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[luanneclatterbuck]

When Iggy passed, I I grief bought a bunch of supplies to make a Bob Ross painting. I’ve watched him my whole life and have always had an itch to paint along with him, but he used oil and I’ve only ever used acrylic. I bought the bare minimum and followed along with an hour long tutorial that was taken from a mail order videotape. My canvas was much smaller than his so I couldn’t get any of the foreground and most of my brushes are intended for use with acrylic paint, and I wound up making it too symmetrical… but mannn… it was so much fun.

About an hour and a half of trusting his process, I wound up with my first oil painting and I love it so much.

Pedestrian? Yes. Fun and pretty? Also yes.

#I learned a lot and know what changes to make for the next one #but I’m also super proud of this and love it so much #art therapy

[luanneclatterbuck]

Picking up iggy’s remains was… goddamn this is all still so painful.

I was being nice and stoic until the vet asked me how I’m doing. Then I lost it.

Now to take my first walk alone.

#iggy #pet death

[luanneclatterbuck]

Lover Come Back with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, and Hamburger Painting.

Best Columbo cameo so far. 👆

It’s like a mid-century Hollywood visual wilhelm scream for me. I love finding it.

#I will continue taking pics of my tv screen because I don’t care #stay tuned for more hamburger painting cameos

[luanneclatterbuck]

I just got the voicemail from my vet saying iggy’s ashes are ready to be picked up. One more heartbreaking thing I have to do alone.

#pet death

[luanneclatterbuck]

A. FOOD.

Grape Nuts, 1917

Theme Week: Mothers 🌹

#I fuggin love grape nuts

[luanneclatterbuck]

@mathcat345 Thank you! 😁 my go-to seasoning is usually Lawry’s salt, but every once in a while I’ll break out the Old Bay. Now if they ever made a Lawry’s goldfish I’m in trouble ;)

[luanneclatterbuck]

Turns out my not-original-but-probably-1960s-ish kitchen cabinets used to be painted mint green. Now I’m thinking of painting them something more fun than white (and really just wishing they were mint). 👆

These are my new favorite snacks and I HIGHLY recommend them. Especially those fish. 👇

I had a GREAT first word in Scrabble. The kid did not appreciate it as much as i was proud of it.👇

This past weekend, the kids and I did a (mostly) fast food biscuit taste test à la GMM. KFC, Bojangles, Popeyes and Cracker Barrel. We all had different faves but CB was the big loser (the pale ones on the right). 👇

On May Day, my boss won some flowers in a May basket in a lunch raffle. She gave them to me since I’d just lost Iggy and she said I needed them more than she did. They look great in a pot on the coffee table on my porch. 👇

In my quest to revert back to dumb everything, I’ve dug out my watches and will get the batteries replaced. Once my Fitbit dies I will not be replacing it with another smart device. The first watch is my mom’s old Citizen from when I was a kid. The rest are Anne Klein and Citizen watches I either bought myself or earned when I sold fine jewelry in my early 20s. 👇

[luanneclatterbuck]

It’s spring

#my favorite

[luanneclatterbuck]

Finally, a good reason to cry good tears. My kids are amazing and I love them so much.

#vague on purpose but just believe me here

[luanneclatterbuck]

As I was filling my work water bottle just now I thought “who would even know if I filled this with wine?”

#it’s one of those weeks…months…years…

[luanneclatterbuck]

“Yes, but I don’t have the problems normally associated with prettiness because when I was younger I looked like Ed McMahon.”

-Daryl Hannah, “Crazy People”

[luanneclatterbuck]

This tree stopped me dead in my tracks on one of my walks last weekend and I’ve been thinking about putting one in my backyard ever since.

There are ten trillion pictures of flowering trees to the point where they sometimes seem trite and overdone. But then you see a tree in full flower and go holy shit this rules and I've gotta show this to everyone so they can experience the same magic and wonder and there are ten trillion and one pictures of flowering trees

[luanneclatterbuck]

Aaaand I just remembered today would have been iggy’s 13th birthday.

#guess the healing will have to wait a little longer

[luanneclatterbuck]

One last step in all the biggest, worst Iggy steps - the kids coming home from their dad’s to a house without a dog.

There will be more crying.

Then… hopefully some healing.

#this wound is so raw and I hate it so much

[luanneclatterbuck]

Color palette, David Fullarton

#these all sound like insults spoken by columbo villains

[luanneclatterbuck]

I had some unappetizing leftover frozen pizza and no appetite, so I’m doing a hot sauce taste test/flight. And my milk has turned, so…

#gotta do something I guess #this will take up some time I guess

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Two goose roofin’

#edit - I’ve been alerted that someone else made a very similar post recently #I don’t follow that one and didn’t see it #but props to getting there first - dang it