Janeys Journey

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It's been an interesting 6 months here in beautiful Florida.  Let's see - last Nov I had a temporal biopsy of both arteries.  Not so bad only out of work for a week.  

And then I joined a $10 a month gym whose name should synonymous with You get what you pay for.  Hence the title of this post and the little drawing below.

So this is what you look like when the treadmill throws you off because some idiot leaves the treadmill running when they get off or the treadmill malfunctions and starts on it's own.  And when you join a gym where the machines are so close together that you have to get on from the back and it's so dark you can't tell if the treadmill is moving.  And where they don't have any automatic shut off. 

You get a broken collarbone, orthopedic surgeons, insurance deductibles, llots of pain pills, no sleep, short term disability, an aide that insurance doesn't pay for so she only comes every other day which means I can only shower and change clothes every other day!

oh yes sireee, life has been very interesting lately.

And the lesson learned is - stay home and get flabby. it's probably healther.

Long time no post

My poor neglected blog.  I've been drawing, just not posting.  Here's a few from today.

 

 

A gazzilian drawings

Yes I'm still drawing here but not posting much.  Here's a few:

This one is my dad.  He was a really dandy in his day.  This is from a bw photo before he went into the army.  He must have been 21 or so.  He went right through boot camp only to be discharged for 4F for a heart murmur. You'd think they would have found out before boot camp.  Came home, married my mom and went to Baltimore to build ships for the navy.

 

Not me.

I bought my dotta riffic pens on ebay a few years.  Big thick pens, lots of ink.  Apparently, they will last forever.  After all, they're only dots.

Bea's Quilt

Last night there was a memorial service for my sister in law's mother.  The apt was packed with people.  10 grandchildren, their wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends and 3 great grandchildren.  If you live on through your children, then Bea is going to be around for a very long time.  My little paper quilt is dedicated to Bea.

Day 2 - Ara and Curly

 

Day 1 and Mom

The year begins - It's my mom's b'day 1/26.  Last year I did a 8 page zine of drawings from old photos.  These are these years.  I need 3 more and then it's done.

 

 

I thought better of it

Ok well that horrible holiday urge got a hold of my very weak soul yesterday.  And the worst thing is that it happened in Best Buy.

I switched back to att for my phone from cable.  When cable goes out so does the phone.  And living in Florida that happens alot.  So I went to Best Buy yesterday to pick up a modem.  There was no traffic.  I didn't realize it at the time but that was because everyone was at Best Buy.

So I picked up the modem and thought while I'm here I'll wander around- a really bad idea.  And then it hit me - the horrible upgrade your gadget urge.  I thought I'd sure like to stream some videos.  Ok, so I'll need a router.  Ok and and a smart blu ray (the new electronics are called smart because the buyer isn't).  The blu ray needs a HDMI cable and how about my other TV.  In the wagon went the Roku and that needs a HDMI cable too.  And the cable cost more than the Roku.  Ok so out I walked with $400 worth of non needful urges.  And then I thought I need a new TV because the one where the Roku is going is older and doesn't have a UDMI thingee in the back.  Ok I'll get it tomorrow and probably spend another $600.  I thought Best Buy was open today.  

Thankfully, Best Buy was closed.  Was I ever lucky.  I had all day to think like an adult.  All the gadets except for the modem are sitting in the back of my car to return tomorrow.  And because I don't trust myself I put them in the car today rather than wait for tomorrow. New Year's resolution #1 - If the urge to upgrade surfaces, go to Goodwill.  They're open on Christmas too.

They need homes

Well this is one neglected blog.  Been very busy with MRIs and surgery and dr visits.  All over though and everything is just fine.  Here's some beautiful creatures that need someone to love and love them.  They need homes and can be found on Petfinder.com.

Moo Moo and Nikta.

 

 

And Stella,

And Pumpkin.

 

and Valentino (and I can spell, I just can't write).

 

 

Postcards of Jonah and his Gran

This one took about 1 1/2 hours to finish.  I like how these come out but really they're not much fun to do.  My hand cramps up and it causes quite a bit of panick when it's 1/2 way done.  I don't really want to start over.  So I finished 1/2 when I stopped and scanned and printed it out and finished that one.  In case it wasn't any good, at least I wouldn't have to redo the whole drawing. And the boy's hand didn' come out very good, looks like a claw but I'm not doing it again.

One more version

I photoshopped the b&w taking out the black skirt.  Printed and colored it.  I think I like this version best.   More warm and fuzzy.  The order is for postcards, cards and magnets so the original isn't that important.