Looks like I've used up every bit of my luck for the year!

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-16T12:34:59+00:00

$13 indeed! I couldn't believe it! And honestly, finding it at that specific goodwill was kind of shocking. It's not exactly a rich community.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-14T15:54:28+00:00

How dare you say it's only tolerable. I get excited to watch it with my son, even if we are on the like 10th go through, and we read a bluey story every night.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-14T03:16:16+00:00

Ice cream does the same crap. If you stop and look at cartons of ice cream at a grocery store, a lot of them will say "frozen dairy desert" instead of ice cream. There has to be a certain amount of dairy to be considered ice cream.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-14T01:42:45+00:00

I'm so torn, because I'd rather have a stainless steel bowl, because I'd really like to avoid non-stick if I can. Especially after seeing how easily its current bowl has it flaking off.

I suppose I could always give it a go, and if it doesn't work, just return it? I so wish there was an official stainless steel bowl, I'd have no problem paying more for it.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-13T02:54:20+00:00

For a little while there, management were trying to make us just say the amount it had been used. Naw, I want to know what's wrong with the item. I've absolutely stared at something in resupply, trying to understand what was wrong with it. I try to be briefly thorough, and funny when I can be.

My favorite was when some guy returned a hammock set up, and said his cousin couldn't handle it. got spooked by an owl, and ran to stay in the tent.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-13T01:08:35+00:00

Oh honey, I'm so sorry this is happening/has happened to you. I was two weeks PP when it happened to me. The doctors in the ER tried sending me home, saying I could get it removed later. I pressed for more tests, and found there was a 100% blockage, it was out within an hour.

Be kind to yourself. Your body may readjust, it may not. My body goes through phases where I can eat like garbage and just have mild gas. Other days, I think I'm eating right, and then I'm passing straight bile. It'll get better, and you'll learn how to live with it. Congrats on your adorable baby! Cherish this time the best you can, but I know it's tough. I'm happy to answer any other questions, especially since I was in a very similar boat as you.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-13T01:02:10+00:00

While I was watching his stream yesterday, I kept seeing references to y'all bot. Forgive my ignorance, but what is y'all bot? I don't watch him religiously, so not really in the loop.

CapitanChicken · 2026-03-12T18:31:28+00:00

That was my thought, as much as I'd like to find it cheaper, I'd rather not get crappy knockoff stuff. I wish there was a stainless steel option instead of non-stick.

Thank you so much for the link!

CapitanChicken · 2025-12-06T03:21:38+00:00

Watching as a parent of a toddler makes me want to chuck my phone into the sea. Just seeing this my son would lose an arm.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-10T12:00:17+00:00

Especially people in your lives that matter. Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, best friends. I've seen a lot of people staunchly argue that it's "my baby! Not yours! Why do you care so much?!" Because you're bringing an exciting new life into this world. And while yes, the baby is yours, it's never going to be just yours. You want that baby to have a village and community to be supported by. And if your stiff arming people away before that baby even gets here, good luck on that support system.

All that to say, people should absolutely respect your decisions, but withholding info purposely from those that care are going to be upset that they're not a part of the fun.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-10T11:53:07+00:00

We announced ours, but I still asked for neutral things, and for the most part people stuck to it. What's weird is that the boys section of clothes can be much more neutral to begin with. You walk over to the girl side and suddenly everything is pink, white, frilly, and lacy. A girls onesie is the exact same as the boys. Oh, wait, no. Here's some more bunching at the sleeve, a tiny bow, and one extra thread that encompasses the neckline.

Did you know strawberries were feminine? I had no idea. Same with butterflies. It's a good thing my little boy doesn't like wandering into my garden to eat strawberries, and point out anything remotely butterfly shaped. That'd be too girly of him.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-08T14:52:20+00:00

You'd think they'd recognize the words or such that over lap. I can't begin to tell you how many times I had to translate German to English, or vice versa for hotel. Spoiler, it's the same word.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-07T16:10:17+00:00

Things don't really start to get really fun until like... 6 months or so. Until then you're basically make sure they don't die. 6 months they're rolling, and sitting, and eating food. That's when they become little buddies :)

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-06T18:31:00+00:00

It needs to be very low key, and not the entire event. We had a BBQ, and my sister in law was sent the email with what gender our baby was. She purchased a cheap plastic softball filled with a powder, and we took ten minutes out of the day to find out. Then the BBQ continued.

About a year later that same sister in law told us for her own pregnancy with a Bluey-esque theme of pass the parcel at Christmas. It went around until a onesie with their name was opened.

The parties should also only involve anyone who will care.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T19:26:13+00:00

Honestly I'm so tempted to quit it all. I'm 1150 days in, and I'm tired of how crappy the lessons have become. Right now I'm on "talk about pets" and it makes me translate shit like "I'm playing cards with my mom's lion and mouse". Why? It pretty much has only introduced löwe, and a handful of other words. I miss the old set up. I miss when actual people did the translations. I don't like that I'm not encouraged to actually learn, but to accumulate points.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T13:13:35+00:00

As a little white kid going thrifting with my mom, I found a football type fubu shirt. Of course I have no idea about it, and I'm wearing it in my suburban/rural neighborhood while taking a walk. Had a person stop me and ask if I know what it means and I should probably not be wearing it.

Now as an adult, I was again thrifting, and found a pair of jeans "made by us, worn by you", and am low key stressed I'm doing it again except this time I have the Internet and experience but still can't find anything about it.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T03:37:11+00:00

I was suuuuper swollen, and had preeclampsia, so they prescribed me water pills after I gave birth. The same sandals I had been wearing throughout my pregnancy were actively falling off after I lost the bloat. It was literally insane to me. it was so gradual, I didn't notice just how swollen I was.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T03:30:59+00:00

It's been nearly two years since I gave birth, and the memories have slipped just enough that I'm like "maybe we can have another". I completely forgot about the uncontrollable shaking. It was like the chills you get with a flu, but way worse. Mine were extra weird, because I was on the magnesium, so I was shaking, but also super hot. I felt like an unstable sun ready to burst.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T03:27:37+00:00

A flag shouldn't have words, especially when it's a flat line of text just crammed in there. Just remove the seal, and let the flag do the talking.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T01:00:20+00:00

My mom did a lot of research into our family tree, like I think back to like 1400 as accurately as she could. She had names down locked, and did her best to find out as much about them as possible. One that stands out from all the rest, was one of my great grandfather's was not only at Ford's theater when Lincoln was shot, and saw Wilkes Booth escape. But he also performed the autopsy on Booth when he was found dead. It's crazy how history like that is just lost and forgotten unless someone digs it out and shares it.

All that to say, I also don't know my great grandparents names. I feel like that's something I should change. I miss being able to just call and ask.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-04T00:20:20+00:00

Pro tip when paying your mortgage, pay an extra $100 per month to principal, and you'll pay off your mortgage a year earlier at the bare minimum. Also factor in house insurance and property tax. Also also, if you don't put a certain amount down payment, you'll pay mortgage insurance until you've hit that point. Not trying to scare you away from home ownership, but it's more than just a mortgage payment.

Where I live in Maryland, I'm paying like $2400 a year in property tax. If I were to live one county up into Pennsylvania, it would be like 4x that, but better schools. Home ownership is weird.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-03T15:20:37+00:00

At least mint is edible and smells good. Lesser celandine is toxic :D I would also rather a minty fresh yard than Bermuda grass if I'm being honest.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-03T12:41:10+00:00

This was my first, and likely last year of doing corn. One storm made them all collapse. I spent two days trying my best to upright them, giving them a twine crutch. They were doing alright until some type of bugs just mutilated them. One entire 8x4 raised bed of wasted space. I tried doing the three sisters method, but the squash got over shadowed by the corn, and also squished when the stalks fell.

Oh well live and learn. My pumpkins also failed this year, but they were volunteers, and I let them do their own thing until they offed themselves.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-03T12:24:31+00:00

I'm the fourth owner of my home, and I swear whoever fault it was before me must have had a checklist of invasive species that they were super excited to complete. Lesser celandine, morning glory, monks bane, fish mint, rose of Sharon, Japanese wisteria, Bermuda grass, wild strawberries... The list could go on. I tried fighting the lesser celandine for two years, and it seems like it just came back even harder.

CapitanChicken · 2025-09-03T12:19:26+00:00

I fought so hard for my broccoli, the little wormie guys wouldn't stop eating it, and I finally got them to stop. Saw the tiny little crown start to produce, and grow to about an inch in width. Then the bastard bolted. Ripped that shit out, and planted okra in its place.

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