Here's a thing I painted with watercolors. I'm super happy with the way these eyes turned out looking so round and bubbly. I sketched this one before I painted it so it's a little less free form than usual. I like the teal color next to that macaroni and cheese orange color.
Nov 28, 2016
Nov 23, 2016
Rainy Day Puppy
It's cold and I have a cold and this new puppy we have likes to be walked a bazillion times a day. When she's all worn out, she's very well behaved, just like children. Today I've spent a truck load of time working with her on her nippy behavior. Mostly it's going well. On the advice from my vet I bout Dr. Sophia Yin's book "Perfect Puppy in Seven Days" and it makes me sad for all the other dogs I've know in my life that could've been better dogs had I read this book sooner. This book is amazing and they should give a copy of it away with every puppy that changes hands ever.
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My toes are cold.
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I'd like to pick up some gold leaf to put into some of my paintings in the next wave of things I make. I just want to.
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There's never enough time in any day accept the rainy ones, these days last forever.
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My toes are cold.
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I'd like to pick up some gold leaf to put into some of my paintings in the next wave of things I make. I just want to.
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There's never enough time in any day accept the rainy ones, these days last forever.
Nov 16, 2016
Mighty Pens Autumn 2016 Episode
I'm enjoying listening to the media put conservatives feet to the fire regarding Breitbart. They're pushing and pushing and correcting and fact checking and it's not only good reporting and it's entertaining as hell.
Nov 10, 2016
As is with All Awful Things
We still have to get up at 6 and run the garbage to the curb before the truck makes it up the street and pour out the cereal and pack the lunches and brush our teeth and sort out the socks and go to work. Very little ever changes those things we have to do every day. Even winning the lottery, even electing a misogynist, even loosing sleep. The earth still spins and hurtles through space. We persist.
Nov 2, 2016
On Mom Time
Why when you ask if I've watched the new episode of anything I just laugh. aka Why watching a one minute video actually takes me forty minutes.
Hit play on new Jon Steward video I was tagged in, watch 4 seconds.
"Mom, can you help me pour milk?"
Pause video, pour milk, one minute later hit play, watch 4 seconds of video.
"Mom I gotta tell you something...."
Pause video, enthusiastically listen to a two minute story about farts, hit play and watch another 10 seconds of video.
Realize the puppy needs to go out.
Pause video, walk the puppy around the yard for five minutes, bring her in for praise and treats, hit play watch 4 seconds of video.
"Mom! I need help! My ipad is out of battery! I need to plug it in!"
Pause video, plug in ipad, put Sponge Bob on the tv, a minute later hit play and watch 10 seconds of video almost hear a whole joke.
"Mom this dog is too bitey! I'm gonna just put her in the laundry basket!"
Pause video, separate bitey dog from feisty child, tell child not to jump on the couch, put dog in crate, three minutes later watch 10 seconds of video, hear punchline of joke set up four minutes ago.
"Mom, I'm hungry"
Pause video, walk child into the kitchen, select a snack together, put it in a bowl, wash three dishes and empty the trash, make a cup of coffee for myself, feed hungry puppy and remember I wanted to watch that video I was watching fifteen minutes ago. Hit play, watch 30 seconds of video.
"I need a swipe!"
Pause video, for the next ten minutes, go swipe soemone's butt, wash hands, tell child to wash hands. Run to the basement to locate a clean hand towel, run it back upstairs to hand to child who is now standing there with wet hands and pants around ankles. Re-tie draw string pants at the waist of child, so they stay up. Hit play on video watch 20 seconds.
Pause video, answer phone. Talk for a minute, hit play on video. watch 20 seconds when the credits roll, realize it's over. Bookmark it to try to watch it again later.
Hit play on new Jon Steward video I was tagged in, watch 4 seconds.
"Mom, can you help me pour milk?"
Pause video, pour milk, one minute later hit play, watch 4 seconds of video.
"Mom I gotta tell you something...."
Pause video, enthusiastically listen to a two minute story about farts, hit play and watch another 10 seconds of video.
Realize the puppy needs to go out.
Pause video, walk the puppy around the yard for five minutes, bring her in for praise and treats, hit play watch 4 seconds of video.
"Mom! I need help! My ipad is out of battery! I need to plug it in!"
Pause video, plug in ipad, put Sponge Bob on the tv, a minute later hit play and watch 10 seconds of video almost hear a whole joke.
"Mom this dog is too bitey! I'm gonna just put her in the laundry basket!"
Pause video, separate bitey dog from feisty child, tell child not to jump on the couch, put dog in crate, three minutes later watch 10 seconds of video, hear punchline of joke set up four minutes ago.
"Mom, I'm hungry"
Pause video, walk child into the kitchen, select a snack together, put it in a bowl, wash three dishes and empty the trash, make a cup of coffee for myself, feed hungry puppy and remember I wanted to watch that video I was watching fifteen minutes ago. Hit play, watch 30 seconds of video.
"I need a swipe!"
Pause video, for the next ten minutes, go swipe soemone's butt, wash hands, tell child to wash hands. Run to the basement to locate a clean hand towel, run it back upstairs to hand to child who is now standing there with wet hands and pants around ankles. Re-tie draw string pants at the waist of child, so they stay up. Hit play on video watch 20 seconds.
Pause video, answer phone. Talk for a minute, hit play on video. watch 20 seconds when the credits roll, realize it's over. Bookmark it to try to watch it again later.
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