My namesake Patricia is hard on dolls. After she reduced the doll I made for her when she was two to a broken wreck I gave her the same sized plastic doll. Soon it was missing limbs and its vinyl hair was a mass of frazzle. She currently has no doll. I decided to try again. Tomorrow, October 30 is her birthday. After I went to the temple and did a few other tasks I stopped by Hobby Lobby and used my 40% off coupon to purchase the only cloth body doll on display. I picked my paintings up from SCERA. When I reached home I sprayed the muslin doll with a paint solution except for the eyes which I blanked out with tape. After drying the doll I sewed on pieces of blonde wig. Then I made a face with permanent marker. I've found that it is best to use permanent marker because it won't crack off like paint and it can be renewed easily. After wrestling futilely with my sewing machine to make a simple dress for the doll and sew together a skirt I had altered to fit my slimmer figure I went to Lucinda's house where I used her machine. I found that she had told Patricia that she would not provide for a family birthday because of some emotional displays, but that if someone else whanted to provide a celebration she wouldn't object. I invited Patricia to come to my house and make some popcorn with peanut butter gooey on it. I told her she could add the special ingredient, which in this case will be decorative candies. She was delighted with the idea and although her older sisters and her mother know I plan to give her a doll, she is thinking in terms of dinosaurs and other things. I stopped by the new UCCU office and it was quite a disappointment. The lobby area is stak and looks temporary. I was breaking a $50, trying to redeem a torn $5 bill, and depositing my monthly support check. I also filled my tank when I drove past the Smith's Fuel Center and saw that the price was one of the best in town, which combined with my basic discount would beat other offers. Tomorrow I plan to make a large batch of popcorn ahead of time, work on my portrait of Marge, and work on the encaustic 'Blizzard'.
This evening when I took my ketone and glucose measurements I was not in ketosis and my glucose approached 100. I believe this is due to a snack of toast and butter I had last night. It seems bread is worse for me than liver in terms of effect on blood sugar and ketones.
I ordered the pigments that will round out the pigment collection I have had for more than twenty years. I acquired the pigments from an art store that was going out of business because they were a very good deal. This means I won't have to mash up pastels as I had considered.
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