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So...random question. What are your plans Thursday?

WHO: Eve and Niall Malone
WHEN: Evening of October 25
WHERE: Their home
SUMMARY: Eve and Niall talk about the parts of their other lives that are missing in Dunhaven and make a decision about their future.
WARNINGS: None
BINGO PROMPT: All's well that ends well to end up with you
 
( 'I always mean more dogs. And also cats and maybe a guinea pig and an iguana and a handful of goldfish.' )

Good Saturday, all! There is something that I have been sitting on for a while now and am finally feeling like I can address outside of the handful of friends and family I've discussed it with!

As I'm sure it's been heard around town, Mr. Harris, the owner of Roll of the Die, is planning on retiring south to warmer weather around the turn of the new year. Initially he had been planning on simply emptying the building of stock and selling it, but I've bought all of it instead. 🙌

The shop itself will be closed for the months of November and December, with a grand reopening on January 6, 2020. I'm planning on using that time to do some renovations and restructuring inside the building, the bulk of which will be adding a functioning kitchen and seating to turn it into a gaming cafe. There will still be comics and dice and board games (oh my) among everything else nerdy and wonderful for sale as well as weekend gaming tournaments and D&D, but with the added bonus of a full menu.

This is something I've always dreamed of doing, even back when I was in culinary school in New York, so to be able to make it a reality in the town I've fallen in love with is really something special. 💖 Though much of the current staff will be staying from the sounds of it, I will be hiring on some additional people in the kitchen and for waiting tables. I'll have more information to come on that, so stay tuned~

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This is just a general public service announcement that we've officially entered into my favorite time of year and Stella's is about to reach peak spookiness.

EVE, NOAH, ASH

Things I would really love to do today:

1. Take a bath (with bath bomb, book, toffee, and wine, obviously)
2. 'Accidentally' run into Jace Atwater walking his dog somewhere in town so that I can pet the cutest corgi for approximately fifteen minutes
3. Sample every pastry at Sweet Nothings
4. Marry the absolute frick out of Everett Marshall
5. Buy a really cute tea towel and potholder set for Halloween (in duplicate so that Ev's house can be cute, too)
6. Get my nails done

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With today being #26, I thought it was as good a day as any to revisit my New Years resolutions to see where I'm at. You're welcome for me making you join me on this fascinating journey.

1. Travel for something other than a convention. Honeymoon in Ireland, you were the best of times. If this year taught me anything, it's that more vacations are needed.

2. Adopt a cat. Tragically, this has not happened yet.

3. Get a membership for the Y and then actually go before my body realizes I'm getting old. I actually did this and while I maybe don't go as religiously as I should given that I'm paying money for said membership, I do go! So I'm taking that as a win. 💪

4. End 2019 with a different last name. Heck yes, I am. I'll have had a different last name for just over half of 2019 when NYE comes.

5. Move. This is complete and even now still floors me. I sort of thought I'd forever rent and while there's nothing wrong with that, being a homeowner has been very cool, too. It helps that our house is amazing and I have the best roommate a girl could ask for.

6. Give Niall more back rubs. He would have to be the judge of this one, I suppose.

Not bad, Eve. Not bad at all. I suppose it does help that some of my goals were things I knew I'd accomplish this year regardless, but it does a lot for morale to add something to your to do list you can immediately cross off. 😉 2019 has been good to me so far and I foresee good things in the remaining months, too.

Anyway, happy Monday to you all! My birthday wish is that everyone has a good last day of September -- and I suppose that can extend into October, too. 🎃

WHO: Friends and family of Eve
WHERE: Maryland Renaissance Festival and Taqueria Habanero in DC
WHEN: September 29, pretty much all day! But not too late, for those that have work tomorrow
WHAT: It's Eve's birthday and she wants to Renaissance Faire and eat Mexican food.
STATUS: IC/OOC

( haaappy birthday to eve! )

Do other small towns have this many reasons to spend way too much money getting dressed up? Just wondering if this is normal or if it only seems normal because I've lived here my whole life.

EVE

Who's the new girl at BSG?

FRIENDS & FAMILY

Hi.

So remember how last year I just so happened to ask you guys to go to the Faire in Maryland and then do dinner and drinks in DC on a day that ~totally by accident~ happened to be near to my birthday? I was wondering if maybe you guys would be into having that happen again, once more totally by coincidence. Liiike September 29? Prom on Saturday, Faire on Sunday?

Y'know. If you're all free. And feel free to invite other people, too. The more the merrier!

Hi, everyone! Another post so soon? Thanks to Naomi's brilliant idea, I'm going to put together a resource accessible to anyone dealing with the Dreams that essentially just lists who is being dreamed of and any other pertinent details you might think need to be included for others to identify that they're at least sharing dreams about the world even if they don't know the name. For example, it might look like:

Leia Organa-Solo - From Alderaan, daughter of Breha and Bail Organa
Han Solo - Made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, from Corellia

Just leave a note here, anonymously or not, letting me know the name of who you are dreaming about and anything else you want to mention. If you want YOUR name attached to it, as well, for shared dreamers to more easily get in touch with you, let me know. Otherwise, I'll attach your Anon ID so that others can filter you anonymously!

This is totally optional, but I hope you'll consider doing it, at least anonymously!

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Three things, Dunhaven.

1) I had deeply missed free climbing. Since shortly after coming to Dunhaven, I (for obvious reasons) hadn't gone climbing at all. Well, I'm using safety measures now, but my love of the climb hasn't diminished at all. Here's a picture from a few weeks before I arrived in Dunhaven back when I was in Nevada for a few days (I had no idea how much my life was going to change for the better,) and this past weekend a lot closer to home with my number one.

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2) 35 Days. 👰💍🤵🏾🥧

3) One year, two months, all the sass and ice cream she can muster.

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A few months ago I posted a lovey-dovey video that one of my classmates put together for our psych class with a bunch of married couples talking about when they knew they were in love with their partner. She did another one, this time just for fun, with some other footage from when she did the interviews and she sent it my way because my grandparents are in it (57 years). This time they talk about first kisses, which is all very sweet and can be seen here.

Like last time, I feel like I need to open up the stage for some further warm fuzzies and possible amusing stories to be spread around. So tell me about a first kiss, Dunhaven at large. It could be with your current partner or maybe your very first kiss, if yours wasn't with your current partner. I'm so over packing right now and just want to hear some stories. 🥰

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I can't decide if I enjoy Ene or Eer more.

In case you didn't already know, today is the most special of days because, on this day many years ago, the one and only Everett Marshall was born. Since they have yet to acknowledge my petition to make the celebration of his birth a national holiday, I'm taking it upon myself to invite all of you Dunhavenians to help me honor this wonderful, beautiful, compassionate, and all-around standup guy by coming in to Stella's today for one of two specials.

The first is the #boyfriend which is two liege waffles topped with Nutella, fresh berries, whipped cream, cookie butter, and chocolate drizzle.

The second is the Birthday Babe which is a large waffle boat with birthday cake, two large scoops of whipped cream, strawberry and chocolate drizzle, chopped pecans, celebratory sprinkles, and two cherries on top.

Better yet, 100% of profits from these two specials will be donated to Voices for Virginia's Kids in Everett's name. ❤️

So please come see us! And even if you're not feeling Stella's Famous Waffles today, don't forget to wish this handsome man the happiest birthday. 😊😊

Time for another anon post, if you're so inclined to jump in. Your responses can, as always, be public or anonymous, whichever makes you most comfortable.

Is there anyone from your other life that you wish was here with you, that you could see and talk to in whatever capacity? Assume for the purpose of this post that your response does not come with the unintended consequence of wishing dreams/memories on another individual. This just piggybacks off of the last post when we talked about things you wish you could say to someone back there, or here.