#spring thaw prep

[royhalls]

PVC Heat Tape Pipe installation No help required

Last weekend I put a heat tape inside a PVC pipe to put inside my culvert to un-thaw culvert in the spring so water doesn't run over may drive way or main road. This weekend i put 90 degree end with male plug hanging out for power on a dolly to put in culvert by myself no need for helper.

[totallyjustabunchofhocuspocus]

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Chapter 35 of Come Away, O Human Child be cookin', yo.

“It’s just bullsh—uh, crap!” Buck says, catching himself at the last moment and flashing a guilty look at the kitchen table, where Chris is doing his homework. Fortunately, he seems too caught up in his science vocabulary sheet to have noticed Buck’s slip. He turns back to the chopping board, attacking the green onions with a little more force than necessary.

Eddie—relegated to handing Buck each vegetable as he requests them for the stir-fry Christopher wanted for dinner, and seemingly perfectly happy with his level of involvement in the prep—sighs and shakes his head. He pulls a pepper out of the crisper drawer when Buck finishes with the onions. “It is, but there’s not much we can do about it. It’s—I’m not happy about it, but that’s a pretty major thing to just…not disclose,” he says, frowning to himself.

Buck takes the pepper and slices it with more speed than skill, his movements quick and angry. “It’s not fair!” he insists. “Bobby’s…Bobby’s a great captain! His—” He sucks in a breath and lowers his voice with another glance at Chris. “His whole family died,” he hisses. “He doesn’t deserve to be punished for not wanting to talk about it!”

“Buck,” Eddie says. “You know it’s not just that he didn’t tell the brass about his family.”

Buck tenses, his magic sparking inside him like a livewire. Outside the window over the sink, some of the neighborhood wisps zip through the air, those in close enough proximity to him seeming to respond to his agitation. “It’s not fair,” he repeats mulishly.

“It’s not,” Eddie agrees. “But the brass is in a tough spot, too. Bobby…” he sighs again. “Bobby lied. Maybe it was a lie of omission, but it was still a lie.”

“He was cleared! I know you looked up the report the same way I did. The fire suppression wards in that building were a joke! The Lesser Fae and Small Creatures union sued the company that built it into the ground! I mean—I mean, that place was a timebomb waiting to go off.”

“And Bobby lit the fuse,” Eddie says quietly, reluctantly. “Look…I trust Bobby with my life. I’d trust him with Chris’s life. Even—even at his worst, I know he’d never have deliberately hurt anyone. But there’s no way the chief can just ignore this, Buck.” He pulls out a couple of carrots from the fridge and holds them out like a peace offering.

Buck clenches his teeth as he chops them, breathing through his nose as his magic continues to roil like storm-tossed ocean waves inside him. He clamps down on it tightly, staring out the window at the cloud of wisps darting through the night air. He glances over at Eddie’s reflection in the glass to find his partner staring at him with narrowed eyes.

“Hey mijo, why don’t you finish that up after dinner?” Eddie says suddenly. Chris looks up from his homework, confused. “You can go watch TV until it’s time to set the table, okay?”

Chris narrows his eyes in a suspicious expression that looks startlingly like Eddie’s, but the lure of extra cartoons is too much to resist. He snaps his workbook closed and scurries out of his seat, his crutches helpfully hopping over from where they’re leaning against the wall when he snaps his fingers with a burst of spring-green light. Buck makes a mental note to redo the charms on them before he leaves tonight. The enchantments don’t really need reinforcement, yet, but it’ll help him burn off some of the twisting, coiling energy snapping through his body like lightning.

As soon as Christopher is out of earshot, Eddie turns to face him fully, crossing his arms over his chest. “What’s going on with you?” he says simply.

You want that alphabetically, or by order of importance? he thinks bitterly, biting back the laugh that wants to bubble out of him, certain that it would come out more than a little hysterical. Instead, he shakes his head, finally dumping all the chopped vegetables into a bowl together and moving on to the package of thawed chicken breasts sitting in the sink. “Nothing,” he says, wincing when it comes out sharper than he intended it to. Eddie raises an unimpressed eyebrow.

“Look, I get that this is stressful, but you can’t let it get to you like this.”

“It’s not getting to me,” he insists.

“Dad, come look at all the wisps outside!” Chris cries an instant later. “They’re right up against the windows!”

Eddie tilts his head and levels another look at Buck. “You smell like a lightning storm rolling in, man.”

Buck swallows hard, making a greater effort to calm the magic that wants to leap to his fingertips, fly out of him in all directions. He’s not in danger of losing control—he never is, no matter how much emotional turmoil he experiences—but he’s throwing out more ambient magic than usual. Hence the light show apparently going on outside the living room windows. He takes a deep breath and rolled his shoulders, then started slicing the chicken into strips, trying to calm himself with the familiar rhythm of cooking. Eddie leans against the counter next to him, not saying anything.

[the-s1lly-corner]

Eyeless Jack w/ S/O who surprise visits him

Been a while since I done one of these! Admittedly this is a randomly generated prompt but it just.. fits so well with my take on the dude.. plus my brains dry

Usually it's Jack who comes to you, for a few reasons

One, he lives deep in the woods and he doesn't want to force you to make the trip to his cabin all alone... doesn't want you getting hurt from any of his traps

Two, the cabin he lives in is in shambles, really. Just barely livable, not at all presentable.. it may be the only shelter he has, now that he's outcasted himself from society, but he can't help but feel... ashamed

Three, he wants to shield you from his... side activities for as long as he can. He knows you know of his situation; needing to survive off flesh to survive.. its not like he asked for it.. but he'd much rather you not see the specifics and how he rations stuff

Thankfully, on the day you decided to drop by unannounced he wasn't doing any meal prep

Remembering the few times Jack had led you to and from his cabin, you managed to get there in one piece.. it seemed Jack hadn't gotten to putting his traps back up now that it's spring

He always took traps down before winter hits; snow covering them up is just too risky for everyone involved

Getting into the cabin wasnt too hard either, the lock to the front door was broken long before Jack had moved in; and he didn't exactly have the means to fix or replace it

So you let yourself in and called out, as not to startle the man who was hopefully inside

His reaction?

Initially he scolded you, "what if you got stuck in some trap?" "What if some animal attacked you-" "You do realize I'm not the only weird dude who lives in these woods, right?"

Wow that last one was cryptic

But he's still rattling off before you could ask for clarification on that one

He lets slip that he does in fact appreciate the gesture, though

He softens when he sees you smiling at him; for as much as he believes he's the worst thing in this world, he feels.. nice having you around

The afternoon is uneventful, but you can tell the usually gloom and doom man cheered up; even if you couldn't see his face, you could see it in his demeanor

You tell him about things going on in the outside world, he tells you about some of the weird things he's come across

The cabin is still cold from the thawing winter, so you're snuggled up close to him... which isn't all that effective as his body is cool, but his jacket is just oh so comfortable.. and he seems to enjoy the affection

He insists to walk you home, like he always does on the rare occurrences you've visited his cabin

Keeps you close the entire afternoon

Though he does say that he'd prefer he come to you, just in case something ever happened on your walk to him

[crackinglamb]

👀 i gotta hear about your homemade pizza

It began as the basic Betty Crocker recipe for dough because I wanted pizza and was too broke to order it. And then I started to play with the proportions. And then I got pretty good at that. So I've spent the last 20+ years doing it. Now we rarely order out for delivery if I've got the ingredients to just make it. It has become a party favorite, a special gift, a treat, a comfort food.

I've made all kinds. This most basic recipe, whole wheat, mixed rye. I've made it super thin so it comes out really crunchy, or thick enough to hold a bazillion toppings. I've made the dough with whey leftover from cheesemaking instead of water. I have dedicated sheet pans specifically for making it. In three sizes. It's a bit of a labor of love for me these days, since it takes a fair amount of energy and I'm short on that a lot. But from what everyone who's had it tells me, it's worth every moment of pain.

A visual for you:

And because I am generous, recipe and instructions under the cut.

This is for the basic dough. It doubles very well, but tripling it leads to some necessary tweaking. And unfortunately, I can't tell you what that tweaking will be because it's case specific (usually the flour to water ratio, which will be totally dependent on your current humidity). In general, I consider that this recipe never comes out quite the same way twice. If you want something smaller, water to flour ratio is essentially 1:2. In the case of halving it, the same amount of yeast won't be too much, but cut back on the oil and salt. It also freezes well, if you're careful about thawing it so it has room to rise. It gets an interesting texture when it's been frozen. Crispier, but also more airy.

1.5 cups hot water (~110-115 F, ~45 C) 2.25 teaspoons yeast (or 1 packet) 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (the EV part isn't necessary, but adds nice flavor) 1/2 teaspoon salt ~3 cups flour (unbleached all-purpose is best)

Prep time: ~ten minutes. Rising: at least 20 minutes. Baking: 20-25 minutes (dependent on toppings, more wet stuff means longer cook time).

Bloom the yeast in the water, about five minutes. Add first cup of flour, oil and salt. Mix until there are no lumps (I use a plain old dinner fork with a sturdy handle). Add second cup of flour and mix. You should now have a loose, shaggy mess, not quite strong enough to hold itself together. Third cup should go into the mix in stages, because you may not need all of it. Or you may need more. You should have a soft mass of dough that's a little too much for a fork to mix it. It should be moderately sticky. If it's gooey, more flour. If it's not sticky...well, it won't be as elastic but it's not the end of the world. Don't add any more.

🌟This part is very important🌟. Pizza dough is delicate. This is the kneading part, but you want to be gentle. I do it right in the mixing bowl (remember that bowl must be big enough to account for rising). I only scoop and press for about a minute, or until all the flour is thoroughly mixed in and there are few to no lumps. It shouldn't be sticking to you anymore. If it is, more flour. A dusting at a time. Knead it again. Done? Form a ball in the bottom of the bowl.

Dust the dough with a little extra flour, cover with plastic wrap. Let it rise. This is an excellent time to get your oven pre-heating. For this style of pizza that will be 425 F (218 C), no convection. Don't worry if the oven is ready before the dough is, a fully pre-heated oven will hold its temp better anyhow, and most ovens will say they're ready before they actually are.

When the dough has doubled, or your oven is ready, whichever is last, punch it down, separate into two balls. This dough will make two 10x18 sheets. Coat the sheet pan (and your hands) lightly with olive oil, spread the dough out slowly and carefully so it doesn't tear. It will spring back on you. Get it most of the way there, go prep your toppings (or wait about five minutes), come back and finish it. Make sure it's even and pressed into the corners. Remember, delicate!

Top as you please. My usual is tomato, garlic and onion sauce spread with the back of a wooden spoon. I like part skim, low moisture mozzarella*. And then whatever you want. Favorites in this house are just plain with pepperoni, or pepperoni, bacon and onion. Bake on the lowest rack setting. I do mine for ten minutes, turn the sheet around 180 degrees, then another ten minutes. Cheese should be toasted lightly, edges of the crust should be crispy. It won't get that dark. 🌟In an electric oven, it might take less than 20 minutes! So keep an eye on it.🌟

*I've never made it vegan, so I don't know how that changes times and temps.

When it's done, sprinkle it with grated parmesan or romano if you'd like, but let it rest for a few minutes so it's not molten. Slice and enjoy!

Reheats beautifully in a toaster oven, I don't recommend microwaving it. Eaten cold is always acceptable.

Thanks for the ask. 💕 Have fun with it! And you may never want to order pizza again.

[andretti-cooking]

Surf n' Turf Spring Roll Pt. 1

Prepping Shrimp

Shrimp thawed.

Shrimp then sliced Tempura-Style.

Small amount of vegetable oil added as binder.

Cayenne Pepper, Chili Powder, Regular Paprika, Spanish Paprika and Smoked Paprika added.

Garlic Powder added,

Salt and Chili Flakes added and combined.

September 20, 2024

[businesspikuk]

Fortifying Your Fence: Winterproofing Tips for Long Life

Your fence is more than just a line between properties; it's a guardian of your privacy, a safety barrier, and sometimes even a decorative touch. But come winter, harsh weather can put a strain on your fence panels and fencing. With a bit of TLC (tender loving care) before the cold sets in, you can ensure your fence weathers the winter storms and continues to stand strong for years to come.

Bracing for Battle: Pre-Winter Fence Maintenance

1. Inspection is Key: Before winter tightens its grip, become a fence detective! Walk the perimeter of your fence, checking each panel and post for signs of weakness. Look for loose boards, cracks, rust (for metal fences), or any warping or leaning. Remember, a small problem now can snowball into a bigger one later, so nip them in the bud!

2. Trim Those Troublesome Twigs: Overhanging branches are a double whammy for your fence in winter. The weight of snow and ice buildup on these branches can put extra stress on your fence panels and posts, potentially causing them to bend or break. Additionally, these branches can act like icy battering rams during storms, causing scratches and dents. So, grab your trusty pruning shears and give those branches a trim, keeping them at least a foot away from your fence.

3. Banish the Debris Brigade: Leaves, twigs, and other debris love to gather around the base of your fence. This can trap moisture and create a breeding ground for mould and rot. Take some time to rake and clear away any debris, allowing for good air circulation around the fence posts.

4. Weatherproofing Warriors: For wooden fences, a fresh coat of weatherproofing sealant is like a suit of armour against the elements. This sealant helps repel moisture and protects the wood from the harsh effects of freezing and thawing temperatures. Remember, a clean and dry surface is essential for good sealant adhesion, so give your fence a good scrub before applying the sealant.

5. Metal Marvels Need Maintenance Too: Fence Panel company not often uses Metal fences are susceptible to rust, especially during the winter months. To keep your metal fence in tip-top shape, check for any rust spots and address them promptly. You can use a wire brush to remove loose rust and then apply a coat of rust-oleum paint for extra protection.

Winter Watch: Maintaining Your Fence Through the Cold

Even with the best pre-winter prep, winter can still throw some curveballs. Here's how to be a vigilant fence warden throughout the cold season:

1. Snow Removal: Heavy snowfall can put a significant strain on your fence panels, especially if it accumulates. Regularly clear snow off your fence, particularly after heavy snowfalls. Use a soft brush or a broom to avoid damaging the fence.

2. Icy Situations: Ice buildup on your fence can be a real pain (literally!). If you notice thick ice build-up, try to break it off carefully using a blunt object like a wooden dowel. Be careful not to use sharp tools, as you could damage the fence.

3. Post-Winter Checkup: Once the spring thaw arrives, it's time for another fence inspection. Look for any damage caused by the winter weather, such as loose boards, cracks, or rust. Address any issues promptly to prevent them from getting worse.

By following these simple tips, you can ensure your fence stands strong and proud throughout the winter and for many years to come. Remember, a well-maintained fence is an investment that will protect your property and add value to your home. So, grab your tools, embrace your inner handyman, and give your fence the winter protection it deserves!pen_sparktunesharemore_vert

[safethaw]

Seal Driveway Cost: What Homeowners Need to Know

Alright, let's settle in and talk about something that's probably been nagging at you if you own a home: the whole deal with sealing your driveway. You know, it’s kind of like when you're weighing whether to spring for that extended warranty on your new TV. Sure, it might seem like a bit extra now, but what about the long run? So, grab your coffee, and let's break down the seal driveway cost – no jargon, just plain talk. Why Seal Your Driveway? It's Not Just Vanity Sealing your driveway – why even bother, right? Here’s the thing: it’s not just about making it look good (though that's a nice perk). Think of your seal driveway cost as the trusty steed that needs armor. Sealcoating shields it from UV rays, rain, and those annoying oil and gas spills that love to leave their mark. In a nutshell, it's like that weatherproof jacket you wear on a hike – functional and protective. Unpacking The Costs: Not As Simple As A Price Tag When it comes to figuring out seal driveway cost, it’s not as straightforward as picking a product off the shelf. There's a mix of factors in play: - The Size Game: Just like planning a party, the size of your driveway matters. Bigger driveway, more materials and labor, and yes, more money. Think of it like catering for a big event – the more guests, the bigger the food budget. - Current State of Affairs: Got a driveway that’s seen better days? Prepping it for sealing is like doing repairs before a big paint job. Filling cracks and smoothing out rough spots are necessary steps, but they add to the cost. - Sealant Types: Sealants are like different brands of paint or cooking oil. You've got your standard options, and then the premium, longer-lasting types. The better the quality, the heftier the price tag. - Labor Costs: If you’re not a DIY enthusiast, professional application costs can vary. It's akin to hiring a caterer for your party – prices differ based on who you choose. - Extra Touches: Sometimes, your driveway needs a bit more love, like crack filling or deep cleaning. These are like the unexpected party expenses – essential but add to your overall budget. A Look At Average Costs So, what can you expect to fork out? On average, sealcoating driveway cost ranges from about $0.14 to $0.25 per square foot. That means for an average-sized driveway, you're likely looking at around $100 to $190. It’s sort of like budgeting for a new appliance – a necessary expense for the long-term well-being of your home. Long-Term Benefits: Why It’s A Smart Move Think about sealing your driveway as a long-term investment. Just like regular oil changes for your car, it helps keep things running smoothly and avoids bigger, more expensive issues down the road. A well-sealed driveway resists cracking and damage, meaning you won’t have to shell out big bucks for major repairs or a full redo anytime soon. The Risk Of Leaving It Unsealed Opting out of sealing your driveway? That’s a bit like skipping the sunscreen. Sure, you'll be fine for a while, but eventually, the exposure adds up. Unsealed driveways are prone to damage, especially in areas where harsh winters call for salt and chloride-based ice melts. These materials can accelerate deterioration, making your driveway look like it’s aged years in just a few seasons. Winter Care And Safe Thaw: A Match Made In Heaven Winter care is crucial, especially if you choose not to seal your driveway. Traditional ice melts with sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium chloride can be rough on your driveway’s surface. They’re like the fast food of ice removal – quick and effective but not great in the long term. But here’s where Safe Thaw comes in – it’s like the healthy, gourmet alternative to traditional ice melts. Safe Thaw is non-corrosive, meaning it’s gentle on your driveway, whether sealed or not. Plus, it’s environmentally friendly, so you’re doing your bit for the planet too. Read the full article

[aloudplace]

Fidelity won epilogue

1 year later

Sig found him in the nightclub of the central casino on Solas 9. He was sitting on the dais in the VIP section just beyond the stage, sprawled lazily on a huge, gilt-trimmed throne with the words 'King of Aces' carved elaborately on the high back. The damned thing had actual jewels inlaid into the lettering.

He wore a green silk robe with thick, gold-embroidered trim at the neck and cuffs, a gold silk shirt tucked into tight black leather pants, and a pair of glossy pointed black boots. The shirt and robe hung open, exposing his upper chest and a heavy gold chain around his neck.

He looked ridiculous.

Dammit. No, he didn't. He should have. Instead, he looked decadent and sexy.

Sig stood in the shadows at the edge of the dark room and watched him hungrily. His hair had gotten long and he'd let it curl. It hung in a glossy cascade around his shoulders, thick and inky black.

She squeezed tight on their bond, not wanting him to sense her there. Needing to simply drink him in.

There were half a dozen people sitting on cushioned velvet couches around him, talking and drinking, but his attention was on the woman perched on the broad arm of the throne beside him.

The beautiful, leggy blond in the skimpy silver dress.

He was smiling at her lazily. The woman leaned down to say something directly into his ear, presumably to be heard over the loud thrum of the music. She was also using the opportunity to give him an unobstructed view of her cleavage.

And of course, he looked. Smiled a slow, flirtatious smile. Said something that made the woman giggle like a teenage girl.

Oh, for god's sake.

Sig turned and left the nightclub, passing through the wide double doors and into the brighter, more chaotic atmosphere of the casino itself.

She scoped the staff and picked out one of the suited security guards--a young-looking fellow with the nervous air of a new recruit–-and asked him where the 'king's' private rooms were.

She had no idea what race the man was; his skin was smooth and grey, hairless, eyes vivid green, with oblong pupils like a horse. In any case, he was certainly receptive to the smile she flashed and the suggestive quality of her inquiry.

He gave her a considering look, head to toe. The snug leathers and flight jacket seemed to give him pause. "Is my Lord expecting you, miss?"

"No," she did her best simper, "I was hoping to surprise him."

He looked at her clothes again, with open skepticism. "Well, you are his type, miss, but if you don't mind my saying so, you may wish to change into something a little more..." He coughed politely.

Clearly, 'my lord' had a reputation with the ladies. Sneaking unknown women into his private rooms did not seem unusual to his security staff. In fact, the man seemed eager to accommodate her, probably in anticipation of gaining favor with his beloved ruler.

"I understand you perfectly–-um, what's your name, sweetheart?" Sig touched his lapel very lightly and he flushed a little.

"Geon, miss."

"Geon, thank you," she smiled broadly. "Perhaps you know where I can get a dress of which my lord would approve? I'd be happy to put in a good word for you with the King if you'd be so kind as to help me get his attention...?"

Geon smiled a wide, boyish smile. "Yes, I think I can help you, miss."

...   ...   ...

Loki felt her presence the moment he opened the outer door to his chambers. The room was dark, which was unusual. The servants should have been through to prep for his nightly return.

"Lights," he said.

She was sitting in his favorite leather armchair, facing the door, legs crossed elegantly at the knee.

His heart did a funny little dance in his chest. She was a bright spot of color in the enormous white room–-gold and green against a winter landscape. Like the spirit of spring come to thaw the ice and snow.

Slowly, he closed the door and leaned back against it, crossing his arms as he took her in.

"That's a new look," he murmured, giving her his best trickster smile.

She was wearing a dress in the style so favored by the women on this planet: slinky, shimmering, low-cut. He allowed himself a slow perusal, blood heating.

"The color suits you," he purred.

It was green. His green. So were the strappy little heels she wore.

"Your guards wouldn't let me in unless I looked the part," she said, amber gaze cool.

No, it was icy. Shit.

"Are you still angry that I left?" he murmured provocatively. "I did say goodbye, if you'll recall."

He held her gaze until he saw that she did recall that goodbye, then he let his voice drop an octave and added silkily, "Rather thoroughly, in fact."

Her eyes narrowed. "Don't give me that seductive look. You were supposed to meet me on Paradisus weeks ago."

She really was angry. Which, rather inconveniently, only turned him on more. "I may have gotten sidetracked," he replied, attempting to sound apologetic.

"Sidetracked," she repeated flatly.

"Yes..."

"You staged a coup and dethroned the so-called King of this ridiculous planet."

He held up a finger, "Solas is actually registered as a legitimate monarchy. And... it was more of a flash rebellion than a coup."

She waved him away with one hand, rolling her eyes. "I don't even want to know."

"I did rather expect you to come after me sooner," he admitted. "I may have gotten a bit carried away. This planet is..."

"Seedy? Disgusting? Teeming with leggy blonde prostitutes?"

Ah. She'd been to the club. "That woman was not a prostitute," he said defensively. "She's a dancer. One of my best performers."

Sig's left brow arched sharply on the word "my."

Damn. Loki came away from the door and crossed the room to her. She looked up at him from under her brows in warning.

"Did you sleep with her?" she asked very softly. Dangerously.

Her jealousy was more than a little gratifying, though he was careful not to show it.

"You ought to know the answer to that," he replied, shrugging out of his robe and tossing it towards the couch without looking. "However, I do have a reputation to uphold as the King of this little den of iniquity." He looked down at her legs, which were wonderfully exposed by the high slit of the dress. "I can't very well be seen rejecting the advances of beautiful women–-at least not in public."

Her lips compressed, twisted slightly. He tested the bond, got nothing but a trickle of her irritation. Time to switch tactics.

"I really do like this new look of yours." He murmured. Her breasts were mouthwatering, draped in that silky green fabric, her nipples clearly delineated. "And the tan."

She'd picked up a rich golden glow on Paradisus.

"Do you have tan lines?" he asked.

Some of the ice drained out of her demeanor–-no doubt due to the fact that he was sporting an erection, which he made absolutely no effort to hide.

"No," she said, just a touch sullen.

She let the bond open.

Sweet Mother of–-

It was there in her mind. Pictures that made his blood sizzle in his veins. Sig, lying naked in the sun. Swimming naked in crystal clear tropical waters. Sprawled on a big bed in a private bungalow, limbs very gold against the white sheets. Thinking about him. Wanting him. Waiting for him.

Shit.

"I...may owe you an apology," he began sheepishly.

"You think?" she looked up and there was a gleam of real hurt in her eyes.

"I'm sorry," he said, meaning it.

She actually pouted a little, which was very uncharacteristic–-and therefore all the more indication that he had royally fucked up.

He sank to his knees and scooted close to her, running his hands up her silky, silky legs.

"Oh, my beloved Goddess of Fidelity," he murmured in a tone of reverence, "Please accept this sacrifice," he bent and kissed her tenderly just above the knee. "In the name of the Allfather, and of the Allmother," he tugged her legs apart and trailed kisses upward along her inner thigh. "Please, oh heavenly goddess, be merciful." He looked up at her in adulation. "Please forgive me."

Her mouth quirked. "You suck at this."

Loki smiled slowly. His hands slipped under the dress and gripped her naked hips. "If sucking is what you require..."

"What? Loki, no."

He yanked her down in the chair and made her squeak in surprise. The position forced her legs to part around his body and left him kneeling between her open thighs.

"No undergarments," he said, on a surge of lust. "How convenient."

"Hey, I'm still mad at you," she scowled at him, gripping his forearms arms with both hands.

"You're not exactly fighting me off, though," he replied wickedly, bending to take her into his mouth.

She gasped.

Loki decided to dispense with the teasing and sucked her in the way he knew would bring her the fastest. She squirmed in the chair and clenched her thighs around him, senses bombarded, heat and hunger flowing to him through the bond.

Yanking her down farther, he pulled at the neck of the dress until one of her breasts popped free of the loose fabric. She was extra sensitive today–-perhaps because it had been so long. She made a delightful mewling sound when he palmed her breast and squeezed it gently.

The bond expanded. Passion had overridden temper. She wanted his mouth where his hand was and his cock inside her. The thought came crystal clear to him as she rolled her hips, pushing her sex into the wet-hot suction of his mouth.

Once like this first, sweetheart. Then I'll ride you to your heart's content, he promised.

Fingers, she cried in a low, intoxicated whisper.

Shh. Not this time. He sucked her harder, made her cry out. It's been so long. I want to feel how tight you are.

They'd been apart for weeks at a time in the past year, though never for quite this long. The first joining after such an absence was always incendiary. It was half the reason Loki kept leaving. That and perhaps-–if he was completely honest with himself–-because he wanted to see if she would take him back each time. If her feelings would falter in his absence.

They never did. In fact, they only seemed to grow.

Which was, much to his consternation, a completely mutual phenomenon.

Loki pinched her little nipple, rolled and pulled it, feeling how the two pleasures connected inside her like electrical currents. He sent her an image of how she looked to him, her dress rucked up and twisted around, face flushed, nipple bright and pink between his fingers. She shuddered and gasped.

He sent her images of what he wanted to do to her, too. Imagined bending her over the back of the couch, the sweet curves of her ass turned up to him, the mouth of her sex stretched around his cock.

She came on a high, reedy scream and he had to hold her down with both hands to keep his mouth in place while she bucked and shuddered against him.

"That was delightful," he said when she had settled, sitting back to look at her. "Forgive me now?"

She nodded, eyes closed, slumped in the chair like a drunk. "Don't ditch me like that again."

"Your wish is my command."

She snorted.

Smiling, Loki looked at her naked breast, at the bright, swollen lips of her sex. He took off one of her shoes and brought the warm curve of her foot to his groin, sighing with pleasure at the contact. She opened her eyes and looked down at him lazily.

"Don't hold back on my account," she said thickly.

He unzipped the leather trousers and took himself in hand, still looking at her and holding her foot against his hip. Her gaze dipped to his sex and she watched him stroke himself, pupils dilating with lust.

"What are you waiting for?" she asked.

"Nothing, I'm just trying to decide how I want you."

Her brows rose. "Not over the couch?"

"Mm. Maybe." He looked at her naked sex again. Released her foot and touched the open lips with his free hand, thumb gliding slowly against the glossy flesh.

She watched him for a moment, and then she kicked off her other shoe and lifted her legs, tucking her feet onto the edge of the chair, one on either side of her bottom, spreading herself wide to him.

Loki sucked in a breath and took hold of her legs. "Sig...Jesus."

She giggled. "Its funny to hear you using Earth expressions."

But Loki wasn't amused. In fact, he wasn't evening listening. He was looking down at the head of his cock as he positioned himself on his knees and pushed between the glistening folds of her sex.

They moaned together as he filled her, Loki still looking down, watching until his entire length was buried inside her.

"Oh God," she whimpered. "That's..."

Tight. Loki thought wildly. Good. So good.

It was hurting her a little, despite how wet she was. Something about the position, and the fact that is had been a little over a month since they'd last been together.

He looked down at her, folded tightly in the chair beneath him. Bent and kissed her deeply.

"Loki," she murmured when he released her. "Please, fuck me."

He groaned. She knew what it did to him, to hear such words. He gripped her thighs and held her legs back hard as he started thrusting, kissing her again at the same time. Devouring her.

She came within minutes, keening and reaching around her legs to clutch at his hips. He rode her harder as the orgasm radiated along the bond, and every thrust brought the tip of his cock straight to the mouth of her womb.

As her orgasm faded, she reached between their bodies, touched the place where his cock pistoned inside her, fingers curling loosely around his shaft. Her grip made his thrusts shallower by necessity, but the extra stimulation of her fingers was delicious.

Even more than that was the stimulation of her thoughts. She wanted to feel him going in. Liked to touch the stiff column and feel her own wetness on him. Relished the pleasure she gave him and the low, urgent sounds he made.

Gods, how he loved this–-loved her.

"Sig," he rasped, pleasure tightening his balls. "Coming!"

She gripped the base of his cock and made him gasp. He pumped into her hand, into her pussy, floored by the combined sensations, by the heady mix of lust and love she emitted.

"Come," he demanded roughly. "Come with me."

To his surprise, she cried out almost immediately, fisting around him, every muscle in her body tightening as he rode out his own orgasm in a series of uncontrolled lunges.

When it was over he pulled her hand away and buried himself to the hilt, nudging her cervix again. Stretching her. Making her clench.

He was leaning on her heavily, breathing hard into her neck. Rocking slowly into the still-fluttering grip of her sex. One of her feet slipped off the chair and he lifted it up again, not wanting to lose the incredible closeness the position afforded.

"Why have we never tried this position before?" he asked, breathless. "That was fantastic."

"Mm," she curled her arms around his shoulders and nuzzled his ear, flexing around him. "Do it again."

He chuckled. "Give me a few minutes."

Her only response was to put her hands in his hair and gently scrape his scalp with her fingernails. He turned his head to kiss her languidly, suddenly swamped by how intensely he had missed her the last few weeks.

"Is the King ready to abdicate?" she murmured when he broke away.

"Mmm." He kissed her some more before withdrawing. "Do you really think this planet is disgusting?"

"I did when I thought you were screwing that dancer." She tugged his shirt up and he lifted his arms so she could take it off him. "It's actually quite decadent."

"For your information, that poor girl could never meet my standards." Pulling back to look down at her body, at his cock still wedged inside her, he murmured, "You've ruined me for other women."

Her breath caught as he gave her a long, leisurely thrust.

"Have I really?" she replied, with genuine surprise. "That's gratifying to hear."

He thrust again–-a slow, languid movement–-and she closed her eyes, lips parting on a sigh of pleasure. "I suppose that's the closest I'll ever come to a profession of genuine commitment on your part," she said breathlessly.

Loki stilled. "I wasn't aware you required such a thing."

"I don't," she opened her eyes to give him a heavy-lidded look of encouragement. "Keep moving."

He picked up thrusting again, rocking slowly. "But you do want that."

"Mmm?" she was starting to look unfocused. She stroked his arms and watched his abdomen flex with glowing appreciation. "I want everything you've got."

"I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing anymore," he said, withdrawing for another long, slow stroke into her body.

"Why are we talking at all?" She made a hoarse little sound of pleasure as he nudged her cervix. Damned if she wasn't getting close again already.

"It is nice, occasionally," he replied, watching her face go slack as the pleasure mounted. "It's something couples frequently do, or so I've heard."

She didn't respond and he simply rocked for a while, letting the pleasure build, thrust by thrust. Kissing and touching. Every movement slow and sweet as molasses.

"This is definitely my new favorite position," he murmured, listening to her ragged breath. "You're so sensitive."

She moaned, slapped his chest with one hand. "For god's sake, Loki, move faster."

He lifted her legs up over his shoulders and held her there, pumping a little harder, kissing the upper curves of her breasts, the base of her throat, dipping his tongue into her mouth.

"You are making the sweetest little sounds right now," he said darkly. "Makes me want to do something depraved."

"Oh?" she panted, "Like what?"

Smiling devilishly, he pulled completely out and drove himself home again, straight to the hilt.

Sig cried out sharply, grasping his upper arms, nails digging into his skin.

"So sweet," he growled, pulling out again.

"Please," she gasped, eyes heavy-lidded, face flushed. "You're going to kill me."

He thrust home.

"Ah!"

"Again?" He was nearing his own limit now.

She nodded. He leaned down to kiss her as he withdrew and she shook her head. "I want to see your face when you come."

That did it. Suddenly aroused to the point of madness, he started thrusting rapidly–-still pulling almost completely out, driving home with barely contained aggression. Holding her gaze as she began to bow and spasm beneath him.

Sig locked tight under a cascade of pleasure and Loki tumbled after her, orgasm stripping away everything but the woman in his arms: her amber eyes, her cries, her pleasure, the hot grip of her sex.

Love you... God... love you so much...

The words radiated along the bond and Loki drank them straight into his heart, his soul. Poured his answering feelings back to her wordlessly. Felt her take them.

Mine, he thought fiercely. Say you're mine.

"Yes," she whispered, pulling him down to kiss her as the pleasure ebbed. "Yes."

...   ...   ...

He carried her to the bed at some point. Stripped her down and made love to her leisurely on the white satin sheets.

She really didn't have any tan lines, and her skin was the color of honey. She'd gained a little weight since he'd seen her last. There was a softness about her hips and thighs that made him feel like a beast.

"Why do you keep biting me like that?" she asked, and the question was muffled because she had flung both arms over her face in the aftermath of their last orgasm.

Lying sprawled halfway across her legs, Loki looked down at his teeth marks on her inner thighs and said, "You taste good."

"I taste the same as always."

He bent and bit her on the hip hard enough to make her squeak. "Sweeter."

"You taste the same," she returned mildly.

He crawled up her body and laid directly on top of her, pushing her arms away from her face and pinning them gently to the bed so he could kiss her.

"You're squishing me," she mumbled, eyes still closed.

"Mmm," he kissed her again, "Do you want to go back to Paradisus?"

She shook her head. "You're a king now. You have a responsibility to your subjects. It would be selfish of me to take you away from them just because I want to screw you on a tropical beach."

Loki smiled. She didn't mean a damned word of it–-except the part about screwing.

"Sarcasm," he said dryly, "Charming."

"You love it." She squirmed under his weight and he slid off of her. Her arms came down and she rolled toward him, snuggling into his chest.

Loki still marveled sometimes at how natural it felt to put his arms around her. To be tender. Affectionate. Loving. Her adoration still floored him, too. He kept waiting for her to just wake up one day and realize she didn't want him anymore.

She was too good to be true, really. She'd never asked for more than he offered. Never once turned him away when he reached for her. Never failed to forgive him for his...less than admirable behavior. And now...

Sig kissed his throat and curled her arm over his waist, sighing with such contentment that he felt almost... giddy.

"I don't suppose you'd consider staying a while," he suggested, keeping his voice casual. Heart jumping traitorously. "You'd make an excellent queen."

"Of Aces?" she snorted. "You really ought to change the title. It's ridiculous."

He was quiet.

In a moment she pulled back, looked up into his face. "Was that a serious suggestion? You really want me to stay here and play queen to your king?"

"You did express a desire for commitment," he replied carefully.

Her look of confusion shifted to one of shock. Disbelief.

She sat up, hair a wild blond cloud around her head, breasts bobbing, nipples red from his mouth and hands.

"Loki, was that supposed to be some kind of proposal?" Her eyes abruptly narrowed. He was shielding like hell. "This better not be a joke."

"It was, in fact, a proposal," he said stiffly.

The long silence that followed was filled with the sound of Loki's heart beating wildly in his ears.

"A proposal of marriage," she said finally–-like it was somehow the most improbable thing she'd ever heard.

"Yes."

She watched his face intently. "Like, actual, legal marriage."

Her skepticism made him bristle. Or maybe it was the fact that she hadn't answered yet. "Yes, by all the Gods," he grated, "It's a simple enough concept."

She didn't react to his temper. Instead, she looked away, at the wall above the bed. At the dark window, the floor, blinking in shock the whole time.

Bitterness rose like an old enemy. Just as he opened his mouth to retract the offer she looked at him and said simply, "Alright."

Loki blinked. "Alright?" Was that it? Just Alright?

His heart didn't seem to care about the delivery though. It fluttered, rose.

"Yeah," she said face solemn. "Alright."

He sat up, temper evaporated, the first flush of elation buzzing along his nerve endings. "Yes. The word you're looking for is yes."

She smiled. Finally, she smiled. "Yes."

On a surge of raw emotion, he reached for her.

"Congratulations, my Sigyn. My Loki."

They both cursed and Loki snatched at the sheets, pulling them across his lap. Mad stood at the end of the bed, grinning from ear to ear.

"Mad!" Sig cried, not bothering to cover herself. "So inappropriate!"

"I am sorry, my Sigyn. I waited until you were done copulating."

"Tell me you weren't watching," Loki hissed, at the same time Sig said, "Don't say copulating."

"I did not watch," Mad replied politely. And then to Sig, "Is copulating not an acceptable term for what you were doing?"

"Oh my god. No, it just–-never mind," Sig waved her away. "Where is my dress?"

Mad bent and picked it up off the floor. Loki glared at her as she brought it around the bed to Sig.

"Are you angry, my Loki?"

"That was a private moment," he grated, still feeling the sting of vulnerability. The buzz of feelings yet unexpressed.

"You are embarrassed," Mad replied in understanding.

Sig made a muffled sound that closely resembled laughter. Loki shot her a glare and found her in a tangle with the dress pulled halfway over her head.

"I am not embarrassed," he growled, tugging the hem until the green fabric came unbunched and slid down into place.

"I am unfamiliar with marriage rituals," the Tolok explained apologetically. "Toloks do not marry."

"Right. No romantic attachments," he muttered.

Sig paused in the act of smoothing her hair. "How do Toloks reproduce then?"

Is this really what we're going to talk about right now?

Sig shot him a quelling look.

"Sexually," Mad replied unabashedly. "Partnerships are chosen based on genetic compatibility, and the children are raised by the collective." She bent to retrieve Loki's pants and smiled brightly at him as she handed them over. "I am very excited to learn about non-Tolok marriage rituals and child-rearing."

Sig made a little choking sound and Loki said, "Child-rearing?"

"Mad, we're not having children," Sig interrupted before the Tolok could reply. "I'm sterile, remember?"

Mad smiled. "You are not, my Sigyn."

Sig frowned. "I'm not. I'm not?"

Mad shook her head.

"How do you know this?" Loki demanded.

"I studied the timelines. In some of them, Sigyn has children."

Sig was floored. "If I'm not sterile, why haven't I conceived in all this time?"

"I do not know for sure, my Sigyn. Perhaps the conditions were not correct."

"Meaning?" Loki interjected.

"Sigyn's heritage is mixed. She is more than simply Aldurian and Asgardian," Mad shrugged. "Some species cannot procreate outside of specific environmental parameters."

Sig held up both hands in denial. "I think I'm done with this conversation."

Mad regarded her quizzically while Loki grappled with the new information.

"Mad," he started, heart pounding anew, "Whose children does she-–"

"Don't!" Sig cried sharply, clamping her hand over his mouth. The other hand she held up towards the Tolok. "I really don't want to know, alright?"

Loki tugged her hand from his mouth. "Why not?"

She sat back on her heels. "I–-because-–" she shrugged helplessly, "Some things are just better left unknown?"

Her emotions came to him in a tangle. Anxiety, hope, fear.

What was she afraid of?

He looked at her and imagined her growing round with child. His child. It brought a rush of intensely possessive feelings.

Then again, if there was another man in her future...

The thought turned his heart to stone. Abruptly, he understood her fear. Or at least, he hoped he did.

"Mad, get lost. I need to dress and...talk to Sig."

Sig looked to the Tolok. "I'll call you back in a little while okay? I want to hear how things have been going with the Tolok the last few weeks."

Mad nodded happily and popped into the aether.

"Do not watch!" Loki called after her.

"What's the matter?" said Sig, "Are you–-eep!"

Loki had her pinned to the bed in an instant. "I would like to consummate now," he said darkly.

"Um, that usually happens after the wedding, Loki."

"After, before, during," he shrugged. "I'm going to consummate the hell out of you." Grinning, he straddled her thighs and said, "Lift your hips."

"During?" she braced her hands on his arms, looking down between their bodies. "What are you do–-ah!"

He slid inside with a deep growl of satisfaction.

"How can you be this hard again already?" she asked breathlessly, watching.

The penetration was a bit shallow, but...he lifted her arms and held them above her head, thrusting hard. "It's been a month," he growled, "We've hardly taken the edge off."

Pinned and helpless, Sig could only watch as he rode her, squirming against the pleasure of it, the domination. "Next time I get to be on top," she panted.

The position made her throb all over with arousal, though. She could overpower him in an instant if she wanted to–-he had no illusions about that–-but she liked it when was he dominating. In fact, she liked everything he did to her.

"Would you want my child, Sig?" he asked roughly, watching her face.

She looked up at him, amber eyes already unfocused. "Huh?"

He thrust deep and withdrew. "You heard me."

"Loki–-ah!–-I already told you, I want everything you've got."

"What if it looks Jotun?" he demanded.

She made that low keening sound he adored so much, struggling against him. "I love your Jotun looks–-mmm–-ahh-–" she bucked, "God!"

Glowing with satisfaction, Loki rode her in a hard, controlled rhythm until she cried his name, bowed sharply, and shattered.

"I love you," he said fiercely, thrusting harder, rushing toward his own orgasm.

Her eyes widened and he realized, just as the orgasm took him, that he had never said the words aloud before.

When he lifted himself to look at her in the aftermath, her face was almost serene, but there were tears in her eyes.

"Say it again," she said quietly.

His heart pounded. Ached. He swallowed hard.

"Don't you dare argue," she whispered. "Just say it."

"I love you," he replied gruffly.

"Now ask me properly."

He balked for a moment. Relented. "Be my queen."

She laughed and he bent to kiss her hungrily.

"You're going to regret this, you know," he said a moment later.

"You think so?"

He grinned. "At least once a day."

"Hm. Well, that means you're going to have to change my mind at least once a day."

Laughing wickedly, he kissed her again, long and deeply. "I look forward to that."

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Crystal Springs Chapter 17: Now on ao3!

THAR SHE BLOWS!

Chapter 17: Elemental Ball

Heart-to-hearts are had as Winter preps for the annual Winter Market and decides to bring Jack along with her this year. Back at the North Pole, a deal is struck as Bernard gives Santa a crash course in Dome stuff.

And also, Jack plays elemental ball.

I just kinda liked the summary w/out that bit, though the ao3 summary still has it! :) I may change this one, it's still not hitting but hey, what're you gonna do, right? Summaries are HARD.

THIS chapter features the very first scene ever thought of for the story! And some fun sibling shenanigans but first, heart-to-hearts, including one of my FAVOURITES which I will have to share as THE snippet for y'all RIGHT NOW, IMMEDIATELY:

"Regardless, I should've checked in on you after Winter split us up. We should've looked after you that day, too. I'm sorry about that."

"Well, better late than never," Jack joked with a sly grin, Blaise laughing. "I do appreciate the apology. But if I'm being honest? I don't think you two would've been able to stop me from leaving. Even if you had managed to talk to me the way we are now, I wouldn't have stayed." "I bet there was a way we could've," Blaise said with a soft smile. "This time, I'll do it right. We will, once you and your mom talk." "That's the spirit," Jack said with a nod, finishing off his food.. "Thanks for all of this, Dad. I appreciate the level headed discussion." "Not as much as I do," Blaise said. "I'm getting too old for elemental blowouts," he added, weary. "Yeah, well, growing up, and then getting a curse broken and a frozen heart thawed in the same night does that to a guy. And I'm getting up there in age too," Jack admitted. "I'm sorry for being so pushy about the curse stuff yesterday." "You were still hurting, son! I'm glad you pushed. It cleared the stage for this," Blaise said, gesturing to the two of them seated at the table, plates empty, hearts happy. "You had a point. And you have a right to feel the way you do. It gave me a little kick in the ass, too. And I'm sure there'll be plenty more moments like this," Blaise added, as a swath of packing snow suddenly hit the glass of the sliding door with a hefty thunk, startling Jack out of his seat. "Okay, really, what the heck is going on out there?" Jack asked, his heart racing as he watched the snow slowly slide down the glass, horrible squeaking noises included. "Why don't you come see for yourself?" Blaise stood up, hair reigniting as he pushed in his chair. The hit had not fazed him in the slightest; he opened the sliding door, gesturing Jack through. "You are going to love this."

And so, dear readers, are you! See for yourself what shenanigans are brewing in the Frost's backyard on ao3 HERE!

Feel like taking it from the top! Read the Prologue: An Encounter HERE on ao3 and HERE on ff dot net. Story summary below the cut!

It’s been almost a year since Jack Frost thawed and things are looking…well, not so great. Jack’s powers are seemingly gone. Without them, the Dome that keeps the North Pole safe from the cold and its magic controlled is melting, putting everything and everyone magical at risk.

Unable to hide his power shortage any longer, Jack is forced to admit the truth. Thankfully, there is a solution: enacting the Legate Law, bringing Jack and the sister that he hurt so many centuries ago back together again. But when Jacqueline starts experiencing destructive blackouts, the pair are forced to head back home to Crystal Springs, bringing Jack face to face with the rest of the family.

Needless to say, between getting his powers back, helping his sister figure out what in the FROST those blackouts even were, reconciling with his parents, meeting the two even younger siblings he didn’t even KNOW he had, NOT TO MENTION the ancient threat that’s had it out for the ENTIRE Frost family finally making a move?

Saving Christmas (regrettably) is looking to be a little bit…complicated.

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Keto Deli-Style Lunch Wraps

Looking for a new keto-friendly lunch idea? Look no further because we’ve got the solution: our gluten-free and keto-friendly flatbread, designed specifically for wraps and sandwiches. Our favorite fillings include thick slices of ham, salami, and leafy greens, but the choice is yours. It’s the ideal canvas for crafting a mouthwatering lunch that will leave you satisfied and ready to take on the rest of the day. 

This quick and easy recipe allows you to whip up a batch of wraps in no time. The flatbreads are made with cauliflower and egg, so you can enjoy a wrap without any carbs. With their perfect texture and subtle flavor, these wraps provide the ideal foundation for various fillings and toppings. 

But that’s not all! Using our flatbread recipe, you can prepare a large batch ahead of time and freeze them for a hassle-free everyday meal whenever you need it. Simply thaw one, fill it with your favorite ingredients, and enjoy a satisfying lunch without any fuss.

Prepare to be impressed by the convenience and delectability of these deli-style lunch wraps. Whether you’re packing them for busy work days or sharing them with friends, they are guaranteed to be tasty and satisfying. So go ahead, make a batch of flatbreads, fill them with our recommended fillings, or pick your own, and savor the deliciousness of these versatile flatbread wraps.

Yields 4 servings of Keto Deli-Style Lunch Wraps

The Preparation

Homemade Wraps

8 ounce raw cauliflower

1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 large egg

1 large egg white

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

2 teaspoon ground psyllium husk powder

salt and pepper, to taste

Wrap Filling

8 tablespoon ranch dressing

4 ounce spring mix

8 ounce deli-sliced ham

8 ounce deli-sliced salami

The Execution

1. Gather and prep all of the ingredients. Pre-heat oven to 350F.

2. Cut cauliflower into small pieces, then add to a food processor.

3. Pulse the food processor until the cauliflower resembles large crumbs.

4. Add in the remaining ingredients for the wraps and season with salt and pepper to taste.

5. Continue to mix in the food processor until a smooth batter is formed.

6. On a parchment-lined baking sheet, spread the batter into a thin square shape. It’s very important to thin out the batter enough to get a large enough wrap. You want the dough to be less than 1/4 inch thick, about 4-5mm.

7. Bake the wraps for 12-15 minutes or until they turn a golden brown color. Once browned, flip the dough and return to the oven for 2-4 more minutes until the other side is also golden brown.

Remove from the oven and cut into portions as needed.

8. Dress the spring mix with ranch dressing and toss to coat well. Add deli ham, salami, and salad into wraps, fold, and enjoy!

This makes a total of 4 servings of Keto Deli-Style Lunch Wraps. Each serving comes out to be 627 calories, 49.7g fats, 6.5g net carbs, and 34.9g protein.

NUTRITION CALORIES FAT CARBS FIBER NET CARBS PROTEIN 8.00 ounce cauliflower 52 1.1 9.3 5.2 4.1 4.1 1.25 cup shredded mozzarella 420 30.8 3.1 0 3.1 30.8 1.00 large egg 79 5.2 0.4 0 0.4 6.9 1.00 large egg white 17 0.1 0.2 0 0.2 3.6 2.00 tablespoon olive oil 239 27 0 0 0 0 1.00 tablespoon italian seasoning 9 0.3 1.9 1.2 0.7 0.3 2.00 teaspoon psyllium husk powder 37 0 8.5 7.5 1.1 0 0.00 none salt and pepper 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 tablespoon ranch dressing 516 53.5 7.1 0 7.1 1.6 4.00 ounce Spring Mix 32 0.5 5.9 2.3 3.6 2.5 8.00 ounce deli-sliced black forest ham 252 8.4 4.2 0 4.2 42 8.00 ounce deli-sliced salami 857 71.8 1.6 0 1.6 47.8 Totals 2509 198.6 42.2 16.1 26.1 139.6 Per Serving (/4) 627 49.7 10.6 4.0 6.5 34.9

Keto Deli-Style Lunch Wraps

The Preparation

Homemade Wraps

8 ounce raw cauliflower

1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 large egg

1 large egg white

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

2 teaspoon ground psyllium husk powder

salt and pepper, to taste

Wrap Filling

8 tablespoon ranch dressing

4 ounce spring mix

8 ounce deli sliced ham

8 ounce deli sliced salami

The Execution

Gather and prep all of the ingredients. Pre-heat oven to 350F.

Cut cauliflower into small pieces, then add to a food processor.

Pulse the food processor until cauliflower resembles large crumbs.

Add in the remaining ingredients for the wraps and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Continue to mix in the food processor until a smooth batter is formed.

On a parchment lined baking sheet, spread the batter into a thin square shape. It’s very important to thin out the batter enough to get a large enough wrap. You want the dough to be less than 1/4 inch thick, about 4-5mm.

Bake the wraps for 12-15 minutes or until they turn a golden brown color. Once browned, flip the dough and return to the oven for 2-4 more minutes until the other side is also golden brown.

Remove from the oven and cut into portions as needed.

Dress the spring mix with ranch dressing and toss to coat well. Add deli ham, salami, and salad into wraps, fold, and enjoy!

Notes

This makes a total of 4 servings of Keto Deli-Style Lunch Wraps. Each serving comes out to be 627 calories, 49.7g fats, 6.5g net carbs, and 34.9g protein.

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------------------------------------------ GREETINGS ------------------------------------------ May 27/ 2023

Hello, it's been 3 months now, but I’ve been busy with other things, mainly shop prep and convention prep since I will be attending my local anime convention as a vendor this year! I was so happy I got accepted because let me say the job hunting has not been going well and I thought that I was cursed or something.

I'm like well at least one thing turned out well for me this year so far... I have updated my shop content and would very much appreciate the support!

http://shinahartshop.etsy.com

thank you so much for the support if you purchase anything, and now on to the long blog post because there is a theme of trash people this month...lol.

Sheena

waiting for my friend to come back from vacation to finally finish the last of us, this is the problem when you watch something with another person and they leave for a while...lmao I watched the game play so I'm good in terms of plot but imagine if you never did.

I’ve been out of the drama loop for a while but I have been watching boys plant, which s the rebranding of the produce series...its still the same in my opinion, the way they focus only on people that are popular because they are trying to make you pick them, while others have zero screen time at all.

ugh...I watched it but felt nothing, not like when I really was invested in X1, they had so much potential as a group to grow but Mnet did them dirty and I'm still pissed off at that. I had no favorites anyways, these boys don't really know what they are getting into. The only one that surprised me was pentagon's leader Hui came onto the show as a contestant and how he got there was because he didn’t get that much work after coming back from the army and noticed that his group had become irrelevant, which is really sad cause I remember he wrote songs for the last produce series and now he’s on the show not as a mentor but as a contestant to compete with other younger singers who cater towards the new k-pop fans.

sigh...I hope everything goes well for him even if he doesn’t make it into this group.

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MANHWA/MANGA/WEBTOONS --------------------------------------------

Recap:

I’m just going to put up the ongoing list only. I also eliminated some titles because they are now completed or I dropped them for now Ongoing

Ongoing

Liveta (hiatus)

Pearl boy

Kings Maker (S3)

One night mate (hiatus)

Night fragments (hiatus)

The pizza delivery man and the gold palace

the foul

killer crush

Instatiable man (hiatus)

I became a lousy side top

tread lightly on thawing ice

Updates on ongoing titles:

Okay so some updates are happening I'll save the most controversial for last.

the pizza delivery man and the gold palace:

it's been on hiatus since January but it's finally back with some steamy scenes between woowon and seoan, they are both really precious and I really like how thier relationship developed over the course of the story so far. I have never really realted to another character before woowon and I'm hoping to see more of how he will overcome his life struggles, because right now I'm also going through some sh*t and it's really important to have support from people you care about, like seoan.

wowoon has not dated for 6 years and is a little overwhelmed by the affection seon has been showing him with and they are so cute....I'm going to present you with a spicy screenshot and they way they look at each other is...chef's kiss perfection. lol.

kings maker S3:

kings maker is back finally with wolf gang and shin's daughter, well I guess it's wofgang's baby by blood cause of the ritual in which they used his blood or something...I don't remember the details, but he got a cute baby girl and she's so adorable, I might draw fanart of her soon cause I can't resisit.lol.

so far it is through her point of view as she is went from small baby with incredible strength to a little toddler wanting to be queen soon and the fastest possible way is to get her dads to retire and married off lol.

look at her, she's so cute!

so far we just follow her around the palace and see what shenanigan's she's up to but there’s not actual plot as of yet, but it honestly just come back a while ago so it's really too early to say. all I'm hoping for is to see some more sys and randolph content, i’ve been deprived of that for a good while so that would be cute to see.

sigh ...now for the most controversial...Pearl boy

of course this would bring all sorts of people to the threads with it's recent chapters, I think the last time I left off was when dooshik was in the middle of saving jooha from the captives..the porn crew. In the end a human is a human and dooshik was brought down by the daehwi the twin with the long hair, with a gun...my man was shot and was lieing there getting beaten by ugly ass thugs. Jooha in this situation had realized that dooshik was the one who saved him from the same thing that happened 4 years ago and you get to see a bit of backstory behind that and how that interaction went. dooshik also had  a flash back to when his mother was around and how his life had fallen apart when his mother essentially only cared of herself and possibly put dooshik through a lot of things..ie. growing up fast and having to take care of a grown ass adult, possibly getting him to quit judo, the way that he looks at his jacket made it seem like it was something important to him that he had to give up.

I can't imagine everything that he went through and still believed that life is essentially still worth living, especially when he told jooha the best way to take revenge was to live a happy life. Ideally yes that would be the right way to go, but in this situation they are dealing with  a person with power, reporting him to the police is not going to do any good cause we all know one thing...police suck! they only speak money, they care more about getting a higher rank in the field than actually helping people in trouble, just reporting pilwon would only put him in jail for 1 day and then he's free cause bail money...

so it's not going to do any good, dooshik realizes this and after a heartwarming moment between jooha and himself while in the hospital bed recovering, he finally lost all his senses and became enraged. Let's just say that he used almost the same method the porn people used on jooha but with the twin that he captured " the short haired one -daekwang" who I honestly don't get why people like...you don't even know his character well yet. now this was the most controversial chapter that made people really hate dooshik, morally yes it was inhumane and nobody wants to see it because it's unsettling.

but  people seem to have forgotten this daekwang guy is involved with kidnapping young men with his porn filming crew since a long time ago, years ago when jaeil was almost involved with these people...but managed to get out of it. they drug these boys ( dooshik's ex boyfriend was drugged and ended up dying from overdose) and make them film porn to sell to old rich creepy men...this was their "business" and suddenly there are people defending his ass...I'm like what are you on about? dooshik should not give them a taste of thier own medicine because it's wrong...did you forget what he did not only to jooha but other people? some people were like he should have just killed pilwon and it would be fine, yeah pilwon should die, but these people are also doing his dirty work for him, that man never needed to lift a finger to get what he wanted cause he had subordinates that were desperate enough to follow him.

Don't know if you are aware but there are so much manhwa/manga/webtoons with a similar plot where the bad guys never suffered their repercussions and get off Scott free, I'm glad that at least in this webtoon people do suffer for their actions. Most manga that focuses on revenge in the end never follow through with it.

if your boyfriend decided to get revenge for you for being r*ped by having his men to do the same to one of your assailants ...how do you really feel? most people put their morals before what they actually would do and say things like yeah it's wrong, It's not going to change anything...yeah it won't change the fact that I was a victim, but I won't think that it's wrong...cause in a way what goes around comes around and instead of waiting for a higher power to deal with it, if you want something done do it yourself....am I against it? no...that's because i'm petty and to have my assailant feel what I felt in that moment, it would make me feel better, even if what happened would not change anything...I hope that makes sense.

me though...I would have chopped off his dick...

but some people...they keep saying he's turning into pilwon and that is so not true, that a-hole can and will probably die a mundane death after his lackeys aren’t around anymore. Dooshik cannot process the pain that he's in so he became a person using interrogation as an act of revenge and committed himself into torturing and murdering to get what he wants, which is to get rid of all of jooha's demons. Does he find this enjoyable? NOPE look at his face, he looks like someone who witnessed his loved one die. People started making sh*t up saying that he was enjoying watching someone get r*ped...and that caused others who can't read korean look at the raw images and deduce the same thing without reading the actual chapter and understanding the dialogue exchanged and looking at character expressions.

I can't with this fandom, I know every fandom sh*tty people but this one in particular has a bunch of them, I don't interact with anyone for the very reason that if you say one thing another person will be quick to bring you down.

sigh....it's honestly really sad to see someone whose so strong really lose his sh*t and mentally suffering after being with him for 80 chapters...I want to see this part of him even if is ugly since I have been saying since the early chapters of pearl boy that dooshik's character is one of a kind. this boy made me cry....I don't cry for any fictional being. lol

anyways i'll let you decide on what you think of him with that, the story is far from over so there’s lots to unfold still, so I wish people would honestly just f*cken wait till the story is done to start spewing non sense and making up false theories

see trash segment for examples of some dumb sh*t....

I swear these people are all minors or something, y'all should not be reading this at all if you think this is going to follow a shounen anime plot..eww. go watch your anime and stick to that.

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to some spicy reads (21+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- okie dokie onto some trash titles, lol. not really I have another segment for that, this months theme is " trash semes ...but are they really?" the answer is yes they are trash humans that do inhumane things but I can't completely hate them. in contrast to dooshik and what he was doing...the first two are literally absolute a-holes, they let you know that from chapter 1 onwards

because it's been three months and I had to narrow it down for once and just stick with a theme. forgive me if I forget some of the plot cause its been that long and I don't want to revisit these stories to get every detail since they are so long.

1)Beware of the full moon in march

"Ex-convict Park Mokhwa wants nothing more than to keep his head low and stay out of anything that has to do with his past. However, his new-found tranquility as a florist is shattered by the appearance of Kim Nakwon, corrupt cop and unabashed hedonist. Nakwon is sure that Mokhwa’s the key to cracking an important case, and he’ll do anything to get the taciturn man to talk. The best way to make someone confess is to cause them pain, and Nakwon thinks he knows just what’ll hurt Mokhwa the most. But despite Nakwon’s best efforts, Mokhwa continues to stay silent. It’s not often that life doesn’t go the way Nakwon wants it to, so his obsession with Mokhwa only grows stronger..."

Yeah the summary pretty much says it all, mokhwa is an ex convict that was wrongfully put into jail for killing his step sister's boyfriend and after his release was shunned by his aunt and uncle and is now just working a a local flower shop as a florist. he was approached one day by a cop named nakwon and was accused of still being involved with his ex mafia boss, whom nakwon is looking for.

nakwaon forces himself onto mokhwa and assaults him to really strike fear and embarrassment within mokhwa so that he will cooperate and tell him what he needs to know. Yeah ladies and gents this guy is a big duche from chapter one onwards, he's a corrupted cop and uses force and humiliation on suspects in order to get them to admit their wrongdoings and arrest them, but he's a dick for the assault part cause that was unnecessary, he just thought because mokhwa is technically bigger and a criminal that that's what he gets. I'm like sir..where is your proof? another reason for hating the police... nakwon will not take no for an answer and so he begins to do monitoring on mokhwa and even told his boss that he is under suspicion.

his boss is a nice lady who treated mokhwa like a little brother and so he calls her noona (sister) even if they aren’t related. nakwon came to visit mokhwa everyday and noticed little things about him that usually people will leave in their thoughts but he was just complaining about everything this man was doing form his customer service skills to the way that he dresses...

but because they visit each other everyday, mokhwa started to get accustomed to nakwon's company, even if he is unlikable. mokhwa had been shunned by his actual family and had always been alone so having this person come and see him every day, made him feel a little better. nakwon really wanted to get info out of him and so spends most of his time watching nakwon do work and sometimes providing help when his customer service skills were lacking. one day when nakwon came to visit there were a bunch of other men in the flower shop with mokhwa and it turns out they were mokhwas men when he was still in the mafia, the guys heard that he was out of prison and works here so they came to see him, it turns out his men have been doing other things since he was in jail and they became a moving service and does deliveries...this part I don’t really remember, think they are still in the mafia but doing other things.

mokhwa had to prepare some flower baskets for parents day and so there were a bunch of orders to fulfill which then his men helped out and nakwon reluctantly took charge since non of them knew how to do it. even if mokhwas men knew that nakwon was a detective they think he wasn’t a bad person and so treated him like a "friend of the boss" they even went to eat bbq and drink all night. nakwon at this time had started to have weird feelings towards mokhwa, it seems like he's just confused as to why he's so interested in him? they spent some time together in a small hotel and nakwon felt weird that mokhwa was the most exposed he's ever been in a bath robe and it made him want to tough him. mokhwa was so shocked that he just let him do it and so they just toughed each other and instantly regretted it after. nakwon took some time away from mokhwa and some news of the mafia boss visiting him made him doubt that mokhwa had nothing to do with the mafia anymore and so he felt enraged/betrayed by that and went to assault mokhwa again....f*cken dumbass, I hate characters that take their anger out on others because they can't understand their own feelings...its so stupid.

well anyways, he kind of felt bad after he saw the condition he was in and tended to his wounds...which makes zero sense after what he just did. mokhwa easily accepts the offer reluctantly, that is when nakwon realizes that even if he’s treated like utter sh*t you treat him a little well and he will forgive you...which made him feel terrible, well at least he has somewhat of a conscience..

nakwon was busy trying to put this case to rest and actually met with the former boss of the mafia but under a different name at a social gathering, turns out this gut had a lot of money and was starting a new business, but of course like all mafia is doing shady things under ground. nakwon got informed by one of mokhwas men that one of the old subordinates has turned on them and was going after mokhwa. mokhwa was then captured and drugged along with his noona and to spare her he open the door to the car and pushed her out before they knocked him unconscious.

the florist noona was brought to the hospital for treatment and someone witnessed her pushed  out of a car. Nakwon was dealing with finally arresting someone involved the mafia he wasn’t supposed to do anything with mokhwa's case but hearing that he knew about the kidnapping and risked a big shot getting let go and went to essentially track down mokhwa.

he finally was able to locate the warehouse where mokhwa was taken but during that time mokhwas was being torutured by one of his old followers which turned his back on mokhwa during his time in jail. when nakwon arrived he saw that person next to a beaten and bloody mokhwa and literally went feral...lol

if you kill/injure a person you will have to step down from your position but he didn’t care one bit...he made sure that mofo was dead! so in a way i'm glad he's committed. after he finally processed his feelings and loss, he bawled his eyes out wanting mokhwa to come back to him alive and broke his own had as an act of repayment for the time he injured mokhwa's hand out of anger...this guy is dramatic as hell. if you can't guess it, mokhwa is okay, he was barely breathing but he was able to be taken to the hospital in time when the other police officers got there. Nakwon had to return the gun a step down for the time being while this whole thing is being investigated and he was okay with that, after accepting the fact that mokhwa became his world he broke off prior engagements with his ex-girlfriend and began working at the floral shop while mokhwa was in the hospital at the time. When mokhwa was released from the hospital he was wondering why nakwon acted that way, he was half unconscious but still heard him pleading for mokhwa to wake up, he was sure that he was someone who will be alone forever but after seeing nakwon wait for him to return back to the flower shop he was glad that he still had a home to go back to.

and that is the end of season one, there is still many things unanswered like the issue with the ex mafia boss and mokhwa and how they knew each other, why mokhwa is not saying anything pertaining to his ex-boss and finally will we see nakwon in his true form..lol. I mean expressing his feelings for mokhwa now that he knows he's in love with him.

2)Love history caused by willful negligence

"The only flaw of actor Lee Wooyeon, who is on the road to success without facing a single slump, is that his manager never lasts. With a time period of three months to observe him as a manager. Choi Inseop becomes Lee Wooyeon’s manager in search for revenge. He was not the Lee Wooyeon who was loved by people, but another Lee Wooyeon. Inseop had to uncover the truth. Because he had made a promise."

Firstly, I just wanted you all to know that wooyeon let's you know what kind of dick he is right in chapter one, he does not get any better than this so don't expect much. He is the kind of person that knows how to manipulate a social situation in his favor without letting anyone discover his true nature. When I mean true nature, it just means that he has a lot of inner thoughts about people...I would compare him to the protagonist in the netflix series "you" the guy stalks a woman he's interested in and has this whole narrative of how she is supposed to be in his eyes. Woo yeon just has disturbing thoughts about people and sometimes when people push him over the edge they get their asses kicked.lol.

to be honest, I can't hate the guy,I mean how many times have you thought a person deserves to get their asses handed to them? or in my case how many entitled a-holes you had to deal with on a daily basis at work.lol. some times you just want to kill them and wooyeon does that...with a brick  in an alley way...

he's like i'll see you in the alleyway later my friend ...

His company ceo and his company manager were worried that they will not be able to cover his ass any longer so they decided to go look for the perfect candidate to become wooyeon’s personal manager. wooyeon had a knack for switching managers every few weeks because they keep quitting, it turns out they cant handle the pressure of dealing with wooyeon and he manages to get them to quit on their own accord. The new manager showed up pristine and on time, his name is inseop and he is a self proclaimed fan of lee woo yeon...this is going to go well, like any celerity this automatically does not sit well with wooyeon cause he could be a "sasang fan" - extreme stalker fans and so he was on guard and will eventually get inseop to quit on his own soon.

But as time goes by wooyeon notices that inseop knew exactly what he preferred in terms of music and expectations of a manager and it made him curious as to how he knew everything. Inseop claims he is a fan of his but sometimes it seems like wooyeon suspects that it wasn't the case because he didn’t get that feeling form him.

inseop was in fact somewhat of an acquaintance of wooyeon back in their college days and this whole scheme to become his manager was to really avenge his friend that was treated badly by his possy of friends in college. So inseop was planning on exposing wooyeon’s affairs to the public through a news article but it wasn't enough to change public opinion so he needed his " weakness" in order to expose the fraud celebrity. Okay just a little tid bit...i don't think public opinion matters that much, celebs do dumb shit on a daily, exposing someone isn’t going to stop people from liking them. they might be cancelled for that one thing but It won't really ruin their career unfortunately.

but this matter was a lot more complex than on the surface as inseop's friend jennie was already suffering from mental health issues and that whatever happened in college lead to her passing and inseop cannot let her death be in vain.

after getting involved with wooyeon’s life he just wanted the necessary info for his exposure and just go back to America like nothing happened, but he found out that the more involved he was with wooyeon the more he began to see certain good aspects of him, sure he was a dick, but wooyeon had saved him from a couple of sexual assaulters he had encountered in a quick stop bathroom. Due to some past traumatic experiences with a past attempt at assault he was reminded of the time when jennie has saved him then. Inseop didn’t want to be grateful because he was going to essentially backstab him when the time comes, but internally he was very grateful. Then these a-holes came back later and attacked wooyeon and he almost drowned, but inseop dived into the lake to save him, this made wooyeon even more curious cause in his mind he was like " isn't this what you wanted? you wanted me to die didn’t you?"

I'll mention this now but it's explained later on that wooyeon is a sociopath, so he does not understand the feelings of other people, he does not understand what is considered right from wrong in a social context and how to deal with people. so he does not get why inseop would save him even though he clearly does not like him.

I guess this was the starting point of them starting to be interested in each other, not romantically but you can tell it was some sort of attraction. Inseop had saved him again when wooyeon's horse for a drama was scared to death by something and started to swing wooyeon off, inseop injured his hand trying to stop the horse, he didn’t have to but he essentially took his role as manager really seriously.

This is when it was explained how inseop knew about wooyeon and their encounter, so jennie was in love with woo yeon, or phillip as he was known in America, he was a quarterback who played football and was famous for his looks and dated some cheerleader...ya'll have seen american shows right? but jennie like other people who liked wooyeon dreamed of communicating with him and essentially gathered info about him to present to her friends...lol as you do, that friend is inseop..or peter which is his American name. Peter had a frail heart which made it difficult for him to go to school and so daily activities, he would offent have to get check ups so that his heart failure will not worsen and was he was spending most of his time bed ridden. Jennie came to visit him and they became best friends, she would often tell him about phillip and what he looked like and make up scenarios about thier encounters. Inseop was curious as to what this "prince" looked liked since he can't go to school often he has no idea who that is.

this part is so cute to me...when peter's mom asked him to get oranges for her marmalade, he went to the local market and grabbed a bag of oranges and saw a bunch of boys play basketball across the street near the market, there was a guy who stood out amongst them and somehow...he knew that was phillip I don't remember if the ball almost hit him and he ran off and almost got hit by a car or something but phillip saved him and inseop tossed him an orange as thanks.

he quickly got home and headed to his room cause he felt weird after that encounter. lmao inseop silly...it's called falling in love. I really liked that scene cause it was such an innocent and cute encounter, like how a novel would be written. he them met phillip again when he was able to go to school, his father wanted inseop(peter) to be apart of the korean association  that meets every Saturday, mainly to be in touch with his heritage as a korean-american.

lol. can relate cause I had to go to chinese school on Saturdays. he then realized that Philip was part of the korean association as well and was in his class...and sat beside him...okay raise you hands...how many of you sat beside your crush in class?..like a seat away or in front or behind them...he was called by the teacher to read a poem and peter could not get those words out of him head, he memorized the sound of his voice to his handwriting and would steal glances of him when he wasn't looking, he didn’t tell jennie any of this because he wanted this moment to be in his memory.

if you can't tell by now, inseop despite whatever happened between them in college liked and have always liked wooyeon (Phillip). This of course is still prevalent in the current time line as he admits that he has thought about being in a romantic situation with him and dreamed of kissing him but he decided to but his feelings down for the sake of avenging his friend, which is a terrible thing to do considering what happened to jennie was not wooyeon's fault at all. She became delusional in believing that letters she exchanged with someone was phillip, but in fact it was a bunch of the petty mean girls that were apart of his clique that got a hold of that letter and decided to bully her by writing to her back adding to that delusion. When inseop pointed out that he doenot think its phillip cause he knows what his writing looks like jennie didn’t believe him, that added to the mental instability she currently has made her depression worse and she began to have mood swings. inseop didn’t know how to deal with her sudden change in temper all the time that it made him anxious..

okay PSA time, please get professional help if you are struggling, there are a lot of phone services you can use to talk to someone, if you don’t want to do that, write it out...write whatever comes to mind and don't leave it all inside, you will honestly feel a lot better. But unfortunately for jennie her mother was abusive and not even seeing a therapist was going to stop the abuse, she only had peter as her friend and it was hard for him to bare all of her suffering when he isn't doing well himself, I can't imagine how inseop must feel knowing his friend was suffering and there was nothing he could do about it. But blaming wooyeon is not the answer, so i'm guessing he's only doing this so that he can put an end to his feelings for both wooyeon and jennie, I think he knows in his heart that wooyeon is awful but he’s not a bad person and revenge is pointless when the person you want to avengee is no longer in the world you live in. So we are at the point where inseop finally got the " weakness " he was looking for and now he is planning to give that to the reporter and go back to America.

sigh...but its really just hurting him cause he's been in love with wooyeon for so long, even saying to himself that he's an sh*t person when he does not believe that. ugh...someone needs to protect this boy, I have read the novel and it has it's ups and downs, but i still think the ending was worth reading so I really hope this novel gets published in English, cause those original book covers are so beautiful, I want the whole set.

I will leave it a this for now cause season 2 just got started and we are in for a ride.

--------------------------------------------------------------- Trash segment (21+) ---------------------------------------------------------------- a.k.a the part of the series where I shit on your favorite manhwa/manga/webtoon etc. Joking but not really, you have been warned.

This is the new section where you’re going to find titles that I dropped and the reasons why I discontinued the series all together, fair warning if you triggered by people criticizing your favorite series then you may want to skip this section all together. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and not every series that is “popular” or well liked by others will be like by all...therefore if there is content that makes a person uncomfortable enough to stop the series, that is on them and please don’t judge them for their morals. to those who consider quitting series, if it bothers you then just stop! no one is forcing this down your throat you can quit whenever, but don't harass the creator on social media if you dislike their story it's disrespectful.

Trash List:

So to recap, the series that I mentioned dropping so far are

Love or Hate

Yours to claim

Wistful summer

Anti-p.t.

The sound of fire

Kiss damnation

Cherry blossoms after the winter

Chasing Mr. CEO

Who’s a sweet cheater?

Another sequence

Love is a fantasy

Missing love/married man

My reason to die

This month there is no trash manhwa to present only trash people...insert every possible eyerolling meme here...

yes, I'm calling out some people on their dumb comments that literally are just there to start something and they clearly have zero knowledge on the plot but saw a bunch of people commenting on certain screen shots and decided to jump on the bandwagon of hate.... I was going to blur their names but nah whatever...lol.

this person clearly does not read the manhwa, just saw some screen shots and made their own theory and spat nonsense....this is what I'm getting because if you actually read the webtoon you wouldn’t be telling dooshik to die...lmao I can't... it's so stupid...I hate it the most when people just call him "the seme" I'm like he has a name and if you don't know it t clearly means you don’t read it.

this person says it s a terrible plot, and goes on with really bad grammar that i have no Idea what on earth they are saying...using terms like the top and bottom..instead of their names when you are trying to prove a point... I literally have never seen these people before in any pearl boy thread it's like they came out the ashes one day just to cause trouble...I'm literally like...who are you?

this person just needs to leave...they have been tweeting dumb comments for the past two weeks I'm honestly sick of seeing this troll every time I use the hashtags, ended up having to block them cause the tweets were annoying me.lol.

but nothing tops the comments that are like...and this is why I don’t read it anymore and still provide screen shots of the recent chapter...well clearly you did cause you bought the chapter. LMAO. I'm like no one cares if you stopped reading or not...just stop, why are you still here? I had to mute some people on twitter because they started going on about it and it really pissed me off.

that's like waiting in line for 2 hours to tell an actor you hate them...you waited in line and spent money on this...you know when your teacher use to say there is no such thing as a dumb question? that maybe true but there are such things as dumb comments.

Please don't be one of these people, if you have a problem with the story and don't enjoy it anymore just leave, do not go on the writers/creators social media and cause trouble just cause you don't like their story...ugh.at the end of the day this is all just fiction...

Oshi no ko and skip to loafer currently watching these two only and so far really enjoying them, I will review it when I finish but that’s all I have to update so far. though I will say one thing, I did not expect things to turn out the way it did at the end of episode 1 of oshi no ko, that surprised me and I can see why people are hyping this up, but we shall see as it continues.

my friend had been listening to NCT's new unit's new song perfume...so that’s all I hear when we hang out together lol. ----------------------------------------------------------------

Ending note:

Omg sorry for the 3-4 month wait, I'm seriously burnt out on writing anything, to be honest I could have finished this sooner but I have been leaving it on the back burner until I felt like writing again.

  I've been preparing for a shop update and also a convention coming up...It’s my first time as a vendor! didn't think that I'd get in cause the selection is supposed to be a lottery, but I did and so now I have to make a good stock ready for that event in july. I doubt any of you are know of it, cause its a local convention for me, but i'll announce it on my social media closer to the date.

anyways, I'll try to be on time but can't make promises please let me know if you are reading this by liking the post, cause I feel like I'm writing into a void lol.

thanks, Sheena

[heroes-feasting]

Elven Marruth

“Sometimes reductively referred to as “root pies” by dwarves and humans, marruth are incredibly hearty closed-faced canapés that are filled with spiced and herbed mashes of vegetables (carrots, potatoes, and carrots) and then lightly baked in a flaky, buttery crust.” - Heroes’ Feast, p. 64

Eating seasonal foods is a popular option because it helps local growers, tastes fresher, and makes you feel more connected to the season. Now, this is all well and good if you live in a climate with longer or all-year growing seasons; but what can you expect to be growing when you’re knee-deep in snow?

Believe it or not, there are winter seasonal vegetables! (rip fruit, you’ll be missed until spring)

Elven Marruth from Heroes’ Feast is a great use of hardy winter-season produce. The small pastries make for a great snack alongside a warm bowl of soup or, thanks to their nutritious filling, a great meal on their own!

These small pastries also hold a special place in my heart for being the first recipe I ever made from Heroes’ Feast (alongside Underdark Lotus with Fire Lichen Spread on p. 93)!

Check out below for my process in creating the house and for some helpful tips and tricks when making this yourself! Get Heroes’ Feast here: https://dnd.wizards.com/heroes-feast

Prep: 15 mins + pie crust, if making                 Cook: 2h 30 mins

Total: 2h 45 mins

Ingredients:

1 small yellow onion, finely chopped*

1 small Yukon gold potato, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces

2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped*

2 cups (300 g) packed finely chopped green cabbage*

3 tbsp. (44 ml) extra-virgin olive oil

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 tsp. (3 g) finely chopped fresh thyme, plus 1 ½ tbsp. (4 g) picked whole thyme leaves**

¾ tsp. (4 ml) soy sauce

¼ cup (4 g) chopped fresh dill

All-purpose flour for dusting

Pastry for 2 double-crust pies, thawed if frozen

1 egg

* To cut down on prep time, roughly chop the onion, carrot, and cabbage and then process them together in a food processor. You’ll need about 15 pulses get them all finely chopped.

** To pick the whole thyme leaves, pinch a stem of thyme and run your fingers down the opposite way the leaves are pointing.

First, preheat the oven to 375℉ (190℃) with the racks in the upper-middle and lower-middle of the oven. Line two large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick (silicone) liners.

Then, in a bowl, combine the onion, potato, carrots, cabbage, and olive oil and toss to coat the vegetables with the oil (top-left). Add ½ tsp. salt and a few grinds of pepper and toss to distribute (top-right).

Transfer the mixture to one of the prepared baking sheets, spreading it into a thin, even layer (set the bowl aside) (top-left).

Roast the vegetables on either rack until tender, 25 to 30 minutes, stirring and turning the vegetables two or three times (top-right).

NOTE: I misread the instructions so I spread the mixture over both sheets.

Remove the baking sheet from the oven, add the chopped thyme, and stir to incorporate it. Spread out the mixture and allow to cool to room temperature for about 20 minutes.

Leave the oven on for more baking and return the cooled veggies to the now-empty bowl. Stir in the soy sauce, dill, ¾ tsp. salt, and pepper to taste. Adjust the seasoning as necessary, and set aside until needed.

If making the filling ahead of time, turn off the oven, transfer the cooled mixture to a tupperware, and put it in the fridge until needed.

Replace the parchment paper on the baking sheet or wash the non-stick liner and return it to the baking sheet. Have a small bowl of water handy.

Dust a large piece of parchment paper or a clean work surface with flour. Working with one ball of homemade pastry at a time, or one sheet of store-bought pastry, roll the dough into a 12-inch (30 cm) circle (top-left).

Sprinkle half of the whole thyme leaves evenly over the pastry, cover with a piece of parchment paper, and roll lightly to help the thyme stick (top-right).

Flip the pastry over so the thyme leaves are on the bottom, and set aside. Repeat with the remaining pastry and remaining whole thyme leaves.

With a 4-inch (10 cm) round biscuit or cookie cutter, cut at least six circles out of each pastry round.

TIP: To keep the pastry as chilled as possible for maximum ~flakiness~ while baking, work with and cut out circles from one ball of pastry at a time. Place each cut circle on a plate covered with cling film and put in the fridge until needed.

Keep the scraps from the first dough ball in the fridge and combine with the scraps from the second dough ball. Roll out the combined scraps for extra circles.

NOTE: My pie crust recipe gives quite a bit of dough, so you’ll end up cutting out way more than the six asked for by Heroes’ Feast.

Working with as many of the pastry circles as you feel comfortable with to keep the dough chilled, place 1 ½ tbsp. (one slightly rounded tbsp.) of the vegetable mixture in the center of each round, leaving a ½-inch border around the edge.

Working with one piece of pastry at a time, moisten the edge of the pastry circle and fold over the pastry over the filling to make a half-moon shape. Press out any trapped air, press the edges firmly to seal, and crimp the edges using a fork to secure the seal.

Transfer the crimped pastries to a separate plate and keep in the fridge until ready to cook.

Repeat with the remaining pastry rounds and filling.

Once all of the pastries are ready, transfer them onto the prepared baking sheets.

In a small bowl, beat the egg with 1 tbsp. water and brush the tops and sides of each marruth with the mixture (top-left).

Bake until the marruths are light golden brown and crisp, about 25 minutes, rotating the sheets 180 degrees and switching racks halfway through baking (top-right).

Set the baking sheets on wire racks, cool the pastries for about 5 minutes, and serve hot.

NOTE: Despite the recipe only being supposed to make 12, I’ve always gotten somewhere between 18-22 marruths from the filling.

NOTE: You’ll notice the BIG marruth I’ve made on the tray. I was trying to see if I could make a larger version of this recipe since I’d made smaller ones of the Hand Pies (p. 21). However, the consensus was that the smaller ones were better. Expect 4-5 more marruths than shown if not making the big one.

Overall, I would give this recipe a 5/5. I’m usually not a huge fan of vegetable-based dishes, but these veggie turnovers are awesome. I’ve made them for weekend lunches and many a movie night and they’re always a massive hit!

The vegetables really work together with the soy sauce and herbs to create a great flavour with a texture reminiscent of a spring roll. If you’re looking for a more savoury turnover, this one’s for you.

MAKE SURE TO EAT THEM WARM though. It might just be me, but they don’t really work if they’re any colder than room temperature.

I would also recommend making the filling and pie crust on one day and assembling them the next day. It makes the cooking time a lot less daunting and not eat up your free time :)

P.S. You can make these for someone who doesn’t like onion by leaving it out. I’ve made them like this before and they said they were great!

[nbula-rising]

Hash Brown Crust Bacon and Cheddar Quiche

Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins freeze time: 1 hr Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Servings: 8

 EQUIPMENT      spring form pan

 INGREDIENTS   US

hash brown crust    20 ounces frozen hash browns thawed    ½ cup white cheddar shredded    ½ teaspoon salt    ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper filling    2 tbs unsalted butter    ½ onion thinly sliced    6 large eggs lightly beaten    ½ cup heavy cream or whole milk    4 rashers bacon crispy cooked and crumbled (a rasher is a slice of bacon)    1 cup white cheddar cheese shredded    1 tbs chives thinly sliced, plus more for garnish    salt and pepper to taste

– Metric

hash brown crust    566.99 g frozen hash browns thawed    56.5 g white cheddar shredded    ½ teaspoon salt    ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper filling    2 tbs unsalted butter    ½ onion thinly sliced    6 large eggs lightly beaten    119 g heavy cream or whole milk    4 slices bacon crispy cooked and crumbled (a rasher is a slice of bacon)    113 g white cheddar cheese shredded    1 tbs chives thinly sliced, plus more for garnish    salt and pepper to taste

 INSTRUCTIONS  

   Squeeze as much liquid from the thawed hash browns as possible and place into a large mixing bowl. Add cheddar, salt and pepper and stir together.    Lightly grease a 9” spring form pan with cooking spray and evenly press the hash browns mixture into the bottom and sides of the pan, making sure you don't have any holes within the crust (this is important to prevent any leakage)    Place the pan in the freezer and freeze for at least 1 hour.    Preheat oven to 425˚F.    Place frozen crust until the oven and par-bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and slightly cool.    In a skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and lightly caramelize for 10 to 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.    In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs and cream. Whisk together until light and fluffy. Add remaining ingredients, including caramelized onions and stir together until mixed up. Season with salt and pepper.    Pour filling mixture into the par-baked crust and place into the oven.    Lower oven temperature to 375˚F and bake the quiche for 25 to 30 minutes or until the eggs have just set.    Remove quiche from oven and score the perimeter with a paring knife. Loosen springform pan from sides of quiche and place quiche back into the oven for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. (this will help the crust get crisp on the sides)    Remove quiche form oven and cool for 10 minutes.    Slice quiches into wedges, top with sliced chives and serve.

Notes:

   The most important thing about this recipe is to make sure you’ve filled in every single little gap throughout the hash brown crust. This is to make sure there’s no leakage that occurs when the filling is poured into the par-baked crust.    Use the bottom and sides of a glass or measuring cup to press the crust down into the bottom and sides of the pan, which will help to give you an even crust.

[the-trinket-witch]

Winter Break

(Takes place in between Book 3 and 4)

Yuu And Grim could only watch as Albert spent the last couple of days before winter break running around like a madman. Finishing prep here, tidying up the dorm, securing plans with the ghosts.

"Please send them my regards and congratulations!" He asked. "But now, I've seen him keep the large fire in the cafeteria going all year, does he have a substitute for that?"

"Oooohhh, not really~ It was kind of a surprise for him, so he couldn't make plans~ Yuu doesn't have anywhere to go, maybe they can?" One of the ghosts replied. 

>I mean, give’s us something to do

>Glad…to be of help??

"That's a shame. I had planned on them coming with me. If you all are staying around, could I ask you to be able to fill in for them? If you could, I don’t have plans for the north wing of the dorm-you could design it to all of your likings, and we'd be extremely grateful for it!" 

The three specters pondered for a moment, but eventually relented with the deal.  

Grim piped in, "Wait, where's everybody goin', anyway?" 

"Oh, it's winter break-there are so many holidays close to the end of the year, most schools just shut down to let students out to celebrate at home. I'm heading home to The Shaftlands later today; maybe you and Yuu would like to accompany me? I can show you around town and since we'll be home I can build a holiday spread to eat."

"Holiday…spread? Like a feast? ABSOLUTELY! C'mon, Henchman! Let's go!" 

Al laughed a little at the sudden enthusiasm. 

>Anything we need to pack? 

>You sure we’re not imposing? 

"It's not like we're staying for a whole month, so pack what you think you might need for a couple of weeks." Al assured. "Oh look at the time! We should get going before the queue gets too long."

______________________________________________________________

The Mirror Chamber had been packed with students and their luggage. Al struggled to pick Riddle out of the crowd. Seemed a bit easier to look for either Trey or Cater poking over the crowd. His calls drew attention finally, though it only seemed to momentarily perk the red-head up from an otherwise dour mood. 

"Oii, Riddle! I'm surprised you haven't left yet," Al called, waving him over.

"Albert, You're still here too? I'm… Just nervous going home, is all," Riddle admitted. 

"It's your mother, right?" Albert looked back towards his dormmates, "If you'd rather, I'm bringing these two with me, and it'd just be my father coming home, later, so you'd have plenty of room to join us…"

"Thank you but…I've been meaning to talk with her. I don't know if she'll listen but…at least I'll have said my peace. I'll text you if something happens."

Both smiled at each other solemnly. Riddle turned to leave, but was met with a wall of torso.

"Ehh-Lil Kingyo should just stay if he's so scared of goin' home~" the wall, Floyd, teased. "You can stay at Octavinelle over break and hang out with us~"

"Ah, I forgot-you three were staying over the holiday," Al faux-smacked himself into remembering. 

"Yeah~ Azul's been pretty bummed since ya told us. I mean, I’m kinda bummed too, but he’s been all quiet, doing his homework already. We'll miss ya, but I think he's gonna miss ya a whole bunch," his toothy grin widened.

Riddle took the opportunity to swoop out from under Floyd, waving as he rejoined Cater and Trey.

"I. Have. Not," Azul called, having somehow heard the conversation. "I've been needing to take care of homework so I can better dedicate time to finish prepping for New Years. We can't go anywhere anyway."

Jade interjected, "Right, a large glacier blocks our way back home in the Coral Sea. We do leave for Spring Break of course, once it thaws. Can’t say it won’t be a little quiet without you all."

"Ah, a shame. Riddle already knows my stance on overworking, 'Putting one's nose to the grindstone too long will leave you without one to see past the end of,' but I understand," Albert sighed. "I can bring some things back for everyone, but all I can think would be business cards from shops in town; we might have also gone on a jaunt to the Schwartz Hills if we had a chance, but I wouldn't even know what to bring back from up there as specimens if we did~" He painted his face with a feigned disappointment, "We could always come back early to celebrate New Years here, of course."

Azul could only chuckle at the barely contained smile the other man was trying to hide. "You're as ‘shrewd’ as ever, Albert. I’ll take the credit of that rubbing off on you. And no need to be coy, now. Give us about an hour and meet us here. Since you insist, we'll assume you have accommodations available."

"It's a deal," Al finally let slip his smile. He noticed one starting to creep up on Azul's lips as well. 

"Awee, I thought it was just gonna be us three! Ya really gonna invite these guys?" Grim whined from Yuu's shoulder. 

"If I couldn't find a way to accommodate on-the-fly events, then what kind of personal assistant could I b-" Al replied before suddenly being engulfed in a tangle of limbs.

"Nehhh~ Kajiki's letting us stay over~" Floyd cooed as he tackled Albert into another hug. Al could feel a couple vertebrae pop from the pressure, but he'd come to understand the impromptu chiropractic work as his form of affection. 

"I might not be able, if you don't allow me a chance up for air," he begged, muffled in the eel's chest. 

___________________________

With everyone's bags packed and ready, the pack filed through the Mirror, hand in hand in paw. Once everyone passed through they found themselves inside another mirror chamber, blaringly more busy than the previous. Al held his arms out to offer up the view of the station, letting everyone drink it all in. 

"Welcome Gentlemen, to Altus!"

Al led the way through the crowd, allowing the slow pace to accommodate his friend's roaming gazes. Eyes followed brass and copper pipes snaking in every direction. The hiss of steam pressure caught attention in one instance, a horn of a train calling it in another. Public chatter filled in any gaps of silence in the station, not changing once the six exited to the street. Buildings shot to the sky, leaving only slight blocks of blue to indicate there even was a sky above. Fish-themed vehicles zipped through the air between buildings, the street hummed with cars and carriages pulled by mechanized horses. 

"If you follow me, we can drop off our luggage and plan an itiner-" Albert started. 

He turned back to find one twin's face plastered to a shop's display window, the other more kindly observing the display of another. He turned to the remaining three before erupting into a roar of laughter. Al jotted down the names of the shops before corralling the two back over. Everyone followed behind Al as they wove through the crowds. Most had at least one or two places they brought to his attention for places to go, Grim wanting to stop mostly at food establishments. 

"If we're feeling peckish we can stop by this nice little pie shop on the way. They're probably the most famous in town. They cater to all tastes: Beef, pork, ee-" He stopped himself from mentioning the specialty eel pies, remembering the company he'd been keeping. "-Even vegetarian options!"

Further along the drone of something large directed their attention skyward. 

>That things huge!

>What is that thing?

"That's the Altus City Museum.  Tickets are right expensive, but back in its day, it was called the N.A.S Admiral. You'll probably hear people call it 'Old Admiral Boom'."

"Might I ask where the nickname 'Admiral Boom' comes from?" Jade asked. 

Al crept up beside the twin, pointing towards the dirigible’s front. "Do you see those large cannons up front, there?" A devious smirk grew on both his and Jade's face at the understanding. 

Their trek stretched to the suburbs, signaled by the spacing of buildings and addition of larger public spaces. 

"Here we are: Sakura Street. Once we get unpacked we can better plan our afternoon," he announced as they passed through one of the parks. It took quite a bit of restraint to not want to bounce, skip or trot through the leaves plastering the street.

The sound of a small brass ensemble brayed across the park, carried with the reddening leaves on the wind.  The flat they approached sat squashed in a row of others, all more tall than wide. None stood out for any fashion in their vigil over the park. Albert bumped the door open, standing aside to bid them entry. The house sat dark with the curtains drawn; the smell of a dry spice somehow still lingering in the air. Grim leapt to the first seat he could find, kicking up a small puff of dust. Albert took to bringing light inside by pulling back the curtains and flipping the switches. Besides the cloud of dust, the house sat still, modest…sterile. 

"Pardon the dust-no one's been home besides us for, let see… six months now? Before we try settling in let's drop these off upstairs."

He led the group up to a few rooms with beds, allowing them to decide amongst themselves who slept where. Jade and Floyd seemed to frame themselves around an empty spot on the larger of the selection. Their serrated grins at their partner offered said open spot, only to be responded with a bright red face of rejection. 

Azul stopped to note some of the framed photos lining the stairwell on the way back downstairs. "These are your parents?" He'd motioned towards one with a couple in formal-wear. 

"That was their wedding photo. I think that was about the only time Mom was able to get him in a photo. He always either volunteered to take the photo or it was just Her and me."

"Hehe-Kajiki looked so cute as a small fry~ Didn't know your hair was that red before, or long-ya look like a lil Rockfish in those glasses," Floyd giggled at the photo of a much younger Albert. Jade took a look as well, "Indeed-almost a shame it's the shade it is now." His hand hid his smile slightly. "As well, the choice of clothes they had you in is…interesting." Albert wasn't sure on which front he was supposed to be embarrassed over, but his cheeks grew hot, regardless. 

>Awe, thats cute

>That's a surprise

"I suppose we're even on that front, now," Azul replied, "now we've all seen each other's younger selves."

The group congregated in the dining area to develop their travel plans. Al lamented more about his lack of preparation, wishing he'd have taken the time to dust before inviting company. Grim helped bring drinks to the table, but cried out in shock at the fridge. 

"EMPTY?! How're we gonna have a feast with nothing in there?"

"Well tonight I'm treating you all to a restaurant, there's a few in mind we could decide on. Our big dinner plan requires we head to the Morning Market tomorrow,  so we can't stay up too late. It's a bit imperative we take off early to get the best while it's there."

"Myahh, okay, but we need to grab snacks on the way back!"

"Of course; with as many stops as I think we're planning, it might work up an appetite."

They planned the next few days out before deciding on a place to eat. Yuu landed as the tie-breaker, as Al felt it best to let his guests have the final say.

>Penguin's Suit (A large, upscale restaurant with more upscale local fare)

>Michael's Carousel (A cozy, local fave with the gimmick of lazy-susan style tables)

"Lovely choice." 

[keyheartsia-dorm]

The Dorm Leaders with a S/O who Burned themselves making Microwave Food

(This is definitely not something that just happened to me like 10 minutes ago but you should definitely like and subscribe and don’t forget to hit the Bell icon Cause seriously some parts of my hand Hurt like a B...Not that I burned myself or anything)

Riddle Rosehearts

• So Your feeling a Gosh dang HUNGER

• You’re too hungry to wait For Trey to bake anything So

• So Kennel Corn it is!

• In your HUNGER daze you threw the popcorn in carelessly and forget to Press the Popcorn Button and just pressed the 4 Button instead of the 3 Button like you meant to even though 3 PROBABLY would’ve Ruined Your Popcorn anyway

• You text Riddle to see if he’d wanna Share some Popcorn He said he would bring some Tarts he had just put in the oven So you waited...Thinking about Food...not noticing the disaster you were Setting into place

• Anyway you Open the Microwave Full of Hope like a Doe being born on a beautiful spring day then as soon as the black Popcorn started shooting out of your Microwave in Ramshackle you then had the same disappointment as a spring Doe who was just forced to watch Fox and the Hound Like Holy Heck that Movie gives me the Hecko Deppreso

• One Burning Kernel Hit your Cheek Just as you Wince Riddle Comes into your Kitchen With Wide eyes

• He Drags you out Picnic Basket with Tarts in Hand and Takes you to the Nurse’s Office and Asks for...whatever Burned people Need As He Patches you up you 2 Share a ~Moment~

“Riddle Honestly it’s not THAT big of a deal” You Chuckle Anxiously “Don’t be Ridiculous Y/N!” he keeps Patching you up “It Must Seriously Hurt..” He looks a little Sad and while looking sadly into your eyes he kisses your cheek where the Burn was you wince as He Quickly Spits an Apology you Chuckle “You can Kiss it better if you want~” he Looks away bright Red as you 2 Sit in the Nurse’s Office Sharing Tarts

Leona King Scholar

• “I can’t Hecking Cook!!!” you found yourself Exclaiming in the Savannaclaw Kitchen Ruffling your hair

• You see Poor F-Ing Ruggie Needs a Break that’s not a secret to anyone (# Please Stop Hyena Abuse # Please Edit A Garfield Comic Where Leona is Garfield and Ruggie is John) so you said you’d make Leona his Lunch

• why the Heck you said you’d do this you Adorable stupid Hecking Idiot you but hey you did dumb dumb

• So here you are looking in the Freezer and BINGO Big ole Meat Chunk!

• So you being A fanfic protagonist Put a giant mystery meat chunk in the microwave pressed some Buttons and said..”Eh Good enough” Guess your sex god heart throb Boyfriend Is rubbing off on you ok I see how it is Y/N OK I SEE HOW IT IS

• Anyway besides my needless aggression with my words You started to look for some utensils you found A Bento Box and a Spoon thank goodness but you figured you might Need some mittens Lunch was soon and The meat was long done but no mittens

• You take it out..and HOLY MOTHER GOD WHY DID YOU THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA YOUR PALMS MIGHT AS WELL BE ON FIRE

• Leona Nonchalantly Enters The scene cause Ruggie Told him you’d be making his Lunch and Lunch started like 15 Minutes ago

• He looks at the Scene before him and sighs and takes your hands like the sex god heartthrob he is and looks at your red palms almost Deadpanning

Your face a light red “Yeah...I know I massively Screwed up with your Lunch But I really wanted t-“ “I know And I appreciate it even though you are a massive screw up..But you keep trying I appreciate that about you” He starts to lick your Palms and your face Erupts into a Blush “What the Heck!?!” he looks up at you “It’s to cool your hands down but you ARE gonna go get me Food from the vending machine afterwards”

Azul Ashengrotto

• you slam your Hands Dramaticly on your Kitchen Table “I CANNOT ACCEPT ANYMORE FREEBIES FROM THE MONSTRO LOUNGE” You were sure Azul Would start making you pay if not Azul Jade for sure

• So time to start making Food for yourself!! You Quickly Head to a Convience store where a Certain Chaotic Neutral Eel Notices you Buying like 10 Frozen...PIECES OF FOOD

• You Dump like all off them on your Counter and Choose to make some Weird fish

• You Slap that Sorry Sucker in the Microwave and like the other Sorry Suckers in this Scenario you will Burn yourself and beautiful Bishounen Shenanigans will ensue but we’re not there yet

• You literally just bought a piece of not even normal looking fish Of course it didn’t come with a Time Recommendation So you while staring at it for like 10 minutes (Letting it thaw quite a bit but you didn’t notice) You threw it in for 7 And figured “eh 7’s a lucky number this’ll work” Didn’t you read Leona’s Scenario? What happened when THEY said Eh

• You Dumby You Dating a Merman Boughta Eat a fish Dumbo what do you have? Ears?

• Anyway Floyd and And Azul are Chatting well it’s more like Floyd is talking At Azul while he does paper work Yeah I totally Saw them Buying a bunch a Random Frozen Weird Massively Weird Right? Anyway So Apparently They Let you Mix ALL THE slushie is Flavors”

• Azul hearing this After finishing up some more Paperwork Decides to go Visit You and to his Shock he finds you Trying to hold a Basically at this point Charcoal Fish and when you drop It on your leg Leaving a SEXY weird fish shaped burn he’s Immediately on that

He puts a Hand to his Temple and sighs For a Moment before sweeping you off your feet before you could say a word..the you did say a word a few in fact “I’m Sorry Azul I know you can’t give me freebies forever but I’m a terrible cook” He Kisses your forehead and gives you a reassuring look “You’re my Beloved you can rely on me as much as you want I’ll get you some bandages when we’re back at the monstro lounge and Jade will make you something not made of Charcoal” and you bet he carried you all the way

Kalim Al Asim

• you both wanted to cook Something for Jamil...Okay this’ll go south fast.

• the road to Heck Is often Paved with Good intentions

• You Were tasked with picking out food and Kalim for Kitchen Prep

• Anyway Let’s get this poor Wreck Jamil’s gonna have to fix over with

• “I Picked out some Tofu! Smart people like tofu right?

• Kalim Tossed that And all sortsa Stuff Into the Microwave and Waved off all your concerns figuring it’ll be fine! come on Y/N you coward Your a fanfic Protag you don’t have to think Silly goose no thoughts head empty

• like 15 minutes later you 2 Hear Smoke while trying to make Pulpless Handsqueezed Orange Juice cause HECK PULP

• He Opened The Microwave and the only thing that Looked even Remotely salvageable was the tofu and because you 2 are the cutest most head empty Couple Apparently you didn’t Put a plate underneath so you braving all the danger reached into the Microwave...

“Ouch!” You teared up a little And were about to Put your finger in your mouth as you do Before Kalim put your finger in his Mouth You looked at him shell shocked after a couple seconds he started pressing light kisses on them “I’m so sorry! I should’ve thought this through more! I’ll nurse you back to health!” And For the rest of the day he essentially treated you like you were crippled he carried you he fed you everything don’t worry you slipped away for a little to clean up the mess in the kitchen before Jamil got back Kalim Babysitting is always an Experience to be Had for sure

Vil Schoenheit

• “Vil! I wanna Eat Carbs Heck you!!”

• if that’s not how Every story I do With Vil Starts I’ll be Gosh Danged

• “FINE EAT YOUR MAC AND CHEESE YOU’LL RUE THE DAY-“

• anyway after you stopped listening to him you looked him DEAD in the eyes and Shoved that frozen Mac and Cheese in the Microwave and slammed...Some Numbers In wow what a power move

• He Gasped and Power walked away

• You Laughing Manically Triumphantly

• But after awhile you felt kinda bad and decided to make some Carb free food for Vil as an Apology for Deliberatly and spitefully trying to make him Mad

• But that was the final nail in your microwaved coffin When you took out your Luckily not entirely burned Mac and Cheesies it was real hot like

• You were trying To get it to a plate Quickly And Spilled some on your Wrist Luckily Your Sexy mean Boyfriend was Here To save the day and wow he’s holding something”

“Sweet Potato?” He peeked through the Door and saw you Holding your Wrists in Pain he immediately walked in And Held them tenderly “I’m Sorry Sweet Potato things got heated I did get you a..Low Carb Meal at Olive Garden I Hope this Makes things up to you I know I can’t Control your life it’s just kinda my nature” You Smiled at him through the pain “It’s Fine Vil I got WAY too Mad I’m sorry I made you a salad” you both Enjoyed your food him feeding you yours then later he put some lotion on your Wrists

YES ITS BEST BOY-

Idia Shroud

• Omg it’s the best boy 🥺

• I mean I am not Partial to any character Do not worry I do not want to be in a Poly relationship with both Malleus and Idia

• So you wanted To Hang Out with your Boyfriend today he said sure but that he would be Busy doing raids with his Online friends you agreed and even said you’d bring snacks which you did

• Including Instant Ramen! My-I mean YOUR favorite

• you decided to show how reliable in the Kitchen you are to your boyfriend by making such a Delicacy for him while he doesn’t have the time to himself at the moment

• This is will work out Well

• You decide to do it in your kitchen and bring to him

• this will work out well

• You..ACTUALLY MAKE IT PERFECTLY

• You also Make it mostly towards his room before divine intervention Intervines and says That’s not the point of this fanfic idiot

• It probably mostly worked out for you cause you have the best taste tho so-

• Ortho Hears a Mighty Loud Catwerwhail (here’s hoping I spelled that right) and Comes to check whose outside the door

• “Big Sister/Brother?” He Quickly Runs some Water on your Shoulder and Bandages you Up And Leads you in Idia’s Room With the snacks in tow meanwhile he’s wondering if your Ok or not

“Idia Senpai!” You Sit next to him And he notices your Bandages “What Happened?” You look away a little Blushing a bit “I Spilled hot Instant Ramen on my shoulder Ortho parched me up though but! I brought the rest of the snacks though sor-“ Before you can apologize he Puts his Jacket on your shoulders “No I’m sorry for not noticing I would’ve...Tried to help” His sad expression turns into one of his Competitve smirks “I’ll Finish this Raid Boss so Quicker then you even Burned Yourself!” And He did cause he’s the best Gamer boy then you played Monoply With Him and Ortho cause he’s the best boy you have the best taste RAMEN TASTES SO GOOD-

Malleus Draconia

• My Second Love I mean nothing Let’s finish this I’ve been here since like 4 it’s 7 rn

• You invited Malleus to dinner And you wanted a Good Blanced Dinner!

• Chicken From Panda Express

• McDonald’s Chocolate Milk

• Some Patties from Burger King

• Oh Yeah Veggies!

• Wait! Everything’s Closed now!!! Y/N I KEPT TELLING YOU TO STOP BEING DUM-

• Oh you have some frozen Vegetables? Okay Touché

• You Toss them in the Microwave for 6 Minutes and get ready

• You dress as Nicely as Possible in 10 Minutes cause you plan Things Horribly apparently...not that I relete having been here for like at least 2 hours

• He’s Here~ him being Also the best boy is already setting the table with Magic cause he’s just nice like that and even Enchanted the food to be set on the table and the milk in the Glasses

• But you INSISTED to present The Vegetables

• “Child of Man I really don’t min-“ “No! I got this really!!”

• Let’s see how well that turned out for you

You got the Vegetables Outta the Microwave in such a Haste you didn’t even notice how hot it was and dumped it on the plate it wasn’t horribly burnt but was Horribly Hot Malleus was Amazed though “So Man’s Growing Vegetables in Bags now?..” he Reached to touch but you smacked his hand away so fast your hand touched the food and burned you “Ouch! I’m sorry Mal But it’s really hot” He immediately Understood and Summoned some Magical Water as he do and your burn was gone “I love you Child of man even though us Fae Can’t burn you tried to shield me anyway my sweet gentle Child of man”...Did you know that I ain’t know that?

I have a Masterlist it has all my X reader fics And my Oc Stuff I will be Adding this in like a day or 2 probably now if you’ll excuse me I never Wanna Look at another word again except also I’m literally probably gonna go read fanfic

[travelinglowcarb]

Simple Foods + Less Ingredients = Faster Weight Loss 📉

3IMAX is a term I came up with years ago when my weight loss stalled and I couldn't figure out why.

It just means: 3️⃣ Ingredients Max on any plate or for any meal.

It's also a great way to ease into an elimination diet to identify and cut out foods or ingredients causing you issues or stalls. 👀 Especially since that cuts out pretty much any "product" other than whole foods. 😉 See:

https://www.travelinglowcarb.com/6064/3-ingredients-rule/ 📲

Ideas: fried eggs & avocado 🥑 bacon & eggs 🍳 grilled salmon & broccoli 🥦 ribeye & asparagus 🥩 bunless cheeseburger & spring greens 🍃 grilled chicken or shrimp topped caesar salad 🥗 beef roast with creamed spinach, etc.

👩‍🍳 It makes cooking & meal prep a lot easier too. For this meal you can use frozen grilled chicken strips and Pictsweet Farms frozen green beans for a quick dinner. I toss them into a skillet with butter straight out of the freezer even, they thaw super fast! 👌

My meal is from Evolve and it's one of the reasons I love ordering keto dinners from them. They all have super simple ingredients, perfectly portioned healthy whole food meals, and very low carb. ✅️ 📲 https://travelinglowcarb.com/evolve

That link will automatically give you 20% off if you need an easy done-for-you low carb meal plan with no work & no thinking required. 🥘 💯❣️

* You can also use my 20% off discount code at checkout: LOWCARBTRAVELER

This 3IMAX method works great for me, while still offering a lot of variety and flexibility. The simpler your meals the easier it is to identify which foods cause what - so it's great to cut down bloating and other digestive issues, and clean up your diet so your body runs better and drops weight more easily. 🎯

🗨 If you only cut ONE thing from your diet as a simple single improvement, what would you cut?

Don't say ranch. 🤚🙈😅 lol...