Thursday, July 10, 2025

Hot Hot & Hotter & This & That

     Good morning Thursday  Wow this week is flying by too fast. Very hot and humid, major issues with the service we got from when we installed our furnace in January-won't even go into it-but now the issue is-our a/c unit is not compatible with the new furnace-they should have known this back in January but they sent out two apprentices with no lead tech.  So unhappy with this company. The motor will probably burn out again but I am keeping the thermostat in the low 80's instead of 79 so it doesn't come on as much. Hopefully we make it through the rest of summer and decide what to do going forward. The tech that came out to change the motor told us this and said next time the motor will not be covered in the warranty-it's their bad service in the beginning that caused this-oh well what can one do to protect themselves any more. sad

  Hubs has been ill but getting better finally. Me I am still having issues with foods but I think I am done losing weight now as I am finally consistent at 114 to 115 for a week now-finally. That's a 20 pound loss since last winter. This is actually my normal weight before I turned towards the 50's in age. Larry finally noticed-hey you are too skinny haha. I like this weight though or perhaps into the low 20's


 I wrote down the list of supplies from the book I shared on making watercolor paints-




  There was actually quite a long list of supplies. I need to check my natural dye supply box as I think some of the items I need am hoping to have already.

  I did buy the tempered glass board and glass muller on amazon for mixing the paint. I also needed a new set of watercolor brushes-mine were super inexpensive at the time so my favorite ones are in bad shape already.  These two glass pieces were rather expensive but I went ahead and got them. This tempered glass board  was the right size with high reviews.  I will need to find someone to gift my art and craft supplies to in the future (smiles)

  I also picked up those little pans to hold the paints and I do have lots of little jars already.




 I could probably buy professional grade watercolor paints for the same amount of money in the end-but what fun is that haha.

  The author of this book lives in Canada and she is on different internet platforms with her videos-You Tube Instagram, Facebook etc. One needs her book though for the basic recipe and how to make the paints-she does not share any of that in her videos.

  She posted recently about  making paint from watermelon.  video here on facebook  I am hoping this link works-may have to be on facebook not sure.  This video is also on Instagram too. She is under her name (name on book)

Today I get my first box of USA  beef from Good Chop  Larry is not eating any meat right now so kinda bad timing-am anxious to try it though.

That's it for me  

Enjoy your day and stay cool and hydrated

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Prayers for Texas

    My heart goes out to Texas.

   I just can't wrap my head around the loss of the little girls that attended a Christian camp 

     The latest news I have seen just now-a young person was rescued that had climbed into a tree, and 11 more little girls and one camp counselor to be recovered or found.  




Governor of Texas has declared July 6th day of prayer for Texas