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Eclectic Melsky
The strange and Wonderful world of Melsky
I'm practicing drawing on my Wacom tablet. This is entirely digital. It's not as easy as I would think it was! I mean it's hard and also seems to lose a lot when it gets saved - this looked much better when it was in my drawing program.
I'm getting over my cough and cold and now I have to start getting back to the gym. For a while my husband and I were going to the gym at 5:30 every morning and I had a set up schedule of cardio and weight lifting. Then we kind of tapered off and I got sick and we stopped completely. Once you get in the habit of doing it every day it's much easier!
I'm still working a lot, doing rentals. I'm trying to start painting again too. I'd like to sell my art again.
I'm getting over my cough and cold and now I have to start getting back to the gym. For a while my husband and I were going to the gym at 5:30 every morning and I had a set up schedule of cardio and weight lifting. Then we kind of tapered off and I got sick and we stopped completely. Once you get in the habit of doing it every day it's much easier!
I'm still working a lot, doing rentals. I'm trying to start painting again too. I'd like to sell my art again.
Fall is the most beautiful time of year! Even parking lots look stunning.
This is the painting I started working on last summer! It's watercolor, ink and digital. I got a powerful new computer and I am starting to work with my tablet. It's a lot easier to do now that I can make larger images without lag.
In other news, it's fall, I have a cold, I'm super, super, super busy at work.
In other news, it's fall, I have a cold, I'm super, super, super busy at work.
- 14:56 I just got my new gaming computer and am taking the rest of the afternoon off from work! #
- 07:50 I uploaded a YouTube video -- Imp is a bad cat bit.ly/ldkb3 #
- 12:03 I uploaded a YouTube video -- MVI 0731 bit.ly/H3rAI #
I haven't been writing, just been very busy! I'm still renting apartments and I have two buyers I am working with for houses.
The other day I was driving on my way to an appointment and I passed the house of restoman, and he was out front so I stopped and said hi! He was very surprised. It was nice to meet him.
I have also been on an eating and exercise program where my husband and I go to the gym every morning at 5:30! I'm seeing some results my clothes are loose and I'm getting muscular arms and legs.
This weekend I'm going to the Irish festival in Downtown Syracuse.
I have decided to start painting again after a long absence. It's been about a year.
In that time I started working. I started out as an office manager of a property management company, got my real estate license and now I am a leasing agent and doing very well. I like being on commission sales and making my own hours. But the hours have been very long! Now I am settling down a bit, and I've found ways to maximize my efficiency. I have been doing a lot of networking with social service agencies and since our properties are frequently occupied by people who are receiving assistance it's a lot easier to work with social workers than it is to work with their clients directly. I have learned a lot about how to manage my schedule and not deal with time wasters as much.
My job is still creative, I enjoy going to rentals and taking photos of the properties, writing about them, figuring out what needs to be done with them to make them rentable.
Anyway, I'm starting to have free time again and I've just found my painting stuff. I'm going to start with watercolors, since those are a lot easier to do casually than acrylics. I'm very excited to start painting again.
In that time I started working. I started out as an office manager of a property management company, got my real estate license and now I am a leasing agent and doing very well. I like being on commission sales and making my own hours. But the hours have been very long! Now I am settling down a bit, and I've found ways to maximize my efficiency. I have been doing a lot of networking with social service agencies and since our properties are frequently occupied by people who are receiving assistance it's a lot easier to work with social workers than it is to work with their clients directly. I have learned a lot about how to manage my schedule and not deal with time wasters as much.
My job is still creative, I enjoy going to rentals and taking photos of the properties, writing about them, figuring out what needs to be done with them to make them rentable.
Anyway, I'm starting to have free time again and I've just found my painting stuff. I'm going to start with watercolors, since those are a lot easier to do casually than acrylics. I'm very excited to start painting again.
Early this morning my phone alarm went off, I had it on vibrate. It was in the other room and I didn't need to wake up. I was having a very involved dream and half awake, I told myself that the slight buzzing sound need not interfere with my sleep so I went back to my dream.
The phone goes off every 15 minutes or so, and the next time it went off the people in my dream told me that I might not have a problem with the phone noise, but it was bothering them, and I woke up.
The phone goes off every 15 minutes or so, and the next time it went off the people in my dream told me that I might not have a problem with the phone noise, but it was bothering them, and I woke up.
I got a cold on the fourth of July and I recovered from the worst of it in a few days I'm still not better - I'm very tired and having swollen glands in my neck that are not very swollen but really hurt and ache. Yesterday I came home at 5:00, ate dinner and then fell asleep! And I didn't get up again until 6 in the morning.
Other than that I am doing ok, just working very hard on renting apartments to people (that's my job) and trying to keep the house clean and picked up. I haven't done any painting for a long time, I do want to start again at some point. I also read a lot and play with my cats. When did I get so boring?
I did just get back from Buffalo where we went for one night to go to a meetup from another site I am involved with. We did have great time, and my friend Michelle from Toronto met us there and then went back to Syracuse with us. After the Meetup we went to a bar called Cathode Ray's which turned out to be a gay bar. We met some nice people including one guy who was an artist who had lived in Wonder Valley in the Mojave desert where I used to live. It's rare to meet people who even know where that place is, let alone have lived there.
I'm trying to lose some weight too. I was doing really well, going to the gym several days a week and eating pretty good. Then we moved to our new house on Thanksgiving, and with the move, problems with the escrow for the house, and my stressful job I stopped going to the gym and started stress eating and gained a lot of weight. It's distressing. Before I got sick for two weeks I was doing great going to the gym and then bang -sick and tired. I've been eating better though than I was before. I just wish I could get my energy back.
Other than that I am doing ok, just working very hard on renting apartments to people (that's my job) and trying to keep the house clean and picked up. I haven't done any painting for a long time, I do want to start again at some point. I also read a lot and play with my cats. When did I get so boring?
I did just get back from Buffalo where we went for one night to go to a meetup from another site I am involved with. We did have great time, and my friend Michelle from Toronto met us there and then went back to Syracuse with us. After the Meetup we went to a bar called Cathode Ray's which turned out to be a gay bar. We met some nice people including one guy who was an artist who had lived in Wonder Valley in the Mojave desert where I used to live. It's rare to meet people who even know where that place is, let alone have lived there.
I'm trying to lose some weight too. I was doing really well, going to the gym several days a week and eating pretty good. Then we moved to our new house on Thanksgiving, and with the move, problems with the escrow for the house, and my stressful job I stopped going to the gym and started stress eating and gained a lot of weight. It's distressing. Before I got sick for two weeks I was doing great going to the gym and then bang -sick and tired. I've been eating better though than I was before. I just wish I could get my energy back.
I just finished a weekend project of cleaning and organizing my office! I should have taken before pictures.
The orange one is Imp and the grey one is Luna. Imp is naughty and Luna is a sweet kitty who purrs a lot.
Right now I'm taking a break from tidying up my house. I'm not cleaning it though because I have housecleaners now. I'm doing well in business and I'm very very busy so it is practical to have housecleaners. I used to have a housecleaning business so it feels like a real milestone to me to actually have them now.
I'm pretty much recovered from my operation now.
I'm making mahi mahi, brown rice and a vegetable for dinner.
My garden is in bloom and I've been making floral arrangements with the roses.
Today I went to the library and salvation army. I get almost all my clothes at the salvation army.
On the surface my life is kind of boring.
I deal with a lot of crisises at work. Bedbugs. Mice. Break-ins. The occasional murder and 1000 family dramas. I'm just a rental agent!
One time I went into one of our less pleasant buildings. A woman came out and started telling me "there ain't no children here!" and I said I worked for the property management company. She said that she had thought I was a social worker. I have to constantly remind myself that I'm not a social worker. I work with a lot of social workers, finding homes for their clients. But I represent the investors who own the buildings.
Right now I'm taking a break from tidying up my house. I'm not cleaning it though because I have housecleaners now. I'm doing well in business and I'm very very busy so it is practical to have housecleaners. I used to have a housecleaning business so it feels like a real milestone to me to actually have them now.
I'm pretty much recovered from my operation now.
I'm making mahi mahi, brown rice and a vegetable for dinner.
My garden is in bloom and I've been making floral arrangements with the roses.
Today I went to the library and salvation army. I get almost all my clothes at the salvation army.
On the surface my life is kind of boring.
I deal with a lot of crisises at work. Bedbugs. Mice. Break-ins. The occasional murder and 1000 family dramas. I'm just a rental agent!
One time I went into one of our less pleasant buildings. A woman came out and started telling me "there ain't no children here!" and I said I worked for the property management company. She said that she had thought I was a social worker. I have to constantly remind myself that I'm not a social worker. I work with a lot of social workers, finding homes for their clients. But I represent the investors who own the buildings.
I've sold houses before but only as a buyer's agent. So I'm very excited about this one. It seems really really cheap if you are used to California real estate prices. It's an actual cash-producing rental property, if you have a mortgage on it it should produce a positive monthly cash flow. In Syracuse you do have a much lower monthly payment if you buy vs renting, unlike a lot of parts of the country. For instance I bought a much nicer house than I rented, and our payment including insurance, taxes and mortgage is about the same amount, even though it's a 15 year mortgage!
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Playing with toy mouse
Originally uploaded by Melsky
Does anyone in Syracuse want a kitten? I would like to keep all of them but six cats are kind of overwhelming us.
I named the Orange kitten Imp. He's a mischievous little fellow. He likes to try and crawl up my legs. His sisters Luna and Lump are calmer.
Today we are having a thunderstorm. I'm at home trying to recover from my surgery. It's a nice day to stay inside. I just hope our power doesn't go out.
There's more kittens on my flickr page
Today we are having a thunderstorm. I'm at home trying to recover from my surgery. It's a nice day to stay inside. I just hope our power doesn't go out.
There's more kittens on my flickr page
I'm at home resting after my surgery. They removed a non-cancerous tumor the size of a volleyball from my uterus. They also removed a few other tumors around the size of golf balls. I guess uterine tumors come in sport ball sizes. I'm glad I didn't get the basketball size.
It was done via laproscope, so they make a big hole in the belly button and two smaller holes at the sides. They chop the tumors into bits and then suck them out through the belly button. This is sad because now I can't have the giant tumor in a jar on my desk.
The surgeon said it was a very hard operation and they almost had to make a full incision. That would make my recovery a lot harder.
I'm feeling better than I thought I would. My stomach is one dark purple bruise, and it's all swollen. It looks like a bowling ball! It looks like it would hurt much much more than it does. As it is I'm not in constant pain at all. I'm just a little sore.
They did somehow scratch my cornea when I was under anesthesia. It really hurt! That hurt much worse than my stomach. But it went away after about 12 hours. My throat also hurt a lot.
I had heard that they give you these disposable underwear at the hospital and that they are very comfortable. It's true! They are a loose nylon knit and it's like wearing nothing at all. They are super ugly, being large and white and looking like men's Y-fronts. But I would love it if they would make something like it in black or purple in more of a bikini style.
Now I'm resting and working on my web pages and catching up on reading. I'm not in pain much but I'm so tired and also dizzy. I can't lean over in certain ways and i have to be careful getting in and out of bed and I can't pick up anything heavy but other than that I'm able to do stuff. I should be back to work next week.
I am in bed with kittens! I will be posting more photos soon.
It was done via laproscope, so they make a big hole in the belly button and two smaller holes at the sides. They chop the tumors into bits and then suck them out through the belly button. This is sad because now I can't have the giant tumor in a jar on my desk.
The surgeon said it was a very hard operation and they almost had to make a full incision. That would make my recovery a lot harder.
I'm feeling better than I thought I would. My stomach is one dark purple bruise, and it's all swollen. It looks like a bowling ball! It looks like it would hurt much much more than it does. As it is I'm not in constant pain at all. I'm just a little sore.
They did somehow scratch my cornea when I was under anesthesia. It really hurt! That hurt much worse than my stomach. But it went away after about 12 hours. My throat also hurt a lot.
I had heard that they give you these disposable underwear at the hospital and that they are very comfortable. It's true! They are a loose nylon knit and it's like wearing nothing at all. They are super ugly, being large and white and looking like men's Y-fronts. But I would love it if they would make something like it in black or purple in more of a bikini style.
Now I'm resting and working on my web pages and catching up on reading. I'm not in pain much but I'm so tired and also dizzy. I can't lean over in certain ways and i have to be careful getting in and out of bed and I can't pick up anything heavy but other than that I'm able to do stuff. I should be back to work next week.
I am in bed with kittens! I will be posting more photos soon.
Everything is blooming. It's finally spring here.
My garden is getting overgrown and our grass needs cutting. I really enjoy all the flowering trees.
My garden is getting overgrown and our grass needs cutting. I really enjoy all the flowering trees.
The kittens are getting bigger!
I have been super busy at work, but today is my one day totally off. I don't have to leave the house and I'm not going to drive anywhere. I'm going to walk down the hill and take photos of a house that we have for rent and write some memos to my boss about properties I viewed yesterday. Mostly I am going to try to get this house cleaned up and organize my clothes. I want to put my winter clothes away.
I'm having my operation in 9 days and I want to get as much as possible done before then.