Dragging
Dec. 20th, 2025 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
days_unfoldingWoke up at 7 AM. Oliver wants food. Fed us all. Nap time.
Had a nice nap. Overslept a little. I’m trying to wake up to get my clothes in the dryer. Oliver is fussing over me, purring. You were fed this morning. No, you’re not getting more food.
Looked at the Chicago Red Line maps. I need to write down the stops before my stops so that I know when to get ready to get off.
I really want to go back to sleep, but I can’t because I need to go to the post office. Maybe I could nap for a half hour while my clothes dry.
Gracie is barking at Oliver. A quiet morning at home.
Hmm. The Mattis post office is open until 5 PM. I’m thinking of going back to sleep for an hour. Or maybe I’ll stay awake and just sit for a while. The dogs are barking loudly. Maybe I’ll stop at Staples and pick up some printer ink. I’m having some shipped to me, but it’s delayed. And I need to go to Walmart.
Cat (Oliver) in my face. He is not shy about getting attention. Lily tends to go off on her own except when she wants food.
No, I’m going back to bed. Oooh, I’m dizzy. I’ll stop at the (closed) post office later to mail letters. Then I’ll go to Walmart. Slept well until Gracie started pushing me off the bed.
Solstice. I had the lights on at 4:30.
The dogs are outside. I’ll feed them and myself and then shower. Got my hat and gloves and a necklace. I’m waiting anxiously for rings. Oh, that reminds me that I need to stop the mail for when I’m gone.
Maybe I’ll submit a Walmart order for tomorrow. I could mail the cards then too; they won’t get there any faster. And I’ll stay home.
Gracie got my new glasses. The dogs are holy terrors. Got them back. Gracie was like, Oh, you’re upset. Yeaaaaah, I am!
Fed us all. Started reading the book about the making of The Princess Bride. It’s interesting.
Got a recycling bin into the hallway to the basement. I kind of want to go back to sleep, but it’s too early. I’m feeling too tired to do much though. I could submit my Walmart order. I should do some packing. Maybe I’ll post.
Ordered stuff from Walmart, including a wireless trackball to use with my new travel laptop. I should go to sleep early and get up early because I'll have to get up at the crack of dawn on Tuesday to drop the pets off. But I'll go pack some stuff.
Had a nice nap. Overslept a little. I’m trying to wake up to get my clothes in the dryer. Oliver is fussing over me, purring. You were fed this morning. No, you’re not getting more food.
Looked at the Chicago Red Line maps. I need to write down the stops before my stops so that I know when to get ready to get off.
I really want to go back to sleep, but I can’t because I need to go to the post office. Maybe I could nap for a half hour while my clothes dry.
Gracie is barking at Oliver. A quiet morning at home.
Hmm. The Mattis post office is open until 5 PM. I’m thinking of going back to sleep for an hour. Or maybe I’ll stay awake and just sit for a while. The dogs are barking loudly. Maybe I’ll stop at Staples and pick up some printer ink. I’m having some shipped to me, but it’s delayed. And I need to go to Walmart.
Cat (Oliver) in my face. He is not shy about getting attention. Lily tends to go off on her own except when she wants food.
No, I’m going back to bed. Oooh, I’m dizzy. I’ll stop at the (closed) post office later to mail letters. Then I’ll go to Walmart. Slept well until Gracie started pushing me off the bed.
Solstice. I had the lights on at 4:30.
The dogs are outside. I’ll feed them and myself and then shower. Got my hat and gloves and a necklace. I’m waiting anxiously for rings. Oh, that reminds me that I need to stop the mail for when I’m gone.
Maybe I’ll submit a Walmart order for tomorrow. I could mail the cards then too; they won’t get there any faster. And I’ll stay home.
Gracie got my new glasses. The dogs are holy terrors. Got them back. Gracie was like, Oh, you’re upset. Yeaaaaah, I am!
Fed us all. Started reading the book about the making of The Princess Bride. It’s interesting.
Got a recycling bin into the hallway to the basement. I kind of want to go back to sleep, but it’s too early. I’m feeling too tired to do much though. I could submit my Walmart order. I should do some packing. Maybe I’ll post.
Ordered stuff from Walmart, including a wireless trackball to use with my new travel laptop. I should go to sleep early and get up early because I'll have to get up at the crack of dawn on Tuesday to drop the pets off. But I'll go pack some stuff.
let's see what approach they take here
Dec. 20th, 2025 06:06 pmmusesfoolSo I may have been a little...over ambitious in purchasing eggs and butter and expecting it all to fit into my tiny apartment-size fridge. I did get all of it in there, but there was literally no room to let orange rolls rise overnight so I knocked that off the list. Maybe I will do them for New Year's morning instead.
I also had an unfortunate start to the fig cookies. I made the filling yesterday and I might have put too much cocoa in as I thought it was the bottom of the container so I just dumped it in and well, there was more than I expected in there. *hands* It's fine. Then when I made the dough earlier, it smelled weird. I think maybe the Crisco had gone off? Idk, but I threw out what I'd made and did it again with the newly opened can of Crisco and it smelled correct, so I didn't really get to make cookies this afternoon as planned, but I might make some after dinner, which is how we did it when I was a kid - every night for the 2 weeks before Christmas we were in the kitchen making fig cookies.
I did marinate the pork country ribs last night and they are now in the oven roasting, so that at least is on track.
I also watched Wake Up Dead Man yesterday, and I liked but didn't love it? I'm not sure why? ( spoilers )
This is a long essay about the movie (spoilers, obvs) that goes much deeper into it: Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man by Leah Schnelbach.
Oh, the timer just went off so I have to take the ribs out of the oven, so I guess I'll just hit post!
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( 6-day plan, day 2 )
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I also had an unfortunate start to the fig cookies. I made the filling yesterday and I might have put too much cocoa in as I thought it was the bottom of the container so I just dumped it in and well, there was more than I expected in there. *hands* It's fine. Then when I made the dough earlier, it smelled weird. I think maybe the Crisco had gone off? Idk, but I threw out what I'd made and did it again with the newly opened can of Crisco and it smelled correct, so I didn't really get to make cookies this afternoon as planned, but I might make some after dinner, which is how we did it when I was a kid - every night for the 2 weeks before Christmas we were in the kitchen making fig cookies.
I did marinate the pork country ribs last night and they are now in the oven roasting, so that at least is on track.
I also watched Wake Up Dead Man yesterday, and I liked but didn't love it? I'm not sure why? ( spoilers )
This is a long essay about the movie (spoilers, obvs) that goes much deeper into it: Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man by Leah Schnelbach.
Oh, the timer just went off so I have to take the ribs out of the oven, so I guess I'll just hit post!
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( 6-day plan, day 2 )
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Bad Attitude
Dec. 20th, 2025 11:55 amsusandennisEarlier in the week, I thought Biggie was in trouble again. But, I think now, that was stress about nothing. As I type this, he and Julio are playing hide and seek which keeps turning into I'll Get You My Pretty!! And then goes back to hide and seek. Julio is hiding under the bed and Biggie just found him.
I'm tired of Christmas shit and I'm letting it get to me and that's just not acceptable.
Volleyball started out perilously. The two problem players positioned themselves in a way to ruin it for the most of us BUT then, they both played well with no crap. So go figure. It was fun even though two of my favorite players weren't there.
Elbow Coffee was pretty dreadful. BUT I had my knitting and I just kept my mouth shut. And eventually it ended. I need to invent a device that sounds an alarm once an old person has told the same story 10 times. I'd have it embedded in the building.
Bonny and I have a puzzle date at 1 pm. We keep going out there to puzzle at different times and missing each other so we set a time today.
Ooops my chicken wings for lunch are done.
More later.
I'm tired of Christmas shit and I'm letting it get to me and that's just not acceptable.
Volleyball started out perilously. The two problem players positioned themselves in a way to ruin it for the most of us BUT then, they both played well with no crap. So go figure. It was fun even though two of my favorite players weren't there.
Elbow Coffee was pretty dreadful. BUT I had my knitting and I just kept my mouth shut. And eventually it ended. I need to invent a device that sounds an alarm once an old person has told the same story 10 times. I'd have it embedded in the building.
Bonny and I have a puzzle date at 1 pm. We keep going out there to puzzle at different times and missing each other so we set a time today.
Ooops my chicken wings for lunch are done.
More later.
2026 Monster Theme Poll
Dec. 20th, 2025 10:43 amrunpunkrun in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fancakeArrrre you rrrrready to rrrrrrumble??? It's the MONSTER THEME POLL at Fancake Memorial Coliseum!! In town one week only!! Polls close on the 27th!
Poll #33979 2026 Monster Theme Poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 120
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 120
Pick 10 new themes for 2026:
Adoption
21 (17.8%)
Afterlife
15 (12.7%)
Aliens
20 (16.9%)
Angst
20 (16.9%)
Books & Writing
21 (17.8%)
Character Study
28 (23.7%)
Collaborations & Remixes
24 (20.3%)
Coming of Age/Rites of Passage
22 (18.6%)
Community
22 (18.6%)
Crack Treated Seriously
45 (38.1%)
Fandom (characters involved in fandom, works involving fandom, meta about fandom)
20 (16.9%)
Fannish Non-Fiction (meta, tutorials, resources)
26 (22.0%)
Fantasy (elves, unicorns, et al)
28 (23.7%)
Fluff
25 (21.2%)
Games & Competitions
11 (9.3%)
Gothic
21 (17.8%)
Holidays & Celebrations
14 (11.9%)
Horror
20 (16.9%)
In Denial
23 (19.5%)
Inept in Love
31 (26.3%)
Journey/Travel
27 (22.9%)
Just Like Canon
23 (19.5%)
Kink
23 (19.5%)
Kisses
19 (16.1%)
Manners & Etiquette (including mannerpunk)
20 (16.9%)
Matchmaking
21 (17.8%)
Meet the Family
25 (21.2%)
Mentors & Protegees
26 (22.0%)
Music
18 (15.3%)
Neurodivergent Characters
22 (18.6%)
New Releases (I'll let you determine what's "new" for the fandom)
16 (13.6%)
Original Characters
14 (11.9%)
Outstanding Prose
22 (18.6%)
Podfic
13 (11.0%)
Power Dynamics
28 (23.7%)
Protest & Revolt
11 (9.3%)
PWP (Porn Without Plot or Plot? What Plot?)
14 (11.9%)
Role Reversal
22 (18.6%)
Romance
19 (16.1%)
RPF
18 (15.3%)
Short Fiction (under 2000 words)
23 (19.5%)
Siblings
26 (22.0%)
Social Media
18 (15.3%)
Unpopular Characters
26 (22.0%)
Unreliable Narrator
40 (33.9%)
Vampires
21 (17.8%)
Villains
15 (12.7%)
War
9 (7.6%)
Whump
23 (19.5%)
Pick 3 classic themes you'd like to revisit:
Arranged Marriage
52 (43.7%)
Cops & Crime
14 (11.8%)
Epistolary
41 (34.5%)
Forced Proximity
36 (30.3%)
Future Fic
24 (20.2%)
Historical AUs
35 (29.4%)
Pining
42 (35.3%)
Threesome
38 (31.9%)
Worldbuilding
58 (48.7%)
Just One Thing (20 December 2025)
Dec. 20th, 2025 12:16 pmnanila in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
...The Rest, Slashed! - Stargate SG-1 icons
Dec. 20th, 2025 06:25 pmmagnavox_23 in fandom_icons24 Stargate SG-1 icons slashed from SG-1, SGA & SGU + Continuum + manip icons!
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Weekend Plans
Dec. 20th, 2025 12:22 amsettiaiOkay, let's figure out my plans for the weekend, shall we?
All of my big bills (hotel, storage unit, phone, PO Box) have already been paid, so unless something very unexpected happens I don't have to worry about any major expenses the rest of the year other than a vet bill on the 29th. So that's definitely something to be happy about, as it means I can focus on other things this weekend.
I think my plan is to get up tomorrow morning and do my usual weekend cleaning. That way, I can get all of those things done first thing. I'll wash clothes, do some vacuuming/dusting/mopping/etc., and then hopefully by mid-afternoon I'll be free to work on other things.
By which I mainly mean writing as many fics for Yuletide as I possibly can, to be fair. That said, I still need to watch this week episode of both The Mighty Nein and Critical Role, so I'd like to get that done tomorrow as well.
That way I can spend pretty much all of Sunday writing. 🤞🏻
All of my big bills (hotel, storage unit, phone, PO Box) have already been paid, so unless something very unexpected happens I don't have to worry about any major expenses the rest of the year other than a vet bill on the 29th. So that's definitely something to be happy about, as it means I can focus on other things this weekend.
I think my plan is to get up tomorrow morning and do my usual weekend cleaning. That way, I can get all of those things done first thing. I'll wash clothes, do some vacuuming/dusting/mopping/etc., and then hopefully by mid-afternoon I'll be free to work on other things.
By which I mainly mean writing as many fics for Yuletide as I possibly can, to be fair. That said, I still need to watch this week episode of both The Mighty Nein and Critical Role, so I'd like to get that done tomorrow as well.
That way I can spend pretty much all of Sunday writing. 🤞🏻
Can someone actually DO their jobs?
Dec. 19th, 2025 08:27 pmcornerofmadnessHere's my day
1. Call vascular surgeon because no signs of my blood thinners. His nurse says Oh, your script was rejected. How did that happen? she asks herself
Me- Why did no one CALL me and tell me this?
Oh, I'm not sure. I'll make sure the doctor signs this today. If he did I don't think it was sent.
2. CVS after specifically being told not to fill my insulin filled my insulin. Now they'll have to put it back.
3. Been tracking my adagio tea order. It left NJ made it to Pittsburgh which sent it back to where it started in NJ. Made it to Pitt again. Wed they put up a can't deliver to that location. Meanwhile I have 2 boxes from Adagio in my bedroom proving they can. Go to the post office and the package it there and the substitute postmaster didn't put the delivery notice in the box. At least it was there
wrote a story that I think is really good but will probably get little notice. Ah well. I'm proud of it regardless
Title: Red Rain Is Coming Down All Over Me
Summary: Angel has gone back to Valentino because what choice does he have? That’s what he tells himself. That’s the only thing that will keep his friends safe. Being constantly high is his only solace but even drugs can only do so much. How long before he breaks?
Rating: Mature
Notes:Written for spikesgirl58s six word challenge. The words were Fireman Draw Pay Undo Exciting Frog
Also written for the allbingo prompt of (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue and the lyrical titles bingo prompt of Lyric with "red" "green" or "blue". I chose Red Rain by Peter Gabriel.
( Story at the above link or below the cut )
Courting Disaster Torchwood
Style Icon FAKE
Not Fun The Fantastic Journey
Five Times the Knights Lie to Protect Merlin
Got My Eye On You Hazbin Hotel
Always And Forever Torchwood
Mistakes The Murderbot Diaries
Oh, That WAS Niffty! Hazbin Hotel
A Loser Gave to Me Hazbin Hotel
Cowley's the Boss The Professionals
First Aid. due South
My Best Friend Hazbin Hotel
Blue Christmas Hazbin Hotel
Snap, Crackle, Pop Hazbin Hotel
Professional Courtesy Torchwood
Pragmatic The Murderbot Diaries
Etched in Charcoal Hazbin Hotel
Floating on Sunshine Hazbin Hotel
Meliorism The Amazing Digital Circus
brothers in arms 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
It Broke His Heart to Hurt Her So, and Yet He Had to Do Hazbin Hotel
The Aftershow The Amazing Digital Circus
Touchin' Me, Touchin' You Hazbin Hotel
1. Call vascular surgeon because no signs of my blood thinners. His nurse says Oh, your script was rejected. How did that happen? she asks herself
Me- Why did no one CALL me and tell me this?
Oh, I'm not sure. I'll make sure the doctor signs this today. If he did I don't think it was sent.
2. CVS after specifically being told not to fill my insulin filled my insulin. Now they'll have to put it back.
3. Been tracking my adagio tea order. It left NJ made it to Pittsburgh which sent it back to where it started in NJ. Made it to Pitt again. Wed they put up a can't deliver to that location. Meanwhile I have 2 boxes from Adagio in my bedroom proving they can. Go to the post office and the package it there and the substitute postmaster didn't put the delivery notice in the box. At least it was there
wrote a story that I think is really good but will probably get little notice. Ah well. I'm proud of it regardless
Title: Red Rain Is Coming Down All Over Me
Summary: Angel has gone back to Valentino because what choice does he have? That’s what he tells himself. That’s the only thing that will keep his friends safe. Being constantly high is his only solace but even drugs can only do so much. How long before he breaks?
Rating: Mature
Notes:Written for spikesgirl58s six word challenge. The words were Fireman Draw Pay Undo Exciting Frog
Also written for the allbingo prompt of (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue and the lyrical titles bingo prompt of Lyric with "red" "green" or "blue". I chose Red Rain by Peter Gabriel.
( Story at the above link or below the cut )
Courting Disaster Torchwood
Style Icon FAKE
Not Fun The Fantastic Journey
Five Times the Knights Lie to Protect Merlin
Got My Eye On You Hazbin Hotel
Always And Forever Torchwood
Mistakes The Murderbot Diaries
Oh, That WAS Niffty! Hazbin Hotel
A Loser Gave to Me Hazbin Hotel
Cowley's the Boss The Professionals
First Aid. due South
My Best Friend Hazbin Hotel
Blue Christmas Hazbin Hotel
Snap, Crackle, Pop Hazbin Hotel
Professional Courtesy Torchwood
Pragmatic The Murderbot Diaries
Etched in Charcoal Hazbin Hotel
Floating on Sunshine Hazbin Hotel
Meliorism The Amazing Digital Circus
brothers in arms 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
It Broke His Heart to Hurt Her So, and Yet He Had to Do Hazbin Hotel
The Aftershow The Amazing Digital Circus
Touchin' Me, Touchin' You Hazbin Hotel
White Elephant Gift Exchange
Dec. 19th, 2025 09:24 pmdays_unfoldingWoke up a little after 7 AM. Got in the shower early and got my makeup on for our holiday celebration this morning at work.
The White Elephant gift exchange was fun. I "stole" a bobble-head of Jane Austen, which would be great for my library room, and wound up with it. That got me wondering if there are bobble-heads of other famous authors. There are on eBay! I foresee a collection.
I emailed in sick for a half-day because I was dizzy and took a nap. Slept for an extra hour than I had intended.
My singing lesson was amazing. We were doing warmups when she told me to imagine that I was a stereotype of an opera singer singing Wagner. And my voice completely opened up! It had some power to it! We were practicing Christmas carols because I didn't have anything that I needed to practice, and she told me to sing with that voice. So I did. She said, "You found your voice!" She is worth every penny that I pay her. I've learned more with her than I did with several teachers before her.
Fed us all. I want to go to bed soon so that I get up early and get to the post office.
The White Elephant gift exchange was fun. I "stole" a bobble-head of Jane Austen, which would be great for my library room, and wound up with it. That got me wondering if there are bobble-heads of other famous authors. There are on eBay! I foresee a collection.
I emailed in sick for a half-day because I was dizzy and took a nap. Slept for an extra hour than I had intended.
My singing lesson was amazing. We were doing warmups when she told me to imagine that I was a stereotype of an opera singer singing Wagner. And my voice completely opened up! It had some power to it! We were practicing Christmas carols because I didn't have anything that I needed to practice, and she told me to sing with that voice. So I did. She said, "You found your voice!" She is worth every penny that I pay her. I've learned more with her than I did with several teachers before her.
Fed us all. I want to go to bed soon so that I get up early and get to the post office.
Scripting
Dec. 19th, 2025 12:53 pmsusandennisSo, how in the heck am I going to listen to all 6K of my MP3's? I mean without listening to the same ones over and over. I need a system. Oh, Gemini?!! Since I have the back up on the external drive, I got courageous. Gemini wrote me a script for creating folders and then randomly selecting songs to put in them 30 at a time. It's like having 200 30-song playlists. But I had to run the script a biscillion times because some kind of scripting limit. Finally got it all done and now I had duplicate folder names. Oh, Gemini??!!
Yep, got another script that named the folders 1-203. Now, I just copy the folder over to the player and put a 0 in front of its name so I know I've listened to that one. It's a system!! I generally replace the songs every couple of weeks when I charge the thing so I'm really good now til September of 2033 when I'm 84. I think I'm good music swim wize.
The vet, bless them, had broken packs of food so I didn't have to buy a whole case and was about to get 6 cans which will hold me over until Chewy comes through. So now they are eating again. Whew.
And someone turned on the AC outside. The other day when I went out, it was quite pleasant. No jacket needed. So I didn't even look before I left. Not smart. Plus gusty winds. The guy at the vet said that they had had their door opened by guests of wind already a couple of times this morning.
Yep, got another script that named the folders 1-203. Now, I just copy the folder over to the player and put a 0 in front of its name so I know I've listened to that one. It's a system!! I generally replace the songs every couple of weeks when I charge the thing so I'm really good now til September of 2033 when I'm 84. I think I'm good music swim wize.
The vet, bless them, had broken packs of food so I didn't have to buy a whole case and was about to get 6 cans which will hold me over until Chewy comes through. So now they are eating again. Whew.
And someone turned on the AC outside. The other day when I went out, it was quite pleasant. No jacket needed. So I didn't even look before I left. Not smart. Plus gusty winds. The guy at the vet said that they had had their door opened by guests of wind already a couple of times this morning.
Pluribus 1.08
Dec. 19th, 2025 06:21 pmselenakIn which someone becomes Sheherazade, but is it Zosia or is it Carol?
( Spoilers go on the charm offensive )
( Spoilers go on the charm offensive )
Still no needy
Dec. 19th, 2025 08:49 amsusandennisBiggie is going through a stage. He's now got his hind legs on my thigh and his upper body draped across my arm while I type and is looking at me like I'm not paying him enough attention. He's eaten 2 breakfasts and peed a little and chased his treats around (they are in a little rubber fish that is hard from him to crack but he tries). Now he's just sitting here making this entry more difficult to do than is necessary.
But, why is this any different than any other day since the day he came to live with me. He should be the illustration to define High Maintenance.
Outside of watching him waiting for a sign that something is really wrong, my days, lately have been mostly spent avoiding Timber Ridge Cheer. My maternal grandmother was the sweetest woman who ever roamed the earth. In her final years, she was fairly bed ridden in a nursing home and still so sweet and kind and happy. Except around this time of year. One year, the week before Christmas, she told me "if I have to listen to one more Christmas Carol, I'm going to snap!" I feel ya, Grandma.
Oh and the only other time I heard her snap was when the dining room put broccoli on her dinner plate and it was touching the good food. We all have our limits. Even Grandma.
We did not lose electricity last night. The lights flickered once but that was it. Apparently the phone system went down - we got an email. Lots of people here have what they call 'land lines' and that's their only phone. They are the Xfinity phone service. And it is dicey on a good day. Our building wifi is not Xfinity and it was unaffected. It was the wind last night and today all is calm - it's not even raining right now.
I guess I'll go over to the vets today and buy some of the food that they don't hate. I hope they have some in stock. It doesn't look like the Chewy order will get here before about Tuesday.
I finished up the Clean Up The Google Drive - Particularly The Mp3's Project. I have all of the mp3's backed up to an external hard drive. So whew. I slapped 20 onto my player and that's what I listened to while I was swimming this morning. It was a very random mix but quite nice.
Guess it's time to get dressed and get going.
But, why is this any different than any other day since the day he came to live with me. He should be the illustration to define High Maintenance.
Outside of watching him waiting for a sign that something is really wrong, my days, lately have been mostly spent avoiding Timber Ridge Cheer. My maternal grandmother was the sweetest woman who ever roamed the earth. In her final years, she was fairly bed ridden in a nursing home and still so sweet and kind and happy. Except around this time of year. One year, the week before Christmas, she told me "if I have to listen to one more Christmas Carol, I'm going to snap!" I feel ya, Grandma.
Oh and the only other time I heard her snap was when the dining room put broccoli on her dinner plate and it was touching the good food. We all have our limits. Even Grandma.
We did not lose electricity last night. The lights flickered once but that was it. Apparently the phone system went down - we got an email. Lots of people here have what they call 'land lines' and that's their only phone. They are the Xfinity phone service. And it is dicey on a good day. Our building wifi is not Xfinity and it was unaffected. It was the wind last night and today all is calm - it's not even raining right now.
I guess I'll go over to the vets today and buy some of the food that they don't hate. I hope they have some in stock. It doesn't look like the Chewy order will get here before about Tuesday.
I finished up the Clean Up The Google Drive - Particularly The Mp3's Project. I have all of the mp3's backed up to an external hard drive. So whew. I slapped 20 onto my player and that's what I listened to while I was swimming this morning. It was a very random mix but quite nice.
Guess it's time to get dressed and get going.
Oh Tannen Bums
Dec. 19th, 2025 02:00 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
cakewrecks_feedDon't sweat it, bakers; this week is going to be easy as pie. All you've gotta do is load up on super simple holiday designs!
You know, like Christmas trees:
and candy canes:
Or Christmas trees:
(I see the side silhouette of Ben Franklin. You?)
And strands of lights:
[rubbing temples] Or Christmas trees:
And stockings:
Or... Christmas trees?
Ooh, hey, or presents! Right? Can't get easier than a square with a bow on it!
Never mind.
[gritting teeth] Or Christmas trees:
Or candles:
Or... OH WOULD YOU JUST DRAW A GREEN TRIANGLE AND BE DONE WITH IT?
Thank you.
Next week: SPACING.
Thanks to Erin M., Wildkatt, Jason D., Christy G., Anne H., Anne K., Emma G., Jillian H., Christine, Maureen W., and Janet P., for making like these trees, and confusing the heck out of all of us.
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P.S. You seem stressed. Take two of these and don't call me in the morning:
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And from my other blog, Epbot:
Just One Thing (19 December 2025
Dec. 19th, 2025 08:06 amnanila in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Driving by Instinct
Dec. 18th, 2025 10:30 pmcornerofmadnessBecause seriously how damn bright do we need to make headlights these days? Coming into Steubenville on 7's tight and narrow lanes (in the rain) with my stretched retinas and astigmatism, my god, I was literally blinded to the point I wasn't sure where on the road I was.
But after a late start, I made it here. The neighbors are watching Rocket. The little shit bit me last night after grooming my arm, broke skin, left bruises. I'm going to really have to keep that clean.
I wish that I could have concentrated on one story as I drove. It was more like 12 hamsters going in different directions. Ah well
At least the rain held off for most of the trip.
Tired now and I want to write a little before bed. Finally getting time to sit down with the Mighty Nein and the season of Vox Machina I haven't seen yet.
But after a late start, I made it here. The neighbors are watching Rocket. The little shit bit me last night after grooming my arm, broke skin, left bruises. I'm going to really have to keep that clean.
I wish that I could have concentrated on one story as I drove. It was more like 12 hamsters going in different directions. Ah well
At least the rain held off for most of the trip.
Tired now and I want to write a little before bed. Finally getting time to sit down with the Mighty Nein and the season of Vox Machina I haven't seen yet.
