A Fine Mess!

And I finished up a couple more!

However, it's now time to wrap up the mess I've created on my kitchen counter! Yikes!!

Early Morning Frustration

Hello midnight my old friend
You've kept me up late yet again

That cup of coffee tonight didn't help me out
Brain buzzing and no sleep is what it's all about

Do I watch another movie or shut it down
In hopes the silence sends me to sleepy town

Pop a Benydryl to jump start a snooze
Or a couple of Midol - I've got nothing to lose

Done the deep breathing, the stretches and more
At this rate I won't hit REM sleep til 4

One sheep, two sheep, three sheep I think
Oh please into slumber I desire to sink

Time to get off the phone, put my mind to the task
This broad needs some sleep and that's all I do ask

So I say goodnight now as I look at the time
Almost 1 and I'm tired of all these silly rhymes

Eyes finally droopy as sleep is coming to me
Uh oh hold on....now I  gotta go pee 😠

Metal Mania

Tackled a couple more metal art projects today. Raided the garage to find bits and pieces to use.  Unfortunately, suffered a glue gun burn on my finger.  Serious hurting!!

Art projects are a bit electic but I'm digging the way they turned out.

Party, Pinterest, and Plumping

Happy birthday to my daughter-in-law Candy, for whom we celebrated last night with dinner at my house. Jordan, Candy, Sam and his friend Devin all shared a home cooked meal of chicken, mac and cheese, and corn along with birthday cake.

Jordan had on an unusual sweater, which reminded Sam of Rob Reiner in Southpark. He Googled it and of course Jordan got into character. Seriously spot on!

Started a slight diversion from rock painting. Lots of creative metal art objects found on Pinterest so figured I'd give it a shot.

Last night before nodding off to sleep, I was watching a Facebook video of a makeup artist. She was going through a glam holiday face when she said she had to plump her lips. I expected her to pull out a lip gloss; however, she whipped out this black, plastic contraption and stuck it on her face.  Whoa!! Shades of scary going on!

She sucked on that vacuum plumper for quite awhile before removing it to show off puffed up, Kardashian size lips. Perhaps a little too far in my mind.

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Tonight was one of those very cold evenings where a big cup of cocoa - with whipped topping - was in order.  Along with my regular beggar Stubbs who was eagerly waiting for a sip. Sorry, no chocolate for a pup so he had to suffice with a taste of whipped cream from my finger!

Prospects and Painting

Had an interview yesterday - went great. Had a phone interview this morning that went really well and sounds like a great company. Next week have an interview on Wednesday. The prospects are rolling in!

After the phone call today I spent the rest of the day in sweats painting. Completed a ton of rocks! Sam stopped by and drew a sketch on a rock that I finished by painting. Not sure if it was his vision but it turned out okay.

Menopause, Migraines, and Movies

This last weekend a period headache has been the bane of my existence!!  Menopause please take me away!!!  Sunday I felt well enough to venture out of the house to stock up on Midol and Excedrine Migraine.

Sunday stopped off to say hi to Arlene and we had a good visit.  Ended up going out to dinner where she mentioned she had some black and white movies that sis Luna had given her several years back and did I want them? Hot dog yes!!!  Lots of great classics along with a copy of 84 Charing Cross Road with Anne Bancroft, one of my favorite movies. Thank you both Arlene and Luna!!!

Later on felt well enough to dig around in storage boxes in the garage to find my degrees.  Interview this week requires a copy of them so had to find where I had kept them for safekeeping.  They ended up in a box of photo albums which of course spurred me on to flashbacks of nostalgia. Lots of the boys baby pics which were so cute along with some funny Santa ones.