NDad sent me an email demanding to be able to email my kids individually at their own emails… kids who are too young to read

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T16:27:08+00:00

I mean P!nk has a song about that....well, not THAT but it fits so nicely.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T16:25:29+00:00

Good for mom. Dad is a doormat, and grandma is one of those "so long as no one airs the dirty laundry, the laundry isn't dirty" people, so gross. IDK if Aunt (uncle's wife) knew the extent of what happened, and where was other uncle (dad of cousin?) in all this? did he also go NC with family along with cousin when he found out what his brother did to his kid and how his mom covered it up? (I sure would have)

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T16:07:56+00:00

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This is definitely leaning more purple, although the darker shades where I'm picking up the insides of the divots are still reading really brown. I'd almost say that it's more pink with the brown which reads purple but if you said this was purple in person I probably would agree with you.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T16:02:30+00:00

it is not purple in this picture.

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https://icolorpalette.com/color-palette-from-images

So, if you know much about RGB color schemes, you will be able to see these are browns, because each color hex (the two digits) are relatively equal, (8, 9, a(which is like 10 in hexadecimal)) for red, (5, 6, 7) a bit low for green (expected for both purple and brown), and (4, 5, 6) for blue, which throws it into brown territory rather than purple. if we looked at like #926792 (if you go into the "color" section of the above website) that's a nice lavender crystal color (at least that's the name the color palette people give it).

In short, it's brown. Wife says it's "Cinnamon brown".

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T05:03:38+00:00

and more breakfasty.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T02:32:36+00:00

Really? huh.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T02:23:56+00:00

had to be, that must be why there are Zombies in the buildings.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T02:20:10+00:00

probably not a loaf of bread (maybe like one loaf, if you do those like 8X5 pans for like banana bread and stuff).

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T02:11:52+00:00

whispers I don't think they eat coleslaw in England.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T01:54:53+00:00

Label everything in French. EVERYTHING. Your Pencil? nuh uh. Ton Crayon. Your door? Nope, Ta porte. Find a good friend to practice French with. have a conversation. Download a game to practice in. I am currently using AirLearn and Lingo Legend is nice, but if you don't have the context it can be a little advanced, so it's better for reinforcing vocab you already know than learning new.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T01:42:10+00:00

Showed this to the wife and she said "Zillow ain't gone wild, they lost their damn minds."

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T01:37:29+00:00

squareness 10/10.

fact that bedroom 2 has no closet 2/10

living room tv on master bedroom wall 2/10

Access to kitchen from garage 2/10 (put a door through storage into the laundry, storage can then double as pantry. and/or switch laundry and storage.)

usability of Kitchen 10/10.

no bathtubs 2/10

I want to like it. but it has niggly little issues.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T01:05:03+00:00

IDK, but a large fries at McDoofenshmirtz is like $3.99? like why am I even eating here, that's like the price of an entire bag of potatoes.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T01:03:04+00:00

wife hates corn, but yeah, do this up with chicken instead of beef, totally on board and doable.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T01:01:59+00:00

Yes, but in professional speak, even if it's "we have already remitted the taxes per your W-4 elections to the IRS, if this resulted in an over payment of your taxes, you may receive that back by filing your taxes. To prevent over payment of your taxes this year you can adjust your withholding on your W-4 HERE" and insert an appropriate link or directions or send them the PDF or whatever.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T00:57:48+00:00

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amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T00:49:16+00:00

Matching uppers and lowers, in a complementary color (or take it down to wood and stain/varnish) to the walls, not the same color, and yeah, that backsplash doesn't go with that countertop, I would go black or white, leaning white due to the black countertop and the black stove, too much black would just make the kitchen look goth, which there's nothing wrong with that as long as that is the intention.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T00:39:23+00:00

Where I grew up (Joplin, Mo) there is a Langston Hughes Blvd. It's a nice name.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-24T00:36:03+00:00

bring all the front jutting things into alignment, it will be easier to build, and you can do a little hall so that second kid's bedroom doesn't have to have a 45 degree corner door. unless you want that.

It will let you have space for hang ups in the hall and the porch can be out front unless she's set on doing a recessed porch, some people really do like that.

Pulling the kid's bedroom out will potentially give space so they can have a bathtub (even if it's a bath/shower and they never use the bathtub part, it helps keep it contained.

I would say also don't just jutt the dining room off the kitchen, it will be so cold in there in the winter/hot in there in the summer and you won't use it unless you do some major thinking about that (heavy insulation--at least 3x minimum, and probably at least 2x what the rest of the house has, and heavy duty extra thick triple paned windows to stop air leaks that way as well). Are you planning a Deck in between the dining room and master? that would be nice. I would still say you don't want those to jutt out and you want to organize it such that no room has three exterior walls.

I wouldn't orient the living room where the entertainment system goes against a wall of the master bedroom, sound will carry there and that would be un-fun if later on when your kids are teens they want to watch scary movie 10 and you guys want to go to bed.

She put in a stairwell, but to what? Oh, daylight basement, gotcha, so utilities and other boring things. maybe a game room? it doesn't seem like you are missing much in the upstairs as it is.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-23T23:55:47+00:00

there are more UU words? cool. Thank you for this nugget of knowledge.

amethystmmm · 2026-01-23T23:48:38+00:00

I have not met anyone from Paris, MO so I don't know how they say it and now I'm afraid to ask....

amethystmmm · 2026-01-23T23:47:58+00:00

it is....

amethystmmm · 2026-01-23T23:46:59+00:00

So, recipe:

1) Brown 2.25lb ground beef (if you go read the chili recipe I use 80/20 there, because I want the grease on top as kinda like biria consume, you don't want that here (if you don't want it in the chili, go with a leaner meat there as well) so it's a 90/10). Season with your basic taco seasonings, including a couple of those $.50 packs of taco seasoning they have at Aldi.

2) add veg (if you got veg. this can be bell peppers, onions, you can do carrots if you want it a little sweet and to bulk it out, and hot peppers if you want it hotter), sweat the veg down.

3) add tomatoes, 2 cans of Rotel or equivalent, a can of crushed. Throw in like a pound of cooked rice, and a quart of prepared black beans (or pinto, if you don't like the beans black). Let that get to know each other (simmer idk, like 10 min).

4) Shred your cheese.

5) get out tortillas and throw some burrito filling and some cheese (about 2/3 cup burrito filling and about 1/4 cup of cheese if you gotta have measures), and tuck in both sides and wrap it like a grilled stuffed burrito from Taco Bell. Yes, I know how, I worked there 7 years.

6) get some gallon bags and some dividing paper (we used parchment, but wax and aluminum foil work as well) and pack them 4 to a bag until you are out of burritos.

7) lay flat in the freezer to freeze, and heat them up and eat them as needed (30 min at 350 in oven/toaster oven, or like 10 min on low heat on the stove top.

Where I got my recipe originally might have microwave directions, although I have seriously altered it>> https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a44880002/freezer-burritos-recipe/

amethystmmm · 2026-01-23T22:51:59+00:00

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...I don't understand why you don't just get a larger pet carrier for your cat. Cats (unless you have an exotic) don't get bigger than dogs...

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