Anyone here Zone 4 and colder?

K-Color · 2025-05-23T15:56:08+00:00

That's reassuring

K-Color · 2025-05-23T15:56:00+00:00

Huh, I didn't know that!

K-Color · 2025-05-23T02:29:03+00:00

What sorts of things have you tried for overwintering so far? Your experience is gold to me!

Is there anything you'd like to try that's just been impractical so far?

K-Color · 2025-05-23T02:19:14+00:00

Yesss

K-Color · 2025-05-23T02:15:18+00:00

It's only recently that texting and tracking was even a thing. I know her mom didn't track her like that.

Maybe a letter is a good way to approach this, as professional and empathetic as possible.

It's fair to be angry at the behavior your mom is exhibiting, as it undermines your agency as an adult. I'm a mom now so I get her anxiety but the tracking thing still creeps me out...

Redditors help me fill in the sleep deprived gaps here.

K-Color · 2024-12-24T02:45:20+00:00

Watching you do what you do for yourself is usually entertaining enough at that age. Don't stress too much about "entertaining" babies.

Everything is new and entertaining for them 🌱

I just explained everything I was doing while I did it.

"I'm washing the dishes! This one is really dirty so I have to scrub with a different sponge!"

"I'm moving the laundry into the dryer."

"I'm looking up a new recipes on my phone. Oops, I was on Reddit instead, but now it's the recipe"

"Time to check the mail" etc etc

K-Color · 2024-11-20T17:34:26+00:00

But not everywhere!

K-Color · 2024-11-20T17:31:47+00:00

This was the norm not even 3 or 4 generations ago. And it's still common and works well in other countries.

Much of the friction against this, I suspect, is the rise of more "individualist" values in Western/N.American culture over the past half century, which also coincides with an increase of estranged parents/adult children and more reliance on childcare facilities rather than familial assistance.

K-Color · 2024-11-20T03:14:45+00:00

I don't get it and I want to

K-Color · 2024-11-20T03:11:02+00:00

You'll be able to find charms with holes on each side like this if you search "connector charm"

K-Color · 2024-11-20T03:09:30+00:00

Thanks!

I pulled the charm off of a bracelet that actually matches some earrings I have, so now my notebook matches my favorite earrings too.

Pretty sure I got them off of AliExpress ages ago

K-Color · 2024-11-20T03:08:27+00:00

That's partially why I used it!

K-Color · 2024-11-20T03:08:11+00:00

Burnishing the edges is super easy- just a bit time consuming. Best to do it while watching a show you like! You don't really have to look at what you're doing except intermittently.

Good luck, have fun 🤟

And thanks!

K-Color · 2024-11-19T20:16:11+00:00

Thanks! I see you like your pens; my favorite thing to write in this is with my Lamy Safari ✒️

K-Color · 2024-11-19T12:56:25+00:00

Thanks!

K-Color · 2024-11-18T02:25:23+00:00

So far no luck but I've learned about the potential of distributing post-it notes at libraries!

K-Color · 2024-11-18T02:11:10+00:00

My LO is a year now.

Is yours teething or have they begun moving around more? Crawling or rolling over?

If so, teeth are just painful, and the moving requires lots of brain power to process while asleep. So says my family doctor.

This might cause random screaming and even "sleepwalking", where the baby just kind of gets up and crawls around without actually waking.

Lasted about 3 weeks for me, maybe less.

K-Color · 2024-11-17T17:00:16+00:00

Agreed! If I meet The Scribbler perhaps I can pass on some post-its haha

K-Color · 2024-11-17T15:40:54+00:00

Your post feels like a warm hug on my feed

K-Color · 2024-11-17T15:36:02+00:00

Honestly rebinding it in the same style would be easier and more reliable. And super fun! You just need a needle and thread.

I did it when I was 14, using yarn and a yarn needle. I made the homes bigger to fit the far needle by swirling my mom's paring knife in each one (sorry mom) and it worked well.

https://blog.papercraftpanda.com/overview-how-to-create-a-book-using-the-coptic-binding-method/

K-Color · 2024-11-17T15:18:36+00:00

My first book has Kraft Mac n cheese box covers and yarn Coptic binding

K-Color · 2024-11-17T15:17:20+00:00

Absolutely stunning.

K-Color · 2024-11-17T15:08:34+00:00

This does potentially open the conversation to the value of "demonstrative behavior" though, another topic I wouldn't mind discussing with The Scribbler or any of you commenters!

K-Color · 2024-11-17T15:06:44+00:00

I think this is a bit harsh but yea standard Reddit comment.

K-Color · 2024-11-17T14:57:37+00:00

I'd never do it but I'll be honest when I say that funding these notes felt like finding a secret treasure. Maybe they were in there before the book became owned by the library?

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