Apparently you can embed youtubes in a journal and I wanna try it.
We write song lyrics for premium adopts and they often have a VRC avatar with them. Lets see how this looks. Mad scientist mode.
(So it works, but wont be on the main profile. You gotta open the journal to see the embeds)


Merlin Husky https://ko-fi.com/s/12f9cf0666


Renny Fennec https://ko-fi.com/s/8cf37560d3


Bystander Effect Crux https://ko-fi.com/s/cad82f1a8b

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Hello. I will do two custom adopt fills at $30 on any of epaw's bases today.
$40 for fancy inks.
I will complete this today. available fills
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Good day to adopt if you've been eying someone.

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RIP Tigerdile

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EC's Place: A blues bar in the red light district

I'll be streaming here if you want to subscribe.

Currently, as this is being written, it is 12:50am, Wednesday 17th July.
Since FA is offline at the moment, this in Notepad to post later.
On the way back from the con Monday morning, with a furiously throbbing hangover, there was plenty of time to think about many things that needed saying about the experience.

I arrived not wanting to be there at all really. Over the last year and a half I had gone from a semi reclusive and bitter snarly person to a full blown socially anxious hermit, and many people is usually not a good idea. The environment was beautiful and relaxing though, and I found myself drawn to the calming water features, trees with dried leaves scattered around the grounds and the generous variety of game that roamed. There were resident dogs as well, whom Oresa and I were more than happy to acknowledge instead of 'peopleing' as we say.

As I stood watching the crowd of people at check-in grow from a generous distance across the lake, casual observation became a bit more intricate. There were groups that had met before, a smoker's circle, and the scattered lost souls possibly hoping to find a group to join in with.

In the end, after much convincing to go and 'do a polite' I approached one of the lost looking fluffs, and after a bit of talk it turns out he didnt have a fursona. So, I popped down to the car, grabbed a sketchpad and helped him create one. Really, a typical activity for those familiar with my livestreams (temp refs/draft fursonas for new furries.) This was much different though, I mean - how many times do you actually get to see someone see their fursona the first time? Sure, on the livestream or something, people say thank you and they're happy. But to see someone touch the art, smile with their eyes and still be beaming about it three days later? That's something else. It was a good thing, and everyone involved felt good for it, with my mood slightly lifted we departed for our rooms shortly after. As I begun unpacking and thought about it, I figured he may just have been a particularly excitable guy. It was just a doodle after all.

As the weekend progressed there were more experiences like this, and as the social anxiety eased up little by little, I came to the realization that I had forgotten these are real people, with as much love for these furry creatures as I have. With hearts as big as I try to hide. Problems as dire as my own. Struggles as tough as back home.
But we were all here, brought together by one love, a family. I walked up to a character I helped design made into a fursuit, touched it crying repeating that 'you're not a drawing'.

I leave with hearts that were touched, reconnected with lost family and an overwhelming feeling of not being alone, even when alone. I thank everyone that attended and made this possible, and cannot describe it as anything less than a spiritual and overwhelming experience, still holding back some tears as I type this. And be sure that I will be back, and sing nothing but this convention's praises :)

Thank you, for restoring the forgotten love and passion in a greymuzzle's heart <3

This is working now, you can order for the furpile and iron artist
https://electropawartworks.com/order/
Or you can harass leewardshore over telegram

Getting back to doing awesome things

$5 chibis for the 1000 fur furpile and comes with a telegram sticker crop of your chibi.
You can order by leewardshore over telegram.

The website is almost ready to go, I will put details to order through there up soon.

Art will be uploaded soon.

Time for a big update.

We know last year was a shitty one with a lot of ups and downs, and this one hasn't been off to a fantastic start overall either, but things are getting better.

While I had to live on the farm, I took a job as a pizza boy just for some cash. It didn't work out great at all and I wasn't making enough to move back to the city.

However, from that job I've made some great friends and we started our own motorcycle club, which is in the final stages of becoming official. I have family and brothers I treasure and can count on which is amazing, as I didn't have much of a social life before.

My life revolved around art and my ex mate and it wasn't healthy at all.

In this last year I have learned a lot about family and friends, and a lot about myself.

I've also been living openly as a transgender man and there's a lot more confidence when people are accepting of it, but with that comes it's own problems and hiccups. I've been finding that when people react negatively to it, I'm knocked down into that constant low I've been struggling with.

Apparently regarding the Bipolar I was diagnosed with, thats not it at all. Those ups and downs I experience have to do with my hormone levels and what I was experiencing as a 'low' was a mild dysphoria attack. Some transgender people freak out and have full on panic attacks, others just go 'low' for a week or two without necessarily having an explain.
In any case that's not important right now, but I am here to to fix EPAW.

Now that the motorcycle club can basically run itself after the work put in this past month, my participation required is minimal. I still need to be on standby in case someone has a breakdown so we can go and help, but there are enough members now so that we can take turns.

Regarding EPAW, there is a lot of damage that needs to be repaired.
What's going to happen is we're going to use the system we started with last year: One backlog per day.
I will reiterate I can't earn enough as a pizza delivery to afford a small flat, the internet connection and other things needed to be able to come to a quiet place and draw, so I have resigned there to come back to full time art.

Here is the plan:
- One backlog per day
- Large backlog projects may run over a few days
- $50 income minimum per day
- This is to afford my needs and slowly pay off debts that were made while I was in a state of unstability
- 8 hours of artwork per day
- I'm not a spring chicken no more guys, those double shifts were killing this greymuzzle.
- 5 work days per week
- I have family and social obligations to tend to, and need time to clean my place and such.
- No more 24/7 art. Thats how we burn out.
- Contact me on Telegram ectiger for new work or backlog
- I can't afford a secretary at the moment to handle that. Uploads are going to be behind.
- EVERYTHING WILL GET DONE.
- Website, emails etc are fucked
- So best thing to do while that gets sorted, use Telegram. I cant get your emails since we used an IMAP server
and the mail server has been deleted.
- If you dont remember what your commission was and you cant find an email either, you can change your
commission and I'll draw that instead.

Rome was not built in a day guys, and I'm sure removing the rubble of a fallen empire will take a lot more time before you can build another city.
Let's try out this work plan, work together and try to get EPAW back to the great place for art it was.

The best thing you can do right now is help me get your backlogs on the schedule and send a bit of new work through. I cannot work from the farm for wifi reception, personal space and noise level reasons and this flat is essential to repairing epaw.
I can NOT create art if I must go back to the farm. This is a last chance to make this thing work, let's do it.

EC Out

Hi fluffs, it's time for a big journal update. Life's been very rough on this end.

I've not been around much, trying to establish a social circle irl since being in front of the computer 24/7 has it's effects on one.
Long story short, because I've kept to myself most of the time I'm not really good at balancing a social aspect in my life to my priorities.
Most of these involve events regarding the bikes and biker circles, as well as problems with mechanics and such.

About two months ago when I started work back up two of my friends came around here asking if I can loan them some bucks for rent money. I couldnt really afford it, but they're mechanics and I did need work done on my vehicles. I agreed to give them the money in exchange for dealing with my car, scrambler and cruiser. They said it would take three days which I said was fine.

Now the main dealio here is, where I like to sit and draw my art is my zen space. I dont want people in here, I dont want to hear wap wap wapping chatting from the garage and most of all, don't sneak up on me. Like, unless there's fire or blood the best I tolerate is coffee being put on my desk and off you go. I also don't deal with stress well trying to get into my space, so when there's unresolved conflict with people and such I get twitchy and either rant all day or go do something else. So you can see where this is going.

Cat we need sparkplugs. Cat go buy Pratley's steel. Cat go buy a regulator from the spares shop.

In the meantime I was given a blackjacket by the motorcycle club to train in etiquette, a newbie. You educate them in the ways of the club etc. He had a red scrambler that was giving problems and I was paying these a bit too much money, so they agreed to sort it out for them. Now they were short for rent and they've got fuggerall for food in the house and such, so we gave them a little bit extra for each day they worked.

Blackjacket bought another motorcycle that was giving problems too and so three days turned into two weeks, and my vehicles were still not dealt with. So now I'm starting to get twitchy. I've been trying to work at night with the people here and end up getting a qwerty face or going straight to bed by the time they leave. There was a friend's scoot they worked on too but that was only two days so not too bothered by it.

Soon my funds were depleted and the work wasn't getting finished, and big drama and a big fight came from it. Not going to go into detail but words were said and threats were made and it wasn't pretty. At this stage I hadn't done much in three weeks and I started taking a few local art jobs just to keep some food in the house since I couldn't come sit and work a full shift.

I came in and did a few backlog items after that along with a couple of pinups to get funds in, and then more drama comes. Blackjacket's bike was still stuffed and he had found a new mechanic to fix it, he needs a lift back to drop the bike off there. Fine, go take him.
At this stage I had taped a bunch of wristbands with spikes on to my pillion seat because that 250 does NOT like it when you lift with her. She can't take the weight - but yeah, I took him.

Stand around chatting with the mechanic a bit there, apparently there's a kid jumping the wall at night and stripping parts off the bikes standing there. The mechanic wants to move but they don't have access to a truck. So one thing led to another and I got a soft little heart, and I organize my dad's pickup to help move his shit for him. Bikers stick together and all that stuff.

Go get the truck, dad says its fine - just ask them to please sort out his speedo cable. We estimated the move would take a bout two days.
Two days turns into a week and still not finished. Dad's getting pissed, I'm getting pissed. Moving all that parts and stuff is intense physical labour and I'm spoiled with a cushy job drawing cartoon animals behind a computer - no way I'm still going to pull an art shift after 10 hours of that. Work gets further behind.
I'm having to drive the truck myself and I understand why dad said so, you don't loan out a vehicle like that and we dont know these people well. So there I was stuck moving stuff.

We had just about finished around 4PM and there was still daylight to do the speedo cable, here they come with beer. We're going to drink beer now. By the time they were done "it's too dark to do the speedo cable now" and dad is down my throat wanting his truck. He actually phoned and pretty much disowned me that night calling me a bullshitter and that I'm doing other things with his truck and what what.
I took off there and came here with the truck, Blackjacket was in his father's truck too (we were using two trucks) and there as we're about to pull into my driveway the other truck blows its headgasket. So now I have to phone dad and tell him we're gonna be late.

Towed the other truck home, 11PM we get to the farm with dad's truck. I thought he was gonna shoot me. Now we're only two trying to get the truck's canopy back onto it and not make noise to wake em up. In the end I did have to wake mom up to get my bike stuff as I left the bike on the farm when I took the truck, helmet and stuff were in the house.
Dad didn't wake up at least, and off we went, again lifting on the poor bike.

Now my bike's starting to get cranky as she's been overdue a month and a half for service, she's carrying twice her capacity and being ridden hard to compensate for that.
Sure enough, the next day I go out to the garage and she's leaking oil. Now I'm in a panic because that's pretty much a CD200 motor and those dont break. Like, really, they're notorious as being unbreakable motors. Take the bike to the mechanic we helped, they agreed to repair the bike for the help we've given them. Meanwhile I've been looking at purchasing a bigger bike as I need it for the bike club (you need a 650 or larger, and my cruiser is a 250). We found one for a good price, and a long story short I traded my scrambler and about $200 for it. So I helped em move, they need to fix these bikes now.
My plan was actually to fix up that 650 and sell it as that's a classic worth much more than I paid for it, and it came with three crates of spares which is awesome.

A week goes past. Another week goes past.

No, they're still organizing the workshop and doing small jobs to get a bit of income because obviously they lost business with the moving. I understand that, but now I'm sitting with my finger in my ass because both bikes are bust, my scrambler's gone and I've loaned the car to the bike club president (his wife was 7 months and riding a bike isnt a good idea)
Besides I wasn't using the car much, it guzzles gas and I get claustrophobic in cars.

Eventually I just go and take my 250, she's giving problems but at least she's running you know. I brought her home, came to do a bit of work for two hours or so. I think I had just put the stream up when the phone went off. It was the mechanic's son asking if he can come here and service my bike, they need money.
Now I'm really twitchy because I had already helped these people, but my bike was giving problems so, I agree. Had to fork out the last of my money for it too but what can you do.

When he pulled out of my driveway here I tried to start the bike. No lights, no electric start, dead as a doornail. I managed to push start her in the road but she spluttered and refused to idle. Now I'm pissed - tell the mechanic to get the fuck back here.
Apparently this and that wasnt connected up right, honestly I dont know that much about what goes on below the shiny side of the back (I'm an artist, Jim. Not a mechanic). The bike started with a massive loss of power, spluttering and being generally cranky. They cant help me here, I need to take it to the workshop.

More time wasted. I rode that bike, you guys use MPH... maybe 10mph on the highway. Leaking gas, spluttering and backfiring. They 'fix' it - apparently the jet had fallen into the carburetor. Thats the doodad that lets more gas into the carbs when you pull the throttle, cool I understand that. Thanks mate. Go on my way.
I dont get around the corner before it does it again and in the end just take my bike and bugger off. It was better but she had a significant power loss and spluttered a lot.

I ride her around like that about a week, go to the shop and back. Pissed off, but I got a day or two to work now that I told this people to get fucked, no more drama. Went on a run with the club, prez says I'm getting my patch soon. Awesome.
Fart fart fart fart goes the bike but I took her the 100 or so miles to the run we were supposed to go to. Bent fork. Twisted frame. Spluttering. No fucks given, I just want to ride my bike.
I was a bit #rekt to work that night but worked the next morning, got a bit of backlog out of the way throughout the week. Patched things up with my parents, spent some time with mom.
That weekend there was a run in the next town over, the weather was looking funny though. But Blackjacket and I are two of those bikers who just don't give a fuck and ride in the rain, so off we went. We get to the venue and there's like a 2 inch mudslick to get up to the bar where the gettogether is. Here these two crazy mofos go driving a Katana shaft and a cruiser sideways through the mudslick, it was epic.
We guess it was epic enough that the hosting club showed interest in us, you know - to join another club. I had been thinking about it as the club I was prospecting for was more family based. I mean they don't go out and party anymore or just go on random rides, rather inactive. Not that I dont understand, one member's pregnant, the other guys have other family responsibilities, and while they're great people I just kinda still felt like an outcast among outcasts if that makes sense. You know, I ride every day. Rain, shine, hail, mud - I'll drive that little cruiser through anything. Heck, I'll drive the next town over to take someone a cheeseburger.

So there's an offer from this club, and I message the guys I'm with that they showed interest in me and I just want to go see what they're offering. I didnt think it was a big deal and I was only a prospect, not a full member yet, so you know. Apparently it was a big deal and they wanted to go stir shit with the local president's council and wap wap big drama, so I had to tell some lies to prevent drama which I'm not proud of. Unfortunately I sent the cover story to the wrong person in my haste to prevent drama and yeah, that didnt end well.
So I go down to Blackjacket later, he says there's another mechanic working on his bike because the previous one apparently didnt do his bike correctly either.
At this stage I'm rather pissed off and need to go to a club hearing still, my bike's up to shit, I'm broke, wap wap drama and here I am.

Mechanic sorts out my bike while it's there, honestly she's never run better. I tell him I'll sort him out soon as I get some funds and he says its fine, my bike's running and I'm happy, yay. And here is where the big drama started.

Blackjacket's dad's truck wasn't running and he delivers papers in the morning. 1am in the morning we're still there struggling with his truck and if we dont get it working he has a real risk of losing his job, papers gotta get done. So I look at my phone and look at Blackjacket, and I tell them I can get them a car but it's probably going to cost me my patch, because this means waking up a bike club president at 1 in the morning and fetching my car, and they're already pissed off with me.
Well, I did it. I could see in prez's face that night it was over, his wife was there with the same expression. I told them I'd bring it back in the morning, the uncle just needs it for the night and the mechanic can deal with the truck the next day.

We do so, the next morning I message them that I'm just going to fetch my katana and it's parts from the previous mechanic, I'm rather going to let the new guy fix it. I need the car to transport the crates of spares that came with the bike. The message I got back was simple - don't bother bringing the car back.

No one had to say anything, I took my pocket knife and removed my own patch, took it back to prez at his work. They refunded me the $70 I paid for the patch but I gave it back to him and said to put it toward the baby, they need it more than I do. That showed a bit of respect at least, he said I can still ride with them now and then which was nice. I left there, once more a blackjacket.

I went to fetch my car, they were there working on the truck and said Blackjacket's dad may still need it the night. Fine, okay. It doesn't matter now.
The next two nights they struggled to get that truck working, meanwhile mechanic and his girlfriend got kicked out of their home with nowhere to go. Again I get myself into shit by helping people, but yeah. I tell him he can use the car to get his girlfriend to work, they can come sleep with me for a night or two until they make another plan. Emphasis on a night or two, this is a one room apartment. Kitchen, bathroom, one big room for the living area and bed. And you know how I am about my zen.

So now there's a disturbance in the force here and with the furniture moved and such I'm again a bit twitchy. He starts speaking about how his dad used to run a 'club' and they want to bring it back, he needs founding members. Blackjacket was offered a position as VP, I was offered a Road Captain spot.
Sure why not, this isn't a proper club anyway, just an association for lone wolves. Works for me, I don't got any biker plans. I told my ex-prez if I got involved in a club again it would be as a founding member and I'd be riding as a lone wolf for a while at least. Too much drama and politics.

The two days turned into a week, and of course landlord wasn't happy and more drama. We're four people in a one bedroom flat, I hadn't earned enough for the next month's rent and he's getting pissed off. I managed to negociate him to take the deposit I put down for the place as this month's cover so I've got until the 28th to get out.

I dont even want to talk about all the drama that went down during that week, my father's on holiday in a camper somewhere with his cousin, mother had a light stroke (she's fine and discharged) and I'm at the stage where what's for supper tonight is a problem.

I told the new bikers today that I'm fed up, my customers waiting are fed up and I need to find some zen and sit down and work. Every time I tell people I'm coming to work tomorrow this one gets stuck without fuel somewhere or this one's bike breaks and Cat has to go and help.

Tomorrow I will be back at work on a full shift. Backlog item in the morning as we were doing, Patreon work in the afternoon, new work in the evening on stream.

If you want to send a few bucks to help get out of this hole it would be appreciated, but I don't expect it with lack of contact that's been happening running up and down the last couple of months. Frankly I'm sick of it and quite miss being a loner and shut in but whee, life.
Stream will be up tomorrow, I'm going to spend the afternoon getting my place and schedule for the next few days in order.

Love love fluffs.
EC out

Hey guys, I'm not dead. Only inside a bit :P

So, here's the last two months in short.

As you've been informed, I have Bipolar Disorder, and they've attemped to medicate me for it since March.
The first they did was give me an antidepressant, which did NOT go well, and I ended up in suicide watch for a week.

After that they prescribed Epillum, which was going alright for a month. All that does however is prevent the 'high', which frankly helped me worked better, but anyway. As it turns out, after the first month it's sort of 'locked' me in a depressive state. I crashed after moving away from mom and dad, since that was making things worse and have been unable to crawl out of the pit. The doctor insisted I stick it out since it can take a few months to stabilize one, but it's getting to the point where I'm unable to afford the basic things I need to get by.

The depressions are quite crippling, and leaves me unable to get motivated to work, keep the place tidy and generally one doesn't give a damn. Additionally it brings forth a social anxiety and I am unable to deal with people, and any sort of conflict worsens the depression symptoms.

I have asked someone to begin working as a PA on Monday, and after a week of excuses was informed today that they will be unable to assist me. I am going to attempt managing the telegram, but it may take a few days to deal with the more... unhappy queries due to my absence.

Bipolar isn't fun, and unfortunately in seeking help for it it's not only worsened my condition, but I'm on the edge of losing my company. At least if nothing else, the constant irritability and aggression has been brought under control, however I am still locked in state of self loathing and 'why bother'.

I've gone off the medication last Friday, and while a bit unstable I am feeling a bit better and at least able to work.

There is a 60 day plan in effect to sort out financial trouble and get past the backlog: I will be doing one backlog item per day, with a goal of $70 thereafter to attempt to stabilize the trouble 2 months of involuntary moping around has caused.

The stream will be up from today, and your queries on Telegram will be handled, I ask for a little more patience as it is difficult in this condition.

Thank you,
EC Out

Hello fluffs, still kicking this side.

Backlog
I'm getting some spreadsheets and stuff sorted to handle the backlog smoothly, and the epawadmin account on Telegram is available and running.
I don't have any help at the moment to get through all the scheduling and stuff so, if you can, what would be best is to ping that epawadmin account with the following information:

Type of artwork (Sketch/ Sheet etc)
Does it need to be done over livestream for you
Your availablility and a range of dates that would be good to accomodate you if you need streaming
If you can, paste over the confirmation email the website sends you after placing an order, it will save me having to email dive and save some time.

That will be a great help, in the meantime I'm going to carry on with the emails one at a time.

New orders:
I do need an income, the sketches and stickers are still going to be available, and I will take the odd reference sheet since they are important.
You can use the donation page on the website for that, just include your telegram or Skype username so I can ping you.
If you prefer, you can use the epawadmin account for placing orders as well, just be aware I can't tend to the account 24/7.

Donations:
If you do just want to send a 'help EC back on her paws' donation you are welcome to do so, be sure to include a reference of your sona as I do like to return the favor when there is a gap in the schedule.

What happens next
I am moving out of the house this week, and will be renting a small (but cosy) office space in town to work from. In the evenings, since EPAW's emails and IM's can now all be accessed from the tablet, I will be tending to those.
I am actually kind of moved out already, the internet just doesn't pick up properly out on the farm so I'm sort of squatting in here with my mattress on the floor and the PC until end of the month :P

In the meantime, I'm getting spreadsheets, emails and the website sorted out so we can fly come the first of the month.
Just give a poke on that epawadmin account if you want to send a donation, order some arts (sketch, sticker or sheet at the moment) or help get the backlog on track.

EC Out!

Getting back up from the ground guys. Been stuck in this dark depression for a long time now.

I'm not proud of what happened last week, but it has forced me to seek professional help. I have bad bipolar disorder and anxiety issues (general and social) and am being medicated for it, and therapy is coming up.
They tried to medicate me before but it resulted in insomnia and a bad manic episode so I decided to discontinue the treatment, but looks like they gave me the correct stuff now.
I am sedated while the medicine begins to work, they said it will take around two weeks to make sure they gave me the right stuff, so I'm sleepy most of the time.

What is important is that the medicine will take away that 'meh' that prevents me from working when I feel like shit, so that's exciting to look forward to. I will say on this anxiety stuff, the rushing thoughts that come with hypomania are gone and I can think clearly for the first time in my life.

Give me a little more time to get better and able to deal with people, and I'm going to make sure everybody gets helped. For now, babysteps and I'm better off working offline for a little while as I am a tad unstable.

-EC Out

Been hell in a handbasket here guys. Slowly coming back and coming out of a low.
I'm catching up on Patreon posts, and will be doing commissions soon as I feel up to dealing with people.

Edit:

Hey guys this is

EC attempted suicide last night and was taken for observation and will return to work when able.

Happy new year guys

Last year was the year from hell for us. We endured four moves, dealt with five deaths, had most of our possessions stolen and have desperately been scraping by for most of it.
Due to time lost from backlog, burnout having to support us so long on art alone, illness and family responsibilities we have built up a backlog from last year.

I've had a long discussion with my PA and he's finally agreed to pull his finger out of his ass, so you should receive an email from him soon.
If you have not received an email so he can get you up on that schedule, please contact him with Electropaw_Artworks on Skype or telegram him tobywuff so we can get everything sorted.

I've already told the fluffs in-stream yesterday, I've been put in a difficult position where I either need to shut EPAW down and work off the backlog or we need to do something drastic to keep it running. After considering it for a few weeks I have decided to give the art a last try, and if we cannot be stabilized by end of the financial year (February) I will need to find another job.

So here is our plan to sort out EPAW and our lives, in order of priorities.
This, at the moment, is surviving and not living.

Rent
Due to demands of my time for backlog and stuff that got behind earlier last year, we are behind on our rent and at risk of losing our residence. This has to be priority number one.
I cannot work on backlog at the risk of losing our home, once that is covered I can dedicate more time to it.
In other words, I can't make art out on the street without internet and computer access.

Essentials
Food, power, toilet paper, essentials. Including the rent from next month I need to earn at least $45 per day, 30 days a month, to sustain us and enable me to actually work. That's bread and ramen folks, bare essentials.

Transport
I will be doing an adoptable run to get my motorcycle repaired. We're looking at around $600 without the cosmetic work needed.
There will be 60 x $10 adoptables up for grabs to go toward this.
While it is my primary choice of transport, a drive out along the coast does wonders for stress and is a relatively cheap day out.
This also helps preserve my sanity after spending most of the week between the studio and the bedroom.

Debt
With all the forced moving we owe money to our family who helped us do so, they need to be paid back ASAP.

At least 1 day a week off
Face it guys, art is mentally exhausting when you do it all day. I require at least 1 day, preferably two, a week off to continue operating without the risk of burnout when i am on double shifts.
This day usually falls on a Sunday, but I may come in for some light work if feeling up to it. If only able to do once a week off the Saturday of that week will only be a half shift.

Reference Sheets
These are the most important since they require appointments. Contact Toby with the above information and let's get those outstanding sheets done ASAP.

Other Backlog
I can guarantee at least one backlog item per working day, but not dedicate full days toward it at the very moment since my partner is still job hunting.
As soon as he has secured a job for himself and can help out with the rent and stuff, I can dedicate much more time to getting your stuff sorted out.

As it stands now, our bare essentials ($45) with debt, behind on rent and vehicle repairs needed, orders that need to get shipped out etc, I will need to get around $100 - $120 in daily during January to stabilize us.
Please send strength and luck to Toby so he gets a job as I simply cannot sustain us like this by myself.
If you want to send a donation, some orders, anything will help at this stage, and we're going to do our best to keep EPAW standing and keep the art coming.

The stream will be up tomorrow, please check out the adoptables that will be steadily posted and kindly show EPAW some support or we're going to lose her.

EC Out

$10 Bike resurrection adoptables: 9 Available
Adoptables 1: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22229422/
Adoptables 2: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22230291/
Adoptables 3: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22231239/


Sorting out life log:
9 Jan:
Got hole-free tshirt and socks for each of us
Got tools and toolbox to DIY what can be done on the bike: pliers, screwdriver and plug spanner .
Replaced bike battery and spark plugs (She starts now!)
Fixed the locks on the car door and the lever to open bonnet

10 Jan
Showing heavy flu symptoms, taking it easy before it gets worse.
Took bike around the block so it can crank and filled up tank.
Repaired speedo and odometer. (will still require replacement due to cosmetic damage eventually)
Got fine sandpaper to begin removing rust from bike. Quoted around $80 to get off by hand what we can.
Tidied the inside of the car.
Afternoon spent driving mom to doctor's appointment
Confined to bed by warden Toby for the rest of the evening, up now and again for a stretch.
Got Toby's CV sorted for job hunting

11 Jan
Still running a fever and very hot at the moment so did light work today. The plastic on our fan actually melted, it was hilarious.
Completed Refsheet draftup and 2 backlog toons
Got a good deal of rust off the bike's exhaust
Ran around the Borderlands a bit because shooting things rocks
Scheduling for February begun

12 Jan
Feeling much better today, some lingering headcold but doing good for the most part. Back on solid food and caffeinating like a muffinfluffer!
Quotes for work needed:
- $147: Plus/minus for bike sprocket and chain. This will get the bike in running condition.
- $130: Secondhand laptop for EPAW's emails, IM's and uploads, so Toby can have his PC back. It's a drain on morale to get bugged for work in the middle of Mass Effect at 2AM you know.
- Awaiting quote: PC Upgrade for higher res art and enable the use of vectoring software.
- Awaiting quote: Oil leak on the car. That car guzzles 3 pints a week and it adds up.
Purchased:
-$42: Ordered 1 of 4 gel printer cartridges for badges.
-$66: Basic groceries to last around 2 weeks.
Also
Completed backlog doodlepage, icon and other work.
Got some rust off the bike's handlebars.

13 Jan: Friday the 13th dear god...
Dad refused to lend us the pickup, so drove to the other end of the city on the rickety bike to get it to the mechanic. Nearly got killed a few times, but we got her there driving around 10mph eventually.
Chain slipped a few times, but we got her there eventually, I don't know how that bike didn't throw me today.
Car had to sleep outside since the bike's battery was exposed to the elements and took the place in the garage, so we woke up with a smashed driver-side window. Going to replace tomorrow.
Replaced car radio because we have to blast our shit when driving around town and I'm sick of my CD's getting scratched.
Confessed emotionals to a love interest, got turned down but not a "Go to Hell Cat" fortunately. Stuttered like an idiot, but at least I didn't get slapped. Healing can now begin!
Got drunk due to the abovementioned to numb the emotionals, this shit sucks.
Typed a drunken status update in journal.
Still pretty rattled due to all the events today, but getting business taken care of and stuff's happening.

14 Jan
Got car window replaced, not the best glass but it'll get the job done for now.
Took the car to the wash to get the last bits of broken glass and shit out there.
Replaced 6 of our drinking glasses because shit gets broken when you move 4 times while the car was being cleaned.
Got some wood, nails and some of dad's tools and repaired the speakerboard in the car.
Apparently not all nails go into all woods, so dad showed me some stuff which was cool.
Made a nice music selection usb for the car. No more jumping music, scratched disks and infuration!
(When speedhumps turn your country selections into dubstep >< enough to make you roll a car)
Improvised a door handle in the garage so we can open the damned thing.
Havn't heard an update on the bike yet, mechanics will probably only open Monday again.
Gave dad roughly $50 to start denting that debt.
Suprisingly calm about emotionals and incidents from yesterday, but overall feeling pretty meh.

15 - 20 Jan
Mostly uneventful besides government offices buggering us around.
Change of adress, issue of our identity documents that were stolen
Lots of trips to police station and back for affidavits with ID documents
Change of address for the bank for official proof of residence
Still stuff to do in the coming week at the traffic department

21 - 22 Jan
Got the bike back from the shop Saturday and took her for a good ride as instructed
She needs a lot more work done but is suitable for short trips for the time being.
Going back to the shop on Monday.
Spent some time with her on the Sunday, went on a breakfast run and it was wonderful.
It feels amazing to have my wheels back! I'm doing a lot better mentally and regained a lot of my independence

23 Jan
Printer ink is coming today
Was supposed to be back at the traffic department but have to be at work today
Need to renew my motorcycle driver's license and book for my car driver's exam since there hasn't been time for that the last few years
Backlog: Started on a refsheet

24 Jan
Helped Toby hand out his CV's - He has a job interview tomorrow so wish him luck!
We're gonna game a couple of hours tonight and then sleep so we can be up early for work.

25 Jan
Worked out sketch commissions and spent the day refining the style
Toby got the job!

26 Jan
Toby got a job omfg finally holy crapping kittens
Messed around with music the morning and sorting out stuff for sketch commissions the afternoon!
The house is super quiet without Toby around all day, this will take some getting used to.
We get to miss each other again though, so it's doing us some good.
Backlog: Did a character draftup in-stream

27 Jan
Did some sketchedoodles!
They're working Toby really hard, he leaves before 8 and comes back just after 6. The house is still really quiet but I'm adjusting.
Going to talk to him tonight about getting the bike down to the shop since he has to take me in the car and he's at work all day now.
We also still have to go get our driver's permits renewed and I need to apply for my car learner's.
The bike's starting to backfire so she's not gonna get started again unless she's going straight to the shop.
The sketch commissions are working out great, so I can get a bit of backlog done today! Keep em coming fluffs
Backlog: Finished 1 refsheet, 8 stickers and 1 toon
Had a hell of a day but had enough time for a quick pop down to the bar to hear about the week's goings on.

28 Jan
I'm up I'm up! Toby let me sleep in after that hectic double shift yesterday!
I got up a bit mopey for work, but all the great feedback on the sketches has got me all wiggly to draw now, thanks guys!
Learned how to sergal! They're actually really cool and fun to work with once you get the construction down!
Really, really really need to do something about this bottomless pit of terror / art folder.
Think I'm going to take the afternoon to do that so I can actually find some of those half-finished backlogs
Found some of the abovementioned half-finished backlogs and made a to-do folder for them
Found a BUNCH of my own art that wasn't posted and put some on FA
Did a refsheet draftup
Also, apparently I did like 600 stickers last year if you count the crop chops from refsheets and toons XD It's crazy!
Meeting with someone tonight, will be in tomorrow for a double shift!

30 Jan
Think I ate something bad last night, I started being very sick around 4 this morning
(just past noon) Still not feeling great, stomach's empty and throwing up bile, can't keep liquids down either.
Since "I'm sick" isn't good enough as a post for some people, I can take some photos of the throwup. Let me know if you wanna see!

31 Jan
Feeling much better! Toby made me stay in bed. Was out for another good 10 hours till morning but woke up feeling okay.
Apparently I had a fever and woke up all sweaty and gross, but feeling okay now.
Mom's gonna take me to the traffic department to renew bike license today, so I'll be at work after that.
Finally home from traffic department, friggin almost 5PM now ><
But, I got a bike license again, and booked for my car learner's permit so yay!
I havn't eaten in two days so gonna try some solid food now and wait for toby to come home. I'm not feeling sick anymore but quite weak from not eating.
Went to view a motorcycle for sale for $260. It's a little scrambler, in running condition and it will be great to get a part time job as a delivery driver if I need to.
It will also give me transportation while we get Cindy's papers sorted out, that's going to take a while and a whole lot more money to deal with.
Toby also wants a motorcycle, so once Cindy is fixed we can save a lot of fuel and he can zip to work and back on the scrambler. The bike will pay for itself within a month.
Finishing up a refsheet tonight since it's already 8:30 PM here, and then sleep. Tomorrow I'll be in for a double to catch up.

1 Feb
Happy Februrary!
It's crunch time!
Got an assistant to help with pin-button production and distribution for EPAW
Did some pamphlet work for the local neighborhood watch group
Catching up with all the telegram buzzes and then work
Did two vinyl sticker designs (Speed Demon and Caramel Cat)
OMG, and all that before lunchtime!
Started making arrangements for garden service and domestic cleaner because you don't want to see the state of the house.
We're both working full time and shit is getting impossible to maintain
Finished a reference sheet
Finished some crop and chops (stickers and icons)
Finished a sticker pack
Finished 4 sketch commissions

2 Feb
Hey there guys!
Today I'm going to help the local neighborhood watch draw up some pages they can stick up on their fridge with emergency numbers and stuff.
It's rather important since we need these for the 200+ people in the group, so I'm going to spend the afternoon on that so they can go to the printers.
I will see you in-stream later today!
Did a lot of typing and got the page looking all beautiful, the nhw admins are going to look it over tonight and see if anything needs an edit.
In the meantime, I'm going to put a dent in the backlog
Done a set of telegram stickers
Tanabi needs to move EPAW onto some other server so I gotta figure out how this stuff works
And I think we need to fetch the scrambler tonight
I'll be back a little later

3 Feb
Wow, today did not go according to plan, but got a lot of rl shit taken care of
Came to sit at the PC around 9, neighborhood watch group was going nuts on whatsapp
Got into a 2 hour meeting call with the committee regarding the pamphlets and numbers we're doing and arranged for a proper meeting next week
I needed a driver's license and ID document copy to collect the scrambler today, so fuck, Mom had to come pick me up to do those
Went to bank since they're right next to the print shop for a new card since the atm nommed my card a while ago
Toby picked me up there and we went to collect the scrambler
Did the paperwork and completed the transaction
Drove the bike to the mechanic to be checked out and okayed
She needs a new back tire soon and a replacement speedo, but for around $80 investment I'll have basically a brand new bike. Only has 3000km
Drove the bike out to dad so he could tighten the chain and stuff, mechanic couldn't do much but check out the bike since I didn't make an appointment and they were busy
Drove the bike home, Toby got home and gave him a brief riding lesson since he'll be using it for work when i get my cruiser back
And here I am, it's 8:20PM
Got no artwork done today, and you know how much driving a new vehicle can take out of you mentally.
I'm going to have an early night tonight and be in bright and early for work tomorrow to catch up
Important day though, I can officially get around on my own again with a driver's license and a roadworthy vehicle

4 Feb
I got a part time job as an errand runner now that the bike's here
It's 1 - 3 runs a day and should take about an hour each. It will do me good to get away from the computer for a little while, be social and get my driving skills back up to par
Monday morning just need to go to the post office to change the ownership on the scrambler
And now work time, time to draw some jaguar cats
Drew lots of jaguars and painted a lovely background for it. Next week I need to do the same thing, there's 20+ jaguarcats to add!

5 Feb
We took a chill day, walked around the mall a bit and took a breather. OMG we're both wrecked from the week.

6 Feb
Goooood morning fluffythings!
I need to take the bike to have the back tire replaced so it's safe to drive, and I may poof for an hour or so during the day with my part time job now.
I'm required to do 1-3 errand runs that will take an hour each and will get all our crap done during that time too, so no more random poofs and having to organise a lift to get where I need to be.
Dad is fetching the tire for me so I just need to take it to the mechanic, so I should be back in 2-3 hours or so depending on how fast they can help me.
There's a refsheet to complete tonight for backlog which I'll do when I'm back, and then I'll get through some telegram stickers.
My paws and wrists are a little bit tender since I havn't driven a motorbike in a long time and I can come to work, just don't want to overdo it.

7 - 8 Feb
Relatively uneventful!
I've been in-stream working!
Finished two backlogged refsheets and a whole bunch of stickers, and getting to all those new sketch and sticker orders too.
Busy busy busy!

9 Feb

EC Muffinbakin' Tiger 🇿🇦, [10.02.17 08:08]
Had a little family emergency yesterday. Mom calls me in the afternoon saying dad fainted, shes taking him to the doctor. I dont think much of it, okay they'll fix him up.
Last night they take him to hospital, needs a double bypass
EC Muffinbakin' Tiger 🇿🇦, [10.02.17 08:09]
So they're going to operate today if they can fit him in, else he has to stay there in icu until monday
It sounds like he will be fine if he changes his diet after the surgery. You know, no more chugging 4 liters of soda and eating a slab of chocolate every night.
I'll be sleeping over with mom at the farm while dad's in hospital, it's dangerous for a woman alone out there.
Work will carry on as normal, will keep you updated on dad's status.
Fortunately we have the scrambler now so I can drive out to the countryside and back in the morning.
-Finished 30 stickers

10 Feb
Uploaded yesterday's stickers
Lawnmowers came finally so went to my neighbor while they were here
Took a walk to the shop with her, came back when they were finished
Refsheet Draftup
And then stickers till the day goes poof :D
Will hear if we need to fetch Dad from the hospital today or if they're going to operate on him Monday, so I may not get as much done as I'd like to
Family first guys, you understand

11 Feb
Patching up the website and implementing easier orders system
3PM - Neighborhood watch / Civilian police forum meeting, after that I'm all yours

12 - 13 Feb
Doing a lot of stickers and sketches, and got some backlog done too
Dad is still in hospital, they want to keep him for the week and operate on Friday. It's going to be a triple bypass and not a double so we're worrying.

14 Feb
Happy valentine's day! Uploaded the valentine's gift sketches and doing a couple of my own
Stickers to be done today along with some backlog toons
I'm going to take a half shift after that and spend some time with my mate and stuff, will put in a double tomorrow.

15 Feb
Cheeses Crust, every day a different story from these doctors. Now Dad's been discharged from hospital and he has to go back tomorrow, still surgery Friday.
I apologize for only coming in to work now, Toby went and took the gate remote to work with him so I couldn't get out. Wrestled with the gate to get it off the rollers for half an hour (my carpel tunnel is not happy) and then went to fetch it.
Stream is going up now.

23 Feb
After a week of worrying, panic, up and down and a lot of changes:
-I have a part time job as an IT technician
-Part time driver
-Dad's out of ICU, thank god. Today they're moving him to a regular ward so that's great news
-Had two CPF/NHW meetings
-A new PA will be available from this evening to assist you with your queries, scheduling and anything else.
I'm going to work at the computer shop from 9AM - 1PM, and then I have the rest of the day for art.
Will get me out of the house a bit, I get to drive the bike if they need stuff taken between branches and I get to play with computer guts :D

Morning fluffies, hope everyone's well!

We've implemented a new system for in-stream orders for smaller things like our toons and chibi days.

http://www.electropawartworks.com/e.....amin-schedule/
Black block: Events
White block: Big items scheduled
Orange block: Small items scheduled

For the events you should now be able to click on the stream event you're interested in and it will auto-book your slot upon completing payment.
We'll be doing this with the toons taking 3 orders every Toonsday (that leaves half the shift for the backlogged ones)
You can keep an eye out for In-stream stickers, icons and other events that can be done between large appointments.

Additionally, if you take a look at Saturday the 19th, as a promotion for Patreon we'll be having a free streaming day for people to come in and get their toons drafted up.
So if you dont have a refsheet, you can get a free temp and just sign up on the form there. You'll need to attend the stream for this, and it will run between 12PM and 12AM GMT+2.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more events like this https://www.patreon.com/electrocat

So there's a week's worth of clickables, let's see if it works out for you guys before permanently integrating this feature.
Now there's a good reason to revive the RSS feed!

If you have a problem or need to book something
Email queries/orders at electrocat.co.za
Skype Electropaw_Artworks
TG tobywuff

http://www.electropawartworks.com/calendar-run/
Marathon starts tomorrow!

All outstanding icons will be finished during the run!
Please drop us an email or IM here -> http://www.electropawartworks.com/query/ so we can make sure your outstanding icon gets on the list!

See you there fluffs, this is a big project

Due to ongoing problems with our mail server and for your convenience, EPAW support is now available via Skype.
The username is Electropaw_Artworks.
Please be aware the person tending to it is not available 24/7, but it will be tended to daily.

Additionally please note that this account is for EPAW enquiries, not for chit chat. We will try to help you ASAP.

Edit: Fixed the queries page
http://www.electropawartworks.com/query/

Support is also now available from the right widget area.

It's been brought to my attention that we have not been receiving all notifications from the queries form, and it appears to be an issue with the plugin itself not recording all the information.

I did put up a new form for it and a notice on the site that we do respond to emails within 24 hours, if you don't get a response in that time frame please resubmit.
Alternatively you can always email direct to: queries at electrocat.co.za
Thank you for the understanding fluffs, I'm sure this will clear up a lot of trouble we've been having.

Hi there fluffs, a few things to announce and bring to your attention

Website
http://www.electropawartworks.com/
-EPAW's site: has been updated to look more gorgeous than ever, just a few more little things to tweak when time allows.
-Mugs: have been added to the navigation bar to the left with new photos. The cuddlemugs are also now available to custom order with your fursona on them! We'll allow for full customs soon
-Vinyl Stickers: There are new designs to be added there, but we've added the link to the left menu bar to help navigation.
-The Scavenger Wars: You'll see a new link on the slideshows to the right for an upcoming webcomic / graphic novel, more info coming soon.

Pricing
Fluffs, if you remember a few months ago we were very strapped for cash due to our forced move and all the drama that came with it. I announced a price increase to maintain our extra expenses but it was never implemented as we attempted to make ends meet with the pricing as they were. Unfortunately, as it stands end of this month we've barely managed to scrape through with rent payment. Unfortunately we're needing to up these prices now as I absolutely can't keep up with the extra work needed to cover our expenses and it still is not enough to get by.
You guys have been saying I should up prices for years, and when we do the sales stop. Please don't drop us now that we're finally increasing to get by and keep producing artwork.
Refsheets are now $50, coming with the design work, temp sheet, icon crops, telegram stickers and alt NSFW sheet. It's still a very good price for the work that goes into it folks.
Toons are now $12, with your telegram sticker crops available.
Prices for other artworks will remain as they were.

Internet
If you've attended my stream in recent months, the internet quality we're receiving out here is very poor. This is due to a combination of a dish that has to give us a signal from town, our neighbors having a jungle in their yard that blocks out the signal when the wind blows and the terrible coastal winter weather setting in. We're trying to make an alternate plan for internet but there is very little that can be done at this stage.
I have a dongle that can be used, but to stream this is costing $15 - $20 per day for the 2-3 GB of bandwidth we chew through working.
This is forcing me to take on more work than I can handle, backlog is piling up and we are not meeting our daily income quota, causing EPAW to run at a loss.
Please send us some orders in so this situation can be rectified and we can get out of trouble, I cannot keep us running without new orders coming in.

Missing Orders
It's come to my attention that some refsheet orders have gotten lost when one of my assistants organised and removed completed refsheets from their folder. If you have an outstanding refsheet that has NOT been processed yet, please use the http://www.electropawartworks.com/query/ queries page so that you can be assisted and put back on the schedule.

Shipping Delays
Please understand due to our financial situation here, shipping is delayed until next week when some funds are available to do so.

Backlog
Please understand the situation we are in right now, I cannot prioritize the backlog without new orders coming in and certainly can't work on anything if we are removed from our home, without power or God forbid hardware and internet fails. It IS being worked on, and we have been through many assistant staff members to find the right one who can do the job properly. If you have outstanding work, a missing order and something is NOT on our stream schedule http://www.electropawartworks.com/e.....amin-schedule/ , again please use the http://www.electropawartworks.com/query/ queries page so that can be put up ASAP for you.

Thanks for your continued support fluffs, we'll make the world a better place with EPAW yet.
EC Out!

As you may be aware we have moved from our house a month ago, into a temporary home for one month and we are now moving into the house we wanted.

Please be aware during all this, there's only the two of us to do the moving and the place here needs to be fixed, the fences have to go up for the dogs since they're broken, the toilets need to be repaired and so on.
My studio also requires a paint as there is mould on the ceiling that needs to be taken care of before I can work there, a lot to do.

I am going to be busy with that for the remainder of this month and will return on the 1st of May for the springtime Event.
In the meantime, please check out what we're offering for May to help with that.

Events and Specials for May: (NSFW)
Springtime NSFW
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17575923/
Here's the last springtime event we had, we're doing another on the 1st of May.
It's $15 per couple for the picture and you can use the donation page for your slot http://www.electropawartworks.com/donation-page/
Unfortunately there's no time to make a beautiful page for it with the move going on, but that will work. Please include your reference and our mate/buddy's for the picture. It will be streamed live 1 May.

May Murrathon
Samplers (NSFW) http://i.imgur.com/nMiUmm9.png http://i.imgur.com/jowXJRy.png
Home repairs cost a lot of money, so we're going to have a double shift run during May.
After the daily work is completed there will be a daily NSFW picture streamed
They are donation based starting at $30 for 1-2 characters, and you can use the donation page for that.
http://www.electropawartworks.com/donation-page/
Keep it tasteful - none of that scat, cub and diaper stuff please.

The regular schedule will resume during May in the meantime, and work missed during the move will be caught up in the first week thereof.

Again, we're not at the computer for the next few days, emails and queries are tagging behind a bit. I'm sure we all understand how it goes with a move.

EC Out!

As has been mentioned before, we're moving end of this month.
Things are a mess at the office right now, with many appointments having been missed due to looking for a new house, having to pack, fighting with bad tenants where we want to move in, having to help parents pack, you should have a vague idea of the kind of drama that comes with moving.

We are not getting our things packed fast enough and I may not be able to keep all appointments for the rest of this month.

Next month, there is going to be a delay getting the satellite dish installed where we are moving to and I may not be able to get online until the 20th. This won't be a problem for getting toons, chibis and the like finished but it does present a problem for refsheets, as we do those live.
The PA will contact everyone with an appointment during this time and set an alternate date for your appointment. We may be online on the 1st, the 10th, the 20th, any time during this time frame so we are going to try to keep to those appointments.

Our new house is far out of town where 3G, DSL or any of these services are not an option and it is presenting a problem, but during this time offline work will be done, and we will go into town once a week to upload the art.
Please do submit more toon commissions or other things that can be worked on while we are offline - we cannot go a month without income.

Thank you for your patience, understanding and continued support

-EC out

Hey there fluffs

Things are slowly getting better for EPAW guys - we're back on a regular work schedule and the support from Patreon, the mugs and stickers are fantastic!
They're doing well locally too - we've been asking the bikers at the pubs for commentary and feedback.

This is allowing me to cut through that backlog like a hot sexy tiger blade through butter on a poptart.

Do check out the stuff if you havn't yet - we've got some funky designs on great quality vinyl stickers and mugs for you.
http://www.electropawartworks.com/p.....category/mugs/
http://www.electropawartworks.com/p.....gory/stickers/
https://www.patreon.com/electrocat

The guys awaiting shipment of their orders, our supplier will be getting the mugs in this week and you'll get an email notification and tracking number as soon as we ship those out for you.

I also need to inform you that because we need to move end of this month, it may be a week or two before work can resume or I can get online to do so - so please just be advised about that.

Also - howdy to the furry that my mate Kreas caught at Stix pub today - didn't catch your name but we should play pool sometime :3

Be good fluffs, see you in-stream <3

Journal Posted Last Week: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7341621/

First I want to thank everyone who has sent messages of support, some have sent us some financial donations too. Hope is beginning to return to us here.

We're currently running around looking for homes that can accommodate our family. Dad's now decided that after selling the house, he's getting a mobile home and doing his lifelong dream of touring the country in it.
While that's great for him, that means his animals as well as mine need to live with us when he does so, so it's a bit hard finding a place.
We have found a couple of houses, but it's going to be a bit expensive with the deposit required and such, but they're very nice.

Currently we're viewing some houses with granny flats available so mom and dad have a place to stay when they come back without living under the same roof, and it needs a big enough yard for the dogs.
Kreas needs an office, I need a studio, so with all that it's at least a 4 bedroom house we're looking at.

So it's all official, our house has been sold and we have the remainder of February to move out.

Realistically, I don't think much work if any at all is going to get done in this time frame, I'm sure we're all aware how much work moving is. It's also going to be stressful on my animals and they'll require much more attention and time.
On the positive side of things, the time away from the house and the dark atmosphere in here is actually helping the depressive low (I suffer from bipolar disorder). It is exciting viewing these houses and picturing a life in them potentially, getting out of the flatlet and having a real house, you know. I mean, we don't even have our own entrance in this flat.

Things are getting better guys, the wheel is slowly beginning to turn.

At this stage, we will greatly appreciate donations or if you'd like to order work with a generous time frame for completion.
So far we have about half of what we need for the deposit together, but there are expenses and responsibilities. We will be 2 people with 6 animals to care for and this month and the next is going to be an extremely uphill climb.

I was asked for a link if anyone wants to leave a donation, you can use the page on my website. http://www.electropawartworks.com/donation-page/
That'll actually send me an email with your references too, so I can make you something nice for your donation when able to.

Thank you for your continued support friends, things will be better soon.

Regards
EC