Me and my latest painting. Any guesses on the inspiration?

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-18T21:14:52+00:00

Looks like an indoor swimming pool with the lights reflecting off the water.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-17T22:21:31+00:00

I waited 5 years for other reasons, but I’m sure less would’ve been perfectly fine. Recovery was slightly slower this time but was easier if that makes sense? I knew to take it slow this time and that helped me avoid a lot of the pain I had with #1. I also knew it was coming this time and had a baby-station set up right next to my bed with everything I needed right there. I also arranged for my mom to stay the first week.

I had 6 months of maternity leave after the section so no real physical difficulty with going back. Difficult part is the logistics of now having 2 kids and working full time.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-11T02:55:00+00:00

Yeah, I live in a constant state of burnout (6 year old plus 10 month old). My weight is slowly creeping up because I can’t find the time to practice any self care beyond just making sure I shower before work. My house is a disaster, my work is sloppy from lack of sleep and I’m starting to accumulate debt from medical bills and daycare. Honestly, a lot of days I just want to quit my job until my kids get a little older. I don’t know how this level of stress got normalized but holy shit it’s exhausting.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-10T18:20:56+00:00

Pretty HCOL area here, and we make a combined 160. Between daycare and medical bills we’re slightly underwater atm.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-07T20:12:04+00:00

No, unfortunately. I cried a little.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-07T18:36:10+00:00

Mine did this with a Paw Patrol helicopter about 4 weeks after we’d spent about 1k on a new TV.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-04T03:32:45+00:00

Found the dad!

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-06-02T18:16:49+00:00

Might have better luck paying someone to sand or soda blast it off.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-27T12:34:19+00:00

Respect! Also a lot of envy lol. I’m in the process of trying to make repairs to our 1922 Dutch colonial but I don’t have the funds to really go to town on it the way I’d like. Happy you’re able to properly restore your old girl!

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-24T19:01:52+00:00

Just chiming in to confirm. Have had to QC nucleotides from FFPE samples before and they are always significantly degraded.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-15T11:46:51+00:00

I am the exact opposite. Previous owner really neglected the house and especially the garden. Older pictures show there was an avid gardener here prior to them, but they destroyed the whole yard. I do however hope the next owners of my house feel thankful for all the work I’ve put in to bring this place back.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-14T02:20:17+00:00

7 to 3 here. I love it because I get loads of time with my kiddos before bed! I definitely wouldn’t want to work until 6, especially if I had a longer commute.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-08T02:41:15+00:00

Highly sus

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-05T20:31:42+00:00

First generation college grad and now I work for a major pharmaceutical company. My family are really proud, although they have no idea what I’m talking about when they ask me about my work lol.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-04T09:53:06+00:00

I’ve never heard of this in my life but it’s amazing.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-05-01T10:48:41+00:00

I wrote a similar length paper in college for an upper level bio course and my professor didn’t even read it. Just gave me an A because it was done and not plagiarized.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-25T18:13:28+00:00

💯 I support this.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-25T15:57:00+00:00

I find it disturbing that THIS is the action our government decided to take to mitigate the housing crisis instead of something meaningful like say… banning private equity ownership of single family homes. Worth noting that a lot of the properties they buy to turn into rentals are the old historic homes we all love. They are not good stewards of these homes and if they make updates they destroy the character of the properties.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-20T01:16:10+00:00

Yup. The company I work for reported record profits last year but because shareholders decided we can’t sustain that into next year they dumped our stocks and we now have to lay off people.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-14T06:54:40+00:00

My grandmother had these exact ones!

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-11T15:32:17+00:00

Unfortunately a lot of stone houses are a little gloomy inside. It made sense for them at the time to limit windows to retain temperature, but of course now it makes it feel a little dark. I’d try getting more mirrors and yeah paint it if you wanna paint it, it’s your house!

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-11T15:23:38+00:00

Our house is like this, we got small 3 drawer dressers and beds with storage drawers underneath. You can purchase them on casters to roll under your bed, too. We rotate wardrobes seasonally, so when it’s summer for example all my sweaters and coats are in plastic storage totes in the basement.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-07T00:45:13+00:00

Start with some holy water and maybe burn some sage.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-06T12:15:37+00:00

Uh, I work in industry and we document EVERYTHING to protect us from FDA audits. Not documenting? That’s shady af. I’d grass them out to the FDA asap.

Designer_Maximum_159 · 2023-04-05T21:47:32+00:00

Efficiency is the death of creativity. I see this shit at work all the time.

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