No Free Time?

if I can do it, I know you can!

@florelway I took a class at a community college and had art classes in high school but other than that I just watched videos online to see techniques. you can learn almost anything with the power of YouTube

@isweartokira did you have any formal training on painting?

@isweartokira My kids are helping me with the project. We're going to create one scrapbook for each year (we go to Disney a lot). We've been going every year since my daughter was born, so we have 20 years of memories (so we'll have 20 scrapbooks when we're finished). We've bought the scrapbooks, and the pages we want to put in them, and we've started sending all of our digital photos in to be printed (we have thousands of photos). We've also started writing down all of our fun memories, and figuring out what year they took place, and so our goal is to hopefully create a chronological timeline of memories from all of our visits. It's going to be a daunting task, but we're making good headway. It's fun looking at all the photos, because certain photos will trigger specific memories. The one thing I wish we could do, but we're not having much luck, is identify the specific room at the specific resorts we stayed at on all of our visits. I know Disney as an electronic record of all that, but we have no way to access it. For about the past 5 years, we've been pretty good at taking photos of our room and room number, but going back past that it gets kind of fuzzy. We've probably identified about a third of the resorts we've stayed in over the years, but as we keep moving forward with the project we keep remembering more and more details.

@moffittjc this is honestly such a cool project! I'm bad about taking pictures so I don't think I could properly record every visit like this. I wish you the best of luck remembering all the little details of your past trips :) will you share photos of the finished project?

thank you! I want to get better, I just haven't had the time lately to practice I hope you find time for your scrapbook idea (and I hope you share it on here when you're done), that's a very good project. even if you just set aside ten minutes a day to work on it, you'll have it done in no time :)

@isweartokira They are..They aren't always that easy to find though.

those are fun! I haven't done a paint by number in a long time

@snowy22315 maybe they sell them online? I've also seen a few at crafts stores like Michael's. I hope you find some soon!

@isweartokira Ooooo la la! I’m glad you are earning better money. Is it a cafe in Lake Worth that I would enjoy visiting - YOU?

thanks! that sounds very peaceful, I wish I had a little more time to read as well as paint it's nothing exciting, just working at a cafe. but the money is much better than what I had before and the owner seems to like me

@DianneN no, it's nothing fancy and it's still in my town, so it's a bit further from you in Lake Worth. but I plan on going back to the drive in theater in Lake Worth soon!

yes I've been super busy, but I like that I have more money coming in for a change :)

@isweartokira Yes. Money really matters. Good that you have a good paying job now. You can paint in your break time.

@arunima25 except I don't have much break time, that's what I'm saying

I feel rusty but I was never good to begin with it was nice to get a chance to paint again

@KityCat thanks, I'll do my best

@isweartokira your painting is actually good. Keep it up

no, there are others with much more talent than I, but I do like to practice to get better. but thank you

yes, jobs are the priority. I would also like to travel and read more

I also wish I had more time to read

@isweartokira have a good evening

thank you! I'll do my best

thanks :)

@isweartokira That's a good way to do it. Having money in the bank is definite peace of mind.

yes I've been saving everything I can! I keep about twenty bucks to myself in my wallet for if I really need something but everything else goes right in the bank

I understand, I definitely get my 10,000 steps in at work

@isweartokira That's good. Keep on walking if possible.

I'm trying! and thanks

@isweartokira

I have other hobbies too, but drawing is a big one for me :)

but that's why it's so fun! it doesn't have to be "perfect" because there's no such thing. look at abstract art, it's weird as heck but I bet it's fun because it's so random looking. and thank you

he took a great photo, I really enjoyed painting it! and thank you

that's awesome! you can write the books and I'll illustrate them