Daily Dares: Day 24

Today has been up & down for me... Whew!  I'll be glad when winter is over and at least we don't have Mother Nature throwing us curve balls as well as Life!  LOL!

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Adjectifs est facile!
• √ Call someone
  Called my mom!
• √ Draw a rabbit
  I started this rabbity girl drawing last year about this time, you know, drew her, lined her, scanned her, started coloring, and I thought today I'd just finish up her coloring for today's rabbit...  Guess what?  I got distracted with a bunch of other pictures and haven't finished yet!  o.O  Soooo... Yeah... Her shirt & skirt still need coloring, but here she is so far!
  
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Daily Dares: Day 23

Long day was WAAAAAAAY long, and WAAAAAAAAY tiring, but I can look back on it with joy, so it's all good!  We took the girls down to Syracuse over what appeared to be unplowed snowy roads, in a freezing cold car, so Lia could meet up with one of her favorite unschooling friends and hang out at DestinyUSA for a several hours!  She even got to do some cool climbing at the Canyon Climb Adventure Ropes Challenge Course and we finished the evening with a fun dinner at our favorite Chinese buffet!

But when we got home, I got right to work...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Silly typos made me have to restart my lesson.  Also, I did not know what lourd meant and when they asked me over & over to translate that this or that was HEAVY, I kept getting it wrong because I would use gros/grosse! >.<


• Call someone
  We were out most of the day, not getting home until late, so I never had the chance to call anyone on the phone.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  Ooo... not too good, but I was soooper tired.  It's a sketch of a leetle ceramic figurine I have on the shelf above my desk..
  
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  This is what my drawings look like before I clean them up!  XD

Wishcasting Wednesday

What do you wish for your home?

This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately.  We live in a mobile home manufactured in the 80s, with 'improvements' made by a not-so-handyman before we moved in.  We don't make a lot of extra money so anything we've done to the house has been as an emergency kind of thing, and it needs a lot of work. 

But we love this property.  We moved in with the intent to buy (the landlord is willing to sell on a land contract, which would kind of be like rent-to-own), but it seems whenever we've had money for the down payment, something would go wrong with the car that would take all the funds.

Now, my father's health is failing, my mother wants to see more of me, and there just doesn't seem to be any kind of work in this area for any of us.  :\  Moving closer to my parents - as well as the rest of our family! - would mean more employment opportunities, as well as being able to see them with less time & money spent on traveling. 

But to trade our secluded 3-acre wood for an apartment in the city leaves us feeling anxious and uncomfortable.  Even if it's a temporary thing.

Irregardless of whether or not we decide to move, I wish for my home to be filled with love and laughter, joy and fun, peace and stability, and I wish for my home to feel comfortable and safe for all members of my family.


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You can be a maker of magic and a tender of wishes. It’s easy. Answer the wish prompt on your blog and then add a direct link to your post in the box [at the link] below. Support wishes by visiting other participants, leaving a comment saying “As (insert name) wishes for her/himself, so I wish for her/him also.” It’s that simple. There is great power in wishing together.
~ Jamie Ridler

Daily Dares: Day 22

Today we have been pounded with snow, as some might say...  It didn't really come in a pounding manner, like a hurricane might, but rather a smothering manner... Since early today it's just been snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing... Much like the Energizer bunny...  LOL!

How about my dares?

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Not too bad; I think I need to slow down sometimes...


• √ Call someone
  Called & talked to mom, not much snow down there she said...


• √ Draw a rabbit
  Ta-da!  This one needs color & text but I *ELL*OH*VEE*EE* LOVE it!
  
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  Oh yes, it will have punny little words... You will *ELL*OH*VEE*EE* LOVE it too!

Daily Dares: Day 21

Busy day was busy. I am utterly exhausted.

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Done.


• Call someone
  Visited both the people I would call; too late to make any of the other calls I want to make.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  Today's bunny is in honor of Esme's birthday!  A marshmallow bunny on a red velvet cupcake!
  
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Daily Dares: Day 20

Another quiet day at home with the fam.  Weird, weird weather.

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  I have finished the basics, food & animals, and am now onto adjectives!  Yay!


• √ Call someone
  Oops.  I didn't *not* call someone on purpose.  I just realized I hadn't and now it's too late.  :\  Tomorrow will be better!


• √ Draw a rabbit
  This thing I like about doing these is that I get to play around with different mediums and try stuff I wouldn't usually work with, but that I have laying about, which is why I've been working with the chalks & pastels.  I like the colors both lay down, but I can't yet figure out how to get it smooth enough for my tastes.  And I get to try different styles too.  This was supposed to be just a black & white pencil drawing with a faint bit of red on the rabbit's rump, as they are mostly yellowish-grey & black in real life, with a reddish rump.  Well... I went overboard again.
  
  
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  Oh, why a Sumatran Striped Rabbit?  Besides that they have a fabulous coat, I used a list I found a long time ago, 365 Drawing Themes, by flutterbuddie on deviantart (account gone now, but omg you can still find the list!), and I chose #120 off it because today is 1-20!  ^o^  Theme was FOREIGN.  And there you have it.  That's why.

Mosaic Monday Bunday

Welcome back to another Mosaic Monday Bunday!  This week's episode is brought to you by the letter B, for birthday and bunny, and by the number 19, which is how old my darling daughter Esme will be on Monday!  Hoppy hoppy birthday, Esme Esme Bo-Bezz-Mee!  I hope your day is full of love & joy!


From top left by row:

• Happy Birthday White Bunny Rabbit Opening Gift drawing Card made on reycled paper, comes with envelope and seal


• Hoodie Bunny 7.87" - Made to order - Handmade Amigurumi crochet rabbit doll


• Original Painting Whimsical Decor Birthday Girl with Rabbit and Bird By Mixed Media Artist Sascalia


• Happy Birthday Card, Some Bunny Loves You Bunny Rabbit Birthday Card with envelope


• Funny Birthday Card - Bunny Rabbit says "Hoppy Birthday"

For other Mosaic Monday posts, click here!  And don't forget to stop back next week for more bunny-themed Etsy finds!

Daily Dares: Day 19

Lovely relaxing day spent at home with my love & the fam...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  It is so hard to hear the difference between "il/elle mange" and "ils/elles mangent"... >.<


• √ Call someone
  I attempted to make my call.  I was anxious about it.  But I did it.  And then got no answer.  I thought to call someone else, but decided against it.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  Today I watched a delightful little show called Bunnytown from Disney.  This was the result...
  
  
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Daily Dares: Day 18

Long day had been long...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Took 2 tries again because of typos and not being careful with listening.
  
• √ Call someone
  Called Mom, not once, but twice today!
  
• √ Draw a rabbit
  Rabbit drawn, and even scanned, but I am too tired to upload tonight... will add here in the a.m.!  (And leaving the empty code to make it easy for me... :P )
  
  A jackalope for Illustration Friday's prompt, Myth.
  
  
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Daily Dares: Day 17

Not a bad day.  Tired though.  Feel like I'm walking around in a head fog all day...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Ah... >.< Lost all 5 of 3 hearts (yes I had to restart) because of stupid typos!  Dratted headfog.


• √ Call someone
  YESH!  Success!  I cried before and after, but I did it!  I called my mom.  Tomorrow, I shall call someone else...


• √ Draw a rabbit
  A cute little cartoon bunny drawn while playing Yahtzee!  With 4 rabbit's feet, he should be pretty lucky... ~_^
  
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Daily Dares: Day 15 & 16 (and Catch-Up)

Project on hold for a few hours while awaiting feedback; so I had time to scan & upload the bunnies!  ^o^  Here's the Daily Dares update....

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  "Les hommes mangent des éléphants." -- Seriously?


• √ Call someone
  Not doing so well here.  Getting very anxious about it.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  The part you've been waiting for!  Here are the buns from Saturday to today!
  
  A bubblegum bun done in chalk pastels. Messy, messy, messy. *end Frosty the Snowman evil magician impersonation*  The scanner messed up the colors as usual...
  
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  Thumb-buns.  A baker's dozen of bunnies made from thumbprints. Thank you scanner for the awful colors. >.<
  
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  Oh yes!  Part of the bigger project I've been working on!  A jackalope!  ^o^
  
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  Whee!  A marshmallow bun sledding on a carrot!  XD  Colored with regular chalk, not so messy, still hated by the scanner.
  
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  And finally, today's bunny.  A snowshoe hare.
  
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Daily Dares: Days 12 - 14

Just a quick update!  I've been working on a project and unable to post about my daily dares!  But never fear, I *have* been keeping up with them! 

I've been moving right along doing my French lessons on Duolingo and have completed 14 lessons already!  (Yup, I am ahead!)

And I have been drawing a bunny every day too!  I have done one in chalk pastels (omg the mess!) and a jackalope and some cutesy simple ones just because I've been so busy with this other project!  As soon as I finish, I'll be scanning & uploading them all, and that should be by the end of the week!  ^o^

However, I have not been doing so well calling people.  I allow myself to get absorbed in and distracted by my art and the day slips away so quickly, and then it's no longer an option. :\  I just need to push through the fear and do it!  Maybe I'll set an alarm for tomorrow....

Mosaic Monday Bunday

Welcome back to another Mosaic Monday Bunday!  This week, our youngest daughter comes back from afar via train!  Huzzah!  So this week's Mosaic Monday Bunday features Etsy listings with traveling buns!  Enjoy!


From top left by row:

• Trip to India - Rabbit Bunny Elephant Travel Art Print


• Vintage Postcard Catching the Train


• Hardcover Copy of When Bunny Grows Up with illustrations by Richard Scarry - Written by Patsy Scarry - Formerly Titled the Bunny Book


• Cosmetic Bag - Sweet Pink Rabbit Bunny under the Blooming Sakura


• 11x14 Bunny Rabbit on Vintage Suitcase Fine Art Giclee Print by LARA


• Original Watercolor Rabbit Painting - Bunny Train


• 1950s Handpainted Bunny Monarch Train Case


• Vintage Childs Dish Set / China / Animals riding Train Lillian Vernon Elephant Giraffe Teddy Bear on Train Animals Made in Japan


• Easter Bunny Train

For other Mosaic Monday posts, click here!  And don't forget to stop back next week for more bunny-themed Etsy finds!

Daily Dares: Day 11

Another blah day, feeling strange...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Mebbe the lessons are getting harder.  Mebbe I'm doing them less carefully.  I had to retry again...


• Call someone
  Haven't done this yet, but will try to do this later...


• √ Draw a rabbit
  For this week's Illustration Friday theme: Ocean; I can't wait to have time to color this!
  
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Daily Dares: Day 10

So tired again.  Had to do errands today and it quite tired me out. But when we got home...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  I had to try again with my one lesson, but did it the 2nd time no problems.  The phrases & words they are teaching me are different than how I learned them, but they are still similar enough...


• Call someone
  Failed.  Didn't even try. -_-


• √ Draw a rabbit
  Guess what we watched tonight...
  
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  I think he looks a but more like Max Headroom than J, and I need to work on making my blacks darker.  If I was slick (as Lia says),  I'd line this drawing, erase pencil, then scan it for neat coloring on computer; and if I was REALLY slick, I'd have done it on better paper so I could use ink, but as it stands, this is what you get.

Daily Dares: Day 9

Feeling rather odd today.  Did a lot of collaging but not much else.  I feel vaguely unsettled.  Here are how my dares went:

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Done!  Only one error!


• √ Call someone
  I missed a call, but when I called back I had to leave a message, which I actually did.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  OMG the scanner made a bigger mess of this than it already was... >.<  Yes I totally turned Spike into a grey bunny.
  
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Daily Dares: Day 8

Well, today was a sunny fabulous day here, but about the time the sun went down, I lost my motivation...  I didn't do too bad though...

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  The lesson had a problem with one of the sentences and kept saying my dictationof French, wasn't written in French, when it clearly was!  Elle manges du pain.


• Call someone
  I kinda failed at this.  I did dial the phone for 3 different people, but didn't get an answer at any of the numbers. :(  I didn't get a machine at one, and the other 2 I hung up before the machine could pick up.  :\


• √ Draw a rabbit
  Today's bunny is completely out of my head. No photo refs or anything. Obvy my teacup needs work, but I think I didn't do too bad on the bunny!  ^-^
  
  
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Daily Dares: Day 7

So utterly exhausted lately!  But I did it!  Here's today's list.

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Not doing very good paying attention to my answers and I actually lost all my hearts and had to restart my lesson twice!


• √ Call someone
  It was not easy but I did it.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  I continued with the snowflake theme from today's Mosaic Monday Bunday, and came up with this:
  
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Mosaic Monday Bunday

Welcome back to another Mosaic Monday Bunday!  Today I am celebrating Snowflakes with a blogHOP from the talented aquariann; do stop by and check out all the other COOL snowflake blog posts!


From top left by row:

• Rabbit snow-flake design Christmas ornament


• Snowflake Glass Hare Sculpture Screen Printed White Enamel


• Snowflake Obsidian Rabbits


• Snow Hare Painting Necklace - Hand Painted Pendant


• Bunny in Christmas Outfit - Brooch and Ornament in One - Angelica


• vintage bunny pictures, pair of framed white bunny pictures, snow bunny


• Cute Bunny snowflake ornament / lightcatcher


• Arabella in Blue Snowflakes Flat Correspondence Card Notelets set of 4


• Snow Rabbit - Papercutting Greetings Card

Don't forget to check out the other snowflake themed posts over at aquariann's blog:

For other Mosaic Monday posts, click here!  And don't forget to stop back next week for more bunny-themed Etsy finds!

Daily Dares: Day 6

Veeeerrrrrryyyyyyyy lllloooooonnnnggggg daaaaayyyyy....  So tired...  But first:

• √ French lesson on Duolingo
  Still need to work on my endings; I think I have a list somewhere around here...


• √ Call someone
  It wasn't an actual call for myself, but I did do a lot of other scary talking to people today; so I think it counts.


• √ Draw a rabbit
  OMG... lack of sleep, too much to do, up past my bedtime on the internet, and this is what happennnnssss.... >.<
  
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