Dreamflower's Mathom-house

The DH and I watched TH:Bot5A tonight after supper.

This time I noticed something I hadn't before: PJ drew some very interesting subtle parallels between Thorin and Thranduil. Subtle characterization is not usually his strong suit, but this was well done.

Alfrid is still an annoying waste of film.

And from the time Bilbo shows up in Laketown with the Arkenstone, I was absolutely riveted to the screen. So many feels.

And afterwards, I'm a wreck. *sniff* "The Last Goodbye" just does that to me. *sigh*

((hugs Bilbo))

I was busy today: walked the dog, worked with my polymer clay (SUCCESS with my hobbit door cane, although it is not quite as pretty as I hoped, it WORKED!), cleaned house, did laundry, got some written on my next chapter of "Invasion" and made the read_lotr_aloud announcement for June, and made out the prompt letters for the June lotr_community challenge (though I won't be actually sending them till tomorrow, as I need to match people up with the prompts).

I also harvested the last of my lettuce. Most of it had bolted, but I had some growing underneath the larger ones that had yet to go bitter. So we had the last of our garden lettuce, and our last radish in our salads tonight. I made spaghetti for supper, and it was really good, if I do say so myself.

The DH and I have been watching TH the last few evenings; we started TH:DoS last night, and continued it tonight, after we watched the first episode of HGTV's "Brother vs Brother" that I recorded last night. But we left off right as Bilbo was trying to evade Smaug. We were interrupted by Miss Sophie, who had to go out. Unfortunately she encountered a rather large cat in our yard and went ballistic. She chased him over the fence, but then would not come in. It took us a good thirty minutes of calling her and chasing her around in the dark to get her to finally come in. (I finally had the bright idea of luring her in with her squeaky toy!) She'd actually engaged with the stranger-cat, but came away with only a very tiny scratch next to her nose. She was immensely proud of herself for guarding us from the trespasser!

I am really enjoying our new schedule, although the DH got a call from another place he applied before. The pay's higher and benefits. But if he takes it, he'll be on the road again. *sigh* And the thing is, he LIKES what he's doing now.

Oh well, as I have always told him on job decisions: I'll tell him how I feel, but the decision's up to him, since he is the one who actually has to do the work.

RL has been a bear over the past couple of months, but things are decidedly looking up now. The DH has a new job. The pay is less, but he's off the road, working M-F, eight hour days.

I'm cutting back to one day a week, which is also a hit to our budget, but I'll have a lot more time to do things at home, and I won't be on my feet for hours on end.

Yesterday I managed to get my challenge story done and posted. Today I was able to do a little more on my "Invasion" WIP for B2MeM.

I've also had the chance to get back into polymer clay. If I can get my camera to talk to my computer, I'll post some pics soon.

This is in addition to being able to pay some attention to the house. Also now that the incessant rain has stopped I've been able to walk Sophie again.

We just came home from the Good Friday service. It was a little different this year; we began in the Fellowship Hall, where we all sat in small groups at tables. Our Pastor led the service, but we were a part of it all; those at each table anointed one another with oil, washed one another's hands and then served one another communion. Then we carried small candles and processed with the lit candles to the sanctuary. The choir sang an anthem while we all prayed silently. Then we went to the front, where we left the burning candles in sand beneath the cross at the front of the sanctuary, and each of us left in silence.

This is the hymn the choir sang. It was new to me:

Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper and the events afterwards. Our church usually has a service on Maundy Thursday, but is not having one this year.



Luke Chapter 22:

19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

I've made a post over at b2memsupport for promoting your prompts!

http://b2memsupport.livejournal.com/29623.html?view=227255&style=mine#t227255

You can just comment with your unclaimed or mostly unclaimed prompts or even all your prompts if you want to!

Or you can go there to see if there's a prompt you missed finding; you might see something you want to claim after all!

And if you have not been doing B2MeM, then you might see something that will get you interested.