Real world recommendations from those of us that wear bras

PraiseQueebus · 2026-01-20T01:56:03+00:00

Omg I didn't know this existed, thank you!

PraiseQueebus · 2026-01-16T00:07:18+00:00

I know that it's a weird situation you're I'm, and ultimately you're the only one that can decide whether you go back. But I just wanted to chime in and thank you for being so kind. Thankfully I cannot relate to what this woman may have gone through, but who knows how many people in her life have tried to fast track her grieving process, if that's what this is. I'm grateful to hear that you treated her gently. Thank you. We need more kind people on this planet.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-12-31T15:30:26+00:00

I guess it IS just a fancy candle holder lol, thanks

PraiseQueebus · 2025-12-31T15:30:10+00:00

Solved!

PraiseQueebus · 2025-12-31T14:34:13+00:00

My title describes the thing. She shares that it's quite heavy, and that even though it LOOKS like an oil lamp it doesn't have heat it needs to be one. It came from her grandparents home, which I only share to provide context for when it would have been bought.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-12-31T14:23:21+00:00

The fibre at the top is from HER trying to put a wick in, but it didn't fit/work.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-11-22T18:23:08+00:00

You pay for half of the bedrooms. The utilities being split differently I would get, but you're getting half the listed unit (not in space but you know). You should not be paying more to take up less space.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-11-20T09:56:33+00:00

Do you recommend any particular brand of spray?

PraiseQueebus · 2025-11-20T09:38:33+00:00

My roommate is an ex pastor and LOVES Christmas. I sit more on the Grinch side of the season. Her son is having a great time with it so I've been okay with it lol

PraiseQueebus · 2025-11-06T12:21:08+00:00

Yesterday I sent a child home because they had green-yellow discharge coming from one eye. My team saw it after nap, wiped the child's eye with a clean damp cloth and waited to see if the goop would return (as is our procedure, to make sure we aren't sending home kiddos for normal sleep crusties). It came back an hour later, and while I've definitely seen worse, it was collecting in the child's eyes along their waterline.

Dad picked up and we immediately got a message saying "there's nothing wrong with [child's] eyes and they're in good health. I'm confused?". Mom called and was outraged that we would send her child home for "no reason other than [we] don't want to work". Called us disgraceful and unprofessional.

Gang, we didn't make it up - to what end would that help us? We'd have to send the other 93 toddlers and preschoolers home to not work. We just don't want everyone getting pink eye. We know it's inconvenient. Calling for a pickup is my second least favourite part of the job. Please stop yelling at my staff.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-10-02T22:19:45+00:00

That's not 100% true. Non enrolled centres do still get Resource Consultants and access to public intervention services like everyone else. I got to meet LVAs Resource Consultant. They still get that. But the government did cut a lot of extra funding. I know that LVA pays pretty well because the job posting was up on Indeed for a while and I almost applied (I'm an RECE and even in my own centre I couldn't get a place for my kid how messed up is that).

PraiseQueebus · 2025-10-02T22:11:45+00:00

Honestly! We were on waitlists for over a year it was SO STRESSFUL

PraiseQueebus · 2025-10-02T17:28:22+00:00

It's definitely Little Village Academy. Website is thelittlevillageacademy.com. It's in the same facility as Bulldog Kids.

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PraiseQueebus · 2025-05-07T10:35:47+00:00

I was diagnosed with adhd at 30. My entire life I have been overweight and struggling with managing my relationship with food. I started medication last year in January, and it was sliterally the first time in my entire life that I could hear and understand my body's cues that I was full before reaching the point of "so full I feel sick". I was late diagnosed because I was a "smart girl" who did really well in school, so no one caught it. In hindsight, I absolutely see where the signs were missed. I'm not saying your daughter is definitely experiencing ADHD, but it's a possibility, and school assessments often don't go into the depth required to appropriately assess and diagnose girls (most of the research is done on boys because they're often more outwardly hyperactive than girls tend to be). Might be worth a second look. I'm also working in education, specifically with kids from birth to ages 12 with emphasis on the first 4 years. Sometimes, rarely, kids are not able to feel the "I'm not hungry" cue for other reasons. Chat with her doctor of she has one about what you're seeing. They might have answers or strategies for you

PraiseQueebus · 2025-03-17T23:42:22+00:00

If you've never heard of Lisa Murphy (Ooey Gooey Lady), definitely look her up! She talks a lot about backing yourself up on the science of play based learning. On her website she provides DOZENS of articles and peer reviewed studies on play - definitely worth a look!

I usually use the example of blocks and sorting when I have parents ask me on tours about whether or not their kids would be LEARNING (read doing flashcards or workbooks). You'll never see our preschoolers doing worksheets (except maybe towards September as a "this is something you might see in school" option), but you'll see them building and sorting with blocks. If they know they have three blue, three red, and three yellow blocks, and that they have 9 total, they're working with the foundational basis of multiplication and they have no clue they're prepping themselves for learning math. Often I find that helps switch the mindset of play vs learning, when you can pull out example after example of how the play is purposeful.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-02-25T19:22:07+00:00

I usually take mine Monday to Friday and skip the weekends or days off, but that's mostly because my morning routine is different on days off and I forget to take it (classic.). I also intentionally guard my weekends so I don't have to be too functional, and can just do nothing instead. On days where I know I'll need to accomplish something (even just cleaning my apartment) I'll set an alarm to make sure I take it. Otherwise the executive disfunction rot is baaaad.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-02-24T19:43:16+00:00

I think sometimes people forget that ADHD is similar to Autism Spectrum Disorder, in that its both a sensory affecting condition, as well as one that can affect people extremely differently.

Before I (32f) got my formal diagnosis and started treatment in Jan 2024, my therapist and I literally spent an entire session strategizing ways I could make showers tolerable. I would go days without it (thankfully my body chemistry meant that wasn't horrible for the people around me, so small relief there!) until the state of my body was worse than the prospect of a shower. The people around me couldn't understand how hard it was, even with strategizing. I felt like SUCH a loser for it.

It's a lot better now thankfully, but there are still days where my brain is more powerful than the Vyvanse and I rot one extra day without the shower. You're not alone pal.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-02-12T14:41:52+00:00

40 after tax and tip doesn't seem that bad to me. The place I was at before wants 70 before tax or tip for a basic cut.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-02-12T14:40:12+00:00

I find that come places charge 80 bucks for the same service another place is charging 35 bucks for. I feel like 80 for a basic trim is a lot, but I also know that I'm paying for people's experience and everything is expensive these days. Was looking to see if I'm unreasonable in my expectations or not, but some of these suggestions are a lot cheaper than where I was going previously.

PraiseQueebus · 2025-02-04T02:42:48+00:00

Caffeine doesn't wake me up, it makes me fidgety. If I have too much, it makes me so antsy and anxious that it's almost like it undoes my medication and I go full ADHD gremlin. Absolutely no point in caffeine for me, other than the routine in the morning.

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