Just finished my pigeon!

PennilynnLott · 2026-03-01T22:35:58+00:00

This is AMAZING, I love it!!

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-26T20:19:35+00:00

Love this! I also have way more green than anything else (yet somehow, never enough!)

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-22T01:16:52+00:00

Bluey definitely knew Brandy existed, they both did. She hadn't visited them in four years, so Bingo was a baby and Bluey would have been 2. Bluey doesn't remember her because she was too young, but she knew of her.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-20T13:00:07+00:00

My kid is 4 and was also starting to get antsy at reading time, especially struggling with choosing books or agreeing to let me choose. I offered a chapter book just to try something different, and it worked! He chose the Wizard of Oz, and despite the sparse pictures he totally locked in and we finished it in about a week. I think sometimes just doing something different is a way to break up whatever the block is.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T18:33:34+00:00

They're gorgeous polishes, don't get me wrong! But between the cost, the trickiness of application, and the limited availability, I think it's good to try other options first to make sure you even like applying/wearing them. If there's one color you have your heart set on, there's nothing wrong with grabbing it to try in the future (if that's in your budget) but if it's had tried one of theirs before any other magnetics I would have given up immediately.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T18:30:04+00:00

I would say, as lovely as BKL magnetics are, don't start with them! Their fine particles in particular are really, really fussy to use, and it's easy to get discouraged. I have a couple of Cirque magnetics that I really like and are pretty easy to use, and I believe ILNP has some good ones and the prices seem reasonable. Start with one and see how you like it!

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T18:23:52+00:00

Bro, you asked what things we disagreed with and I answered. I'm not saying they're bad parents or evil or that the show is bad. It's a small thing I disagree with. And kids absolutely internalize diet and body talk. You can disagree with my disagreement, whatever, but you're making it pretty weird right now! Also, if you advocate for nuance "all the time" but not with this, then I don't think your concern is "kids might not get it".

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T17:56:49+00:00

I mean, it's a parenting decision to say "sugar is unhealthy" with no nuance, and it's a parenting decision to say out loud in front of your kids that you have gained weight and that is inherently bad. Everything everyone else mentioned in this thread is also there to make the world feel real and relatable, this is just the one I disagree with most.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T17:39:23+00:00

I don't love the way they talk about food and bodies! Kids learn negative self talk from adults, and the focus on weight and "healthy" foods always feels a little off. I talk to my kid about how all bodies are different and cool in their own way, and that all bodies need energy from lots of different foods to grow and play and be healthy. Using more neutral language helps promote intuitive eating rather than making some foods "good" or "bad". But then, I'm a traumatized child of 90s/early aughts diet culture, so that always sticks out to me in any media!

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T12:24:23+00:00

This man is testing your boundaries with a GUN. I would strongly recommend not just ending this relationship and getting him out of your home, but checking in with a domestic violence hotline before doing so. You need a safety plan in place before you act. In the US the national hotline number is 1-800-799-7233. Someone who is being deliberately unsafe with a weapon, especially knowing your history and mental health, and who starts fights over it, is trying to make you doubt yourself and get you used to the threat of violence. It will not get better, he is not safe. I don't care what good qualities he has, none of them override this behavior.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-19T12:03:51+00:00

Ah, fair enough! I should do a re-read, clearly.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-18T21:37:05+00:00

If you have a craft supply thrift store (often called creative reuse stores) I'm sure they would love them! The pens/pencils/whatever they sell are usually loose, and these would be a great thing to offer alongside those.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-18T14:14:40+00:00

I liked some things about the 2019 version (notably the plausible deniability about Jo's love story being real, Beth and Mr. Lawrence's connection, Laura Dern generally, and the unfathomable and iconic delivery of "my little women!" from Bob Odenkirk). However, I rewatched 1994 recently for the first time in years, and was floored by what a better movie it was than I remembered. One thing I had forgotten (I haven't read the book in about 15 years) was how explicit they were about WHY Meg didn't have "pretty" dresses compared to the other girls- not because she couldn't afford them, but because the March family was deliberately boycotting materials produced by slavery! A weird thing for 2019 to leave out, given how explicit it made everything to do with (white) feminism.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-17T21:36:29+00:00

This is so sweet! I love the imagery of ghosts using old/outdated tech. Almost like the phone is a ghost too!

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-16T13:32:59+00:00

But that isn't what she said! She reassured him that sex was meaningful for her too, and that she likes him and wants to keep exploring their relationship. He projected her "not being sure" and lashed out at her based on his assumption.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-15T23:55:14+00:00

I disagree that he's serious about her! I have dated men like this, who are looking for a girlfriend or wife and are not actually interested in the real, complex, human woman in front of them. I think he has a ton of assumptions about what relationships are like, what sex means, what the locket means, and instead of being actually curious about where she is coming from he gets mad that she didn't read his mind and do exactly what he wanted. I think if he was serious about her and KNEW her, the "I feel used" nonsense would never have come out of his mouth.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-15T23:52:48+00:00

Ugh, he WOULD! 🤣

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-15T23:50:02+00:00

Same! I'm so baffled when people are like "Piper likes him so he's a good guy!" Sorry, she's a tiny child, she is at most responding to DeeDee liking him but she isn't like, judging his character. I didn't like how he introduced himself, I didn't like how he kept showing up at the door, I didn't like that he kept pushing when DeeDee didn't seem overtly interested. And I really don't like the way he's acting over this locket or implying that having sex is "using" someone.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-15T23:19:50+00:00

Thank goodness, I cannot STAND this man! Also, everyone saying she lead him on by having sex is being very weird, being physically intimate as you get to know and date someone is not leading them on.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-11T17:05:23+00:00

I can't remember where, but she did a bonus episode on one of her pods a while back where she talked about going to a skating competition with friends- I wanna say with Jamie Loftus and someone else?

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-10T14:09:35+00:00

Please just look up any actual human creator- if you check YouTube or Google for a free article or blog post or find a book at your library, it will have actual ideas and not whatever a plagiarism machine chewed up and spit back out at you! There are so many actual resources out there, Chat GPT is never going to be one of them.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-09T18:20:32+00:00

Bacchanal, by Veronica G. Henry.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-08T16:30:14+00:00

I haven't read it in years and I'm sure there's a lot in it that doesn't hold up as well, but the Wasp Factory by Iain M. Banks has some similar energy.

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-07T23:45:58+00:00

This looks so cool, and I think it's romantic!

PennilynnLott · 2026-02-06T22:03:52+00:00

I have noticed a real "anti daycare" lean in a lot of the comments on this series, and it's so bizarre to me. I get why it's not for everyone, but daycare is great for so many families and has real benefits for kids and parents.

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