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[strawlamby]

I am about to go nap nap, but I wanted to pop in here real quick because I'm also pretty proud of myself.

Today I was in the kitchen basically all day, lol. I made some things I've never attempted before and I had a great success all around!

First, I baked bread! :) My last attempt at using yeast went really really bad, but it actually worked this time and I made a beautifully lumpy little loaf of bread! Bread has always been the most intimidating thing in the world to me, so being able to do this has really brought me a tremendous confidence boost in the kitchen!

Then, I made these little snacks from my 1950's Mirro cookbook. They're called Scotch Kisses according to the recipe, and they're like little butterscotch candies that you roll in powdered sugar. They're soft and chewy and really delicious! And a soft butterscotch candy! From scratch! I was so proud they came out good. :)

As soon as I finished that I got right to work making supper for today, and I managed to use just stuff that we had tucked away from our first dinner of the week and whatever odds and ends were in our pantry and it just felt really nice to just look at what I had and whip something up without needing a recipe right in front of me. It makes me feel like I'm learning, you know? My grandmother would have been so proud of me, I know it.

I look forward to the day I'm one of those little old grannies that just has all of the best sweet treats, sksksk.

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I don't know if it's because I'm sick or because I wrote a lot and wore myself out, but I am feeling. Very tired. I am struggling to answer my drafts and asks.

And maybe it is also that I'm consuming so much media lately. I'm trying to watch stuff to inform me on some rp partners' muses, but also since we are considering a trip to Hollywood Studios, we have been trying to binge watch the Star Wars franchise. That with my work feels like maybe a lot of information all at once.

But by God, I cannot allow this to stop me forever because like. Idk how long this is gonna take.

I hope I get better soon and feel more writing energy. I am. So excited about all of my new partners and threads and ships. It's all been so fun since I got back from vacation and I want to keep that going.

On more exciting news, I got this pillow with Mickey and Minnie on it years ago and unstuffed it and cleaned it up, then forgot that I had it. Well, I started restuffing and sewing it back up recently, and literally like the day of or one day later, I found this awesome full sized Mickey blanket at the thrift store. It was just so cool to get these in a usable state at the same time!

I am so floored that this blanket is so big, actually. But it's very cool either way.

[strawlamby]

So...

Spouse got me sick. I think. It's mostly been attacking my sinuses, so it's every bit possible this could just be really bad allergies, but regardless I am very very sick.

My throat isn't in tons of pain, but it does feel raw in a way that triggers my gag reflex every time I swallow. My sinuses are swollen and making my mouth and ears feel itchy and painful. My eyes are watery and all of the achiness I feel from normal everyday activities seems so much worse than it would normally be. I think it's making me slow, but I'm still trying to get to things.

I also have a lot of work to do around the house. We have the yard guy and a home improvement guy coming to our house on Tuesday (because we're making plans to redo the kitchen). So I have to work hard and get both the house and the yard deep cleaned. I'm very tired, but I'm gonna make it. There are a lot of really good things coming our way and I'm blessed to have the opportunity to experience them. ૮꒰ྀི∩´ ᵕ `∩꒱ྀིა

Also also! I finally found a kaomoji app to use! It's not as good as Emoticon Cute, but it lets me paste kaomoji in and save them for future use, so that's the biggest thing I needed from it~

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I sort of hit the ground running when I got back but I am finally going to take a moment to talk about what's been going on with me~

I'm back from Vacation! Let me tell you about it!

We stayed at the Port Orleans French Quarter resort, which we had heard was a nice moderate resort but really boring. But frankly, I loved it! I thought the theming was really tasteful and I loved the pictures up in our room. I had a blast with this place and always felt like I was coming home to crash for the night. 😂

We did two days in Magic Kingdom, and honestly, we totally crushed it. We literally managed to ride and experience absolutely everything we set out to and then some. :) I think my favorite show was Enchanted Tiki Room and my favorite ride in Magic Kingdom was probably Pirates of the Caribbean. I still cannot get over the show scenes in that ride. I really loved Tomorrowland's visual aesthetic the most though, and I got to meet Chip and Dale in their Cosmic outfits!

Our third day was in Epcot and we were all so dog tired by the time we got there that we barely managed to make it around World Showcase. 😂 But I met a ton of characters and I got to ride Journey Into Imagination! I'm so glad I finally got to experience that ride so I can officially start obsessing over Dreamfinder and Figment, lol. I didn't ride as much in Epcot, but I loved Journey and Spaceship Earth, and I had a great time on Living with the Land after our dinner reservations. We went to Disney Springs on our checkout day, and then we had a long but peaceful ride home. :)

As soon as we got home I got right to work putting Dreamfinder on my muse roster, lol. I'm sad I got to miss out on him being in the parks, but I'm happy I can finally feel safe learning about and portraying him. :)

I'm trying to get my schedule back in line now, though that's difficult because Sibling is on their summer break. The saving grace is that they're working their PD right now, so they're still gone a lot during the day. It's been a struggle for my animals, too, who were all in boarding or being sat by someone that doesn't run on their usual schedules. Marbles keeps coming down in the middle of the day to get me to feed her. 😂 We're struggling a little, but we're slowly getting there.

Oh! Also! My new phone case came in while I was out, so now I have a little lamby case! :)

It's exactly my aesthetic and it makes me so happy. :) Little lamby for me~

Okay, I have a lot to try to catch up with, so I'm gonna get back to work. Thank you all for your patience with me! 😌

[strawlamby]

I'm super duper busy, but let me let y'all in on what's happening over here.

So first of all, we are getting right down to the nitty gritty for our Disney trip, and our preparation and excitement for it is amping up considerably! It's admittedly keeping most of our attention as we get closer to the day. :)

I've done more artwork for my autograph book, and now I only have like 2 images left without ink and color. But I'm super proud of how these have been coming out!

I've also been busy helping Sibling get their band room clean for the end of the school year, and while it was super hard work, I did get to keep some of the kids' clothes that were left in the lost and found bin. 🤭 I only had to repair one and the rest were easy to clean.

Another very exciting thing is that we! Found this VCR at the thrift store! For $6!!! IT WORKS!!! I have never been quite so excited for a piece of tech before. I was even more excited about this thing than the next, which is...

New phone! I did lose some apps that I really cherished, but overall I'm really happy with it. I was carrying an S10 before now and while I desperately loved it it had started refusing to keep a charge. I couldn't quite charge it, either, because it wouldn't hold a charging cable all the way. The cable would just fall out of it. So, alas, I had to retire my S10 right before the trip.

On that note... Does anyone know a kaomoji app for Android that lets you paste and save kaomoji...? I can find plenty that will let you build kaomoji with pre-selected parts, but none of them seem to have a place where you can just input ones you find around on the Internet.

I am really missing my lamb kaomoji right now, so if anyone has suggestions please let me know!

[strawlamby]

It's time for Kohi's "Where in God's Name Have You Been?" Hour.

First thing's first: I've been doing lots and lots and lots of cleaning! I'm trying to get my room and my house spick and span for our visiting pet sitters when we're on our trip. I've just about got it all worked out at this point, I just have to be sure to maintain it for the next month and a half, and I also have some sweeping and mopping and waxing to do.

I have also been spending a lot of time just walking. Walking laps and laps around my backyard trying to push myself to walk more and prove to myself I am physically capable of walking a Disney day. And guess what!? I did it! Yesterday, I finally hit the 20k step mark, and I am so proud of myself~

Also in addition, we have been going out shopping a good bit here and there to try to slowly collect our essentials when we get the chance and have the extra money. It's been sporadic, but we've been working hard at it. :)

And in between all that, I've been spending time trying to set up my Autograph book!

I got a Sakura multimedia sketchbook and I decorated the outside of it:

The pop-up element on the front is to make sure the title tag can be there and not get in the way or the band that closes the book. I think it looks super cute, too. My autograph book isn't perfect and it's very eclectic and busy, but it's colorful and fun and I think that's what I want my Disney trip to embody. :)

Inside I've also started making up sketches. I started with characters I know I'm gonna meet and am now working on characters I hope I get to meet. Once I finish all of the sketches, I'll line and color them in various ways.

This is just a small selection of some of the ones I'm working on. Chip 'n' Dale share a page because I refuse to separate them. These are all in the corner and fairly out of the way to hopefully give the characters plenty of room to work with, and I think it'll be fun for them to see pictures I drew of them when they're signing for me.

Minnie is the first "not sure if I'll see her" character, and I'm still in the process of working on her sketch. I'm doing an 80s look because I just think all of her 80s outfits were so cute.

Anyway, I probably will be more and more scarce as the trip gets closer, but I am trying really hard to do what I can. Recently I haven't even been on discord all that much, so I have been busy busy.

[strawlamby]

Hello everyone! I have been very busy! Let me tell you why I've been so scarce:

So! First and foremost: the Disney trip is getting really really close now. We've only got a little over 2 months left to wait, and as we get closer, we've been sitting down more, making lists and plans and backup plans and dining plans. We're getting very serious about honing how every hour of every day of the trip is going to go so I've been busy with that. :)

Next, I haven't quite finished my first quilt yet, but I went to an estate sale recently and found a treasure trove! A box of quilt toppers and scraps, and a quilt all handmade by the previous owner. The quilt I took was a little tore up, but I patched it up and cleaned it and now it's ready to go on my bed~

I also got this little Furskins bear, and with it this clown mask! This mask is very special because it goes to a cabbage patch kid that my grandmother got when I was really little and cherished forever. Her mask broke way back then, but now I was finally able to complete her again.

I taught Spouse how to use the sewing machine, and they used it to take one of those new quilt scraps and their own cross stitch piece to make a little pillow!

Then, after going out and getting some plants for the spiders, I made a cake for our Easter celebration that we shared with Spouse's birthday. This both fall on the same day this year, but Spouse will be gone on the actual day, so we did it yesterday. I stayed up late the night before, and I made this lamb cake, as well as this tiny personal make I made from spare bits, all from scratch!

So yesterday we dyed and decorated eggs, went out to a park, had our food, and hunted eggs. This year Sibling was the winner of the egg hunt! :) And for my "Easter basket", I got this very cute cake stand! It'll be so nice to have in our kitchen whenever I bake us sweets~

I've run out of photo space, but during all the Disney excitement I also made a little autograph book =v= I'm really proud of how it came out. I took one of those Sakura sketchbooks and put scrapbook paper, duct tape, and stickers over the cover to make something unique. It doesn't sound like much, but I am really happy with the end result.

Today we are trying to relax after all of that, but I'm still thinking about trying to get some packing done so that when time actually comes for the trip I won't have to think about it or anything, you know? Or taking some time to clean my room some more, since we're going to have people coming in to care for our animals. We'll see what all I get done or if I'll be able to do any roleplay stuff.

[strawlamby]

Ugh, I miss writing so so bad but I'm so so eepy all the time and barely get anything done in the mornings anymore. I almost feel bad to write this instead of a rp reply but I just. Feel like I have to explain myself even if it isn't much of an explanation. Eepy and whelmed.

And yet, I think I'm going to make another rp blog. I'm going to do it. It's gonna happen. I need a place to put all of these feelings I have for Barry Sloane sad sacks and the rest of my old man collection that doesn't fit into OC, TWEWY, or Pokemon. I'm just gonna shove them all in there and probably be super selective because I. Do not want to be judged afafeads. I'm especially scared of portraying Price, but here we go.

If I can... Just stop being so eepy all the time.