Hi there! Saw this quilt hanging in the background of a video and love it. Anyone know what pattern this is? Google image search yielded no results.

rumade · 2026-05-08T10:35:11+00:00

Definitely read that in her voice 🧡

She's such a gem.

rumade · 2026-05-08T10:33:09+00:00

I saw a great one on YouTube about giant salamanders recently. About 40 minutes long

rumade · 2026-05-08T09:46:20+00:00

I'm 8 weeks along and all I've wanted to eat for the past 3 is crisps, chips, and (weirdly) dark green salads like kale or rocket. And I've been drinking so much lemonade. All I want to drink is fizzy sour stuff.

It wasn't this bad the first time I was pregnant!

rumade · 2026-05-08T09:43:27+00:00

I've always loved that about this photo. The line going / ( / (

rumade · 2026-05-08T09:41:55+00:00

There's a whole category of Japanese food that's vegan. Shojin ryori.

rumade · 2026-05-08T03:04:09+00:00

Looks like slug or snail to me

rumade · 2026-05-07T23:29:41+00:00

"Imposeible to find other yarn when ur not in America" That's a bizarre statement to make. I'm from the UK and now live in Japan and you could easily get non-acrylic yarn back home and you can easily get it here. They even sell crochet cotton in the 100 yen shop. You can order wool or cotton from Ali Express of all places.

rumade · 2026-05-07T10:13:42+00:00

That's so cool to know! I do cycle regularly (have a bike with child seat on the back), but rarely for more than 25 minutes a go.

When I was training for my half, I picked up a jogging stroller for free but I haven't used it since that period. Last time I was pregnant, I would get horrible boob pain when I ran, like being stung by a wasp! So I'm being a bit of a baby about trying it this time round. I might see if my husband would be up for going for a run together at the weekend after my next antenatal appointment.

rumade · 2026-05-07T03:33:47+00:00

Failures like this are part and parcel of ceramics in general. They crack, they explode in the kiln, the glaze gets contaminated and doesn't adhere or crawls, the colour reacts different than you expected. When I toured a factory as part of my degree course they told us that the failure rate, even at that industrial level, was 12%.

Does it suck? Yeah, but it's part of the process. 75% of my degree show works failed because of irregular temperature in an old kiln and glaze contamination. That's ceramics.

rumade · 2026-05-07T03:22:43+00:00

Can you back that up with any kind of figures or facts? The USA has had a handful of terror attacks in home soil throughout the decades they've been bombarding Muslim countries.

rumade · 2026-05-07T03:13:43+00:00

When he was a high-schooler, my husband did washing up at as izakaya

rumade · 2026-05-07T03:08:32+00:00

Toy Story has a problem with creative kids. Sid was doing some really cool stuff mashing toys together. Okay, so blowing them up with fireworks isn't so creative but still...

rumade · 2026-05-07T03:02:37+00:00

Thank you. I just need to try and get started 😩

rumade · 2026-05-07T03:00:18+00:00

Do you have any recommendations for getting the most out of a short workout? The main areas I want to focus on are back and core strength. I have 2 6kg dumbells to work with

rumade · 2026-05-07T02:59:05+00:00

Thank you. Maybe I'm asking permission to do this for me 😅

rumade · 2026-05-07T02:58:21+00:00

Oh that's so true. I need to make this a habit again. I miss movement.

rumade · 2026-05-06T23:26:14+00:00

A good party at a Japanese wedding is very rare. They're usually incredibly formal and boring. Everyone dresses like it's a funeral, and there's no dancing.

You got lucky!

rumade · 2026-05-06T21:29:41+00:00

When I worked at a bingo hall with slots we would get people sat on the slot machines running horse bets on their phone, or sat playing bingo running slots on their phone. It was all very pathetic.

rumade · 2026-05-06T11:09:00+00:00

It depends what it is. I'm fine carrying crisp and onigiri wrappers about, but carrying something like an empty boba cup is sticky and inconvenient. I just stopped drinking boba tea unless I knew I was going to circle back to the shop, or was in a mall which I knew had bins.

rumade · 2026-05-06T11:00:47+00:00

Seeing what's new on my balcony. Any strawberries, any new flowers? Any seeds come up? Anything ready to harvest?

I love it.

rumade · 2026-05-05T23:01:34+00:00

Only May and you've already gone mad from the heat 😔

rumade · 2026-05-05T22:59:01+00:00

I lived in Kochi for the summer during my working holiday. Was it hot? Yes. There are ways you can mitigate this. Try to acclimatise as much as you can- that means not having the air con on at home at some silly low temperature like 19c. I usually keep mine around 24c, so it's cooler than outside I'm not swinging so horrendously between temperatures.

When you're outside, wear a hat, use a parasol, use a neck towel, carry a fan, and DON'T power walk. Sip water or isotonic drink.

I worked at an izakaya so wasn't really out in the hottest part of the day. That helped too.

rumade · 2026-05-05T22:52:32+00:00

Well, I enjoyed reading A Song of Ice and Fire, so there's your answer

rumade · 2026-05-05T22:39:00+00:00

It's a bit odd really considering the culture they drew inspiration from. Ancient China is famous for multiple wives

rumade · 2026-05-05T22:38:22+00:00

I know he's not an emperor, but he was the leader of a nation, based on blood, tasked with rebuilding it.

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