Clouds drifting by

12. How do you decide about meals in your family? Who does the shopping?

I decide what I want from what's in my fridge, freezer, or cupboards. As for shopping, I do it all online and get it delivered. It's not a perfect system, especially as regards dates, but it works.

Title: Family
Author: Dimity Blue
Rating: G
Genre: character study, love, grief, angst, fix it, everyone lives, slash, het
Characters: Dís, Bilbo, Thorin, Fíli, Kíli
Relationships: Bilbo/Thorin, Kíli/Tauriel
Word Count: 1125 words
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: Dís has not always been the strong, resolute character she is today. Her character has been forged by dragon's fire and experience.

On AO3 here.

3. What small courtesy did someone pay you today?
The carers last night when they had to come back after my last call. The multisocket including the plug for my bed had been a little bit dislodged when they plugged in my wheelchair to recharge. They left and I realised my bed remote didn't work. I rang the office and the carers came back and fixed it. They were really nice about it.

4. What's your favorite musical?
The Slipper and the Rose. A beautifully lavish musical production from 1976 starring Gemma Craven as Cinderella and Richard Chamberlain as Prince Edward.

It has a star-studded cast, with Margaret Lockwood as the wicked stepmother, Edith Evans as the Dowager Queen, Michael Hordern as the King, Kenneth More as the Lord High Chamberlain, Annette Crosby as the Fairy Godmother, and the director's daughter's dog as Fred the dog.

It also features the best tongue-twisting song since Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious called Protocoligorically Correct.

1. What was the first concert you went to?

The Monkees. It was a lot of fun.

29. What is your least favorite musical band? Why don't you like them?

The Rolling Stones. I find Mick extremely annoying.

25. Do enjoy "roughing it" types of vacations such as camping or hiking, or are you more of a five-star hotel/cruise sort of vacationer?
Definitely a hotel type though I'd settle for a comfortable caravan.

26. If you could become new "side character" in any novel, which novel would you be a part of?
Ooh, tough question. My first thought was Pride and Prejudice, but women's rights were limited then. Plus, I'd probably be a penniless old maid, which would really suck.

So, I'm going for Miss Buncle's Book. I hope she'd write kindly about me.

27. When you mentally go to your "happy place," what does it look like in your mind?
A meadow with lots of grass and wild flowers, like the one the Railway Children walk through to reach the railway. The sun's hot but there's a gentle breeze. The grass is prickling my hands and legs. The bees are humming (and my cats are trying to chase them) and I can hear the trains go past. If I listen, I can even hear Mr. Perks announcing, "Oakworth Station."

It's available for £1.99 on Amazon.co.uk. Link.

Apparently, it's a daily deal so grab it now.

21. At the summer solstice, the light begins to lessen. What in your life would you like to see decrease in the coming months?

My disability. Failing that, the fatigue I suffer from.

19. When you take a shower, do you let the water warm up before you step in, or do you turn the water on after you step in?

It has to be warm! Has to be! *shudders at the thought of a cold shower*

18. Would you rather travel a hundred years in the past or a hundred years in the future?

Into the future, please. They might have a cure for my muscular dystrophy then.