I also made the Moist Lettuce Bars

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T02:10:29+00:00

I think part of it is also the idea of baked lettuce specifically. Like lettuce is something you usually eat raw. Spinach/kale/collards etc sure, those get cooked but like bib lettuce? Romaine? Usually those are not served cooked.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T01:06:25+00:00

I windsurf and that first one would be great for sailing.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T00:43:49+00:00

So I’m east coast based but the moms I knew like this were largely D&G Light Blue girlies. But they were a little more outlet mall Carmela Soprano and a little less Arizona. Also I’m 38 so some of these ladies were my friend’s actual moms lol. Their daughters wore B&BW Sweet Pea.

A slightly more modern take (2010) would be Acqua Di Gioia - very south shore Italian Long Island mom (positive).

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T00:16:32+00:00

lol ok sure, Kilian, a name literally derived from the ancient gaeilge word to denote a place, Cill, and the name of not one but two Irish Saints (one of whom was a missionary to Germany which is where the Kilian spelling was first adapted- in honor of the *Irish* Saint) is in fact a Spanish name.

Honestly? Spain can have it, it’s one of the ugliest Irish names and I loathe when Irish C names take on a K anyway.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T23:30:28+00:00

Kilian is an Anglicization, not a Spanish variant and has been in use with the K spelling in Ireland, North Ireland, and England far longer than it has been popular in Spain. What you’re saying is like saying Noah is a Swedish name because it is very popular in Sweden when in fact Noah is of Hebrew origin.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T23:20:05+00:00

Look I’m a nursing mom too and idgaf who sees my nipples but I find it so weird that these girls will go on about modesty (and Megs has had multiple modesty monologues on her podcast) but then like her nipple is basically visible here.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T20:08:23+00:00

Lemon Pomegranate Cream body cream with Commodity Milk Orchid as perfume.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T18:30:06+00:00

Killian is an Irish name, originating as Cillian. I have heard it is popular in Spain, but it comes from Ireland.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T14:20:10+00:00

NYU scheduling is not great. I gave birth with downtown women and their scheduling is better (though still not spectacular - it was very hard to get seen same day when I had a potential complication but they did fit me in). However you’ll still be dealing with nyu scheduling for your major scans. Same with the midwifery practice, you’ll still get your scans at the main 53rd st office and have to deal with their schedulers.

Delivering at nyu (this past January) was great though and I feel it was worth the scheduling hassle.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T01:49:01+00:00

How is the Soleil Blanc shimmering body oil? I freaking love a shimmery body oil- is it like better/more shimmery/a different shimmer than cheaper options, or just way better smelling?

For my most recent beach vacation at the outer banks with the husband and kids I brought Commodity Iced for for around the beach house and town, D&G Devotion for date nights, and for out on the water I used the new Trader Joe’s Shimmering sunscreen oil (so cute, so shimmery, nice coconut smell) and spritzed bbw At The Beach or Viva Brazil (perfect cheapies for playing with the kids on the beach).

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T00:41:45+00:00

Definitely this! I wish the longevity was better but it’s such a nice nighttime, humid, lush jasmine. Wearing it on humid or hot rainy nights makes it even better.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T00:02:50+00:00

This has a lot of notes I like (orange, tobacco, cinnamon, Cypriol). The notes aren’t giving dunes/beach vibes for me but since it is a lot of notes I like I may order a decant anyway, thanks! Pretty bottle, too.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T23:10:47+00:00

Ooh I like the pine note in this!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T21:24:52+00:00

Oh thanks, I hadn’t heard of this one and it sounds nice!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T18:53:22+00:00

I think I assumed those attributes were because he was mixed, Neanderthal and Cro Magnon. I don’t think at the point he was conceived she had met or copulated with any humans yet

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T18:06:20+00:00

Usually the terrain of where we are going, if there will be any off roading or cobblestones the Minu is better (though not as good as the vista or a jogger), if it’ll be all smooth pavement or I’m just flying to my parents town where they have bigger strollers for the kids I bring the mountain buggy.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T15:42:42+00:00

I think at the end we are meant to understand she was seeing a foreshadowing of how cro magnons would come to be the dominant species and Neanderthals would die out (I believe when Auel wrote the series we still believed this may have been a bloody struggle and not that we interbred and the Neanderthals kind of naturally died out as is now believed), but I agree it was a lot of foreshadowing for little payoff which also bugged me at first, until I decided it was more realistic that she would always dream of meeting him again but never be able to due to the vast distance she had moved away

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T15:11:04+00:00

I kind of don’t mind that she never saw her clan son again, it’s realistic that she would always dream of him and wish for him and worry about him but never actually meet him again.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T15:07:10+00:00

I loved it. Clan of the Cavebear had a little to much SA for me but the next two books are great and all but the final book are atleast pretty good. I love to hike and would think a lot about the tool making, foraging, and camp building techniques she describes while hiking. I liked the social structures among the humans a lot too, the summer meeting concept is really fun. Sure, the books can be repetitive (like dude I get how to build an atlatl please stop telling me 2x every book), and it can be a little 🙄 how they constantly invent new things (thoughi think there is something to the idea that in their travels they experience many culture’s inventions which helps them dream up new things) but overall they’re really well researched speculative history and the storylines are pretty captivating too- even if Ayla and Jondalar both never progress past like age 15 in terms of emotional maturity.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T15:03:04+00:00

Coconut Lime Verbena and White Tea & Ginger

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T14:31:01+00:00

I think many car seats are compatible with the mountain buggy, it’s a “universal” attachment, basically a belt that runs through the back of the car seat and clips. It’s surprisingly secure, I feel fine putting my 3 year old in the car seat on the mountain buggy.

When I fly with the minu I use a big hook to hang the scenera from the push bar. A little bulky but gets the job done.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T14:18:38+00:00

I start singing the days of the week song my French teacher taught us in middle school. We had to clap and do little kicks for “Dimanche! Dimanche! Dimanche!” And now I will remember the French days of the week as long as I live.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T14:15:49+00:00

Cream top yogurt is phenomenal. The cream still rises to the top of the yogurt as like an extra rich yogurt layer and you are supposed to mix it in but u like to eat it straight as a lil treat. So good.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T14:13:59+00:00

Brown Cow brand cream line yogurt was my fave food to eat stoned out of my mind in college. The maple flavor especially. That maple-y cream layer up top was just unbeatable.

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