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TGIF! I can’t believe another Friday is here. Time is just flying by! Skylar is hosting a Mystery Giveaway on her channel to help her get to 1,000 subbies before she leaves Maine. And she is getting very close to that goal! Please subscribe to her channel and enter the giveaway for your chance to win a mystery prize!!! Since it’s Friday, I really need to get an eBay listing up tonight for Fabric Friday! I’d like to get it done earlier in the day, actually. I will put it on the top of my priority list. I purchased 96 yards of fabric yesterday and I need to decide what I’ll be using for this week. I want to split it up into 2 weeks worth or maybe even more. Thinking cap is on! And then there is all the cutting. lol Speaking of buying fabric, you can see me talk about that in yesterday’s Snippets video. You will also see me suffer immensely over popping balloons. It was fun for Skylar but pure torture for me! lol I also talked more about my plans for maybe having a toaster oven series and I’m getting such good feedback on that. Quite sure this series is a must do! The only thing that sucks about a toaster oven series is I won’t be tasting the food I cook for that series. We’ll have to judge the success of the recipes by how they look. Or I could upload only after my mother ate what I made and tell you what she thought, but that can be very tricky. She would not do it on camera (she hates cameras, because… vain) and if she knows I’m baking with a purpose other than to cater to her, she may decide she’s suddenly “allergic” to my treats and render them practically poisonous to her or she will just come out and say they are awful. Narcissists don’t like any attention taken away from themselves and my relationship with the peanut gallery is a threat to her. Instead of her being happy for me for having an online family, not taking part in food tasting or insisting my food sucks is a way for her to sabotage my efforts of a fun series for my channel. And that’s life with a narcissist. And since I’m on the topic of narcissism, here is another example of what I’m talking about. Skylar has been baking. On the first day she baked she offered my mother a muffin. My mother took it. Later I asked how the muffin was and she said it was very good, but she could not eat it (notice how she said it was very good but she could not eat it. It’s her way of stating that she’s above eating something that’s even very good. Good enough for others maybe, but not good enough for her). Said she ate a bit of it then balled up the rest and threw it in the sink. Wanted me to go look at it. I did not look. And we have not offered her any more of Skylar’s treats (I did not tell Skylar about the muffin in the sink). The problem with Skylar’s treats is that it’s something she and I did together and that’s a threat to my mother’s narcissistic supply. My attention was on Skylar. I am not to have anyone else in my life. No one. It’s funny how I feel compelled to talk about narcissism more lately. It’s totally because I’m even more aware of all the antics when Skylar is here. Skylar is my mother’s number one threat. And there is very little contact between them even if in the same house. The distance started as soon as Skylar was able to recognize that my mother was acting “scary,” maybe by age 4 or 5. Before that age, they spent a lot of time together playing cards, my mother would fix her breakfast, they’d watch tv together. Then Skylar started to become the target of a narcissist and that relationship ended. I really don’t even want Skylar around my mother much. I do, but I don’t, you know what I mean jelly bean? I’m very picky as to when they have contact. The mood has to be right. Okay, enough about that! I could go on and on… For more on my life with a narcissistic mother, you can check out my old channel Growing Up Crazy. Today, fabric. And maybe also some sewing. I’d love to finish up the matching t-shirt dresses that I’m working on. And yes, I’m recording those, not as a tutorial, but mostly just to let you see what I’m doing. And I think I’ll get started on the fabric now. Just need to decide exactly what cuts I want for this listing. Decisions, decisions! Have a great Friday! Darlene xoxo BE COOL -> Subscribe to my Youtube channel I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
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Happy Thursday! In two weeks from today I will be waking up alone. How completely lonely that will be. Being the odd creature that I am, I find it hard to even enjoy the last two weeks with Skylar because I completely dwell on the fact that it’s the last two weeks. But I put on a happy face for her and I’m sure I will for the peanut gallery too. Yes. Fake. Yesterday and got some stuff off my chest. Feels good to have some alone time with you. Today, for sure we must get Skylar’s giveaway up and running! It’s at the top of the list of things to do. Then I need to run to Marden’s for fabric, assuming I want to have a listing this weekend. Still on the fence about that. If I do run to Marden’s, I also want to run to Shaw’s right after to pick up some of the 14¢ corn. There is a limit of one dozen ears so I will grab a dozen for my mother and Skylar. And there should be some left for when Derrick comes. I just leave the ears in the husk and put them in the fridge and they last for several weeks. As for videos, for sure we must do Skylar’s giveaway, and I could finish up my Snippets video that I started yesterday. I will have plenty to add to that if I go out as planned. I also might be able to finish up the matching dresses. If not, I should get those done tomorrow. Have a great Thursday! Darlene xoxo BE COOL -> Subscribe to my Youtube channel I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
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Happy hump day everyone! Skylar and I survived the fireworks and parade! Now it’s time to just get back to crafting, crafting and more crafting! lol And I really need to decide if I want to do fabric again while she is here. If I do that, I need to get it today. We had a very busy few days with the 4th of July activities. We hit the Fireworks on Monday night, then we got up early to watch the Parade on Tuesday. Today we get to kick back and relax! I’m still in shock that Skylar only has 2 more weeks here. I was so sure I booked her trip for longer. But it was just 5 weeks, not 5½ like I planned. Now I feel like I’ve lost those few precious days! I will be booking my trip soon to visit her in October. That will make me feel better. And for sure I’ll be throwing myself into my work after she leave to lessen the blow. Not sure what we will be doing today. We want to get Skylar’s Giveaway up and running, so there’s that. Please subscribe to Skylar’s World so you don’t miss out! I’m also recording the making of Skylar and her mother’s matching mother/daughter t-shirt dresses and I might get that done today. I’d still also like to record Skylar’s stats on her channel. I think she might really enjoy recording that. No promises. It’s hard to know what she’ll be in the mood for. I have not done a Snippets video for a bit, so I might want to record one of those too. And maybe we will go out today? Again, just not sure. If we do go out, I’ll take you with us! And I just noticed I hit over 18K during the night! Thank you to all of you who have subscribed! I love my ever growing peanut gallery!!! Have a great Wednesday! Darlene xoxo P.S. Exhausted. Just am. BE COOL -> Subscribe to my Youtube channel I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
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Happy Tuesday! It’s the 4th of July and I’m up early so I can be ready for the parade. Our lovely parade. lol It’s usually so simple that it’s comical, but fun just the same. I had a bad night last night. Since I’ve been eating a diet based on meat only (7½ months so far), I have only had any kind of indigestion twice. Last night was one of those times. I tossed and turned and finally just got up to walk around a bit then I started to feel better. It really is amazing how much I can eat and rarely do I even feel full or uncomfortable. I have no clue where all the meat goes! Last night I ate at least a pound of ground beef just before bed but I added some sharp cheddar. It’s the cheddar that got to me. Had I eaten just the beef I would have been fine. And yes, it’s okay to eat right before bed. I eat when I’m hungry. I stop when I’m satisfied. Cave girl here. Skylar napped yesterday but then fell asleep on the early side. So she woke up during the middle of the night and I felt so bead because I was not feeling well. I see now that she brought all kinds of activities to her bed like beads, play money, other stuff. Looks like she entertained herself. And I remember her saying she was getting something to eat. I have no clue what she got. lol I need to wake her soon for the parade. Did I mention I’m tired yet? Don’t think so. Last thing in the world that I want to do is go to a parade and sit in the hot, bright sun. I can’t wait for bed time!!! Yesterday, I did get some videos uploaded. First, I uploaded Skylar Dyes My Hair which was actually recorded the day before. We had fun and the color came out great. And my hair feels silky soft again. I love the feel of freshly dyed hair. Then Skylar and I hit the fireworks last night. We were standing in the bathroom line when they started so we had to watch from there. We had a tree in the way of our view. But Sandy met us there and she grabbed my camera and recorded for me. I was happy to have the footage! And the ending was quite nice. You can see the fireworks here. I have no clue what the video will be for today. I’m sure I’ll come up with something. And we want to get a video on Skylar’s channel too… a giveaway! We’d love for her to reach 1,000 subbies while in Maine so a giveaway might just be what she needs to get there. She already picked out the prizes yesterday! Be sure you subscribe to Skylar’s World so you can get in on the giveaway! Oh, I do plan on recording parts of the parade, so that should be up later. I’m so sleepy right now that I can’t imagine doing much more editing than that. But we’ll see. Have a great Tuesday! Darlene xoxo BE COOL -> Subscribe to my Youtube channel I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
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