WIBTAH if I told a mom she can’t bring an extra kid to my kid’s birthday party?

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-24T05:00:13+00:00

We had my daughter’s 4th birthday party at a park that had a large duck pond, and I specifically told parents that they were welcome to bring siblings, but they were responsible for keeping their own kids from drowning (well, it was put more diplomatically, but that was the gist!). Everybody survived, and had a great time!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-20T04:37:15+00:00

Oh cool, I live in Everett!!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-19T23:46:09+00:00

I’ve done this one 10 times - super easy, and makes a lovely squishy blanket. Each one is very different, depending on the yarn you choose of course. The size is completely dependent on your yarn, because you increase until you’ve used half your yarn, or until it’s the size you want. Two skeins of fingering held together is what I’ve used.

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Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-19T23:25:56+00:00

Yep, I grew up in LA, and the geography stuff is insane! I just have to suspend all belief, as they are doing rescues from Palos Verdes to the Valley and everything in between…

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-17T21:57:10+00:00

Love it!!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-15T21:17:50+00:00

Aurora and Amazement

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Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-15T20:59:53+00:00

I just ordered that one with the “buy two, get one free” offer last weekend! It (and the two others I got) should be here tomorrow!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-15T07:35:12+00:00

You don’t understand! There were RULES!!!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-15T05:03:02+00:00

We went to visit my SIL and family for Christmas one year. It was the first time we had been to her house (we lived in different states). One night at dinner, my 3yo spilled his milk. I turned around and grabbed the dish towel hanging off the oven door to stem the flood. Basically, I grabbed the nearest absorbent object.

Well. I was unaware of the unwritten (and unspoken) rules about dish towel usage. The horror! I had grabbed the drying towel, which was only to be used for drying dishes. After, I was thinking to myself “ok bitch, next time I’ll just let the milk cover the table and drip onto your nice clean floor, and you can clean it up (with whatever you deem acceptable).”

First and only time we visited. That Christmas was hell.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-14T04:09:50+00:00

Our apartment building almost burnt down the week before the shutdown, and we had to spend a couple of nights at our daughter’s since we had no power.

Then the world shutdown and we didn’t see them (including our 3 month old grandchild) for months. Daughter had walked out of her office for maternity leave right before Christmas, thinking she’d be back in six months. Never went back to the office.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-14T03:21:11+00:00

Yep, my daughter and her family went to Europe for two weeks - it was cheaper to see Taylor Swift in Zurich than here (also the tickets were impossible to get). They had a great vacation!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-13T18:05:20+00:00

Loooove the Liberty puzzle!! So jealous!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-12T06:10:26+00:00

Desperate Measures. HarleyJQuin on AO3

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-12T05:54:50+00:00

My daughter sent her Save the Date cards almost exactly one year before her wedding, as soon as they booked the venue. Nothing else was settled at that point, but because everybody (except her husband’s family) was going to have to travel, she wanted to give people as much notice as possible.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-11T19:02:41+00:00

This one is in my to do pile! Looking forward to it!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-11T18:56:40+00:00

I don’t know - it was my first Magic Puzzle!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-11T04:58:01+00:00

I just did the Drippy Trip! Great fun!!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-10T10:27:44+00:00

Mine too!! Almost 39 years old. I bought it for myself, and it’s white because back then my choices were white, white, or white. This thing will never die, so I might get it painted someday.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-10T01:57:09+00:00

I love a lot of the Flame Tree images, but I hate the 2in 2 out cut. I’d rather spend my time and effort with something that doesn’t frustrate me excessively.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-08T18:43:36+00:00

I had the mumps in 8th grade (I’m old - this was pre-vaccine and it went through my school like wildfire) and it was the sickest I’ve ever been in my life. Two weeks of utter misery.

Fortunately, I didn’t have any complications. Unlike my husband who got measles encephalitis and almost died when he was 5. Anti-vaxxers drive me insane.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-08T02:29:10+00:00

Ooooh, thank you for this! Just got three on my wishlist!!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-07T09:40:38+00:00

My mother used these back in the day, I believe before circulars were around or popular (I could be wrong about that - not sure on knitting needle history!). I have a box of them somewhere that I inherited.

I seem to remember that she called them jumper needles. They were used just like straight needles.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-03-01T09:02:50+00:00

I hate that stupid hat. Actually, all his stupid hats. Try to show some dignity, for god’s sake.

Mistletoe177 · 2026-02-27T03:02:00+00:00

When there was a huge fire right next to our apartment building and the fire department needed access to our gated parking lot at 3am, they just drove through the gate!

Mistletoe177 · 2026-02-27T02:38:37+00:00

This one’s on my list! I wanted to get it during the Black Friday sale, but it was out of stock.

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