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#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 24 🌞 The

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 24 🌞 The sun came out! It was warmer.. The kids went outside after school. I got out for a walk for the first time since I slipped on the ice (which was almost 3 weeks ago. Yikes!) Everyone seemed to be feeling better today. We made more hamentaschen dough during lunch break, and baked after dinner. I'd thought I'd have a half day of client work but nope, another long one. Maybe tomorrow. I managed to message doctors and make dental appointments for the kids. Many more things still unfinished on the MUST DO list but these things are sometimes harder because they require planning, or a period of unbroken thoughts. 🎶 Astoundingly, the kids went right to sleep tonight. I still wrapped up after midnight. Did some more back and forth coloring while listening to the Cobra Kai music mix on Spotify. Interesting thing about 80's music... so much of it seems to be about how we're all heros and someday we're all going to make it big and arrive and win! No wonder GenX-ers are a mess. But the music still just gets you there. 🖍 For better or worse, I settled on the orange. Hopefully it's not too bright and the inks will offset it. 💤 #80smusic #orangetree #thesuncameout #amcoloring #onedayatatime

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 23 🌳 Had t

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 23 🌳 Had to stop and sleep on this one. I'm not sure what color I want the background of the leaves to be. Using the same color palette, it should probably be olive green but that's boring. Introducing the orange would allow me to use the green on the leaves. Maybe. And/or gold. There are 4 colors in the leaves. I need to decide how to introduce new colors to the palette anyway since I don't have a red for the fireballs in Netzach. 😔 In other news, the kids were troubling today. The girl is neurodiverse ADHD. The boy is non clinical but sort of passive aggressively acting out. My brother battled the dark that ended his life and I will be forever on edge about my children. I think this past year has worn them down. I'm at a loss for myself most of the time. Not sure what's the right thing to do and I always feel that whatever it is is not enough. Sorry to be a downer tonight. 🌙 #sleeponit #pickacolor #colorleaves #tomorrowisanewday #parentingishard

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 22 🌙 Annnd

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 22 🌙 Annnd back to the late night posts. I refuse to call it early morning. Another hectic day. I played tech support for the kids during religious school Zoom as the ancient computers kept losing connectivity. 🍪 In the afternoon I ordered new colored pencils then helped the boy make a small batch of hamentaschen. Studied a little mussar in advance of my chevruta meeting this evening. 🍲 Spouse fed the kids dinner during my meeting where we discussed the differences between chesed and compassion. Then I made ramen for spouse and myself while the family finished watching Star Wars. 💜 After we got the kids in bed, we watched an episode of Cobra Kai which actually mentioned chesed by another name. But then I read about more tsuris on Facebook. I need to be better tomorrow as I have been remiss with others. I can't just discuss chesed, I have to live the midot too. ✏ Back to the lightbox tonight to start transferring hod. ✨ #purim #chesed #hod #mussar #kindness #whatsustainsyou

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 21 🌞 It's

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 21 🌞 It's Saturday! And I'm not posting at 2am! Spouse took the kids for a walk this afternoon and the house was quiet so I got out the inks. ✒ Inks scare me. I need absolute quiet for this trick so I can concentrate... so my next door neighbor begins hacking and scraping the ice off her driveway under my window and continues the entire 2 hours my family was out. 🤦‍♀️ The amount of stupid little resistance bits are becoming ridiculous. But inking got done, nevertheless. I probably should have used 2 nib sizes and card 14 was a little rushed but not awful. Also noticed I spelled Tiferet wrong. Guess I'll fix that one digitally. ✅ #inking #accomplished #timetocookdinner #workingsaturday #gevurah #megaliths

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 20 🌞 Today

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 20 🌞 Today I'd planned to work on this in the afternoon but client meetings and work were relentless and then it was 5pm. So I turned frozen turkey burgers and cans of stuff into taco soup, with spinach and cheese fajitas... and once again I find myself posting accountability at 2am. 📺 To be fair, I have to admit my current obsession with Cobra Kai is also pulling some time and contributing to my continuing failure getting to bed by midnight. Luckily only 9 episodes remain. ☁️ Tonight's work is sponsored by the color, "70% Cool Grey." A lot of it. And one dead blending marker. A long time ago, my brother asked why I do things "the long way." It was in reference to computer coding but processes often apply to other things in life. It probably would be a lot faster to paint the sky but then it would look very different. 🖍 Coloring like this is very meditative (hence the uptick in adult coloring book sales) and I found myself back in 2nd grade where my group for the Halloween play was coloring our craft paper backdrop in black crayon. The others were so cleanly going back and forth. I, of course, scribbled black in crazy circles. I wasn't particularly well liked to begin with and boy, did they let me have it! Well, my lines are pretty even these days, gang. 😆 #reminiscing #coolgrey #coloringnight #cobrakaifan #waxon #crayonjoke

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 19 ❄ Astoun

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 19 ❄ Astoundingly, the kids didn't go out to play in what turned out to be more ice caviar than snow. They built blanket forts and played video games all day. I had a easier morning and got a bit of client work done. 🍞 I experimented with my cast-off refrigerated leftover dough from the king cake and discovered that it's best to keep the dough as cold as possible while trying to form yeast hamentaschen or they completely fall apart. Still tasty though. 🖍 My aunt called to continue reading with the kids at bedtime. I colored. I'm unsure of the colors for this set, so I'm swapping between cards to try and help keep them consistent. 🌸 #makingtimeforart #prismacolor #floweringtrees #stillwinter

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 18 🧺 Today

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 18 🧺 Today was much like yesterday except the house cleaners came this morning and cleaned around the kids in class and spouse on deadline. I cooked dinner around picking up my car after hours. I left it for the family and secretly took my plate to the monthly meditation Zoom with my synagogue. I kept my camera off until I'd finished eating. Didn't want to be rude as I'd already arrived late! 🧘‍♀️ Didn't leave much time for the project tonight. I did client work after meditation and then a wind-down episode of Cobra Kai. But I did finish the color on one card and the tree trunks on two more. 🌳 School is already canceled for tomorrow. Even virtual. Since the house is clean, the kids are guaranteed to repeatedly track in mud and ice throughout the day. ❄ #snowday #treetrunks #isitfridayyet #ohwell

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 17 🤪 Back

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 17 🤪 Back to the hecticity. Is that a word? Today was another day where I start something, it gets interrupted, then te interruption gets interrupted, rinse, repeat until the thing I started with at 9am finally gets finished at 4pm and it should have only taken a half hour. Luckily most of the vertigo is gone. 🍎 New bell schedule for the kids today in advance of concurrent school starting in March. Spouse is uninterruptable on deadlines. Found another dead mouse on the deck. Car is fixed but there was no time to get it. 🃏 Amazingly a Mardi Gras king cake takes very little hands on time to make and tastes like a stuffed, frosted challah. Alas... we didn't plan ahead on dinner so frozen burgers. Getting tired of frozen turkey burgers. Hopefully the house is tiny enough for the cleaners tomorrow! The chaos will continue. 🖍 Started coloring the Week of Tiferet while waiting for the kids to fall asleep. Tiferet is harmony and balance. I could say it's ironic but I'm striving for the balance so perhaps it's timely. I'm using flowering trees for the main representation. 🌳 #theusual #hectic #harmony #bakingandart #trees

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 16 💫 Still

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 16 💫 Still a little dizzy and fuzzy but getting better. Which is good as I haven't exercised since I fell on the ice and ought to get back to it! We dropped my car off this afternoon to have the battery replaced. 🌧 Another wet cruddy day but the weather isn't bothering me like it used to. I like the excuse to hibernate. The rest of the family is cranky. Started a new king cake recipe for tomorrow. It's supposed to rise in the fridge overnight. Guess we'll see! 🖍 Week of Gevurah is colored and waiting for ink. I think it's best for me to ink during the day when I'm less likely to screw up since I haven't picked up the pen in months. Picked the base colors for Tiferet. Started thinking about whether or not I'll have to redo Chesed because of the glitter. I should start scanning those and see. 🎨 #week2 #standingstones #coloring #ontothenextone #microblog

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 15 Happy Vale

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 15 Happy Valentine's Day! 💜 Still a little dizzy and fuzzy but nice to have a slower weekend to catch up on laundry, bills, letters, and such. Piano lesson and Girl Scouts today as well. ⏰ I'm finding that the trouble is not a lack of time but a lack of uninterrupted time. It's the constant switching that's mentally exhausting such that the simplest tasks can take hours to complete because they're not completed in one chunk of time. 🖊 #backtothedrawingboard Since I had to re-lightbox the piece I ruined* last night, I also finished boxing the week of Netzach. I'm doing the corresponding pieces of Malchut at the same time. So now I have my next 2 weeks transferred and ready for color. I was hoping to be able to ink today but not yet. *Husband likes the piece as a stand-alone though it's inconsistent with the set. 🍕 Tonight we're having our traditional Valentine's dinner of pizza and, hopefully, donuts. I hope you are having a good day! 🍩 #valentinesday #lightbox #twostepsforward #create #100daysproject

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 14 I killed i

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 14 I killed it. It doesn't match the others in the group and it's over-renderered. I must have target fixated on failing and I don't even want to post it tonight but this is about accountability. I guess it will be better next time. Another problem with failing on a schedule like mine... you literally do lose sleep over it. 😠 #screwedup #goingtobed

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 13 😵 Still

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 13 😵 Still have vertigo. Luckily it's mild but good thing I don't have to go to an office! My car battery is dead right now so I can't drive anywhere anyway. Worked a long day for the client to make up for yesterday. More spousal friction at what should have been dinner time but wasn't. I lost my temper. 💜 Son's teacher popped by everyone's homes after school like the Valentine's fairy delivering the bags I made and two other moms filled with the whole 2nd grade class' valentines. The parents dropped the Valentines off last Friday. I think it was a lot better than the usual class exchange. There were happy emails tonight. 🖍 Only a little coloring tonight and left unfinished. I'm too tired and cranky and this one is intimidating because it's a visual memory and I want to get it right. Long ago on a night in the Bahamas, I walked on the cool sand with a boy. There was a storm out at sea even though the sky overhead was clear and full of stars. Lightning flashed on the horizon and the wind rattled the palms. "You've sunburnt your lips," he'd said. It was more than half a lifetime ago. 🌩 But that story doesn't make sense with Hod in Gevurah. The image does, though. It is sometimes translated as Humility in Discipline. I chose another translation, Splendor (or Glory) in Strength. 🪨 #longago #beachatnight #splendor #notfinished #valentinesday #100daychallenge

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 12 In the las

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 12 In the last week + that I have been microblogging my accountability, I have become more aware of all the little challenges and obstacles I hit on a daily basis. No wonder I'm tired all the time. 😵 Today, well, I woke up with vertigo and had to take most of the day off to lie down. I did my work meetings in that posture too. *sigh* At least I'm not stuck as a kitty Zoom filter. 🍲 By 5pm I was right enough to slowly cook corn chowder for dinner. Picky eater son actually ate it! Win! Husband grilled chicken too. After dinner, my aunt read to the kids via FaceTime while I hosted my Rosh Chodesh Zoom. I miss meeting these ladies out for dinner. 🖍 Afterwards, colored. This was one of the cards I'd started last spring and it seems I'm doing things a little differently now and it got overrendered. I'll sleep on it and maybe I'll like it more tomorrow. One more full card to color in Gevurah. 🌒 #vertigosucks #100dayproject #roshchodesh

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 11 Another lo

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 11 Another long day. 🪟 Because I was up late last night, the guys came back early this morning to finish the window flashing. #murphyslaw 📜 Long story short... it's been another of "those days" where stupid little things tripped me up and everything got in the way on the way to get in my way. Ok that didn't really make sense. The details are too ridiculous. ✏ Anyway, I got to the drawing table at midnight-thirty. Doing nothing is not an option. I light boxed two more cards in #netzach while listening to Sheila Chandra and the wintery mix on the roof. Now please excuse me as I'm short on zzzzzzz 🛌 #notenoughhoursintheday #shouldbesleeping #sheilachandra

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 10 is brough

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 10 is brought to you by the color #chartreuse and Mike Oldfield's Voyager album. 🪟 Today was soooooo long and crazy. The crew did arrive up at 7am to install the new windows and those guys hustle! We had a slider replaced that required them to build the wall back out to meet it. They finished after sunset but have to return Saturday to finish the flashing. Luckily it was warmer and dry today. 🖥 I usually try not to do client work on Tuesdays since I am part time but the fires from yesterday were still burning. I wasn't able to do much more than put them out while juggling the window crew and keeping the kids out of the way. 🧀 Lunch for the kids was a picnic on the upstairs landing. Dinner was take out tacos. Bedtime was reading from King Arthur. I finally got to the drawing table at 11pm ✏ A wise woman once told me that no matter how crunched for time you think you are, if you suddenly find yourself with a free day, you'll often discover that on that free day, you've only worked the same amount of time as you're usually able to do. That's actually turning out to be true. That is why you make the time. That wise lady has published over 367 books. 🖍 Coloring tonight took me through every single stage of "omg I've screwed it up!" But I came out the other side and like what I did.*phew* #didntscrewitup #amcoloring #voyager

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 9 🌞 Ahhh M

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 9 🌞 Ahhh Monday. It's so much fun when husband's client is on fire at the same time as mine and the kids have an asynch day. Crazy as it was, we all hit our marks. Dinner was burgers, fries (husband makes the best fries!) and Monday salad with the baby arugula microgreens from PJ we planted last week for Tu BiShvat. 🌱 After dinner, we pulled down the blinds since the new windows are due to go in tomorrow. I hope. I finished my last bit of client work, then drank hot chocolate with schnapps while watching an episode of Cobra Kai (which is surprisingly good so far) then I made a wee bit of time to color. 🖍 These are the last of the Gevurah rocks but it's Gevurah in the week of Malchut, the final week. Malchut was tough to work out but I'd finally settled on crowns made of the other symbols. If you know Hebrew letters, I'm using Shin for the crowns. This is the letter Sin, however, because Gevurah aligns with the left. 🪨 #sometimeisbetterthannotime #busyday #gevurah #stones

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 8 This mornin

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 8 This morning the kids had religious school and I had my Mussar class. Afterwards, they went out to play in the slush. ❄ I light boxed 2 cards from Malchut and did a little more colors in Gevurah. I'll talk a little more about these words later stay tuned. 🍕 We made home-made pizza for dinner and sort of watched the superbowl while I set up the newsletter for my Rosh Chodesh group. The month of Adar begins Thursday night. #sundaysnowday #kindachill #accountability

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 7 Saturdays a

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 7 Saturdays all structure falls apart except for the daughter's piano lesson. The husband slept until noon, we plotted out a summer rental for June and then and I got MOMed all afternoon. 👩 I did finish light boarding the half and a whole card from last night. After dinner, my aunt facetime-ed to continue reading Last Unicorn to the kids, so for better or for worse, I dove into color tonight. 🖍 #likeridingabicycle #coloredpencil

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 6 It's been a

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 6 It's been a day. Ok It's been a week. Yeesh, who am I kidding? 🍴 Today involved client annoyance, meetings, and assignments with today's start date but end dates of January 27th, spousal friction, and kiddo-load also including class valentines and virtual Girl Scouts (yes cookie sales are open. DM me if you're in the US and need a 🍪 fix 😆) ✏ I was finally able to make time for the project starting at 11:30 pm. I don't want to think too hard at that hour so it was light boarding tonight. Transferred two and a half cards. Yep, a half. 😴💤 #thatsalligot #isittheweekendyet ?

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 5 Well... my

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 5 Well... my arm works. Sore but serviceable. 😁 ✏ Here's a thought for today: Do not underestimate the power of momentum. Or how hard it is to get back up to speed after almost 9 months away from a project. Oof. 🪨 I matched the colors to what I'd done last spring and started delicately coloring the stones on these two in #gevurah. Of course it took too long because it takes a while to get back to cruising altitude. I remember how to do this, right? ✈ AND I'm afraid if screwing up and having to start again. Not sure why I have that fear. These are small enough and they've been light board transferred so it wouldn't be a big deal. I mean... I redid two of Chesed last spring when I decided to move the text to the bottom, sooo it would be annoying but not a big deal. Sometimes I don't get me. 💡 Anyway, I figured I should also try and light board at least 1 more card per day until all 49 are transferred. So I did that too. Was a good distraction from my fear of screwing up the coloring. 💪 So guess what I didn't do today? No exercise or client work. Partly because I had to do a lot of kiddo-load. Guess I know what I'm doing tonight while listening to our bar mitzvah planning orientation. Hint: it's not gonna be exercise. Don't get excited, the first one is still 3 years off. #uptospeed #momemtum #fearoffailure

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