Puns – BoredPanda.com – Migle Miliute and Gabija Saveiskyte
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“For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.” ~ George Allen
“A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.” ~ Ruth Brown
“An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal – falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.” ~ Francois Truffaut
“like the fox I run with the hunted and if I’m not the happiest man on earth I’m surely the luckiest man alive.” ~ Charles Bukowski
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Filed under digital art, fairies, fantasy, Marina Blue Studio Art - Etsy
I love raccoons – in an abstract way – not in our yard. They tend to swarm our place each spring, summer, and fall – not only eating some bird seed, but eating ALL the bird seed and destroying the feeders!
They are not good neighbors or sharers – and so we have to use our humane trap to catch them and drive them far out away from us to ‘relocate’ them to hopefully a better place for them.
I don’t know why, but this season we’ve only had to relocate two – the lowest number I can remember. Whatever the reason is, I’m happy. I love to look at them, see artwork featuring raccoons, but they are a real pest around here.
Filed under Amazing Animals, Challenges
The bug spray guy is supposed to be here between 10 and noon today to spray for everything, including elephants. My husband and I stripped the bed last night, making sure we didn’t have any hiding scorpions, before I had any chance of getting some rest. One sting is hopefully all I’ll ever have.
I added two new small signs to my Etsy site yesterday –
I ordered some key chain blanks that may be delivered today. I’m excited to see what designs I can come up for them.
Check out my 25% off sale on all the totes on my Etsy site. These make nice gifts!
Yesterday the Fedex guy delivered a very small package that turned out to be all the equipment we need for the switch to DirecTV. (the ‘device’ fit in the palm of my hand). My husband immediately decided that the two of us should put everything back and hook things up ourselves. We spent the rest of the day doing just that.
We got most of the issues solved. We’re still working on some things today, but we got it working and watched some TV for the first time since Oct. 7th. NICE. (The first time we went with DirecTV we got a big dish attached to the house (it’s still there – kind of like a time capsule now) plus a metal ‘box’ that went in the entertainment center that hooked to the TV, speakers, etc, plus the remote. (We only got one remote, so I got on my computer and ordered a second one that will be here sometime.)
My plans for the day went out the window when my husband decided to make the TV work again, so I have all that and more on my list today while he fusses and tries to solve the rest of our TV issues and gets it working like he wants.
The main thing, once the bug spray guy comes and leaves again, is to deep clean one column of shelves beside the center section of the entertainment center – that is now sparkling clean – for the moment. :0)
I also want to do at least a couple of good walks (for me) today, and hopefully will have the time and energy to do either my weights with videos, or my yoga stretches.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you! A hundred years ago we got a Wii, like MANY other people. I added to that, getting a Wii Fit, a CD with a bunch of fun exercises. I found it while cleaning, gathering dust. My husband is going to set up the Wii again so I can throw in some of the exercises to break up my efforts to move the lard with something fun from the past. :0)
I hope that your Wednesday is a nice one.
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Iris Scott – Adelman Fine Art
These are wonderful paintings; but it blows my mind that Iris Scott creates these by taking a blank canvas, putting on gloves, and paints using only her fingers.
I remembering loving the days when we finger painted at school. I really got into it, enjoying the absolute lovely mess I made, ending up with color everywhere and a huge grin on my face. I never ‘created’ anything that anyone could have described as anything other than a child having fun with paint. I’m absolutely in awe of Iris Scott’s talent, creating her own true art form.
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I woke up with a bang this morning. I was putting on my shirt when all of a sudden there was a live, very active scorpion!
I ran to get the forceps that we keep for such things around here (one upstairs and another pair downstairs). I lifted one sock, carefully looking at one side and then the other before putting it down; and repeated with the second sock. I moved one shoe, looked at it carefully and then shook it, in case the critter was inside. I finally moved the second shoe and THERE. HE. WAS. I picked him up with the forceps and flushed him.
I have now called our pest spray company, asking for an extra spray, or our quarterly spray date to be moved up. I asked that our guy come armed with the big guns, spraying for everything from ticks to elephants and all in-between. The nice lady on the phone laughed when I wanted him to spray for elephants, but audibly shuddered when I explained what happened this morning. I’ve been stung once and I really don’t want to repeat that. He’s coming tomorrow between 10 and 12. HOORAY!
We will go vote today. Please make YOUR voice be heard by taking the time to go vote.
I was sore from my cleaning binge, trying to get ready for the DirecTV that was due to be installed – but wasn’t – so I used our trip to Walmart and another store for food as my walking for the day (4061 steps) and stretched things out a bit with my yoga session. Hopefully, today I can do better.
When we get back from errands and such today, we’ll check to see if our trash can has been emptied and I can drag it back up to its spot up the driveway. I’ll list a couple of wood-burned and painted signs on my Etsy site and get on with our day.
I hope yours is a nice one.
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“It’s not true. Tell me I’ve been lied to…” ~ ‘I Love you’ by Billie Eilish
Well, long story shorter, the DirecTV install is not happening today.
We waited through most of the morning. Shortly before lunch, my husband got an email saying, “Your parts have been shipped,” or something to that effect. Either the guy lied to my husband, or my husband didn’t listen carefully enough, or SOMETHING – but we can now track the DirecTV system parts which will be delivered to us sometime. The label had been created, but there wasn’t any more information about the tracking than that.
The email then added, “When the parts have been delivered, you’ll receive a call for us to schedule installation.” Oh, yeah? Then what was supposed to have happened today?
SO – since we weren’t going to get the new system installed today, we regrouped. We just got back from gathering the trash and driving it down to the bottom of the driveway, getting our mail, and then going grocery shopping at two stores. We have everything put away now.
The doors are open to a really nice breeze. The temperature is 83, but it doesn’t feel muggy. Wonderful!
I’m trying to concentrate on my walking and a session of yoga today to try to stretch out all the muscles that I worked so hard yesterday trying to get the shelves clean in the entertainment center for the ‘installation.’ If I had known they were lying about when the installation would happen, I could have spaced the work over several days, rather than killing myself trying to do it all in one day.
Of course, if I’m being completely honest, if I had known – I probably would have let it to the last minute, being a slob by nature, and just had the marathon cleaning session then instead of it being done.
I resting regarding cleaning today and will tackle one of the floor-to-ceiling shelves on one side of the entertainment center section tomorrow, after we get back from early voting. So far, our errands counted for the first walking session.
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Indian Hills Sign Humor – Vince, The Sign Guy
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Filed under When Wood Comes Alive
Yesterday I was deep-cleaning the center section of our Entertainment center where hopefully our new DirecTV system will be installed today. Saying I was appalled at what was behind the TV and all the books, electronics, ETC. that I have ignored, due to 1) being unable to access the shelves behind all this stuff and complex wiring going from one of the shelves to another, and 2) the ‘out-of-sight-out-of-mind’ syndrome that aids a slob like me, is a vast understatement. We actually have our TV tied with rope to anchors in the back of the center-most shelf to keep it from being bumped enough to make it topple.
Since the wiring will change, we untied the TV and put it down on the floor beside the fireplace, putting a sling chair in front of it, almost touching, to keep the cat and dog from making it fall over. It will stay there until the installer is ready for us to put it back, rewire, and tie it up.
Meanwhile, all the dog hair and dust was there for all to see. It was embarrassing, like when you change appliances and want to rush to clean the area before the new one goes in. (If you’re like me.)
I started at 10:00 and finally finished at about 4:30. I took some Tylenol last night before bed, but I was still hurting and didn’t sleep well. First thing this morning I took some Ibuprofin. I still hurt when I get up, but things are easing. I plan to do several walks today and follow that up with a nice session of yoga stretches.
We have no clue when the installer is supposed to come, so we’ll have to postpone errands until tomorrow. We’ll gather the trash and take it down, but that’s it.
I’m running a 25% off sale on all of my hand-painted, one-of-a-kind tote bags on my Etsy site right now. (The link takes you directly to my totes page.) I hope you find something you like – for yourself or for gifts. :0)
Our weather is so glorious these days it’s hard to stay inside. I hope your weather is beautiful, too, and that you have a fun day today.
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I’m trying to rehydrate after another session trying to get the center section of our entertainment center clean.
I freaked out when we moved one end of our 48 inch TV out to try to set up to install the YouTubeTV and finally admitted defeat. The sight was appalling to say the least.
There are at least a gazillion wires running all over the entertainment center. If I could REACH to clean behind the TV, I would be afraid the process of cleaning and vacuuming would unhook something or mess it up. (This morning while I was cleaning I barely touched the clock and it turned off.) There are no words to describe how much dog hair had accumulated, as well as the dust that blows through up here on top of our ridge line.
I’ve been working since I finished my post to you this morning. I’ve rested for 10 minutes in between sessions, except for a longer one when we ate lunch; but, otherwise, I’ve been moving things and cleaning under and behind, first with the whisk broom, then the vacuum, and finally Swiffer Dust & Shine spray and cloths. I just finished vacuuming the carpeted areas on the first floor (our office, the foyer, and the living room) and will do one more session to vacuum the tiled areas ( two half baths, the dining area, the kitchen, the pantry and the utility room.)
I’ve logged 2511 steps so far today, even though MOST of what I’ve been doing involves being up on a ladder, stretching as far as I can to get to the very back of the shelf, moving stuff from one side to the other, etc, as I clean, and then getting down on hands and knees for the three bottom shelves of the center section of the entertainment center. The center covers the whole wall of the living room. I only tackled the center section today. The other two sections will have to wait until another day.
The work has involved ALL my muscles, made me strain to get up and down the ladder, made me almost laugh as I strained to get down on my hands and knees and then up again – followed by vacuuming the whole first floor -a good, thorough workout for this old lady. I will try to do at least a short yoga stretches session this afternoon to try to stretch out and relax as much as possible.
Okay. One more session…
Filed under Challenges, Housekeeping - Maintenance, I'm a slob
I think this is beyond lovely.
After fighting with our computers, TV, and a bit with each other for over two days now (after no TV since Oct. 7th and the latest announcement that our Internet/TV service provider was dropping the TV service immediately) we have admitted defeat. We were TRYING to get YouTubeTV to work on our television. All we managed to do was uncover the HUGE amount of Amber hair that was behind the equipment in our entertainment center. (I did manage to get it on my phone, but couldn’t get it to communicate with computer or TV or anything.)
We researched Dish and DirecTV and decided that DirecTV had the better deal for us. My husband spent a long time on the phone starting the service and arranging for installation tomorrow. (They wanted to come on the 31st, but my husband insisted on faster service.) HOPEFULLY, now that we’ve solved the reason for all the strife and anxiety, we can just sit and comfortably watch something on TV tomorrow evening.
To that end, my main ‘exercise’ for the day will be moving stuff back and forth in the Entertainment center shelves so that I can remove several whole dog’s worth of hair. I even dreamed about it – it was so bad. When I get the Entertainment center shelves under control, I’ll vacuum the tiled areas and carpeted areas on the first floor, plus the three dog beds.
Yesterday I didn’t log as many steps as I wanted, using most of the day to try to help my husband with the TV issue. I only got one walk in, but then I went back out when he went down to get the mail and managed to blow the leaves out of the truck side of the garage, the driveway pad, the front sidewalk, and the front rock bed. That, combined with a good yoga session, was it for exercise yesterday.
Today I have a LOT of vacuuming to do. Add to that another good yoga session and my walking for the day, and I’ll have ‘moved’ my lard a good amount. :0)
I tried a new recipe last night for a “Keto Ground Beef Casserole.” The source is Lara Clevenger, a registered dietician and personal trainer. Since we were going to be busy and I knew I wouldn’t be in the mood to start cooking later in the day, I went ahead and prepped all of it to the point of pre-heating the oven and cooking. I kept it covered in my fridge. That worked out really well. My husband’s reaction was, “This is yummy. You can serve this any time.” I will definitely go back for more of her recipes.
I hope you have a really nice Sunday.
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BoredPanda.com – Migle Miliute and Gabija Saveiskyte
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I wish I actually KNEW people who looked like this. It would be nice to share their worlds for a while.
Filed under Amazing Animals, Embroidery/Sewing Art, Felted Wool Art
I’ve been finding and collecting pictures for some time now that I’m not sure I understand. Two of them for sure seem to be the same artist.
I find them from time to time on Pinterest. Never any artist attribution. Never any other information.
I love the art work. I’m not sure if this is real wood carving or AI or what.
I’ve tried looking up the people who posted these on Pinterest, but that hasn’t helped.
I love whatever this is. I think it’s very distinctive. Maybe this is a game character or series character.
If you know anything more about this boy or the artist, please let me know.
UPDATE: One of my readers kindly wrote, telling me that the mysterious boy is from a book called, “The Little Prince.” The French artist’s name is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who both wrote and illustrated the book with watercolors, described as integral to the story.
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We haven’t had TV cable service since October 7th. I contacted our Internet provider again yesterday morning, wanting an update. The tech answered, saying that they were suspending providing TV service immediately, since the provider with whom they were partnered had unsolvable problems.
SO. My husband decided he wanted to try to get YouTube TV, and we spent an exhausting day on that. I finally called it a night at 11:00. We made some progress, but still have a lot to do to get it running, with sound, and so that we can actually USE it. Suffice to say, I’ll spend the day trying to keep my mouth firmly shut, and will stay clear unless he asks for my help.
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I finally received the earrings yesterday I ordered some time ago. “Something happened,” and apparently the package was lost in the ozone. I contacted Chaia and she said she would get another pair in the mail ASAP. Some time passed again. I was just about to contact her again and she wrote, saying the earrings had been mailed. A few days later, I got them. They look just like they do in this image. I think they’re wonderful, and I don’t have anything like them. Except for the delivery time. I’m very happy.
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My good friend, Marsha, sent me this! We are really good friends and communicate at least daily; and better, sometimes several times during a day. Even though she’s across the country from me, she is my CLOSE friend. She has used this TENS system to alleviate her pain for some years now and wanted me to have one. I’m really touched that she would get me this starter kit, plus extra electrodes. :0)
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My husband likes it really cool and really dark to sleep. I’ve gotten used to moving around with the use of a couple of extremely dim lights – a night light behind a curtain under the window, and the other the residue from a shaded light out in the hall from our 2nd floor thermostat. I walk toward the bathroom with my arm straight out in front of me so I don’t bash into the bathroom door when I get up to pee. :0)
The sheet, light velour blanket and comforter were more than he needed, but I was freezing. Yesterday when we changed the sheets, we put our electric blanket back on. The added weight of that blanket really helped me sleep better. AND, if I need it, I can just flip my control for more heat on my side. We are both happy now again. HOOORAAAAY.
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Two days ago I received my smart watch and got it set up mainly to record my steps in an effort to move the lard. That afternoon I recorded around 1800 steps. The following day I logged in 4177 steps, taking several short walks around the yard, wearing my gloves and carrying the pruners to do some neatening up while I walked. Yesterday, even though I only got outside for one walk, I logged 5293 steps.
My SIL whom I love – even though she leaves me in the dust – told me this morning that she is ‘still walking 4 miles daily.’ Humph! Instead of feeling like a slug or sloth, though, I’m not comparing myself to her. I’ll keep her wonderful ability and habit kind of as a beacon, but will only concentrate on improving MY total each day. Moving this lard SOME is much better than completely sedentary. My watch is now reminding me to “get off your duff!” and, “drink more water!”
Have a fun day.
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While Amber and my husband drove down to get the mail this morning, I grabbed our leaf blower and blew the TON of leaves out that had accumulated in our garage over the last couple of days.
I had barely finished when the wind started blowing, making ‘funnels’ of leaves dancing around my head, blowing the leaves right back into the garage. It was obvious I was an idiot, trying to blow the garage out while the leaves were laughing at me, so I put things away just as my husband came back up the driveway.
I told him what I had been TRYING to do. We agreed it would be better done another day.
DUH.
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Filed under Funny Signs - Humor
My heart just melted when I saw this picture. I think the look on their faces is just priceless.
I finished these two signs and listed them on my Etsy site, HandmadeHavenbyLinda, yesterday.
I’m intrigued by the smart watch I bought. I set it up so that it sends me reminders. It suddenly comes on, flashing at me, saying, “Drink Water,” or “Go Exercise.” Since a lot of my activities are sedentary – computer stuff, writing my blog, listening to music, reading, playing in my art room – I NEED to be reminded that I’ve been sitting plenty long enough and it’s time to get up and move my lard, or hydrate.
It did this several times yesterday. I DID get up, put on my hoodie, grabbed my gardening gloves and pruners on the way out of the garage and just walked around the yard. I decided to stop and tackle something that caught my eye. I improved the situation a bit and then walked on. I went out to the shop and my old garden area (TOTALLY grown up now :0( ) and then back to the driveway pad, then around the house, then around the house again. (you get the pic.) I did this several times during the day.
The first afternoon I had the watch I logged 1800 steps. My first whole day (yesterday) I logged 4177 steps. Even a sloth is supposed to try for at LEAST 10,000 steps, but I’m going to 1) listen to my body and stop if my hips start yelling, and 2) try to increase MY total from the day before. If I can do that, it should be a good addition to my half hour of yoga stretches and one or more ‘drumming’ videos – which I do holding 3 lb. weights. I love the music on these.
I made a bit of progress on the scales lately, rather than GAINING and having to re-lose the same two or three pounds again and again. You can see from the graph above I only maintained and gained before finally starting to inch down again. I would really like to break into new territory one day soon, so I’m just keepin’ on keepin’ on.
If you need me, I’ll be walking, pruning, and guzzling. :0)
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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Filed under When Wood Comes Alive
I don’t know the artist, or whether this is really stone, AI, or what, but I think it’s lovely.
Bakoor Fitness Tracker
This is a FitBit competitor ‘watch’ that was delivered yesterday afternoon. I didn’t need all the bells and whistles of the ‘main brand’ of tracker (though I would love one that cooks dinner), so opted for this one that was about 1/5 of the price.
All I really wanted was a pedometer so that I might be encouraged to move more, particularly to take several short walks around our yard each day.
This is paired with a software app called, “Keep Health”. I managed to install the app on my phone and sync it with the watch! (Imagine that! Non-tech old broad prevails!) I even got the clock face on the watch changed so it shows time, day and date, number of steps I’ve walked today and calories used for the walking.
I also have it set to send reminders that I need to get off my duff and get moving every so often, plus reminders to drink another glass of water.
I put the watch on late yesterday afternoon and just went about the rest of my day, doing a bit of yard work, cleaning, etc. just to get a feel for my normal number of daily steps. I ended up last night with a bit over 1800. Double that for not having it on for the morning, and I get ‘normal’ is about 3600 steps daily. I may die of old age before/if I EVER get the at LEAST 10,000 steps one is SUPPOSED to do daily for good health.
My plan is to simply try to log in more than the previous day. My hips burn and ache pretty soon after I start walking, so that’s an obstacle. But maybe that will ease up if I just continue my efforts to walk more. I’ll log my number of daily steps each day on my exercise notes on MyFitnessPal.com and see how it goes.
I did finally show some progress on the scales this morning. I had been on a roller coaster and plateau since I added the Premier High Protein Chocolate Shake to my diet at my doctor’s suggestion to improve, or at least preserve, my kidney function. I’m hoping that the combination of losing more weight, the added daily protein, and the exercise will result in better numbers at our next routine appointment in January.
Ah! My WATCH just sent me a reminder to ‘do exercise.’ Hahahahahahah. I’ll finish this and go take a walk around the yard. I wonder if she’s a nagger…
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