Thinking... what the hell is wrong with the boards?
I saw on the main board that Zee had posted in a topic but when I checked my post was the last, not Zee's?
Then I click "reply", scroll down, and there's Zee's post?
Then I type a reply and it doesn't show up either?

We need Zee's magick wand again, haha.
I got one too, a hawthorn wand, but haven't used it in some time so it could be a tad rusty. Goddess knows what happens if I use it!?
The entire board might disappear up its own @$$, lol.

Thanks, Zee!
Been a good day for me :)
Yesterday my head caused me serious grief and I was not in a good mood, today my head wasn't happy either, but I decided to sod it, take a paracetamol and get painting regardless.
It somehow worked out well and it made me happy :D
Then on top of the the convo with my girlie, yup, me is happy, haha.

Bloody marvelous!
Just spoke to my girlie on the phone and she used a word that I understood but thought to not be Dutch but literally translated from English.

I giggled as having that problem is so familiar to me. Turned out to be a Dutch word after all, and I again had to laugh as clearly I'm confused -again- when it comes to my own mother tongue, hihi.

I told her that I'm often still more comfortable using English than Dutch, and she said she feels the same way.
She also still uses a lot of English and English slang, as do I.
I said it would probably never change, never go away anymore. Then she surprised me by saying she wouldn't want it to. I had not expected that. And I feel the same way.
Speaking English is part of me, has been for my entire adult life. Meaning for most of my life, haha.

Difference being she speaks AmE and I speak BrE.

I do sometimes wonder why I have this fascination with the English language. It has always been that way, even when I was a young girlie.
Must be a past life thing. Which would explain why I feel so unbelievably at home in the UK and in AUS.
And then even get a daughter who's got the same 'problem', haha.

Me????
You saying I put too much in my trolley and Mingle decided to not let me pass go and I do not collect my $200?!?
Dangit!
I could do with a bit of extra cash, hihi.

Thinking... no one has asked for a profile rating in a month. A whole month!?!
Things are looking up, hihi.
I mean, most of the ones asking are here for 3 seconds...

Remembered last night what the last book is that I've read, as in finished: The Honeymoon Effect by Bruce Lipton.

Thinking... the days go by so fast?!
And yeah, I'm having fun, painting again, and doing some other things here and there. But before I know it the day's over again and it's time for bed. Again.
Which is what I'm going to do now, bed & sleep. It's gone 1 and I'm tired & sleepy.

Yes they're real handy! I only got mine about 2 months ago, just in case of an emergency.
I too have a cigarette port in my car but the darned thing doesn't work. Same problem in the car I had before. At the time, when I had to get this car, I thought, "okay, gonna miss the old one but at least I'll have a cig lighter again." Only to find out it didn't work in this car either?
I guess my cars are trying to tell me to finally quit smoking, hahaha.
Does mean I can't charge anything with it either.

I hope that scenario never comes true... I'd hate to lose all my paintings! It'd break my heart.
And my crystals... (over 400)

I can't do with 1 suitcase. No way I'm leaving my 3 cats behind!! So they come with me one way or another.
And catfood.

Apart from that first my meds, which includes my hormones (if you quit taking oestrogen just like that you risk getting a heart attack!)

Definitely put my firestick in my pocket! And a flashlight. And a lighter.
Mobile & charger, power bank so I can charge it 4x with that.
(Rolling) tobacco and cigarette papers to roll a smoke!

Empty the bucket with emergency stuff in the suitcase. Has an emergency blanket, candles, food. Tablets to purify water.
Really warm clothes.

Certainly my pillow, which is a special one for people with neck issues.
And probably some of my crystals. Probably my fave crystal skull.

I got a real large trolley on wheels which I bought when I went to the US. So I can take quite a lot with me :D

I bought a power bank a few months ago. Keep that charged at all times. If it's a good one you can charge your phone 3-4 times with that :)

Watching the Divergent movies again :)
Only got the last one left to watch.

It's the updated version of "Man are from Mars & Women from Venus" as people and society have changed.
Nothing 50 shades-like in it. I've written a couple of those myself :)

Wondering why Fishingman has a profile photo of his belly instead of showing his face...

I've thought of that too, just getting these stickers/signs to put up. I believe you can also get fake cameras, hihi.
Trail cams prolly cost a fair bit, but would indeed be a great option.

So far I'm quite happy to have put up the solar light on the garage. It works really well!
At least I now have light when I get home on my bicycle, makes it easier to find the keyhole in the gate, haha. Same if I have to get to the rolling bin.

Beyond Mars & Venus by John Gray.
Not finished it yet.

I posted a reply here yesterday, and somehow it's not there.
Oh well...

OT --- thinking... I can't decide which reference photo I want to use for my painting, dangit!
There's 2 I like. Decisions decisions...
And I need to decide so I can get started with the background.

Also can't decide to go for a tad abstract style or more realistic.
I'm struggling with this painting before I've even started, hihi.

A lot of interesting suggestions, thanks!

ZEE I've come across the Will Smith docu but haven't watched it yet.
I sometimes find it difficult to switch when someone takes on a different role. To me Will Smith is a great actor, so I don't see him as someone doing this docu, hihi.
Same with Jim Carrey suddenly presenting himself as a inspirational speaker. To me he's the Riddler and Ace Ventura. Doesn't gel with inspirational speaker so much, lol.

DON Brian Cox is great. The way he can explain difficult things that normally are beyond my wheelhouse... The man really has a talent.

GRAVELRIDGEBOY Sounds interesting!

I want to live for a long long time.
There are people on the planet who are allegedly around 400 years old. Far away from western society, deep into the Himalayas.

Apparently the Essenes have said that our bodies can last us well for at least 900 years. They also said the first 100 years were the toughest as you have to figure stuff out.

I wouldn't mind that at all. Whole lot of time to travel, learn, enjoy and so on.
But forever, not sure bout that.

haha, you're making me --> 🤣
A whole cupboard full?! Greedy git!
I'm happy if I get to buy a small bottle of the stuff. (never seen any larger ones)

What do you have to do to get 5 tonnes of maple syrup? Maybe I too can apply for that, lol.

Glad your dinner was good. Mine was a bit of a disaster but thank goodness I had a nice beetroot salad so in the end it was still okay :)

Feeling happy!
I've been wanting to start a new painting but somehow couldn't find the reference photo I was looking for.
I still haven't but decided to get started with the first step anyways.

Today I unpacked the last canvas I've got and Gesso-ed it :D (primer). Meaning that I now can start painting whenever I want.
Canvas is ready to go :)