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  • Life, Love, and Critters – of course!

    Recipes Please!

    March
    6
    2005

    It has occurred to me over the last couple of weeks that (duh) I’ve pretty much forgotten how and, more importantly, what to cook for a family of four over the last 18 months.

    The girls and I are easy, you know? PB&J, Mac & Cheese, Grilled cheese, soup, pasta with chicken, just small light things. I can do that. (read: McD’s, Wendy’s, BK… oopsie)

    Now I’m sitting here thinking “I’ve got to make a grocery list”. Huh? What do I put on it again? Milk and cereal? Chicken? What do I do with the chicken once it’s home in the freezer? Yea. It’s that bad.

    There are a couple of things that are our favorites. Those – no problem. But the poor boy has been eating out of boxes and MRE bags for 18 months. I need some HUNGRY-MAN type meals. Boy’s got an appetite you know?

    So if you know of a nummy, hefty meal that any hungry meat & potatoes kinda guy would just dig into without a second thought, drop those recipies here in comments for me (and any other interested party), wouldya?

    Pretty Please????

    THANK YOU!

    P.S. Lolo? If you’re reading this, you could link to your favoritest since I know your blog is chock full of good stuff?

    LINK OF THE DAY: Einstein. (volume required) ..thanks, Carol!

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  • 4X4 Painting Recipients

    March
    5
    2005

    If you were here with me late lastnight into this morning, THANK YOU! That was SO FUN! Seeing the countdown hit zero was unbelievable. He spent 365 days “in-country”, and now he’s on his way home.

    Thinking back to the beginning when I added it, I couldn’t believe that it would ever even reach the bottom. And it did. And then it started climbing back up and I thought “WTH?!?” So I captured the Zero’s forever as a jpeg.

    😆

    Here’s a list of the very cool Owlies who made their presence known. You all need to drop me an e-mail and let me know what you’d like me to paint for you!

    Karen – Angel
    Michael
    Erikie – Squirrely III in miniature
    Paige – bluebird
    Sue – wolf scene (coooool)
    Barb – alligator, eh?
    Taba – harley mouse, flag bandana
    Carol

    Maybe, maybe I will do this one more time before the day we go pick him up to bring him home. I’ll chew on that, since a few of you couldn’t keep your eyes open. 😉

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  • Completed Portrait : Chelsea

    March
    4
    2005

    I’ve painted all afternoon, and here she is. MAN she’s gorgeous in person. A beautiful cat even. 😉

    Will scan and stuff as soon as she’s dry!

    (back-timing it for now! It’s really 5:46 pm CST)

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    Filed under: Cat Portraits, Chit Chat, Works in Progress

  • Commemorating the Countdown!

    March
    4
    2005

    IMPORTANT: READ THOROUGHLY, PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION!

    MIDNIGHT: CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
    (that’s when the counter runs out at my house)

    Ok folks, here’s the scoop. After much thought and deliberation, I’ve decided to do something super cool and, as always, labor intensive to commemorate the arrival of ZERO HOURS on my lil “Homecoming Countdown” ticker. I love giving stuff away. I’m strange like that.

    This countdown has been on my blog for over 300 days. Many of you have been with me the whole time, watching it dwindle down to nothing. To you, I send warm sqwishy hugs and lots-o-love. Some of you stumbled upon me halfway thru and hung in here with me, but pretty much everyone who visits can see by first glance what’s been going on in my neck of the web for the last 18 months.

    Here are the rules: if you’re here with me tonight when it hits zero (and I will know, because I will be here too!) to celebrate the occasion I am gonna GIVE each person a mini-custom-painting. Just for you. Just to say “thanks”, for being here, for hanging out with me, for taking the time to check in on me to make sure we’re all doin’ ok.

    Now I’ll know you’re here when it hits zero, and I’ll keep a record of that. BUT, in addition to being here, I still need you to leave a comment (preferably just after the momentous occasion) so that if you’re new or just haven’t commented before, I know who you are. You do not need to link to any page, and I will be the only one with your e-mail addy, but ya gotta do it if you want a painting.

    It gets even cooler. What you’ll get is a 4×4 (inch) painting, a lil bitty thing, in oil, of whatever you want. Animal, vegetable or mineral, person, gumdrops, candycanes, a purse, a shoe, whatever. I will, on every painting, add a touch of patriotism so that when you look at it you will always remember and get warm fuzzies that you were part of celebrating the homeward-bound joy of at least one soldier’s family.

    So set your alarm clocks, have a look at the time, and be here or NO SQUARE FOR YOU! hehe!

    I can tell you this – I will paint every single one of ’em. I may not get them to you in the next month, but I will get them to you. Another lil perk: you’ll get to see everyone else’s paintings right here as I paint them!

    Everybody clear on the rules? Ok. Now go do your thing. Hope to see you tonight!!!

    COMMENTS WILL CLOSE MARCH 5, 4AM CST FOR THE 4X4 PAINTING GIFTY! THANKS EVERYONE!!!

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  • Don’t Miss Out!

    March
    3
    2005

    It’s been a couple of days since I’ve painted, eh? I’ll be packing up Barkley and shipping him off today. Sheeba left me yesterday so she’s on her way home (please Mister Postman, please don’t hurt her!).

    I’ve gotta work on something for Petsmart, I would like to get that finished and on its way this morning. So if all goes well, I’ll be painting around 1PM this afternoon and finishing up miss Chelsea.

    I have a very cool thing planned for tomorrow night (Friday, around midnight) and I will let you know the details on that later tonight or tomorrow morning. It is to your advantage to stay tuned for that announcement!

    Ok gonna get the day started! I hope you have a great one, too!

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    Filed under: Chit Chat

  • Math Dummy = Good.

    March
    2
    2005

    Yes, for today only, being mathematically challenged is a GOOD thing!

    In trying to balance the checkbook (I do this every 3-6 months, depending on my mathematical procrastination level), which by the way has taken me all of 4 hours, I ended up with almost $200 more than I thought I had. Oh yea. It’s a good thing.

    Unless, of course, I did something really wrong just recently, in which case I will balance the checkbook in a more timely fashion (say within a day or two of this statement? LOL) so we’re not completely goobered when The Man returns.

    Aah. I feel like I should go shopping now, you know? Having more than I thought I had, I can justify the expense as “Hey, it was invisible money anyway, right? Now I have something tangible to show for it!”

    I am such a girl.

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  • Final Scan & Detail : Sheeba

    March
    1
    2005

    Sheeba is also a little tacky (her nose is wet, isn’t that just like a dog!), I managed to scan her as well. I also created a very cool wallpaper for Sheeba’s mom of her portrait!

    (Karen, if you’d like a wallpaper, I will wait until all of your babies are done and make a nice collage for you!)

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    Filed under: Chit Chat, Completed Paintings, Dog Portraits, My Fondest Memories

  • Final Scan & Detail : Barkley (PG-13)

    March
    1
    2005

    Barkley’s edges are still a little tacky. I had to scan him very carefully, as I couldn’t wait anymore to show you a better representation of his portrait!

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    Filed under: Chit Chat, Completed Paintings, Dog Portraits, My Fondest Memories
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