Last weekend I was face painting at Grizfest Music Festival in Tumbler Ridge, BC. I have been there every year since 2005! It is a nice weekend in a beautiful little town in the mountains. We get to paint and listen to great music while we work. We drive up there Saturday morning (three-hour drive), paint for five hours on Saturday and Sunday, and drive home on Monday. I always enjoy the trip – even driving through blinding rain and thunderstorms, forest fires, and snow – depending on the year.
This year Tom Cochrane was the headliner on Saturday (we ran into him in the lobby of the hotel!) and Simple Plan was the main act on Sunday.
On July 13th my crew and I face painted at Municipal Government Day at Muskoseepi Park (which had been rescheduled from June due to a massive storm!) This photo by William Vavrek Photography is of the line-up of people waiting for face painting. The City events at the Park are always busy!
We were there on Canada Day too. And so was William Vavrek Photography! I am too busy to stop to take photos so thankfully someone is there to take some!
Next weekend I will be face painting at the Debolt Festival & Fair on Saturday.
The weather has been really damp here – thunderstorms, massive rain. I actually put my furnace on yesterday as the damp was making it quite chilly and I needed to warm up the air in the house. Yesterday there were thunderstorms for 10 hours straight… one after the other rolled in. Everything is nice and green… but too wet to mow! On the positive side I don’t have to haul the hose around to water the garden.
In other news things are progressing – still dropping weight as a result of removing carbs and sugar from my diet, blood sugar is staying in the normal range and I am still receiving injections in my eyes to treat diabetic retinopathy (apparently it is working and once it it fixed the injections stop.)
This is of me in 2000 and me last Saturday. The change was really gradual, and in spurts due to various things. The big changes due to the diagnosis last December resulted in a 50 lb drop, which is continuing. I am assuming I will plateau once my body finds it’s preferred level as I am not dieting, per se, just don’t eat things I can’t.
I’ve reached the stage where I can actually shop in “normal” stores and buy off-the-rack large and medium clothing… and it FITS! I’ve never done that. When I was 10 I was wearing my mother’s clothes.
I keep ending up in the plus size areas – habit I guess. It is hard to look at things to judge size, but I am slowly getting the hang of it as I have to shop for new things every month I am getting lots of practice. I’m doing most of the shopping at Giant Tiger or Goodwill – no point in spending a lot when I’m going to be donating things in a month! I was searching for heavy leggings (heavy as they need to hold things in, like loose skin) and ended up at Bootlegger. I’ve never bought anything there before!
I culled my closet again and dropped off a load at Goodwill this week. I need to start making sure to wear all the things that fit, WHILE they fit. I get annoyed with myself when I pull out something I bought a couple months ago, never wore, and now it is too big to look nice.
I’m a little sad my Spider-Man and Hulk shirts are too big now. I’d inherited them from my brother Neil when he died. I’ve only been able to wear them lately. The Hulk is just hanging off of me and Spidey probably will only be wearable until the end of this month. I really love those shirts. I’ve been looking for similar ones but just don’t see them anywhere.
Oh, and this is exciting – I bought cheap sports bras (two for $12) in large, and they fit! OMG, they are so comfortable! There are some things you NEED a bra under and the only one I own is black – and that just doesn’t work for light summer tops! As I am less than an A-cup I don’t need much. One of the first things to disappear was whatever bosom I had (which wasn’t much to start with.)
This is 2013 vs this week … anyone interested in a medieval reversible bodice and blouse?
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