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Views & News: Presidents' Day edition
Feb. 20th, 2024 02:39 pm1. I'm trying not to spiral about my weight. The scale is Not Moving At All but I have been using my intermittent fasting app faithfully as well as Lose It! for food logging.
2. I started a cross stitch for Minor's birthday. It's the Sanskrit letter for OM (his mantram). Of course, Minisculus saw me doing it and now he wants one for his birthday (he picked out an ice cream cone!)
3. The boys' father is still gone. I haven't gotten what I wanted to get done while he was gone, and I feel like the clock is running out. I am debating whether to 'cut bait' or to buckle down and try to Get It All Done. He returns next Monday evening.
4. I want to do a fic for Year of the Dragon [I've checked out a total of 4 books on it at my online library but find it very frustrating. It's all about the personality of each sign and not enough about what happens in the Year of X and the latter is what I want. I want inspiration for what the Year of the Dragon means not compatibility of the different signs and what each's favorite colour is, etc.] and at least a ficlet for jhope's birthday (Everything is Murder edition). I also want to write a poem with a circle theme.
5. I ended up ordering some Saint Patrick's coffee from the Catholic Coffee Company. I also ordered some Saint Nicholas and some Saint Drogo (who, apparently, is the Patron Saint of Coffee). The last is an Ethiopian blend and I'm not certain I've ever tried that.
6. But I did finish my Venom fic. So yay. I'm only 2 holidays behind. And I've hit my word goal for February so any words now are just going toward the debt from January. And I like My Plain Jane.
Questions Feb 14-20
14 Feb: Valentine’s Day: Do you remember your first Valentine?
Yes. This comes for one of my earliest memories of being 5 and standing on the steps of my grandmother's house [I lived with my grandmother for a portion of my childhood] and a boy from my kindergarten class jumping out of his mom's car and running up and giving me a small box of chocolates and running back.
15 Feb: Gum Drop Day: What’s your favorite sticky or chewy candy? Gummy bears! I also like something called Bit o' Honey which is like maple chewy squares.
16 Feb: Almond Day: What is your favorite nut? I like cashews and walnuts.
17 Feb: World Pangolin Day: What’s your favorite unusual creature? Okapis, of course. I like pangolin, too. And anteaters. And platypuses.
18 Feb: Hate Florida Day: What has Florida Man ever done to you?! For those not familiar, people from Florida have a reputation for getting into headlines like 'Florida man charged with throwing live alligator into fast food restaurant.' My sister used to own a veterinary clinic in Tallahassee (Florida) and she once had a drunk/high/homeless person break into her clinic and fall sleep/pass out in one of the kennels.
19 Feb: Chocolate Mint Day: What’s the best pairing with chocolate? I think nuts. Or coffee. Or coffee and nuts. Anything like 'java chip.'
20 Feb: Hockey is for Everyone Day: Is hockey for everyone? Nope. Not for me. More for you.
2. I started a cross stitch for Minor's birthday. It's the Sanskrit letter for OM (his mantram). Of course, Minisculus saw me doing it and now he wants one for his birthday (he picked out an ice cream cone!)
3. The boys' father is still gone. I haven't gotten what I wanted to get done while he was gone, and I feel like the clock is running out. I am debating whether to 'cut bait' or to buckle down and try to Get It All Done. He returns next Monday evening.
4. I want to do a fic for Year of the Dragon [I've checked out a total of 4 books on it at my online library but find it very frustrating. It's all about the personality of each sign and not enough about what happens in the Year of X and the latter is what I want. I want inspiration for what the Year of the Dragon means not compatibility of the different signs and what each's favorite colour is, etc.] and at least a ficlet for jhope's birthday (Everything is Murder edition). I also want to write a poem with a circle theme.
5. I ended up ordering some Saint Patrick's coffee from the Catholic Coffee Company. I also ordered some Saint Nicholas and some Saint Drogo (who, apparently, is the Patron Saint of Coffee). The last is an Ethiopian blend and I'm not certain I've ever tried that.
6. But I did finish my Venom fic. So yay. I'm only 2 holidays behind. And I've hit my word goal for February so any words now are just going toward the debt from January. And I like My Plain Jane.
Questions Feb 14-20
14 Feb: Valentine’s Day: Do you remember your first Valentine?
Yes. This comes for one of my earliest memories of being 5 and standing on the steps of my grandmother's house [I lived with my grandmother for a portion of my childhood] and a boy from my kindergarten class jumping out of his mom's car and running up and giving me a small box of chocolates and running back.
15 Feb: Gum Drop Day: What’s your favorite sticky or chewy candy? Gummy bears! I also like something called Bit o' Honey which is like maple chewy squares.
16 Feb: Almond Day: What is your favorite nut? I like cashews and walnuts.
17 Feb: World Pangolin Day: What’s your favorite unusual creature? Okapis, of course. I like pangolin, too. And anteaters. And platypuses.
18 Feb: Hate Florida Day: What has Florida Man ever done to you?! For those not familiar, people from Florida have a reputation for getting into headlines like 'Florida man charged with throwing live alligator into fast food restaurant.' My sister used to own a veterinary clinic in Tallahassee (Florida) and she once had a drunk/high/homeless person break into her clinic and fall sleep/pass out in one of the kennels.
19 Feb: Chocolate Mint Day: What’s the best pairing with chocolate? I think nuts. Or coffee. Or coffee and nuts. Anything like 'java chip.'
20 Feb: Hockey is for Everyone Day: Is hockey for everyone? Nope. Not for me. More for you.