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I'm still not posting much, sorry. I do still think of you all.
Part of it is when I look at all the things I've done over that past many month that I could share - icons & other graphics made for lands of magic previous round(s), crafts I've completed, holiday photos, fic dashed off for lands of magic that needs editing before I share it anywhere - it just feels overwhelming.

Same with the circle/f-list but I have again gone back through recent entries to try and catch up with at least some of you.

I tell myself the usual: you don't have to do it all at once. Because often when you start a project whether it's redecorating a room, sorting out paperwork, deleting old emails, or organising photos physically or digitally, it's less daunting once you begin.
I also remind myself that no-one cares about this stuff but me, so there's no pressure. That however means I keep not doing the thing. This is why GYWO and lands-of-magic (and things like Small Fandom Bang and Unconventional Courtship) are necessary for me actually accomplish things.

As it stand with lands of magic closed/on hiatus, I've mostly been writing drawerfic or I'd be even more behind on GYWO. I tell myself they're words and they count. I did today draft a fic out of sheer rage at fictional character death from show I don't think any of you have ever heard of let alone watched.
(A subreddit had many saying the same thing I did and so dammit I'm writing a fix-it because it's more plausible than show canon!)

I will share just one photo for now. It's a minor miracle but here's Lyra and Rufus actually sitting on the sofa at the same time!

Lyra came home this afternoon!
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After the awfulness of January

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Something different for this year, a card I made for a landcomm challenge featuring Benji and Winter :)
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

Despite my enthusiasm for this year being different I'm struggling a little. So I've been less on social media as that often helps. There's a week long protest logoff at Tumblr 1st-7th February and that's now easy for me to do. I may or not come back to DW before the end of that. There's some things with deadlines I might need to check on anyway.

I hope to recapture my enthusiasm soon!

#writingwednesday will still go ahead at the writing blogs, I'll just post it to Tumblr later.

Hope everyone is doing okay with the weather. Still fairly mild here, some heavy frost, could be some snow in the Midlands tonight.

I haven't sorted photos even to post, let alone caught up on the backlog of things to crosspost from tumblr, and so you're getting this short personal post - but have a recent photo of my doggy niece Winter, (mostly husky) puppy, she'll be one in March.

RIP Nico, 2017-2018 (18 months approx)

It's been a rough month, with one dog passing away, another at the vets several times this week, and some worries about family and the future. Plus things like computer issues (resolved) and a lot of bad weather.
Inbetween there's been some good times, visit to a farm park, a little writing (not yet linked/posted here), feeling valued by work colleagues, some gardening, and family time.
I had to step back from Tumblr because there are certain things and themes that keep being on my dash, along with bullshit posts, and I couldn't stand it while under stress. It's been a better week for taking a break and posting just a few new pieces of content I made to the work tumblr and my fic writing sideblog only. I did post about the issues I'm having and that I'd be taking a hiatus at the mainblog.
I miss more interaction at DW and LJ, the focus on content creation and commenting, nuanced discussion, and the personal connections that can better be made here. I do notice I get more 'likes' at Wordpress and comments at DW Fic blog and Wordpress for original work than at the writing tumblr.

I don't know what April holds. If you want to send some good wishes my way, I'd appreciate them. May abundance and good luck come to us all. Enjoy tonight's full (blue) moon.
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Just a quick update.

I won NaNoWriMo
In the process I met my GYWO 200k goal
Some days have been tough
Some days have been amazing
I'm trying to be more positive but sometimes you need to just feel the feelings, even the sad ones? Don't fight, just feel, and let them pass.
Some photos of me, my nephews, my mouse, below the cut
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Intelligent, social animals with great empathy, domesticated rats make great pets!



You can find out more : World Rat Day

And maybe check out Karni Mata, a female Hindu sage whose temple is home to rats which are considered sacred. A person born under the Chinese Horoscope of the sign of the rat "is respected and considered a courageous, enterprising person". Other cultures and superstitions also see many positive aspects to the rat as animal, companion, or totem.

I don't currently have any pet rats of my own :( but my sister has two adorable boy ratties that I sometimes get to play with.
You can see pics of my past lovelies in earlier posts, usually tagged "ratties are awesome" and/or "pets".

I'm supporting the day on Twitter, where you can add ears and a tail to your twitter icon:


(The Da Vinci's Demons fandom has cat!riario covered, rat!leo isn't such a stretch? :D)