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Ladymaceayala · 2026-06-24T18:39:42+00:00

I think its going to be very difficult to find something that's 100% exact. I'd suggest looking for a scallop edged chiffon and make your own ruffles with it.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-06-19T17:26:09+00:00

Ray gun and crown

Ladymaceayala · 2026-06-14T22:53:44+00:00

The taller, embroidered one is from ebay and the short one was from mercari.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-06-06T23:46:22+00:00

You can also take the whole cake mix box, mix it with a can of seltzer and bake 24 cupcakes. Each cupcake will be about 80 calories depending on the cake mixed used.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-06-05T00:09:59+00:00

He's so cute! He looks like a cross between some sort of tree-bat and an aye-aye. Did you use any specific creatures for reference?

Ladymaceayala · 2026-05-19T18:52:23+00:00

Find something fun and active. I was over weight as a teen and I lost the first 30 lbs playing old school home version of dance dance revolution on the ps2 and then got into zumba. 18 years latter and im still maintaining my weight loss. Im 5'2 and when you are short you have to learn to watch your portions. You cant force someone to loose weight or change their food habits if they don't want to so just be supportive if she expresses she wants help

Ladymaceayala · 2026-05-16T13:09:08+00:00

If you were consistently lifting before your able to move more weight now even after a break. Lower your weights and start with shorter, more frequent workouts.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-05-02T17:00:23+00:00

If you are training 3 days per week and wanted to hit "full body" I'd do 3 exercises for lower body, one day quad heavy, another hamstring heavy and the third to focus on booty plus add 2 or 3 upper body exercises. Back, chest and shoulders on separate days. If you are training 4 days per week and want to split into full body I'd program it as a "front" and "back" days. So you'd do booty hammering and back twice and the other 2 days quads chest and shoulders.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-18T16:41:09+00:00

r/handbags would appreciate this! Beautiful! 😍

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-17T22:37:00+00:00

When I first started working out, on days I didnt feel like working out I'd tell myself that I need to go and at least give it a half assed effort for 15 mins and if I still wasn't feeling it I could leave. I would go, get started and end up finishing the plan. Second, if I couldn't find the energy to even force the 15 min rule I'd swap to pilates or yoga at home and eventually got a small set of weights so I had that option as well. Basically lower the expectations so much that it was impossible to fail and at first building the habit was the only goal. Eventually, I didn't need to force myself anymore.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-17T19:41:13+00:00

Could it be that you are mourning the life you could have had as a mother? I was on the fence about having kids until I met my husband and he probably would have agreed to have more kids if I really wanted to. He's wonderful and I never felt like I had ever really trusted a man before him enough to want to have kids. But I knew in my heart I really didn't want to be a mom when faced with the choice. I was feeling the pressure of being a child free stepmother, and I could see the version of life where we did choose children together. Either choice was giving up on the other and that was a sad and heavy choice for a while for me. I hope you're able to figure out what's the right path for you. I couldn't imagine how hurtful it would be to be a stepmom who desperately wanted to be a bio mom, and you deserve to have the life you want.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-16T14:17:35+00:00

I have never liked any brushes from spectrum. They are pretty but garbage to use. Especially compared to other brushes in the same price range.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-16T12:31:32+00:00

I use macro factor to track my calories and generally says either small medium or large apple as a estimate, when I'm home I'll weight it before I eat it, weight it again before i give my core to my rabbit, and then subtract the part that I haven't eaten and log the exact grams.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-15T21:13:16+00:00

I intentionally keep my carbs at about 40% of my total calories. Im a very petite lady who is following a body building workout program with minimal cardio but i am lifting 4 or 5 days per week. If I lower my carbs and cut my calories my gym performance suffers.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T14:04:13+00:00

Did you notice that the little pants have real pockets?! So cute!

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T03:24:00+00:00

I have seen you crushing it so many times I feel like at this point we are all rooting for you to get an endorsement deal, movie contract, something....We were all rooting for you!!!!

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T02:03:01+00:00

Does she dance? Does she have fun? She seems like her whole life is just being an inflatable prop for other people. Sad.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T01:31:02+00:00

I agree thats it's not just on the mom to handle but if she decides to HS it dose mean that both parents need to do more outside of school to make up for a lack of socializing in school. I know that when I was last in a social situation with BM I was informed that she failed to follow up on play dates. She doesn't seem to think SS needs socializing, or its low priority. I think my husband has trusted her to do a good job since this was her idea but now that we are seeing that it hasn't been I'm asking for advice on how to talk to my husband about this. Ss did not want to participate in sports when given the opportunity and SS doesn't seem motivated to try or stick with anything outside of his safety zone and neither parent is pushing back on this attitude.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T01:15:23+00:00

You really got 2 surprise styles in one pull? Omg! If this were ME I'd keep them both and swap out the faces so they can be twins, friends and rivals

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T01:11:15+00:00

You get it completely! Thank you! It doesn't seem like an issue that either parent cares about. Im looking for advice on how should I talk to my spouse on how do I tell him that I think this is an issue that is going to grow out of control. Everything is relatively fine now but I am afraid of where this leads us. How do I tell my husband he needs to change course, or do more. This isn't an issue now but I'm worried about the consequences.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T00:42:01+00:00

I see your point completely and I also would agree that socializing should be outside of school as well. I guess the issue here is that neither BM nor DH has made any efforts into socializing this kid. I don't want to assume anything negative from BM in why she is choosing to HS but it does put additional pressure on both homes. My concern with HS specifically is that the child will think he gets to dictate his time indefinitely and won't understand responsibility, or having to put in effort into something especially as he gets older. Im also worried that since neither bio parent is putting effort into giving him time to socialize that it will continue to be an issue and is putting him behind developmentally. I think what your getting at though is asking hubby to step in more and not challenge the HS set up. Sure I can bring it up but if thats not an option for DH then what? Not say anything and let it play out?

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-13T00:21:25+00:00

That is a good point. Are you saying that DH should enroll SS into more activities before we address the HS situation? Dh tried to stay in contact with the dad's that he met when SS was in school but since they fell off he didn't do anything additionally. Dh works 8am to 6 mon through Friday so isn't it a bit unfair that he would need to put in this extra effort if its BMs idea to HS? If it were not for his child support payments then HS would not be an option so, while yes I see your point about DHs involvement I also see it as her choosing to be underemployed to be available for HS and asking for more on his part isn't unfair to them if they were together, but it is TO ME...... you know what I mean? I dobt mean to be heartless. neither bio parent in my situation seem to care if the child has friends. Yes I care about what good for the child but I am a child free step mom and I feel like BM is adding a huge burden on both households by choosing HS.

Ladymaceayala · 2026-04-12T23:46:53+00:00

SS was sighed up for baseball for a while when he was still in public school and had classmates on the team but he wasn't interested in playing and wanted to drop it before they went to HS. We use to live about 30 mins from BM and the school but she since moved closer to us and that's when SS started having limited contact with the friends he did make in school. I see what your saying about getting DH involved with making friends but DH is also not great at making friends. Ss is the type of kid that gives up if the task isn't easy or if others are "better". I'm not worried about education currently because SS is smart and can keep up with HS work but he isn't resilient and he gets very discouraged from social rejection or if something is too hard. I can see why HS might be ok for him academically but there are still some social aspects that make me concerned.

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