#froofie

froofie

Your trivet (?) under the bread looks like a panda.

celticjade13

Your stove under the bread is staring at me. 👀

Anonymous asked:

Sam. This is a man in a bread hat.

You guys slay me :D But it means I get to share a photo of one of my new trivets! For my birthday I asked for a few silicone trivets because I’ve been using elderly oven pads instead, so this not only got me some cool new trivets but I got to get rid of the gross old oven pads. Here’s a better photo of that one, which really did happen to look like a pair of eyes peering out from under the bread: 

I figured I’d throw it into the photo I wanted to share of the most perfectly shelled soft-boiled egg I’ve ever made. Look at that thing. I’m so proud. (The yolk was also perfectly jammy in the center, great for spreading on toast made with the bread from above.) 

That is Funshine Bear!  He is definitely a Care Bear.  

I don’t remember liking Care Bears but man oh man did I when I was tiny.  I literally could not tell you the plot of a single cartoon, but I can sing the Countdown song by heart.  I had three or four of the full sized ones (I definitely had Cheer Bear, Good Luck Bear, and Grumpy Bear.  I might have had Tenderheart too?  Or maybe my little sister did?) and Friend Bear as a little stuffie (whom I still have!), and I just have the softest spot in my heart for the whole crew.

When I got my first diary at something like six years old, I got a tiny Funshine Bear keychain to hold the key!  Funshine’s been with me for more than 30 years, usually holding some important key or another that I don’t need to keep with me all the time. He’s had a couple of diary keys over the years, a cedar chest key at some point, a desk key at least once, my backup locker keys... 

The diary is long, long gone, but I also still have the key.  They look so tiny now but they totally felt big and full sized and grownup and awesome to have when I was a little kid.

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This whole album is *chef kiss*

Oooh! I love popsicles! I especially love the real fruit juice popsicles! Nice tart ones. Lime, lemon, pomegranate, raspberry....

He is 100% done going to interviews only to be asked about Benedict.

ayantiel

I can absolutely recommend watching "the neuroanatomy of ADHD" by Russel Barkley, you can find the entire thing on youtube and I found it very informative in both explaining common issues and where they come from, and also giving direction in how to address those or where to start looking for coping mechanisms

Oh, thanks for the recc! Readers, part one is here. I’ll check it out! (Probably while doing something else with my hands. :D)

froofie

I do not have ADHD, but you mentioning needing something MENTAL to do when focusing on like meetings, etc...reminded me that I have ALWAYS, AUTOMATICALLY done the person speaking's hair in my head. I have zero interest in becoming a hairdresser. But my brain will brush hair or straighten hair or shave someone's face. It's very soothing actually.  This isn't to suggest that you do this, but I am reminded that it's something I just....do.

It’s a fun idea though. A lot of times if I don’t have to be on video I’ll do cross-stitch or assemble very simple "microblock” toys (my parents gave me this set as a gift a while ago). If I have to be on video usually I’m either leading the meeting or taking notes, and taking notes does a pretty good job of keeping me paying attention. I’m never sure if I’m supposed to allow as much digression as I do when I’m leading a meeting, but usually the meeting is like me and three people at work I really like, so. A five minute digression into childrearing (they all have kids at different ages so it’s helpful for them to compare notes) isn’t gonna kill anyone. 

wandererriha

Mood. I have employed about all the life hacks I can manage. I refer to it as “stacking dominos” in that I am setting things up for Future!Riha to knock down later. This includes things like a laundry triage system that takes place at the hamper, packing lunch and prepping breakfast the night before, to making my own diy blister pack of supplements for the week.

Oh, I do the laundry triage and the make-your-own-pill pack too! I use a pillbox -- it’s hard to find a bit because it’s Japanese, but the Container Store makes a similar one that I’m loving for travel.

I never thought about meal prep as an ADHD thing but I suppose the massive stack of identically-sized tupperwares that used to populate my fridge when I worked outside the house should have been a clue. 

shamelesslymkp

hey! my dad also got diagnosed with ADHD later in life, and I'm not sure if he'd already started doing this or started later, but what he does in meetings etc. is origami, which is kind of a mix between a body and brain fidget. the reason I bring it up - I know you do origami! - is because of the reactions he's gotten - if you doodle in meetings, people get annoyed. because he does origami and gives them to people, everyone thinks it's just a super cool quirk!

Oh that’s a good one! I used to do origami in part because I was a receptionist and it was something to do when nobody needed me (which was often). I’ve only got two or three “figures” memorized but if I memorized a few more I bet that would work pretty well.  

froggybangbang

Dunno if she's been recced to you but catieosaurus has good stuff about papers on adhd on youtube.

Oh good to know! I’ll check her out. Though I do find it a bit funny that ADHD makes watching youtube rather difficult and yet that seems to be where all the resources are. At least they’re not instructional.... 

I do absolutely understand why so much is on YouTube, because talking to a camera is significantly easier than writing up a document with diagrams and such, but good lord I hate video instructionals. 

killerzebras

Could you link to the resources people suggested, or maybe point to the posts where the suggestions were made? I don't have my shit together anywhere near as well as you do and I'm always looking for things that might help.

I’ve added links to a couple of new reccs above, and also I was recommended “How To ADHD” (specifically I was watching this one about Target). I was recommended a number of books but most of them I can’t find in a quick jaunt through my history, so The Smart But Scattered Guide To Success is the only one I can link. I haven’t read it because it looked like it answered a question I already answered for myself a while ago but it comes highly recommended. 

It’s time for POST OFFICE BOUNTY! Two days later than I promised at least one person who sent me stuff, MY APOLOGIES :D

@lololovescheese sent me the second most horrifying owl in the world, I both fear and love him. Prowly now has a pal on the shelf where he lives when it’s not Halloween! (Also I don’t know when you sent the package but it genuinely did not make it into my mailbox until two weeks ago at the absolute earliest, sorry the Chicago post office still blows.)

@shirokou sent me some delightful enamel pins -- I saw the cats-chewing-their-own-tails kickstarter or possibly shop a while ago and almost bought some, so now I have some, hooray! I’ve put the lion on my bag for traveling. Also the lovely card and the very Whovian notebook, which has a nice heft to it!

And some cards! Top image, clockwise starting with the bear, is a lovely bear in snow from @delphia2000 (I salute the Frozen North!), one of the Art Institute’s snow-covered lions from @celticjade13 and the sticker that proclaims it was carried by dogsled (love the dogsled cards!), and lastly a vibrant rainbow unicorn card from @froofie and Biscuit. Deebs and Dot send their love to Biscuit :D

Lastly! A very Mandalorian holiday from @scifigrl47 (which also came with some delightful presents but I tore into them earlier :D), a peaceful snowman from @trayker (so much glitter!) and a Krampus meting out punishment from @221squee. I recently got to witness a LARP where a Krampus dragged one of the players around in a sack, so this was especially timely!

Thanks as always to everyone who sends stuff! If you’d like to say hi the slow way, you can always send mail to Copperbadge, PO Box A3309, Chicago IL 60690. 

Post office bounty! 

Upper left, a jar of Raye’s Moose-a-maquoddy Molasses mustard from C (not sure if you wanted your handle listed, given the postcard listed a location -- LOVE that postcard btw). I have encountered Raye’s mustard before but not this flavor and I love sweet mustards so I’m excited to try it out!

Meanwhile upper right, @shirokou sent me some lovely enamel pins (the blue crab is on my bag for traveling!) along with a beautiful ring -- you can’t see it too clearly there, but it’s made from the handle of a silverware set, and it looks great on my thumb. :D Dearborn also thoroughly enjoyed playing with the bag it came in while I did this photo shoot: 

And some lovely cards (including a BUNCH of holiday cards) from various folks. Top image, clockwise from upper left, some beautiful autumn trees from @alltangledupinblue, a fantastic tableau from Gorey from @yaaurens, sparkly gnomes from @bookfanatic, even sparklier peace and hope (and Hanukkah wishes, thanks!) from Nightshade Zombie, and warm wishes (plus some awesome embroidery patterns) from @traykor. I loved the “have you hugged your cat” sticker too. 

Bottom image, again clockwise from left, some gorgeous images from the Book of Kells from C; I love that my tumblr could be considered a form of comfort fic :) A Bah Humbug from @froofie (hi Biscuit!) and some Hos from Celtprincess13. The Matryoshka eggs are actually a current card (as in, NOT sent in December) from @scifigrl47, and the Grinch who stole Hanukkah candles gave me such a laugh, from Josh and Kris, while in the center is a photo card (hence most of the image being obscured) from the Hutt family.