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Make Up Your Mind Weather!:

I mean that seriously! This past Friday, it was so warm, I was gardening outside with a teeshirt and still sweating just pulling weeds and prepping the garden patch for planting next month. Then, the weekend was filled with high winds, a couple okay storms and now we're back to snow and frozen temperatures as if that burst of heat never happened XD

I did discover that my hyacinths have survived this rather cold winter once more and so have a few of the pansies, but it does look like the large batch of pansies I had the past couple years has been near entirely wiped out thanks to weeds that popped up in late autumn last year. I do plan on planting lupine this year though and a few more sunflowers for the birds. It did seem to help quite a bit in keeping them for devouring the garden and leaving my vegetables alone.

Other than that, I'm still prepping a few last minute convention things and hopefully by the time I get there in about 2 weeks now, I'll be all ready to go. I definitely do expect to stumble and be very clumsy over the whole thing but practice makes perfect as they say. 

Still running a little short on funds this month, but who knows I may be able to make it up at the end of the month. It is pretty close and as discussed with current merch tier patrons on my Patreon, we've come to a happy and pleasing resolution due to me not being able to afford all the usual merch.

These last 2 YCHs are still also available from this month's YCH batch if you're interested. 

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Ch 6 pg 9

 

 

  

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Slow Going But Going:

With the temperatures back to rising up again, I have started walking the dogs once more in the morning. Getting that nice early morning sunshine and it's been pretty good. Still have quite a bit of work to do and still working on the catching up of it all, but I am making progress. Comic pages are currently just barely staying up to date, but I am managing them thus far with work as well. It will be another busy month and it's already day 10... part of that realization alone is a bit scary. I had hoped to have more cleared and done by today, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Patreon will also be updating soon as well. I've been working on some videos again too. Nothing too fancy and some broken down into shorts rather than long videos so I do hope it all ends up working out in the end as I go through it all. Bit by bit as they say. I should have the rest of the Sketches and WIPs ready real soon too since I held off on that. 

Lastly, this month's YCHs were released today and Patrons have nabbed up 3 of them already so there's only these 2 left, but who knows, someone may like them yeah? The little rodent was on a whim and it doesn't have to be a rat. 

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That sums up things for now and off I go this week to see how much I can get done. Good luck!

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Ch 6 pg 8

 

 

  

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Starting Fresh:

Before I get started, if you'd like to see the SPICY side of my artwork, from patron rewards to Parallel Rift universe OCs, be sure to become Patron and sign up to my Discord server. It's the only place I have my NSFW artworks!

Now, with a new month, I am back to using previous journaling methods to keep track of goals and endeavors. This method has proven to be the strongest in the past and after falling behind as I have thus far, this method appears to have proven to me that it is the most reliable to pull me out of these situations. And to prevent them from happening again. Of course, this journaling method doesn't always account for sudden changes but other than those situations, it will work out. I am to return to my productive self as I was at the start of 2024 where I was ahead for a solid 4 months! Record really.

The goal for this month is to once again, earn $200 usd. If you'd like a commission or simply to donate without perks from Patreon, be sure to check out my Ko-fi Commission offers for the latest deals, YCHs, and general character commissions. As a reminder, Patrons do take priority over other commissions so if you want to push yourself to the top of the list, be sure to check out Patreon first. If you have any questions or concerns, you are welcome to check out my Discord Server for updates and progress on current works, comic updates, and other life related updates. 

Alrighty, now that that's over, this past week has already shown progress in catching up to the list. Just a few more things to conclude and I'll be right back on track! My mum has also picked up her dog so I don't have the clingy lady stuck to me anymore either. I am hoping that with some hard work and pushing to my max a bit for the next couple weeks, I'll be able to either be on top of everything or even ahead once more. We shall see!

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Ch 6 pg 7

 

 

  

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Fire Festival and Dog Sitting:

This past week, we went to a nordic fire festival, which was a lot of fun. It wasn't huge like the Renaissance Festival we attend more in the autumn, but it was still worth it. There were plenty of wares to peruse, music, bonfire, and of course, my favorite, some weapon tournaments. It was only for this past weekend.

Now...starting off this week with dog sitting for my mum. Her dog Zoe will be staying with us for a few days so she can have a momentary break and figure out how to fix her computer after it was hacked. She's also been receiving some rather threatening emails from the hackers I assume, but don't know for certain, so ... yeah, fun way to end February hmmm....

In other news, I'm largely on deep work focus mode. Missing merch this month as well so will double up again in March to make it up. Wasn't my intent, but things just ended up spiraling a bit out of control and I did have a small existential crisis and winter blues mixed in. Not the best of combos, but after finally getting out a bit, I do feel largely better and ready to get down to the nitty gritty.

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Ch 6 pg 6

 

 

  

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Winter Ensues:

Nothing new to really report XD

We were supposed to have a huge snowstorm but it largely fizzled out. We still have plenty of snow but the actual harshness of a storm never truly hit. Just on and off snowing. Dogs love it though. I....not so much. I prefer warmer weather and green plants.

Anyway though, I have lots of work to do and have most likely fallen behind a tad, but still going to try to do as much as I can! I've also livestreamed a bit last week, and when time permits, will be setting up some videos again. So far, I'm definitely meeting my monthly goals in other areas, so now just time to catch up with the art itself.

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Ch 6 pg 5

 

 

  

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Updates!:

Vague title this time, but it's been an interesting past week. While some things went completely fine, despite the cold temperatures lingering here... we had the washing machine suddenly stop in the middle of laundry day. We're hoping it's just something that can be easily fixed, but if not, we'll have to get a new washer, which is not going to be fun. Though, given this washer's age, something was bound to happen sooner or later. Nothing keeps on working perfectly indefinitely after all. Other than that, the new fish tank is fully set up and doing alright. We had to purchase some medicine for the rice fish in quarantine. It's so hard to diagnose what's wrong, whether it's a parasite or wasting disease. Both have such similar symptoms. We're trying not to lose the last 4 adults we have to this....thing. Though, while at the fish store, I noticed they had ottocinculus in again so purchased a couple to help with my tank. I used to have 4 to begin with, but only 2 remained so I also felt that with a bigger tank, having 4 again, given they are social group fish, was a smart choice. So everyone is getting along and all seems stable and good. Still have several months before the tank fully cycles, but we've given it a jump start and that seems to be going well.

I did try a game this past weekend as well...and I have to say, I'm glad I received the game for free, because it's way out of my mental league. I only played for 6 hours, but it was difficult for my brain to handle the economic side of it. I'm sure it's one of those that you have to keep doing and practicing with, especially if numbers and commerce are not a forte in your knowledge pool, but it did become a bit frustrating. I spent 5 of those hours just in the tutorial stages and realized I wasn't even half way through the tutorial by then. That alone boggles my mind. Usually the longest tutorial I have that is right up front is maybe 10-30 minutes long. Most tutorials are spread through out in the games I generally play so when you come across something new or hit a new button, it explains it to you then. But 5 hrs and not even half way through? O.O I do feel like the audience of this sort of game is maybe on the small side. Not sure who would be willing to sit for days to go through all 14-15 tutorial stages instead of just playing the game on their own and attempting to learn as you go. 

Oh well. I gave it a good go though.

I can tell you, after that long on the same thing, my dreams were nothing but numbers and economics and watching little people go about their day XD

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