Good mornthing!

1/3/19 08:09
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Good lord, I haven't posted in two weeks. That was a heck of a turtling.

I've been dealing with a lot of free-floating anxiety. Or rather, I haven't been dealing with it. I've not been talking with people, I've been drinking an inappropriate amount of wine, and I have let all the housekeeping slide to the point where pretty much everyone is uncomfortable.

Today is my day off. I got all the Spawn up and fed and out the door for enschoolenation, did some tidying in the kitchen (I can see the countertop again, yay!), loaded and started the dishwasher, and started a load of laundry while my coffee steeped. Then I granted myself the length of one episode of The Librarians to come to the living room and Just Sit - although in that time I have also reset my password here (forgot? What? Weird.), done some crocheting, and worked with someone via text to finally get savings accounts set up for the lad.

I am bad at Not Doing once I reach my breaking point, apparently. Or my Not Doing is just....busy.

To Do before I allow myself to start another episode of TL:
  • move laundry from washer to dryer
  • start next washload
  • clean the garbage out of the living room
  • pick up the CDs that are on the floor
  • put all the couch cushions back where they belong
  • move one (1) lounge chair so the two form sort of an L-couch shape, which didn't work last time I tried it but last time we didn't have a rug to keep things from sliding
  • move the drawer fronts for J's bureau, and the plastic I have under them, to a part of the room where I can comfortably paint them while watching the next episode. 
Stay tuned for further exciting Bribing Myself With TeeVee developments, including folding laundry and making a trip to the post office!

Hello errybuggy. You doing okay? Making it through the midwinter blaughs?

<3
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Good mornthing.

22/11/18 11:01
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 In America, where I live, it is a holiday called Thanksgiving. It tends to be characterized by an intersection of celebrations and stresses. I am attempting to maximize the former and minimize the latter by not travelling, and by making a small feast suitably sized for and catered to the tastes of the few people I am feeding. For myself, SALM, and Daughterchild, I will be roasting a smallish turkey with a rosemary garlic butter rub under the skin. I will be baking potatoes, for which there are the options of sour cream, butter, salt, pepper. I will steam carrots, and I will bake rolls.

It will be a simple meal, but delicious. Within our means, and soon within our bellies.

I am deliberately not setting unrealistic expectations for myself today. I know I can roast this turkey because I have done this specific recipe before; it was, in fact, the way I roasted the turkey on the last Thanksgiving before I left Spawnfather, when we hosted his family for the holiday. I know I can bake potatoes, because I have done it. Ditto the carrots. The only new thing are the rolls, which are merely brown-and-serve, simple and tasty.

Aside from the food, I plan to shower and do some more fiber arts. I have have spent the morning thus far finishing a scarf. It is the offset dragonflies pattern in a white vintage fisherman's yarn, and it is flipping lovely. After I have gotten the food into the oven, I am going to set about trying to translate the pattern from crochet into knitting. This is perhaps my one unrealistic expectation for the day, because I have not done this kind of translation before. However, I have done the pattern enough in crochet that I know it, and I have enough knit skills that I already have a pretty good idea in mind of how to go about it.

There will perhaps be some picking up in the living room.
There will probably be off-brand chambord-type liquor in seltzer, because the sweetness and the bubbles feel suitably festive.
There will likely be a movie and/or minecrafting later on.

I am thankful that I have the agency and ability to use today to care for others but also for myself - that it can largely be a day of rest.

I hope you are well. I am thankful to know you.

Hello, Blisstopia.<3
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Good mornthing!

12/11/18 09:01
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Sunday morning reminded me why I should not, on Saturday nights, mix wine with the concoction that Secret Agent Lover Man calls Grownup Hot Chocolate. OhmyZod. It is so cozy and tasty, but man! I was headachey and dehydrated as all heck yesterday morning.

We had a nice day nonetheless, with post-breakfast dozing and cuddling in bed, followed by dropping off a bunch of things at the thrift shop, home from which I cam with two new dresses and a teacup and saucer. I need to pick up a cheapie razor today because one of the new dresses needs some depilling, but other than that there's nothing wrong with it in the least. I also need a replacement shower curtain. DOLLAR STORE, I HOPE YOU ARE OPEN!

Youngest Spawn has an appointment this afternoon, but aside from that my day is pretty open. I had an editing job land in my lap this week, and I knocked it out this morning. It was one of those jobs I almost feel guilty getting paid for because the story was so much fun. XD

Time to do some crocheting and watch some Blacklist and sip some coffee and be okay with not doing too much because it's a holiday and I should take advantage of the children's sleepingness while I can.

Hello, Blisstopia.<3
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Drunkblog: Murder Party

12/10/18 20:00
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Those of you who have followed me over from the Ploos know that (A) I have a Patreon and (2) one of the things that it funds is irregular Drunkblogs. For those new to the term, it is, I assure you, an easy thing to understand:
  • I drink some booze
  • I watch a movie
  • I liveblog as I watch the movie
That's the shebang! It's a good time to be had by all, especially when I give some advance warning, which I am not doing tonight because I wasn't really planning on doing one but here we are. Some Drunkblogs are planned. Some are a surprise.

Things to know about the Drunkblog:

They are FAR from spoilerfree. I quote things, I talk about where I think the story is going to go, I yell at the characters, I yell at the writers, I make and break ships. I also remind everybody at the outset that all these things happen, so if you don't want to know something about a movie that I am Drunkblogging then you can freely move on.

I try to always pick something that is on a streaming service. I currently have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime readily available to choose from. This makes it easy for folks to watch along if they want to, and participation in the liveblogging commentary is not just welcome, it's encouraged! I'm told that sometimes my bloggery is its own show, though, so don't be disheartened if I go with a thing that is not on a service you subscribe to.

You do not have to be drunk to enjoy the Drunkblog. Sober participation is hella encouraged for anybody who so desires.

All that said... I am about to kick off a Drunkblog! This will be my first one on Dreamwidth, and may have some wonk as I try to work out the mechanics of rapidfire commenting on my own post while drinking Ardmore and watching the film. This site has threaded commentary, which the site I used to do this on did not. Feel free to wander off into side conversations as we go. :D

Tonight's film is a 2007 horror comedy called Murder Party.

"A lonely man attends a random Halloween party, only to learn that the sketchy art students hosting the bash intend to kill him for grant money."

....what the fuck, I haven't even started watching this and I already kind of love it. Check out this poster, dude looks like he's wearing a hat that should have been Doritos:
Murder Party movie poster
 
It is currently ten past 8, EST, and I will be getting this murder party started in probably the next ten minutes or so, so grab your beverage if you want one, queue up your Netflix, and beware! Here there be spoilers.
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