Spring is Near

 Hiya~ I was sitting here thinking about the date and wondering when Easter is. Its probably my favorite holiday other than Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think its because thzy all have one thing in common and that would be family and great food. I just love children so that always makes it a plus seeing tham enjoying the treats and gifts that come with it. Its always so cute to watch their little expressions and acts of surprise and anticipation. I do enjoy going to church on Easter which I haven't done in awhile, but ut sure would be nice to go back.  

Part of the reason I bring this up is that my fiancé abd I were at Miners which is kinda like a hardware store and I saw the flower seeds. Mind you last time I planted seeds I was so happy that my Morning Glories sprouted and grew pretty good until the darn ants came and ate them all gone. I was so sad, I just couldn't believe it because they are poisionous. Go figure too and they were the only plants that they did eat. This time I'm Im going to p’ant Zinnias. I bought multi- color, purple and hot pink. Im going to keep them away from all the other plants and lake sure I spray for ants! I don't want that to happen again. It was such a dissapointment. On the package it said March to August so Im right on time. Maybe they will be big enough to maybe give one to my daughter. If not thats ok, she'll get one when they do get big and she will be so proud of me.

        Heres a picture of the ones I bought. 

They look so pretty! I hope they grow. Now I just need to get on Amazon and order them some food. I like to order Blooming from Miracle Grow. (I don't make money or recieve any kickbacks from you ordering there if you do.) Just thought I would share the link.

Yeah! I did it...I just ordered Blooming and some potting soil with perlite. My fiancé has plenty of pots for me to jse so I'm not concerned about that. O. A fantastic note, I just got to use my rewards points from my credit card and I had cash back. To my surprise I'm delighted because I've never have recieved cash back rewards before. To get to use them with this order at Amazon is a plus in my book. 

So tomorrow I have to drive all the way down to Santa Maria tomorrow which is an hiur away- Argggg! All because my banks are hopeless when it comes to customer care and transfering money. So needless to say I'm closing my account and moving my business to a bank that is more up to speed with todays customer. Our needs as thier customers need to be met or I'm not sorry, I will pull my business and go else where. I'm sure you would do the same. It costs me fourty dollars everytime to drive down there. That is just too mjch for my taste for a fee just to transfer money.

So we will do a little bit of grocery shopping too and thé cole back home because its expected to be raining all day too. 

Well, gonna go for now. Hope you all had a great day. When you get the chance if you want check out my new Pinterest. 

I have some great new pins and boards plus I have my Instagram claimed there too. It doesn't have all of them but a lot of good ones  I'm sure you'll like.

Have a great night ~B

Wedding Bells?

 Hiya, 

Here we are again. Wow, Im doing pretty good trying to stay on task with this. I told you I was definetly going to try. 

Oh guess what, not to take get off subject so straight away but I bought a walker treadmill like thing. Its so cool. A little smaller than a regular size tradmill and doesnt have all the bells and whistles of a treadmill but it sure nice. Here is a picture of it,

And yes I picked out a pink one. Just had to. It came yesterday and I brone it in and did thirty minutes of walking. Got me going too. A little bit of sweat and my blood flowing.  I felt a little bit more alive-lol. It really wssnt all that expensive considering what you would pay for a treadmill. It was a hundred dollars. I tbink that will pay for itself just in gym a membership I do t have to pay for. I think every woman should have one especialñy for stay at home moms or like me who cant walk on the highway and there really isnt anytbing out here to go and exercise or do anything fun for that matter. Small towns ard funny like that. 

Well, its been brought up again. The whole getting married thing. The first time we were going to do it he called it off because his son gave us Covid. That was a bummer because I had bought everything for it. Then I had my whole hospitol episode and the dress got trashed. My mom is funny, she said what do ou want to get married for? Just to call eachother husband and wife? LOL! 

I was on Shein one if my favorite online stores and I found real pretty whitr skirt and on Temu I found whote too I believe will go good with it. I think its probably better we keep it a little more smart casual then all dressy dressy as we cant really afford the rent a tux and what not. I think once I get the top and skirt together and make sure they go well, I will set the date so we can just go down to the courthouse and do it. We gave been together for over seven years and I cant really see myself without him nor anyone else being able to love of me the way he does. Thats the thing you know. To imagine anyone else being able to put up with my quorks let alone my disability. Having the patience and the compassion that he has for me. Thats probably part of the reason I have always called him my angel eyes. 

Irs funny but not really that I have become so dislexic. I have never had this problem before this disorder. I dont know if its the medication or the disorder. Im always hitting the keys right next to the letter I need. So it takes me that much longer to profread this because so many words are wrong. I think its the medication because it does say on the bottle that it does affect your eye sight and not to operate heavy machinery. My eye sight is already bad and it seems like my depth perception is off. I think its probably about that time that I get my eyes checked again too because I think my prescription could use some updating. 

Oh last night my boyfriend made the best crepes. They were all gooie full of cherries. They were so yummy I couldnt hardly stand it but I ate so much if them. He filled up the whoole plate full. Mind you this was a midnight snack after dinner. But i coulnt resist, would you? Next time were going for the apple cinnamon. Yummmmm. 

Hope all is well with everyone especially tbose of you overseas in Europe. My hope is that the conflict will cease and the families can heal. Im sure tbe children would sure appreciate that. I sure its hard being so close to them too and not feeling their pain or worry what else it could bring to neighboring countries. 

Anyhow, my good wishes to you all. Ive got to get off my butt and get to my walking and warm-up. I was also thinking of incorporating my Brook Burke exercise dvd with it. Do the dvd first which is about 45 mintutes tben walk for 30. That I will have to get really motivated for. Ha ha!

Take care everyone ~B

Fresh is always Better

 Hiya~ I feel so blessed to have good parents and especially a mom who is and has always been quite the health nut. My grandma was the same way. Back then my grandma always made everything by hand and never out of a box. She woukd make bread, tortillas, beans and lots of soups. Even during Thanksgiving, I never knew what Stove Top stuffing tasted lîke-lol. I never even had cold cereal until I met my boyfriend about seven years ago and Im 50.

For Christmas my mom always asks me what I want for Christmas and I never really kniw what to tell her. Its funny that when I want something I know but when it comes down to Christmas I never know what to say. She had mentioned that my sister was getting this box from Tally's Farms. It sounded like such a great idea. Where I'm at its a good fourty five minutes away from a grocery store. Here we do have the market but nothing like a regular grocery store with  produce department. We do get the food bank too and I do jave to say thank you to all the local farmers to all the donations because sometimes we do get nice produce. 

So this time when it came down to Christmas, I had to ask her if she would get us a subscription too. I thought if I sure to ask for anything that would be the best thing. She was so delighted I think that we wanted fruits and veggies, she said "sure!"

It has been so nice because now we get that box every Wednesday (which includes recipes) and we get food bank every Friday. Even the Buckhorn (the local resturant, bar and motel) gets their produce from them. Go figure 😆

 It really helps with him, me, and his friend on disability and his son not working. Boy guys sure do eat a lot too. LOL! 

Check these out.

I made these a cluple of days and forgot about them but I wantef to shw you because this is how I feel my brain is like. Kinda funny to thinl about bur not really. 

    AI picture:Brandy Renfrow

I pick up on so much stuff its crazy. A doctor friend of mine says Im just on a whole another playne.

    AI picture: Brandy Renfrow

A Poem for the Day

"The day is coming to an end,

the sun is setting on the horizon.

What a day it has been, full of laughter and friends,

smiling, enjoying each other's company.

Daily tasks were handled and achieved.

Not much more you can ask of a day,

to be happy and healthy, as well as family and friends.

I believe it would be called a good day."

What a year!

Hiya~ I don't know where to start. So much has happened. Well lets start out with the fun stuff.

I started making AI. I really cant believe my ownself that I'm actually good at it. I can make the girls loon so realistic. Its all in the prompts. Some of them I write little stories and others its about how you describe something or place. Often I sneak in a little math for the lighting like for a photography look. Im so happy tbat Im able to do this. I dont know if you realize how much it means to me. I used ti be really good at photoshop and my other art but niw I cant seem to get it anymore. So it was a real delight when I foynd that Im good at AI. They say that when a talent or sense gets taken away, God will bring you a new gift. Boy do I feel lucky.

    AI picture: Brandy Renfrow

    AI picture:Brandy Renfrow

I got to hook up my Instagram amd Facebook accounts yo my checking accounts as business and I even setup my DeviantArt to get tips. Im so proud of myself its awesome. 

Now for the real stuff. This gets kinda spooky. I should have known better but I ran out of my Abilify. I started I would say about two months of not having it I started to see visions of people and places in my glass stones and and like just appear, It was unreal it look so real. I was kinda getting freaked out. Then I started getting the feeling that my boyfriend and his friends were out to get me. So much so that I destroyed the room and left to my moms which was an hour away. I dont know how he stayed so calm with me. 

I went back home the next day but still I was not doing well. A little better but it kicked in again even harder and I barakaded myself in the other room and brine out the windows. My boyfriend called the police and they brought an ambulance and a psychologist. They took me to Marian hospitol and from there I had to go to Torrence for a 72 hour hold to four weeks. 

It wasnt that bad there. The food was the worst. I had three orher girks in tge same room as me so that was good. I didnt really get bored because there was quite a few people there. We got to go outside and get air and exercise. We had group, meds, ate three times a day and of course they took ojr vitals about three or four times a day. We were able to take showers there but I did have to wear those darn gowns. I had to stay there about eight days so they could get me back to being regulated. 

What a trio. I say, DONT EVER RUN OUT OF YOUR MEDS! I will nevzr mzke tbat mistake again. Good news though is that now all I take is Abilify 10mgs. and Mirtazapine 10mgs.  So that is my wild story. Hopefully that doent happen again. 

Im nit paintinh as much anymore but Iam thinking about picking one up. I have to be careful because my eyes are not that good anymore and its hard for me to see the small stuff. 

Whzn I find one I will ve sure to to keep ylu up on my progress. I forgot how much I love writing in this blog. Im goung to keep it more updated then I have been, I promise. Thats all for now~chat again later ~B

    AI picture: Brandy Renfrow

     AI picture:Brandy Renfrow
P.S. Hope you like my pictures. Go to my sites and there kis much more, even for download on DeviantArt for free!

I'm making AI

Hiya ~ Just a quick note for now and I will be back to add an update! So much has happened in the year it's crazy. I have become AI facinated and I'm good at it too. If you have the chance ho and take a look at my work, you won't be dissapointed.

    AI picture:Brandy Renfrow

Here is where you can find my AI:

Brenfrow01@Instagram

Brenfrow01@deviantart.com

My email: renfrowbrandy@gmail.com

I have so much to tell you about my AI,  holidays, my terrible but good experience having to go to Torrence and be hospitolized and about me getting my meds back on track. 

Will be back tomorrow.

~B