Here I am posting late yet again. Damn it I'm determined to do the blog-a-long for 30 days with Effy!! I just seem to get sidetracked, distracted, etc. I need to stop doing that. :)
I really didn't know what to even write about today. Honestly...I even forgot about it until just now. I'm bad I know lol
So I thought I would simply do an update regarding my post from a couple of days ago about the mystery flower. A dear Canadian friend found out it is called "Velvetleaf". Who'd have thought that a plant with velvety feeling leaves would be called something so simple and oh so obvious. LOL But it isn't a good plant, sadly. It's a broad leaf weed that can grow to 5 feet tall and its leaves can span up to 8 inches across. Its seeds can lie dormant in the ground for up to 50 years!!! It can also harbor diseases that are harmful to crops such as corn and soy. I think it said cotton also, but I'd have to double check. As pretty as it is, it will have to go.
Hopefully I will do better about remembering and not getting sidetracked tomorrow.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Sailing...Yard Sale Style
Today was a day spent yard sale-ing. I didn't find much today. Just a pair of overall shorts, a cute skirt, an herb book, 3 rainbow stamp/ink pads (75 cents for the 3!!), a cute stamp of mini flowers, and a butterfly stencils. I had better luck at the library book sale. Fill a bag for a buck. We filled 2! I scored 10 books!! Among them: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", "The Poisonwood Bible", "The Forgotten Garden", a book by Marion Zimmer Bradley that isn't part of the Avalon series, "Three Cups of Tea", "Five Quarters of the Orange", "Fried Green Tomatoes" (I love the movie!!) and a few others.
Between hunting for yard sales, we stopped at Burger King for lunch. There we are sitting and feasting on our BK delicacies when I looked up and here comes a man crossing the busy street wearing a top hat and ...O.M.G. he had a monocle too! Then it hit me, we were near where the weekend anime convention was going on. Soon I realized there were others in BK from the same convention. Including the adorable young lady in a Tardis tank dress.
We ended our day at a Barn Sale, basically it was a yard sale in a barn. This is where I scored the stamp pads. From there we headed home to relax and then partake of some delicious Papa Murphy's pizza and some cheese cake for dessert.
Then I discovered I got sunburned! Surprisingly, thankfully it doesn't hurt. My lips and cheeks feel a little tingly but my neck and shoulder though red feel okay. Hopefully it stays that way.
I fully intended or thought about at least of doing some art today. Just never got that far.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!
Between hunting for yard sales, we stopped at Burger King for lunch. There we are sitting and feasting on our BK delicacies when I looked up and here comes a man crossing the busy street wearing a top hat and ...O.M.G. he had a monocle too! Then it hit me, we were near where the weekend anime convention was going on. Soon I realized there were others in BK from the same convention. Including the adorable young lady in a Tardis tank dress.
We ended our day at a Barn Sale, basically it was a yard sale in a barn. This is where I scored the stamp pads. From there we headed home to relax and then partake of some delicious Papa Murphy's pizza and some cheese cake for dessert.
Then I discovered I got sunburned! Surprisingly, thankfully it doesn't hurt. My lips and cheeks feel a little tingly but my neck and shoulder though red feel okay. Hopefully it stays that way.
I fully intended or thought about at least of doing some art today. Just never got that far.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!
Friday, August 2, 2013
What flower is it?
This is only partially what I was hoping for today. My day didn't go as planned and thus I am posting later then I intended to also. But here I am and here's my post for day 2.
The question is: What the heck is it? The buds are rather large, but when it blooms the flower is smaller than what the bud was. The huge heart shaped leaves and stems are very soft and velvety feeling. I mean the leaves really feel like a piece of velvet! I tried to get some decent pictures but the breeze wouldn't cooperate so this is what I have right now.
The question is: What the heck is it? The buds are rather large, but when it blooms the flower is smaller than what the bud was. The huge heart shaped leaves and stems are very soft and velvety feeling. I mean the leaves really feel like a piece of velvet! I tried to get some decent pictures but the breeze wouldn't cooperate so this is what I have right now.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Blessed Lammas
I full intended to blog MUCH earlier today. But as usual, I kept piddling around with things instead of focusing. And the next thing I know it's 11:36 PM and I hadn't blogged.
See I've been on the fence about the blog along with Effy. Mainly because, well...we all know how that goes. I was supposed to blog everyday in June. The topic was right up my alley. And I dropped the ball. Shit happens, I know. But still. It bugs me!!
Well, here I am. I'm going to try yet AGAIN. I don't know what all I will write about. Maybe on somedays I'll just post a photo I took and write about it. Like uh say for tomorrow's post. I'll post the photo tomorrow and maybe someone can help us solve a mystery.
I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Blessed Lammas/Blessed Imbolc. May you and yours be blessed with love, health, happiness, prosperity.
I bid you good night as I go find another book to read.
See I've been on the fence about the blog along with Effy. Mainly because, well...we all know how that goes. I was supposed to blog everyday in June. The topic was right up my alley. And I dropped the ball. Shit happens, I know. But still. It bugs me!!
Well, here I am. I'm going to try yet AGAIN. I don't know what all I will write about. Maybe on somedays I'll just post a photo I took and write about it. Like uh say for tomorrow's post. I'll post the photo tomorrow and maybe someone can help us solve a mystery.
I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Blessed Lammas/Blessed Imbolc. May you and yours be blessed with love, health, happiness, prosperity.
I bid you good night as I go find another book to read.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Whoops! Fell Off the Blogging Train
Sorry about that....I didn't forget it's just been a busy kinda week. I had briefly thought scheduling the posts for the week last weekend, but changed my mind. I guess I should of done it after all LOL. OH WELL! No biggy. I can and will catch up this week ( I hope :D )
This week I got to go to Whole Foods. Oh how I love that store! Mostly went to look and check prices. Their produce department isn't as big as I thought it might be. I picked up some Israeli Couscous. I have no clue how to make it or what to do with. I've been wanting to try couscous again, but I don't care for the finer one. A friend suggested I try this instead. So we'll see.
I really need to work on my weight and eat better and cut out the bad stuff more regularly. When I came out here 2 years ago, I was 115 lbs. Slightly underweight as I had been all my life. Now I'm not a big junk food person (soda is probably my biggest weakness, and I've been good at limiting myself to 1 a day if I even have it). My activity level is no different really from 2 years ago to now...yet some how I've gained more weight than I intended and I'm up to 160 lbs. (but I don't feel like I weigh that much) I've NEVER been that heavy in my life! Not even 9 months pregnant with my girls, with both pregnancies I only ever hit 140 lbs.
The thing is I don't know how to lose the 25-30 lbs I'd like to shed. I have a lot of food allergies so I have to be careful. I also have to be careful if I did any sort of work outs too as I have issues with my back and knees. I honestly don't know what to do or how to start. Suggestions? Advice?
I've been finishing up another piece of art this week as well. It's a piece I had penciled months ago. I just didn't know what medium I wanted to do it in or if I even wanted to finish it. I colored it with oil pastels. I am going to call it done for now. But I am happy and unhappy with it at the same time.
Friday was 2 years ago that I made one of the biggest changes in my life. I'm adjusting to life in Idaho. My beloved and I are doing great. In many ways I feel like I am finally being me, coming out of my shell. Yet in others I feel like I have more healing and more growing to do. The biggest challenge in all of this is being away from my girls. I miss them very much. Accepting their choice to stay there is probably one of the hardest things I've had to do.
As for the Ogre, I have not spoken to him since I left and haven't had any email correspondence with him since that October. Listening to my girls, he hasn't changed at all. I'm not surprised though.
With the 2 year mark having passed, PMS, the New Moon, and no chocolate...I'm having those doubts of not being good enough creep in a little. You know the little voices that say 'your arts terrible!' 'you're not worthy of (fill in the blank)' 'you're a terrible mother' and so on and so on. I'm really trying to keep it under control and ignore them. I know it's mostly the moon phase and PMS. When my cycle falls during a specific moon phase, my emotions run amuck. Thank you hormones and Aunt Flo!!! NOT!!!!!!!!!! I know I'll get through it. I always do. I'll probably end up crying on my Beloved's shoulder at some point this week because that's what usually happens. Then he'll hug me and tell me everything will be okay and it usually is.
I'll try my best to catch up on the NaBloPoMo this week. I know we have a couple of busy days coming up again, so I might fall behind but I'll try not to. Have a great week!
This week I got to go to Whole Foods. Oh how I love that store! Mostly went to look and check prices. Their produce department isn't as big as I thought it might be. I picked up some Israeli Couscous. I have no clue how to make it or what to do with. I've been wanting to try couscous again, but I don't care for the finer one. A friend suggested I try this instead. So we'll see.
I really need to work on my weight and eat better and cut out the bad stuff more regularly. When I came out here 2 years ago, I was 115 lbs. Slightly underweight as I had been all my life. Now I'm not a big junk food person (soda is probably my biggest weakness, and I've been good at limiting myself to 1 a day if I even have it). My activity level is no different really from 2 years ago to now...yet some how I've gained more weight than I intended and I'm up to 160 lbs. (but I don't feel like I weigh that much) I've NEVER been that heavy in my life! Not even 9 months pregnant with my girls, with both pregnancies I only ever hit 140 lbs.
The thing is I don't know how to lose the 25-30 lbs I'd like to shed. I have a lot of food allergies so I have to be careful. I also have to be careful if I did any sort of work outs too as I have issues with my back and knees. I honestly don't know what to do or how to start. Suggestions? Advice?
I've been finishing up another piece of art this week as well. It's a piece I had penciled months ago. I just didn't know what medium I wanted to do it in or if I even wanted to finish it. I colored it with oil pastels. I am going to call it done for now. But I am happy and unhappy with it at the same time.
Friday was 2 years ago that I made one of the biggest changes in my life. I'm adjusting to life in Idaho. My beloved and I are doing great. In many ways I feel like I am finally being me, coming out of my shell. Yet in others I feel like I have more healing and more growing to do. The biggest challenge in all of this is being away from my girls. I miss them very much. Accepting their choice to stay there is probably one of the hardest things I've had to do.
As for the Ogre, I have not spoken to him since I left and haven't had any email correspondence with him since that October. Listening to my girls, he hasn't changed at all. I'm not surprised though.
With the 2 year mark having passed, PMS, the New Moon, and no chocolate...I'm having those doubts of not being good enough creep in a little. You know the little voices that say 'your arts terrible!' 'you're not worthy of (fill in the blank)' 'you're a terrible mother' and so on and so on. I'm really trying to keep it under control and ignore them. I know it's mostly the moon phase and PMS. When my cycle falls during a specific moon phase, my emotions run amuck. Thank you hormones and Aunt Flo!!! NOT!!!!!!!!!! I know I'll get through it. I always do. I'll probably end up crying on my Beloved's shoulder at some point this week because that's what usually happens. Then he'll hug me and tell me everything will be okay and it usually is.
I'll try my best to catch up on the NaBloPoMo this week. I know we have a couple of busy days coming up again, so I might fall behind but I'll try not to. Have a great week!
Sunday, June 2, 2013
An Amazing Feat!
Who knew!!?? I did NOT think it was possible! It's amazing! I need to make the calendar...seriously....
I went to Michael's today and bought NOTHING! NADA! ZIP!
Not that I didn't find things I wanted but I was a good girl and just browsed today.
I'm looking for oil pastels that are good but inexpensive. They had (surprisingly) the Crayola brand that had 28 colors (I think) for $5.99! They also had the Sakura brand both the student grade which I have a set of already and I like well enough, and they had the next step up from that 25 colors for $16.99. They had a few soft pastels but that's not what I'm interested in right now.
I am currently using the student grade Sakaru brand, Reeve's both their oil pastels and their water soluble ones, and some cheap kiddy art kit ones. Blending is where I'm having to most difficulty right now, I find the Reeve's don't blend as smoothly as I'd like. I have found that if I use a bit of baby oil it helps.
Still not sure how I feel about them, but they are kinda fun. And who knows...maybe I'll even share something I made.
I went to Michael's today and bought NOTHING! NADA! ZIP!
Not that I didn't find things I wanted but I was a good girl and just browsed today.
I'm looking for oil pastels that are good but inexpensive. They had (surprisingly) the Crayola brand that had 28 colors (I think) for $5.99! They also had the Sakura brand both the student grade which I have a set of already and I like well enough, and they had the next step up from that 25 colors for $16.99. They had a few soft pastels but that's not what I'm interested in right now.
I am currently using the student grade Sakaru brand, Reeve's both their oil pastels and their water soluble ones, and some cheap kiddy art kit ones. Blending is where I'm having to most difficulty right now, I find the Reeve's don't blend as smoothly as I'd like. I have found that if I use a bit of baby oil it helps.
Still not sure how I feel about them, but they are kinda fun. And who knows...maybe I'll even share something I made.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
June is NaBloPoMo and BuNoWriMo
In an effort to post more often, I thought I'd try participating in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). It's like NaNo but for blogging. The theme is "ROOTS"...genealogy. It has daily (M-F) prompts that you can use if you choose to. Since genealogy is actually one of my passions I really think I might be able to do this.
It is also BuNoWriMo hosted by The Burrow. The goal of course, to write 50,000 words in the month of June. You can also read more here at their blog. They also have a Facebook page. If you are familiar with or have participated in NaNoWriMo in November, then you know what it's all about. Same idea, different month.
Now I don't yet if I will attempt the novel one, even though I've been thinking about it. I don't want to over commit myself and fail. Especially since I have finally started arting again. *happy dance* I've been experimenting with oil pastels. I'm still not sure if I like them enough to use them frequently. Part of that could be because I have some really cheapy ones, the brand that everyone pretty much says to avoid LOL. But I will use what I have for now. And that was pretty much how I spent my Memorial Day weekend, at my easel making art. And BOY! DID IT FEEL GOOD!!!
So now with a little luck, you may have another post from me tomorrow :)
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