The weather here is still just....awful. Yesterday it snowed 3 inches and then sleeted and rained on top of that, creating a slick hard shell over the top of shifting frozen sand. It was like walking in thin glass!! Super slippery and sharp as heck. That was just yesterday...the weather has been deep hard winter now for months. In a picture I have to show you further down, if you look in the background, that's what we have every day. I know all about cars frozen to the ground, and doors frozen shut, and locks frozen, and mountainous piles of snow you can only get half over! We have a permanent one in our driveway we have to accelerate over without sliding down and hitting the other car. :p
She found a piece of chocolate muffin in the car and stuffed her mouth! Cute picture, but look at the background. It is like this all. the. time.
My glasses HAVE finally come, pictures to follow!
Maggie trying on my old glasses. She's way cuter in them than I was!
Forgive the illusion of so much cleavage, I had a shirt on underneath! I was trying to take an attractive picture, it was just framed bad, or perspective I guess??
I'm still not used to how I look in the mirror, and haven't decided whether I like them or not. I never intended to be trendy, but it looks like I'm trying too hard to be so.
We have beaten Diablo and are now on the paragon levels.We are on the hardest mode it will allow. and it's still barely a challenge. I mean, it seems like they barely made it difficult at all!! I've probably died less than 10 times in 90 levels. Maybe our combination is just super powerful or we got lucky with drops or something. Nevertheless - it's still the funnest part of my day. And sometimes, I find that sad.
As for too many solo interests; I think that just becomes necessary when you are the one who stays at home. To stay sane, to keep from being needy and so there is not so much pressure on your spouse to keep you happy when all they want to do is come home and tune out. You have to find things to do alone to occupy your time and mind besides chores so that your relationship stays strong. Sounds counter-intuitive, but it's true!
My diet is in the toilet, I don't know why, and I almost feel like giving up. I have been constantly making better choices at every meal, eating more protein and fewer carbs, more vegetables, less sweets, etc. Yes we got pizza this week, but I convinced Gary to get thin crust veggie with light cheese, and we didn't have any bread sticks or boneless wings or all those other things that add up to an 800 calorie meal...and despite all those changes that feel very big, I have not lost any weight. I know calorie counting and portion control are probably the culprits. So yes, I am VERY interested in your stomach shrinking program.
About the painting, you'd never know that the reflections are literally the easiest thing in a painting to paint. Literally, it's like magic. I agree with everything you said it needs, however I don't think my skill level is quite there to make the clouds look better yet. And to get more practice, I need to get more paint....and paint costs money! Bleh. I do love your suggestion though and will certainly do another westernish/prairie painting, but the reason I won't put one in this painting is because it is a very specific spot from real life and memory, in Buffalo Lake State Park, that we visited and drove past almost weekly. I know it doesn't look that special, but when I look at it I see the real thing, and to me that's worth not changing. Well, other than making look even better of course!
Your pictures of recipes look amazing, as always! Tonight I made a recipe from my Malaysian friend, and I must have done something incorrectly because it was so salty, GARY couldn't eat it, and that's saying a lot. I did eat a lot of it, because I hated the thought of it going to waste, but I had to keep mixing quinoa in with it to tone down the salt and ended up overeating. Gave myself a tummy ache with all the salt and protein. I was very, very sad. The flavour was super good, a lot like General Tso's, had a nice amount of heat.....just was super damn salty. Oh well, if Gary ever lets me try it again, I'll know that it's got to be done a little differently.
I feat that this post is going on way too long to ever hope for you to reply to, but I guess I'll keep going anyways....!
Saturday Willow and Gary had their Daddy/Daughter Dance. I'm pretty sure Willow had a great time, but Gary ended up being super uncomfortable because most of the dads were in tuxedos (!) and giving him bad looks. He did get professional pics of him and Willow while there, but sadly he looks just like he felt, so I won't show that one.
Pretty, pretty princesses. Maggie thought she was going, so I had to dress her up too.
Take a moment and really absorb the look on Maggie's face. That's what I'm dealing with 24/7....
Ready for the dance.
I have several more cute pictures from the dance
that I'll have to edit in right here when I get them off Gary's phone.
At Christmas time, Willow got a porcelain place setting painting kit. We did it the other day and I decided to paint one of my plain plates for fun, and I really love the way it turned out. I only have a picture of mine and not the others, because apparently I am selfish and vain. :p
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