Sunshine Revival challenge #2

Jul. 5th, 2025 05:25 pm
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I think because I've been traveling a lot lately, with more travels still to come this summer, I'm thinking about how much I love coming home after being away, even for a short time. Sometimes coming home is the best part of going out! I just love the comfort and coziness and cleanliness of our space, and settling into familiar routines and rituals again after having them disrupted for a time (even if the disruption was pleasant). And I love being here with my partner T., even if we're just in our separate spaces doing our own things. I love that our home is a place where I can truly let my hair down, and I love that I share it with a person with whom I can truly just *be.*

Daily Happiness

Jul. 4th, 2025 09:10 pm
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1. I had a pretty relaxing day today. Aside from walking up to the store this morning for pie crust and salad stuff, I did not go anywhere and just chilled at home.

2. I got some of the rhubarb I chopped up and froze a few weeks ago out of the freezer and made another pie. There's still four bags (I didn't divide it that way on purpose but it turns out two bags is exactly enough for one pie).

3. Ollie is such a cutie pie.

Weekly Reading

Jul. 4th, 2025 06:07 pm
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Currently Reading
Murder at the Patel Motel
39%. This is not actually a book, so much as an audio drama. It's an Audible Original and comes free with membership, so I decided to try it out. Turns out the author and voice of the main character is the guy who played Jack's assistant on 30 Rock. I loved him in that! And I'm liking this "book" a lot so far.

Just Happy to Be Here
11%. YA about a South Asian trans girl's experience at a mostly white all girls' high school. It's all right so far.

Sister Outsider
No progress.

Riding the Rails
48%.

Recently Finished
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
I felt like this took ages to finish, but it was a good read. Very interesting stuff.

A Terrible Nasty Business
I really want more books in this series.

Sou Iu Ie no Ko no Hanashi vol. 1
New series from Shimura Takako following three characters who were raised in the same new religion (the religion in the story is not any real one, just based on others), marking them as different from the majority of the population, which is not actively religious. I like pretty much everything by Shimura Takako, so I'm curious to see where this goes.

Tsumetakute Yawaraka vol. 5

Hatsukoi no Tsugi vol. 2

2025 Disneyland Trip #47 (7/3/25)

Jul. 4th, 2025 02:30 pm
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This was another last minute decision. With the lower level keyholders blocked out for summer there's almost always same-day availability, so might as well take advantage of it.

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Horsetail Falls

Jul. 4th, 2025 11:57 am
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Our last stop on the Historic 30 route was Horsetail Falls. If you look at the next photo you can see people sitting on the log stretching out into the pool for scale. .ExpandRead more... )
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July 4th, 2025: For Canada Day I ate hot dogs and one (1) hamburger at a pool party and, at one point, even went into the basement to sit on a reclining chair and watch baseball with the dads! Dads love to watch baseball in the basement during social gatherings and I was invited into their circle!!

– Ryan

Daily Happiness

Jul. 3rd, 2025 11:59 pm
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1. Three day weekend! I'm looking forward to relaxing and not doing much.

2. I had two interviews today and both of them stood me up, but the good thing is that I was doing them from home, so I hadn't gone out of my way for them and wasn't particularly inconvenienced.

3. We decided to go to Disneyland for dinner. Had a lovely time, though it was a bit more trafficy both going and coming than I would prefer.

4. Suspicious Gemma.

Daily Happiness

Jul. 2nd, 2025 09:21 pm
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1. Today was kind of a long day but I did get stuff done.

2. Just one more day of work this week and then three day weekend!

3. Finished another puzzle today. This is from the multi-puzzle box of Disney 70th anniversary puzzles. I really love this design, and they've got a fair bit of merch using it, too, but sadly not anything I actually need (and not even much that I particularly want).



4. Chloe loves lying on Carla's bed by the window.

2025 Disneyland Trip #46 (7/1/25)

Jul. 2nd, 2025 08:56 am
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Took an unplanned trip down to the parks for dessert last night. We got down there early enough that we could just go in DCA instead and avoid some of the nighttime event clogs in Disneyland, which was nice. DCA was actaully not very crowded at all (except when we were leaving and everyone else was as well).

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Daily Happiness

Jul. 1st, 2025 11:50 pm
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1. I had two web interviews today and unlike the guy yesterday, neither of them stood me up. Two more interviews on Thursday so hopefully they come through, too.

2. I got my hair cut today. Cannot stress enough how great it is to have that next appointment already scheduled and not have to deal with having to make the appointment when my hair is starting to bother me. It's already in the calendar! And to go to someone who knows exactly what to do without me telling them every time!

3. The tri-tip Carla grilled on Sunday has indeed made delicious sandwiches. And we still have a ton left so there will be sandwiches all week.

4. Carla was having a high anxiety day so as a mood booster we went down to Disneyland for dessert tonight. Had a very nice trip.

5. Molly's got her eye on you.

Landscape

Jul. 1st, 2025 06:06 pm
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Random quote of the day:

“At times I feel as if I am spread out over the landscape and inside things, and am myself living in every tree, in the splashing of the waves, in the clouds and the animals that come and go, in the procession of the seasons.”

—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Sunshine Revival Challenge #1

Jul. 1st, 2025 09:04 pm
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Some goals for July:

I want to keep up with doing things that help me feel connected to my body. Meditating, stretching, dancing, etc. I know these things are really important for me but also really easy to skip, especially during summer vacation time when my routines are all screwy.

I want to keep my rhythm of posting in my RPs at least once a week, but also maybe do some fun creative RP-related thing too…maybe art, maybe a playlist,  maybe a mood board, something like that.

I want to try to get my little collection of poetry published, despite my deep ambivalence and insecurity about doing so. 

I want to be as present as possible for my partner, my family, and my friends. Times are tough, even if (so far) they’re not super tough for any of us personally. The ambient dread and sense that the future is fucked is pretty heavy though.

Kind of abstract and hard to measure, but I’d like to share more. Here, IRL, wherever. 
 

Daily Happiness

Jun. 30th, 2025 09:17 pm
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1. Our back screen door has two out of three broken hinges and the only thing holding it together at the top is the bar that makes it close on its own (idk what that's called), so whenever we open or close it, it takes more work than usual to get it to actually shut, since it's a little askew. I actually bought some hinges, thinking to try and fix it myself, but after I bought them I realized that the part of the hinge that attaches to the screen is welded on there, not just held with screws. So we ended up calling the people we got the door from (it's been over ten years since we installed all the pet screens!) and they came out today to take a look. Apparently these doors have a hinge plate that attaches with all the hinges on it, so they will order a new one of those. The door itself is totally fine, so I'm glad we can get just a replacement part rather than a whole new screen door. Unfortunately it will take a couple weeks to get the part in, but it's still usable as-is, at least, and can't get any worse since the bar on the top is quite sturdy.

2. This may be my favorite picture of Tuxie ever. How is that comfortable!? Only a cat would think so.

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