I like taking pictures of food I cook/eat. I sometimes draw, paint and craft things for people I love. I live with a man who just so happens to be the love of my life, so it's pretty convenient.
My current priorities are to be healthy, save money for a bigger home and get back to creating things.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Had a very GREAT day today :) Nothing special happened, but things just worked out. I had been stressing for the past couple of weeks over my sister’s bridal shower, that I was planning, which took place on Saturday. It went very well, and I’m relieved that it’s over! The next challenge in my life was to take care of the whole “not fitting into my maid of honor dress” debacle. I had ordered the dress in January, to find that I wasn’t able to zip it all the way up. I figured I’d have enough time to shed the extra inches, but of course, before I knew it, it was less than three weeks to the wedding date. (20 days from today.) David’s Bridal’s online store has a 14-day return policy, which obviously no longer applied to me at this point. I was, however, able to get a customer service rep to approve my RMA request on my old dress upon placing the order for a replacement. So, I marched my butt into a David’s Bridal store after work today just to try on their dresses to get a better idea of my accurate size, and they ended up helping me find a new, cuter dress, fitted me to my correct size, ordered the dress for me to be delivered to the store BY the 16th, AND exchanged my old dress so I only had to pay for the difference! It was magic. I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but David’s Bridal has a strict policy of not returning their online orders in their stores, blah blah. Oh, and the manager even asked me to consider working for them as a consultant because I guess I was very personable. Such a great experience. I walked out of the store feeling a huge weight (not literally, BUT I WISH, AMIRITE?!) lifted off of me.
The rest of my night was swell, as well. Everybody I had encountered in every store was a sweetheart, and my spirits have definitely been lifted. I’m feeling GREAT, and I just want to shout it out loud.
Now if only the “Super Cleansing Cocktail” from Mother’s that I drank 2 hours ago would go into full effect, we’d be in business…
Above meal of mac ‘n cheeses & latte cost $0, courtesy of Corner Bakery. Free is always awesome.
My work has been undergoing some directional changes (in terms of starting a new brand & selling new products), and some of us are temporarily acting as tech support. The phones have been ringing nonstop everyday, and it’s definitely adding to my stress level. We’re encountering issues that we have no diagnoses/solutions for. IT’S FUCKIN’ ANNOYING! Management sprung it all up on us and didn’t give us a choice to opt out of these obligations OR properly prepare us for the calls we’d have to handle. Ridiculous. Meanwhile, I’m running behind on all of my personal projects! I want to slap everything in the face.
We escaped to San Diego again this past weekend, to my sister and her fiance’s home. My boyfriend and I kayaked for the first time ever, and of course, loved it. Kayaking in an ocean of full sharks and stingrays was pretty amazing! Great exercise (I HOPE, BECAUSE I ATE SO MUCH MEXICAN FOOD.) Healthy eating hasn’t been successful, obviously. I hate and love and hate it! It doesn’t help being completely smitten with our puppy and being preoccupied with raising him and working on art projects and watching my shows… I really just want to sleep. Forever.
New Mexico next month, I think… Eeeeeeeek.
Comfort Breakfast 2.0
Gold potatoes, all-natural eggs, crimini mushrooms, scallion, garlic powder, black pepper, olive oil, cooking spray
So stressed out with work, with my personal artistic hustle, with finding a place to live before Bronson gets too big, with never getting to use our deluxe Disneyland passes, with having to pay my 2012-2013 car insurance bill by Oct. 3; And so sick of myself for not eating clean everyday! Explosion.
Tackle one thing at a time, they say. If only life handed us one thing at a time!
Proper Sustenance
Chicken breast, broccoli, brown rice, all-natural egg
I had a fairly productive Labor Day weekend, finished 5 paintings/drawings. And right now, I’m “working from home,” but will soon be leaving for the office (BOOOOOOO!) I’d much prefer creating things at home. Fuck the 9-5 grind!
Birthday Number Twenty-Six: Reflections
Today is my birthday. I’ve been aged 26 years and counting.
Thankful for:
- Every well-meaning person in my life that doesn’t get offended when I’d rather lay worthlessly in my bed than to go out on the town.
- Selling 3 pieces of my original artwork in the past 13 days. One set of 2 drawings, one mixed-media drawing, and an acrylic on canvas piece I finished & mailed out today. The money from the 3 sales combined comes out to only a little more than what I earn at my job in one day, but the satisfaction is light years beyond.
- My amazing puppy. I can’t believe he’s only been alive on this earth for 3 months. How can something so brand new be so ingrained in my heart? And he’s growing bigger every single day, which makes me so sad, but so excited for the future. His presence makes my relationship feel even more complete.
- Being in the longest, most meaningful relationship of my life thus far. I would definitely love for this man to be my first husband.
- The loving, incredible, amazing support from my best friend. If I need her, she will drop everything and be there as soon as she can. There’s nothing I can’t tell her, because there’s nothing she doesn’t tell me. This type of friendship/love is rare, and is usually reserved for less than a handful of people in a lifetime. And she’s still here.
- Inspiration and motivation to be greater, from all different sources, to be applied to all different aspects of life.
Goals:
- Build up inventory, start an Etsy shop
- Move out of my tiny, tiny home in 2013
- Strict healthy mode starting immediately after all birthday-related festivities. It’s now or never (or later, but Halloween is coming up and I want to bring the twins out a bit, but they won’t matter if the rest of the class looks gross!)
- TO BE CUTE. (See previous goal.)
- To have a billion dollars lolwut
I made my first sale today! (And it was to a complete stranger!)
It’s not ground-breaking, but it’s definitely a start.
I feel so motivated to keep pressing on with my art. Step 1 to quitting my day job, HOPEFULLY. I thank everybody in my life for being so encouraging and supportive ♥ No compliment on my work has gone unappreciated.
I haven’t been good with updating my blog, and that’s because so many things have been happening!
1. I finally left my wretched Blackberry for an android phone! Typing on a touchscreen is still a struggle, but I’m slowly adjusting.
2. Subsequently, I’m on Instagram now! I’m a baby and I don’t want to flood other people’s feeds with photos they don’t care to see, so I don’t have too many posted yet. Add me if you wanna be friends: @deedeetantan :)
3. Still drawing and working on random projects here and there. Going to Ikea tonight for more supplies.
4. I recently wrote a review on the Cool Master NotePal I100 cooling pad for a review site! I didn’t have fun with the techie part (testing CPU temperature zzZzzZZz), but I loved the writing part.
5. My best gal’s birthday is coming up in a few days and I’m in the process of putting together her gift, while on a tight budget. A little stressed, but I know she will love anything I make/buy/give her.
6. I’ve been hooked on the Olympics! If I’m home, I’m watching it.
7. My boyfriend and I drove to Bakersfield this past weekend for his sister and dad’s birthdays. While sitting at his parents’ house watching the Olympics, his sister announced that her and her family are moving away :( She had told me before that they’d been thinking about it, but now it’s definitely happening very soon… I’m pretty bummed, and I know my bubz is too, but we’re very excited to visit them when they’re all settled in! I’ll be blogging from New Mexico then!
