So I should try the hardware store for a fake tree ... good to know. (Yes, I'm procrastinating.)
Yeah, I think a larger store would have more selection, but mine had about ten fake trees of various sizes left. I bought the floor model of that one :D
kimmiesue13
Are you decorating with the word ornaments? I still have that file somewhere!
I’m not, because I already have too many ornaments, BUT the file is also available online still! Man, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it.
speedgeek
How do the kitties like the decorated trree?
They’re a little curious but mostly haven’t really shown much interest -- they’ve sniffed around the base, but they know when I say “Nuh uh uh!” that it’s off limits. That doesn’t always stop them with other stuff, but with the tree there’s not enough dangly things or loud noise-making things to interest them.
writingcaterpillar
This is exactly the sort of tree that would come to life as a hilariously incompetent sidekick in a 1990s Disney direct-to-video animated sequel. It's perfect for you!
LOL. Frozen 3, or rather...Frozen: Tree.
col1999
Jolly! On a side note, I am jealous of how deep your window sills are. More specifically, my cats are jealous of how deep your window sills are.
Yeah, the cryptids love them. They can cause some difficulty with hanging drapes, insulation, etc but I do really like having recessed windows.
Re: Pietro's Ass. He's been voted Best Butt (Male Category) by the other Avengers every year that Jan has bothered to organize a vote. (Wanda is absolutely ready to set someone on fire to protect his honor.) Pietro is completely oblivious.
It’s a secret poll among the Avengers and Pietro just never thinks about his body in any way where people could thirst about it because he literally goes out of his way to cover up every inch of skin that he can, he doesn’t realize that it very nicely shows off is butt.
In the Atlantean Court there were things that one did not do, for instance; One did not address the king unless the floor was open or it was their turn. One did not ask other nobles to stuff their gills with barbed wire when they spoke derogatorily under their breaths while Pietro stood close enough to listen. One did not simply give their lover a gift without considering the implications behind it.
Of course Pietro learned each of these things in turn as the problems arose; He apologized for disrespecting court etiquette. He fought and won a duel of honor for the insults against the sniveling nobleman, and now his thoughts were racing to figure out why his gift to Namor had drawn gasps of surprise and a few clouded faces from the gaggle of nobles that floated around the throne room.
Pietro had been surface side for all of the last 4 months, dealing with issues that arose with his team, saving the world one life ending threat at a time, and now he was finally back in Atlantis. He wasn’t all that great with relationships to be honest, but he knew that showing up empty handed wasn’t a great way to endure his partner to him especially since they didn’t exactly have a normal relationship. It was often a few days of mind blowing sex followed by weeks of no contact as they were both busy with their lives. So he thought a nice gift would be pleasing. Namor lived in the ocean, he liked shells? Right?
Whatever invisible line he crossed it was apparently a big deal as nobles began speaking in Atlantean out of turn to their king who sat on his throne while holding the gift Pietro had given him, it was necklace of small clam shells, it was rather long and could be looped several times around Namor’s neck if he wore it. The King blinks down at his gift as he ignored the nobles of his court shouting.
Pietro in his air helmet was jostled out of the way as Krang, the Warlord, stepped forward to bow the knee to his King, “MY LORD!” His loud voice silenced the lesser nobles as they ringed around to watch, “Surely you cannot accept, this surface man has no idea, no clue to his implications, surely he must be cast aside to treat you so callously and say things he does not mean.”
“Your sudden concern for my love life is admirable Krang, however it was not too long ago that you had Dorma in your clutches to keep us from being together, so you will forgive me if I do not take advice from you in this regard.” Namor’s voice is steady even as his eyes glare at Krang from over the necklace.
Andromeda, the Captain of the Palace Guards, is near enough that Pietro can move closer to her without anyone paying him any attention, “What did I do?”
“You just passionately declared to the court and Namor that you love him and want to go... how is it you humans say? Steady?”
“What?!” Pietro whispered back, “It was just a gift.”
“A gift of clam shells, bound into a necklace which one could wrap around their body, it is a signal that you are serious about your feelings, be glad you didn’t propose to him with your ignorance.” She whispers back as she maintains her guard position.
“Wait what means proposal in Atlantean?!” It was too late, Namor had descended from his throne and so Pietro straightens and watches as Namor swims to a stop before him. He holds up the necklace to Pietro’s eye level, and waits, from behind him Andromeda whispers, “Put it on his neck you idiot.”
Pietro takes the necklace and wraps it twice around Namor’s neck, it’s still long enough that he could wrap in from shoulder to hip if he wanted. At Namor’s acceptance of the gift the court rumbles a bit before Andromeda clangs her spear to the sea floor, “Allow me the to be the first to congratulate you, your majesty, may your union be a long one.”
Namor nods his head and then returns to his throne, surrounded by other nobles who want to congratulate him as well, except for Krang who glares at Pietro. Pietro turns back to Andromeda, “Union??? We aren’t getting married, you said this was like going steady!”
“Of course, do you humans not mate for life once you agree to never take another lover into your bed?”
“Mate for life?!” He had just asked Namor to be his life long partner, without even knowing he had asked?! “No!” He whispered quickly, “I don’t under-”
“That is very clear, maybe next time you should run your gift ideas past me,” Andromeda snaps, “Atlanteans can bond in union without a marriage, it’s a type of commonwealth marriage for those who do not wish to have anyone else interfering in whom they choose to bond with, it is recognized as a real marriage. However for royalty its more complicated, they can accept bonds but it’s not really official without Neptune’s blessing and a marriage contract.” She finishes explaining before saying, “Congratulations on your union, Pietro Maximoff.”
Namor calls for him and he is still reeling from the idea that he was an unofficially married man, he sits next to Namor as he waits for court to finish, Namor takes his hand and brushes his fingers over Pietro’s knuckles, his eyes contain a heat that Pietro recognizes, a promise of more to come later... maybe being semi married wasn’t the worst mistake he’s ever made.
strix-alba replied to your photoset “copperbadge: copperbadge: arualclosean: cliopadra: Cursed...”
When you said that there was going to be a reenactment in the near future I was expecting you to be acting out the Crowley part. I am both relieved and slightly disappointed this was not the case.
Yeah, I’m much too camera-shy for that :D And while I do currently have the hair for Aziraphale, I don’t have the rest of the outfit or a good place to set up the background dressing....
we-are-but-dust-and-shadows replied to your photoset “copperbadge: copperbadge: arualclosean: cliopadra: Cursed...”
What is the metal thing on top of the egg cup and what does it do?
The doinger! @ferrific asked about it too. It’s a metal lid with a long bar on top that has a spring inside of it. You pull up the top of the bar and it slams down the doinger on top of the egg, neatly breaking the shell on a soft-boiled egg so that you can pull it off and scoop out the delicious jammy insides. We call it a doinger because it makes a soft “doing!” noise when used. There’s a good video demo here (albeit without the noise):
It doesn’t actually work on chocolate. Through the magic of photography I removed the egg after pretending to doinger it and sliced the top off with a knife.
ilacatz replied to your photoset “copperbadge: copperbadge: arualclosean: cliopadra: Cursed...”
clearly this would have worked way better with one of Bon Appetit's Gourmet Cadbury eggs
I mean, is there anything that wouldn’t be improved by the proxy presence of Claire Saffitz?
writingcaterpillar replied to your post “All right, I have tidied the kitchen, set some bread dough to rise,...”
99% certain Polk wants everyone to know how much she loves Deebs
EEEEEEBS is also the approximate noise she makes when she wants my attention, too. :D
likeaword replied to your post “Lasagna Project # 12: Ramen Lasagna”
The most weird thing about this is, that you can buy hardboild eggs in a bag...what are you doing America? Can't you boil eggs?
I’ll be honest it feels like decadence but I used to buy them all the time because a) they were consistently better (and more consistent!) than any eggs I could boil at home and b) I didn’t have to shell ten eggs and then worry about them going bad before eating them, or try to shell an egg at work. They’re not significantly more expensive than raw eggs -- 10 for about $3.50, versus 12 raw eggs for between $1 and $3 depending on where you buy them.
And especially for people without a lot of time for meal prep, or with dexterity/arthritis issues, or even for someone making a ramen lasagne who doesn’t want to boil and peel a shitload of eggs while cooking, they can be a real godsend.
writingcaterpillar replied to your post “I found these at the 7-11 near work, and everything about it frightens...”
Sam, I don't know what you were expecting, but the rest of us were expecting you to get food poisoning.
