My husband and I have struggled financially pretty much since day one of our marriage. I'm not going into the entire 6 years of history but just to this past summer. Mostly because I don't know if most of our friends and family know the full story. Those who are curious, read on, those who… Continue reading In Which Cinderella's Pumpkin gets Smashed…
Month: January 2014
New(ish) Sketching stuff
I've spent about 2 hours going over different ideas to post about tonight- most of them I feel like I need more preparation before I post about them. (collecting pictures making sure that they are slightly well written... you know- stuff)Instead of coming up with anything to write- I played with a sketchbook and pencil… Continue reading New(ish) Sketching stuff
Healthy Eating part 2a
Phase 1 ended up being a success!! ~well... mostly...The success:Having apple slices and the grapes w/o vines ended up giving us quick easy snacks to grab. The added bonus was that since we were looking in the refrigerator for fruit snacks we also ate more oranges and carrots. The problem:we drastically underestimated how much of… Continue reading Healthy Eating part 2a
Titles Titles Titles….
I have the hardest time with titles. As in I myself have a hard time putting titles on things; be it paintings, drawings, blog posts, poems, short stories... well you get the gist. This has always been the case for me. I was always able to write great papers for all of my English classes… Continue reading Titles Titles Titles….
A piece of my sketchbook
I sat down to write tonight and decided since it ended up being yet ANOTHER day that I haven't had a second to think/breath that I'd share a 30 minute drawing that I did. Actually at first I was going to share a few of my sketches- but then as I flipped through the book… Continue reading A piece of my sketchbook
Authors I love
# JRR Tolkien- pretty much everything written by him#2 Patricia Mckillip- again pretty much anything written by her- but a good first book of hers to read would be "Winter Rose"#3 Lloyd Alexander#4 CS Lewis#5 Robert Jordan#6 Terry Brooks#7 CJ Cherryth#8 Micheal J Sullivan#9 Brandon Sanderson#10 Charles Dickens I honestly could go on- but that seems… Continue reading Authors I love
Another day…
This is another one I'm not going to post to facebook. Like yesterday I'm ending the day exhausted, stressed and sleepy. I've spent almost the whole day attempting to do great amounts of homework. Instead I've been hopelessly distracted by my children; and unfortunately not in a positive way. Since my first post about my… Continue reading Another day…
Computer Issues
I'm writing my post tonight; but I'm not linking this to facebook. Why? because it will be short, full of my frustrations and less thought out than my usual post. So my computer had issues a few months ago. The issue it had was water getting spilled on it in a cartoon-domino fashion. The computer… Continue reading Computer Issues
A few of my likes/dislikes
#likesdislikes1Flowers; alive or deadraspberries2Bearssmall domestic animals3The Color BlackBurned Cookies4Playing with my kidsPeople not living up to their potentials5Drawing & PaintingMy home being a mess6Butterfliescleaning7the smell of dirt in a gardentrying new foods8scrapbookingthe way I sometimes talk without thinking9Being Creativemy babies throwing tantrums10Cooking with my kidsspelling~Nikkie
Healthy Eating part 1
So one of the struggles we've had over the past few years is eating well. Not that we don't know how to eat healthy- we just have our days so full of stuff (good stuff) that when a meal comes along we are suddenly faced with a 'Holy Cow! I'm hungry- what should we do… Continue reading Healthy Eating part 1
Decidedly Nikkie 