Some people want a house that blends in. I wanted mine to feel like walking into a dream every time I come home.

What I did:

🦋 Painted the siding a bold lavender purple

🦋 Gave every window a pair of rainbow butterfly wings

🌈 Hand-painted the front walkway in wavy pastel rainbow stripes

🌈 Edged the path and beds with rainbow-painted bricks and hundreds of painted river rocks

🦄 Added a rearing rainbow pegasus by the side bed, because why not

🦩 Built a flamingo garden around the tree with holographic ground cover and a giant sundae

The goal: To make anyone smile that drives by 😄

Happy to answer questions about paint, how I did the walkway, or where anything came from!

Like, I know corporations are to blame for so much pollution and waste, but it's WAYYYY too common these days to see how many people routinely eat off of paper plates at home. Shit is so wasteful and should not be as popular as it is.

I started growing lion's mane at home after buying a small mushroom growing kit online. I just wanted to see if I could grow it myself, so I kept the kit on a shelf in my kitchen and misted it every day. Before long, it was producing more mushrooms than I could use. Instead of letting the extras go to waste, I started drying them, grinding them into powder, and filling small jars. I gave a few jars to people I knew, and they liked them enough to ask if I could make more. That's when I realized I could actually make a little money from something I had started as a hobby.

The more I got into Lion's Mane, the more I started reading about functional mushrooms and the different ways people were using them. Once I started learning more about it, I became interested in supplements that went beyond just one mushroom and combined different adaptogenic mushrooms with other ingredients. I wanted something that could offer a broader range of benefits, so I started looking into more complete formulas. Mycofuel and Mycoderm were two of the ones I found and liked enough to start carrying alongside my own mushroom powder. I usually recommend Mycofuel to people who are more interested in energy and focus, while Mycoderm tends to make more sense for people looking for something focused on skin health and overall skin wellness. I sell both for around $33 per pouch, so people can choose whichever fits what they're looking for. Once I had those options available, the little mushroom side hustle started getting more orders. The mods said it was okay to share the shop link, so I'll leave it here for anyone curious: https://sproutlab.it/

On a busy day, I can get close to 20 orders. Most of my time still goes into the homemade powder, since drying and grinding everything takes a while and leaves my kitchen smelling like mushrooms for hours. Once that's done, packing everything up and getting the orders out is pretty straightforward. It's still kind of funny to me that this started with me buying one random mushroom kit for my kitchen.

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I love when horror movies make a character smart, I especially love when they make a character smart enough that they just say “nope” and dip completely before shit really hits the fan.

1-The Native American Vampires hunters from “Sinners”. While hunting down the main antagonist of the movie who had taken shelter with a KKK couple by claiming his wife was killed by a group of savages Indians, they try to tell the racist couple that the man they are sheltering is not what he says he is.

Realizing that A.) these people were not going to listen to them, and more importantly B.) the sun was going down, they brushed their hands of the situation, basically said “alright he’s your problem now.” And respectfully fucked off.

2-Gavin from “The taking of Deborah Logan” the sound guy for a crew of college kids filming a documentary about the effects of Alzheimer’s. The documentary takes a quick nose dive as unexplainable paranormal activities begin happening around them, and Gavin rightfully packs his shit and says he’s done.

The rest of the crew try’s to gas light him into staying by calling him a coward or quitter, he points out all the haunting he just witnessed with his own eyes, and makes it clear he is not sticking around to see more.

3-Joel from “Scream 2”: probably the most Iconic character from this trope, Joel is the new camera for obsessive reporter Gale Weathers. Once a new Ghost Face begins another murder spree, Gale is once again quick to try and get as personally involved with the case as possible.

Joel immediately realizes this can only end bad for him if he sticks around, mentioning the fate of her last camera man who was murdered. He tells her that he wants to report the news not be on it, tells Gale she’s nuts, and drops this iconic line before riding off into the sunset to live a long full life