#elvesarevain

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Rules: Tag 9 people you would like to know better or catch up with

tagged by @charmandersims, thank you!!

Being tagged does, indeed, make me feel loved!

Last song:  “Feel Good Inc.” as covered by Postmodern Jukebox on the Fake Blues album

Last movie: “Bad Boys For Life”. Yes, I haven’t seen a movie in almost a year. Sigh.

Currently watching: I’m between seasons of “Halt and Catch Fire”. Getting to the tv room has been hard recently, and we got some really good books for Christmas...

Currently reading: “Political Cocaine: How America Got Addicted to the Two-Party System, and How to Intervene” by Art Rude;  “Lost City of the Monkey God” by Douglas Preston; and “Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues” by Leila Miller and Trent Horn

Currently craving: A hot chocolate with cream and petit chocolate (a chocolate, cream, and red wine liquor I got for Christmas). Super declicious, but not something I can drink before dinner. Alcohol doesn’t help my foot pain.

tagging: @grimbunnies, @hislittleflower-throughconcrete, @shastakiss, @valiantlydecadentsuit, @mikexx2, @that-catholic-shinobi, @cindysimblr, @mystic-hysteria, @katatty ... though no pressure whatsoever ... and if I didn’t tag you, please feel free to say I did!

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Rules: Tag 9 people you would like to know better or catch up with ... Thank you, @grimbunnies! Not much has changed since the last one.

Last song: “Hit the Highway” by the Proclaimers. I’m gearing up for Burns night this coming Monday. Still haven’t gone to the movies since “Bad Boys For Life”. It just isn’t safe with the uptick in Covid-19 cases here. Still haven’t turned on the tv recently, though I’ve added another book. I’m also reading “Our Lady of Kibeho” by Immaculee Ilibagiza. I have so many books on my to-do list. I need to get off the computer and read, or go play some more Robin River! Currently craving: pizza. Salty, Cheesy, Stuffed Crust with lots of protein and mushrooms...yum. Not tagging anyone this time, but if you want to do it, please say I tagged you!

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About Me

I was tagged by @phoebe-twiddle, for which I’m very grateful!

Favorite color? Blues. Any shade or hue. Or jewel tones. What can I say? I went to high school in the 80s.

Last song I listened to? The last full song I listened to was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5JjH2OOoNY, which HubbyTMC posted on his Facebook. It’s silly and stupid, and yet, seems to sum up 2020 so far.

Last film I watched? Pre-quarantine, “Bad Boys For Life”. And I missed part of it because I had to find management to get a lady to shut off her phone. SHUT YOUR PHONES COMPLETELY OFF IN THE THEATER, PEOPLE!!!!

Last TV show I watched? HubbyTMC are working our way through Season 1 of “Halt and Catch Fire” and Season 5 of “Marvel’s Agents of Shield”. I think the former was last night’s choice.

Sweet, savory or spicy? All of the above. For dinner tonight, I have a white-and-brown salty vinegary rice prepped, a savory turmeric and spicy oniony swedish meatball in the crockpot, and a Reese’s crunchy peanut butter pie chilling in the fridge. It’s the first time I’ve been able to cook since I got sick in April, and I wanted all the things.

Bubbly water, tea or coffee? Usually I’m a hot tea or cocoa kind of girl, but thanks to my medical team, I’m now all about the bubbly water.

Pets? I’m currently enjoying my pet-free lifestyle, but I’ve had cats, dogs, birds, and geckos. If I were to get another, it’d be parakeets. I sometimes miss mine.

I don’t know who hasn’t been tagged yet so forgive me for any repeats, and of course feel free to ignore! @katatty, @midgethetree, @shastakiss, and @alwaysabeautifullife

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Blog Names and Songs Meme

Thank you so much, @keoni-chan, for tagging me! E Eucharistic Prayer I , part of the Roman Catholic Mass.

L Leaving on a Jet Plane (version by Chantal Kreviazuk from the Armageddon soundtrack)

F Für Elise (this one by the Vince Guaraldi Trio from A Charlie Brown Christmas)

P Particle Man by They Might Be Giants

U Utopian Land by Argo, Greece’s 2016 Eurovision entry

D Daydream Believer by Anne Murray

D Dead Poets by Baba Brinkman, from his album The Rap Canterbury Tales (features Vincent Price reading poetry!)

L Liquored Up And Lacquered Down by Southern Culture On The Skids, from the Miss Congeniality soundtrack

E Eagle and the Hawk by John Denver That was a lot harder than I was expecting it to be. I was really hoping to find a really lovely Gregorian Chant or Polyphonic song, but that’s not just not happening with my name. (I should have included an A or three!)

I’m tagging @thehufflepuffprefect, @shredsandpatches, @emeraldboreas, @catholicknight, @dramallamadingdang, and @fracturedmoonlight. Feel free to ignore, or to link me to where you’ve already done it.

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1, 11, 33, for the Catholic asks, please?

1. How many siblings do you have? I have four. Two younger brothers (younger! we’re all in our 40s) that I grew up with, and two miscarried siblings...one older than me, and one between my brothers. True fact--I was conceived while Mom could’ve still been pregnant with my older sibling, so I’ve always pictured myself as having an older brother really looking out for me. 11. Have a ever talked to a nun? Yes. Two of my CCD teachers in the 80s were nuns, and when they left our parish, they gave me gifts I still have. More recently, a young college girl whom I adore for her absolute joy in everything, joined a small convent. 33. Why did I join Catholic Tumblr? I dunno, really. I mean, I’m Catholic, and on Tumblr...so it just happened. God is good like that! Thank you for asking!!

Have a blessed day!!

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10 Random Questions

(as tagged by @charmandersims )...

Thank you, Char!!

1. If you could travel to one place in the world, where would you go?

Usually, I'd say Scotland, because I'm dying to spend Hogmany in Edinburgh.

However, since April 10th, I've been struggling with mysterious leg pain and swelling; laid up in bed with my feet raised except to painfully hobble to the bathroom or hospital. Doctors are stll running tests trying to figure out what's wrong with me. Seems like a good time to get to Our Lady's Grotto at Lourdes, if it were possible.

2. What do you do in your free time away from sims?

Right now? Scroll through Tumblr and play brainless mobile games.

Usually? Read, pray, babysit my godchildren, or play other games...

3. What other games do you play besides The Sims?

I'm a board game addict. I like Munchkin and Talisman the best. We were plaing a lot of Dominion before I got laid up.

4. How tall are you?

I'm 6'0 ft tall. In our group of friends, 4 couples and two priests, only one priest and my husband are taller.

5. One random interest of yours?

Catechesis. I love teaching about the Catholic faith!!

6. Current favorite bands or artists?

Lately I've been listening to the 70s and 80s Country of my youth...Eddie Rabbit, Dan Seals, Kenny Rogers.

If you meant "currently producing", than I'll go with Dolly Style and Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox. Yes, I know what that says about me. Go with the naive/childlike options rather than creeper, okay?

7. Something you're looking forward to?

BEING WELL AGAIN!!!!

Knowing what's wrong with me and having a plan to get better!

8. Current favorite films?

The entire Avengers series, last fall's Tubman, Rogue One, and The Last Unicorn.

9. What food could you not live without?

My stuffing. Cornbread. Wild Rice. Pork sausage. Goose broth. Oysters. Celery. Sage. Thyme. You have no idea how amazing this is!

10. Favorite series (book or movie series)?

Books: Anne of Green Gables. Narnia. Little Women (the last book is the best!). Harry Potter (The Cursed Child is not canon. Fight me.) Wheel of Time. Dragonsong (the YA Pern trilogy).

Movies: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Avengers. Star Wars (yes, all of them. Some are better than others, but there's not one I don't like.)

I'm not tagging anybody, because I bet most of you have done it already. Please do it if you haven't, and say that I tagged you!

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C, H, K, M, N, R, V & X!

C: Favorite Premade? Completely changes by mood. Most likely Bella, because she's absolutely iconic and yet versatile--there are so many stories about her that adding more is easy. Unlike, say, Loki. There's only so far you can take him off-script so to speak.

H: Stuff or Expansion Pack? Yes. What? I'm a completionist. I need all the things!!!

K: My traits/Aspiration? Family-Oriented, Nurturing, Bookworm, Good, Supernatural Fan. Family Sim with a Knowledge secondary.

M: How long have I been playing? (quickly googles) 2001. Just a few years after I started teaching.

N: Natural or Dramatic Sim Death? Depends! If I have a story in mind, then they get what the story needs. I once killed a sim with a satellite because I was tired of him glitching as he aged to elder. But I prefer that they all live to ripe old ages and die of old age.

R: Cartoony or Realistic Sims? Mostly cartoony, but I have literally 100s of skins and eyes in my game, and they run the gamut from maxis to realistic, including berries.

V: How did I start playing Sims? A coworker introduced me to Sims 1 shortly after either Living Large or Hot Date. I immediately got addicted, and played until Makin' Magic. (I kept trying, but that was too much for my Windows ME to run. I loved everything, but not having teens or genetics bothered me. So, when TS2 came out, I bought it that day, and have been playing ever since.

X: Lifetime or Career Rewards? Of course! Why wouldn't you?

Thanks for asking, Nonnie!!

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13. what’s your comfort food?

Biscuits and Gravy. Meatloaf. Ree Drummond's Olive Cheese Bread. Oyster stuffing with turkey gravy. Pasta in a rich seafood sauce. Garlic mashed potatoes with gravy. Hot cocoa made with cream. Warm, rich, savory foods with carbs and protein and gravy.