The Boys

"Gramma, we're not doing anything wrong!"

 

"You can trust this face. Honest."

 

"Dear God, please make her stop with the camera."

 

Visit a Farmer's Market

Here's where you can check out a lot of photos taken at one of our 'farmers' market'. They almost made me go vegan! (might be a reference photo for painting in the mix.)

Sketches that belong to post below.

 

 

Monday Monday

 
 Just a couple of practice sketches.

Its Monday. Again. Time flies.

I'm sooooo bored. I was born bored. Sigh. But this, too, will pass..... just like gas.
(Looks like the sketches don't want to show up. Just as I clicked on the publish button the pc snapped off. I'll try to post the sketches again.)

Brenda's Art Challenge

 

Chalk pastels on colored construction art paper. Subject selected from the choices provided by Brenda.

Chalk is the right term to use for these pastels. Colored chalk. Sidewalk chalk, perhaps. No matter. Well, except the box didn't have a true red... just dark pinks. I was disappointed. Isn't red a primary color? Oh well. The rooster still crows.

'Mom' and the boys stopped by for a few minutes the other day. Mom was in need, so she left with my car and a little bit of my money. Everyone has to have at least one safety net. My net has a lot of holes in it, but it can still hold someone up a little bit. 'Mom' is part of a couple, but it seems she's the only one who takes care of business. What's up with these males? They apparently expect to be mothered for their entire life. I don't know....

Don't get me wrong. I like the guy enough. He seems nice and I'm told the boys really adore him... first decent role model in their lives, but geesh. Man up and contribute why doncha.

Do you ever wonder why I often put the word mom in single quotes? Its to indicate my daughter is a mom but not my mom. I knew you've been wondering.

Nothing much... you?

 I've gotten rid of my bed. My daughter came and got it yesterday. I was expecting the bedroom to look large, but surprisingly it doesn't.

I've got a thing. Would it qualify as a fetish? I'll need to look up the definition. I have always preferred to sleep on the couch. In the beginning my then partner took it as a rejection. Many years later in the relationship I think he preferred me sleeping on the couch, too. (Weak smile.) But I digress.

So.... I've got an empty room to use however I want to use it. Well, its not completely empty. The table, chairs, and pc are in the room, but I think I've got a modified studio. And the window faces north. bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

There is some cleaning and clearing to do. You know, move a bed, find a dust bunny. I've also got the two other pc's (and a monitor) to store. (they don't work.) I need to ruthlessly declutter the closet and I can put the extra pc's in there, etc.

Kewl, huh.

A Smaller Size

 
 Wouldn't it be great if I could come on here and say "OMG, I'm a smaller size!?! Amazing!" Well, it ain't gonna happen. The smaller size of which I speak has to do with products.

I decided to treat myself a little and grabbed a box of Little Deb's version of Ho-Hos. The price is higher. Almost mainstream now. And the box is the same size, but you know where this goes from here, right? The actual product is smaller. I noticed it right away. Bummer. How could you, Debbie? I'm disappointed.

Reducing the size of products has been happening for some time now, so its not like I didn't know about it. I was hoping Little Deb might be different, though.

No I wasn't... I wasn't going around with the thought "Gee, I sure hope Little Deb doesn't make her products smaller", but you know what I mean.

But its of little importance. Oh... on the upside, I was able to buy some cigarettes without the Fed's extra tax. (Insert big smile here.) I hope everyone is well and hardy.

Art Challenge #4

Two-Eyed Purple People Eater

 

(Second cousin, twice removed, from the one-eyed purple people eater.)

Where'd the Time Go?

Just here to leave a wave and a "Hi Ya!" Pc's been stubborn and my mind has been blank so I just haven't had anything to say. I've been able to get around to some blogs at least every other day, so I'm still following you guys.

OH.... we are having three SUMMER-LIKE days here!! It got past 75 degrees yesterday and will just be a few degrees cooler today. The guy next door is mowing his grass. The sounds of summer. ACHOO. And seasonal allergies. We'll get back to spring rains but for now all the little flying bugs are throughly enjoying the sunshine. (There's so many of them... and its hard to get back in the door without a bunch of them in your hair or clinging to your clothes. Life. Ya gotta love it. Well, maybe you don't HAVE TO, but it makes it easier.)

Art Challenge 3

 

Glad I finally just sat down and did it.

Gingerly

 I've been nursing a painful dental problem for a couple of days. Luckily for me, last week a friend had given me a few of her industrialized strength Ibuprofen... 800 mg. That has been helping a lot. Its at the point now where the pain is not continuous, as long as move very gingerly.

I won't have the art challenge #3 ready for a while, so please continue on with it. I'll catch up once I can focus.

Coffee First

 Ya know you should have made the coffee first when you grab the Windex to clean the exterior of the coffee pot and you end up spraying it with Fabreze. Best smelling coffee pot around!

Art Challenge 2

 

Ballpoint pen. The reference source can be found (here)on Sandy's Everyday Art blog.

I chose to put an eye in for the old king. The background took the longest time so I adjusted it. (that means I decided to stop.)

The Peasants are Revolting

No, I don't mean 'revolting' as in making one sick. I mean the peasants are taking to the streets today, throughout the nation, to express their anger over the arrogance and greed of the financial royals.

The congressmen conducting the congressional investigation of AIG are playing to their public. "I'll show my voters that I'm watching out for them. Should get me some more support and campaign contributions." But they are yet again a day late and a dollar short. They are expressing their anger at the wrong person.

The current head of AIG was in the hot seat yesterday as the congressmen chewed into AIG. What needs to be kept in mind is that the current CEO was talked into coming out of retirement and taking on this gawd awful job at the request of the government. The senators are singing to the choir. Sigh. But its a good show. And I'm sure many voters are glad there was some yelling going on.

I'm kind of hoping there is a HUGE number of protestors so its overwhelming in its numbers. (I say 'kind of' because it would be a traffic nightmare.)

I'm yaking about this because several months ago I was saying that the peasants should revolt... and now they are.

Watch Out... I've been Tagged

Sue J has tagged me:

THE RULES
1. LINK TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU
2. POST THE RULES ON YOUR BLOG
3. WRITE SIX RANDOM THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF
4. TAG SIX PEOPLE AT THE END OF YOUR POST AND LINK TO THEM
5. LET EACH PERSON KNOW THEY ARE TAGGED AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON THEIR BLOG
6.LET THE TAGGER KNOW WHEN YOUR ENTRY IS UP
7. DON’T BREAK THE CHAIN

Simple and straight forward. Just have to come up with six things....

1. I've never had to change a flat tire myself. If one stands next to their leaning car long enough, someone will come to the rescue. However, the older I become the longer it takes.

2. I worked in an airplane factory for six months, until the company moved to California. I worked the assembly line putting rubber bands in the mix. It was a toy airplane factory.

3. I forged my senior year report cards from school. I didn't fudge on the grades, just the amount of time I was absent. I skipped a lot of school that year. I didn't get any flack for lousy grades either. No one gave a shit.

4. I was 21 yrs old when I got my first driver's license.... even though I swore I would get it when I turned 16. Ya gotta have a car to practice in before trying.

5. I haven't used the dishwasher in a couple of years. It doesn't work well and I have to clean the dishes before hand anyway, to why waste the energy.

6. I need to dust my ceilings. I almost walked into a hanging dusty web. If I don't take care of the web when I first see it, I seem to block it out of my sight.

I made it. I'm not going to tag any specific people, but please jump in and share six things about yourself. Then tag six of your people. (an evil cackle could be heard.)

Its Snowing

 
 
 It snowed Saturday night/Sunday morning and everything was covered. It was one of those snows where its fine to go "awwww... look how pretty it is!" because you know it will not be sticking around. And true to form, the next time I looked outside the sidewalks and streets were completely clear of any white stuff.

I just looked outside and its snowing again!?! WTH? But once again I can go "awwww... look how pretty it is!" because its not cold enough to be concerned. And it is pretty, when you know everyone is safe.

I haven't been able to get/stay online this weekend. I hope I'm able to catch up on my reading today.

Sunshine on my Shoulder

 A sunny but cold day. I went to the store earlier. Got some frozen cranberry juice. 100% juice. Just not 100% cranberry. The main ingredient is apple juice among many other things. Also a little plum juice tossed in for good measure. I can understand why the apple juice... got to do something to make it a little more tasty.

I just wanted to put something up to hold my place.

Art Challenge 1

 

Cat Boy.

I had trouble saving the reference photo to my pc. Since I wouldn't have the photo handily available to reference, I decided to simply draw a combination cat boy from my imagination. Colored pencil. Sketch book.

Sandy's art blog will have links to all the other entries.

Art Challenge

Would someone donate a photograph we could use for an 'art challenge'? (I don't take enough photos to pick from and I don't want to rip off someone else's.)

Everyone is welcome to join in on the 'challenge'. Lets pick Sandy to be the 'holder' of the links. We will each create our interpretation of a photo, post it on our blog and then let Sandy know its available. (Sandy...okay?)

The 'challenge' is not a competition but a personal challenge to get something done. (chuckling) Well, its a challenge for me, anyway. All are welcome to participate. (even lurkers) Is a deadline of a week too much or too little? A person could do more than one version of a challenge also. I think this is on the order of the blog Different Strokes, Different Folks (or something similar)... the link is on Sandy's art blog if you wanted to take a look. Ours is just smaller in scale.

I'm rambling. The only rule is that there really aren't any rules. Any media, any interpretation... one could go for capturing the emotion of the photo, or craft a symbol of the photo contents, or anything.

I hope someone comes up with a photo by tomorrow evening. If not, I've got a photo of Laura's in mind, but I would have to get her permission to use it. I'm still rambling.

(Brenda, I hope you join in, too.)

Added: Go here to see what Sandy has posted for us to pick from.

Assumptions (for adult eyes only)

I saw a segment on one of the morning talk shows about saving grocery money by storing produce properly. At the very end of the segment the woman said that bananas could even be frozen. This is where I made a bad assumption. Do you know where this is going? I assumed that the banana would still be a banana after defrosting.

I was dubious. Frozen bananas? hmmmmmm. But what do I know... not that much, so I decided to try it. I stuck two bananas in the freezer a couple of days ago. The other two I ate.

This morning I defrosted them to check on the outcome. The woman was correct in that the bananas could be frozen. It was my assumption that was wrong. My assumption that they would still be bananas when defrosted. Wrong. We won't even talk about the appearance of the frozen banana peel, but that was my first clue that all was not well.

The bananas came out looking like a pussy-whupped penis with the clap.

The learning experience that I am sharing is to ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR OWN INSTINCTS!!

Know-it-all people you see on tv don't always know it all. What the hell was she thinking. What the hell was I thinking. Listen to yourself first and always be respectful of your instincts. Let someone try the idea first, then if it works... there ya go. This idea doesn't work.