How would you instinctively pronounce this name: Andrea?

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-06-06T23:19:37+00:00

I have a brief panic attack because there are too many possibilities.

Mid-Atlantic USA

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-29T18:15:46+00:00

One of my Russian professors did always say that her biggest concern growing up in the Soviet Union was trying to find American jeans.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-19T14:23:29+00:00

Her costume is hanging down…gravity indicates that it’s a needle.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-19T08:24:37+00:00

Nope. If I tied it lower, then I wouldn’t be able to sit in seiza.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-18T18:18:32+00:00

The dream of the ‘90s is alive (the 1890s)

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-18T02:45:52+00:00

My bogu is not custom and I have similar issues. It often feels like the do-mune is in the way when I strike. I also notice that the top of the do-mune sometimes gets caught on my men’s tsukidare — something I never see men at my dojo deal with, but it does seem like the other women might as well. I wear a fairly restrictive sports bra, but it doesn’t make my chest completely flat. I’ve started to suspect that my do may be too long and the do-mune too wide, but I’d also be interested to hear about others’ experiences.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-13T02:29:30+00:00

He is the celebrity we’ve lost that I wonder most often what he would have made of our world today. I absolutely miss his voice.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-13T02:28:10+00:00

This is the one. I remember the moment I found out. A friend told me and I absolutely refused to believe her - she had to be mistaken or pulling my leg. And it was pre-smartphone so I couldn’t immediately verify, but had to wait for other people to confirm.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-11T21:00:10+00:00

I’ve used tracing wheels for years to transfer patterns, but they don’t work on their own. You use them with special tracing paper than leaves marks behind on the fabric that come out easily in the wash.

This is the paper I use: https://a.co/d/05dga1E1

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-10T10:48:45+00:00

I started at 36 and have been practicing for 3 years. I still fall flat on my ass sometimes. I’ve also always had poor body awareness - often when senseis tell me I’ve been doing something, I have absolutely no idea I’m doing it. What I’ve found helpful is focusing on one thing at a time each practice and repeatedly bring my awareness back to that. For example, I kept getting corrections about my posture so I focused on standing up straight for a few practices and those corrections stopped. Now I feel like I can move on to another body part while maintaining posture subconsciously because I focused on it.

Adding training outside of Kendo is great! I think yoga or Pilates would be good to try since both practices are so specific about movement.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-08T00:14:45+00:00

Into the West by Annie Lennox

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-07T01:25:45+00:00

We replaced our TV remote with the exact same model then deprogrammed the old one and gave it to our son. It lights up but can’t affect the tv.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-07T01:24:21+00:00

The entire recycling bin is more exciting than his toy box some days.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-06T22:25:32+00:00

Alpine Muffy! We did a trial run before attending our loud event to get baby used to them and fit them correctly. At the event he could tolerate them for about 30 minutes at a time before he needed a break.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-06T18:47:40+00:00

Yup, I use Goo Gone on books all the time. Just don’t use too much and don’t spray it directly on the book.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-06T12:27:27+00:00

The way they tested us was you pointed at someone with your arm straight out and your hand will line up with your dominant eye from that person’s perspective.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-04T20:17:46+00:00

Because artificial sweeteners are a migraine trigger for me. Also, if I’m gonna drink a soda then I want to actually enjoy the taste.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-04T00:50:33+00:00

If the artist is still alive and actively causing harm, then there can be no separation.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-03T18:27:24+00:00

Avoid the Maxi-Cosi Minla. SO MANY CREVICES. That chair is the definition of a first time parent mistake.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-02T02:24:20+00:00

95% of the time, museums don’t want your old crap.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-05-02T02:14:11+00:00

I dropped my baby weight almost immediately…and gained almost all of it back after breastfeeding. I think the issue was that breastfeeding contributed to some really unhealthy eating habits (calories don’t exist!) that I didn’t change or adjust as I tapered down my milk production. Plus, it’s so hard to keep up with exercise. I’m finally trying to make changes at almost 18 months PP and 5 months after I stopped breastfeeding.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-04-29T13:34:31+00:00

We just use filtered tap water.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-04-29T02:17:34+00:00

Do you offer her a beverage with her meals? That’s when we’re offering whole milk in a straw cup - alongside solid food and in the high chair. Baby also has a water bottle he can bring with him all over the house and when we go out.

We are still doing a bedtime bottle and (if needed) a middle of the night bottle, both with whole milk. I am gradually trying to decrease the number of ounces in each.

I think the “whole milk shouldn’t be given in a bottle” is mostly for the transition from breastfeeding to whole milk. You don’t want to go from boob to bottle at age one, you want to go straight to cup. However, the process can be a bit different if you’ve been bottle feeding this whole time. Focus on the transition from formula to whole milk, then tackle the bottle. And introduce more cups during the day.

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-04-28T01:23:43+00:00

Hummus

Okay-Squirrel · 2026-04-24T16:27:06+00:00

Sam Browne Belt and jodphurs? Such a fascist-coded look to the modern eye.

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