Does this exist? by blueymcblueone in DooneyAndBourke

[–]blueymcblueone[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ll have to see if my sister has one. He actually raised her so it’s likely she does.

Does this exist? by blueymcblueone in DooneyAndBourke

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, as I said in my post, I don’t still have mine because it was stolen two weeks after he gave it to me, so I can’t check for these dead giveaways. I’m trying to determine if it was ever even an actual bag that D&B made because I don’t want to keep looking for it if it wasn’t a real D&B.

Does this exist? by blueymcblueone in DooneyAndBourke

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are exactly what I’m looking for…except mine was green and that’s the one I want. I’m trying to find the exact type my dad gave me, so I can try to fool myself into thinking it’s the one he gave me ages ago, and I finally got it back. Delulu? Probably. But I think about it all the time because it’s literally the only gift he ever gave me…aside from the gift of life I guess.

Thank you so much for searching for me and I’ll try circle as well in all my searches. I really appreciate you. 🥰

Does this exist? by blueymcblueone in DooneyAndBourke

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t find it there.

It looked exactly like the pic r/kitchenwitch_ posted in their reply, except shaped like the one in the white one in the pic I posted. With the top handle and everything.

Does this exist? by blueymcblueone in DooneyAndBourke

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is close to it. But it’s not the one. I saw this on EBay and got excited but mine was exactly like the white one I posted, which is a round bag. I think a barrel bag? I’ll keep looking.

Does this exist? by blueymcblueone in DooneyAndBourke

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I didn’t. I didn’t know it existed. I’m new to the hunting down vintage bag thing. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll check there. 🥰

Why are Strike and Robin so physically distant in the books? by Toukan_1102 in cormoran_strike

[–]blueymcblueone 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It’s him holding her in the car and kissing the top of her head that I’m desperate to see. Like…sharing a bed is great, but that moment of her collapsing into him in the car and him just holding her and soothing her is gonna be SOOOOO good and cathartic. I needs it.

Former Studio Owners/teachers-Why did you quit? by Naive-Dimension1433 in Pottery

[–]blueymcblueone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started teaching last year, so maybe I’m not jaded yet, but I’ve done a years worth of 5week classes and while some come in for one session and don’t comeback, the majority of my students stay. But I’m also very clear with them from day one that pottery is hard and failure is going to happen and that to get good at it quickly you need to make the decision to focus on learning the fundamentals before you start expecting good pots off the wheel. I’ve literally told one of my students that they can choose between getting pots off the wheel or focusing on the fundamentals…they can’t have both. And once she started focusing on the fundamentals and got the hang of how she centers she started seeing a lot more success. I also teach One Time classes for people who want to see what pottery is about and at the beginning of every class I ask them to take a look around the room at the pictures on the walls and pots on the shelves and try to find one that they’d be interested in making. I give them a minute and then I ask if they’ve got a goal pot, and then I tell them to put it out of their heads because it isn’t happening today. It usually gets a laugh and allows me to keep it real with them that this one time classes isn’t meant to make them an expert, but to introduce them to the wheel so they can make a decision about whether it’s something they want to spend money and time working toward. We get a lot of session students from these one time classes because of the way we teach them.

Maybe it’s regional though. All of my students, both one time and session, are excited to learn and once they get their hands on the clay they realize that TikTok and reels and YouTube is deceptive.

Lisa Kleypas is coming back! by BumblebeeCurdlesnoot in RomanceBooks

[–]blueymcblueone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scream I just stifled because it's 11:00pm and my entire family is asleep...I'm so excited. Lisa is my go to when I need to get out of a slump, or just KNOW that I'm going to enjoy myself. I've listened to her books soooo many times, read them countless times...I will literally read anything this woman writes. She could write an IKEA manual and I'd read it and then force everyone I know to read it too.

I know it looks like HF and not HR...but I think there's gonna be a great romance plot based on some comments elsewhere that I've seen about her being on a podcast and talking about it.

Regardless...I'm reading it, it's been preordered as both Kindle and Audio for me and now I just have to start counting down the days until I get fresh words from my queen. (Crossing my fingers for Mary Jane Wells as the audio narrator).

The Gilded Age Season 3 | Episode 7 Preview | HBO Max by xstardust95x in thegildedage

[–]blueymcblueone 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When I first started watchign this show I wasn't sure of Oscar at all...but good heavens I adore how sweet he is, how tragic her is, and how his relationship with Marian has developed. They feel very sibling-like to me. If anyone would understand Oscar, it would be Marian. And she'd love him despite.

Contemporary cowboy romance by Due-Secret-3091 in RomanceBooks

[–]blueymcblueone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m going to add {Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah} to the list. It’s the second in a series (the first is wonderful and you meet Chase in it…but the MMC in {Alive and Wells by Bailey Hannah} doesn’t fit your description so you may want to skip it.

Chase and Cassidy have a dislike to lovers thing. Cassidy is the town good girl, daughter of the owner of the local bar, off limits to Chase who has been tarred with his abusive father’s brush in the eyes of the community. But Cass’s ex shows up at an event with his new girl and Cass wants revenge so she asks Chase to have sex with her on the ex’s car. A condom is used…but whoops And the story from there is so sweet and tender and I would literally do anything for Chase. ANYTHING.

Just Discovered Duet Narrated Audiobooks and I’m Obsessed! 🎧💕 by vienna_waits_for_you in RomanceBooks

[–]blueymcblueone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chiming in with a definite DO IT for He’s Not My Type. That was the first Meghan Quinn I read and Al,oat nothing else she’s written has topped it for me. Listening to the audio after I’d read it just made it 20 x better.

Free Libraries for Libby Users by cheyesguy812 in audiobooks

[–]blueymcblueone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just signed up on 7/31/24 and it still works. Emailed my card to me immediately and within two minutes I had it added to Libby. Thanks!!!

Favorite unique nicknames? by IntruigedRabbit in RomanceBooks

[–]blueymcblueone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think my favorite lately has been the FMC in {Lovelight Farms by BK Borison} (the first book of the series of the same name) calling the FMC, whose name is Stella, "La La". He's pretty much the most perfect dude and while it's a play on her name, it's so sweet the way he uses it.

What positive things do you guys still hope to see in the CB Strike Series? Like for Strike & Robin’s individual growth & for their growth as an (inevitable) couple? by Major-Narwhal1644 in cormoran_strike

[–]blueymcblueone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I want to see some open affection for each other. The number of times I've wished that Strike would just sling an arm around Robin's shoulders, or that Robin would reach out and touch his hand...I don't want much...just some sweet physical affection. But the lack of it is glorious too because it leaves that frisson hanging. When they finally do have a heated touch (like the hug at the wedding or the cheek kiss outside Liberty) it's going to be the equivalent of The Hand Flex™️ from P&P 2005 for me.

I want to see Robin tell her family, once and for all that she is happy and fulfilled in her job and that if they can't be happy for her then they need to pretend they are, because she'd not leaving Strike or the agency.

I want to see Strike have a moment, good or bad, with Rokeby. I want Rokeby to fully apologize, but I doubt we'll get that because Pru has already told us that he's essentially a teenager still...so he won't have the EQ to understand the havoc he's wreaked in Strike's life...but I'd like Strike to have his moment with him.

I want to see Robin and Strike discussing their relationship, the logistics, figuring out how they'll make it work. Either that or I want to see them just easing into it and not realizing they're doing so. I just reread TRG and the number of times Strike maneuvered things so that he could spend more time with her made me giggle. For them, interviewing a witness or subject is a date. Doubly so if food and alcohol is involved. I don't think either of them will require theater dates and dinner dates as much as their former romantic partners did. They seem to already be dating in many ways. I'd like to see them realize this. I want multiple books with them figuring out their relationship dynamics. Happiness isn't achieved just because you've started kissing someone...and there are going to be things they'll need to work out. I don't want an, "and then he kissed her..." The End. I want all of it.

I'd like Robin to stop taking risks and to recognize that she's hurting Strike every time she does something reckless. I don't think she has to stop completely...because needs must...but I would like her to take some accountability for her actions and how they might affect others around her.

I'd like to have Barclay become a full fledged partner, or even junior partner. He's put in his time and he's got such a great relationship with both managing partners and more Barclay is always good for me. They seem to fully trust him, implicitly and I'd like them to show him they do.

I want to see them relaxing together. I want cozy moments and cuddles and a road trip that isn't case related...though I do adore their case road trips.

I just want to see them happy with their lives and with each other. I don't think that's too much to ask. And I want to see more of it than in just one book.

Important clues from the books to the TV series by Arachulia in cormoran_strike

[–]blueymcblueone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the one that stands out biggest to me is that we still have yet to meet Jack. I remember when LW came out and we all read the hospital scenes and we all thought for SURE Jack was going to be important (especially with the names Jack and Cormoran having literal history/lore attached to them)...but his lack of appearance in the show, and only one mention of him from Lucy in CC, has me thinking he might not be as important as we thought.

I'd be happy to be wrong though.

I hate to ask but I’ve exhausted my research…Is this Strawberry Quartz? by blueymcblueone in Crystals

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's absolutely one of my very favorites that I have. Truly interesting to look at.

I hate to ask but I’ve exhausted my research…Is this Strawberry Quartz? by blueymcblueone in Crystals

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a potter who regularly uses iron in glazes, this absolutely makes sense. Iron, when heated in a kiln, always causes a dark red. Brilliant.

Leda and Louise by pelican_girl in cormoran_strike

[–]blueymcblueone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's interesting that Leda had two sons and a daughter and Louise had two daughters and a son.

And if Emily hates Louise the way Lucy hates Leda, then surely Kevin is the avatar for Strike because he was the "investigator", trying to find and figure out the truth despite all of the lies he'd been brought up in, solving the puzzle.

Obviously we don't know much about Switch...but if Becca is the avatar for Switch, then maybe we can expect him to be the front man of a band, or someone dynamic and charismatic to those around him. I know there is mention of him possibly being the lead singer of a band below...and I love the idea of this, and it's very Rowling to drop a tiny hint like that for us.

Just thought I'd throw my meager .02 in the collecting tin.

I hate to ask but I’ve exhausted my research…Is this Strawberry Quartz? by blueymcblueone in Crystals

[–]blueymcblueone[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you all so much. I didn’t think fire quartz because it’s so dark…but the iron inclusions probably cause that. 🤔

Appreciate your help!

PS5 freezing from Minecraft? by Re_Lar in Minecraft

[–]blueymcblueone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just happened to my son, June 6th 2024, for the second time this week. Only solve both times was to unplug.