool yarn I bought when we were in Virginia and that's turning out really well I got the front done today I'll work on the back we are obviously outside we'll get going for a walk it is beautiful it's in the mid 70s a little bit of a breeze we've already eaten dinner we're gonna just go for a quick walk because it's been so hot we haven't done nearly enough of that and on the weekends when we are gonna probably go to the gym we end up not doing that because one or both where did we go where do we go the kids house the kids house helping them with their construction well he does I help with a babysitting do I look like I've been babysitting it's babysitting day the clip you just saw was filmed by my grandson junior he's only four and a half months old and he really likes playing with the camera on Omar's phone so I let him I know I'm probably not supposed to don't have the daughter anyway yeah that was a lot of fun he was real good today not that he's ever bad I mean he's only four and a half months old and when even when he's crabby he's good anyway we had a fun time today but he's gone home for the day my husband is going over there after work to help junior's dad out with construction that's going on at their house and I'm gonna just stay here I'm gonna work on my sweater that I've been working on and do some journaling and all that stuff so sounds like a good plan to me all right I'll be back okay I haven't hemmed it yet it does fit it actually fits pretty well I would probably wear a tank top underneath it because yeah it's a little low but that's the cut of the dress there's like I mean I could do some more alterations to the pattern I don't think I want to I could also just wear a strapless bra with the dress but for on camera that's as flashy as I'm gonna get anyway I like it I do think I'm gonna save the cotton one I'm gonna mark where I want the hem to be because I do think it's a little long maybe hold on maybe it's not as long as I think it is I actually think it might be nice this way so I guess I just have to hem it and then we can dye it maybe blue maybe green I don't know yet I'll be back okay you guys we not only get the mock-up done today but I'm two-thirds done with the actual garment in the real fabric you ready all right I'll be back you guys it is after seven o'clock Thursday August 24th I think I didn't vlog all day today because I was busy with junior look at that pretty son look at that anyway yeah hold on hold on yeah called myself ugly I got a love tap from the husband I'm not supposed to do that self-deprecating anyway I had the joy of babysitting junior all day today well most of the day today it was great even when he's fussy he's great anyway he wasn't that fussy he's a good mr. Bob sold one of his cars no not Adrian not the Barracuda the little red one that he used to use for his daily driver but he hasn't since before COVID so yeah so he sold it it's off to a new owner nice young man who I think is gonna get good use out of it and we're gonna look for a truck we wish him the best we wish him all the best with it anyway it is late in the day as I said but we decided after dinner it's been icky temperatures all day but now it's semi okay less icky I don't know we're gonna go get a few steps in see what we can see you guys I moved to Oregon to get away from some of this heat what the hell happened I think it followed me it's not always this hot this is yucky this is more than that all right I'll be back everybody it is 10 o'clock 3 a.m. Friday August 25th I believe family dinner night so the kids are coming over tonight for dinner and like it means I get to see junior again yay but it also means I need to go get some food so as usual we're probably making pizza tonight so I need to go get pizza fixings I also want to run a couple of other errands so we're gonna go get that done I need to repot some plants I don't want to buy new pots they're too expensive and I'm really trying to make a concerted effort to not add to I hesitate to use the consumerism but I think that's it I mean I add to it plenty enough already but where I can go reuse something or thrift for something rather than buying a new something I'm gonna do that so that includes flower pots and yeah cuz I need to replant seatbelt I need to replant some flower pots today or tomorrow and yeah so we're gonna go do that we have thunder and lightning last night like it was a thing to the point where I couldn't sleep until like it stopped like I don't know two or three o'clock in the morning it woke Bob up like nothing wakes Bob up you guys man sleeps like the dead the only thing that ever woke him up at the sound sleep was our daughter when she would start crying he was that was the only thing he ever heard but he heard the thunder and lightning last night in the rain it was yeah so it was the thing in the middle of summer and of course now it's back to 91 degrees today I guess the rainy season is coming soon okay anyway and I see in a state sale signed back that way so I have to look at that all right I'll be back I know I look like crap but it's like I don't even know what time is it 8 34 p.m. Friday August 25th 20 I don't know it's Friday I don't know what day it is yeah 25th I finished my sweater vest and I would wear it with this shirt that I have on or I have a couple of long sleeve men's shirts not with these pants because I have bike shorts on but this is cute hold on has to be blocked still but how cute is that anyway I just finished that so now I can do some daily drawing and stuff that I need to do for the night and then tomorrow we have a full day which I'll get into tomorrow all right I'll be back by the way I'll link the pattern for this sweater in the description below if I had a little more yarn I probably I would have made it a little longer but I don't know if I would have needed to honestly I think the length it is and if I wore it like this with this sort of puffy sleeved blouse or one of the men's shirts I have in here and some of my dad pants I mean this cute yeah we're just discussing the fact that I've had two cups of coffee and it's not enough because I said I feel like I'm going on the freeway not the airport we are on the freeway anyway thank you Marcia anyway we are as you can tell from Marcia I headed on to I-84 we are in Portland we are in traps a lot yeah it's Saturday morning August 26 it's 10 6 a.m. we are headed over to a car dealership to look at a car we sold one of our cars earlier this week a couple days ago and mr. Bob really wants a truck so we are headed over to look at a used truck today and we will see what happens with that shopping and stuff today and of course as soon as we get in the car I've got messages chats and it's to do you want videos on YouTube and all kinds of YouTube stuff going on which I'm trying to do for my phone I got to do this so mr. Bob can see where he's going I know sorry anyway so we will get that I got that done but it was challenging anyway we're gonna get on the road here and get where we need to go and I'll keep you all posted I'll be back yep we'll let you know what happens I'm in a car again but by myself because yes mr. Bob bought a truck anyway I'm headed home I had to stop and get gas and of course I saw a Goodwill but I had to stop that you know so I did find a couple of sweaters you know it's like 100 degrees outside I know it's weird anyway I am I did the Goodwill thing I did the gas thing and now I'm gonna head home I'm starving to have that lunch yet and then later on today maybe mr. Bob and I'll go to the grocery store but yeah it's been a productive day so far I'll be back but fun fact mr. Bob in half a mile use the right lane to turn right onto West Powell hey guys it is what time is it 8 26 in the evening still on Saturday let me put the phone down somewhere I know tables a little messy so I went out thrifting today just to one just one Goodwill store after Bob bought his truck yes he did buy the truck we needed a new more comfortable car he has his vintage car he had a little red sports car and we have my old Subaru and by old I mean old she's old she doesn't have a lot of miles on her but she is old and her seats aren't super comfortable for like long trips or anything anymore not to mention she needs some work done so although I told him he didn't have to sell the red sports car if he didn't want to but I did think we needed some different he said he wanted to sell it it's not really good for driving most of the time in Oregon it doesn't it's a city car and he really wanted a truck so cool and it's a big fancy truck so I'm not mad about that anyway so once we did that I went thrifting and found a couple things that I don't think I'm gonna a couple sweaters actually in a tank top and I don't think I'm gonna be altering any of them I like them the way they are that being said I just reminded myself of something I need to see if I can find on Amazon anyway so that was all good and fun and then I came home and I started working on a new crochet pattern I'll put a link down below for the pattern I'm not done with it yet but it does seem fairly easy to follow and it's crocheted from the neck down and it's crocheted in the round so there's when you're done there's no seams no seams and if I like it as much as I think I might I'll be making a couple more of them because it's really cute I'm using some wool more wool yarn and one more skein I got in Virginia and then I have two skeins of a wool and alpaca blend that are super soft but should go well with the other wool and color wise they look great together so it'll be cream on the top then I have a cream and tan blend and then I have tan and it should and they're all yeah so they all match so that'll work well all of this stuff is for blocking some of the things I've been making I've got my granny squares here I've been working on I've got the sweater vest I just finished which needs to be blocked I also have some balls of yarn for another project I want to be working on I want to make a grand more granny squares but I want to make it out of this yarn which is small yarn and it seems to be a really nice wool make a bunch of granny squares and then sew them together as a sweater however if I really like this pattern I'm working on right now this might be coming out of one of those anyway it's really pretty color variegated colors if you can see that so anyway tell me something around here hold on anyway it's been an interesting week I've got some projects coming up that I'm pretty excited about along with continuing my renewed interest in sewing and needlework which is always in the back of my mind fun fact that's where my creative journey started anyway it's been a great week that interesting busy hugely busy week and next week is going to be the same so anyway I hope you guys stuck it through to the end of the video if you want to support the free content here on YouTube please think about supporting my patreon they have ready access to me in a private Facebook chat and also I send them mood boards and designs and answer questions and all kinds of stuff like that on a regular basis they also have a preview of videos some of which you never see here they have access to videos you guys have never seen on this channel and won't ever see they have their own YouTube channel so if you're interested in any that and supporting the free content I should would appreciate appreciate it said check out the video description for that and any other relevant links including my happy mail address and all that stuff don't forget to like share and subscribe go out and have a great day do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'll see it later bye guys