Photo Friday

Only on a movie set.  Dirt paint in a can.

Ever since cutting out the foods I'm allergic to, I've realized that I eat a lot less junk this way.  No cookies.  No pizza.  No unhealthy granola bars.  No chips.

My snacks have consisted of the following:

I feel healthier and overall better after eating these snacks as opposed to a mini bag of chips or pack of cookies.  I think I just got stuck in a rut concerning junk food.  It's abundant on film sets.  Since I don't buy it for my home, it's easy to eat since "I only eat it here", but I'm also on set 12-14 hours a day. That's a problem!

My lunch consisted of mashed potatoes, cheese, fruit, grilled veggies, two hard boiled eggs, and a salad with chick peas, mushrooms, sunflower seats dried cranberries, banana peppers, with red wine vinaigrette dressing.  I used to eat ranch, but after some research I realized that ranch dressing contains wheat.

Towards the end of the day Crafty, or craft services brought out 3 huge platters of sushi... which I didn't partake in.  Honestly, it was really hard not to take a few pieces, but I'm allergic to rice so I passed.  Yesterday was especially hard since the only snacks I could eat were the apples and yogurt in the morning.  Hopefully today will have a better selection since one of the crew members made a request for veggie straws today. 

We have a later call time today, so I plan to walk around the outlet malls nearby and hit up some thrift stores. :D

I've been filming out of town this week on a lake. 

A gorgeous lake at that.

After the first filming day on Monday, I checked into my hotel and found out that this was all mine! My bag even gets it's own bed. ;)

So the room above is my home away from home for the week.  The days have been nice, but hot.  Lots of beauty to look at and take in.  I haven't had much time to paint, unlike at some of our other locations, and I'm usually too tired to be productive once I crash at my hotel room. 

The lake really makes me want to go swimming, preferably in a pool since I'm not a lake person. I did make the discovery that my slightly tan arm looks really tan next to my transparent leg. :)

Hopefully I'll be able to stay out of the sun more as the week goes on.  My goal for this summer was to not to get a tan, but that has gone out the window and is pretty much impossible on this production.

I've also decided to challenge myself and not eat any foods I'm allergic to to see if I notice a different.  Today was day two and so far so good.  I should mention I'm allergic to soy, wheat, rice, cantaloupe, peas, all nuts aside from cashews, and more.  PLUS I'm a vegetarian. Blah. 

Soooo.. I'm horrible at posting in here.. It's hard working 5 days a week with 12-13 hour days.  I've been standing in full time (again) for the lead actress in a will-be-in-theaters movie.

Also, I found out that a project I worked on last year will finally be airing on Lifetime on June 29th.  It's the Anna Nicole Smith Story and I stood in for Agnes Bruckner who played Anna Nicole.  That was definitely an interesting set... Lots of memories made.

The reason for the post is this:  I need to paint, draw, create art more.  Art is the only thing I've ever been sure of and I need to make time for it.  I've been doing a horrible job at that as well.

Bleh.

My mom is having major surgery today. Right now, actually. Hopefully, everything will go smoothly. :)  I went up to NC to visit her this past weekend since I work during the week and will not be able to see her until after she has her surgery. :(

This is a sunset progression I took on Saturday evening from my parent's house in NC. :)

Aaaaand here is a photo (outtake) of us trying on her horribly hilarious wigs.  She decided not to use either of these post-surgery for good reason. Hehe