Monday

Our refrigerator is making ambulance sounds again.  It did this before, a long time ago.  I called someone to repair it, got his answering machine, and held the phone inside the refrigerator so he could hear what it sounded like. 

He called me back later, when I wasn't home.  He left a message.  I wish I could remember what his message was, because the refrigerator hasn't made that noise again since.  Until last week, anyway.

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Barrie took a bunch of new pictures at her dog lot.  Kasey took most of them.  Good job handling the camera, kiddo!

Kudar, 10 months old.



Tinkerbell, getting some loving from Kasey.

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An update on the egg from yesterday.

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Rollie, the woman Rodney King is engaged to was not on the jury that acquitted the cops.  She was on the jury that awared him $3.8 million compensation.  From the news stories I read, the other jurors didn't want to award him near that amount, but she fought for it.  No wonder he likes her!





Sunday

Ah, spring in Pinedale. The sun is shining,and it is snowing.  The National Weather Service may have finally gotten a forecast right.  They say the wind is going to blow tomorrow.

I think I would have enjoyed the White House Correspondents dinner last night.  Obama (and Jimmy Kimmell) both came up with some pretty funny stuff.  I especially liked Obama's comment that he had to get his Secret Service men home before their new curfew.

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On this day 1992 - Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days.

I'm glad I wasn't on that jury.

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My drawing today will be my lunch a little later.

Saturday

Cold, windy morning.  I don't think we're going to see the sun today. 

Norton just renewed my security subscription.  I better figure out which computers are covered.  I think it was on Barrie's old laptop.  Certainly don't need it on that computer any more.  And I might have to reinstall it on the desktop when I get it back.

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Barrie went to work yesterday and her boss lady sent her home, after calling to set up an appointment for  her at the clinic.  She has strep and tonsillitis and is on antibiotics.  I don't know if she would have gone to the doctor on her own.  Nice boss lady.  Wonder what it would be like to boss Barrie around and tell her what to do?

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My drawing of the day yesterday - my tiny teddy bear in  his argyle sweater.  I was in Faler's a few years ago, and they had a box full of these little miniature teddy bears.  I think they were about $1.50 apiece, and there were so many to choose from it took me about an hour to pick two. 

I drew this with charcoal, but in a drawing pad.  I don't like the charcoal paper very  much.

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Wish I were creative enough to think up things like this to draw.







Friday

What a nice rain we had yesterday!  Just as the sun was setting, the sun hit the side of the hill behind my house, and it looked like an old Ektachrome photo. Intense colors!

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I watched the movie Big Daddy on crackle.com last night.  What a cute movie!  I had tried to watch it earlier, but something was wrong with my reception.  Not reception - wrong term.  Internet speed?  Strength of connection?  Anyway, had trouble watching it, but last night was smooth and a sharp clear image.

I found a small package on the floor of the back seat in the pickup.  It contained two CDs of the Carol Burnette show.  Good grief!  I purchased some of those some time ago.  The date on the invoice in the package was 2010.  So I watched four episodes of Carol Burnette yesterday.

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Things to do today:

1. Get up before noon
2. Make a To Do List
3. Finish mending bamboo brush carrier
4. Do a daily drawing
5. Carry dirty dishes downstairs
6. Work on charcoal drawing of cowboy.
7. Read Facebook posts

That enough.  Don't want to overdo it.

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Thursday

How exciting, right?  (NOT!)  Keeping up with my vow to plop something on my drawing table every day and draw it.  Charcoal on charcoal paper, quick sketch, and no erasing allowed.  It's kind of like taking medicine, I know it's good for me and it should get better.

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Kasey went to Kindergarten screening yesterday.  She came home excited and happy.  They gave the kids new backpacks, loaded with dry erase board, pens, markers, crayons, pencils, and a list of summer activities available at the school. 

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Barrie was playing a music video on her computer last night, and Kasey was on the couch with her, and they were singing along withit.  I tried to video it, but wasn't able to get anything.  The living room was too dark, and the TV was on.

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Wednesday

Nothing new. Worked on painting of elk this morning at art group. Am mending my bamboo brush carrier. All the stitching is coming out at the bottom.

Got the iPad out today and tried to get Kat interested in the mouse game. She watched the mouse and tried to dig under the edge of the iPad.


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Tuesday

Our yard is starting to look so nice.  It's greening up, and Barrie has raked it, and trimmed willows.  She got a little bit of sod from somewhere and put it in the little front lawn.  We have never had a good lawn there.  The big pine trees were there, and the grass didn't like to grow under the trees.  And the yard had three puppies in it last year.They were not good gardeners!

I made myself draw a few things in the sketchbook yesterday.  So far, I am drawing things from life.  Kind of boring stuff, but challenging.  Today maybe I'll draw a tube of toothpaste.  It's kind of crumpled up and bent. 

And I did a tiny 4" x 6" painting in the little moleskine book.

Sunday

Beautiful sunny day.  I'm watching the cooking show on QVC.  Sometimes I grab my credit card and just can't help but order something.  They have such tempting gadgets.  I have also ordered meat from them, and have never been disappointed.  I ordered  a big ham from them one year, have ordered pork tenderloin, hot dogs, and their steaks are delicious. 

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I've kept my promise to draw every day - - -  well, at least for two days now.

I can't believe how difficult it was to (attempt to) draw a pine cone.  By the time I finished this, I think I had sort of figured out how to draw it.  Should do one every day.  This was done on kind of slick, off-white paper, in charcoal. In real life. 

I was looking for a pad of charcoal paper, and came upon this sketchbook with only one drawing in it.  I drew my great nephew several years ago.  I intended to draw his brother on the other side of the paper, and as you can see, I didn't get that done.

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I am reading a book on my Kindle called "Ramblings from the Barn".  It's a book of anecdotes and poetry by a guy who owns a bar called "The Barn".  Very entertaining.

Saturday

On this day in 1916, Bill Carlisle, the infamous "last train robber", robbed a train in Hanna, Wyoming.

On this day in 1918, the "Red Baron" was shot down and killed during WWI.


They must be doing extensive renovation in the house across the (so called) street from me.  The neighbors moved out about a month ago, and they have been working on it ever since.  I seea new washer and dryer were delivered this morning. 

While looking at the house, I noticed some bird activity.  I looked through the binoculars, and it looks like a pair of chickadees are getting ready to nest inside the wood siding on the side of the house.  The siding has knotholes, and it appears one of them fell out, giving the chickadees a perfect door to get behind the siding.

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My stepdaughter and her husband in Colorado Springs have just put their house on the market, as he is being transferred to Cheyenne.  They are  not happy.  They have done so much work on this house and have lived in it for a long time.  The pictures on the wall are mine, and I made the quilt on the back of the couch.

Friday

The new laptop came yesterday, and the guy (Fed Ex) opened the door, knocked loudly, and announced himself.  I haven't even looked at it.  Barrie said she would have a go at setting it up, and she will probably figure it out.  If not, she'll ask.

Mike called about the desktop Dell.  System 7 has to be completely reinstalled.  We made a complete backup of the files on it the day before Barrie took it in. 

Petty, time consuming things today.  I gave Paul a little XM radio several years ago, and put it on my plan.  Then I put the one in Tracy's Yukon on my plan.  I put Barrie's pickup radio on the same plan.  That's my birthday present to each of them. 

Tracy told me Paul's radio wore out and they got a new one.  She got the ID numbers for me.  I tried to do it on XM's website today, and couldn't, so I called.  Of course, I got someone who was hard to understand, but finally got the account transferred from the old radio to the new one.  Now if Paul will turn it on when he gets home tonight, I can activate it.

Also had to update my credit card information on my Paypal account with new expiration date.  I couldn't log onto my account.  I finally decided I had to change my password.  Funny thing, when I entered my new password, I entered the exact same password I have been using for years, and Paypal accepted it. 

Isn't technology wonderful?