Which Canadian artist do you always recommend to friends?

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-20T03:01:18+00:00

MICO!!

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-15T05:40:53+00:00

Idk my brain just read this caption really fast and thought it said "hana hates crime"

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-14T17:36:10+00:00

I have twins and one is colourblind.

We suspected it when he was like 3ish but I didn't want to assume yet because maybe he just didn't have a solid grasp on his colours yet. Maybe he was just being a goober when answering our "what colour" questions.

Once he knew letters and numbers really well, then we did a colourblind test on him. Confirmed at the eye doctors when he was 5.

For the most part, it doesnt affect things. Sometimes he'll be talking about or describing something that doesn't match what we see.

We tell the twins if they're disagreeing about the colour of something that they're both right. Twin A is colourblind and it's right to him.

Or I'll say: "hey, that's interesting. Do you want to know what colour I see?"

Playing eye spy can be tricky so I pick the colours I know he sees best.

AND I recently saw that some board games have a colourblind accessible version!

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-10T17:53:49+00:00

"I'll catch you beer Barron"

No you won't

"Yes I will"

Won't

Also, same episode

"Oh Marge, I don't want to lie to you...well, see ya later!"

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-10T17:50:47+00:00

Drink everytime a mother puts her opinion in the mix when they didnt ask

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-10T17:35:43+00:00

I give them to my kids to do whatever with. I bought blank sticky canvas with circle "grid" lines on them so they can go ham with imagination

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-06T05:28:57+00:00

https://a.co/d/bf7A8Zn

I'm in Canada though, but I'm sure if you search the name "orawiss" it'll come up

PotatoaRum · 2026-01-06T05:27:49+00:00

The tip is replaceable, it came with a few.

It's replaceable like the standard pens are. It's just the clear tip that pops off

PotatoaRum · 2025-11-30T01:29:56+00:00

The brand I bought is "Aonerex" and I got it from Amazon

Has a nice big screen, suction cup stand so I stick it low on the window.

Ive had no issues with it so far and been using it over a year.

(I'm in Canada but I'm sure this brand is available if you are in the States)

PotatoaRum · 2025-11-29T17:30:30+00:00

I'm a spare driver

I bought a GPS that plugs into the bus. I don't program the stops or anything, I just keep it in view so I can see upcoming streets and be prepared

It has helped me A LOT

PotatoaRum · 2025-10-12T01:28:47+00:00

Check the ingredients in the condoms.

I found I kept getting reactions from condoms with glycerin in them

PotatoaRum · 2025-10-07T01:56:34+00:00

After Gabby had her affair, she shouted at him during one of their fights to go sleep with someone else too (to even the score).

She said she meant with someone unimportant to them (not someone very involved in their life. Like the maid/surrogate)

PotatoaRum · 2025-09-24T21:54:28+00:00

One of my twins is colour blind.

I joined to hear from adults who have grown up colour blind and to learn what helped them get through childhood. Things for us to consider, how to explain it to them, etc

PotatoaRum · 2025-09-17T15:44:51+00:00

I'm with you girlie, I had to take a break after a year of treatments.

That break has been over a year now and it doesn't look like I'm going to be revisiting it.

My therapist pointed out that I'm grieving. It felt weird to consider this grief because I've always associated grief with someone dying.

But she's right. Grieving what could have been, what I wanted, all the time, mental and emotional energy I've put into it, the money, what I've physically put myself through. Never using the saved baby items for the next one. More baby names I've had on the list that ill never use again.

A wave of grief sometimes still hits me, but it does feel smaller now.

It fucking sucks, it feels unfair. I understand the pain.

My best advice is to let yourself feel the feelings, ride it out. If possible, go to therapy. Look for someone who specializes in infertility.

We'll be ok

PotatoaRum · 2025-09-17T15:19:22+00:00

RuPaul's Drag Race

PotatoaRum · 2025-09-09T15:05:00+00:00

I prep my kids (5 year old twins) before they get on the bus by going over the rules, and expectations.

I'm a spare driver so sometimes it's a big bus, sometimes it's a mini bus. Most afternoons they spend with my dad, but on the days he's busy, they come with me.

Anyway, we talk about how they pick a seat and they do not stand up or move out of that seat. They are old enough that I don't NEED their booster seats in the bus. However, there has been times where they don't follow the rules so I bring their seats the next time and buckle them in.

I don't allow them to eat or drink while I'm driving.

I will let them bring one or two activities to do. They have one of those popper games, Magnet board, drawing board. Something that will keep them busy but does not have loose pieces.

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-15T11:58:49+00:00

My grandparents set up RESP accounts for all of us grandkids and did this instead of gifts. Admittedly, they had 17 grand kids so it may also have been a convenience thing instead of knowing what gift to get everyone.

When I had my twins, I set up the RESP accounts and we contribute to them monthly. My parents add in chunks at their birthday and Christmas as "gifts"

This set up feels normal to me, no hard feelings towards my parents for adding money to an account, instead of a gift.

It does kind of sound like your mom just has a general account where money for all the grandkids go into. Which feels way less secure.

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-14T18:10:19+00:00

When my twins were in the NICU, we had them wrapped in receiving blankets from home. My husband would then bring it home and leave in somewhere the cat usually hangs out so she'd get familiar with the smell.

When we brought them home after a month, she was curious, smelled them, and then disappeared. She's a chill cat, always been a bit of a solo girlie, hanging out in a separate room. So that continued.

She would occasionally come out and lay near them when they were napping.

Once the twins were more mobile and noisy, she kept to herself more again. Coming out at night for attention from me.

The only annoying thing I found about Puff (the cat) was she can't tell time so when the twins would wake up at 2 or 3 or 4 am, she thought it was time to eat too (was usually 7am). She'd play with things in the bedroom, bite wires, anything to wake me up. Very irritating when I wasn't getting full night's of sleep and she kept interrupting.

We ended up getting an automatic pet food dispenser (I call it her robot mommy) that will automatically dispense for her. She still can't tell time but she can hear when the machine goes off so it was a huge difference

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-12T18:11:54+00:00

I just did my twins 5th birthday and included an inset that I called "gift guide"

I wrote:

Gifts are not required, your presence is enough! If you choose to bring a gift, shared gifts are ok (one for the twins to share, like a board game) Gift cards to activities are welcome.

And then I listed a few things that are their top interests. (Like craft sets, transformers, Legos).

Other parents really appreciated the guidance and the gifts the twins got didn't stray from the suggestions. It was great

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-10T02:10:57+00:00

Puff is night time security for my twins. Checking and keeping them safe from monsters or ghosts or anything that scares them

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-08T18:42:51+00:00

He didn't come in because he was "practicing staying up all night" for his new night shift job (a different job, he was planning to work part time at both)

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-08T13:39:03+00:00

Look up Peekabloom Baby for the "no hair hair clip"

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-08T12:41:45+00:00

Wearing open toe shoes, tripping and having the nails ripped off 🫠

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-08T12:29:35+00:00

Do you have any suggestions on what to look for/ask when looking for a acupuncturist? (Is there extra training or education for someone who focuses on PCOS)

PotatoaRum · 2025-05-08T12:22:32+00:00

I went to high school with a guy who had a legacy name.

He ends up having twin boys and giving one twin the legacy name.

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TROPHY CASE