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Been feeling like I could use a similar trip. Hope it's everything you need it to be!

Moral support has been invaluable throughout this ordeal. Now I have some resources to work with, too. Things really are looking up!

Rare check-in with my flutterby friends. Proof of life and all that. Things are finally turning a bit of a corner here. Still unhoused, but possessed of concrete reason to allow myself to believe that's temporary. The horrors persist, KBO.

Clarke reusing entire paragraphs feels like a good example of this, too.

Thank you 🙏 I'm still reeling, like psychologically/emotionally concussed. I don't know what I'm gonna do, and so I don't know what help I need in doing it. Right now seems like it's about surviving, waiting for dust to settle, and figuring out how to get my feet onto something firmer than the lurch

Rage against the machines

I've got clothes on my back, food in my belly, and a roof over my head. I'm not entirely broke yet, and I still have my car. Otherwise? No, not really.

Genuinely having the worst time of my life

Update for my 🦋 only friends: I am now technically homeless. Lost the house and what feels like 95% of my worldly posessions. Currently holed up in a very reasonably priced motel.

Thought there could be a chance some of you might want to know. So there it is.

Leftover italian meringue –> Italian meringue buttercream

Bonus bar!

✨ Ta-daaaaa ✨ Now they're lemon meringue bars!

Mine too.

Please tell me it's not Tim "ran for president of Youngstown" Ryan...

Started thinking about making these yesterday and a warm fuzzy nostalgia filled my heart, so they definitely had to happen

I usually get the miserable side of that coin, but sometimes, on rarest of occasions, it's flippin ✨ glorious ✨

Some process shots, been working my way up to this one roll. Soon every batch will look like this

How big was the lead going into 2018?

Living my absolute best with this batch

I do the same thing, also with emoji reactions to messages/texts or gifs in lieu of a typed reply. Sometimes it's all I've got, or the most I can do without all kinds of other stuff seeping out into the conversation (so messy 😖)

Adventures in seasonal cheesecake (it's like pumpkin pie and cheesecake had a baby!)

Shopping around for rings to help maintain the shape, feel like I'm on the right track with this one

This batch of pumpkin spice kanelbullar earned three Yummies from the 3yo demo.

Behind on sharing my bakes here, made some wheat bread for the first time today.

Happy Kanelbullensdag, everbody!

I cannot be stopped, I can only be contained

Yesterday's bread and today's cinnamon rolls, both recipes from @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social

Would you believe me if I told you they don't look half as good as they taste?

Peanut Butter Banana brownie, Sconemonger approved!

Tnx 😁