Debi🐉📚🐕

Smaug flying over the lonely mountain finished embroidery project

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for. ~ JRR Tolkien Half finished Hobbit hole embroidery project

Finished my first #embroidery project of the year!
I’ve been working on the Hobbit hole since January, but it’s huge and labor intensive, lol. I took a break to do the lonely mountain for my BIL, since his birthday is Saturday, and I’m really happy with it!
#lotr #thehobbit #handmade #textileart

a woman sitting on a bed looking at a picture of a man on a bike ALT: a woman sitting on a bed looking at a picture of a man on a bike

And intentionally passes by Mrs. Gulch’s house to cause trouble (complains when the scarecrow suggests she goes a different route home)

Yet somehow, Mrs. Gulch is the villain for being upset that this dog bit her while she was trying to save her cat
#wizardofoz #hottake

a woman in a hat is riding a bicycle with a basket on the front . ALT: a woman in a hat is riding a bicycle with a basket on the front .

This might be a hot take, but Mrs. Gulch (The Wizard of Oz) is not a bad guy.
Dorothy admits that she lets Toto into Mrs. Gulch’s garden once or twice a week (repeated offender) 1/2
#hottake #wizardofoz

Most heroes did not have names. And some crowns were not made of gold. - quote from “The Maid and the Crocodile” by Jordan Ifueko

Black pain is deeper than western medicine. Quote from Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

“I want to be more than the enemy’s face.” Quote from Coldwire by Chloe Gong (FairyLoot Edition)

“Power doesn’t maintain itself.” Quote from Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor (LitJoy edition)

Spent the afternoon spelling out favorite quotes from recent reads. A bit tedious, but worth it!
#booksky #bookquotes

Fuck ICE

Fuck ICE

Fuck ICE

Fuck ICE

I was in a specific mood today while taking bookstagram pics.
#fuckice #booksky #booksarepolitical

Sadly not

So my SIL and I (and kids) went to our indie bookstore , and I noticed a bookshelf of old library books in their display window, and I recognized one of the books as one I read as a teenager. I asked the owner about it, AND SHE GAVE IT TO ME 🥹🥹 #booksky #90sfantasy #annemccaffery

I had an interesting dream last night. I dreamt I found three kittens and brought them home. I gave them WEIRD names. However, I kept calling two of the kittens nicknames, so I used nicknames: Summer, Miss Mischief, and GONDOR CALLS FOR AID.
GONDOR CALLS FOR AID was my favorite kitten 🤣
#dreamsky

First month done!
I read 12 books, annotated 6, reread 5, and had a good scattering of genres—though fantasy remains my primary 🐉🦄🧞‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️🧝🏻‍♂️
#booksky #readingtracker #embroidery

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

Thankfully, all I (hopefully) have to do is update my insurance information, but what about everyone else?

There are fewer jobs nowadays thanks to 🍊💩 and AI replacing whoever it can, so what are those people supposed to do?
Die.
They’re supposed to die.
I’m so upset right now.
(5/5)

They don’t. They expect those people to die. The American HEALTHCARE system is actively condemning people to die by pricing out life saving medicine.
(4/?)

Would i immediately die if I didn’t get it? No. But it would cause me to develop heart problems like the one that killed my grandmother.
Who could POSSIBLY afford $3k every month for medicine?? I don’t even EARN 3k/month! How do they expect people who can’t afford insurance to afford THAT???
(3/?)

It was rejected, and the price for my insulin:
$3,393

That’s a death sentence.
1. Insulin is necessary for diabetics.
2. The other shots i tried were physically painful or caused me to be violently sick
3. I would have to pay $3k every 6 weeks in order to access necessary medication.
(2/?)

I am in extreme sticker shock right now.
I went to pick up my insulin from CVS, but I needed to update my insurance. I forgot to stick my new insurance card in my wallet, so I passed them my old one, thinking it was basically the same.
It wasn’t. (1/?)
#healthcare #americanhealthcare

Deciding where to start is hard.
#lordoftherings #booksky #hobbithole #embroidery

Technically haven’t finished book 5 yet, which is why it’s not rated, but this is how my embroidery tracker is working this year
#booksky #embroidery #readingtracker #books #booklover

Got my embroidery reading tracker set up for 2026! And I’m already 4 books behind, lol
#embroidery #reading #readingtracker #booksky

Crooked picture of a woman (me) leaning against a TARDIS while reading “Time Trips”, a Doctor Who anthology, and holding a Sonic screwdriver

A woman with a long colorful scarf and a golden retriever in front of a TARDIS

A golden retriever by a TARDIS

Little free library inside a TARDIS

There’s a TARDIS little free library near me, so I just had to check it out!
(And yes, I left books inside.)
#booksky #tardis #doctorwho #littlefreelibrary

Got my embroidery reading tracker planned out for next year. I’m planning to stitch the shelves ahead of time, then draw and stitch the books as I finish them. Let’s see how this plan works! 😅
#booksky #readingtracker #embroidery #wip

This is actually my first year embroidering, so this is my first embroidered tracker.

Finished my embroidery reading tracker! It’s not accurate, since I over shot my goal 😅 I filled in all the books back in October, so it doesn’t have any of my reads from November or December, I’m trying to make it more adaptable for 2026 for my reading habits 🤔
#embroidery #readingtracker #booksky

Happy holidays!!
> Merry Christmas
> Happy Saturnalia
> Happy Yule
> Happy Kwanza
> Happy (Belated) Hanukkah
#happyholidays #holidaycheer

It’s a snow day, and Calcifer is loving life! 🥰❄️
#snowday #dogmom #goldenretriever #snow #snowdog #happydog

This shirt makes me ridiculously happy
#barbie #barbiegirl #barbieinthenutcracker

Finished the finish line! Now all that’s left is the center 😮‍💨
#mariokart #supermariobros #mario #embroidery

Small tree by window surrounded by presents

Tree Angel clutching a silver sword

bookshelf organized by color, decorated with Funko pops and candles, with a string of lights draping over the top

Decorated my library a bit and set up my little tree ☺️
My angel now has a sword 😆 it’s the FairyLoot Serpent & Dove replica
#christmas #christmastree #bookshelf #shelfie #booksky

Finally finished the rainbow road! Now to tackle the finish line!
#mariokart #embroidery

Golden Retriever with blue birthday bandana and white plus birthday bone in front of a rainbow bookshelf

It’s Calcifer’s birthday today! He’s officially 2!
#dogmom #furbaby #goldenretriever

I did better reading than I thought in November, though you can tell when I was too sick and miserable to read 😆😅
@thestorygraph.com
#booksky #readingwrapup