Where is that button?? I don’t see that button…. *slightly frazzled*

If you go to settings, then dashboard you should see it. 

Tagged By: @shinysherlock Thank you! And because I had so much fun doing this with Bucky on Twitter (click here for a glorious 40-question Q&A with Bucky!), I’m gonna do it on his behalf here, too.

Tagged By: @shinysherlock Thank you! :)

1. Are you named after anyone?

Funny story: I’m named for a person in the Torah. My mother deliberately spelled my name in a non-biblical way. My Jewish grandmother refused to acknowledge that spelling, and until the point in time she lost the ability to write, she always spelled my name wrong on purpose. Sigh. 

2. When was the last time you cried?

Oh lord, I cry all the time at things when I’m tired. And I’m tired. So, this morning when I heard about the people who had died in the California wildfire in Paradise, personal stories of people lost in the CA bar shooting, and other horrible world news. 

3. Do you have kids?

Yes, three stepkids. All of them are under orders to call me their wicked stepmother. 

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Nope. Never. I’m a literal bitch. ;) 5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Hard to say, but I think their personality (extrovert vs. introvert)? 

6. What’s your eye color?

Brown/Hazel. 7. Scary movie or happy ending?

I hate scary movies. Give me FLUFF. 8. Any special talents?

I can copyedit the hell outta things. And read really, really fast. And roller derby. And I know rocks and fossils. 

9. Where were you born?

Rich White WASP Suburbia, NY 10. What are your hobbies?

Hahahahaha you’ll all laugh, but this is the truth and the strangest thing I do for hoots and giggles. Strategic planning for not-for-profits. I also ski if I can. And roller derby. Did I mention that yet lol

11. Have you any pets?

Three rotten, no-good overlords, um, I mean, cats.  12. What sports do you play/have you played?

Mainly things that don’t require eye/hand coordination: swimming, soccer, an attempt at volleyball, riding, and roller derby.  13. How tall are you?

5′ 4″ 14. Favorite subject in school?

Earth Science and Biology and English and then Physics snuck in there, too. Oh, and History. And Art History. I’d say everything but math except I love stats. 

*throws hands in the air* don’t make me choose thank goodness for liberal arts schools where I took 16 classes for my major and like 12 for my minor and a ton of electives yay!

15. Dream job?

Probably Olympic-level equestrian. True story: I trained with a three-time Olympic medalist equestrian when I was young, but my family could not afford the horse lifestyle (yeah, so not rich), so I had to give it up. Either that or being Indiana Jones, but for fossils. <3 

Word count: 9,129 Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Eurus Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Rosamund Mary "Rosie" Watson, and all of Eurus' disguises as well Additional Tags: Eurus POV, Sherlock Series 4 Spoilers, Sherlock Season/Series 04 Fix-it, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Synesthesia, sort of, Completely ignoring the events of The Final Problem, Picks up at end of The Lying Detective but before Eurus reveals herself, Friends to Lovers, Meddling, Emotional Manipulation, This fic assumes John and Mary had some marital strife, Angst, Reconciliation, Grief/Mourning, Jane Eyre references, Creepy, Eventual Happy Ending, Bisexual John Watson, Mutual Pining, Kissing, First Kiss, Attraction, Siblings, Protective Siblings, redbeard is a dog Summary:

Coaxing Sherlock Holmes and John Watson to get out of their own way is just the sort of task she savors. With vials, bottles, and boxes, she stoppers up their grief, siphons their yearning, captures their devotion to add to her collection. (Canon-compliant through the majority of TLD; ignores TFP completely).

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Rec: Once in a while, amidst all the bed sharing, fake boyfriends, and soulmate marks (and don’t get me wrong, you can pry all of those tropes from my cold, dead hands) a fic like this will come along. Completely original and unique, with hypnotic prose and a delicacy of execution that kept me spellbound throughout.

This is slightly AU as explained in the summary and tags, and centers on Eurus and her motivations for invading John and Sherlock’s life in her various guises. The basis is fascinating, bordering on creepy, and could be headcanoned as what underlay Eurus’s experiments on Shutter Island Sherrinford, although here, her impulses are pointed in a slightly different direction. Or were they perhaps the same?

New installments of Toasty’s Dubious Adventures in Cooking! This time around: Fettuccini Alfredo with asparagus & mushrooms (above), and more mushroom garlic burgers (not pictured).

I recently unsubscribed from PeachDish. I felt like I’d learned a lot, but I wasn’t reliably making all the recipes within a week, and they all were a bit too complicated. Plus, they stopped marking which ones were safe for the gluten-intolerant (i’m guessing because they don’t have a strict gluten-free kitchen, and didn’t want to mislead celiac folks).

One of the first things I did was try to replicate the PeachDish mushroom garlic burger patties – but in bulk. They were one of my faves of everything I made, but they were a bit of a pain when I was only making two of them (and also making a side dish). I figured I could be more efficient if I could cook 6-8 of them at once, freeze them, and use them over time in various dishes.

The plan went well, except that I could only find much smaller or much larger amounts of the ingredients than I’d intended. And I underestimated how much the large sizes would make. So I ended up making ~20 patties. Oops/yum. It took quite a while, but not so much longer than making just a few would have. I’ve eaten about 4 of them so far, and they are delish, and excellent to put in stir fries or omelets.

Tonight I tried a recipe from @shinysherlock for fettuccini Alfredo. It used to be a favorite of mine, but since cutting gluten out of my diet, I haven’t had it much (most restaurants don’t have gf pasta, and most Alfredo sauce also contains wheat flour). But I recently discovered brown rice pasta, and Shiny sent me a sauce recipe consisting just of butter, cream, and parmesan. So I boiled some noodles and meanwhile sauteed some veggies (pre-cut!! by the grocery store! such a time and effort saver!) in butter. The noodles took longer to cook than I expected (because I didn’t read the directions ahead of time), so the recipe took ~30 min… I think I could cut it down to 20– not that 30 isn’t already way better than I’d been managing – and cleanup was quick and simple, too.

Johnlock Love Letters

(AKA - JL3 Declarations of Love from fan fiction) #884

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