For the last several years one of my guilty pleasures has been playing Trivia Crack. The kids got me hooked on it and of course with my love of knowledge and trivia, it's been a fun and relaxing game. Early on played a game against a random person - Rick Broadhurst. From then on ended up playing only against him every time I went on Trivia Crack.
Over the years we got to know each other and became Facebook friends. We were the same age, both with birthdays in January, he lived in Oklahoma and was a nice person to chat with now and then but mainly was a worthy opponent for the trivia game.
A few months ago he said he was in the hospital. We hadn't played in quite awhile so I started a new game and have regularly been playing since then. In fact, we were playing a game last night. Unfortunately, I looked on line today and saw that he had passed away this morning at 3am - congestive heart failure. Even though we never met, he was still in my life.
Jordan and Candy swung by Saturday to pick up Jordan's final birthday gift - a psychedelic cat hoodie from Amazon, which he loved. He was even able to have a little Hostess cupcake with candle courtesy of Marie.
The creative bug bit me on Sunday. Picked up supplies from Michaels and Dollar Tree then spent the afternoon painting two large and one small canvas for Marie. Not so thrilled with them. Ran out of pour medium so struggled with the second canvas (#2 below.) Should have left more white space. Just having art hindsight 20/20 at the moment. Good news is they can be repainted! Below are pictures of the finished paintings along with close up details.
The neighbor saw me on the back patio in the midst of my painting process. She asked me if I sell my art. Been thinking about putting my painting and photography art up for sale on line. Recently downloaded an application for the local Broadway Gallery. We shall see!
Yesterday the cat Romeo, also referred to as Brutus, Beast, and Donald Trump, decided to visit my room. He spread out on my reclining chaise, laying on top of the fuzzy pink blanket as if he was King Liberace. This 20-lb hellion was right in his element.
While at the Dollar Tree, picked up three paper lanterns to hang from the light fixture in my room. Pretty pleased with the result!
Yes, I'm now the mother of a 27 year old! Wow! I remember having Jordan - 3 weeks early, 6 lbs 3 oz. And now here he is - husband, father and grandfather by marriage, student, highly intelligent, quick wit, and just an all around great guy. Happy birthday Jordan!!!
Kicked off this Memorial Day weekend by grooming and bathing Mr. Stubbs yesterday. Then this morning we visited Willow Grove. The fishermen and women were out in force although no rods were moving.
Located the lost love
of the pink flip flop
I found the other day
Yesterday took Stubbs out to our fav spot Willow Grove for some fresh air. Weather was overcast but no rain which made me happy as it cuts down on the number of visitors to my faux beach. Treasures found were fishing tackle, two weathered boards nailed together that will make a perfect shelf, and a tiny little jar which just needs the "cannabis" sticker removed.
Blue in the Clouds
The Party is Over
Based upon the positive experience of my co-worker Pam (shout out to Pam 👏 👋) picked up via Amazon a pair of blue blocking, glare protecting, headache stopping eyewear. Trying them out this week and so far so good.
Glare Be Gone!
Was so tired today took a nap after work. Woke up after a good 2 hours of hard sleep. It was one of those naps where upon waking my head was confused - is it morning? Middle of night? Where am I and who put cotton in my head?
It's almost Memorial Day which means half-day Friday starts this week. Whoop whoop!! Will become meaningful once the world opens up again.
Found out the $1 water bottle i picked up at Walmart wasn't dishwasher safe. Good thing I bought a backup!
On my way home yesterday passed by the lake and did a double take. Pulled over to get a better view of a large, long-haired greyhound who was definitely a shade of pink! Bummed my pictures aren't clear as that fuschia hound was a sight to be seen!
Set the needle felting aside and created a new project this weekend as a housewarming gift for my bestie. Was inspired by the following Youtube video on acrylic pouring:
Have done acrylic cup pours before but never with a blow dryer. Pour painting can be a highly messy craft. You are thinning out acrylic paint with a pour medium, then drizzling the color - one after another or layered in a cup - onto the canvas.
Saturday morning picked up a variety of gray, black, white, metallic, silver and gold leaf paint along with two 18 x 24 canvas via Michael's curbside pickup.
Swung by Walmart in search of a large plastic tub to hold the canvas and contain the overflow. Purchased a large plastic tub 32 x 19 3/8 - perfect fit!
Organized all the supplies to take to the back patio. Slipped the canvas into the plastic container and guess what? Did not fit!!! One thing I've learned is you must always plan for an unexpected wrench or 50 wrenches to be thrown into a project. Thankfully I had picked up two large plastic tableclothes from Dollar Tree so they would provide ground cover.
Placed the two canvas onto the tablecloth, raising each with a couple of plastic baskets to allow room for drips.
Next task was to mix the pour medium and acrylic in cups so they could easily be layered onto the canvas.
Tried to follow the blow dryer technique from the video; unfortunately, my blow dryer was not strong enough or the paint was too thick so ended up scrapping that idea and used my hands along with gravity to swirl the paint.
Have to say they turned out better than expected. Left the canvas to dry, bringing them in at night once they were set to continue drying in the warm house.
Sunday picked up frames from Michael's for each painting, eased each into the frame (with help of a rubber mallet hammer), wrapped in handy left-over red Christmas paper, then delivered to bestie. She loved them which made me breathe a sigh of relief.
Stumbled across an emoji maker so decided to have a go. Fairly entertaining creating the emoji then setting up all sorts of movements, expressions, and clothing.
Began a new craft project - needle felting. It involves stabbing wool to create animals, people, or whatever you wish. Just started it yesterday so am in the early learning phase. I say this as a warning to prepare you for the first time I post my project. Here's some Pinterest needle felted animals
