#How to Stay Fit as the Years Go By

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Aging Gracefully: How to Stay Fit as the Years Go By

#Aging Gracefully #How to Stay Fit as the Years Go By #Gracefully #Aging

[skitskatdacat63]

"average person creates 3 new AUs per year" factoid actually just statistical error. average person makes 0 AUs per year. Alternate Universes Catie, who lives in cave & makes over 2 each month, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#i think about how many ive made this year and i feel a bit woozy #its so funny bcs ive always been weirdly staunch abt not making AUs for my own characters #<- just bcs i wanna establish them and putting them in different AUs makes it a bit less stable so #and them i start drawing fanart for the first time in my life and go absolutely nuts #let me think hmm i think ive made 8 or so this year 🤔 #not all of them have art yet but they do haunt me #like also does it count if you make offshoots of your own AUs 😭 #i have too many thoughts ;;;;; #also i think its just bcs i really crave learning new info #and ive learned *a lot* about f1 so its fun to make AUs by learning more abt smth else and then combining them #like hmm how do these real world events fit into early 18th century europe JSKFKGLLVLV #actually i *do* live in cave. me and my dark bedroom 🤧 #if you stay on my blog you WILL get a history or culture lesson abt some inane thing #catie.rambling.txt #*i need to start putting 'scheduled' in the tags of posts so you guys dont get a horrible perception of my sleep schedule #well it is horrible. but not horrible enough that im staying up *too* late

[xxcapybaragamingepic1337xx]

If they didn't want people sleeping during the day they wouldn't have made beds so comfortable

#hi I just woke up and my blankets are so soft and it's the perfect temperature as well and I have so much work that needs to be done #it's a cruel world #I've also lost all concept of time and barely know what day it is but whatever #maybe.... another 20 minutes... what's the worst that could happen #sorry for rambling just woke up with very strong feelings about how comfortable I'm feeling rn #also unrelated to anything I think modern oil paintings are really interesting especially ones that are more realistic and focus on everyda #scenes or still lives #personally I always associate oil painting with very classical art and that comparison brings a whole new layer of appreciation to the #piece like yea you've painted your McDonald's happy meal and hundreds of years ago somebody painted this bowl of fruit #and the medium in which you did it stayed the same the whole time #it's similar to how I feel about (modern) art in museums in that because it's placed in museums it gives it the feeling of an important #art piece and something that you should study intently #love modern art btw don't think it has only value if it's placed in an museum I just think it's interesting how much impact the surrounding #have on what we consider art #which is a fun thing to try out like for example if I say my IKEA chair is art that gives it a different value #making me study it more closely and in the process I'll realise yes it is art to me the way the pieces fit together #how the form was designed etc and it works for everything and makes your day much more fun #ramble over if someone's still reading this here's a fun little guy: 🐕 and sorry for taking up so much space on the dashboard #I'm going to go back to sleep now (bed is still veryyyy comfortable) #delete later

[vamptastic]

it's kinda weird that when you look at health recommendations for various medical conditions associated with fatness it's always 'just lose 10% of your body weight to see a risk reduction' (so like 20-30 pounds for the average overweight or obese person according to the bmi) but then in day to day medicine there's not really a way of like, removing obesity as a diagnosis on your insurance paperwork for example, even if by a certain standard you've lost enough weight to reduce the risk of health conditions that insurance would be concerned about. if you're an average height weighing 300 pounds and lose 30 pounds, which seems to be the amount that's considered reasonable to lose and maintain if you want to like, reduce your cholesterol, you've gone from morbidly obese to morbidly obese.

#beyond like the more pervasive stigma that i think has been around for a lot of history around fatness #i think the biggest reason behind the current concern over obesity in the US especially is uh. capitalism #there's always this addition about look at how much money these people cost us!! and its like who's us. insurance companies? #idk one one hand it's nice to see that medical science is maybe being kinder now than when i was an overweight 11 year old lmao #like when i was a kid it was hey this index that is not accurate for your age and sex says you need to lose 15 pounds #and then constant badgering about it until i got sick dropped 5 pounds and fit the graph better or whatever #and then i continued to gain weight for the next 7 years until i treated my insulin resistance #but i genuinely got worse and stricter treatment as overweight than morbidly obese because i think now that I'm 250 and an adult #they're like yeah you're just fat we're not going to bother beyond the legally required warnings #also when i was 11 it was uhhhh 2016 so middle of the obama admin when fat kids were the topic du jour #but the way they talked about it was like if I didn't stay under 130 pounds for the rest of my life i might as well drop dead #so seeing hey if you lose like 25 pounds you're good and you don't need to drop over 100 is. Comparatively better #still shitty advice for insulin resistant people IMO but whatever

[spongebob-connoisseur]

@bluebellthesponge

You're right about it. Its seriously dorky and not in a good way. You're telling me the happy go lucky sea sponge would hate his modern counterpart for being happy go lucky? Y'all okay? I know they differ a lot now in personality but the core is about the same. Sometimes it feels kinda ironic. I remember a post on Instagram where everyone in the comments was hating on Mind The Gap saying it was a disgrace to Spongebob and that Hillenburg would've hated it. While it was MADE while Hillenburg was still alive and was noted that he laughed so hard at the episode and really enjoyed it. Also the fact that its inspired by a Jerry Lewis movie and Spongebob the character is inspired by the man-child type character's Jerry Lewis would play. The episode fits the idea of the show better than some classic episodes.

I feel like if the classic episodes came out today then they'd be hated on. Spongebob came out at a particular time that allowed it's success because it stood out amongst all the cynical 90s cartoons. If it came out today people would think its just mindless goofy nonsense.

I feel similarly about modern episodes. I'm sure if the modern stuff came out like 20-30 years ago then it would've done so much better.

I'm just rambling but yeah, at the end of the day its not meant to be taken so seriously that you'd make literal hate art. I get why since the classics are so dear to so many people and people are particularly sensitive to nostalgia but nothing lasts forever and not all change is bad.

#Train of thoughts #Sometimes I do think of how modern episodes especially fit the wacky offbeat stuff that was popular in the 80s #Its just timing since people want more serious plot driven cartoons now #They're tired of silly and innocent but that doesn't make it bad #If you wait a couple of years I can guarantee the episodes of today would be treated with more love #Spongebob always changed with the times #The middle seasons are a good example of it trying to copy what was popular in the early 2010s #As much as I don't like the middle seasons I can recognize that #I just didn't like a lot of cartoons from the early 2010s so explains why I haven't much of a taste for it #Anyways you can't expect the show to stay the same forever especially since its nearly 25 years now #Even with the same crew from way back when they aren't going to create the same things they did 25 years ago #Its easier to just say 'its not for me' rather than putting it down just because you don't like it #Replies #Bluebellthesponge #The Spongebob connoisseur

[hoffmanstits-enjoyer]

Every single time I think too much on why.

Why on earth would Jeremiah stay in Gotham of all places, throughout the years in which the twin brother he supposedly fears like prey does a predator can be seen in the papers and tv, wrecking havoc and escaping Arkham... d y i n g and coming BACK–

–It makes me want to bang my head against a wall and screaM!

He. fucking. KNEW. Jerome. killed. Lila. which. means. he. followed. his. whereabouts (as any idiot would when they want to know where someone is)

Am I supposed to believe that Jeremiah Valeska stayed because he didn't think he could build a life in another state? Country? Continent? Should I accept that he's grown somehow attached to those goddamn adoptive parents that never get mentioned by NAME?! That plaza?! The city?! (I think it's a fair assumption to make that Ecco would follow him anywhere)

That he simply thought it would be more REASONABLE to just build a full blown B-U-N-K-E-R and slowly isolate himself from everything as means of defense?! [hysterical sleep deprived laughter]

It's a CHOICE! Rooted on something irrational that eats away at him and made him stay within brotherfucking reach, he wasn't forced to create an impenetrable bubble of hard cement around him and be poor little Xander Wilde, armed with ill-fitting politeness and practiced lies.

Isn't that just insane?!? It's not that he CAN'T but that he WON'T.

(He needed the excuse. To play the role of the hunted so that he could have all because he's greedy, why not have it ALL? If there's fear, it doesn't guide him as much as he makes it look and that's the thing about him, it's all about the opportunity to seize control of reality and alter it until it fits his needs, it's a calculated risk made by an obsessed, self-serving mind that only goes to prove how far he'd fallen beFORE anything was done to him and it's all because of Jerome;)

Whether he likes the implications of his actions or not, he chose Jerome. He left him but couldn't go very far, how hilariously pitiful is that?

#gotham #jeremiah valeska #jerome valeska #fuck everything this is definitely #valeskacest #twinleska #jeromiah #being so canon #i want to cry #the more i think about them the more anger i feel #i desperately need to sleep #how many times along the years did jeremiah chose again and again to wait a little longer #i keep filling their years apart with these moments in which they second guess themselves #istg the writers of this mess didn't think over jeremiah and jerome as much as i do #the only argument i can think for him to stay is perhaps pride #but even then it just doesn't hold a candle to the counter of his arrogance feeding into his desire to handle jerome as he sees fit #it was not pride that moved him to confront him in s4ep19 but that arrogance and desire #staying just on the principle of showing jerome he's not afraid is even more nonsensical because his precautions give it away anyhow #if i keep going like this i'll be admitted to arkham myself

[weenhands]

ok might start exiting that phase of Me severly doubting and gaslighting myself on being possibly autismal because yea when i go research mode it all adds up but even when im assessing myself carefully on DSMV criteria it gets to a point where it's like ash ...... please stop playing dumb this is rlly serious

#its like. all of the criteria. all of it. To a very confident degree #i fit it so perfectly #and sometimes im like OK BUT its normal (gaslighting myself) to have abnormal interests at times (gaslighting myelf😁) #and to just have it be your whole identity (gaslighting yourself! age 9 all you could think about was little big planet 24/7 with #no exaggeration whatsoever it impaired your school life and temporarily your relationship with your brother:) youd throw intense meltdowns #when mom and dad said go to bed after playing all day:) you refused to get up and pee when you really had to! #age 13 you would rewatch my little pony equestria girls every single day after coming back from school. age 14 you became a knowledge bank #for every single youtuber/micro influencer on instagram who you admired and spent intense amount of study and focus trying to copy to a tea #in order to mask. age 16 and you oftentimes explain your extensive knowledge to haircare as you yoursef probably able to deal with a wide #variety of hair textures and porosities and types because you spent an entire year learning about nothing else but haircair #and stayed up till 6am every night doing so. unable to stop. #age 18-19 you became so fixated on tarot the passage of time didnt exist. you almot forgot to eat for an entire 10 hours when you got your #first deck. if you were to pick up a deck at that time you wouldnt be able to stop yourself. age 20 your fixation on makeup is so strong #youve probably spent a total of 4k on makeup in the past year. you couldnt stop infodumping on both haircare for HOURS and on makeup #it is the only thing you want to talk about) #but no. its normal that EVERY SINGLE interest ive had ive had it to an abnormal extent #and its not just that. its the fact that i also have Other criteria. #my friend robin could hypothetically have interests to a weirder extent than me #but she doesnt struggle with friendships and conversations. it causes me severe distress with the way how i cant manage either #and its obvious on here too #the echolalia i have. the movements. the COUNTLESS fixations ive had since i was little (rubbing my mouth and humming whenever i heard #something uncomfortable so the vibrations would calm me down. always hating motorbikes. hating the sound of plates. bright lights.) #my teacher reporting i had poor motor skills but my parents going like chile anyways #and the way how ive always been embarrased throwing quote on quote tantrums at an age i wasnt supposed to anymore #which were basically meltdowns lol like its not nomal to feel like a danger to yourself when you're angry and want to punch mirrors when #ur makeup routine isnt going to plan #theres more but yewh hehshdhfjfj #just. i keep telling myself ok but Ash anyone can have this....YEAH BUT BITCH UR TICKING ALL THE BOXES! #also i made mistakes on saying fixation instead of stims and also listing my sensory issues #im just venting and 👍👍👍 yeah

[rohirric-hunter]

Durin if I had known your intention was to make enemies I would not have brought you these reinforcements.

#lotro #i do not think this gundabad thing is going to sit well with the zhelruka #at least not at first #i think these quests will be helmed by dahlia ferelin and belharen #drof will be present but i need to learn more about the dwarf politics before i figure out how she fits in #although to be entirely fair she is likely to be more sympathetic to longbeards than most #as she lived with them for many years #leonys and hathellang will arrive later #i wasnt going to involve dahlia and ferelin in all this until after i decided leonys and hathellang would be involved #even then i thought initially they would stay in minas tirith #but idk i just had ideas rise to mind that involved them as i started doing gundabad stuff #plus if leonys and hathellang do end up doing return to carn dum then itll be fun for them to have friends along whove never been

[potatoesandsunshine]

it’s all fun and games until you have to take a step back from themes and motifs to look at the basic story structure you’re working with

#anna's fic notes #small jobs is my favorite thing to work on. it is hands down my favorite fanwork i've ever done. but sometimes i have to close the docs #and take a step back to decide: what is the goal of this story? what do i want the reader to feel? where are these events going? #is this a three act story? do i need to review the hero's journey? how does this fit together - almost mechanically. #what are the puzzle pieces i need to make this fit together in a satisfying way? and i really only do this with this series bc it is my fav #every other fic i'm sorry but you are not small jobs. this is why it takes a year every time i want to update the story. #i KNOW the themes of the 'verse. i KNOW the tone i want to hit. i KNOW the little tics that need to show up/when they need to stay away #but i have to make a checklist to figure out what the plot is every time. introduction. rising action. red herring? climax/epilogue. etc #small jobs isn't just about vibes (except for that one interlude) it HAS a story to it it's just that i am. not great at those lol

[computerpeople]

literally everyone in the games: WOAH CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT KID SURVIVED?!

50% of the fandom: ....and then he died and became golden freddy OOOOHHHH I GET ITTTT matpat youre so smart

#txt #WHY WOULD THERE BE A POINT TO KEEP REPEATING OVER AND OVER AND OVER THAT THE BITE VICTIM SURVIVED #AND HOW AMAZING AND IMPRESSIVE IT IS AND BIZARRE IT IS #AND THEN ALSO HAVE MICHAELS WHJOLE THING BE #'WOAH ISNT IT CRAZY HE SURVIVED THAT?!' #AND BABYS WHOLE 'YOU WONT DIE' THING?! #OR THE FACT THAT THE PROTAG IN FNAF 4 IS CANONICALLY MICHAEL AND IS HBALLUCINATING HOSPITAL EQUIPTMENT AND THE NIGHTMARE FREDBEARS #WHY WOULD GOLDEN FREDDY BE THE ONLY CONSISTANTLY HALLUCINATED ANIMATRONIC IF NOT A HALLUCINATION FROM THE CCS POV #OR THE BOOK THAT MIKE CANONICALLY OWNED HAVE QURESTIONS IN IT DIRECTED AT *SOMEONE WHOD NEVER READ THE BOOK?!* #YOURE TELLING ME THEMATICALLY. LITERARILY. THAT THE THEMES FIT BETTER IF #THE CRYING CHILD RANDOMLY FUCKING DROPPED DEAD DESPITE IT ALL?! #DESPITE BEING TOLD HR WAS GOING TO BE PUT BACK TOGETHER?! BYU WILLIAM!? WHO IS WORKING ON A WAY TO STAY ALIVE FOREVER?! WHICH TURNS HIM INT #A ZOMBIE. AND MICHAEL *ALSO* ENDS UP TURNING INTO A ZOMBIE. WHY WOULD WILL NEED TO USE THE REMNANT ON HIM HM?! #HM?! #BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW THE ONLY REASON HED USE IT ON MIKE IS IF HE THOUGHT MIEK WAS GOING TO DIE #AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO MAKE HIM THINK THAT THAN A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCEEEEEE AFTER HE ALREADY LOST HIS OTHER KID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I FEEL LIKE ITS LIKE COME ON GUYS ITS BEEN WHAT. WHAT?! 5 YEARS?! #JUST ADMIT YOU DONT WANT A DISABLED PROTAGONIST

[willowfey]

ignore this i just wanna ramble in the tags for a sec i’ll probably delete it in a bit 🤪

#did an escape room with the fam on my sister’s birthday two days ago and my brother made me feel stupid the entire time #wouldn’t listen to me wouldn’t share or let me help and then act like i wasn’t helping (??? let me then) #and because he’s Loud my whole family was following his lead and ignoring me #but in the end i was the reason we won bc i was the only one who immediately understood the word riddles AND the one who wrote down #all the numbers he said we wouldn’t need. i was the only one who could connect the past information with the current problem #the only one who listened fully to the cd and decided to write down the locations without it being relevant yet #the only one who thought the tiny details might be relevant and the only one who automatically fixed his mistakes bc i noticed a pattern #and in the end still got no credit for anything (except from my mom) even tho if they had listened to me from the beginning they would’ve #been less stressed and finished sooner #then at the restaurant he didn’t listen to me again and we ordered too much even tho i told him we wouldn’t need it #THEN after dinner my grandma started texting me all frustrated telling me i need to keep my aunt updated on what’s happening thru the day #so she doesn’t feel left out. bc she’s having a rough time lately. bc it’s my job to make everyone feel better #FIRST of all this woman ignored me for years when her ex husband decided i wasn’t worth it #and now suddenly it’s my job to keep u informed on my every move so u don’t feel left out?? text me urself. ask what i’m doing. #ask HOW i’m doing??? do u even care beyond a ‘what colour is your sturdiness today namaste’ #every time my aunt complains about the tiniest thing and starts crying about it it my grandma blames everyone else #no one even knows or cares if i’m having a rough time #she came to ‘help’ when my mom was sick and i did everything for her instead. and then she threw a fit when i wouldn’t eat her salad #when i was too exhausted from staying up all night with my mother to go on a run with her the next day #my mom finally got mad at her for implying i’m lazy all the time and told her i’m ‘neurodiverse’ and do things my own way and she didn’t #even know what that meant so my mom was like ‘on the spectrum ‘ and my aunt just got mad that she had never told her #would it have made a difference at all? would u have expected different from me? #meanwhile i’ve done so much for my cousin… including taking care of luca the entire time she stayed with us. i had him all the time #i didn’t mind. i love that kid more than anything. but everyone expects everything from me like it’s just a given #i talked her through every problem every breakdown walked on eggshells to keep her happy and then what does she do when she leaves? #ignores me. doesn’t come back when she said she would. complains that i don’t include her in things #bc sometimes i have quiet conversations with my sister so i don’t bother everyone #and then gg wants to know why i won’t come see her? why i won’t drop everything to fly there? my aunt wants to know why i don’t call? #because despite loving me u have made me feel inadequate my whole life. some of u more than others #and i’m tired. and it’s time for me to Be me For me without justifying it to everyone else.

[sifutoph]

loose thoughts, but if i had it my way : t0ph would've never stayed as chief of police. maybe she'd founded the r.epublic c.ity p.olice and trained / oversaw the first batch, and maaaybe she'd come back every six months to see if any of them needed extra whipping but ... i think that's about it. additionally, t0ph would've remained as one of the staunch business voices for the industrial age, overseeing her and her father's investment in the refinery and how that business could've grow to aid as many nations as it could. on top of all that ? b.eifong's metalbending academy would've been everywhere. it would've lowkey been a franchise, except we know t0ph never collected money from those kids; it would've seconded as an orphanage, serve to help runaway children like she never got before she met the g.aang. t0ph would've revolutionised or at least gave precedent for the general educational system and/or how the populace view child safety when it comes to displaced children. and if we're adding l.in and s.uyin into this ? oh, t0ph definitely said fuck structure (negative). my girl would for sure be hopping from place to place as it suits her and it wouldn't have given the girls any proper place to settle because they'd be at the b.eifong estate one season, then a metalbending school the next, and then somehow in r.epublic city that summer. and that's my thought on that 😇

#btw these are all something im referencing from the comics DIRECTLY #t0ph being against asking kids for money #t0ph genuinely opening her school for any runaway #t0ph saying she wanted to ''try something new'' with that ideal #and then her deal w/ the refinery #like my girl was ACTIVE #see like. i dont /fully/ have any problem w/ t0ph as a cop #esp if she is the one to found it but im telling u #she would NOT be staying in it for like. more than a year #because t0ph quite literally gets bored w/ any structural institution #and ure telling me she stayed there doing the same job for years and years? #like sure she catches criminals here and there and she got to be a chief - and ?????????? #i just. sorry! but i dont buy it #t0ph as a businesswoman actually makes SENSE #esp in an investment that tied heavily to metalwork + her supporting vision of how that could grow #she could literally see how that industry grow & she'd be challenged enough by the rapid pace of it all 2 constantly earn her way to the to #like i could go on and on why t0ph being an advocate for the industrial age + one of the woman to revolutionise educational system #fits her more! #but... imma chill #gen: out of character.

[yongseungkim]

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#like i definitely need therapy lol #not that i havent tried in the past nothings just worked/stuck like the therapists werent a good fit for me perhaps #so im trying to reach out again because holy shit #i want to a) get out of my phd and b) have normal fucking friendships #but its so hard right now when anxious thoughts take over SO much some days like i know i cannot do this on my own #i have good friends i know who will hear me out #but man its the same thing over and over again with me but in a new font sometimes i swear #and my friends dont need to hear all those anxious depressive thoughts lol like #once in a while sure esp my closer friends but all the time? nawr #i have been trying to journal but man the emotions just bubble up and i dont feel better until ive like said things out loud #so honestly just having someone to rant about the same issues over and over again might be nice lol . #but i need to find a therapist that fits which is the hardest part #i do think ive made small strides on my own which is nice #but the emotions are just so loud and genuinely affect my day to day like its so hard battling things on my own #im at the point now where im like this cant go on for much longer somethings gotta change #if i want to have a phd in the next year and if i want to maintain friendships normally #and esp if i wanna stay roommates with this girlie cuz holy shit its been a lot harder than i expected maybe #i dont think i can do it on my own without major reprecussions #bro its also been like so long #i feel like ive always had some human i was extremely fond of for the past ?? years albeit most of them were like fake right like in the kp #*kpop world so it was fine when it becomes a real person it is absolutely terrible let me tell u . #but its also been a habit like i didnt realize how terrible my thoughts w ys were until now cuz they really wernet normal thoughts at all #like i want to break free of having these kind of attachments to people in a way cuz the only way i feel like ive been able to deal with bi #feelings is by transferring them to a new subject which isnt what i want anymore #like i just want it all to stop! #i also feel like mentally ive gotten worse ?? than before ?? in some ways like #i dont know if i want to make new friends and connections anymore #the same way i was trying so hard in the previous year which is worse bc now my efforts are like #SOLELY on this one girl in a way which is NOT. GOOD. #ive been trying to have conversations with the third roommate but i have to force myself?

[iknityounot]

(Long post, sorry y'all)

A little more than two years ago now, my grandmother passed away. She and my grandpa had moved down to my home town a few years before so we could take care of them. I brought them groceries once a week, helped them write checks, fixed tvs, and found lost things. I was really close with my grandma.

In addition to her hilarious personality and dry wit, one of my favorite things about her was that she was a painter and a crafter like me! She used to crochet, and I took her to the craft store a couple of times so she could get more yarn and books on crochet. But her arthritis and the shaking in her hands kept getting worse, so she eventually had to stop.

She kept her most recent project, a granny square blanket, safely packed away in a plastic bin. She told all of us she was going to finish it one day.

Her hands never got better, and when she got sick, and we found out it was cancer, she rapidly deteriorated.

After she passed, I went to work helping my mom clean out my grandparents apartment so we could move my grandpa in with her. In our frantic cleaning, I found that bin again:

DOZENS of granny squares, dozens of half used skeins. I asked my mom what she wanted me to do with it, and she said she didn't care. I set it aside and later took it home.

Maybe a month later, that tumblr post about the Loose Ends Project was going around. It felt like a sign--I was never going to learn to crochet in order to finish my grandmother's blanket. But they might be able to help!

So I filled out the interest form. They got back to me SUPER quick. And maybe 2 weeks later, I was paired with volunteer in my state (only 2 hours away!) and the box of yarn, granny squares, and my grandmother's crochet hook were in the mail. That was at the end of January this year.

Over the next couple of months, my "finisher" emailed me regular updates on her progress, and asked me questions on my preferences for how she constructed the final blanket.

At the end of August, the blanket was done!

I had always intended the blanket to be a gift for my mother. So I cleaned it up, put it in the only bag I had big enough to fit it, and drove to my mom's. I gave the blanket to her and she was gobsmacked. I explained to her all about Loose Ends, and how someone volunteered to finish the piece for us. She was speechless. (I was quite pleased with this, because I am not the best at giving gifts, so this was a pretty exciting reaction!)

She said that it was the most thoughtful gift she had ever been given. She said "your grandma would love this". To which I replied, "yeah, I know she really wanted to finish it a couple of years ago". But that was when my mom dropped the bomb of a century on me--she told me that my grandma had started making those granny squares OVER 30 YEARS AGO. She had started the blanket when my grandpa was staying in the hospital, but that was back when my mom was younger than I am now! My grandma had packed them all away, planning on finishing it, when my grandpa was sent home from the hospital. Then it went from house to house, from condo in Chicago to their apartment in my hometown. All that time and my grandma had wanted to finish it, but couldn't. First because she was busy, then because she forgot how to do it, then because of her arthritis, and then because of the cancer. My mom said she had given up on expecting my grandma to finish it. 

She said I brought a piece of her childhood with her mom out of the past.

And really, all of this is to say, if you have seen or heard about the Loose Ends Project and have an uncompleted project or piece from a loved one who has passed away--these are your people. They were so kind and treated my project with such care. That box probably would have been found by my own grandkids one day if I hadn't heard about Loose Ends.

Five stars, absolutely worth it!

(From what I understand, you can sign up to volunteer too! If you have time to share, it might be worth checking out!)

#loose ends #the loose ends project #joy knits #text #long post #knit #knitting #crochet #crocheting #craft #crafting #diy #crochetblr #yarnblr #yarn #knitblr

[sadlazzle]

suddenly devastated i never had a frankie doll tht came with watzit bc i jst had the genius idea to add pink watzit to the design

#and he’s hard to find … sigh #tbh i think i’ll decide if i wanna go the xtra mile with pink watzit once frankie’s rerooted and outfitted #which will take quite some time i imagine. it’s no small endeavour #and i think my ideas for this r quite ambitious .. but i wanna go as far as i can with it #i feel like pink frankie has truly kickstarted a motivation and inspiration i havnt had in so many years. i thought it was lost for good #but for the last two nights ive stayed up until sunrise drawing concepts for it #i havnt done that for so long a time #the hair is arriving today but we’re not starting on the reroot for a minute yet #i still want to go over her head and face with some acetone again jst to ensure no stains are left before the reroot #and for that i need a bottle of acetone …… we won’t go into that again #the outfit then can wait. i want to get it right so im gonna take my time finding the right fabrics and colours #ive a few ideas on how to make the boots .. but im not sure which to go with #the boots may be one of the harder parts tbh #jst bc of the nature of the outfit they may hav to be completely made frm scratch #unless i can find a pair of doll shoes with a big enough platform to work from #that would be the ideal scenario. but the only shoes i can think of that fit the requirements might be g3 core drac … #and that might present a problem #so at least right now it’s looking like they’ll need to be made completely frm scratch #aside from the boots i think accessories will be the hardest to make #but i also think they’ll be super fun to make #ooh isnt it all so exciting ? #plum.txt

[turmeric-lover]

Mmm. Of the friends I feel I'm losing touch with because of moving away from each other there's one I'm particularly hung up on, one with whom keeping connected is especially hard even when you see them everyday, one I had episodes of being quite close with. One which is so dumbly into another person from the friend group that they put all their staying-close efforts into that one relationship, leaving none for me!!!!!!

Accompanying the two doing something is like third-wheeling a couple, fine, but in group activities one, too, can see that all that me (and another friend living closer to me) are missing out on in reports and updates from their life goes all to that one friend that's an object of unspoken but clear to all, except the recipient (who has a partner btw) admiration.

Fuck all of this...........

#the situationship is fun sometimes to witness but my dearest friend putting no effort into staying friends with me???????? im even worse off #that the other friend mentioned #over our last meetings there were so few moments of like. connection that could send me back to how it used to be in the overworked heights #of our time together #this is so shit #btw why are almost all of my friends in romantic relationships when im not... i might not understand how this works after all #its cool that people connect the way fits them but how is it that for a friendship you work for years and a romantic partner becomes a go-t #person and a close one to share everything just as something clicks in the right moment #so often for people #no wonder people feel like they need a romantic partner to feel complete and not left out of society lol #also!!!!! it could be that in the time of our best friendship they were into me romantically. and i felt only very content with our friend #ship #it turned out to be the case with another friend so. good luck to me with finding peace within my relationships ever