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brumeierI’m calling February a transitional month for me because I’m pretty sure I’ve transitioned out of peri-menopause and into full-on menopause. My evidence, you ask? It was my first skip month, and the frequency and nature of my hot flashes has changed (not in a good way). Not sure what March will look like.
Otherwise, it was a pretty mellow month. I got paid holidays for Presidents’ Day and Lunar New Year, and the last week of the month I had a snow day and a two-hour delay, so for sheer time off it was quite nice. ::grins:: Luckily, that snow day didn’t come with very much snow (because we already had so much hanging around).
My boy was a little blue over Valentine’s Day, not having a steady girlfriend this year. I made sure he got some candy and a Lego set, and he in turn made me a milkshake. It was a win all around! I don’t have any good VDay pictures, so instead you can have Ms. Barry in a provocative pose.
My final day of the month was super productive. I don’t know if it’s because it was the warmest day of the month or what, but I got stuff done! There were words! And scrapbooking! And decluttering!
It only took me three months but I did finish another book - Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons by James Lovegrove. I enjoyed the story, which is the second I’ve read by this author, but didn’t set aside a lot of time for it. I need to get back to my previous schedule of going to bed early each night so I have time to read a chapter before falling asleep.
Speaking of reading, I also need to devote time to my overfull inbox and all the fics waiting to be read there. There are so many!
Scrapbooking continued to take a backseat last month. Two of my three layouts were done at the very end of February. I have lots of ideas for things I want to scrap, I just need to dedicate some time to it.
Here’s one of the 3 layouts I created last month:
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Writing was excellent last month! I wrote a drabble every day for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
small_fandoms Drabblethon, and managed to write something for romancingmcshep even though I had to pivot from my original idea far into the month. I’m really pleased with how much I wrote, and hopefully I can keep that going. There are sooooo many fics I need to finish.
The only hitch in the writing is the fact that my laptop is slowly circling the drain, which I guess isn’t too surprising considering it’s nearly 10 years old. It’s mostly working fine, except for several keys that have given up the ghost (none of the letter keys, thankfully). I need to start saving some money to buy a replacement. Sigh.
Here are the 3 new fics I posted in February:
Title: Long Lost Genius
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): Jeannie Miller/Kaleb Miller, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Series: As Seen On TV
Challenge(s):whatif_au Lost/Stranded; International Fanworks Day
Wordcount: 4,621
Warning(s): missing persons, dysfunctional family
Summary: Jeannie McKay Miller last saw her brother Meredith when she was eight years old. One day agents from the CIA came to meet with their parents, and just like that Meredith was gone and never spoken of again. She's been looking for him ever since, and has turned to the researchers at Reunited in a last-ditch effort to find her missing brother.
Title: The Truth Exposed
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Challenge(s):romancingmcshep
Wordcount: 3,069
Warning(s): mutual pining (resolved)
Summary: As the SGC lays the groundwork for declassifying the Atlantis expedition, they send a photojournalist to document life in the city and beyond. He picks up on something Rodney and John have missed, and it's up to Rodney to act on it.
Title: Making a (Haunted) House a Home
Fandom(s): The Uninvited (1944)
Challenge(s):small_fandoms Drabblethon
Wordcount: 2,800 (AO3 found an extra word somewhere but I’m not counting it)
Warning(s): unexplained ghostly happenings, canon plot holes revealed to the writer’s consternation
Summary: In the spring of 1937, Pamela and her brother Roderick were vacationing in Cornwall and bought a grand old cliffside house on a whim. While Rick went back to London to pack up their lives there and get things shipped to the new house, Pamela stayed behind to get the house ready for occupancy again. This drabble series deals with that period of time, which was not part of the original canon.
Otherwise, it was a pretty mellow month. I got paid holidays for Presidents’ Day and Lunar New Year, and the last week of the month I had a snow day and a two-hour delay, so for sheer time off it was quite nice. ::grins:: Luckily, that snow day didn’t come with very much snow (because we already had so much hanging around).
My boy was a little blue over Valentine’s Day, not having a steady girlfriend this year. I made sure he got some candy and a Lego set, and he in turn made me a milkshake. It was a win all around! I don’t have any good VDay pictures, so instead you can have Ms. Barry in a provocative pose.
My final day of the month was super productive. I don’t know if it’s because it was the warmest day of the month or what, but I got stuff done! There were words! And scrapbooking! And decluttering!
It only took me three months but I did finish another book - Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons by James Lovegrove. I enjoyed the story, which is the second I’ve read by this author, but didn’t set aside a lot of time for it. I need to get back to my previous schedule of going to bed early each night so I have time to read a chapter before falling asleep.
Speaking of reading, I also need to devote time to my overfull inbox and all the fics waiting to be read there. There are so many!
Scrapbooking continued to take a backseat last month. Two of my three layouts were done at the very end of February. I have lots of ideas for things I want to scrap, I just need to dedicate some time to it.
Here’s one of the 3 layouts I created last month:
click to biggify
Writing was excellent last month! I wrote a drabble every day for
small_fandoms Drabblethon, and managed to write something for romancingmcshep even though I had to pivot from my original idea far into the month. I’m really pleased with how much I wrote, and hopefully I can keep that going. There are sooooo many fics I need to finish.The only hitch in the writing is the fact that my laptop is slowly circling the drain, which I guess isn’t too surprising considering it’s nearly 10 years old. It’s mostly working fine, except for several keys that have given up the ghost (none of the letter keys, thankfully). I need to start saving some money to buy a replacement. Sigh.
Here are the 3 new fics I posted in February:
Title: Long Lost Genius
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): Jeannie Miller/Kaleb Miller, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Series: As Seen On TV
Challenge(s):
whatif_au Lost/Stranded; International Fanworks DayWordcount: 4,621
Warning(s): missing persons, dysfunctional family
Summary: Jeannie McKay Miller last saw her brother Meredith when she was eight years old. One day agents from the CIA came to meet with their parents, and just like that Meredith was gone and never spoken of again. She's been looking for him ever since, and has turned to the researchers at Reunited in a last-ditch effort to find her missing brother.
Title: The Truth Exposed
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Challenge(s):
romancingmcshepWordcount: 3,069
Warning(s): mutual pining (resolved)
Summary: As the SGC lays the groundwork for declassifying the Atlantis expedition, they send a photojournalist to document life in the city and beyond. He picks up on something Rodney and John have missed, and it's up to Rodney to act on it.
Title: Making a (Haunted) House a Home
Fandom(s): The Uninvited (1944)
Challenge(s):
small_fandoms DrabblethonWordcount: 2,800 (AO3 found an extra word somewhere but I’m not counting it)
Warning(s): unexplained ghostly happenings, canon plot holes revealed to the writer’s consternation
Summary: In the spring of 1937, Pamela and her brother Roderick were vacationing in Cornwall and bought a grand old cliffside house on a whim. While Rick went back to London to pack up their lives there and get things shipped to the new house, Pamela stayed behind to get the house ready for occupancy again. This drabble series deals with that period of time, which was not part of the original canon.
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Date: 2026-03-01 10:39 pm (UTC)FIC! More fic to read!! :)
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Date: 2026-03-02 04:31 pm (UTC)I hope you enjoy the fic!
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Date: 2026-03-08 04:38 pm (UTC)Ainda não cheguei na idade da menopausa, mas vi muitas professoras, conhecidas e parentes passando por isso. Dizem ser horríveis alguns dos sintomas, mas o mais recorrente é mesmo as ondas de calor.
Que bom que você e seu filho tiveram um momento legal no Valentine's Day, milkshake e doces parecem muito bom. Quanto a gatinha que fofa.
Neve, nunca vi pessoalmente, mas tendo fibromialgia não sou muito fã do frio, mesmo que seja lindíssimo. Sorte que a neve não ficou gigante aí atrapalhando seu dia.
Adorei saber que lees Sherlock, mesmo que seja a versão de outro autor. Acho que algumas pessoas fazem ele tão bem quando Conan Doyle
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Date: 2026-03-09 01:04 am (UTC)Menopause is as awful as advertised and I don't recommend it.
You're not really missing anything as far as the snow goes. Yeah, it can be pretty to look at. But not great to live in, unless you're super into winter sports and I am not. I bet the cold would be really bad for fibromyalgia. ::hugs::
Amazon Prime just released a Young Sherlock series. I've enjoyed watching various versions of Sherlock and Watson. They're just such fun characters!
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Date: 2026-03-09 01:51 am (UTC)No momento estou usando um remédio que me impede de menstruar faz quase 3 anos, um milagre da medicina moderna, amém. Sonhava com a menopausa para não ter mais ciclos, hoje com esse remédio quero ela distante por causa dos sintomas, mas não me sentiria mal em ter. Ela podia vir sem tantos estorvos não?
Colocar gelo em um copo com a minha mão já dói imagine então neve. Minha sobrinha tem aquele sonho infantil de ver. Coitada, mal sabe os males que ela atualmente traz.
Eu vi a chamada da série, Guy Perce ao invés de outro filme dom Downey Jr e Law fez algo novo (possivelmente explorando o domínio público atual da obra por completo), mas não me senti conectada nem com vontade de assistir. Achei tão estranho. Já Sherlock e John eu amo, já vi um filme do jovem Sher na escola (era bacana), li um conto gay inspirado em O Cão de Bakersville, vi a série da BBC, uma versão brasileira do Sherlock no Rio de Janeiro e os filmes do Downey Jr. Além daquele curta gay que uma menina fez financiamento coletivo e divulgou fics deles no AO3 (lindíssimo, tem até beijo na cama entre os dois).
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Date: 2026-03-14 08:26 pm (UTC)We women do nothing but suffer, it seems. I'm working with a new gynecologist so hopefully I can get some relief soon. You're lucky not to have to deal with regular cycles!
Brazilian Sherlock? So cool! It's just such an interesting concept for a character, which is probably why it keeps getting redone in various ways. And I'll give them all a chance. Even the bad ones. ::grins:: The new series on Amazon wasn't terrible. A different take on his younger self, though I do prefer the 80s movie Young Sherlock Holmes.
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Date: 2026-03-14 09:24 pm (UTC)Sounds like an interesting idea, though!
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