Friday, October 20, 2017

Celebrate The Small Things - October 20, 2017

 

This week, I inked my first graphic novel page by hand. It turned out pretty good.

I had to watch several YouTube tutorials on how to color it digitally in Clip Studio Paint since I haven't used the program in several months. It was frustrating trying to find specific functions, but I eventually got it. It's almost completely colored.

At one point I was watching a tutorial made by a kid who is probably in grade school or middle school! Wow. How the heck did he get so good at the program? I guess he doesn't play video games. Haha.

I went to San Juan Capistrano over the weekend. We went into a Native American shop where I found an ointment for mosquito bites. For some strange reason, a lot of people in my area are getting lots of mosquito bites including myself and my family. We are in a drought, mind you, so where the mosquitoes are coming from is baffling. Anyway, I tried the ointment and it actually worked! I put it on in the late afternoon and by morning, the itching was gone. Interesting. This is what I used:






In San Juan Capistrano, California we ate at a French restaurant for my sister-in-law's birthday. My kids tried escargot for the first time. I'm surprised they actually tried it. They liked it. They especially liked the garlic butter sauce it was in.

I wasn't able to avoid meat but I didn't eat red meat or chicken. I had a salmon salad and a couple of escargot. Not exactly vegetarian, but I'm taking baby steps.




The vegetarian dishes I made this week turned out pretty good. I made a Japanese pumpkin dish that I sort of messed up, but tasted good nevertheless. I also made gluten free pasta noodles with zucchini and mushrooms in a marinara sauce. We have to find a way to get more protein in our meals, though. It's a learning process. I admit, I'm lost. It's all so foreign to me having to change our meals completely. What I'm used to cooking is out the door.

I found a recipe for zucchini muffins that have 10 grams of protein per muffin! I'm looking forward to making that!

My Filipina friend told me where I can buy bagaoong in my area. It's shrimp paste which isn't really vegetarian I guess. Pescatarian maybe. I think most Filipinos eat it with rice and onions. I've had it a couple of times and it was delicious! I'm hoping we can buy it this weekend.

I hope you had wonderful things to celebrate this week.


Have a good weekend!
Check out the blogs below for your reading pleasure and please visit our hosts' blogs:
Lexa Cain: http://lexacain.blogspot.com/
L.G. Keltner http://lgkeltner.blogspot.co.uk/
Tonja Drecker http://tonjadrecker.blogspot.com/
1.Lexa Cain2.Fiction and Film
3.Writing Off the Edge4.Kidbits
5.TheCyborgMom6.Thoughts and Ideas from Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
7.Intentional Insights with S. Kelley Harrell8.Constantine
9.My Miracle Life10.Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams
11.Lara Lacombe12.TF Walsh
13.Life, Yoga and Other Adventures14.Suzanne Furness
15.Elizabeth Seckman16.Avalon
17.My Baffling Brain18.Planet Kimberly
19.Shah Wharton20.Victorian Scribbles
21.Tanya Miranda22.Ann - A Friend of Jesus 2013
23.Special Teaching At Pempi's Palace24.Square Pegs
25.Patricia's Place26.Anne Higa
27.My Antimatter Life28.Bouquet of Books
29.Lightravellerkate30.Curious As A Cathy
31.Glennie's Random Ramblings32.In My Own Words
33.Tamara Narayan, Author34.My Creatively Random Life
35.Yvonne Ventresca36.On Becoming a Writer
37.Decadent Kane38.Stacy Uncorked
39.Sharon Himsl--Shells, Tales & Sails40.Cloud Nine Girl
41.Our Simple Life42.Our Prime Years
43.Allison Bruning

Friday, October 13, 2017

Celebrate The Small Things - October 13, 2017

 

This week I finally started a Tumblr account for my web comics. I'm a little confused about how it works, though. Hahaha! I spent about an hour or more this morning trying to figure it out. It's getting clearer...I think. My Tumblr account is https://kimberlyrobello.tumblr.com/  I re-blogged images from other artists I like, but it doesn't distinguish my own pieces of art. *shrug*



I finished reading Sarah Glidden's Rolling Blackouts graphic novel. It documents her trip to Turkey, Syria, and Iraq with her journalist friends. It was an interesting and informative book, a glimpse into areas of the world that few of us are brave enough to venture.


My husband and I watched the documentary What the Health and are now freaked out about eating meat and dairy. This weekend, we are going to buy more vegetables, fruits, and legumes. Some former vegans and vegetarians that my husband knows did not recommend that we go vegan, but we are going to cut out meat as much as is healthy for us. I don't like meat anyway, so it won't be that much of a problem for me. I don't like steak and I'm happy to never eat chicken breast again in my life. I hate chicken breast! We ate it almost every day ever since we started working out at the gym eight years ago. It came to a point where I was thinking that I would rather starve than eat a chicken breast dinner. Our kids are pretty excited about eating more fruits and vegetables, too.


What will be hard for me is giving up dairy. I love milk and cheese and other foods that contain dairy products like CHOCOLATE. The grocery bill should be a lot less expensive though. We're looking forward to that as well.


I'm listening to The China Study audiobook and that has a lot of good information, too. My cousin suggested that I read it and I'm glad she did.


I started Inktober and posted my comics for the first time on the internet. It makes me feel like I'm moving forward with my career in comics albeit in baby steps.


This week I made an effort to be more active on social media since I need to establish a web presence for my comics. I commented on an art piece that one of my favorite artists posted on Instagram. She actually responded! I know it seems like a small thing, but I was jumping for joy. My favorite artists are like rock stars to me.


I hope you had wonderful things to celebrate this week.

Have a good weekend!
Check out the blogs below for your reading pleasure and please visit our hosts' blogs:
Lexa Cain: http://lexacain.blogspot.com/
L.G. Keltner http://lgkeltner.blogspot.co.uk/
Tonja Drecker http://tonjadrecker.blogspot.com/
1.Lexa Cain2.Fiction and Film
3.Writing Off the Edge4.Kidbits
5.TheCyborgMom6.Thoughts and Ideas from Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
7.Intentional Insights with S. Kelley Harrell8.Constantine
9.My Miracle Life10.Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams
11.Lara Lacombe12.TF Walsh
13.Life, Yoga and Other Adventures14.Suzanne Furness
15.Elizabeth Seckman16.Avalon
17.My Baffling Brain18.Planet Kimberly
19.Shah Wharton20.Victorian Scribbles
21.Tanya Miranda22.Ann - A Friend of Jesus 2013
23.Special Teaching At Pempi's Palace24.Square Pegs
25.Patricia's Place26.Anne Higa
27.My Antimatter Life28.Bouquet of Books
29.Lightravellerkate30.Curious As A Cathy
31.Glennie's Random Ramblings32.In My Own Words
33.Tamara Narayan, Author34.My Creatively Random Life
35.Yvonne Ventresca36.On Becoming a Writer
37.Decadent Kane38.Stacy Uncorked
39.Sharon Himsl--Shells, Tales & Sails40.Cloud Nine Girl
41.Our Simple Life42.Our Prime Years
43.Allison Bruning