Snowflake Challenge #1

[keli]

Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.




Starting this challenge late but I meant to do it and then decided not and now I think I will. *g*

Wasn't sure where to start so I followed spikedluv's format.

→ I am a wife and a mother to two kids, one in college and one graduating high school this year. I'm a Paralegal in a mid-Michigan firm. We have two dogs and two cats (all rescues) and six fish aquariums thanks to my daughter. She's going into fish biology (both fresh and salt water). We call our house the Zoo for obvious reasons.

→ I started my journal back in 2006 to enjoy fandom with my friends.

→ My health is pretty good except I need to lose weight and I have tinnitus that I am still trying to habituate to. So I am trying to find my joy and learning mindfulness practices in an attempt to alleviate any stress surrounding the constant sounds.

→ I have recently started watercolor painting. I suck but it's fun and I hope to keep it up. I have a friend that is getting me into cardmaking and stamps so I also hope to do more of that this year. I want to also start journaling regularly. I started old fashion letter writing with justjo2u. I love receiving her letters and writing and sending mine to her. It's so fun to slow down and do something the old fashion way. I would love to work on my handwriting and even maybe get a pen and quill. The art of handwriting is a beautiful form and I fear one that will soon be going away. My kids did not even learn cursive in school.

→ I love bees, daisies, Yankee candles, Bath & Body soap, cats, crafting, journals (even if I don't write in them I buy them).

→ Fandom has been my life since as long as I can remember. I started out exchanging BOP and TEEN BEAT magazines with my friends and then eventually expanded once the internet hit. My very first online fandom was one for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar but it was an odd setup and I never really made friends. I really credit Wenham Wonderland with being my real honest to goodness online fandom. It was a forum for fans of David Wenham who played Faramir. I met my very first online friend justjo2u and we are still friends to this day. I miss that forum. In the beginning we really felt like a family. Then as interests changed and faded so did the people who were there. Sad. I don't even know if forums like that exist anymore so I've hung onto livejournal.

→ I don't really fandom like I used to. I don't have a current one I follow. I miss that so maybe one day I will find one. My biggest ones were The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Marvel.

→ Actor/Actresses - Right now I like Henry Cavill, Richard Armitage, Keanu Reeves, Ewan McGregor, Gal Gadot and others.

→ The tv shows I am current watching are The Crown, The Spanish Princess, The Witcher, The Boys, Ragnarok, The Mandalorian and others.

→ Tv shows/movies/books that I'm looking forward to in 2021: Loki, Wanda Vision, The Boys S3, The Witcher S2 and Obi Wan Kenobi (but I think that comes out in 2022.

→ Authors I follow: Karin Slaughter, Jenn McKinlay, Philippa Gregory and MANY others.

→ Video games: I am addicted to Animal Crossing. Would love to add some friends. My friend code is: SW 7289-9902-4882

If you want to know more, ask!

Comments

[justjo2u]

I love this. I did this challenge two years ago I think and it took me until last Jan to finish it so I probably won't do it this year.

Edit - actually it was 3 years ago and I finished it two years ago but these are different questions I think.

[spikedluv]

Yay, I'm glad you decided to do it! (And that you liked my format. *g*) I love finding out new things about people (and sometimes being reminded of things I already knew o_O).

Even though I am (was) an attorney, I worked as a paralegal for a bunch of years because I couldn't find work locally as an attorney. (I didn't want to drive an hour to work.) I did mostly real estate. What area do you work in, if you can say?'

Wow, that's a lot of aquariums!

Yankee candles!!!! (I also like to drop in to Bath & Body. *g*)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i used to love writing letters

[starbuckssue.livejournal.com]

I use to have tropical fish and I loved them, when my old cat was kifured he had to wear a collar of shame and he'd sit and watch them for hours! I'm a cat lover too, mine have all been rescues. Yours must be a lively houhold!

I started my working life in a solicitors office and finished my career as Admin Team Leader at my local Crown Court, have in great mived from Magistrates Court via the County Court (civil and family court). So I've always been interested in the law.

Writing is a dying art, sadly, I always loved sending and receiving long newsy letters. Social media and it's instant connection has made people lazy, and it's cheaper than the escalating postage costs!

I've suffered with tinnitus fir most of my life. It is something that you get used to but distraction is good. I use mindfulness and meditation, along with the Headspace app, especially their sleepcasts at night. Alexa' sounds are good too, my favourite is ocean waves.

Thank you for joining in, the good thing with Snowflake is that you are nit obliged to do every challenge, you can dip in and out with the challenges you fancy doing, and there's no deadline :)

[d-violetta.livejournal.com]

This looks really good.

You have my sympathy for the tinnitus, I get it when my migraines are bad.

I am also looking forward to Wanda Vision. I am going to be watching it next week with my friend for our social distancing video catch up. We are pairing it with Bridgerton so we don't run out for a couple of weeks.

[stellar_raven]

I enjoyed reading your answers, even though I already knew all this stuff about you! ;)

I see this in my journal every year, too. I'll try it out one year.

[green-wing.livejournal.com]

OMGosh journals are love 😻
I am addicted to them 😹 my room is full of them 😸
I used to write in them and fill them up but now I don’t want to ruin them so they stay unwritten 🐾

I used to make cards but just before Xmas mum started to teach me cross stitch and I love it (but not the endless unpicking 🤦‍♀️)

I don’t have a fandom love right now either, but I wonder, is The Boys any good? I watched the trailer and I wasn’t sure how violent it was (it looked pretty bloody) but if you’re recommending it, I might give it a go?

[severina2001.livejournal.com]

HI! I just thought this was a good post to pop in because I got to learn so much about you already. I have to admit, I love that there's this sorta older contingent that's hanging on to LJ and making it our own. I always say that you get from a place what you put into it. :)

I just finished watching The Boys and I adored it. So weird and full of dark humour. I love The Deep because he's so... not. (Deeper: A Memoir. Aaaahahahahaha!) It also was one of the few shows that made me gasp out loud (and not during any of the gross bits.)

I also love Bath & Body Works soap (Twisted Peppermint? So good.), cats, and journal/journaling. My not-really-a-bullet-journals have been much fun for me this past year or so. I used to craft, but not much anymore. I love all animals, really, but I hate bees.