I really hate when stores put out their Christmas decorations out super early. I don't mean at the beginning of November, I'm talking about at the beginning of October looking at you Menard's . I mean, I also dislike them being out at the beginning of November but that's not as egregious to me since...

I prefer physical books but I will also read e-books. I absolutely cannot do audiobooks though. I have things on in the background as just noise to have while going about my day. If I turn an audiobook on, I won't be able to pay attention to it and then will miss so much of the story. People who can...

I have so many video games I need to play through. Connecting Amazon Prime to my Twitch account is great for that free subscription to a streamer but it also gives out free games so often that my backlog just keeps growing and growing and growing and growing . (And then I just play the same games I'...

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Happy, happy birthday Katherine!

Happy birthday!!

Happy birthday!!

So this year I'm taking Apparition for Beginners, Astrological Road Trip, Astronomy 101, Muggle Studies: Video Games, and Prophecies 101. I did struggle about if I wanted to take Parseltongue yet but ultimately decided not this term. I will take it eventually but not this time. While I'm stoked to s...

Thanks everyone! I had a great day

The Fault in Our Stars. I had people close to me read it and tell me it was so good and they cried so hard at the end so I was like "Oh goodness, this must be really good". Then I read it and went "Oh, this is actually disappointing" because I just didn't think it was that good. My friends were shoc...

I adore Hell's Kitchen and Master Chef too! I watch a lot of Great British Bake Off. The only other time I watch a reality show is if I'm watching reruns of The Osbournes or Viva la Bam or I'm at my parents' house and my mom has one of the Real Housewives shows on LOL

I freaking adore Judge Judy! There are some things I don't agree with her on but most of her responses to people trying to pull one over on her and the other person in court are always so good. I also really loved watching Judge Mathis when his court show was on TV and Divorce Court. I like them bec...

Oh I'm so bad about keeping up with learning how to do things. When I was a kid, a friend's mom taught us how to crochet and I really, really enjoyed it but I never really took the time as a kid to learn more. Now as an adult I'm always picking those crochet hooks and yarn up to try and finally lear...

It’s actually kind of hard to pick a favorite from this lesson! They’re all gorgeous and all of them are special to me. My high school class ring has a very gorgeous blue sapphire in it, my mom and one of my brothers' birthstones are topaz, my dad and two of my niece’s birthstones are opal, and one ...

Despite pearl being one of my birthstones, it's actually one of my least favorite gemstones. I just find it very boring though the process of culturing them in mollusks is actually pretty interesting (and I may read up more about that some time). Out of the rest of the gemstones from the lesson, I’l...

Oh this is fun to think about. I think with Gemstones 101 being offered this term that Luna would enjoy it. I also think Luna would take all the astrology classes we have on offer here.

I do agree that Hermione would take Magic in Famous Mysteries and probably enjoy it a lot (I know I did!).

Like I mentioned in my discussion post for lesson one, amethyst is my favorite gemstone. It was one of the first stones I remember looking up more about when I was a kid and just fell in love with the color of it. Purple became my favorite color because of this gemstone. There wasn’t any special rea...

I write an article for The HOwLer that's about gemstones (that did just start off with me doing the birthstone idea from the Idea Bank lol) and they're some of my favorite things to read about so I have a fair amount of knowledge prior to this class. I've always loved learning about them and when yo...

Heck yes new term!

I'm taking Advanced Potion-Making, Astrology and Harry Potter, Gemstone 101 (I am SO stoked for this class), Typography Basics, and Wand-Making!

Harry,

I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sending my love to y'all and your family. Like Emily said, no apologies needed for disappearing. HOL comes second to real life. Take your time in coming back even if its only a little bit at first.

<3 Anne-Marie