Laghail

銀公雞的光輝長廊

(Beware of Chicken)

22 hours ago, Harriet said:

Feeling a bit calmer today, if still sleepy. I started with bujo and did

I maintain that "calmer but sleepy" is peak March energy. 

22 hours ago, Harriet said:

Did I mention sleep was interrupted a couple more times recently because of the Brometheus low glucose alerts? 

You're a good sibling. Will you lose the ability to hang with Brometheus in person after the move? 

22 hours ago, Harriet said:

There’s no other heavy leg exercise I know of that I can do at home, that takes the load off the spine and is not fatiguing in the cardio sense at all. I should actually be thinking about what equipment to get for Munich, since we will probably move later this year.

Step ups? Perhaps step-ups while holding dumbbells? In theory step ups are a transitional exercise before moving to pistol squats, but that theory can fuck off. Step-ups also seem safer/more injury resistant to load heavy??

22 hours ago, Harriet said:

You’d have to say “Nah, she’s less a lapcat and more a murder weapon, if you know what I mean.” (How would I say that in German?… “Nöo… eher ‘ne Mordwaffe als ‘ne Schmusekatze.”?) 

What about this as a collarbone tattoo?? The obnoxious fraktur font is, of course, mandatory. 

4 hours ago, Harriet said:

Group sex sounds too much like socialising. I might go out to tea or coffee places though.

You make many good points. Not to dwell overmuch on a topic un-comfy for some, it is nice to have a rare socializing thing where everyone is there for the same hobby, like a board game night. Mayhaps people still have individual preferences and styles at board game night, but there's a nicely limited set of social scripts to parse.

4 hours ago, Harriet said:

Fair. But "hand the plates, bob" is one sentence tho

This, also, is a good point, therefore Bob shall not be bean-bagged in the face. Bob shall, however. be tea-bagged. That is unrelated to our conversation thus far, but Bob is both consenting and severely into it.

39 minutes ago, athousandwords said:

 

Shhh don't tell my company I'm doing the same thing...

But my style is somewhere between cute and motivating. Like all of these speak to me:

 

 

 

https://society6.com/product/todays-workout-is-sponsored-by-coffee_print?sku=s6-6760764p4a1v45

https://society6.com/product/workout-routine_print?sku=s6-20239600p4a1v45

https://society6.com/product/cat-doing-kettlebell-workout_print?sku=s6-19745598p4a1v45

https://society6.com/product/gym-pattern_print?sku=s6-9232131p4a1v45

https://society6.com/product/i-workout-to-eat-second-breakfast-funny-gym2911312_print?sku=s6-14005461p4a1v45

https://society6.com/product/gym-tonic1224426_print?sku=s6-8967996p4a1v45

Holy shit yes. Obviously my favorite is the "I workout to eat second breakfast", but that's because my DNA test says I'm 100% that bitch a hobbit.

4 hours ago, Rookie said:

I'm falling into a "I don't feel like doing anything" mood. On top of that I was a bit panicked again looking at my bank account and job postings last night. 

 

I'm detecting zero flaws in not doing anything. Maybe assign yourself x number of jobs to apply for, then fuck off with your four footed family? Like the monster below.

4 hours ago, Rookie said:

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1 hour ago, athousandwords said:

You're completely right - but now I'm going to waste the rest of my day on Society6 picking art. 🙈

 I loooove that site!! What kind of vibes or colors are you thinking? Asking because I'll happily spend company time looking for fun suggestions, and then be vicariously pumped when you pick whatever tf makes you happy.

I love your home gym!! I do think you're sadly missing some rad art for your wall, but it's otherwise perfect. Perhaps it needs a name? like, "the temple of gainz"?

9 hours ago, Sepherina said:

I am such a creature of routine and messing with my sleep schedule always leads to me being cranky.

I feel this so hard.

9 hours ago, Sepherina said:

I skipped the group class tonight and opted to go to Target alone during that time.

You deserve a medal for identifying and meeting this need.

9 hours ago, Sepherina said:

the D&D Tarot Deck

We will be needing pictures of this, because it sounds amazing

On 3/10/2024 at 8:55 PM, Rookie said:

Had another nice day of just doing what I felt like. I played my game. I gave Winnie a little spa day. I brushed her, clipped her nails and brushed her teeth (badly lol). We visited puppies. Watched an episode of the new walking dead show. I watched Winnie and Poncho wrestle in the mud 😂 ruining her nicely brushed coat. I tried to teach Winnie a new trick. And I was introduced to a new trick app called Puppr! Super helpful I'm now cooking something for Mr.Rs lunch tomorrow. 

 

I'm happy to say that so far Poncho has been doing well with me slowly introducing his new food in. He's only getting about a tbsp in his kibble but he's quite happy to eat with just that added in 

 

It's looking like tomorrow I'll need to drive Mr.R to the station and then I have my lesson in the morning. 

Sounds like a lovely day! What game are you playing?

6 hours ago, athousandwords said:

Final week of the challenge and I'm ready for this one to be done! I got my kettlebell delivered last week and I want to play around with some swings this week and see if I can work that into the next challenge. 

Saaame. same. At what point in the existing challenge did you start mentally designing your next challenge? 

12 hours ago, Sea-to-sky said:

Have come down with a horrible cold/flu bug so everything is on hold at the moment. Trying to get enough water and just eat 3 meals a day right now.

working through my TBR is about the only thing going right now whilst im down with a fever. 
 

finished takes two to tango by theresa romain. Enjoyed very much, would highly recommend. Interesting plot and characters. One of the main characters is trying to come to terms with a life altering injury so there is also nice disability representation in there. 
 

moved on to an anne mallory book. Not an author ive read before. Admittedly not really my thing (i am very picky with my romance choices) but its a very easy read so about what i can manage at the moment. Probubly going strait in the charity shop box though. 

Love this reading, hate this cold. Make sure to get paxilovid if you test positive for the 'rona.

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

Understandable. The solution is to never allow any deviations from routine whatsoever, and control everything perfectly so nothing unexpected can ever happen to us. That will work. Yes. I will just tell everyone "no" to everything, as I have a daily 16-hour appointment with Nope and Sitting on the Sofa. 

Legit, this was my December. The only people I saw were the two humans who live with me, and the handful of friends that I knew well enough to have them just walk in my house without knocking. I'm slightly more social now that spring is coming, but it still takes a craft fair, group sex, or a nice coffee shop to make me want to leave the house.   

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

Or alternatively, the friends could come over at the same minute every day, and be integrated into your workout, for example. HAND ME THE 20kg PLATES, BOB!

No. I hate it when people talk at the gym. Short friendly exchanges are fine, but there should be an employee with a beanbag gun at every gym. Whenever someone goes into a second sentence while talking with someone at the gym, beanbag to the face.

2 hours ago, Harriet said:

Vet called to reschedule the appointment to tomorrow. I struggled to understand because they spoke so fast. I am feeling brittle and overwhelmed. I know I have a tendency to get overwhelmed very easily, so I tried to reframe things this morning when thinking about the combination of gym, vet, and groceries. But the phone call upset me because I felt powerless, and Mr Harriet has been making a bunch of suggestions of things we have to do around the house, and now he has arranged to have painters come and fix the bad paint job from November, while he's not here. The reframing's usefulness is spent and I am feeling quite down. 

Affirming that it's okay to not be okay, or; you are still valid while overwhelmed. 

Would it be helpful if folks posted CBT type stuff? Also very okay if you just needed to vent and don't want input in return. 

銀公雞的光輝長廊

(Beware of Chicken)

2 hours ago, Sea-to-sky said:

Gloves. Pattern here.

they are fingering, each stripe is vaguely 9 rounds. I dont usually measure them that closely 😆. Thankfully they've all ended up the same length so far. Both where done in knitpicks pallette. 
These are a finished pair.

usually i dont wear them pulled down all the way though. They are more for wearing  as corking and insulation on the wrist. Good for stopping cold air leaking into jumper and coat sleeves.

You do lovely work sea-to-sky! What a fun idea for these weird transition seasons, like the almost-spring we're having in the Great Lakes region.

On 3/7/2024 at 10:02 AM, Harriet said:

• read An Immense World

What do we think so far? 

On 3/7/2024 at 10:02 AM, Harriet said:

I didn’t paint. I thought about it and sat down at the desk but felt too tired to get started. Generally feeling well, just a bit sleepy in the afternoons.

Hard to be creative while in sleep debt. I support your choices.

On 3/7/2024 at 10:02 AM, Harriet said:

Special dinner tonight with Mr Harriet. Have entered it in the app as 2000 calories because butter and wine, basically.

Life partner, butter, and wine? Yisssss

13 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

Stamina

Drank all the coffee before lunch this time. I can learn! Also made Pero again for the evening, this time with maple syrup. @Laghail, I'd be interested in your thoughts if you ever try this combination. I like it quite a bit.

Don't have to ask me twice. I'll try tonight

2 hours ago, Sea-to-sky said:

Today was another day and a half. It never rains but it pours it seems. The weather is dry though, so thats a nice change from the incessant rain we’ve been having. 

Very tired and snuffly so erring on the side of resting. 

Friday nap buddies!!

2 hours ago, Sea-to-sky said:

( @Laghail As requested: in progress shot)

 

Great colors!!  How long do you usually make these socks?

2 hours ago, Sea-to-sky said:

on book 11 of the Stacy reid series (i skipped a couple as i really wanted to read this one). Enjoying it very much, so far very amusing. 

Nap fridays def have a novel reading time slot or two

21 hours ago, Artemis Prime said:

10 feet out. It might also just be 10 feet wide, or might run the entire 20 feet of the main barn. That's a decision to be made after getting lumber quotes.

It's going to be gorgeous either way

21 hours ago, Artemis Prime said:

Some positive notes to balance out my negative day:

1: I really like my rector. He is a good priest, and a good man. Those two things do not always coincide. I always feel better after speaking with him.

2: I really appreciate how flexible my office is. Was late coming in this morning, and it wasn't an issue. Went over to my church on my lunchbreak for altar guild stuff and ended up staying longer to speak with my rector, and it wasn't an issue. It's a very nice perk in the workplace.

3: I typed up a post for my class discussion forum and had to just sit back and go, "dang, that sounds good!" Turns out I might actually know something about this theology stuff, guys.

All three sound wonderful!

從竹林中開採出來的閃閃發光的寶石

(Rewards Deliberation) 

• Miriam Stone / Elephant Stone is yet another franchised name for patterned jasper. It's pretty tho and I have some studs that I wouldn't hate matching with, plus the fun symbolism around writing, Lord Ganesh, and brown as a grounding color; it's a fun intersection. Sadly these are $2.16/strand, but I might spring for it anyway.
  •  
• Kambaba Jasper is an opaque quartz with stromatolites, or fossilized remains of 3 billion year old cyanobacteria, included in the stone. Sexy as fuck. Also moderately expensive at $1.56/strand.  
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• Lapis Lazuli has a bunch of nested meanings, but it also has a personal meaning between my ex-wife and myself, sorta the stone we exchanged to end our marriage and pledge a different kind of family relationship with each other. Buuuut when Laura had a beach trip with her ladies, I used the beads she gave me as the back segment of a multistrand lapis chip necklace for her as beachwear. It slayed, but now I need to replace them. And they're right on the cusp of spendy at $2.39/strand, but not so spendy that I think they're fake.
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• Liam is working on making his beard oils, and I have my own bottle-related April craft project I'm working on with a chemist buddy. But the long and short of it, this lot of bottles might devour 50% of my budget, but at $0.09/bottle, it's hard to argue. And no, they sadly don't come in smaller lots. Any other ideas for sourcing affordable 0.5oz or 1oz brown bottles???
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Congrats on the PB!!

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

The hairdresser fixed my hair today. We lightened it up to the max level they thought was advisable for my hair type and skin colour. It's now what hairdressers call blonde and what ordinary people call light brown. Neutral to gold hue. I love it. He left a bit of a gradient at the top so it won't be super obvious as it grows out. 

Now that you've done this once with the hairdresser, can you just ask for a repeat next time? This was a journey and I'm happy it ended well.

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

I have not been feeling super anxious recently, but I made extra efforts to look for and interpret cues of safety. I cued myself with the reminder ("nice friends") that the strangers and hairdressers are actually my extended tribe, everyone is on the same side, and they are allies, not foes.

I love your cues. I need to do similar when I'm seeing new medical professionals.

Happy anniversary!

銀公雞的光輝長廊

(Beware of Chicken)

That deck is beyond lovely. Thanks so much for sharing!