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Friday, January 8, 2010

Winter Wonderland

It looks like January in Michigan out there! By the time I went to bed last night we had about 5 inches with a couple more inches expected overnight. It is dark out, so I am not sure what the total is, but all the schools in the Lansing and Jackson areas are closed. For students and teachers that is such a bonus when a snow day falls on a Friday or Monday - 3-day weekend!

I am expecting my Mom some time today. She was originally expected to arrive around noon. I am not sure if this latest snowfall will have an impact on that or not. I still have not dusted the living room and the shelves in the dining area. Hey, I still have this morning. It is also a treadmill day, so I'd better get my hour in a little earlier than usual so that I can get in the shower and be presentable by the time Mom is delivered.

When the storm was in its infancy, Nancy and I went into Jackson and spent a bit of time at Encore!, a second hand store. I found a few bits of hardware (you know, steampunky stuff), a really cute bell with birds on it for Mom (in case she needs me and I am at the other end of the house) and some lovely alphabet cookie cutters that I think will work quite nicely as stamps. We then enjoyed a lunch at Panera's - the black bean soup was delish! and got home before it got too bad. I was home by 1:30 and the roads were already quite tricky.

I do have a couple of small sketches to show you. I've tried another mandala using the ideas from the video I posted in an earlier post. I like this one, but again near the center it is a bit jumbled. I need more practice.



And, I have been seeing so many people whose blogs I read daily making girl faces again that I had to try one myself. Most of the ones I've seen are painted, mine is just sketched, but I like her.



I guess I'd better qualify her as a "quick" sketch - poor child has no eyebrows!

I am thinking I may try to do a quick sketch of my Mom while she is here. That is if she doesn't mind too much. I am more likely to try to sketch cribbage boards, cards, dice....

I am planning to make a batch of banana oatmeal muffins this morning and have some homemade bean with ham soup thawing in the refrigerator. I guess that takes care of afternoon tea (muffins) and dinner except maybe I'll make a batch of corn bread muffins to go with the soup.

One of my goals for 2010 is to only blog on weekdays. I found that sometimes in 2009 trying to blog every day was a bit much. That doesn't mean I will not be creative every day, it just means I won't be sharing it on the weekends.

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

xoxo

12 comments:

  1. Love cornbread. keep the practice on the Mandala. Face is pretty. Enjoy! Your Mom. Hope all is well.
    Sounds like good food!!

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  2. I loved the face and never realised about the eyebrows until you pointed it out. I saw the image as a young blonde. Perfect.

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  3. LOL - I didn't make corn bread yesterday, but we did have the soup. Your Mandala is a good one - you made it really intricate. I like that. And the portrait - what can I say but that, "you've come a long way, baby"! Hugs, nancy

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  4. Have fun with your Mom Vicki.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  5. Your mandala that you made looks really good. That was a really neat video-haven't tried it yet. And you pretty girl is just that!!

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  6. I tried several mandalas yesterday while I sat with my husband during his chemo. I can see that it is really important to keep everything as even as possible(which is not easy) The last one I did, I drew a circle and then worked from the center of that circle...It seemed to help a little. I admire people that can make even marks every time!Lol
    Thanks for sharing this with us.
    Gale

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  7. Your mandala and girl are fun! I like your convo on blogging too much and I have been trying to slow down on that myself. Good luck with that!

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  8. you made me quite hungry after I read your post!!!
    Have fun with your mom!!!

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  9. Mandala looks like fun to do and your girl sketch is looking good. Enjoy the time with your mum. Hugs

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  10. To give you a more even start with your mandalas you could put a plus sign on the paper from one side to the other and top to bottom which could be erased afterwards.

    Hope you have a fun visit. I hope too, that your mom will let you sketch her. That would be a treasure to have.

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  11. Crib another fun game.

    Make sure your Mom gets lots of hugs.

    xoxox

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  12. I've been using a compass for my mandalas so yours is inspiring...love the girlie portrait too.

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