My mom had yet another fall, but fortunately it was at night at sister's house so she got instant help. Mom is fine, but it is becoming clear that she cannot live on her own any longer. Mom has been at her old house for 40 plus years, and it is full of stuff. I think I still have old uni art projects in her garage! It is going to be an epic task to ( Read more... )

Is it still only Wednesday? I got an unexpected extension on a work deadline, and now my carefully constructed weekly schedule is upended. Besides this project(and the corresponding hours long Zoom meeting) I also have an online class on animation timing and need to work on book project rough sketches. Every year I plan to decorate the new planner ( Read more... )

First snow. This will all melt away soon, I hope.


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I got another book illustration contract! More details coming next week, but it looks like I will have a fun side gig over the winter. I always enjoy doing color illustration work because most of the day job is black and white.

Couple of young black bears were in the apple trees few nights back. They ran off when I went outside with a flashlight. ( Read more... )

Husband is getting his stitches out tomorrow. He is recovering very quickly and thinks life is much easier with the crippled finger gone.

We have reservations in Whitefish, Montana, for out anniversary getaway at the end of the month. We will be gone for 2 nights but Kid will be home to take care of the cats. The plan is to relax at a nice hotel, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a very long day, but Husband's surgery is done and he is recovering well!

We left the house at 8 AM and did not get back home until almost 9 PM. The actual procedure only took half an hour, with another half an hour in the recovery room. But the hospital is 2 hours away from our place(that is what we get for living out in the boonies ( Read more... )

Husband's surgery is tomorrow. I feel like I have done all the stressing last month, when the surgery got canceled at the last minute. Hopefully it will go smooth this time.

It rained yesterday. Halfway through the sun came out and a double rainbow appeared.


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The guys are spending all day tinkering in the workshop, so I did this. The current cats at my place. Suzy doodles look different all the time because she is a splotchy calico with no definite pattern except for that orange triangle on her forehead.


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My projects for the week got wrapped up early. Next handout meeting is Tuesday, after the Monday Labor Day holiday.
I just paid 4k to wipe out the last of credit card debt from previous year's various emergencies. Majority of this Friday's paycheck is going to the monthly mortgage payment.

So now I have an unexpected 4 day weekend with no fun money ( Read more... )

My trusty color printer died after 6 years of abuse and got replaced with a sleeker new model today. It seems like electronic equipment have a built in drop dead date. Tackling all the driver downloads and setup took some time with our slow internet connection, which means I am a bit behind on work. So, here is a meme! Haven't done one of these in ( Read more... )