4th April - A day of painting

 Today I was up early, despite it being my day off, because I went for breakfast with a friend of my mum's. Lovely lady and it was nice to have a good catch up with her. The breakfast was nice too. If anyone is local to me, I recommend Dolly's, especially for breakfast!

We came home and I checked my Rebel Journal definitely had everything I wanted to include for the month. I had missed out a few things so that's up to date now. Hopefully. It's probably gonna be quite fluid though in case plans change. This Thursday for example. I think I've put stuff down to do after work, forgetting that I have a Cubs planning meeting.

Once I was all sorted, though, I decided to make a start on a painting kit I got myself with a birthday discount from Hobbycraft. I can't remember if it was the last birthday or the one before, but I'm 3 weeks away from my next one!! 😅

I'm going to put this towards my artist badge as the painting of a landscape. I know it's not quite the same, but this is my level of capability. I also already had this resource, I can't buy too much towards badges. I've already bought calligraphy books and plants so far.

This is the design I'm doing. I love the colours, they look really amazing and I'm rather fond of horses.

I find it amusing how as you paint one shade at a time, it just looks so random until the blocks start to fill.

This is how much I got done today while we watched NCIS. I had to down my brushes to go to my friend's house. I take her daughter to Cubs after her tumble class, but it was nice to see her boys too.

At Cubs, we played a version of Blind Man's Buff which is apparently Chinese in which instead of being blindfolded, everyone covers their face (we used Easter Egg shapes because it was the last meeting before the school break) and one person is chosen to speak. It was an exercise in recognising voices rather than feeling a face as in the traditional version.

Then we had an egg and spoon race using Creme Eggs (my team won!) where we also checked our pulse before and after, followed by making Easter cards and electric circuits.

So that's my day. Fire evacuation training at work tomorrow!

Five things...

1. My Cubs. They're a great Pack of young people and we had lots of fun. A few of them asked where I'd been as I missed the last two meetings because of my back. One of them said she hoped my back felt better. What lovely kids!
2. Painting. I might not be very good at it, but I enjoy doing it. It's nice and relaxing.
3. Breakfast at Dolly's. Forget Tiffany's, Dolly's does the best breakfast!
4. My bosses at work. I still struggle a lot with my back but my bosses are so good to me. They're reassuring and always help me.
5. Our Firestick. It's a bit first world of me, but I am grateful to have it for days when I'm off, especially when I'm off on my own. I put my favourite radio station on through the TV. Today we watched NCIS through Prime on the stick because it tends to work better than streamed through the Virgin