Kindness, Keychains, and (happy) Clouds

Happy Friday, friends!

It’s been another long week of work, hasn’t it? Let’s get right into it- ice cream is calling my name!

What am I thinking about?

I’m thinking about Bob Ross today. Randomly this morning, I stumbled across the Bob Ross Channel (!!!) on Samsung TV. I used to love watching him as a kid, and now I remember why. He has the most calming, relaxing voice, doesn’t he? Just a chill, “let’s see what happens” attitude. Nothing is ever a mistake, nothing is ever not fixable. That’s gotta be the best way to paint, I think. Just paint, let the happy accidents happen, and go on from there. It’s amazing how he can make a few brush strokes look like the most realistic clouds I’ve ever seen.

I have firmly decided that my weekend mornings will start with Bob and Coffee, and I’m kinda loving that.

What am I working on?

 I don’t know about you, but I have the worst time finishing things. I’ll start something, get it 95% done, and then- I just don’t finish it. I have no idea why, I just have no desire to do that last 5%. It happens all the time.

With the keychains, it’s physically assembling them. 

With the artwork, it’s scanning them to put on my website. 

With the library, it’s painting the back so it’s ready for sealing.

I. Just. Can’t. Finish. It.

So this weekend is about doing that last 5%. Assembling keychains, scanning artwork, painting the rest of the library. Check, check, check.

What am I reading or listening to?

With a little over a month until the election, I have been BINGE listening to podcasts about the news. Listening, hearing, processing- it’s a cycle. And as it gets closer, I get more anxious about what is going to happen. Because seriously, no one knows. No one freakin knows. It’s such a crazy time right now, isn’t it?

My sincere wish is for the world to get just a bit kinder. Just a little bit. And then tomorrow, maybe a little bit more. Until we all see that we will not move forward until we all agree that progress is necessary, black lives matter, the environment needs our help, women’s rights are valid, and we’re all in this together.

Have a great weekend, friends.