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The problem with having sent Finn to bed early is that he's kept me awake since 5:30... and I only slept well after midnight.
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Oh my goodness, Squick is a lucky girl! libbyrose123, you are a star! Thank you so much!
(must get that fabric to you... will be after festival though, as we're snowed under!)
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101 things
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Start date: May 1, 2015
End date: January 26, 2018 1) Get ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 39: Gambler's Fallacy
Nemo rushed out from under the ledge of a piece of coral, his stunted fin flickering wildly. "Dory!" he cried. "You made it ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 38: Open topic
My insides are made of fear and inadequacy. I bolster the walls with chocolate, but sometimes they leak. Tiredness wears them down; frustration and hormones wash away at the foundations. I plaster on a facade of competence, slapping flaking layers on top of flaking layers, keeping it together ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 37- The Bystander Effect
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LJ Idol week 37 - Quick Fire
Eleanor was happy with her life, until she wasn't. It came upon her quite suddenly one day, when she was filling out her daughter's baby book. First smile? First tooth? First word? Eleanor tried to remember, but it all blurred into a drift of exhaustion, jumbled with memories of Jasmine's big brothers. A first smile isn't quite so exciting when ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 36 - "Tiles"
Jill suppressed a sob, wiping a faintly grubby hand across her reddened eyes. Sorting through her mother's house was proving even more difficult than she'd thought it would be. The kitchen had been a treasury of childhood memories; the good bowls used only at birthday parties, the carving knife sharpened to a thin spine of itself, the "special ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 36 - Quick fire
Mama Bear looked around her house and scowled. She'd spent all morning cleaning the cottage, but it looked nearly as bad as when she'd started. The cracked windows and the rusty red roof let in too much dirt, and she just couldn't get it clean. She growled, and tossed her rag into a corner ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 35: "Men and melons are hard to know"
Meal time was always a battle. There was no denying it; Davi was a picky eater. K'tisha mustered an enthusiastic expression as she placed Davi's heaped plate in front of him. He promptly shoved it away ( Read more... )