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Sorry I haven't been on here much. Last week got away from me, I'm sure some of you understand. I think if I was one of these people who spent more time on my laptop it wouldn't be so hard but some days it just feels like such a chore to turn it on and get into everything. ^^;; I never did like technology much.

Over the weekend I was sick with a nasty stomach bug. It lasted about 2 in a half days. I'm glad it cleared. Luckily Mike was here to help with so much around my house and with our fur baby Wiley. It's strange when you are sick you go through wishing you did more when you had your health and when you finally get better you want nothing more to do than be productive again. At least that's how it goes for me.

My local library started a blind date book event. Where they wrapped up random books and gave you clues on what they are about. If you want to do it, just pick out a book and read at least the first 100 pages and then you fill out a little slip with how you liked the book. So far I've read "Days at the Morisaki bookshop" by Satoshi Yagisawa & Eric Ozawa, "Sung" by Catana Chetwynd and now I'm making my way through "Interview with the vampire" by Anne Rice.

I started painting these two little glass birds for my dad. They look like cardinals so he wanted me to paint one like a female and one like a male. I'm using acrylic paint. I'm close to being done with those. It's refreshing to do some painting.

I'm still working on Promised Memories, I'm close to being done with chapter 18. I decided to only do one page a week to focus on other hobbies and art. Maybe someday I'll go back to two pages a week but to be honest I felt like it was taking over my free time and now I feel like I can breath.

That's pretty much it for now. I'm going to catch up on my updates and work my way through my the reading page. I hope you all have been well. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Current Mood: good
Current Music: A garden of magic Youtube mix

Lately it's been hard to get motivated to get up here and start typing and checking things from my lap top. It's not that I don't think about this beautiful site but the days just seem to get away from me. And I get lazy sitting on my couch lately. Reading, drawing, watching YouTube, napping... some days I just don't feel it. But I'll try writing a few entries this week and get back into the swing of things. I think I have a touch of the winter blues, too. Which normally doesn't happen to me but it has been the last few years as I've hit my mid to late 30's.
How are you guys doing? I'm also going to check my reading page and see how you guys have been & if there are any updates.
<3 <3 <3 <3

Current Mood: lazy
Current Music: Ghibli piano collection on Youtube

These questions were written by [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith.
From the group: https://thefridayfive.dreamwidth.org/

1. What are your 5 favorite flowers?
Sunflowers
Tulips
Lotus/Water lily
Periwinkle
Hyacinth

2. What do you like to do with flowers?
Just keep them in nature honestly. Unless they are already cut/picked - then I will care for them as best as I can.

3. Do you like native flowers, domestic flowers, or a mix of both?
I like a mix of both!

4. Do you grow flowers yourself, or just look at what grows elsewhere?
I have some flowers around my yard and property. But I do look at what grows around me.

5. Do you know (any version of) the Language of Flowers?
No, but I have seen some beautiful examples.

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Pandora - A fine frenzy station

Between last week and this week I have been busy with various things. When I get on my laptop I've been typing out pages for my comic, to post on Comic Fury. I'm at a point where I am now sharing the early ideas of what is now "Promised Memories". This may be hard for some of you to believe, but I can only stand so many hours of being in front of a screen a day. :-p I'm not the best at typing, and after an hour or two of it I just need a healthy break. I'm close to being updated on all of that and then getting back to the story itself.
Overall life has been good, I've just been keeping busy with usual hobbies and other things around my house and yard. Hope you guys have been well, I plan on going through the reading page. And finally catching back up on being here again. I've missed Dreamwidth.

Current Mood: grateful

Hey, I just noticed I have a few pages of unread updates in my inbox! I will read these and try to post something else of mine and get back to what you guys have written on the reading page. Life has just been busy as of lately. Plus I have been working on doing Art Fight moves plus my comic's new pages.
I hope you all have been doing well and staying cool and calm this time of the year ~

Current Mood: ditzy
Current Music: Arcade Fire Radio on Pandora

After logging on and writing a quick, positive review today I had read through all of the kind words you all shared about my family and recent stresses. It made me feel very touched and cared for. I have known some of you for a year or two now, some of you just a week even... and I am grateful to you all. I didn't want to tell anyone outside from my family (besides my best friend and boyfriend), but writing online helped. And having you guys listen helped more than you know.
A big thank you goes to Matt Zimmer, a good friend who introduced me to Dreamwidth and I'm glad he did. This is my second favorite site to visit now and each time I am on my laptop I have to log in and see what's going on with all my new online friends. You guys are amazing and your kindness warmed up my heart today.

My dad came home yesterday. He is taking it easy and they don't want him leaving the house for two weeks until he is fully recovered. Last night and tonight I had dinner with them and it was nice to sit around the table with my parents and nephew.
I hope you all are doing as well as you can be. Life is a rollercoaster, I'm hoping mine is going to take an easy glide for awhile. :-p

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: The radio (which has a mix of older & newer stuff!)

So early Tuesday morning (2 am to be exact) my dad had to go to the hospital because his tongue was swollen. Turns out it was Thrush (an infection in his mouth). When they did some other tests on him it turned out he also has pneumonia. Not even a week after my mom came home! My mother doesn't drive, so I've taken her, my nephew (which they have legal custody of) and my sister. It's been long days after work and not only am I physically tired each evening when I get home, but I am emotionally tired as well.

This has put a damper on my reading of webcomics, working on my own story/comic and starting an account on golbalcomix. I'm behind on everything, but I will eventually get caught up.

I'm reminding myself each day I'm grateful to have my mom back at her home and that my dad is being taken care of. They are both the world to me. Both in their late 70's and still kicking, even if their health seems to be getting worse each year. Seeing your parents age is a new kind of heartache that I wasn't quite ready for. Usually my dad is the stronger one of the two and this is the first time I've seen him in a hospital for more than two days. He's out of the ICU and now in a regular room. But he's still going to be there a few more days they told him today.

This is why I haven't caught up on here with reading, but I will work at it. I may have some time tomorrow night to read through my reading page on here. And I'm hoping by the weekend that I may have some extra time to read more, too. I hope you all have been doing well.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: The radio (which has a mix of older & newer stuff!)

Gosh, it took a-lot for me to get up and wake up from a nap! But words won't write themselves.

The month of April came and went in what felt like a blink of an eye! I felt like socially it was a-lot, working on sketching for a CF 30 day event, my comic, creating new characters for my comic, starting to get back into doing yard work again, going through stuff for my yard sale, keeping up with regular upkeep around my home... It all felt very rushed.

I did start on some new projects - like sewing up old jeans that just had one or two little holes in them. I don't see the point in throwing them out, so I wanted to repair them and keep them. It felt good the other afternoon with all my sewing materials out and sewing, listening to videos on youtube. Eventually I have other sewing projects I want to do like fixing old purses, lunch boxes, dresses, ect. Things that I can fix up and still use rather than throw out and have to buy again.

Drawing was a good improvement. I came up with a new cast for Promised Memories. They will be showing up in chapter 14. And drawing out 30 characters/mystical creatures for the hue islands in which my story takes place was good practice.
Either this weekend or next week I want to finally write that new chapter and add the new characters into it. I'd like to get back into doing painting again next month -lets see how that goes! :-p

If I had to take a guess I would say I'm about all ready for this yard sale. Besides maybe one last look through my kitchen and then just set up on the weekend of and to wait and see what gets bought - I am one step closer to decluttering. In all honestly I should have done this a few years ago! But it's never to late to make some lifestyle changes. It's amazing how tiring it is going through stuff and making that big decision if I want it or if I can part ways with it. Most days I'm mentally prepared to do this. But once in awhile I feel sort of down and it can be harder to decide, so I wait till I'm in a better place.

I've been reading a-lot more, like usual. I feel I turn on my T.V. less and less to watch it these days. Mostly just Youtube for some background noise while I do artwork or sewing. I'm proud of myself for reading so many books to decide if I want to keep them or get rid of them for the yard sale/donate. If I keep it up, I like to think I can read 2 - 3 books a month. For someone who used to binge-watch Netflix for years I think this is a healthier choice for me. All of these beautiful books around in my house have been here for years and they are all filled with amazing stories.

Pokemon Go has been still keeping me busy. Which is a fun break from social media on my phone. Not much to report with it, other than I still love it.

I'm still keeping up writing the reviews for CF comics and trying to post 1 to 2 other entries on here to practice my writing. I truly do love Dreamwidth. It's been a nice experience. I've made a few more new friends on here which is a plus. I'm trying to go through and check on my DW friends when I don't see entries from you all. And then I go through and try to comment on a newer one or an older one, just to learn more about them. It's sort of neat to go through and read one's older thoughts.

Sapphire is doing good! She seems to like feeding time the best and is somewhat aggressive when it comes to feeding! But I've read that is normal for Crowntail Betta fish. I'm currently trying to train her to eat from a spoon since some of her pellets fall and sink quickly.

Copying the family photos from my parent's albums are still an ongoing project but have been going well. I'd like to write about that once I am done. I feel like I'm halfway done with it. I just need to label them better.

So far I think that is a good update for last month. I' hoping to get better about taking these naps of mine. Today I took a very long one and just didn't want to wake up and do anything. I felt depressed. Not as bad as other days in the past, it's just sometimes writing up my thoughts and feelings can feel tiring. Thank you guys for reading these and keeping up!

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Arcade Fire Radio on Pandora

So March has been a good but busy month! (I feel like I may be saying that about every month for the rest of my life ^^) But again, I feel like positive about it overall.

Firstly a new project I have been at work doing is each week getting some pictures together from my mom and dad's family albums to have copies made for my own albums. It's been a project for sure, and just last week I found out my mom has some extra albums! I'm not getting photos of all photos, but the ones I feel important. Hopefully that doesn't sound self centered. In the future I'd like to write about my family more and my ancestry and DNA results I've gotten which have been an interesting experience.

I've been going through more stuff for my future yard sale. I will be so relived when all of these boxes will be out of my house! Hopefully my old treasures will bring others joy, whoever may want them.

Pokemon Go has been a fun distraction from the daily news and things that depress or make me anxious. I once heard about a study years ago that said spending time doing something you enjoyed as a child that brought you joy may have the same effect. And I feel that is true. At least with this experience. I just sort of forget about the world around me and focus on the game that makes me happy.. Don't worry, I am safe with my surroundings!

I've been taking mental health breaks from social media. I still go on maybe once or twice a week, but other than that I just don't bother. Sometimes it just feels like a waste of time. Scrolling and scrolling. Who ever thought we'd become this sort of society? I mean, it's good because it brings us together - but at times I feel it brings us apart in the same sense.

Promised Memories is still going strong. In May I'm going to find a new platform to share it on. On Comic Fury it has gotten so much support and each day I log on to read new comments and see a new subscriber when they do makes my heart fill with happiness. It's such a powerful feeling to create something like a comic or a story.

Here on Dreamwidth I've found some new friendly faces to talk to and get to know. That has been a nice experience. I love talking to many different people and learning about them and their lives. Also two new Pokemon Go players from here! Whoot woot! :-p That's been a fun, nice surprise.

My medications have been helping I think. Later in April I go in to talk about them and see how they are doing. I did notice bouts of depression over the weekend, but I feel like that was mostly directed at a video game and not feeling smart or quick enough for it. So I've taken some days off from playing that. It may be weird, but things like that I just want to stay away from for now. I'd rather put my energy on what makes me feel good and happy.

I'm trying to think of more to update you guys on, but I think this may be it for now. April will be a busy month, but it'll be a good one I think. I have art related projects to do and more spring cleaning. I hope all of you are doing well.

Current Mood: good
Current Music: 90's, 2000's today's hits on Pandora

I still feel somewhat new on here and recently made a very helpful and kind friend (I think I can refer to you as that ysabetwordsmith ^^;) that shared some useful links with me that I thought I would pass along to whoever may befit from them. I know I will be checking them out overtime. At least this is one way to find new people with similar interests. I like being on here and finding others who enjoy it makes it all the better.

https://dw101.dreamwidth.org/ - How to get started on Dreamwidth

https://followfriday.dreamwidth.org/ - Recommend people/or communities to follow

https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13330527.html - To find new friends on Dreamwidth

https://dw-community-promo.dreamwidth.org/ - Community promotion

https://friending-memes.dreamwidth.org/ - Making friends through friendly memes

https://fandomcalendar.dreamwidth.org/ - Finding others through Fandoms on Dreamwidth

https://fandomweekly.dreamwidth.org/ - A weekly short challenge

https://fandom-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/ - Fandom activities on Dreamwidth

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Twenty One Pilots Radio on Pandora