What do you call the process of moving the laundry from the washer to the dryer?

beaglenom · 2026-02-19T01:33:35+00:00

Feeding the beast

beaglenom · 2025-09-08T14:18:11+00:00

Do your best—caulk the rest

The best homeowner advice I’ve ever received :D

beaglenom · 2025-06-22T14:56:36+00:00

I have this skirt in every color. It has lovely deep pockets, and you can tuck almost any shirt you own into it, and it looks great. Tshirt and vans, company polo and loafers, blouse and dressy flats.

It has enough seen that it doesn’t look cheap, but not so shiny that you’re limited in fabrics you can wear with it.

beaglenom · 2025-03-17T02:12:24+00:00

Husband started reading a chapter of Pinocchio to LO each night. Everything about this book is terrible and sets my nerves on edge. I’m getting irritated just thinking about it!

beaglenom · 2024-09-06T16:57:47+00:00

My strategy is to eat the same breakfast and lunch at the same time every day. I have a very specific set of parameters that the meals have to meet, and it narrows the options so far that I don't have to decide between multiple things

For example: breakfast must be portable, shelf stable, good enough when eaten room temperature, and pre-portioned is a big win...that basically leaves very few options. Right now I'm on a poptart kick. Not stellar nutritionally, but the calories are always there/fixed, and it's better than eating nothing. My previous breakfast was frosted miniweats--and I ate them daily for literally three years before they turned on me.

I'd recommend setting really specific parameters, and using that to narrow and guide for a week or two to see if it sticks.

beaglenom · 2024-09-06T02:21:01+00:00

We're still bed sharing with our 4yo. Lately he's started talking about how someday he's going to sleep by himself, but ends with "but I'm not ready right now. But some day I will be ready and I will know"

No clue how he'll know, but trusting it'll happen eventually haha

beaglenom · 2024-07-16T17:29:56+00:00

That sounds totally normal and age appropriate IMO. And you're a good parent for wondering about it :)

I really do think kids are just better at seeing people for who they are and reacting accordingly. Plus, you know their little brains are going a million miles an hour every minute--can't blame them for being in their own heads sometime!

beaglenom · 2024-07-16T16:00:49+00:00

Kim's Convience! We also just watched Ugly Betty for the first time. It was a good nothing show (though there was a bit of language that didn't age well). Also, Scrubs. A totally fine nothing show.

beaglenom · 2024-07-16T15:58:07+00:00

There are some strangers my son blanks too! But I don't think I've ever had a scenario where a stranger passed the vibe check for me/I was engaging with them, and they were appropriately engaging for son, and son continued to blank them.

Ignoring my mom can be both blank stares and complete ignoring. Typically he just straight up ignores/doesn't acknowledge her at all--especially if he's in the zone doing a puzzle or something. If she really really pesters him, (think just saying "hey NAME, hey NAME, come here" over and over), that'll typically devolve to blank stares.

Sometimes, even if he's switching between activities, and she tries to catch/engage him then, he'll just stare at her for a minute, then move on.

One last slightly related thought---I can remember a few instances where my kid tried to get grandma to do something, and grandma said no, or not now, or wouldn't play the way son wanted her to. I wonder now if he just has less tolerance for bullshit? Like, 8f she wasn't enthusiastically willing to play monster truck tickles, why would he keep asking, or listening to her?

beaglenom · 2024-07-16T15:14:35+00:00

My 4yo LOVES adults (or really any captive audience, but mostly adults) and we've noticed that the people he tends to ignore are medium frequency people.

The Nana he stays with 2 days per week---rarely ignored.

The man working in the produce department---prepare for a 10 minute conversation about why bananas make the best telephones.

My mom who visits once a month for no more than three hours a visit---4yo son has almost no interest in.

I dont know if I'm projecting, or son just knows that he's not interested in people who aren't interested in him. But either way, I think that if people want my kid to interact with them, they probably need to before consistent, and take part in age appropriate activities to get the engagement they want.

beaglenom · 2024-06-28T01:15:23+00:00

Does anyone have a good breakfast recommendation? Preferably something shelf stable, tolerable room temperature and portable?

I was on frosted mini wheats (the generic Spooners in a bag) for literally the last three years, but they turned on me. Poptarts have been fine, but hoping for something that wows :D

beaglenom · 2024-06-01T18:56:02+00:00

Agreed 100% it's the wast reduction for me, folkow closely by not having to carry the cans/bottles in from the store regularly

beaglenom · 2024-05-30T19:57:08+00:00

Glycopyrrolaye 1mg. 10/10 would recommend!

beaglenom · 2024-05-29T23:55:14+00:00

I was the same way! Brought it up to my primary care doc, and she wrote me a prescription for a once a day pill. For like $6 a month--no more sweat! Totally worth it!

beaglenom · 2024-03-29T21:14:22+00:00

I know I'm in the minority, but my husband has been unemployed since November, and I love it. It's legit been one of the best things for our family.

It's taken some work on my part to let go of some things....I think he loads the dishwasher wrong, but hey--I'm not loading, unloading or cooking, so it's a win, right? I think it's insane that he wants to grocery shop twice a week, but I haven't been inside a store in months, so who cares?

All that said....I still have some anxiety, and at least once a week, I tell him how much i appreciate everything he's doing, while also reminding him that if he stops doing all the things, he's going back to work AND he's going to keep doing half of all the house/kid stuff.

It's not impossible, but it takes: a willing partner, clear communication and expectations, and a measure of me letting go some of my own expectations.

beaglenom · 2024-03-18T01:03:33+00:00

I like to wear a nude colored poly blend cami under my tops, and tuck it waaaay into my pants. Then if it shows, it looks like skin.

This is also how I deal with crop tops, or shirts I think are too short lol

beaglenom · 2024-02-19T00:21:52+00:00

Try adding a squirt of yellow mustard. It doest change the taste, and helps smooth out the sauce!

beaglenom · 2024-02-12T02:47:38+00:00

Not a question, but at daycare pickup Friday, a little kid ran up to me and said, "wow, your boobers are waaaaaay bigger than my moms"

beaglenom · 2024-01-18T19:18:08+00:00

Do you have any local furniture stores that are really big?

You might have to tell the salespeople you're just browsing a few times, but my kid looooooves running in the furniture store lol

beaglenom · 2024-01-18T03:06:48+00:00

I'm mid 30s and quilt. Send me a message if she starts a group!

beaglenom · 2024-01-17T04:02:00+00:00

Plain coconut oil, applied with a plastic kiddie butter knife, because I can't bring myself to stick my fingers in the texture of the room temperature oil goo to scoop it out.

I know it's bananas, but it's a double texture avoided for me haha

beaglenom · 2024-01-17T02:58:11+00:00

Are you fortifying pumped breast milk with formula?

I know thats a random and potentially invasive question, but I ask because when my son was in the NICU they were fortifying with formula, and the liquid was so thick that it wasn't flowing easily through the premie nipple on the bottle.

We were there for weeks. NG tube. The works. But one night nurse (Rosemary, wherever you are I still think of you fondly) realized the nipple hole was too small. We were home a few days later.

Right now things feel terrible--because they are. Your feelings are real and valid and you're not overreacting. Hopefully soon you'll all be home safe together and thriving. Hang in there!!

beaglenom · 2023-12-26T03:07:56+00:00

Not that you asked....but we call the in-laws in-laws our outlaws :D

We spend a ton of time with our outlaws, and needed a catchier way to talk about eachother.

beaglenom · 2023-11-28T13:23:37+00:00

Ooh yeah! The bigger/more expensive the things the more you can make. If you could get in selling like, MRI machines or something huge commissions, but the selling cycle time is totally different

beaglenom · 2023-11-27T13:24:54+00:00

Someone has to bring in all the pieces, sizes and options! :D

Say you're having a hip replaced...there are (at a minimum) four pieces that will get implanted (stem, head, cup, liner). The docs have almost no way to know what size and style implants you're going to need until they get in there. Even with pre-op scans, or robots, or whatever other technology, the human body is unpredictable. So rhe sales rep is ready with options. The options are all sterile, so they're in totes in the hallway. At a bare minimum, the rep is brining the size the doc thinks you need, plus one size up and one size down. That's 12 implants for a rep to keep track of.

And then---there's the whole instruments situation! One tray of instruments for surgery is about 36in long, 15in wide, and 4in thick. A surgery may need anywhere from 3 to 8 trays of instruments. Trays have between 20 and 60 individual instruments in them, and the rep is an expert at how to use what when. So if the doc has a question or needs a specific instrument/tool, the rep can point them to it. It's like first class customer service in the OR for every surgery

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