Dreamflower's Mathom-house

Borrowed from lindahoyland

1. Do you like blue cheese?
Yes.

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Well, here is my earworm for today, courtesy of the DH serenading me with it at breakfast this morning:



So, yes, as of today, I am 64! In 1967, this song was hilarious--was I ever going to be 64? The world was supposed to end before I got even half that old!

I had a nice quiet birthday. We are on a tight budget right now, so we went out to Pie5 (a really cool pizza place) with our son for lunch, and afterwards I blew the gift card he gave me on craft supplies. Then we came home and relaxed for a while and slept through some TV shows, before having leftovers for supper. My birthday dessert treat was lemon meringue pie!

Anyway, I had lots of lovely birthday wishes, which I will give thanks for tomorrow! But thanks so much to all of you! (((hugs flist)))

Most people think of a beautiful sight as a lovely sunset, or babies or rainbows or people hugging one another. Not Donald Trump.

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Well, it's been a while since I have made a garden post, so I thought I'd make one today. Lots of pics behind the cut. ( Read more... )

I almost always have an earworm going. There is not a time when I don't have a song or jingle or something repeating itself over and over in my head. Today it was a poem that I once knew by heart. It was triggered by seeing not one, but three different turtles trying to get to the other side of the road.

Anyway, here it is, so other people can get it stuck in their heads. Share the joy! *evil grin*

The Little Turtle

By Vachel Lindsay

There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.

I'm going to put this behind a cut, in case anyone is planning to watch tonight's DWTS later. But even if you have not been watching the show this season, you should see this dance.

Niall Demarco, who is partnered with pro Peta Murgatroyd, is a well-known male model. He is also totally deaf from birth, and so is his whole family. His freestyle dance tonight was utterly incredible.

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I got this from lindahoyland. Fun questions!

Feel free to ask me; just give me a letter(s).

A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

C: What character do you identify with most?

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?

E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?

F: Care to share a favorite hurt/comfort fic?

G: Care to share a favorite crack fic?

H: How would you describe your style?

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].

K: What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

L: What's the weirdest AU you've ever come up with?

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

O: How do you begin a story--with the plot, or the characters?

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an "architect" or a "gardener"? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

Q: Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

S: Any fandom tropes you can't resist?

T: Any fandom tropes you can't stand?

U: A pairing you might like to write for, but haven't tried yet.

V: A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

Y: A character you want to protect.

Today both the DH and I went to the early service for church, and got our son to go with us.

I normally prefer the 11 o' clock service, which is traditional, with the usual liturgy and also the traditional hymnal hymns. The early service is a "song-and-praise" service with a band, rather than a choir and piano-and-organ. The sermon remains the same for both; today's sermon was on Matthew-the-tax-collector.

Today's service was quite a nice change. The chosen songs had a bit more substance than they usually do, and it was communion Sunday, which always makes the service more meaningful.

I felt quite uplifted and joyful when we left.

Here is one of the songs we had this morning:

(Crossposted from monthlydiaryday)

Just finished typing in my notes. Yesterday was rather quiet and uneventful:

7:15AM--Woke up. Made breakfast (sausage, toast and eggs for the DH, a strawberry/banana smoothie for me), watched "Good Morning America" and petted the cat.

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