Recipe Dinner

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:30 am
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🌮 Cream Cheese "White" Chicken Enchiladas 🧀
If you’ve never had White Enchiladas, you are missing out! 😱 Instead of red tomato sauce, these are smothered in a rich, buttery Cream Cheese & Green Chile sauce.
They are so creamy they practically melt in your mouth. Guaranteed to be a new family favorite!
🛒 Ingredients:
8–10 Flour Tortillas (soft taco size)
3 cups Cooked Chicken, shredded (Rotisserie works great!)
1 block (8 oz) Cream Cheese, softened (Divide this: cut in half!)
2 cups Mexican Blend Cheese, shredded (Divided)
1 can (4 oz) Diced Green Chiles (mild)
2 cups Chicken Broth
3 tbsp Butter
3 tbsp Flour
Seasoning: 1 tbsp Lemon Juice, 1 tsp Cumin, ½ tsp Chili Powder, Salt & Pepper.
Garnish: Fresh Cilantro
👩‍🍳 Instructions:
The Filling: In a bowl, mix the shredded chicken, half of the cream cheese, 1 cup of shredded cheese, lemon juice, cumin, and chili powder. Stir until combined.
Roll: Spoon the mixture into the tortillas, roll them up tightly, and place them seam-side down in a greased 9x13 baking dish.
The "White Sauce":
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Slowly whisk in the chicken broth and the can of green chiles (juice and all). Simmer until it thickens slightly.
Add the remaining half of the cream cheese and whisk until it melts into a smooth, creamy sauce.
Smother & Bake: Pour that delicious white sauce all over the enchiladas. Top with the remaining 1 cup of shredded cheese.
Bake: Bake at 350°F for 23–25 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and golden.
Serve: Let them rest for 10 minutes (so the sauce sets) and top with fresh cilantro!

90 questions for discussion

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:22 am
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90 questions for discussion

1. If you had $100,000 magically appear in your bank account, how would you spend it?

We'd pay off anything we owe, fix different things in the house and share some with family. The rest would go into savings.

What about you?

Topics for talk

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:19 am
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Topics for Talk

Things I Believe In.

I believe in my husband, after all, I've been with him for 57 years. Same with our children. I believe in family and loving them, no matter what.

I believe in democracy, although I see none of it now. I can hardly sleep at night. I hate the country right now.

I believe in kindness, and think we need more of it. I believe in love, I believe in forgiveness, sometimes, I believe in justice, I believe in fairness, tenderness, and goodwill towards most people. There is one man I could never forgive and don't expect justice for. The rich are immune.

I'm finally done. What do you believe in?

Not quite 365 days questions

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:17 am
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Not quite 365 days questions.

4. Have you ever been in a road traffic accident (either as a driver, pedestrian or on a bike)?

I have never been in one. Ever. Hubby has been in two. My kids were in them a couple of times, but I was spared. It's sort of weird that I never have. I shouldn't be whining about it, and just be grateful. Right?

Recipe potato soup

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:14 am
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Best potato soup

Best Potato Soup 🥔🍲🧄
Ingredients:
4 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
1 small onion, diced
3 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Salt and pepper, to taste
Green onions, chopped, for garnish
Instructions:

Cook Vegetables: In a large pot, sauté onion until softened. Add diced potatoes, chicken broth, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15-20 minutes.
Blend: Use an immersion blender to blend part of the soup for a creamier texture, leaving some chunks if desired.
Add Cream and Cheese: Stir in milk, heavy cream, and shredded cheddar cheese. Simmer for 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
Serve: Ladle into bowls and top with crumbled bacon and chopped green onions.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: Approx. 400 per serving
Notes: Creamy, cheesy, and loaded with tender potatoes and bacon – the ultimate comfort soup! 🥔🍲🧄

Good News

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:11 am
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Good news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.

What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?

Women's History Month

Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:06 pm
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March is Women's History Month.  Here are some ways to celebrate it.  Here on Dreamwidth check out communities like [community profile] girlgay[community profile] hooked_on_heroines[community profile] shes_awesome[community profile] fem_thoughts, or [community profile] historium.


Women's History Month 
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Title: Stories of Your Life and Others
Author: Ted Chiang
Genre: Science Fiction

5 Stars!!!

This is an anthology of short stories. I bought it for one reason. The story "Story of Your Life" is the short story that the movie Arrival was based on. I'll say now that I love, love, loved the movie, so the short story was never going to measure up, and it didn't. Mostly because it wasn't as emotional as the movie. I thought the movie had a better narrative and emotional impact. The book was more intellectual. It was by no means bad, it just had large shoes to fill. However, I'm sure you noticed I gave the book as a whole 5 stars, and I stand by that. Some of the other stories were just jaw-dropping, at least to me, when it came to concepts that explored. They were all speculative in nature. The first story was about building the tower of Babylon, and I was completely sucked in from the first paragraph. Sometimes reading this book I felt like it was intellectually a little out of my league. I understood it, I just felt like I should have a graduate degree to read it. It was a weird feeling. I often could only read one or two at a time, because then I needed time to process what I had read. I loved this book, and most of the stories in it. I have no idea who should read it, but someone should, especially if you like intellectual and philosophical concepts.

Book Review: Contact

Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:33 pm
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Title: Contact
Author: Carl Sagan
Genre: Science Fiction

4.25 Stars

I read this because I really liked the movie. I highly recommend the movie, in fact. The book was better in some aspects, more dry in others. It was still good, but I think I liked the experience of the movie more than the book. I'm wondering if my opinion would be different had I read the book first. I guess we'll never know. Anyway, if you were living under a rock in the 90s (I think), and never saw the movie, it's basically about receiving a message from aliens, and then interpreting the message, and so on. There are themes of science versus faith that I found interesting, but were more poignant in the movie.

tl:dr--Good book, watch the movie instead
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Hi! How've you been? It's been a while, huh? Still, I think this is the most I've posted during a year in years. I think doing the book reviews and advent calendars help with that.

So, anyway, it was my birthday on Friday. I turned 49. I have mixed feelings. As a whole, I understand I'm still relatively young compared to someone like my parents, but I have the body of a 90 yr old. I did a lot of time reflecting on my health, is what I'm saying. I'm in excruciating pain every day and have trouble walking from one room to another, and I'm honestly terrified of how much worse it's going to get in the next year. I know losing weight will help stave that off, but I'm finding the whole thing difficult atm. If you can, please send health vibes my way?

In better birthday news, I for a present, I bought myself the Lumos Pro pen from Tom's Studio. Their pens are unique in that they're completely reusable. It comes with a whole pack of different-sized nibs and a refillable ink reservoir. I also bought three new inks, because their pens don't take shimmer inks, and the only inks I currently have that I like are shimmer. I'm honestly excited to get it.

That, and my dad sent me $100 for "books", which is awesome! Oh, and my boss and his wife sent me $100 gift certificate to Amazon. They do it every year, and I always appreciate it. I bought a lot of kitchen essentials I was missing.

Other than that, I've been journaling a lot. I've been a bit obsessed with Archer & Olive journals, so I have a few right now. I haven't really been doing anything with them, but now I'm almost halfway through one of them with only about a week or two worth of entries. This pleases me. Hoping to keep it up. Once I started journaling, I found I really enjoyed the writing, and I'd sometimes spend three hours at a time doing it. It makes me wonder if I should go back and try The Artist's Way thing again, which requires "morning pages" of writing.

Well, I think this is enough blabbing for one entry, now onto the book reviews!

Prompt 15

Mar. 4th, 2026 12:00 am
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Everyday of "Lent", I will try to post a prompt that deals with winter/spring time everyday until Easter (April 5), but there are no deadlines so if you get inspired for Prompt #1 on like Day 20, feel free to post your work just tag it with "prompt #"! I am in EST timezone so I will try to post the night before for the following day depending on what time I get off work, this might be earlier in the night or closer to midnight.


Prompt # 15 - Umbrella


Prompts are suggestions, and you could use them as loosely as you prefer.

Questions? Suggest prompts?

Feel free to use these prompts for your own tables, or just write for a prompt or two on your own.
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Title: fever
Fandoms: Bridgerton
Pairings: Anthony/Benedict/Kate
Rating: Teen
Warnings/Spoilers: Canon Divergence AU. Established Relationship/Triad.
Summary: In which Anthony and Kate return from India, to find Benedict with a fever.
Notes: Written for [profile] plathlover15 for [community profile] threeisnotacrowd 2026, [community profile] 100ships prompt tea, and [community profile] 100fandoms prompt rain. Also thanks to writersisland@tumblr for their "Flu/Cold Prompts" - “You’re hot.” “Thank you, love, but I don’t think right now is the time to—“ “You’re burning up. You have a fever.” “Oh.” It reminded me of Benedict's fever from Season 4 which inspired me to write all this.

fever................
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friend: how does it improve HRV?

me: I have no idea. I still haven't got a clear explanation of what heart rate variability even is, so.
me: basically I'm using one piece of technology I don't understand to make another piece of technology I don't understand do a thing. That I don't understand. am I winning? I'm not sure.

friend: i think you are very much winning!!! you've improved the thing you don't understand by using a variety of incomprehensible tools. How could there be a downside?
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Title: Cloudbound Dreaming
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Amy Pond, Rory Williams
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Summary: And the girl waited with her head above the clouds, dreaming of the day he would return.

Read more... )

Poem: "Refusing to Melt"

Mar. 3rd, 2026 06:04 pm
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This is today's freebie, inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] gs_silva. It also fills the "ribbon" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Alien Romance by [personal profile] gs_silva.

Read more... )

Ianto's Shrine in danger

Mar. 3rd, 2026 05:23 pm
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So, Ianto's Shrine is in danger of being torn down, due to structural issues. I'd be very sad to see that landmark which has been there for 17 years and appears on Google Maps gone.

Really hoping the repair or rebuild it...

There is a petition, spread the news:

Petition · Save Ianto's Shrine - Cardiff, United Kingdom · Change.org

Bidding is open!

Mar. 3rd, 2026 04:44 pm
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Go forth and bid on your chosen creators! The offerings blog is here.

A few notes:
  • Read the instructions at the bottom of the offering post for bidding instructions.
  • The top of the post has a list of what orgs each creator is supporting.
  • You can use this sheet (file -> Make a Copy first) to track the auctions you've got your eye on or have bid on.
  • Do not make any donations until you receive an email from the FTH mods stating that you have won. We have no way to reimburse donations that are made in error.
  • Bidding closes at 8pm Eastern on Saturday, March 7. Any bids that register after 8:00:05 will be considered invalid.

March already

Mar. 3rd, 2026 12:06 pm
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I got thrown off my routine entirely with some health news in mid-February. I don’t feel like going into details yet, but there may (or may not?) be a significant surgery in my near future. I’m fine - it’s a scoliosis issue, so I’m not in danger or pain. Just. Blech. It’s A Lot.

I’ve retreated to comfort fanfic (Wangxian), which has been most helpful. I’m also planning on finally watching Heated Rivalry, now that I’m in the post-Olympic void. I did have one very joyous thing in Feb. I won a gorgeous midcentury wooden bookshelf similar to a decrepit one I gave away during my last move. I’d had that one since the early 90s, but I’d never gotten around to fixing it up. Now this similar one is in a great space, looking beautiful, and holding my children’s books and my Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation books and manhua. On the top shelf are my complete series DVD sets. I’d put in a picture but I’m lazy. Rest assured it’s a wonderful fannish addition with one shelf that’s for action figures from STTNG and the X-Files to some Leía and Rey figurines from the third unfortunate trilogy of SW.

It makes me happy. And since the world is dark and full of horrors, I need that.

Birdfeeding

Mar. 3rd, 2026 12:24 pm
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Today is cloudy, chilly, and wet.  It's been raining most of the morning, supposed to clear up midday, then thunderstorms today.  A beautiful day to stay indoors and write!

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and a male house finch.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/3/26 -- i did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 3/3/26 -- i did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

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