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So long for the moment, I'll be back shortly with some art posted!!! Hurray for ME!

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I am tired and worn out, did a lot of cleaning and stuff...a lot of unpacking, and it doesn't help when the previous resident seemed indifferent whether she left the house clean or dirty. We now own a broken swingset left in the backyard, although my hubby says that he can fix it up. As I am tired and spent my last energies on playing WarCraft III, I will comment and reply to the multitude of Deviantions and messages.

On the interesting side of things, this morning when I got up...I made a discovery that is under the category of "welcome to parenthood"
*On the kitchen table, a small plate with three waffles stacked on it
*Next to that is a now half-empty bottle of syrup
*And part of a stick of butter sitting in what didn't stay on the plate

A very sticky mess to have to clean up, and then I saw the now thawed package of three more waffles sitting by the toaster...and by the way, it looked as if the butter and syrup were applied to the bottom waffle which had a single bite taken out of it. The other two waffles were untouched other than being apart of the mess.

This was done by the same child that found daddy's arcylic paint set last week and hid under my solid wood computer desk and painted the nestbox for breeding parakeets. Fortunately, I found him in the process. At that point, he had painted the perch with great care, Bright Blue, and was a bit more sloppy with the Bright Orange as he attempted to paint the front of the nestbox. The clothes he was wearing were nice enough for a young boy to wear to church before he got into paint...fortunately, the orange was still very wet on the carpet and I was able to clean it all up, unfortunately, it sticks all too well to my computer desk...I suppose I could try to sand it off or something.

Anyway, I got to go now...a little girl is polluting to air with the stench of her diaper.

]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/10217087/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/10217087/ Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:06:25 PDT All our accumulation of stuff doesn't seem to pack itself very efficiently, so I the ring master of the curcius need to whip some boxes into shape and get them stacked up in an unorganized fashion. And does anyone want to volenteer to do my dishes so I can pack them up as well? No? bummer...too bad my helpers have been major hinderences as of late...and I need more tape. Anywho, it should be about two to three weeks before I can get my computers up and running, although I will have a dinasaur of a computer available to me so I will be able to make comments, but only from the bleachers. I gotta go now, the boxes are waiting for me to command them.

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My son enjoyed watching the rollercoasters zipping by while we were standing in lines, and when he finally got to ride the kiddie rollercoaster, he was prepared...arms high in the air and screaming at the top of his lungs. Later, out of curiousity, we had him stand by the height restriction sign for one of the wooden rollercoasters, and he was only three or four inches short to ride...a tiny bit too short when he stood on tippie toe, as if he were attempting to make up the height difference. He couldn't get enough of any of the rides and wanted to go on them all. While grandma took the kids to the kiddie area, the rest of us went for some thrill rides (giving me a chance to go on rides that kids can't).

One of the rides that we did was simular to the ferris wheel, but you are in a cage that can spin around using a steering wheel, and I like to spin. Well, I rode in one with my little brother (he was super exicited because he had never ridden on the ride before) and I controlled the steering wheel. We had a bit of a wait for the rest of the cages to be filled up since we had gotten in the first one, and so I was spinning us pretty good for a while. As we neared the top of the ride...still waiting for a complete load of passengers...two people per cage and there are sixteen cages and we were in number one...my brother suddenly goes, "Ugh...I tasted my hot dogs." Any intellegent person would know, Oh no, he almost puked. I immediately righted the cage and asked how he was doing. As we were at the very top, I allowed him to take the wheel. His hands were tense, and his whole body shaking, I don't think a single muscle in his body was relaxed. Once the ride started spinning around, I noticed that my brother had relaxed noticeably and tried a little turning, because otherwise the ride is pretty boring to me. Well, I recieved an immediate response that spinning was a lot better when the ride was moving...so I went all out and we were the only ones spinning like crazy. My Dad doesn't like the ride and watched us go, he knew at all times which one my brother and I were in since we were spinning like crazy and also knew where my sister and her friend were since they were upright at all times.

Moral of the story:
Beware of people next to you mentioning having just tasted the hot dogs they ate hours before. ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9810414/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9810414/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:12:51 PDT
Mood: ready for bed
Listening to: This is the Song that Never Ends~ Lamb Chop Theme
Reading: The Work and the Glory
Watching: Star Wars: A New Hope

Well, Saiherah won her fight to take over the position as my avatar...kept me from hitting the sack at a descent time since she would not leave me alone until I did it. I bet that when she isn't paying attention while feeling comfortable, someone else will knock her down and take her place. If all goes well, I will be away for the next week starting tommorrow. That will be my excuse for not posting anything new until after I return...I will then continue the work in progress in Photoshop with the hundreds of layers (slight exaggeration) to enter in ~dhqx's contest for her web comic characters...I am having far too much fun with it. Kinda have to talk myself out of tinkering with it when I need to be doing other things...like cleaning, cooking, changing diapers, feeding kids, and so on and so forth. I will be continuing to comment while I am away from home, since I should be able to find an available computer and some free time...It shouldn't take me too long to readjust the brain waves of the "cow" (mom's pinto mare). Anyway, I am hitting the sack now...good night/morning...which ever it might be.

Does anyone have any spare sleep they can lend to me? five to six hours would be wonderful. ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9746554/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9746554/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:01:01 PDT She has so many quirks, I don't know where to start...so we'll see how many I list before becoming too exhausted to go on further.

1. Saiherah is not human or one particular beast. No one really knows what she is, but she appears to be human.

2. Frequently becomes a clutz at random and relearns how to walk and move her body to accomplish any task, no matter how simple.

3. At the same time she becomes a clutz, she also forgets everything that has happened for various lengths of time (usually atleast a week and sometimes a whole month).

4. She occassionally exhibits dragon-like powers (like producing fire) and doesn't even realize it.

5. Any trouble she creates (like burning down the tent in her sleep) she blames on her older brother, and never gets in trouble.

6. She gets anything and everything she wants from her brother, even if she wasn't serious about the request.

7. Talks to a horse like it were a person, and even holds the outhouse door open so it can back up and use the facility.

8. Even though she has frequent gaps in her memory, she always calls the horse, who becomes her traveling companion, Bugsy.

9. On occassion she is completely awkard in her movements, as if she doesn't belong upright on two legs, and other times she is so graceful it seems every movement is carefully planned.

10. When it comes to water of any kind, there are times she immediately jumps in and tries to submerge, even if it is a small mud puddle, and any canteen of water is immediatley poured over her head and tells everyone that if the water all evaporates, she is going to be very ill or die.

11. Cannot run, something always goes wrong. One time her arms attacked her legs and she swayed from side to side as if in the middle of a battle.

12. One thing she never forgets is her brother, and when she is apart from him for prolonged periods of time, she becomes confused, dazed, and almost tormented internally.

Well, Saiherah has forgotten that she can tag others...is a bit preoccupied with eating a salad, not even using a fork, she is just eating it straight out of the bowl. ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9707061/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9707061/ Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:22:07 PDT
I am happy to report that we sold our problemsome blazer because it died on us for the last time, and it is now someone else's problem. We have now bought a different blazer that is ten years older than the previous one, but worth a whole lot more and is full size instead of the s-10 we had. Soon I will be getting an engine for it and it will be a fun ride.

I think I will put up some more art...I do need to. I am still a bit off kilter on Deviant Art since it has gone through a total makeover since I was last on... ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9188659/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/9188659/ Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:34:32 PDT
Well, on Saturday, I was very happy to have ridden Lady. Although at first she was expecting me to take her to the pasture of one of the neighboring horses, but I got her rapt attention with a little punishment for miss behavior at the beginning of the ride. We used the nearly round circle she created in the center of her pasture as our riding ring, and she was very good at arching her neck (and she looks somewhat Arab -which she isn't- when she does that) and holding her head properly. With the work I have given her over time, we have achieved a nice jog-trot barely over the walk. Our next goal is collecting the canter, which we do sometimes. This is the more difficult step, since Lady is long legged and has thouroughbred blood that tells her that she has a need for speed. Since I have never raced her against anyone else, I don't know how fast she is in comparison to others, but I have feel the power under me in the saddle. It was interesting that on my ride two days ago, she collected in her left lead (which is her bad lead), and wouldn't in her right lead. Although, I think it is due to the fact that we cantered to the left first, and that got her racing blood flowing, and so she was then stretching her canter to the right. Oh well, she did well, and behaved very nicely during the workout. And then, I had my hubby put our three year old in the saddle while I sat behind. Lady thought that our ride was over and was hoping that she would get her grain, but reluctantly went the way I indicated to go. John (my little boy) had a huge grin plastered to his face. We trotted a little bit, and tried to end the ride then, but John would have none of it. We ended up forcefully pulling him down and putting him on the tailgate of the Blazer where Lady was eating her grain out of the bin. He was temporarily content with petting her and giving her hugs as she ate. Well, we couldn't stay forever, since we had other things to do, so after the grain was all gone, we started to talk John into getting into his carseat willingly. Did not work. So, I asked him if he wanted to sit on Lady, that was answered with a definite affirmative. So he went from Lady's back and forced into the car...kicking and screaming about leaving Lady.

Oh well, that is my life at the moment. Trying to find a new tire and such. Perhaps I may find sanity along the way, but I don't see that possible. ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8914516/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8914516/ Mon, 29 May 2006 18:38:30 PDT ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8630051/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8630051/ Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:14:35 PDT Now I will go to my burnt out mac to play in Photoshop. If anyone asks why my mac is fried, it is all Hero's fault, he blew it apart with Wing Zero. The roommates I had at the time are my witnesses. Well, the computer techs say that there isn't anything wrong, even though I saw the black smoke coming out the back smelling of fried circuits. Anyway, I have in progress my attempt of a bishie, my I add that it would be the First ever attempt. I need to go, I hear the selves of anime being unloaded onto the floor and the big brother giggling at the scene. Must stop the onslaught... ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8526381/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8526381/ Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:58:10 PDT ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8397697/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8397697/ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:46:37 PDT
I had been planning on submitting one piece of art last night, but no longer wanted to since I had problems with the journal. Well, I am pretty much over my cold, but then yesterday morning I looked outside and saw.... Luckily, it melted by the end of the day. Crazy weather that I live in. A year before I moved to the area, it was in the middle of July. Freaky weather. Well, I am glad that I am not a weather forecaster, I would be fired. I can only tell you what the current weather is like. Anyways, life is going. I will submit more finished art later today or tomorrow. ]]> ~sunnydraco http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8366393/ http://sunnydraco.deviantart.com/journal/8366393/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:34:10 PDT
I congradulate all artists that can accomplish any type of art with young children around. And please don't comment on spelling, I have the vocabulary and attention span of a preschooler. Not to mention that the Garfield movie has been playing a few times a day for the last few days. Atleast it is a rental, so I will not be plagued for time and all eternity.

Well, when the rain clears up, and my cold goes away, I plan on riding my horse as much as I can. Freedom from all my worries, cares, and other responsibilities. ]]> ~sunnydraco