Daily Happiness

Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:40 pm
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1. The rain didn't start until late morning today so I was able to cram in all the things on my to-do list that involved going outside in before the rain started.

2. I had to go to the UPS store today to drop off an Amazon return (also done before the rain started!) and I stopped in at See's Candies, which is right next door, and use the gift card I got for Christmas.

3. We've started planning for our next trip to Japan (we're going in April again). This time we're going to spend a few days in Osaka first (including going to Universal Studios) and then head over to Tokyo. Last time we did nine days including travel, which meant really only six days in Japan. This time we're planning maybe ten days in Japan plus travel days. We haven't made any firm plans yet in terms of hotels and flights and stuff, but we're making lists of things we want to do and getting excited!

4. Molly!

Stranger Things S5

Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:03 pm
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I finished Stranger Things. I didn't want to rush through the last of it, but the official accounts posted major spoilers like immediately. I wanted to see it before I saw too much more.

Read more... )

And now I've cancelled Netflix and Will Never attempt to calculate how much money I spent just renting access to my favorite show.

Gentle Goal Setting for 2026

Jan. 4th, 2026 12:01 am
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Gentle Goal Setting for 2026: Simple Steps for a Calmer, More Meaningful Year

If the thought of setting goals for the new year makes your shoulders tense up a little… friend, you’re not alone. The world loves to shout about resolutions, reinventions, and “new year, new you” energy — but honestly? Most of us are just trying to breathe, enjoy the holidays, and enter January without feeling like we’re already behind.

That’s why this year, we’re doing something different.
We’re choosing gentle goal setting — goals that honor your current season, fit your emotional bandwidth, and let you start small without guilt or pressure.

No hustle energy. No rigid routines. No “musts” or “shoulds.”
Just clarity, calm, and rhythms that support how you want to feel in 2026
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Seasons of Drabbles - Winter Round 2026

Jan. 3rd, 2026 11:51 pm
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Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants which runs 4 times a year.* The current round is for winter 2026.

*Each round takes place sometime within a three-month period (March-May, June-August, September-November, December-February). Each round will take about a month from nominations through author reveals.

Schedule:
Nominations open: Sunday, January 4 (will remain open through signups)
Signups open: Sunday, January 11
Signups close: Sunday, January 18 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Assignments out by: Wednesday, January 21
Assignments due: Saturday, January 31 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Collection opens: Saturday, February 7 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Authors revealed: Tuesday, February 10 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)

This round's AO3 Collection | Tagset | Nomination guidelines | Requests App | Mod email: seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com

Need to contact us or have a question? See the Mod Contact post!

The full Guidelines are below and we strongly encourage you to read them! Here are some quick notes, though:
  • First time doing a fic exchange? Welcome! Fanlore has some helpful explanations about how AO3 exchanges work and general exchange etiquette. Don't be afraid to ask a question if something's confusing.
  • Here, "drabble" does not just mean a short fic, but a specific wordcount. In addition to single drabbles (fics of exactly 100 words), we accept double drabbles (200 words) and triple drabbles (300 words). We also accept drabble series/sequences.
  • When you sign up, you cannot exclude single drabbles from your offers or requests. You are still welcome to request or offer the other drabble types, you just can't leave 100-word drabbles out entirely from your signup. See below for more details about this recent rule change.
  • Participants must be 18+.
  • Don't use generative AI for your gifts.


Guidelines )

Pass It On 6

Jan. 3rd, 2026 09:43 pm
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Next picture: Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
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Pass it on 6

Jan. 4th, 2026 12:30 am
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Next: Derek Hale (Teen Wolf)



Book reading goals!

Jan. 3rd, 2026 09:56 pm
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In 2025, I read more books than I thought I was going to be able to. (More than I'd managed for many years previous!)

The way I choose to track them is by drawing them into the notebook I use as a habit tracker.

Here is my page for 2025!




I include each book that I read, plus an object from or that represents each book. (It goes chronologically from the bottom left corner, and then snakes back and forth up the shelves to end in the upper right.)

I'm planning to do the same for 2026. :)

Thanks [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith for suggesting I share.
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Jan. 3rd, 2026 08:57 pm
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Next picture: Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf)
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Pass it on 6

Jan. 3rd, 2026 11:48 pm
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Next: Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale)




Snowflake Challenge #2 - Pets of fandom

Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:51 pm
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Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

My dearest furry companion is an aging black kitty who likes to sit on my chest and get in the way of my writing.

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Jan. 4th, 2026 02:35 pm
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Next: Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)


"Mr. Rowl" so far

Jan. 3rd, 2026 05:27 pm
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I needed a novel to round out my holiday reading, so I picked up "Mr. Rowl" by D.K. Broster (who wrote part of the Gay Jacobite Extended Universe). I'd read a couple reviews, but they were long enough ago that I remembered the following:

1. There are no gay Jacobites.
2. Because it's set during the Napoleonic War.
3. One of the characters (Raoul des Sablière) is a French officer who is a prisoner of war in England.
4. Everyone is very worried about their honour.
5. Readers of my acquaintance ship the French prisoner with an English dude.
6. The ladies are cool.

So I go into the book and immediately meet Raoul, and start looking for whoever I'm supposed to ship him with.

I meet Sir Francis, who is a handsome English Lord who Does Not Like Raoul. This seems like it's probably who I'm supposed to ship.

Except! Sir Francis is immediately a controlling dick to his fiancée. I have pretty generous shipping goggles, when need be, but I don't think anyone could read Sir Francis as being a controlling dick because he wants to be with Raoul. He's just a dick. He is very worried about his honour, though, so it did seem somewhat likely that he might still be the one.

No, one character being a dick has not slowed fandom down before. But isn't usually 100% my thing. So then I was feeling a little sad that I wasn't going to be into the pairing my friends like.

However, as I got farther into the book, and Sir Francis became even more of a dick, I was like, "This is going to be one hell of a redemption arc!" But also doubt.jpg. Also, also, wow, it's funny to have mostly aligned ships with someone, then have them be ride or die for something that's rapidly turning into a NOTP for me.

Finally, I broke and looked at AO3, and figured out I'm supposed to ship Raoul with some guy who has not yet showed up, as of 20% of the novel.

Which is a relief. Because I quite like Raoul, even if he has the Broster characteristic of being slightly silly about his honour, and he deserves better than Sir Francis, who is a dick.

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Jan. 3rd, 2026 05:02 pm
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Snowflake Challenge #2

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want


I have two cats. In the last place I lived I fed the strays everyday. In the summer I had an open window and some of the cats came inside when they wanted. It was open house! I took these two to the vet, spayed/neutered, chipped. They were mine now.

The female surprised me. I thought she was a kitten and I could only tell her from the other gray small cat because of the rings on her tail. But the vet said she was about three. Now she's a little bigger and kinda chubby.

They get along and groom each other but are ready to start a John Wick type fight at any moment. They both really, really want to go outside and I have to go in and out by the back door because I can close the laundry room door before I open the back one.
Thwarted.

Fanwise, I get upset at Dr Who because they kill animals too often, like the dinosaurs. And that cat in the last Dr incarnation.
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