Some people...

I had to block another idiot on FF.Net. They started reading my very AU "Enterprise" story and picking out nonexistent mistakes and things they disagreed with in every chapter. I answered them twice, in a fairly civil manner, then decided not to put up with their shit any longer.

I have zero interest in what they would have done in my place. They have no stories whatsoever posted and are clearly mostls interested in Harry Potter - with very strong opinions about what should and what shouldn't happen in Potterfic. Without having written anything so far, obviously. I suggested them that they should perhaps write their own story, for their full satisfaction.

I wish one could delete signed reviews on FF.Net, too. I'm sick and tired of people who only read to have something to complain about.

Creative times once again

I got a Gift Box Craft Set by crelando from my goddaughter and her mother as a (very) belated Christmas present. According to the cover, it is High quality craft material for 2 large and 3 small boxes, with appliqués for crative decorating and contents 5 pre-cut sheets of cardboard, 1 sheet of cardboard with decorative pattern, 5 m string and 1 sheet of adhesive pads. All the other decorations are from my own stock.

As a rule, I don't work with such pre-cut stuff as you probably know. I prefer to make my boxes myself. But since it was a gift, and since the smaller boxes are really small (7cmx11xm), so that I can't really use the nice, sturdy cardboard for anything else, I gave it a try. The results can be viewed below:



And a different angle:



I still haven't given up on the two larger boxes; I need some sturdy cardboard for the baby journal, perhaps they'll be large enough to serve as filling material. We'll see.

I also tried to reconstruct one of Grandma's old recipes, one called Kleingehacktes. It was basically minced meet with some sort of garlic sauce but neither Mum nor I know how exactly it was made. My version was a little different, but we still found it yummy enough, and at least it was something different. It's so hard to come up with things to cook; we usually end up making the same dishes over and over again.