ZenGrammy

It;s a tie between pinks and purples. I loved and wore a lot of pink and purple as a child, and then rebelled against the "girliness" of it as a teenager and wore only earthy tones, which were really not that flattering. As an adult I've decided I can be a feminist who loves pink and purple. It's beautiful and also what looks good against my skin, so I don't fight it.

One thing you can do to help in this situation is teach her that it's safe to talk to you about things that don't seem to be 'right". Make it a habit to wonder out loud together if things are being presented truthfully. Look things up on the internet together. Keep it age appropriate, but be someone who explains things to her well. I taught my children early to question if the things they heard at school were true and they'd ask me. Your parents will probably always be in the position to do that, but you can make an effort to be there, too. Then when she's older if she starts to question things your parents told her, she'll know you're a safe person to talk to.

One Deck Dungeon - you work together to fight the monster on each card using your dice. You have to plan the move together so that you will win. It's a lot of fun.

Blue Moon. We have the Legends version with a million or so cards. It's definitely a competitive one. You build a deck, increasing your firepower (hopefully) as you go, and battle your opponent's deck each turn.

It took us a while to figure it out but man is it fun to play once you get the mechanics of it. Even teenage boys who had been rolling their eyes at the game for weeks tried it one day out of boredom and became obsessed as soon as they figured out how to start backstabbing each other.

I wanted to be an interior designer! I still love decorating but I mostly use my Sims 4 game to make my dreams come true these days.

I have to say that I have an account on Lemmy.world because I was there before I found out about Beehaw, and from what' I've seen so far they strictly enforce Ruud's rules of absolutely no rightwing bullshit. I volunteered to mod for the Reddit community and the rules I was told to focus on were: provide a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, political affiliation, or other similar characteristic.

I saw someone asking around yesterday about communities that wouldn't ban them for being a bigot yesterday, and the posters told them to go to 4chan or google it themselves since it seemed they should be able to figure that out. They do have a community called Conservative, but it's only got a few hundred people in it and the mods still have to follow the rules.

It's not as curated as the content here, but it's not the fee for all that Reddit was. I think that conservatives will have a pretty bad time over there.

I was a voracious reader for most of my life and it never occurred to me to read more than one at a time. was thinking of some other options earlier tonight for if'm into it this weekend and I finish the first story long before my husband. He has to work tomorrow and I do not. I have some options.

My husband and I have decided to start our own book club this weekend. We are nerds and both enjoy reading but he has limited time and I have limited patience with it because I had a stroke a few years ago and it's not as easy as it used to be for me. We're starting with short stories and we'll just read one at a time ad discuss when we're done. I'm hoping it will improve my skills over time and I know we'll enjoy the extra bonding. We're reading A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms by George R R Martin. He's read all of the ASOIAF books and I've not read any of them. We've both watched both of the related TV shows.

There is a list of health related communities being pulled together at !health@lemmy.world. I know some people can't go there right now but it's a good resource for those who can.

Low and slow is my advice too - but also IME there's something magical that happens when you use creamy soups as a starter with your meats. I spent years trying to make something healthier than my mom's roast beef recipe, which is basically cream of mushroom soup and onion soup mix plus a roast, but nothing I did could make it fall apart and stay moist like hers. I settled on using real onions in place of the onion soup mix which helps lower the salt content a bit but my family often asks me to just make it like my mom did.

It felt like a bit of a slog at first, but I found it really comforting once I got further into it and started reading about the part I was interested in getting to, which is how to start on the path to being a more mindful and grateful person in my daily life.

I'm on a break from therapy for a while and I find meditation and journaling to be very helpful.

Write the sad thoughts to get them out of your head. Turn the page and write about a happy memory that is special to you. Write about the people in your life who are close to you and what you like about them.

I listen to podcasts that focus on good mental health and that also have a guided meditation at the end.

No Mud, No Lotus, The Art of Transforming suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh. It's obviously a book about Buddhism in general but the "transforming suffering" bit is about letting go of past traumas and chasiing things like money or power or possessions, and being happy with your life in it's current state.