 It will chat while I'm moving the seat up because my feet totally can't reach the pedals Obviously Bob turned my car lost Happy Sunday morning everybody. I think it's Sunday, May 16th or 17th or 16th 11-15 a.m. We are obviously in the car We are out gonna go out and run a few errands just do some driving around get out of the house a little bit We've got a few things here and there. We need to pick up a Different places. It's one of those kind of errand days. So we're gonna go do that and Whatever else are we gonna do today? I have no idea Walking walking is a priority because the last couple days we've been lazy. I only got 5,700 steps. I think yesterday So I need to make up for that today. So All right, we're gonna get to it and I'll be back. So one of my projects today When we bought the house the old owners had painted the driveway with his black concrete stain paint Which we would like to ideally an idea world remove It's really expensive. So it's worth probably staying but What they also did was get some on the house See that down there at the bottom on the stones. So my job today is to try to get all or most of it off It's gonna take a little bit of elbow grease, but I do think I found a way so I Have a combination of a kitchen scrubby sponge a bucket of water, which is now dirty water a wire brush a brass brass pot brush and some acetone It seems to be working. So I'm gonna see what I can do and I will be back Is Monday morning May 17th, it is 933 a.m. According to the car clock, hopefully that's correct. I think it's close. Anyway We are act like you're here in the car with me because but you kind of are anyway We are here in the car headed over to the hardware store. I've got to pick up a couple things That I want to take care of out in the front yard For something I want to take care of in the front yard Before the new landscaping goes in tomorrow or the next day whenever the gardener gets here this week I Have had all my coffee this morning. I promise Anyway, I need to go pick up a couple things at the hardware store. I need to go Pick up some decaf coffee. We're all out and One of our house guests drinks decaf I don't keep a lot of decaf in because my mom up until now was the only person I knew who drank it And as you all know, my mom is sick and I won't be coming over anymore. Anyway But Brian drinks decaf so he's drank all that I had so I need to go get some more for him So we're gonna go do that. I'm gonna go to the hardware store first. I also need a little Footstool or something To sit on when I'm out in the yard I've been using the stool from upstairs in the art room and I'm getting tired of dragging it downstairs because I'm lazy And so I'm gonna see if they have some some sort of garden stool or something that I can sit on When I'm doing things out in the yard front or back so We're gonna go do all that this morning and then I've got the vlog from last week to edit and then I've got the weekly writing to do and Daily drawing practice for yesterday and today to do because this whole weekend. I've just been I don't know what the deal is I Just haven't been on the daily art practice I've missed a couple of days and then had to catch up and then miss a couple days and have to catch up I don't know what the deal is without lately, but I do catch up And I also think I'm gonna pick up The lips journal again and set that on on the desk And I think that's gonna be a focus to try to get that done in the coming weeks. I will film some or all of it and Yeah, so lots to do today because it's Monday and there is a crap ton of stuff to do So let's go see what we can do about getting everybody. It is 855 a.m. May 18th Tuesday, Tuesday, yeah Tuesday. It is my 30th wedding anniversary Can't believe it's been 30 years, but there you go. I Am outside obviously this morning. I fed the deer and I was using some simple green Diluted with water to scrub at the stones on the front of the house here When we took the hedges out that used to be here, which were way too big and way too close to the house there was Water mineral deposits on the stone and some moss. I Got most of it off. I think So that seemed to do the trick. I just you can see some spots where it's still wet Like here. There was a lot of moss right here. I got most of it off the simple green and a dollar store scrubby brush seemed to do the trick so The gardener is supposed to be by some time today to Start the putting the yard back together process Which is going to include some wiring and sprinkler issues So yeah, anyway, you're starting the replanting of the front yard and I guess the good news is We found why we have no sprinkler water pressure because there was a leak. He found the leak He couldn't figure it out either and he let the water run for a long time I'll tell you why in just a minute and then all of a sudden all of us looked over and there was a river of water Running down the street onto our neighbor's driveway So we marked it with the yellow flag but we found the water leak because he turned the sprinklers on to try to fix it and His truck burnt down in the driveway, so Yeah, we're trying to help him get a tow and yeah, I feel bad for him. Not me second to get any of his other work done Yeah, I'll see that that was hail Now it's stopping all of a sudden that was wild. Holy cow. That's crazy morning everybody is Wednesday morning just before 11 a.m. May 19th and I am Walking over to our little hardware store. I've got to exchange something so I could drive over but you know, I Need steps so we're gonna walk. I live walking distance to a golf course. I Don't golf but how pretty is that? Yeah, let's get going. Good morning everybody. It is Thursday morning, May 20th It's nine o'clock straight up. I Am headed out Obviously to Go around a couple of errands and then go pick up my mother the bride dress. I know right So we're gonna go do that. I've lost quite a bit of weight for those that don't know in the last few months since I would like to say since COVID started, but I think when COVID first started I might have gained a few pounds and then I don't know halfway through. I just was like, okay. I've got to stop this like it's not helping anything It's making it worse and I needed to do some self-care and I don't know around Christmas January time. I started Watching what I was eating and then shortly after started walking a lot more and yeah, so anyway Couple dress sizes smaller than I thought I'd be in fact I fit in it off the rack dress with not too many alterations, which again surprised me so anyway, I will Get some video footage or pictures or something and insert them here Okay, so obviously I'm up in the art room So how many of us have a been like this one or more full of scrapbooking paper? That's right scrapbooking paper Stuff some of which we've had for so long I think one of these ones where to go. I have a number of these sort of vintage ephemera. I Don't know remember where these came from but I've had I've had him at least 20 years Park Lane, which is a Line of scrapbooking I think and planner supplies carried by Joanne's fabrics and crafts they make many little Paper stacks that are two by two and I know scrapbookers and card makers are like why just why do you make? So we don't use them that little but those of us who are mixed media artists collage artists Or if you do some kind of daily drawing journaling thing like I do I really only need a little piece of fabric So I find these little two by two paper pads Endlessly useful. I also have gotten a few like from Ali express or wish and these little tiny paper pads They're so useful and then it just dawned on me. Holy cow. You have all this scrapbooking paper You could cut it into like a mini stack Which I did these are three by three, but that'll be perfect so a little three by three square I can use it on my page no matter what kind of journal. I'm using or What project I'm going for this is gonna work for that I love that. So I just spent some time pulling out some patterns that I love and They're gonna go and in the downstairs drawing bag, although I will admit to you. I probably have too many here For right now. I need to thin the stack out a little bit because that's a lot So I'm gonna do that and I'm gonna keep the extras in my paper bin here And then when I need more, I'll just grab them and yeah, I can't use it up if I Don't make it more useful to me and Cutting the paper into smaller Sizes is definitely better for me. Now. I don't generally use cardstock weight to scrapbooking paper for My journals, but I do have some and it's really cute patterns. I'm gonna use it up Usually though, I like the paper weight Not that could sit cardstock weight. So anyway, that's just a tip. I find the other is just kind of really thick and unwieldy Anyway, when I was done cutting the paper and getting some more bits and pieces ready for my downstairs drawing bag I decided to clean And sort my washi tape I don't have as many as much as some but I have a fair amount I have run across one roll not long ago that I talked about in my user lose it I think for last month Where it was just Peely and stuck and just really bad quality or old or something I found two more they just they do this when you try to peel them I've seen the videos where it says well, you can just you know warm it up. It's your heat gun and really No, it's gonna go away And then I have five five five rolls that I need to use up or get rid of because I do not know why I have these I dislike all of the patterns on them. They are not my thing not that there's anything wrong with them They're just not my thing. I may use them on the table here to like sort of mask off Paper when I'm going to go watercolor Or something like that To mask off like a border I may leave these out to do something like that with because these are not my favorite But I might just get sick of doing that and purge them too. So yeah, one never knows Anyway, so Yeah, that's the thing We decided we needed to go for a walk but that maybe it was also panda thursday What does that mean so sometimes Usually wednesday, it's panda wednesday. We walk over to panda express and get dinner and take it home It's about Two and a half miles around trip Something like that It is what time is it? 10 49 a.m Friday may 21st. Ha got it right Oh, I cheated computer anyway, um I've got an etsy order that has to go out And because our postal carrier broke our mailbox whole bank of mailboxes from my street yesterday I need to go down to the post office anyway To pick up today's mail And drop that off because now I have nowhere to drop that off unless I go walk around the corner to the neighbor's bank of mailboxes anyway I think the kids brian and jenny are going to be finally able to move back into their apartment Um this weekend Starting tonight. I think they're going to try to sleep there tonight if all goes well Then they're going to be moving out this weekend and we can get the house ready for The next round of stuff and I should have turned the camera around because fred just walked by making faces at me Um anyway, so I think that's all going on Like this weekend plus bob and I have to go to the hardware store and pick up some stuff for the garden tomorrow In the meantime, I think while I'm out I need to go to the grocery store and pick up stuff So we have something for dinner Because it's friday pizza night Unless we're getting pizza kaboos I don't know. Good morning everybody. I can still say that because it's only 11 47 a.m. It's not noon yet It's saturday may 22nd I think Pretty sure Close enough. Yeah. Anyway, uh the kids for the most part have moved back into their apartment It's safe for them to do so There's a couple bags left in our house, but not much so We are going to go out and run a few errands and then we've got some cleaning to do And a things to get ready for in the upcoming wedding celebration in two weeks So the list is kind of endless of things we have to do right now, but you know, we'll get it done Right now we are going to go plant shopping and we are going to I guess go get our mail since the mailbox is broken and we gotta go pick it up And we have to go get groceries because the kids brought a lot of groceries with them from their apartment and then They're not things that we eat So we said take them back with you and then when they did that the fridge and freezer are half empty. So We need to go food shopping now. They barely ate any of their own food too Yeah, they didn't barely they barely ate any of their own food. They ate our food. So I don't know what that says, but yeah So anyway, that's fine. It's what family is for right so Um, anyway, so we need to get ready for the next round of people to come to the house And that means we have cleaning to do and restocking of food and stuff to do and Yeah, so no rest for the wicked All right, we'll be back home from running our errands We're not done yet, but we did get these two brand new pots with these pretty yellow flowers in them Don't know what they are. They're they're pretty And I got these there. We have blue balls Gazing balls. I don't know anyway And I got three of those and we put those in the garden The gardener's put in a few of the new plants. He hasn't put them all in yet. He's supposed to be coming back I thought maybe today, but I don't know. I guess we'll text him later and Yeah, it's looking really good. It's really shaping up much better than it was. All right. That's it for the minute I'll be back. Okay The hard work is done One less last spot on a wall in the house that needed patching and painting Has its first coat of paint on it Daughter and son-in-law helped me get it patched and textured properly It's not exactly right, but it's close enough and much better than it was And I've got I put a coat of primer on there before we left this morning and That was dry when we got back and I just put a coat of the paint on there It may need another coat, but it looks much better Yard work is done I'm all cleaned up dirt out from underneath my fingernails because despite the fact that I have gloves I had gloves on at some point. I took the gloves off and you know Have I mentioned enough times? I dislike yard work. It's not that I don't know how to do it I don't like it. All right. I've got a set of paperwork here from my dad Regarding my mom that I need to try to decipher for him and I think it's regarding Medicaid So I need to look at that now because you know that fun continues All right, I'll be back So I forgot to close the vlog last night Oh, yeah, yeah, it is what time is it 9 53 a.m. Sunday, May 23rd So we're gonna close the vlog this morning It has been a wicked busy morning already and was Also busy yesterday. We'll get into what's going on today in next week's vlog But I think that the front yard turned out pretty good. We still have more work to do the gardener supposed to be Bringing more plants and working on the sprinkler systems more for us. So hopefully he gets that done before the wedding Anyway, yeah, it's been a busy week The kids are moved out. I got everything cleaned up And ready for the next round of house guests because we're having more house guests All right, that's it for right now. I hope you've all had a great week Even if it's been a busy one for you like it has been for me. I still hope it's been a good one Get your rest get your exercise get your art on And take care of yourself All right, don't forget to check out the video description for relevant links My link tree list of links which includes my etsy shop patreon If you want to follow me on instagram that link is down there my facebook groups all that stuff check it out Along with the class i'm teaching with bae agrob and a bunch of other really great artists I'm starting june 1st the link for that is down below And if you want to buy some of the art foemies i've designed their link is also down below so That's a lot of stuff. I know but check out that video description Don't forget to Like share and subscribe. Please hit that thumbs up if you want notifications. Don't forget to hit the little bell icon Stay safe. Stay healthy. 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