Day 457: The small stuff.

Someone recently told me I don't update my blog, they didn't know what I was up to.

I can see that, I mean I wait until I really really need to get something out or until I just can't wait to share something or whatever, I don't share the small stuff.

And not even a good deal of the big stuff either!

So, here's a little mix:

Last month I started painting (like on canvas) I always wanted to, and I always thought I had decent ideas - or at least ideas I wanted to express anyway. So, I finally dug out the brushes and canvas boards, gesso, paints and pencils and got on with it. I'm pleased with what I've accomplished: I've painted both my logos, and completed two others. I'm currently working on two pieces and have concepts for three more. It makes me very happy and I am hopefully adding to my inventory to give Mamo's a delightful reopening in February.

Mira and I went to Gilbert Lake today to swim, play in the sand and meet up with Mira's Grandma Margie. On the walkway down to the beach area, I hit the one small place in the whole entire walkway where there is the potential for a topple over situation. And I toppled. Oh, man, did I ever topple. I was walking along, holding Mira's hand and I tried to shake her loose on my way down, but because she's such a good girl, she was squeezing nice and tight, so I just knocked her down with me. She cried, I laughed, we both have skinned knees. But we're both totally fine, really.

I'm trying, really trying to get some kind of a summer glow happening. Haven't had much of one of those in oh, probably close to two decades. Especially not on my legs - two years ago, during pregnancy I managed a little brown glow on my nose and shoulders, but not my legs. So, yeah, I'm doing everything I can to get a bit of that going on on the lower limbs. So far it's not working: I don't even get a burn, just stay pale and ghostly white.

I have a jalapeno growing, two tomatoes, and two clusters of grape (black grape) tomatoes. I am very very excited about my small but promising bounty.

I'm thinking about trying to do a food diary and a time study for one month. Being that I'm fairly forgetful until I've created a habit, I think it will probably take me one month of practice before I actually start the real month. During the practice month, I want to do another juice cleanse of at least 4 days. It changed my life the first time and I'm aching for the feelings of cleansed release from food. I realize that food is nothing for most people to fear, but I am terrified of food - I am powerless over food. Sounds ridiculous, I'm sure, but I'm just being truthful.

And now, I sign off for the day.



Link of the Day:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/health/elderly-experts-share-life-advice-in-cornell-project.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all