2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Happy Sunday things: Zed made breakfast for the family this morning.  It was very nice of him to do that.  It was delicious! Keziah and I went to the cafe to have a second breakfast and visit with some friends.  I'm hoping to start some sketching lessons in the next week or two with one of those friends. At home I decided it was time to do something about the kitchen.  I moved things around, swept, and mopped.  The dishes were still in boxes, some of them are clean and will make it to the cabinet when they are dry.  I had an area that had become a catch all that I cleaned up and set the microwave onto it.  I didn't spend any time on the refrigerator, but the stove is clean.  We thought the burners weren't working, it seems that the starter is what is broken.  They all light with a lighter. The Inktober prompt I chose to do today was number eight.  I wasn't able to catch up much, but I didn't fall further behind.  My original plan wa...

Happy Monday! This morning I puttered, sorting through random boxes.  I really wanted to find something significant to get rid of.  I wanted to feel like I was really downsizing.  I finally decided that it was time to get rid of my grandson, Gideon’s, old stuffed animals: Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore.  They sat towards the back of my previous bedroom.  I'm not sure why, but I don't want them in my current bedroom.  Eeyore is the character I used to think I identified with the most.  I love all the characters from the Christopher Robin books.  I think I always wanted the energy of Tigger and Winnie’s curiosity and love.  But Eeyore, alone and frumpy, is who I identified with inside.  Forgive me while I psychoanalyze myself.  When Gideon decided he had outgrown those three stuffed animals, I wanted them.  Most importantly, Eeyore.  But then, Eeyore should not be alone.  He needed his friends with him.  It t...