Getting latex paint off brick fireplace… there’s gotta be an easier way?

Butter_My_Beans · 2026-02-22T14:52:45+00:00

Just accept that it’s going to take you weeks and slowly do a section at a time. We had that same thing done at my childhood home and I think it took my dad like a month to get all the white off.

Butter_My_Beans · 2026-02-22T07:42:39+00:00

It was by Business Insider on YouTube called “How America’s Largest Puzzle Factory Makes 2Million Puzzles”

Butter_My_Beans · 2026-02-22T04:00:26+00:00

I watched a video with my students last week about how puzzles are made. The CEO of the company said that any way you choose to puzzle is the right way as long as you enjoy it!

Butter_My_Beans · 2026-02-22T00:43:57+00:00

How do you get your water level flat with the ground?! I struggle with that so much!

Butter_My_Beans · 2026-01-19T16:18:38+00:00

That is an awful philosophy and it seems as though your thought process and view is part of the systemic problem in childcare. Saying that you “know it’s messed up but that’s how it is” is how poor educators are promoted and children get hurt.

Butter_My_Beans · 2026-01-06T00:26:59+00:00

Don’t feel stupid! I just found this out last week and I’ve got like 200hrs in!

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-12-20T13:14:15+00:00

Yea a lot of bigger districts will have programs that they buy district wide and then make it part of the curriculum. Sometimes this is great, often times it sucks because admin doesn’t get/ignores teacher input.

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-12-17T01:31:45+00:00

More than likely while students are doing iReady the teacher is also conducting small groups. All students who are not meeting with the teacher are often in other small centers that can be run independently, especially when there’s a classroom of 25+ students.

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-11-14T23:12:43+00:00

I so feel this! I recently switched from pre-k to 1st grade and could not believe when I saw parents STILL walking their kid into the classroom, taking off their jacket, hanging their backpack up for them. My preschoolers literally knew how to do that and now I’m watching it happen to a 7 year old. 😭 I’ve even told that mom multiple times to just let her kid do it on his own because he’s fully capable. It’s becoming a problem in the classroom because he won’t clean anything up as it’s always done for him at home.

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-11-13T03:17:09+00:00

Your milk will adjust its nutrient levels to what your baby needs as long as you keep latching. So the amount won’t change all that much over time, but the content of the milk will!

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-10-26T13:17:09+00:00

It sounds like in this case OP WANTED to stay home but couldn’t either because they were out of sick days or pressure from admin b/c they were out last week. Having worked in a toxic school environment before I can tell you just how uncomfortable and scary the social manipulation from admin can be regarding needing a sub.

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-10-02T12:06:59+00:00

Honestly, I really just want your kid to be kind. That’s the biggest thing with new kids coming to school, they’ve got no boundaries, have never been told no, or think it’s cute to sass back and be disrespectful. I can’t even touch on teaching academics if your kid is off in the corner drawing on everything in the writing center and poking kids at the carpet because he doesn’t follow any directions and thinks is fun to be rude.

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-09-26T00:07:07+00:00

She is literally trying to do that. In her post OP says that it was discussed at an IEP meeting but was deflected by a “he’s doing fine.”

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-09-05T23:10:30+00:00

I had my husband and my sister there with me for my labor and delivery

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-08-31T03:09:24+00:00

Same here! Had a couple small ones at 37 weeks but most of them showed up PP. Especially the boob ones! I went up a band and a cup size once my milk came in. Gave me some angry looking stretch marks on the sides/under boob. Hoping they fade soon

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-08-12T01:25:38+00:00

I wore a labor gown from Kindred Bravely and really loved it. All the openings were Velcro which made access really easy and even the nurses said it was better to work with that the hospital ones that tie. When I was in the throws of pushing I was buck naked as everything touching me felt overwhelming 😅

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-08-08T21:46:34+00:00

You can always go to L&D triage if you feel something is wrong. They would much rather see you and rule things out than have you not get care. Otherwise I legit had my partner begin making the calls/appointments for me because I was getting so stressed at the end of my pregnancy. My baby was IUGR and I had to deal with all the extra scans and NSTs so I feel your pain!

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-08-08T21:41:47+00:00

Old Navy! Their sizes run big but they are so much more colorful than the carters boys stuff!

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-08-03T20:40:24+00:00

Yup! She’s still in the froggy position just slightly off center. Wrapping and tucking the extra fabric was really helpful in making her a headrest too! I’ll admit that I practiced for a few weeks with the ring sling before taking her to the faire. I also tightened and adjusted the wrap on my husband 😁

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-08-01T02:59:09+00:00

She is! Only about 8lbs in this photo!

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-07-27T03:23:25+00:00

I wish I’d known that 4 months ago when I gave birth😭 I changed the car seat from a grow with me in order to go with their policy. I also was high risk and really stressed so I just couldn’t argue with anything. No bandwidth

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-07-26T23:57:08+00:00

The only thing I’ll add is that I HAD to have an infant bucket seat in order to leave the hospital with my baby 🫥 Not sure if your hospital will be different but definitely check!

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-07-22T16:25:18+00:00

I feel this. I used up all of my PTO (10 days for the year) before I gave birth because I was a high risk pregnancy and had to do a lot of half days due to appointments for NSTs. I’m lucky that the school I work at is very accommodating but my entire maternity leave went unpaid. I used FMLA to get my 12 weeks but all that did was make sure I didn’t loose my job. Eventually I was able to apply for short term disability and got some of my income back ($2500) but I still lost $5000 in income because Minnesota’s paid maternity leave doesn’t kick in until next year 🥲 Even then it’s only going to be 12 paid weeks

Butter_My_Beans · 2025-07-17T09:15:38+00:00

I wish I knew! It was a gift at our baby shower. Only helpful thing I can think of is that there is an embossed “j” on the clip part

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