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Tudfwich P. Thompson

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:02:43 +0000

I was just going to show you my latest turkey that is one of the stars in my new ecards. Tudfwich P. Thompson. This is him here…

And this is him on a bad day…..

Anyway while I was thinking of names I remembered my alias that I use in order to travel freely and not cause a big stir. (Fame can be so taxing.) I thought I would offer my special system I used to create my alias in case you too want to go about unnoticed. Here is the formula so you can make yours…

1. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your NEW first name. Mine is B. Example: d e B i B= Doombah

a = snickle
b = doombah
c = goober
d = cheesey
e = crusty
f = greasy
g = dumbo
h = farcus
i = dorky
j = doofus
k = funky
l = boobie
m = sleezy
n = sloopy
o = fluffy
p = stinky
q = slimy
r = dorfus
s = snooty
t = tootsie
u = dipsy
v = sneezy
w = liver
x = skippy
y = dink y
z = zippy

2. There will be two halves of your last name. For the first half use the second letter of your last name: Mine is U. Example: hUbbs = Chuckle

a = dippin
b = feather
c = batty
d = burger
e = chicken
f = barffy
g = lizard
h = waffle
i = farkle
j = monkey
k = flippin
l = fricken
m = bubble
n = rhino
o = potty
p = hamster
q = buckle
r = gizzard
s = lickin
t = sn ickle
u = chuckle
v = pickle
w = hubble
x = dingle
y = gorilla
z = g irdle

3. And for the last step. Use the third letter of your last name to determine the second half of your new last name: For example: huBbs= boob

a = butt
b = boob
c = face
d = nose
e = hump
f = breath
g = pan ts
h = shorts
i = lips
j = honker
k = head
l = tush
m = chunks
n = dunkin
o = brains
p = biscuits
q = toes
r = doodle
s = fanny
t = sniffer
u = sprinkles
v = frack
w = squirt
x = humperdinck
y = hiney
z = juice

And now you see how I can go about without causing any attention.

Warmest Blessings,

Doombah Chuckleboob

Latest Obsessions

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:29:39 +0000

Latest Obsessions…

1. Planters 5 Alarm Chili Peanuts. I have been putting them all over my nonfat cottage cheese, my salads, and soup. And in between this I eat them from the jar and then lick the spicy dust stuff off the palm of my hand like a 4 year old would.

2. Easter Island Giant Statue… Need I say more? I just want this really, really badly.

Ok, so it is $995. That is the rub. Also, I kinda want a few of them. Which really sounds expensive. I have unrealistically decided I just may make them myself. Seems like I could make some huge ones in paper mache, add a bit of chicken wire, and then add concrete. Or? That is where I get stuck. What do you put on the outside? Stucco? If you have any ideas I would love to hear from you.

3. Mermaids. Again.

4. My piano. I am becoming a self-taught pianist. I was a bit down the first day or two when I realized I am not a prodigy. And reading music is HARD. Getting my left hand and right hand to do two different things is like tapping the top of your head with one hand and rubbing a circle on your stomach with the other hand and easing on the gas pedal, while saying the alphabet backwards. In Italian. But, I keep practicing, and after 5 days I can now bust out Jingle Bells. I visualize this Christmas I am going to amaze my guests with first having a piano, and second, playing it. I see myself nonchalantly playing tunes like Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirates Life For Me and Song from a Secret Garden.
And the crowd will go wild.

What do I do all day?

admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:26:30 +0000

What do I do all day?
Beats me. I do know most days start the same. I wake up. Then I mill around the house and eventually go upstairs to my office. I look at my list of things to do. Actually I have 2 lists. The Big List has the big ongoing projects on it.

Big List

Come up with 24 garden flag illustrations.
Blue Xmas line
Finish the forest line Canoodling for crying out loud you’re almost done!
Make discs and print sample copies of the Iguanas and Ponies for Timeless
Make the doctor appt.
Paint my bedroom, my bathroom.
Lay down the flagstone and get the little plants for in the cracks.

Here is a sneak Peak on my new Forest Line.(Canoodling.)

And then there is the Do This Today Or Else.

After looking at my lists I try to find something on them I am in the mood to do. These lists are currently whats going on around here. I may have removed a few things to protect the innocent.

Do This Today Or Else

Paint: Fox, Owl, Bears, Pine Cones, maybe a woodpecker or something, 2 red sleds, work on fisherman painting.
Walk at least 6 miles or bike or gym.
Lowes – paint samples for bedroom and get a dishwasher and plants and one pot for the lemon tree.
Stupid store and buy some stupid food.
Laundry and clean at least one bathroom, vacuum downstairs.
Make the doctor appt.

So I decide after reading my lists to go take a bath. I have some really cool bath salts with lemon oil in them. The bath idea probably happened after reading about the lemon tree needing a pot. While in the tub I’m thinking about drawing a fox for the forest line and then I get a brainstorm about a hen with a fox around her neck for a shall. “A Fashion Risk”. Har har! I keep a notebook and tracing paper on the side of my bath tub along with a few magazines and this really warped copy of A Midsummers Night Dream which I can never seem to get into even though one of my goals is to read classic junk. Anyway, I write down that awesome “Fashion Risk” idea to do later and then begin to draw some foxes and bears on my tracing paper. Yes, things get wet and warped if you draw in the bathtub but I’m used to it. I don’t want the bears too realistic but not too cartoony either. Next thing you know I’m drawing an alligator instead because I got offtrack and thought a hen with an alligator purse would be funny.

Out of the tub and I’m painting the alligator in the kitchen. I see a pincher bug. Also known as Earwigs because they go in your ear and eat your brains. This one is just sitting on the floor looking up at me like a jerk. Uhg. The bane of my existence! Every year they come around for about a month. And I begin my war with them. It also tends to start a diet because somehow I always find one in a bowl or like earlier this week in my dishwasher and I vow to never eat or drink anything ever again. This is why I’m getting a new dishwasher. If I ever consume one of those I will just die. I flushed this pincher bug down the toilet. Not to kill him but because I hear they like moisture. ha! Back to work. While the alligator is drying I remember I need to start drawing a few bears. I can’t remember if the ears are on top of their heads or more on the sides so I decide I need to look at some real bear pictures. And maybe a fox. I could go upstairs and look on the internet or I could just save myself a little time and go to the zoo. So next thing you know I’m at the zoo.

San Diego has such an amazing zoo. I don’t know why I don’t loiter there more often.

I got to see the Pandas while they were eating.

I love a good camel. More cute things.

Here is the extremely rare R.O.U.S. Also known as rodent of unusual size.

Oh look a reindeer!!! See right on track for my Blue Xmas line I’m designing.

A baby giraffe. Ahhhhh!

And an interesting fact about male lions. Just like some shady alley cat they spray things. Except they can spray you from 7-10 feet away. Here is a shot of one I took from about 40 feet away. Just in case.

Oh and a bad shot of some bear for my “research”. Looks like the ears are kinda set back. Not on top or the sides really.

Here are some Orangutans.

The highlight of my day today was when I met the most amazing girl. And here is Janey.

This zoo employee here who I met told me Janey was raised in a human family before moving to the zoo. She loves to socialize with the humans. She is beautiful and so intelligent.

I sat on the ground right next to this guy and became mesmerized. I was not 2 feet from her. Lovely. He played games with her through the glass. Pretending to put on chapstick.
She would mimic him. I could have sat with her all day and just hated to leave. Apparently she has a webcam and her own myspace page. Odd thing is I didn’t know she was also an artist. I didn’t know this until I just now googled her name to see if I could learn more about her. And the zoo sells her art and I’m 100% positive I will be buying something of hers when I’m done typing this.

Before I go to bed I try to make the list for the next day. My secret trick is to add things I did to it so I feel like I got more accomplished.

Do This Today Or Else

Zoo for research photos…..Check!
Paint A Fashion Risk….. Check!

Tomorrow’s list

Paint: Fox, Owl, Bears, Pinecones, maybe a woodpecker or something, 2 red sleds, work on fisherman painting.
Walk at least 6 miles or bike or gym
Lowes – paint samples for bedroom and get a dishwasher and plants and one pot for the lemon tree
Stupid store and buy some stupid food
Laundry and clean at least on bathroom, vacuum downstairs
Make the doctor appt.

What I have been doing lately…

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:52:30 +0000

Finished this…

Prevailing Poised Poppy Performers

And here is the lovely Piggy Longstockings. She is in all kinds of things.

And here is The Christmas Goose. One of the stars from my newest Christmas Line.

An Interview with Romancing Red

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:50:02 +0000

Just about everyone who is anyone has heard of the world famous rooster… Romancing Red.
How can you forget his famous layout in Mary Englebrieght’s magazine? I know I never will. Or how about the time he was all over the tabloids when he got caught in hot water. I was lucky enough to get to have an interview with him myself right before he took the Red Eye to Houston for his latest stop on his tour Oct. 30th.

What’s everyone crowing about?
An Interview with Romancing Red
by Debi Hubbs

Me…
“Red, (He insists on a first name basis.)
I can’t go anywhere without hearing your name.
Is all of this attention making you a little cocky?”
Red…
“Cock-a doodle doo!”

Me…
“Is it true Mary Engelbreit herself said she has never seen such nice thighs or is that just a rumor?”
Red…
“Cock-a doodle doo!”
(I chuckle here, he’s just so funny!)

Me…
I hear you are off to Houston, Texas for The Quilter’s Market to meet your 70,000 fans. And your quilt by Bigfork Bay Cotton Company will be displayed? I bet you are excited. (I start thinking maybe I should get a plane ticket to Houston…)
Red…
“Cock-a doodle doo!”

(Red distracted me here for a minute with that old joke: “How does the chicken cross the road?” For some reason when he told it, it wasn’t corny at all. (OK, I was blushing here. He is so romantic! A girl can dream can’t she?)

Me…
How would I , I mean, How does someone get one of your quilt patterns? Can I get one right here on this site?
Red…
“Cock-a doodle doo!”

Me…
I hope you don’t mind a personal question. What kind of chicks are you attracted to?
Red…
“Cock-a doodle doo!”
(Now I’m a bit mad at myself for not wearing that feather boa for this interview!)

Me…
Thank you Red for this lovely interview. Will you sign my poster?

Let’s just say I’m framing it!

This is where I procrastinate…

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:15:56 +0000

My office is one of my favorite places in my house besides my bathtub and my bed. It’s a happy room. I paint over here at this desk. I don’t normally draw here, I usually draw in my bed while I watch movies. (Such a hard job I have). After I’m done drawing I come here and paint. If it’s a whole day of painting then I will be all over the house. I’ll paint standing up in my kitchen for a while and over to my bed for a while. Watercolor painting in bed was a challenge but I have mastered it.

I collect frogs and you will see some of them here and there, most are gifts from people. This one in the hammock is pretty darling.

This shelf doesn’t really hold anything I use now that I look at it. Fabric. This cool lamp was from my grandparents house. The little castle has their name on it. I loved it when I was little and am happy it’s now mine. Actually, this lamp also became an inspiration for a set of vocabulary cards I did. I painted the cobblestones in pretty colors instead of the usual grays.

Some of my fabrics. I like to see them all folded and colorful. I don’t sew, so they just hang out here.

Some more of my fabrics. From this upstairs window I can see a neighbors yard. They have five (yes five!) horrible dogs.

I removed my closet doors. This feels warmer. Behind these curtains is a lot of stuff.

Two computers. I’m going to get a second 27 inch one pretty soon. I don’t like how one is all big and glorious and the other sits there with it’s feelings hurt. So in order to spare that injustice I will get another big one. Plus it feels so imbalanced.

Oh UPDATE!

My office looks quite different from above. Here are a few new things…

The new computer. It is wonderful. And it works perfectly with…

My new printer. Which means so long and farewell to my old printer whom I named Tricky Bastard. I do believe Tricky gave me at least 32 migraines. And possibly a tiny aneurysm.

I have an assistant who you may have already met…

She is still in training and is only in charge of naps.

July 20, 2010

Pebbles… The reason I am getting very little done this week. Having her is like having the circus come to my house. She follows me around and I in turn fawn all over her. What? Show more photos, you ask?

Naps… unfortunately not full time in her crate yet. We are still in a stand off about it. But maybe by the end of the week. The rest of the time she is in, on and all over my bed and me.

She loves my pool but the jury is still out on if she can actually swim. I’m guessing from our few trials she would be a better deep sea diver.

I love dressing her up. She doesn’t. She makes me feel guilty like a child’s beauty pageant mother. I keep reminding her that it is her dream to be a model and I’m just helping her fulfill it.