Today I was able to finally participate in some challenges and I made these icons, which I'm quite happy with. They are shareable on the off chance anyone wants them. :)


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Tags: creativity, icons

The drabble/icon challenge has started again over at 1_million_words. This year it's running for six weeks, with prompts posted every day. Last year I made icons for each day of the challenge, and that's my goal this year as well. I would love to also do some drabbles, but so far that muse hasn't cooperated.

Icons are shareable.

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Here's some icons that I made for one of the recent rounds over at lands_of_magic. Just a reminder, the comm is always accepting new members! The current challenges include "Trope-Tastic", where the challenge is to create something around book tropes, as well as challenges around inspiration and mood palettes.

Fills can be made with anything creative, including graphics or fic. If you're interested in joining, check it out here! Tell them Severina sent ya!

Icons are for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once Upon a Time, Beauty and the Beast (1980s series) and True Blood. They are shareable on the off chance anyone wants them. :D

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I decided that this round of lands_of_magic I would post my challenge fills here at my journal as well as at the comm. That way it'll remind everyone that the comm exists and remind you that you can sign up to play along at any time. :)

This challenge was "The Wearing o' the Green", and the only stipulation was that green be involved. This could be literal or figurative, so if you wanted to write about jealousy or something, that would have worked too! I chose to make icons. Had fun making these. :)

Row 1: MCU's The Hulk, Elphaba from Wicked
Row 2: Mike Wakowski from Monsters Inc.
Row 3: Kermit the Frog
Row 4: Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz

All icons are shareable if anyone wants them.

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I did it! My goal was to create icons for all of the prompts at 1_million_words' drabble/icon challenge, and I did it. My total for the challenge: 269 icons!

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Yesterday I also finished Book #51, Wilder Girls by Rory Power. This is another book that was shelved in the Teen section, and I'm not entirely sure why. Why are these books supposedly aimed at teens so obsessed with mutations? I suppose it's supposed to represent teen hormones and puberty and such, but ugh. Anyway.

Loads of spoilers! I usually try to be vague but this time I was frustrated.

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I completed two tasks this week, and added one new one to my 101 Things in 1001 Days challenge. This is Week 45!

Week 45 - May 15 to 21, 2022

In Progress

67. Donate to an additional animal sanctuary or rehab 1x/month for 1 year. (05//12)
* This month’s donation went to Misfts of Oz Farm Sanctary in New Mexico, USA. This sanctuary deals mostly with abused or neglected pigs, but also has dogs and goats. It made me so sad to look at their sponsorship page and see all the animals that don’t have monthly sponsors. I wish I could afford to do that, too. Monthly or one-time donations can be made here.

87. Complete 3 additional Conqueror Challenges (01/03)
The first one was so motivating that I decided my goal would be to sign up for and complete 3 more. The first one I signed up for is Cote D’Azur (the French Riviera). I choose based on the length of the route, how pretty the route seems to be, and what the medal looks like. This one is 161 kms, so not quite as long as the last.

Cote D’Azur (25.5/161)
05-15-22 - walked 5.5 kms
05-19-22 - waked 4.4 kms
05-20-22 - biked 7.7 kms
05-21-22 - biked 7.9 kms
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92. Donate 500,000 grains of rice at freerice.com (241,000/500,000)
* Donated 4,000 grains of rice this week.

100. Complete 52 Week Savings Challenge (20/52)
* Week 20 complete with $8 in paycheque money.

Completed

82. Bike 30 minutes 3x/week for 2 months (24/24)
05-15-22 - biked 44 minutes / 11.8 kms
05-20-22 - biked 31 minutes / 7.7 kms
05-21-22 - biked 30 minutes / 7.9 kms

86. Complete Great Ocean Road Challenge (240/240)
* I’m counting my exercise bike and my walks toward the challenge. I had 11.4km left to complete so I just rode my stationary bike like a madwoman and did it. 44 mins / 11.8 kms! I’ve ordered my medal and will post it when it arrives, woot woot!

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I also got caught up on my icons for the 1_million_words icon/drabble challenge. Here's more icons, all shareable.

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And lastly, CHET!! I read the next Chet & Bernie story and it did not disappoint!

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I got caught up again at the drabble/icon challenge at 1_million_words. Here's the latest batch. All are shareable. :)

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This week's teeny 101 Things Update:

Week 43 - May 01 to 07, 2022

In Progress

76. Write a minimum of 4 letters per month to seniors for 6 months in 2022. (03/06)
* Wrote the letters yesterday and will mail them the next time I go out for a walk.

82. Bike 30 minutes 3x/week for 2 months (19/24)
05-02-22 - biked 30 minutes / 6.9 kms
05-04-22 - biked 31 minutes / 6.7 kms
05-05-22 - biked 30 minutes / 7.6 kms
05-07-22 - biked 30 minutes / 7.3 kms (bonus!)

86. Complete Great Ocean Road Challenge (201.4/240)
* I’m counting my exercise bike and my walks toward the challenge.
05-02-22 - biked 6.9 kms
05-04-22 - biked 6.7 kms
05-05-22 - biked 7.6 kms
05-06-22 - walked 7.2 kms
05-07-22 - biked 7.3 kms and walked 3.3 kms

92. Donate 500,000 grains of rice at freerice.com (225,000/500,000)
* Donated 9,000 grains of rice this week.

100. Complete 52 Week Savings Challenge (18/52)
* Week 18 complete with $20 in survey money.

Today I got caught up on 1_million_words drabble/icon challenge with lots more icons. All are shareable. I'm having fun being creative in this way.

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And this is the latest round of icons that I made for the ongoing icon/drabble challenge at 1_million_words! They are shareable.

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I am back from my sister and brother-in-law's. We had a lovely weekend. Watched a bunch of movies, did a little shopping, and my sister came on a 3K walk with me! She doesn't do a lot of walking so she was super tuckered out, but she was also talking about wanting to do more of it except that she hates walking alone. I live very far away or else I'd be happy to have her as a walking buddy.

I am sooooo tired now though. I sleep on their sofa and am usually up by 7am. My icon is fitting. :D

Today's Music Monday pick is a cover of a classic by The Q-Tips, Paul Young's band before he went solo. I just love Paul's voice in this. It's so raw.



I've also been trying to contribute every day to the icon/drabble challenge over at 1_million_words. I posted the first few days worth that I did. Here's another batch! All of my icons are shareable if anyone is interested.

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Hope everyone is starting their week off in a grand fashion. :)
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