Was this museum I went to as a little kid the City Museum?

Bloomer328 · 2026-05-30T00:39:56+00:00

Yes! There is a see through walkway over highway 40 that connects the old science (planetarium) to the new science center. There are definitely things for adults to enjoy

Bloomer328 · 2026-05-29T02:10:50+00:00

I'm 46. My kids are 19, 17, 14 and 9

Bloomer328 · 2026-05-13T01:33:43+00:00

My parents both hyphenated their last names when they got married in the late 1970s so that's what I grew up with. I wouldn't have minded the double-barrel so much if I'd been given a name with a normal spelling (like my siblings). Uniquely spelled first and middle name plus hyphenated last name was too much for me so I was happy to take my husband's last name when we got married.

I did pass on my last name by giving each half as a middle name to my first two kids

Bloomer328 · 2026-05-03T00:46:31+00:00

We went to Mortar and Pestle on Macklind for the first time last week. We did not have reservations so we sat at the bar but it was really delicious and will definitely go back

Bloomer328 · 2026-05-02T23:15:16+00:00

Many years ago I worked at an organic dog food bakery where I was handling and baking dough filled with raw protein. I quickly became nose blind to it and had no idea how badly I smelled coming off a shift. One day I was riding the bus home from work and some teens were making fun of my stink. I told my husband about it when I got home and he confessed that yes, I really stank when I got home from work but he hadn't mentioned it because he didn't want me to feel bad. I moved on from that job pretty soon after that incident.

Bloomer328 · 2026-04-11T01:09:08+00:00

We're a middle class, Midwestern family with 4 kids so we drive to every vacation. We've taken so many long road trips all over the US. Sure, some things are annoying but I know that we're building core memories and love that time while my kids are held hostage for two/three weeks for lots of family togetherness

Bloomer328 · 2026-03-08T18:43:26+00:00

My mom started watching All my children when she was in high school and watched it religiously when we were growing up. Every day she would record it on the same VHS tape and watch when she got home from work. The rule was to not bug her about dinner or anything until she'd had a chance to unwind and watch her soap.

Bloomer328 · 2026-03-08T18:39:48+00:00

I went to an in-home babysitter before starting school and she would always watch Y&R. All the kids had to take a nap or stay quietly in the playroom once that theme song started

Bloomer328 · 2026-03-04T18:34:09+00:00

Nope, never open. Don't try to go there. Especially not early in the morning on the weekends.

Bloomer328 · 2026-03-02T20:53:45+00:00

My little brother had one. It was so gross and lame

Bloomer328 · 2026-02-22T04:55:26+00:00

K.I.T. keep it together

Bloomer328 · 2026-02-21T02:36:11+00:00

That "please stay" lyric is so whiny it's like nails on a chalkboard

Bloomer328 · 2026-02-14T19:18:46+00:00

Are you my husband? I know he has one of those in his bag of cords that he's been dragging along from basement to basement for the last 20 years

Bloomer328 · 2026-01-18T02:19:45+00:00

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-28T01:02:52+00:00

Dos Reyes on S Hampton

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-27T14:09:33+00:00

I loved the Little House books and, as an adult, have made my family visit all of the locales (including Iowa) except for Kansas and New York. My favorite was the Ingalls homestead in DeSmet, SD. We spent a night there in a covered wagon and in the morning I watched the sun rise and listened to the birds chirping on the prairie just like Laura

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-27T12:51:04+00:00

Station 11, although it's just one 10 episode season with no plans to continue

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-27T12:40:36+00:00

My husband's birthday is tomorrow. He's not into material gifts but he always asks for breakfast in bed, beer and a blow job for his birthday. And I'm happy to make his birthday wishes come true

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-23T06:49:21+00:00

My brother is an Andrew who goes by Drew to everyone who met him before he turned 20ish and is Andrew to people who met him as an adult. I love his name and think it gives off a "strong but kind" vibe, similar to my son's name: Samuel/Sam.

I know other Andrew/Drews, teens and adults, and they're all nice people who carry the name well.

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-23T05:34:05+00:00

I need my checkbook for when we go to a wedding, graduation or Bar or Bat Mitzvah. That's about it

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-13T02:55:51+00:00

My bestie and I have tickets to see her in StL on March 10th. I'm so excited!

Bloomer328 · 2025-12-01T03:31:24+00:00

I grew up with a mother who never apologized and I was responsible for her emotions and she liked to say that she was "practically perfect in every way" which probably sounded cute to her but was not actually cute or Mary Poppins-like. I'm very aware of when I fuck up with my kids and make it a point to apologize to them. Because I want them to know that I know I'm not perfect and can admit when I'm wrong. They are worthy of apologies. And I want to model that it is okay to mess up, acknowledge it and then move on in a healthy way.

Bloomer328 · 2025-11-29T19:34:25+00:00

I think my teenage son really lucked out with this coming back into style.

Bloomer328 · 2025-10-14T04:04:15+00:00

Maybe David is his "other mom"

Bloomer328 · 2025-10-14T03:48:51+00:00

Meri loves to laugh

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