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Dec. 8th, 2025 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dianec42We had our first real snow last week. It actually stuck around & is still looking nice.
Saturday we went to a "cut-your-own" Xmas tree farm and brought back a lovely tree. I've never had a tree so fresh it still had snow on it, so that was fun. It's also the first time we've had a full-sized tree here.
Next, what started out as a quick dash to Home Despot for appropriately-sized lights, rapidly turned into an epic trek for brunch in town, British foods 45 minutes up the road, and finally Home Despot. We decorated the tree - we do NOT have too many ornaments, we still have hooks left! - and settled in for a nice quiet Choresday on Sunday. The cats are interested in the tree, but haven't climbed it or broken anything that we know of.
Today, the snow is melting a little, and we can see loads of animal tracks across the back yard.
This is also my last Mondayon earth of working. In a little over 4 days' time I will be a free human being!
Saturday we went to a "cut-your-own" Xmas tree farm and brought back a lovely tree. I've never had a tree so fresh it still had snow on it, so that was fun. It's also the first time we've had a full-sized tree here.
Next, what started out as a quick dash to Home Despot for appropriately-sized lights, rapidly turned into an epic trek for brunch in town, British foods 45 minutes up the road, and finally Home Despot. We decorated the tree - we do NOT have too many ornaments, we still have hooks left! - and settled in for a nice quiet Choresday on Sunday. The cats are interested in the tree, but haven't climbed it or broken anything that we know of.
Today, the snow is melting a little, and we can see loads of animal tracks across the back yard.
This is also my last Monday
Reading Log: October and November 2025
Dec. 5th, 2025 05:47 pmmesozoicQuick reading log
Read in October:
Redshirts by John Scalzi
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness in the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz
Read in November:
Interim Errantry: Three Tales of the Young Wizards by Diane Duane
Sonnets of Dark Love & The Tamarit Divan by Frederico Garcia Lorca
Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Uptown Local and Other Interventions by Diane Duane
Read in October:
Redshirts by John Scalzi
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness in the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz
Read in November:
Interim Errantry: Three Tales of the Young Wizards by Diane Duane
Sonnets of Dark Love & The Tamarit Divan by Frederico Garcia Lorca
Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Uptown Local and Other Interventions by Diane Duane
One step forward, etc.
Nov. 30th, 2025 09:16 amdianec42I started doing some more work on Upon A Star, and found myself asking "When did these rows stop being symmetric...?"
Dear reader, the rows are all symmetric; I had messed up and missed out a row quite a while ago.
I decided to rip out all of the offending stitches and redo them. It did not take as long as I feared.
The moon looks kind of like an ugly sweater at the moment, but at least it's a symmetrical ugly sweater.
Dear reader, the rows are all symmetric; I had messed up and missed out a row quite a while ago.
I decided to rip out all of the offending stitches and redo them. It did not take as long as I feared.
The moon looks kind of like an ugly sweater at the moment, but at least it's a symmetrical ugly sweater.
Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!
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dw_newsHello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.
The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.
( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )
Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.
On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.
karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.
( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )
Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.
On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.