Cuddle Party

[ysabetwordsmith]

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes. Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime. So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace. Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. A nest full of colorful egg pillows sits in one corner. There is a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!

Hoppy Easter!  Decorate some eggs.  Or enjoy some colorful natural eggs (raw or hard-boiled).  Check out these recipes for eggs, chicken, duck, lamb, and spring vegetables.

Comments

[caera_ash]

I come bearing chocolate buttermilk cake brushed with orange marmalade with chocolate buttercream frosting, red bean mochi, and sweet tea. I desperately want want cuddles and to sleep. Don't make a large batch of mochi when you only have a small mortar and pestle, it leads to so much back and hand pain. I really hope my suitemate's class likes the mochi.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I come bearing chocolate buttermilk cake brushed with orange marmalade with chocolate buttercream frosting, red bean mochi, and sweet tea. <<

Ooo. Cake! :D

>> I desperately want want cuddles and to sleep. <<

I can make you a nest of cushions and blankets, and I will happily cuddle you.

>> Don't make a large batch of mochi when you only have a small mortar and pestle, it leads to so much back and hand pain.<<

Owie.

Hand rub? Hot rice bag? Aspirin? Chamomile tea?

[fuzzyred]

Ooo, chocolate cake! That sounds delicious.

Would you like someone to cuddle with in your nest? I am soft and fuzzy and like cuddles :)

Cuddles

[fuzzyred]

Fuzzy J wanders in wearing her fuzzy red bathrobe and short sleeves underneath, because it's warmer now. She has a lot of stuff with her today; a plate of brownies and a pot of turkey chili go on the table; knitting, strings and beads for bracelets, colouring books, pencils and crayons, blank drawing paper, a fidget cube and a mix of soft and bouncy balls all go in a neat pile on the crafting table.

J waves hello to everyone, then sits down and starts decorating easter eggs.

"Blah. Sooo bored at work today, I'm going to hang out here instead. Much more fun. If anyone wants a partner for games, I'm up for that today :)"

Re: Cuddles

[(Anonymous)]

Fuzzy J friend, I missed you! *glomps* just, h st hold me, cuddles yes, so many cuddles.

[jtthomas]

*A very tired blue-point Siamese cat walks in, curls up on a corduroy pillow, and falls asleep in the span of a few seconds.*

Just lift both me and the pillow into your lap and you'll have a purring machine, people.

Purring

[fuzzyred]

Fuzzy J sets her bracelet making supplies within reach, then lifts the cat and pillow into her lap. The bracelet will keep her hands busy and hopefully not disturb the cat, and maybe the purring will help calm me down some.

"Do you like petting, or would you just like to nap for now?"

[thewayne]

We're definitely going to need a BIG cuddle party if our house gets leveled by this wind storm today!

[fuzzyred]

Oh no! I hope your house holds up to the wind and that the wind dies down soon.

[redsixwing]

Yikes! Wishing you much safety and your house much strength.

[sweet_sparrow]

Eep! I hope your house (and all the other houses in the same situation) hold up and that the wind dies down!

[redsixwing]

Six comes in unaccompanied, in human form. Bare feet, loose soft trousers, shirt with a stick-figure drawing of a faceplanted bird and the loopy text, "Cuddle the Pigeon" and a hastily scrawled "they/them" sticker make up the rest of the ensemble.

I come bearing comfort food, for I could use some too. Posole, with optional red chili to put in, with and without pork. Thick, rough-ground corn bread, for those that prefer their corn to be not soup. I'll take some of those eggs, though! Eggs are good.

I am having an anxiety. I would like to not be having an anxiety. I'll be in the corner, making myself into a blanket burrito.

New food

[fuzzyred]

J wanders over to try this "Posole" even though she isn't quite sure what it is and snags some cornbread as well.

"It is most unfortunate that you are having an anxiety; that is really not pleasant. Would you like some cuddles, a fuzzy or bumpy pillow, or a weighted blanket? I can also give you as much space as you need, if you'd rather not have anyone close by."

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm sorry to hear about the anxiety. There is a nest with cuddles going on if you'd like to join.

Alternatively, I will sandbag anything that comes through the door attempting to bother you.

[sweet_sparrow]

*shies in carrying a pan of pumpkin soup half as big as she. puts it down when she finds a spot and grabs a set of labels and a pen to write down 'spicy' and 'pumpkin, carrot, celery, onion, black pepper, turmeric, ginger, garlic, cardamom, vegetable stock' then tucks both onto the lid*

Can I just... sit here quietly in a corner?

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Totally okay. Put up a "Do Not Disturb" sign if you wish.

*headshake* *sigh*

[(Anonymous)]

Guys.... don't faint at work, it causes so MANY problems..... someone hug me.

Re: *headshake* *sigh*

[ng_moonmoth]

*hugs* Hard? Medium? Soft? I can do whatever intensity you'd like.

Re: *headshake* *sigh*

[ysabetwordsmith]

*hugs*

*strolls in*

[ng_moonmoth]

It's a week early for Purim, but what the heck!

*sets out plate of hamantaschen; several flavors (apricot, prune, poppy -- is that cherry? Do I see some others) are apparent*

*pulls out a small keg labeled "Hard Cider"*

*heads for label table, grabs a green and a yellow figure, cuts out appropriate portions of the yellow figure and covers the upper chest and hips of the green figure*

*Writes "xe/xyr/xyrs/xyrself" across the hips, and "Anyx" across the chest*

I have come up with a name I think might work for me, and I'm trying it out. I came up with another name a while back, but recognized that it belonged to the identity that collected the gender-variant expressions I was indoctrinated out of. My core identity -- who I believe I am when I'm not pretending to be anyone else -- thinks it's a good fit.

*Grabs enough pillows for a nest, sets up in a well-lit corner, and opens the knitting bag.*

Our host's project is now on the needles. Right now, there's just a little bit of red, creamy white, and brown yarn cast on, and a roll of cross-stitch fabric getting the weave poked out in various places along the bottom. Don't be alarmed if what's going on isn't particularly clear; it's an experiment in progress.

Please feel free to offer or request cuddle of any sort. I will gladly set this down.

Re: *strolls in*

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> *sets out plate of hamantaschen; several flavors (apricot, prune, poppy -- is that cherry? Do I see some others) are apparent*<<

Yay, apricot!

>>*Writes "xe/xyr/xyrs/xyrself" across the hips, and "Anyx" across the chest*

I have come up with a name I think might work for me, and I'm trying it out. <<

Huh, cool.

>>Our host's project is now on the needles. Right now, there's just a little bit of red, creamy white, and brown yarn cast on, and a roll of cross-stitch fabric getting the weave poked out in various places along the bottom. Don't be alarmed if what's going on isn't particularly clear; it's an experiment in progress.<<

:D Thank you!

Re: *strolls in*

[redsixwing]

Cherry! *glee* Ohh and prune. Yum.

*takes some hard cider and some hamantaschen*

What an exciting thing to test. How do you pronounce the 'a' in Anyx?

*eyes the knitting* That looks fascinating. Would you like a hug, when you're at a stopping point?

Re: *strolls in*

[(Anonymous)]

*stays cuddled in our of the way of elbows and proc ads to get yarn-zen*

Cuddle Party !

[bunnylane74]

The still tatty ear bunny tugs in the little wagon with food. Is finally starting to rejoin the land of the living. One container of Southern Sweet tea, and one of Unsweetened. Galena Rub (no garlic) Smoked Ribs, and Southern cornbread with containers of butter, and honey butter, of course, Navajo Fry bread, and some choco chip cookies. Containers have labels of ingredients for safety sake. The bunny sets out the food and then labels self with a huggable sticker. and then faceplants on an empty pillow. The month is almost over.. I made it.

Re: Cuddle Party !

[ysabetwordsmith]

Ribs ... FRYBREAD! :D 3q3q3q!!!

*snuggles*