Hobbies
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I did not think that being a DM was going to happen before my birthday. It had too many variables that were out of my control, on top of gathering a lot of information about how to DM a D&D campaign. I started my first D&D campaign as a player last year, but I retreat…
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I started my first official blog back in 2005, when Windows Live Spaces was a thing. When they did away with this service, I took them up on the offer to port my blog over to WordPress. A quick Google search says this probably happened somewhere between 2010 and 2011. Regardless, I have been tappety-tapping…
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~These donuts from Mochinut were oh, so good. (June 1, 2024)~ Two years ago, I got to try some mochi donuts from Mochinut while on a date with Raymond. They were delicious but driving about an hour, through often heavy traffic, to get more, didn’t sound too appealing. So, I looked up a recipe and…
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We celebrated our daughter’s sixteenth birthday yesterday!! Since it was my daughter who wanted to do the Icing Artist’s cake class with me, I decided that I would surprise her and attempt to make it on my own for her birthday. I purchased access to the video lessons and recipes a few years ago, so…
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There is an awkwardly shaped wall in our living room, sandwiched between two open entries into said room. Part of this wall is cut on a diagonal on one side because our staircase is on the other side. I am sitting here on my front porch struggling to describe this wall. Regardless of my lack…
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I bought some crochet hooks and a beautiful blue yarn several years ago now, in one of my many let’s-try-a-new-hobby phases. My Mom assisted me via online chats, and I got a strand of crocheted yarn completed but that is about it. It’s tacked to the pin board in my room to remind me I…
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I was inspired by a series of still life paintings that an artist I follow on Instagram posted. She staged some of her favourite items for each one, and the results were wonderful and whimsical. I didn’t particularly enjoy painting still life scenes in high school, but being able to select my own items and…
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I received the final car in my attempted rainbow of pastel colours! When I first added the challenge of finding a HotWheels or Matchbox car in pastel orange, pastel yellow, pastel green, pastel blue, pastel purple and pastel pink, I didn’t think it would be too difficult. I was mistaken. Purple, green and orange were…
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My daughter is a huge fan of the Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland. At first she was only able to get her hands on one novel every few months or so, but as soon as she got her hands on the rest of the books that were available up to that point,…
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Apparently, I had some grandiose ideas about what completing a lot of my Forty Before Forty goals would look like. With January already halfway behind me, my chronic illnesses keeping my health in flux, and our financial situation growing more dire by the day, I had to take a step back and reevaluate how rigid…