#lisa frank mini notebook

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

Lisa Frank Skeleton Mini Notebook Keychain

1990s

Found on Ebay, user lirodr_5769

[televinita]

I bought all 3 of these at the dollar store today and I have never been so proud of an unnecessary purchase in my life.

[musekicker]

Finished season one of Inside Job and I have a oc concept.

Basically Myc has a thing with spores sometimes. Normally during these moments he’s confined to a room so it’s a lot easier to clean up the spores afterwards (a job done in hazmat suits because breathing these spores in cause a variety of nasty side effects to humans)

However, during this cleaning spores are missed and it results in another mushroom person.

They look and sound exactly like Myc, though people have come to call them Minnie.

Brett: awww, Minnie! Is that because you’re a mini Myc?

Minnie: No, it’s because I heard how small your brain is and I didn’t want it to feel lonely!

Will also swear and throw things, but also wants a race car bed and lisa frank notebooks. Wears so many bead bracelets around their stems.

[stories-you-wont-hear]

– four seasons. | storm

hello friends! this is the second installment of the four seasons mini-series ft. billy russo. i really like y/n and maria’s friendship and tbh they end up getting more time together than the reader and billy but IT’S FINE BY ME! i love reading your comments on this, esp bc it’s pre-anvil billy who is a precious sweetheart.

pls enjoy, and as always, leave lots of love! xoxo mira

tag list: shameless-pope  bellastellaluna  the-scarletsandwich @its-my-little-dumpster-fire

“Mom!” Lisa bellowed, nearly knocking you out as she ran into the kitchen. “Daughter?” Maria called, not moving from her position as her child stood with her hands on her hips staring her down. “Frank keeps taking my headphones! Tell him to stop,” Lisa said, her anger apparent in her tone. “Frank. Stop.” Maria deadpanned, taking a sip from her cup of coffee. You couldn’t help but snort in response to Maria, and Lisa shot you a look of pure hatred for it. 

“Mom!” Lisa cried again, this time dropping her arms as she whined. Maria sighed as she shook her head, “Look, you two need to learn how to sort this out amongst yourselves. I’m not a mediator.” “But you’re our mom,” Lisa exasperated. “And I certainly don’t get paid enough for it,” Maria shot back, her hands cupping her cup of coffee. You cut in, wanting to keep Maria’s stress to a minimum. It had been two months since Frank, and Billy, had left and Maria had been handling the kids on her own.

It was nothing she hadn’t done before, but you knew it was never easy. “Lisa,” you called, “Leave your poor mom alone. I’ll take you shopping on Black Friday for new ones.” Maria rolled her eyes behind Lisa, but the kid was satisfied. She left the kitchen with her mood having taken a complete 180. “I birthed them, feed them, keep a roof over their heads, but alas! It’s Aunt Y/N this, Aunt Y/N that,” Maria sighed. You laughed, your hands cupping your own cup of coffee as you looked over at your friend. “Hey, Black Friday shopping is pretty much the equivalent of going into a warzone,” you called back. Maria held a hand up in surrender, “Touche. I’d never do it.” You nodded, giving her a pointed look, “Yeah, you just shop on Monday from your computer like a coward.”

“Better a wise coward than a foolish knight,” Maria said pointedly, moving to wash out her empty cup in the sink. You stood to wash your own empty cup, handing it to Maria’s outstretched hand but made no movement back towards your seat. “So,” you said slowly, not wanting to let your true intentions out so quickly, “Any word lately from Frank?”

“Why do you ask?” Maria asked, her own voice mirroring your tone. An eyebrow raised, she glanced at you suspiciously. “Just wondering,” you said a little too quickly, “The holidays are coming up, I’m sure they’re missing home.” 

“They’re?” Maria repeated, now fully looking at you. You felt yourself inched slowly away from Maria, who was now leaning against the counter, arms crossed over her chest as she looked at you through a narrowed gaze. “Frank and… Billy and the rest of the good people who risk their lives for the sak-” you blurt before Maria cut in. “You bitch!” she cried, her eyes wide as she caught Billy’s name. “Language!” Frank Jr.’s voice shouted from down the hall upon catching his mother’s curse. 

Maria rolled her eyes before turning her attention back to you, “I can’t believe you didn’t tell me.” You shrugged, playing it off like you didn’t know exactly what she was talking about. “Come on,” Maria said, looking at you expectantly. After a solid minute of silent back and forth, you finally sighed in defeat. “We kissed after the party you guys had over the summer,” you said in a low voice, not wanting Frank Jr. to overhear. “Oh my god,” Maria cried, throwing her hands up, “I know that!” 

You scoffed, knowing Lisa probably spilled the beans the second she saw Billy’s lips brush over your cheek during that Sunday morning breakfast that seemed so long ago. “So then what?” you asked. “That’s what I’m trying to find out, Y/N!” Maria said. 

“There’s really nothing to say other than that,” you explained, “It’s not like he asked me to see him off or write him long, sappy letters.” “Oh, but you should,” Maria said, suddenly moving to place her hands on your shoulders, “You so should.” 

“Geez Maria,” you said as you placed your hands on top of hers, “I so should not be getting into whatever this is. It’s so hard for you and Frank and you guys are so… so solid! Me and Billy? We’re just a few weeks of kisses and back and forth flirting.” 

“Y/N,” Maria started, her voice so firm that you probably would have agreed to almost anything she was about to say, “It’s hard. It’s so hard. It’s so unbelievably difficult. But it’s so worth it. Billy is worth it.” She turned squeezed your shoulders before sliding her hands from under your grip, the softness in her eyes so different from the firmness of her tone but that was Maria for you. 

“Here,” she said, moving away from you to rummage through a kitchen drawer, “We’re going to send Frank a care package, and we always send Billy stuff, too. You should write him a letter.” “I don’t know if that’s such a good idea,” you said nervously, placing one hand on the kitchen counter to steady yourself.

“I promise I won’t read it,” Maria said, holding up the sheets of notebook paper and pen she had managed to find. You took what she was handing out to you, albeit hesitantly. She also found an envelope and put it on the counter next to you, giving you another reassuring look, “Look, Y/N. I can’t tell you what to do. I’m not even going to lie and say that I don’t want this to happen, you and Billy. Because I do. But, I saw the way you were glowing when the two of you were together. You were happy. You deserve to give this a shot, you deserve a chance at happiness.” 

“You should be a motivational speaker, Maria,” you muttered, mustering up a smile to offer in return for her pep talk. “Yeah,” she replied sarcastically, “Once the kids turn 18 and I can quit my day job.” You giggled as Maria slipped past you, giving you privacy to ‘shoot your shot’ according to her.

Dear Billy,

I’m really only writing this because Maria is making me. I mean- I wanted to write to you, but I wasn’t really sure if that’s something you would have liked me to do. I tend to hold myself back a lot because of that. 

But here I am, shooting my shot through the lost art of letter writing as Maria likes to say, the first part at least. By the way, she knows about our… practicing. Lisa is a snitch. Totally not to be trusted.

Things here are pretty normal. Normal as can be. Work is work, and I spend a lot of time with Maria and the kids. I really should get friends my own age. Ha. Well, Maria isn’t that much older than me, but don’t tell her I said that. We’re both 29 until we die. 

The holidays are coming up, Halloween was fun with the kids. Frank Jr. wanted to be a soldier, but he didn’t because Lisa said it wasn’t just a costume, it was something bigger. She’s definitely Frank’s kid. They ended up going as Ghostbusters. And getting their candy confiscated for fighting on November 1st. Yep, definitely Frank’s kids.

I’m probably going to spend Thanksgiving with them. With Frank gone, Maria needs me. The kids like having me here, or maybe it’s just that I make a decent pecan pie. Wish you were here. And Frank too. 

I’ve never really had someone to miss, but I do miss you. Is that cool with you?

Love, Best,

Y/N

And that was that. You folded up the single sheet of paper neatly and slid it into the envelope, sifting through the kitchen drawer Maria had gone through before to find some tape to seal the envelope shut. “Don’t trust my mom?” Lisa called out, drawing your attention to her figure standing by the door. She looked so much like her mom, arms crossed over her chest, but that smile was all Frank. “I honestly don’t trust anyone in House Castle with anything other than my life,” you replied back matter-of-factly. “Good call,” Lisa said with a knowing smile, walking over to lean against the counter near you as you carefully wrote out Billy’s name on the envelope. “I think he’ll write back,” Lisa said simply. You were taken aback by her tone, you blamed the black and whiteness in her perspective on her age. It seemed so simple to kids, kiss a guy and bam, you’re together. It wasn’t as simple as that. Was it?

“You think?” you murmured, your fingers running over the corners of the envelope, still doubting whether you were doing the right thing. “He’d be stupid not to,” Lisa replied, giving you a shrug as if that were that. This time, you weren’t bothered by the plainness of her tone, but instead felt a surge of warmth spreading in your heart, highlighted optimism. “Right,” you repeated with a smile, “He’d be stupid not to.”

Turns out, Billy Russo was not an idiot. He did write back. The letter came, taped up, in the same envelope as one of Frank’s letters. “I didn’t know my husband knew how to write a letter,” Maria had joked, slipping the letter to you after brunch a week after Thanksgiving, “Turns out, Billy was the one who pushed him to it. Something about the lost art of letter writing.” 

You were so giddy, you ended up walking over to a nearby coffee shop. You were too afraid you’d be unable to wait until you got home to open the letter, so ten minutes after parting ways with Maria, you were settled at a corner table in a small coffee shop with a hot mocha and Billy’s letter.

Hey Y/N,

Cool opening. Much chiller than yours, you noted.

I already thought I shot my shot with you, but I guess kissing you wasn’t a clear enough hint that I like you? And Lisa wouldn’t have told if you had bribed her the way I do, but that’s a secret that stays with me. You’ll have to find your own way with Lisa. She’s a smart kid.

I’d say that things are normal here too, but there’s nothing normal about being out here. It’s normal for me, but I don’t think anybody else can understand that. And that’s alright, y’know? 

God, I do miss pie. Make me some when I get back, will you? It’s the food I miss, the food and the beer. And Maria and the kids, of course. And you. Is that weird?

I guess not. Frank misses Maria. I think I miss you like that. So, it’s fine by me if you miss me. If you want to miss me via e-mail so I can miss you even faster, that’s also fine by me. Hear from you soon, yeah?

Billy

He even closed out his letters in a cool way! You mentally cursed yourself for crossing out that damn love you had written, hoping he hadn’t been able to make out your mistake. After you moved on past your embarrassment, you quickly typed in the email address he had written on the bottom of the letter, typing out a quick message to him.

You nearly pressed sent too, but you held back, finger hovering over the send button. 

Hey Billy! Y/N here, as you can probably see as my e-mail address is my first and last name put together. Good point, we should be living in the 21st century and using e-mail. Then again, in the age of texting, e-mail writing is also a lost art of sorts. 

And I know what you mean. I just like knowing that you’re well, as well as you can be. I’d like you to come home in one piece, if that’s not too much to ask.

Also, will you tell me your Lisa taming secret for $1 million? 

You sighed, wondering if the rules of courtship applied to whatever this was with you and Billy. Twenty long mocha-sipping, barista probably thinks you’re crazy minutes later, you finally hit send. You figured he wouldn’t see the e-mail that quickly anyway, and that rules weren’t real and meant nothing. Just as quickly, you checked your sent folder to see if it had in fact really sent and thanks to the blessing of wireless internet, the e-mail had in fact sent. You then began refreshing your e-mail on your phone, sitting with the strange anticipation of a reply. Another five minutes of that, and you finally headed out to your car after no reply came, dialing Maria’s number at the same time.

“Of course there’s no reply,” Maria’s voice called out over the phone, “You just sent the damn e-mail, Y/N!” “I know,” you whined back, signalling your turn before slumping in the driver’s seat of your car. “Now I want to know what he wrote,” Maria commented offhandedly, and you imagined her leaning over her kitchen counter to stare out the window as she talked you down over the phone. “Over my dead body,” you muttered, to which Maria laughed out loud. “Just hold on, Y/N,” she assured you, “Just hold on.”

Maria was right. Well, she usually almost always was. Billy’s reply came a few days later, and you had practically jumped out of your office chair while at work when the notification popped up.

I’ll try and come back in one piece, but no guarantees. Also, when was e-mail writing ever an art? I thought it was always something painful adults had to do. Even thinking of the word “regards” makes me sick.

Tell me more about how things are for you, work, friends, anything. I want to know more about you.

And I would not sell you my Lisa taming secret for all the money in the world.

You bit back a smile, hoping that no one around the office was looking at you grinning at your phone screen like an idiot. Sure enough, no one was and you reread Billy’s e-mail several times over. And you couldn’t help but smile every time you did.

Over the next weeks, you and Billy e-mailed back and forth with an occasional Skype call in between. The first time you saw him on a screen was when Maria was Skyping with Frank and Billy popped in the background while you were saying hi to Frank. 

“Hey stranger!” Billy called, the image of him grainy but sure enough, it was him. “Hey!” you called, your voice immediately brighter than it was a second ago and you caught Maria and Frank giving each other a look. “We can go, y’know, if the two of you want some privacy?” Frank teased as Maria snickered. “Real mature,” you muttered, playfully smacking Maria’s shoulder.

The next time Billy e-mailed you, he gave his Skype ID so that the two of you could talk sans Castle intrusion. 

“Hey you!” you called, seated on the floor of your living room as your laptop rested on your coffee table. You had a cozy sweater on, keeping you warm in the midst of the rainstorm outside. It had been pouring for days nonstop, and while it meant no snow to shovel, it was hardly weather to match the cheery-ness of the holiday season.

“Hey sweetheart,” Billy replied, his lips moving in the video a second before the sound processed but you didn’t care. This was the next best thing to having him there. “How was that office Christmas party?” Billy asked, referencing an awful Secret Santa you had been to just two days earlier. “I got a nice set of hot pink oven mitts from this lady in accounting,” you bragged, your eyes wide in exaggeration. Billy laughed and the sound was truly music to your ears, “Hold onto those for me. They sound like they’re just my style.” “Yeah,” you muttered, “And I’ll get you those eyelashes you can put on your car, too.” Billy shook his head at you, unable to push back the smile from his face.

“It’s weird, y’know?” he said suddenly, shifting a bit in his seat. It caught you by surprise, you were telling him about the presents at the party that were so bad that they were good, and the smile dropped from his lips as he spoke. “Secret Santa?” you asked slowly, confused at the sudden change. “No,” he said, shaking his head. “I’ve never had anybody like this to talk to,” he said, hands moving to gesture towards the camera. “Mari-” you began before he cut in. “Nah,” he shook his head, “Not like that. Someone who’s mine.” A silence came over you, the weight of his words hanging in the air as you looked at him at the screen. You thought for a second the screen froze, but Billy blinked his eyes. “Did it freeze?” he said softly, after you hadn’t responded or moved. You shook your head, slowly at first. The sound of the heavy rain against your window were a tell-tale sign, but you weren’t sure of what to say at first. “No,” you replied back, just as softly. “I’m sorry, Y/N,” he said, the regret apparent in his eyes, “I didn’t me-” You cut in, “No, I want you to mean it like that, Billy. I want to be somebody for you. I just didn’t know how you felt, and I’m too afraid I’ll overstep something, some kind of boundary…” Billy laughed softly, the skin around his eyes crinkling up the way it did when he really smiled, “You’re an idiot. You and me both. We let dumb shit like this hold us back.” You couldn’t help but mirror his laugh, the tension sliding off your shoulders, even as the storm didn’t let up outside, “No more dumb shit.” “No more,” he repeated, “Just us.” For the first time since that kiss the night of the party at the Castle’s home, you felt at peace. The sound of the rain was now comforting, the pitter-patter against your window now soothing you as you smiled at Billy’s image on the screen. “Just us,” you said softly, “Us.”

[valician]

Nostalgicons - Set 102 Part 1 / 2

The Sims 2 Mini Guides

Apple Pro Speakers

Firewire Hard Drive Enclosure

Lisa Frank Pony Notebook

Early GBA Game Boxes

[fruit-punk]

💖giveaway time!!💖

super excited to announce my first follower appreciation giveaway! i’ve wanted to do one for so long so here you are!

prizes include :

🌟two lisa frank stationary sets

🌟one holographic lined journal

🌟one mini lined notebook (handmade by me!)

🌟fifteen puffy sticker sheets

🌟fifteen iwako collectible erasers

🌟one collectible lisa frank lipgloss set

🌟one trick or treat candy goodie bag

i will pick one winner on november 1st!

you much have messages open and be comfortable giving me your address so i can ship the prizes to you!

each reblog counts as an entry and you must be following me! (this is for follower appreciation!)

bonus entry if you also follow my artwork here and/or here!!!

good luck and thank you all for being so amazing 💖 

p.s. i may add some surprise items as the drawing gets closer!

[kitcat992]

what was your 1st fanfiction and when did you write it?

I suppose that depends on your definition of fanfiction. ‘Cause I wrote a lot of trash in my Lisa Frank notebook before Fanfiction.net was even created. I think a lot of it was just for the cartoons I watched – I definitely wrote something for the Aladdin animated movie ‘cause I remember dying of embarrassment when my sister found it.

My first “published” (LMAO) work on Fanfiction.net was in the Spider-man comic section. The Ultimate series had just come out (circa 2000?) and I became obsessed with this mini-story line they did where Spider-man was shot. So of course I wrote this nonsense garbage AUing the outcome. Surprisingly enough a few years later Sam Raimi’s movie came out and I was unhealthily obsessed with reading fanfiction after that. I legit would print out fanfiction, put it in my binder and take it to school for reading. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 My weirdness started at a young age and I was doomed from that point forward!

[rampyourvoice]

Planners & Disability: When Two Worlds Collide Effortlessly

Planners & Disability: When Two Worlds Collide Effortlessly

Photo of a few planner supplies: a mini sized discbound planner with a big crystal pen, a sticker of my likeness sipping wine, and a postcard of a bluosh-purple crystal.

My fondness for all things stationery began as a child. Pens, notebooks, journals, stickers, markers – you name it, I loved it. Lisa Frank everything – had to have it. At the height of the gel pens hype, I had all sorts of…

[theworldofmycreations]

Amos Oc's Christmas Lists (For the other cannons) (Part 1)

for my friend @amos.martinez.105

Lilly's Christmas List

.Rapunzel Animators Collection Doll

.Mini Rose Growing Kit

.Magic Plant Growing Kit

.Pillow Pets Sweet Scent Lavender Lamb

.Rapunzel T-Shirt

.Color Your Own Stained Glass Night Lamp for Kids

.Connect 4

.Rainbow Loom Kit

.Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Umbrella

.Tangled Puzzle

.Tangled Lego Set

.Merry Mint Bunny Build a Bear Plush

.Sunny Patch Croquet Game Set

.Plush Baby Rapunzel Doll with Blanket Pouch

.Rapunzel WET Tangle Brush

Sebastian's Christmas List

.Blues Clues and You Blue Pillow Pet

.Mickey Mouse Build a Bear Plush

.Mickey Mouse Toy Barbecue Grill

.Batman Trampoline

.101 Dalmatians Puzzle

.Leapfrog Learning DVDs

.Mickey Mouse Bandaids

.Blues Clues and You Books

.Toy Cash Register

.Blue Clues and You Playset

.Thomas the Tank Engine Ride-On Toy with Tracks

.Eric Carle Books

.Batman Apron

Audrey's Christmas List

.Sherlock DVDs

.Decomposition Notebooks

.Colorful Fountain Pens

.White and Purple Ice Skates

.Virgo Zodiac Sign Socks

.Sherlock Holmes Book Set

.Pottery Barn Bunny Rabbit Backpack

.Cherry Blossom Zucca Backpack

.Sherlock Holmes Charm Bracelet

.London Telephone Booth Piggy Bank

.Spirit Horse Pillow Pet

Leo's Christmas List

.TMNT 2012 Build a Bears

.TMNT Blanket

.TMNT Action Figures

.Soccer Ball

.Jungle Book Action Figures

.RC Car

.Green Boxing Gloves

.Soccer Goal

.Crayola TMNT Coloring Book with Stickers

.Crayola Crayons

.Dynamo Lab Kit

.Blue Mesh Soccer Jersey

.Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD Pack

.Air Brush TMNT Shirt

.Toy McDonalds Kitchen

Maeve's Christmas List

.Basketball

.A Sewing Machine and Fabric

.Easy Bake Oven

.Belle Build a Bear

.Llama Pillow Pet

.Baseball Helmet, Bat, Mit, and Baseballs

.Dairy Queen Blizzard Maker

.Belle Apron

.Disney Piano Song Book

.Pink and White Ice Skates

.Solar System Embrodery Kit

Blake's Christmas List

.Lightning McQueen Pillow Pet

.Cars Lego Duplo Set

.Paw Patrol ATV

.Toy Tool Bench

.Incredibles Pajamas

.Drum Set

.Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway Train Whistle

.RC Train Set

.Paw Patrol Little Golden Books

.Crayola Chalk

.Train Conductors Hat

.Toy Dinosaurs

Emmett's Christmas List

.Lion King Blanket

.Lion King Book

.Shark Build a Bear

.Lion King Coloring Book

.Doctors Kit

.Toy Dump Truck

.Playdough

.Melissa and Doug Toy Bricks

.Wind Up Robot

.Ducktales Bed Sheets

.Taco Pajamas

Miles's Christmas List

.Into the Spiderverse T-Shirt

.Into the Spiderverse Poster

.AC/DC Dog Tag Necklace

.Knight Costume

.Sonic Blanket

.Dragon Wall Stickers

.Toothless Build a Bear

.Ramen Themed Water Bottle

.Dragon Kite

.Beef Flavored Ramen Pack

.Into the Spiderverse Jacket

.Into the Spiderverse Earbuds

Isabella's Christmas List

.Cinderella Build a Bear

.Cinderella Night Gown

.Lisa Frank Coloring Books

.Lisa Frank Notebooks

.Unicorn Figurines

.Clifford Pillow Pet

.Clifford Books

.Strawberry Squishables Plush

.Unicorn Tea Set

.Cinderella T-Shirt

.Dragon Tales School in the Sky Playset

.Cinderella Musical Jewlery Box

.Dragon Tales Puzzle

Mateo's Christmas List

.Spongebob T-Shirt

.Cheeseburger Notebook

.Playdough Cheeseburger Kitchen Creations Set

.Spongebob Stickers

.RC Sonic Car

.Mario Castle Playset

.Mario Cap

.Sonic 2020 Movie DVD

.Spongebob Build a Bear

.Crayola Cheeseburger Sun Catcher Kit

.Spongebob Bubbles

.Little Critter Books

Oliver's Christmas List

.Graph Paper Notebooks

.Pencils

.Iron Man Build a Bear

.KNex Sets

.Yellow Soccer Ball

.Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man Lego Set

.Iron Man Pajamas

.Rocket Launching Set

.Colored Pencils

.Iron Man Sweater

Charlotte's Christmas List

.Aristocats Marie Blanket

.Pink Soccer Ball

.Markers

.Cosmic Kitty Pillow Pet

.Notebooks

.Hello Kitty Watch

.Colorful Leopard Build a Bear

.Hairbows

.Crystal Growing Kit

.Creative Cosmetics Lab Kit

.Colorful Crystal Bedsheets

.Lab Coat with Iron On Diamond Patches

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

Lisa Frank Mini Notepads

1990s

Found on Ebay, user garsamw0

Is that a cheetah or a leopard?? I even have cheetah/leopard print in one of my tattoos and I still don't know lol. I don't actually like this print, I was just a drunk y2k emo girl who didn't think out her tattoos lol. The little critter on this notepad is adorable though!

[televinita]

Digging into all the nooks and crannies to clean stuff out before I get married, opened the lower half of a cabinet I haven’t opened in 2 years because I’ve had a storage container + heavy stacks of books blocking it. I COULD simply take a photo...OR I could list all the items of interest.

(One way LJ is superior to Tumblr is that instead of “keep reading” you could be clicking text inside these parentheses that says 'obviously we’re not going to do it the short way’)

3 boxes of beads: one of which is a professional clear divider-style box, one of which is a Lisa Frank box featuring the brown horse (and including most of the original Lisa Frank beads it came with), and one of which is a totally 90s pink Clik Cooler personalized with my name

Three 3-ring binders full of printed-off fanfic

A 3-ring binder stuffed full of (empty) plastic sheet protectors, because I found it that way at Goodwill for $3 and I am ABSOLUTELY NEVER gonna let that gold mine go, even if I haven’t yet figured out what preciousness I’m going to preserve in those sheets.

More 3-ring binders: childhood artwork, 2 that are...empty??, my pop-culture-magazine-clippings scrapbook

A BUNCH of old notebooks from school that are kept half because of their nice neat notes and half because they all still have empty pages remaining and you can always use notebook pages

15-inch-high stack of my beloved late 90s/early 2000s teen magazines (and a few other 90s magazines)

Four planners from high school/college. They are historical treasure troves; like even if I didn’t have journals, these are such a good record of my life.

See also: the hip-hop-happenin’ mini calendar loaded with important events from the year I graduated high school/started college.

Old VHS tapes of stuff I recorded off TV that I believe one day I will be able to watch again.

Five DVDs and 5 CDs I forgot I had. Also, cool, that’s where Zoo Tycoon went.

A palm tree top from the 1990s Barbie Hawaiian Luau set. The box with the rest of it is deep in the attic.

A 3-D wall hanging

Bananagrams

Unopened package of CD-Rs (20)

Wildlife Adventure box of fact cards, #1 source of all my wild animal knowledge age 6-8

3 boxes of floppy disks (which all...HAD data on them when I stored them. Probably 100% corrupted at this point even if I had a floppy drive installed. I want to believe that I also backed their info up on CD-RWs but I can’t be sure of that.)

The original specially designed Amazon box that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came in.

A hilariously ironic book about how to declutter.

[melyaliz]

Our Kids pt. 1

Summary: Lisa knows they can’t stay there, especially with how uncontrollable her brother’s powers are. 

Backstory: Lisa and Frances were adopted by Tim Drake and Faith after they found them living on the streets. 

Notes: This month I am going to do requests and this Next Gen series.

Or that’s the plan ATM but we’ll see how long this lasts lol.

Eric and Sofie are @speedypan

First few days were good. Frances kept his head down and counted when he was feeling his powers building up. Normally if he went backward from 20 it helped him. If that didn’t help he would count the time till he would see Lisa.

Only 1.24 hours till he could see Lisa again.

Gotham Academy held all grades so it was easy to run from the Elementary to the High School where Lisa was. Normally this was when they had a free period or lunch.

Today though, the counting wasn’t working. Neither was the other distractions he always tried. Collin had suggested keeping his fingers moving the motion would help distract himself. “Also keep your mind focused” the older boy had added winking at Britney “find something distracting to keep your mind occupied.” The girl had just rolled her eyes giving her new cousin his phone back.

“My number is in the emergency contacts. Just text or call ok.”

But it wasn’t working. He could feel the energy pulsing through his body like a heartbeat. Fast and furious trying to break free.

“Deep breaths.” Frances thought, “in and out” the energy started to pulse around him causing his hair to stand on end.

******

“So just add Y to solve for X…” The teacher droned on as Lisa scribbled on her notebook. Why did his voice have to be the most mellow sound ever? Her pencil tapped on her desk as she tried to wrap her mind around all these alphabetic letters that were being used as numbers. Part of her wishing she was still on the streets fighting for her life. At least the numbers were numbers.

It happened all at once. The air became dry, static energy flowing like currents through the air. The girl in front of her, Ashley, a hand went through her suddenly frizzy hair. Lisa frowned as she watched papers and notebooks start to float into the air. Shit, Frances.

She hadn’t felt the energy this bad since… well since they had almost gotten mugged by those henchmen two years ago. Jumping up Lisa looked around wildly. The teacher paused studying her.

“Yes?”

“I… Bye” Dashing out she heard the teacher calling after her.

******

Eric sighed leaning back in his chair, today was one of those days. Long and never-ending. He frowned as he noticed a small mass of lint float into the air. It was oddly thick. The way it danced in the light it almost looked like snow frozen in the air. Little clouds of white gathering together like they were about to rain down a mini thunderstorm.

Then his eye caught Lisa dashing down the hall.

Shoot something was up.

******

She found him in the bathroom of the Middle school. Crouched down in the corner shaking.

“Frances?” The small boy looked up with bright pleading eyes. Sparks of color flickering across his normally dark brown eyes. Slowly his sister walked toward him kneeling down before taking his hands in hers.

“Come on, focus”

“I can’t” the energy flowing through his body making small sparks like static electricity spark around them. Little rainbows of color. The door opened again to the sound of Eric and Red.

“What’s going on?”

It started the boy as another wave of energy burst from him. Flowing from his hands onto Lisa shooting up the girl’s arm. The sound was like a sicking crack as her bone split in two through her skin.

Lisa cried falling back with the sheer force. The pain so intense she almost passed out. Eric was at her side in an instant his hand out toward Frances who looked on in horror.

“Hey wow, buddy focus.”

“Frances?” May’s voice said walking gently up to him. “Try breathing ok.”

Red’s eyes glowed behind her, “Yeah focus, I can help.”

“NO!” Frances said floating his back against the cold wall of the bathroom. His eyes wide with horror as May walked closer. “I can hurt you.” Rainbows of light leaking from hands like raindrops burning the ground around him. The smell of burnt plastic and rubber filled the air.

“You can’t hurt me see,” May said taking the younger boy’s wrists. “My bones are made of rubber, they can’t break.”

“May” Red warned as he tried to gain control of the younger boy’s mind. The energy seemed to push him back like a wall. It almost felt like Red was bashing his skull against it, over and over as he tried to gain access. He tasted blood on his lips as he pushed harder. They didn’t truly know what France's could do but they were in the school and if something truly bad happened a lot of people could get hurt.

“You can do this” May whispered.

“No, No!” the younger boy screamed pushing the girl away from the energy cracking angrily around him. It was a blur. Antoinette grabbing her siblings and friends dashing them out of the bathroom as it exploded.

Lisa screamed pushing away from Eric as she tried to stand. She felt herself growing weak as she fell back. Eric studying her. She felt nauseous like she was going to throw up. Looking down Lisa noticed the blood all over her new shirt Gigi had just gotten her. Her arm limps at her side.

“OH MY GOD LISA!” Britney’s voice ran out as she rushed toward the girl. Lisa struggling to fight her way toward the bathroom to no avail. She was so weak.  

“Where is he?”

“Who? What’s going on?” Britney asked turning to Eric who sighed rubbing his head.

“Frances, his powers…”

“Sofie got him,” Antoinette said coming up behind them. “I made her teleport him somewhere deserted, most of the blast went there. They are at Faith’s now”

That was all Lisa remembered as her world grew black. That and the sound of Britney yelling her name.

Lisa found herself in her bed a cast on her arm. Faith and Frances sitting next to her.

“We thought you would be more comfortable at home so we had the doctor come here,” she told her as Frances rushed at his sister hugging her. Tears in his eyes. A million “I’m sorry” falling from his lips. To see him this way broke her heart just a little more.

This wasn’t his fault.

Hours later she sat on her bed looking over her bag. They would have to go again. She knew that. There was no way they could stay. Even if Faith and Tim let them stay she knew they couldn’t. It just wouldn’t work.

Lisa knew Frances would be upset. He had grown attached to Tim and Faith. He liked the other kids they had become friends with. Memories of him asking her if they could stay played at her heart as she added a few stolen knives into the bag.

But they could take him away. She could lose him.

There was no other way. They had to go. This was their life.

Always on the run.

“Hey, just thought I would check up on you.” Lisa spun around pulling her pocket blade out. Eric laughed putting his hands up.

“Easy there Inigo Montoya”

“What?”

“Nothing, what’s with the bag?”

“Nothing?” she said mimicking his tone. Trying to be nonchalant as she shifted on her feet, her green eyes not meeting his.

“Going camping? ‘

“You should always have a bag packed.”

Eric laughed again looking at the bag, “Why? Is Godzilla going to take over the City?”

“Who?”

“Wow, we need to have a movie night. We should probably start with the classics. Have you seen Finding Nemo? I feel like you would like that one.”

Lisa sighed, he wasn’t going to leave, was he. “I can’t stay for a viewing, we are leaving tonight.”

“What? Why?”

“We can’t stay, they might take Frank away from me.”

“Who?”

“Them”

“Who is them? My parents can help, they are heroes.”

Lisa felt her heart rase. No, no heroes, no people. No help. Just run. They would just try to help. Lock Frances up, like that doctor when he was 5. He had said he wanted to help, like these people. But he wanted to take her brother away. So she had left him bleeding out on the floor as they once again ran away.

No one was taking him away again. She would kill them all if she had to. She had done it before and she would do it again.

“Wow calm down, you're shaking,” Eric said reaching out only to have the knife pulled on him again. This time it nicked his arm.

“NO!” Lisa screams, “You’re not taking him away from me! I won’t let you hurt him!”

“Calm down” the redhead yelled dogging another jab before grabbing her wrist pulling her forward causing her to drop her blade. Then quickly he twisted her around pulling her hand behind her back. “Breath!” he hissed in her ear, “No one is trying to hurt you or your brother.”

Lisa tried to pull away but he was stronger than her and she had a broken arm. She didn’t realize she was on the ground crying until she felt Eric’s grip loosen.

“I promise,” Eric said, “I won’t let anyone take him away from you. You are both safe here.”

They both sat, not really saying anything. Just telling Lisa cry. After a while, there was a soft knock on the door before Faith’s face peeked in.

“Oh hello Eric, I thought I heard your voice. Lisa would you like to come down. Frances wants to show you something.” Lisa nodded slowly standing.

Her brother was sitting at the dining room table with Jennifer. The older woman was laughing at something and Frances beamed up at her before going back to something on the table.

“Oh Lisa,” Jennifer said looking up at the girl. Frances looked up before putting his arms around something.

“It’s not ready yet!” he said

“Why not show her what you have so far?” the woman asked gently, “I think she wants to see something pretty.” Frances looked down at the item he was hiding deliberating in his mind before letting out a small sigh of defeat.

“Fine.” slowly he opened his hands to show a small wolf made out of clay, “Jennifer is showing me how to make art, to help me focus. I made you a wolf  and I’m going to add rainbows like your stickers.”

Lisa smiled taking a seat across from him on the table. “I love it,” she whispered looking around at the people in the dining room. Eric leaning in the doorway. Faith coming back in with a few glasses of ice cream for everyone. Jennifer playing with her lump of clay which looked something like a bird. Frances, a huge smile on his face as he focused on his creation. Eyes never wavering as he molded the clay in his hands. He was so happy, so calm.

Maybe they could stay here.

At least for a few more weeks.

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*Some links included in this post are referral links or links to my own Avon e-store. Signing up or purchasing through these links will benefit me by way of “points” from Ipsy or commission from Avon. Other links are simply links to products that I found in case you are interested in them.*

Today I am exploring the Unboxing of my April Glambag. If you would like to receive a Glambag every month for just $10, sign up here!

This month’s Glambag was a really great one!

First of all, the bag itself is extremely cute. Besides the Halloween bag (of course), it is my favorite one so far! It also seems sturdier than previous bags, since it feels like a thick, plasticky material rather than just printed cloth like they often are. I’m not a big fan of the coral orange kind of color, but I can deal with it for the adorable ticket design. It takes me right back to theatre in high school, which was an amazing time.

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The first item to come out of this Glambag was this Tonymoly Liptone Lip Care Stick in Rose Blossom. I have really liked all of the lip balms and lip treatments that I’ve gotten from Ipsy. I’ve never tried anything from Tonymoly before, but I see it in Ulta and on Hollar and a lot of it looks really cute. It is a rose scent that I really enjoy, and this first week of trying it out has been really nice. It is not anything miraculous, but it is a perfectly good lip balm with a pleasant scent.

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This Seychelles hand and nail cream from The White Company was the next item to come out of my Glambag. I don’t think I had ever heard of The White Company (and seriously, what a name choice… weird) before, but this product smells nice. It is not a very strong or lasting scent and, honestly, the feeling is not nearly as silky or long-lasting as my favorite Avon hand creams, which are also way more affordable! So, this is a cute little mini to try and smells nice, but, in the end, I will probably end up giving it to a friend or somebody because I have plenty of my favored Avon kinds and scents.

This nail duo from Meg is a super-cute, Ipsy Limited Edition neutral Twin Nail set. I was happy with the colors–the gray is a lavender kind of shade, which I am in love with. I’ve never been much for brown or beige tones in my nail polish, but this one is so neutral and cool that I am willing to try it, though I haven’t yet. I think that they are an unexpected but cute pair together so I might use the beige/tan tone as an accent nail or nail art of some kind to make me more comfortable with trying it out. I have worn the gray shade and it went on smoothly and lasted a while, so I am happy with this product.

This black liquid eyeliner from Jesse’s Girl was the fourth item in April’s Glambag. I am always happy to have another black liquid liner on hand because I use them every single day! The tip is comparable to my favorite Superextend from Avon, though it does not seem to be quite as black or as easy to apply over eyeshadow–do you know what I mean? That extra little tug when it is applied over shadow instead of just on a bare lid? Being not as deep or as black when applied over a color? That is the downside of this little baby. I will, of course, use it up, but I am not 100% impressed so far.

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My final product–and the one that I am most excited about–is this adorable brush from Glamour Dolls! I am not normally that excited for the brushes I get from Ipsy, but this one made my heart sing! I have seen the information about this Lisa Frank collaboration for a while now and can’t believe that I actually got this brush–it instantly takes me back to elementary and middle school when the folders and notebooks and other supplies were everything! I haven’t tried it out yet (partly because it’s so pretty and partly because I don’t wear blush super often, oops), but it is super soft and seems fairly densely packed. The metal section of the brush is even a cute rose gold!

  What do you think of my April Glambag? Totally worth the $10, right? Did you get any of the same things if you get a Glambag? Any suggestions for my products?

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today. Have a lovely Monday!

xoxo,

Ipsy Glambag Unboxing, April 2017 *Some links included in this post are referral links or links to my own Avon e-store.

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Planners & Disability: When Two Worlds Collide Effortlessly

Planners & Disability: When Two Worlds Collide Effortlessly

Photo of a few planner supplies: a mini sized discbound planner with a big crystal pen, a sticker of my likeness sipping wine, and a postcard of a bluosh-purple crystal.

My fondness for all things stationery began as a child. Pens, notebooks, journals, stickers, markers – you name it, I loved it. Lisa Frank everything – had to have it. At the height of the gel pens hype, I had all sorts of…

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Abyss Habidecor striped bath mat, $265 / Organic pillow case / Landscape wall art / Veratex leopard bedding / NOVICA wood table / White furniture, $3,420 / Rainbow rug / Rainbow beach towel / Rainbow wall art / Rainbow mug / Poppin 10-Pc. Soft-Cover Notebook Set / West Elm home decor / Kerenika bar tool / Croton water color painting / Forever21 Rainbow Mini Spiral Notebook / Trans Ocean indoor outdoor rug / Funboy vinyl couch, $170 / Missoni Home bath towel / Ceramic mug, $14 / 90's Holographic Glitter Rainbow Lisa Frank Lotus Fairy Planner / Glass coffee cup / Rainbow Sticky Notes / White home decor / Brown chair / Sunnylife battery light, $25 / Schylling colored light, $30 / Office accessory / Crystal figurine / Zipper pencil pouch, $33 / Thirstystone drinkware / Karlsson clock, $7.90 / Silken Favours traditional home decor / Fiesta mug / Mepra rainbow flatware / Bruck glass shade / Koncept wall lamp / Black home decor / Kuhn Rikon kitchen gadgets tool / Mobile home decor / Red pen / Writing pen, $2.63