Preparing for the upcoming holiday season with my dysfunctional family part 2: some tips for grounding and gratitude to help keep a clear head.

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/preparing-for-my-dysfunctional-family-holidays-pt-2-grounding-and-gratitude/

Ah, good. Joe has agreed to let me teach him to ground when he is angry. Finally. This is a great day for it, because it means I get to practice and refresh this skill on such an appropriate day in history.

And spreading my name as a local artist. That too. Trying to get locals to google my name and swing by my website where I have my agenda splashed all over it is intentional. Might find ways to get my voice a little louder, locally.

I'm so disappointed in myself. I know exactly what I'm going to end up doing. I'll keep doing the exact same thing. Working on de-escalation and educating people. Probably to the point that I end up relenting and taking back Joe and seeing our conversations as "practice". Especially the part where I teach him critical thinking without insulting his intelligence.

Me and Freddie are just gonna sit and pray to Bast for a crazy cat lady win.

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/how-i-am-preparing-for-the-upcoming-dysfunctional-family-holiday-season/

The other 10% whiskey/cocoa lol

If you are what you eat, I am 90% spaghetti O's with "meatballs".

Also, honey flavored whiskey in instant Abuelita coco = fuk yah.

Part of why I've been scarce the last couple of days is Joe is spouting off "I love you". In response to a couple of things including when he confessed to having the new roomate spy on me and I replied with, "Duh." These "I love you"s do not follow apologizes, or acknowledgements of any kind. And they are making me FEEL. Both rage and compassion, and fuck him for both. This stupid Persephone bit, the eternal cycle, I hate all that I express with it.

#art Linocut advice, please. Ok, so I did a little soft rubber carving, but didn't like how crumbly and super soft it was, so I finally got my linoleum blocks. But they are grey. I trace my art in graphite and rub to transfer onto a block to carve, but graphite is grey. Will china marker work? What do y'all use?

Know what I love about Joe the Republican Trump supporter? He refuses to register to vote 'cause "that's how they get you for jury duty". :)