31 Days~ Days 4

Happy 4th!  What a great day it's been:)

Today started at the beach with great friends.  The whole family piled in the van and schlepped beach stuff to a great spot.  We were surprised to find some great people to hang out with and baked companionably in the heat.  The water was chilly and there were all kinds of jellyfish floating in the water, but when you sit in the sun long enough, refreshingly cold water takes precedence over the chance of a sting.  Luckily, we enjoyed swimming in wild tasty waves throughout the day.  Later in the afternoon, we met up with friends from last night.  I was camped under my umbrella by then and instead of swimming, I would get my feet wet and observe the gagillion moon jellies floating in the surf.

Home from the beach, I was wiped out!  BUT I got up, fixed up some baked beans and sweet tea, threw some hot dogs on the grill and babam!  Dinner:) 

I grabbed my art bag and wanted to try to paint the surf with moon jellies floating around.  I cut moon jellies out of contact paper and then painted over them.  Once it dried, I peeled the contact paper and colored the white space with oil pastels and the Sakura gel pens.  Back over it again with watercolor to finish with this:

I have A LOT to learn, but so what?  It is fun to play and that is really what this is all about. 

Was I tired?  yes.  Even so, I made it downstairs to lift some weights.  Good thing I painted first...my arms are shaking mightily as I type.  I realize that I will be soooo much better off getting up earlier and getting the exercise over with first thing in the morning.  It could happen:)

31 Days~ Day 3

When I was in college, I could never study or work on assignments until I had cleaned up my apartment.  The mess wouldn't bother me until I had something really important to do.  Today was sorta like that.  I went downstairs looking for something to start a project I have had on my list for quite a while and started cleaning up.  I actually purged some things that had long since stopped being useful and found a few things that brought a smile.  Nothing made except a bit of space.  The next time I head down to my worktable, I will not only be able to find things, I will have a place to work on them. 

Got a head start this morning and set a roast in the crock pot.  Added french onion soup, onion, potatoes and carrots. Dinner prepared. 

As for exercise, I can only count floating in the ocean and diving under some waves.  My afternoon and evening were spent at the beach with my sweetie and some friends we have not seen in years.  It was a wonderful way to spend the day and I am thankful for it.

31 Days~ Day 2

Two days in a row!  That's a record in itself:)
Cooking ~ I was gone the majority of the day, but my oldest son and I baked a cheesecake.  I will add the blueberry topping tomorrow.  And. actually. cook. a. meal. 

Creating ~ Did I mention I had a bunch of neglected artsy paraphernalia in the basement yesterday?  Yep, that was me posting that.  It makes PERFECT sense that I stopped at a craft store today and purchased brand new stuff to play with.  By the way, I absolutely put the blame on Lisa for that.  She introduced me to Fimo clay at Fine Arts camp and I have been itching to play at home ever since...

 I not only bought the clay, I bought mini metal cutters to use, too!

Baked!

I also picked up a stone mosaic kit from my good friend and made a stepping stone.  I was baking in the hot sun setting it up, so I didn't get very creative.  I DID trade the marbles in the kit for scraps of stained glass I had.  It was really easy to do and I know next time to map out the artwork before I start mixing. 

As for exercise ~ a great game of volleyball.  I even took a spike to the face and lived to tell the tale.