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Yes, I know I’m killing the mood on this whole drawing challenge. It’s tax week and I’ve been sick. Yuck. I spent a couple of hours today catching up.

Day 8 – Amusement Park

I’m not a fan of long lines, over-priced food, and sunburn. It reminds me of being a little kid and waiting in a line that seems to never end, only to spend 10 seconds scalding your backside on the metal slide before landing in a puddle. I’ve been missing my Draw Something matches with Don, so I drew this in that style, only allowing 30 seconds to draw the whole picture to get my point across. 🙂

Day 9 – Your “Spirit Animal”

Spirit animal? Like I believe in that stuff! If I were going to compare myself to any animal, it would be this one:

Day 10 – Hometown Memory

Grandad Bluff is the closest thing I had to a mountain when I was growing up. It’s a mesa that towers over LaCrosse, Wisconsin at a whopping 590 feet above the city, and 1183 feet above sea level. It was the backdrop to my childhood. I rode my bike all over the city, looking up and imagining what it would be like to be in real mountains. It’s where I went when I snuck out to watch fireworks on New Years Eve when I was 14. I “parked” there with a boyfriend. I took my out of town friends there on touristy trips, attended birthday and graduation parties there, and even climbed past the fence and sat on a rock (don’t tell my mom), dreaming about the day I would leave LaCrosse behind. Now I live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains – my dream come true – and honor the place in my heart for Grandad Bluff, the mountain of my youth.

Day 11 – Last request if the world was ending

Easy. My last request will always be that EVERYONE will come to know how much they are loved by God, and choose to embrace His grace and mercy as the sons and daughters they are.

Day 12 – What did you want to be when you grew up?

I traced the hard lines then filled in the details because I’m trying to hurry and get caught up on this challenge.

Imagine a red-headed Wonder Woman. That’s what I wanted to be. 🙂

Day 13 – Favorite Mythical Creature

I blogged once about living the mermaid life. You should read it. 🙂

Go check out the other mythical creatures doing this drawing challenge:

Don Hillson
Zoe Nowell
Bill Davis
GirlyGeeky
Free2B2Much
Notes From The Backseat
Niki Turner
Marilyn Quinsaat [posting on Facebook]
Kimmy Haines [posting on Facebook]

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Day 7 – Favorite Bird

Birds? I’m not a fan. Sure, they’re pretty and some of them have beautiful songs, but when I think of animals I like, birds don’t make the cut. Except for this one. 😉

Today’s challenge is for the birds. That is, the birds these folks drew:

Don Hillson
Zoe Nowell
Bill Davis
GirlyGeeky
Free2B2Much
Notes From The Backseat
Niki Turner
Marilyn Quinsaat [posting on Facebook]
Kimmy Haines [posting on Facebook]

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Day 3 – First Car/Bike/Mode of Transportation

Here it is, my very first car. It was a 1980somethingorother Dodge Omni. Be impressed that I know that much about it. My tomboyishness did not extend to being a grease monkey. I knew how to put gas in it, change the wiper fluid, check the oil, and that was about it. I wish I could tell you that my skills have improved.

I paid my cousin Scott $300 for this little beauty. It was dark blue, well, most of it was. The driver’s door was several shades lighter and there were MANY spots that were scratched so badly the red paint underneath peaked out. There was a sizable hole in the backseat floorboard – nothing a cookie sheet didn’t cover up nicely. It had more dents than smooth surfaces, but the bumpers were fully attached and all the windows rolled down, so I was happy.

I drew it with the hood open because that’s how I remember it the best. Yes, that’s a fan under the hood, only because I’m not sure how to draw a jet engine. It was loud! The squirrel is there because I was sure that’s what kept chewing the hoses up, and what was running the wheel to keep the car in motion. Even though my drawing is way better than the actual car was, it did get me from Wisconsin to Nebraska and back several times during my Sophomore year of college. When Benny and I got engaged, I sold my car to my step-dad for $300. Win win. 🙂

Day 4 – A Secret About Yourself

Um…ahem…I’m a terrible housekeeper. I know a lot of women say that then you want to smack them because they smell like furniture polish and you can’t see anything out of place in their entire house. I promise you, that is not me. I wish it was. It’s not just laziness or lack of caring, and I can’t totally blame it on having 3 children, or the fact that I homeschool and most of our day is spent at home. A small part of it is probably that I can handle a little dirt. All of my germophobic friends reading this are freaking out and thanking me for not inviting them over.

The irony is that I’m a great organizer. I could have my own Pinterest following based on my organizing tips alone. I’m just really bad at keeping myself organized. And I hate cleaning. I’m trying to train my kids to do certain jobs because I hate doing them so much. After they move out, I’ll have to train Benny. 😛

Check out the other challengers:

Don Hillson
Zoe Nowell
Bill Davis
GirlyGeeky
Free2B2Much
Notes From The Backseat
Niki Turner
Marilyn Quinsaat [posting on Facebook]
Kimmy Haines [posting on Facebook]

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I can not believe I’m doing this AGAIN. I must really like Don. This is my own fault. It was my turn to pick the challenge and I procrastinated. I will NOT miss my turn next time. I’m already two days behind. That’s about right. Ha! Don found this Challenge on the web somewhere and some of the drawings are going to be weird. You’ve been warned. I’ll try to include a few extras with my posts because drawing is not my thing. Storytelling? That’s me, so I’m going to do both.

Day 1 – Muppet

I’ve always been a frog person. Frog stuffed animals, knick-knacks, and posters cluttered my room well into college. And really, is there a more famous frog than Kermit? I think not. I wish I still owned this shirt. My daughter would love it! This is me and my college friend Mike.

And my drawing for Day 1:

Day 2 – Favorite Sport

This one was also easy for me. I’ve played soccer since I was about ten years old, but it was fast pitch softball that captured my heart. I got my first broken bone playing softball in the 7th grade; Just a finger and it didn’t slow me down for long. I had a blast playing in college with this crazy group of girls:

And here’s my no-frills drawing for day 2. Hey! I’m trying to catch up!

Don recruited other artists for our 30 day challenge too:

Don Hillson (Our Challenger/Motivator/Head Artist in Crazy Town)

Bill Davis
GirlyGeeky
Free2B2Much
Notes From The Backseat
Niki Turner
Marilyn Quinsaat [posting on Facebook]
Kimmy Haines [posting on Facebook]
Karen Haines (no url provided; will update)

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