tiny_ninja | i'm sailing away, away, you're welcome, 'cause maui can do anything but float!

Challenge #7

Promote/Rec/Sing the Praises of Yourself!

♥ I can bake.

A decade ago, cupcakes really became a big thing and I got a copy of Hello, Cupcake! and all I wanted to do was make pastries for days and days and days. I can make a lot more than just cupcakes now, and my kids have started asking for special cakes for their birthday parties and such. For Gabby's third birthday in November, I made a rainbow surprise cake that came out beautifully. When you cut into it, M&Ms and candies spilled out from inside. Granted, I'm now on a low carb diet (which suuuuuucks because bread is one of my favorite things to eat and make) so I can't bake nearly as much as I used to. Still a skill I have in my back pocket.

♥ I'm great with grammar.

When I write my own pieces, I'm generally good at catching most grammatical mistakes as I go. In editing, I only catch one or two typos. When I beta read for others, grammar is usually the thing I can help with the most.

♥ I crochet.

Last year I did two craft fairs and made $300 towards my Christmas presents. It's not a lot of money, but it brings me a lot of joy. It's even more fun when I can make some nerdy references in my work, like dragon egg dice bags and Avengers-themed baby bibs. The Captain America one I made finally sold this fall, which was great.

♥ I cosplay.

I haven't been able to do a proper one for myself for a couple years now, thanks to having kiddos, but I have made a bunch of cosplay pieces over the years. My favorite is making Squall's SeeD ball uniform and Rinoa's white party dress with

runicmagitek, which we wore to see Distant Worlds live in Boston.

♥ I write stuff.

All of my works are over at

wingsyouburn ♥ My fandoms vary and I have a lot in progress that aren't posted yet, but hopefully I'll have more up there this year. :3

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That's kind of what I've been doing, instead of having bread, substituting it with a portion of veggies instead. The problem I have is that I'm a boring picky eater and hate most veggies, in part because I ate canned veggies growing up and some veggies should not be canned. Like asparagus. Fucking legit, canned asparagus is the worst thing on the face of the planet and the smell of it triggers hella bad memories for me, so I can't even try to eat the fresh stuff. I'm slowly working through trying new things though, so it's getting better. Slowly. So, so slowly. Canned corn and peas save my life, though *thumbs up* I'm glad that's working out for you!

Last night I made a "keto" (which is bullshit but I digress) chili with ground turkey, tomatoes, and all the flavors of chili without the beans. Beans have a weird texture for me so the only way I could eat regular chili was to smother that shit in cheese and fritos, so now I can skip the chips and actually eat it like a soup. Jon even said it tasted like chili to him, which is a huge step in the right direction, since it's one of his favorite meals.

I've been doing homemade egg bites for breakfast! Scramble up your eggs, add whatever toppings you have on hand (I've been doing a lot of sliced deli turkey, cheese, broccoli) and pour into muffin tins and bake off. I'm lucky in that I can pop them into the oven at work (shhhh don't tell anyone) and reheat them easily. I need to try overnight oats again - I did that for a while but the flavor combos I used made them taste funky the next morning lol Thank you for so many good ideas!

And yessssssss you know I've wanted to cosplay Yuna for years now. Someday we're going to do it!

Ugh, that sucks with the veggies for you D: My mom always did fresh or frozen veggies when I was growing up. And I love veggies! So it's really disappointing how difficult it is for me to have them these days. I can count on one hand the fruits and veggies I can have raw. The rest needs to be cooked to death and if it isn't, I might as well eat a bag of crushed glass, because that's how it feels after eating it. Even then, if I eat too many veggies, still feels like I ate glass :( none of the buenos.

I love the egg bite things! I was doing that for a while, though it was getting to be too much work for me on Sunday nights (like almost two hours worth of prep, because again, I have to cook the everliving fuck out of my veggies), so I switched to oatmeal.

ONE DAY WE WILL DO THIS COSPLAY AND IT WILL BE AMAZING.

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