Here’s Carly Sue, she will be getting special attention today! The webcam is on (I’ve left it on since yesterday), and I’ll be back there in a minute!

I kicked off the program today for my new (increased) 25 pound goal. In case you’re wondering how I do it, I drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water a day, treadmill 30 minutes at 2.7 MPH to start (I will increase this gradually as I go, maxing out at about 45 minutes at 3.4-3.8 MPH), and I WRITE DOWN every single thing I eat/drink. I weigh-in after treadmilling and showering, and I’ve usually already had coffee/water for a couple of hours when I do that, so it gives me a better idea of my progress. I write down what the scale says underneath the date in my notebook.

So today I walked 1.3 miles in 30 minutes, and I’ve already had about 15 oz. of water. Ooh yea, I have to recommend getting the huge sports bottles that are 32 oz. or larger, get a couple to swap out in the fridge. I write in my notebook “Water – 1/2” and then “x” through when I finish each one, and if I haven’t finished by bedtime I down it. Drink water when your tummy rumbles!!! That is a MUST.

Ok there are my diet tips. No carb counting, no heavy protein. Eat a light lunch and whatever you want for dinner, just don’t have more than one helping. Drinking all the water makes you feel full all the time so it helps you control your snack intake & stuff.

Ok NOW I’m going to get out into the studio!
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If any of you were ever wondering what it looks like where I live, here ya go. We hit the road today visiting family, this is the scenic route. LOL

I did finish backing up my entire hard drive to CD this morning before we left. Now I’m going to cook up some grilled ham & cheese and chicken noodle soup for dinner, and I hope to get four pair of eyes painted this evening.

I’ll go ahead and turn the webcam on, I may not be out there for a little while yet but you can hang out or check back in at your liesure! I’ll use my cam, which is this one: Leanne’s Cam if for any reason I need to switch to Yahoo, I’ll let you know!

**I also just listed my Wine Painting on eBay, see it here**

Hope you all are having or have had a good relaxing weekend!

UPDATE 8:36PM I finished blocking all of their eyes in. Now I’ll work on each piece individually until it’s finished, beginning with Carly Sue (top left).

Mom’s hard drive crashed on her lastnight, so of course that put me in panic mode.

We had a good day today, I took the girls to the mall and we wandered around, had lunch, bought some dollies and went to Grandma’s house. We hung out this evening, and now they’re tucked in and I’m moving all of my art files to CD! I had been planning on doing it for a few weeks, and when mom said hers crashed and she can’t access anything on it, it inspired me to get my stuff done. 😉

So for all of you with valuables on your hard drives, back ’em up!!

I’m not sure what we’ll be doing tomorrow yet, but I’ll let ya know.

Have a great night!
xoxoxox

I really wanted to spend some time today on all three of my current paintings and get the eyes done, but I can’t. They’re still tacky, so I will have to wait until late tonight or tomorrow to work on them. Bummer!!!!

That’s alright though, after lastnight’s household drama we (the girls and I) need a day out. The sky is crystal clear today, it’s chilly now (34?) but supposed to get up to 65, I have a couple of new cozy sweaters I picked up from Kohls.com, so I am ready to get outside and sieze the day!

I’ll be back later on and let you know if/when I’m turning the cam on. Sorry for yesterday’s confusion, too. I had initially started on my own hosted webcam program but because one of my clients can’t view it there I switched over to the Yahoo hosted cam program. So I added some text on my cam page (intricateart.com/webcam/) and linked to yahoo in case that happens again. I wish there were a program that I can guarantee 100% of my viewers will be able to load it without a problem!

I leave you with a gorgeous yellow rose from my beautiful huge bouquet!

Last, and certainly not least, don’t forget about our guys.

“US Marines of the 1st Division bow their heads during a prayer at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2004. More than 10,000 U.S. troops have taken positions around the rebel-controlled city of Fallujah, bolstering the U.S. Marine units expected to lead a joint Army-Marine assault on the city. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) “

I just have to share these links with ya..

This is how divided our country is, county by county.

This is how dramatic some folks are being since Bush’s re-election.

This is the kind of guy Bush’s former opponent REALLY is.

(Thanks, Tony!)

LOL..I am so glad the election is OVER! Now I can have my life back and watch normal TV again!

Here’s what I’ve been doing today, how about you? ;D

Whee! I’m rearing to go! Here are the next three pet portraits on my schedule, oooh I can’t wait to get painting tomorrow! I may even work on all three simultaneously. I will let you know in the morning when I’m going to start painting. We’re going to have company so I will be back & forth all day, and I’ll move the webcam back so you can see all three if I do get going on them all. 😀

Just so you know, Tim McGraw will be hanging out with me tomorrow singing everything off his new album, and I think Uncle Kracker will make a guest appearance as well. (Thank you walmart.com!) I’m so lucky! ;P~

I’ve got a couple of paintings to ship yet, too. I will do that Saturday morning since all three (four) of these cute critters will still be drying.

See ya in the AM!
xoxoxo

Homecoming is the final title for this painting. The scan is phenominal, and I’ll throw a couple of closeups in here too, the dog tags as well as my sig. Beautiful piece, I’m a proud mama.

I’ll start working on a sweetie of a Calico all curled up. I’ll get her sketched out this afternoon and you can have a look at her tonight before I start painting tomorrow.

I finished it. I don’t know what to call it now. Seems things change every couple of hours around here, so I need to think of a more appropriate title. Strange, normally my paintings “tell me” what their titles/names are while I’m painting. This one has had quite a few since I started it, and none of them fit how I feel about it right now or how I would like others to feel when they look at it.

I’m going to go paint the edges, will scan it tomorrow and post a better image.

‘Nite, my friends.