@SnelsetterFarm Oh no! I make sure I always have at least one extra set of strings. My husband asked once if it was really that important. I don't know how I looked at him, but he immediately said, "Okay. Yes, it is."

@melanierosehalverson Lots of things are better than FB. That sets the bar so low it's a tripping hazard in Hell. But CoSo is great! It may take a while to get comfortable, but then it's very comfortable.

@TrueBloodNet Good luck! I mean that sincerely. Lived on a farm for five years and the ducks were tricky. One would hide and then walk around right behind me, silent, while I searched for him.

@GlennS This is why I can't finish video games that happen in dream worlds. I get caught in "but I'm not the hero if I wake up and they are protecting themselves by keeping me asleep".

For those of us who are ready for December to be done...

Sister-in-law: Tell the Lake Monster to stop sending her children to visit us! Somebody abandoned these turtles at the pet supplies shop, so we're fostering them for the winter.

Me: Turtles aren't descendants of the Lake Monster. Snakes and monitor lizards are.

SiL: So...why do you get so happy when I move turtles out of the road to save them?

Me: I like turtles.

Husband: *remembers Zombie Kid and cracks up laughing*

@LianaBrooks Thank you for this info. I know it's not a word I should use in the US, but I have had concerns about not using the right identifier for European people who do use it. Knowing that it is simply not my word to use clarifies this.

I'm having a "But what if I'm not good enough???" day, so if you are too, I'm going to tell you what I keep telling myself.

No, you're not "good enough".
You are so much more than merely "good enough". You are fabulous!

#CoSoMentalHealth

@Studio_M_ I miss the land of Texas. I miss the lake, the beach...oh, I miss the Big Thicket! But I don't miss the people. I've learned over time that "liberal" in a lot of Texas is "conservative centrist" other places. I've been gone for 8 years, but before I left Rs had manipulated the voring map so that even a higher number of Ds in the local pop. would be small numbers when voting.

@1anniem That's what I don't get...why so many cis people don't recognize that they also use pronouns and choose names for themselves. It's not as different as they think. A lot more harmful to deadname or misgender a trans person, of course. But then, those same cis people will get irate if you misgender them. Cruz would probably have a fit if someone called him "ma'am".

@p3R1n01D That's going to be my excuse every time I don't remember something from now on. As long as I remember that's the excuse!

It's probably been about 30 years since I last folded an origami Christmas ornament. What I've learned tonight is that younger me must have known how to fold a square into thirds, but hid that information from current me.

@MsJudyJetson She's beautiful!

I'm really excited that I've written my divination Substack to the point where I can start talking about dice divination! But I kind of wish I wasn't getting there at this time of the year. Things get busy. I just want to focus on my own stuff! This whole year has been too busy, and mostly in ways we didn't want. I need to make more space for myself next year.

I'm refilling Shai-Hulud's water bowl. "Mae'r dŵr i ti."

Husband asks, with a curiousity and reverence like a small child who just found out about library cards, "What did you tell him?"

"The water is for you."

My Welsh isn't fancy. It's not even conversationally fluent. I am learning, though.

We are approaching the month of the year when none of my craftwork will be done for myself. Decorations! Gifts! Weeks of paper, tape, glue, and a deep longing to have a minute to touch my yarn again!

I counted last night to find out how many hexagons I've knitted this year for my blanket. The answer is 78. Only 272 more to go!

Really, I'm afraid she'll start taking them somewhere so we can't take them aware from her. She is very Not Happy about this.

Cat catches mouse. Husband takes mouse.

Cat: Where is my mouse??? (frantically searching)

Me: (petting Cat) You did a good job!

Cat: Then where is my mouse???!!!

Me: Have a treat. It's a team effort. You catch the mouse. He takes the mouse. Everybody is happy!

Cat: I don't care about Everybody! I care about the three most important cats on this planet - Me, Myself, and I! Give me my mouse! Not the store bought "treat". The spoils of war I rightfully claimed!

@XaoslordErie Oh, that is some exciting news!

I remember getting my dad to explain Bloom County to me when I didn't get it. I was so upset when it ended! It confused me at first when I started seeing it again online.