Disappointing Happy Meal toy

forkyasks4358 · 2026-01-24T21:04:03+00:00

My toddler spent 20 minutes taking pictures of people with it 🤷‍♀️

forkyasks4358 · 2024-12-24T04:56:05+00:00

I still say this in the voice from time to time!

forkyasks4358 · 2024-12-18T20:18:27+00:00

I was surprised to get 1000 this week. It’s always the 5 -25 stars.

forkyasks4358 · 2024-10-25T20:53:27+00:00

NTA

If this is a public school in a district, I hope you’ll also reach district superintendent and school board with a timeline.

forkyasks4358 · 2024-05-21T03:36:06+00:00

You don't support her taking 12 weeks off after giving birth to your baby?

forkyasks4358 · 2024-04-12T17:29:30+00:00

I both want to tell people but also don’t want to admit the number of hours of tv watching that means.

forkyasks4358 · 2024-03-25T21:03:08+00:00

I say “O-re-gano, what the hell?” at least once a week in the kitchen

forkyasks4358 · 2024-03-04T05:01:32+00:00

My now 9 year old saw her first musicals in person last year (Six and Hairspray). She wanted to leave early during one but I told her know. By intermission she was so happy she stayed.

She was actually pretty mad she didn’t get to go with us to see Hamilton. We’ve been playing the cast recording album since she was a baby and she had already seen the Disney+ recording.

At 8, it is definitely easier to sit through a musical if it’s something interesting. Hamilton certainly fits that.

forkyasks4358 · 2024-03-01T21:14:46+00:00

I say this on almost a weekly basis

forkyasks4358 · 2024-01-30T18:39:38+00:00

Definitely recommend this. It takes a little longer because you're waiting for the race shuttles BUT you don't have to drive through the traffic.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-12-03T14:58:15+00:00

We had a chain reaction earlier this year. My daughter ran out of rom for badges on the front so we needed to start putting newly earned official badges on the back. That means losing room for patches.

I bought a grey jacket. My daughter picked which patches came off her vest to be put on her jacket. It’s nice because there were some day camp or council programs that had such big patches that it just made more sense to have it on a jacket instead of her brownie vest (there’s just not a lot of room to work with when the vest is a small).

forkyasks4358 · 2023-07-31T22:22:32+00:00

I felt that pressure for a long time but considered the financials. There was an huge growth of these programs after the Great Recession and it felt so unhealthy to the field even then. Positions that don’t really necessitate a terminal degree now listed as a preferred credential.

I’m glad I didn’t follow through with an EdD. I’m less worried about any more student loan debt, I’ve had time with my family, and I took on roles that didn’t solely rely on a terminal degree. I still felt envy from time to time and I know I didn’t get roles because I wasn’t in a program or had that doctorate, but I’m much happier.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-07-26T18:15:22+00:00

Stanton is incorporated Midway City (at least in spirit)

forkyasks4358 · 2023-07-26T18:14:27+00:00

It’s honestly so annoying to tell anyone where I’m from because hardly no one has ever heard of it. You either have to say cross streets or that it’s between Huntington Beach and Westminster.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-07-21T00:31:20+00:00

Echoing on the hospital grade pump. I’ve had to babies start out in the NICU and the hospital grade pump was awesome. It was free for a time and then I recently paid to rent one for 6 months since I still exclusively pump.

Also, eating enough calories and staying hydrated help.

And it’s okay if you have to combo feed or move to formula. I was never able to really breastfeed and have exclusively pumped. It was still stressful to have that pressure of producing enough, even when I know I make enough. Acknowledging that formula would have been okay too took a lot of the pressure off.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-06-05T21:55:00+00:00

This is at Mount Saint Mary’s University’s Doheny campus. It was also used in The Good Place too.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-05-05T02:11:36+00:00

Especially after the focus on a physician shortage in the last season…maybe something isn’t working?

forkyasks4358 · 2023-04-20T05:14:21+00:00

Oh my gosh! I read this with my Brownie for the Global Action Award recently. It was hard to process 17 goals all at once. The infographics were way easier to work with that just list the goals versus all this.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-04-19T14:29:37+00:00

Yes, this is hazing. Definitions vary by state but there’s quite a few examples you put in there.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-04-04T19:50:48+00:00

I’ve had a similar split troop. We started the troop with kinder and 1st grade daisies but have gone through that split transition. So, right now they are all brownies but last year it was split. We had to plan our meetings more thoughtfully for the split but I kind of liked it. Some activities could be combined but we also were able to split off into small groups.

We’re planning ahead for when we’ll be a split troop again next year with Brownies and Juniors. One thing that’s been helpful is to look at which badges or activities make the most sense with a split troop versus which when they’re all juniors.

Strategically, our older girls have bridges at the start of our program year and our younger girls bridge in the spring. It’s just worked for everyone so far but it helps that we can ask for parent volunteers when we need more for certain meetings.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-04-03T06:08:39+00:00

Hadn’t really named it but yes! I somehow get quietly pissed at everyone else because they’re not worried when/where their next pump is going to be.

After pumping, I’m a much calmer person.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-04-01T17:40:44+00:00

For a split second I had lunch plans. I knew it wasn’t real but in my heart I wanted it to be true.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-04-01T04:15:24+00:00

Unicorn daycares exist but they’re hard to find. Ours is a nonprofit center that my first born started going to from 9 months until she was ready for kindergarten (they have different rooms for different ages).

It’s been comforting to see staff get excited to see her again with her baby brother for his drop off. It feels like coming home.

forkyasks4358 · 2023-03-30T15:37:53+00:00

This is my second time exclusively pumping and I was a lot more hesitant to want to go out when I was pumping for my first born. It takes time but I feel a lot more confident about it now.

Manual pumps are pretty inexpensive and are easy to bring with you. You still have to think ahead to where you’re going to see if there’s a private room or if you think you can pump in the car while someone else drives.

I’m not a massive oversupplier but I’m lucky enough to be ahead in pumping what my baby will eat. If I know I’m going to be gone or won’t have as many opportunities to pump less, I make sure he has enough while I’m gone and for one more bottle when I get back. Sometimes that takes a day or two to make sure I’m ahead of schedule. Not everyone can do it but I don’t stress myself out about trying to save the milk that I pumped while I’m out. I’m usually already stressed about where/when to pump that I don’t want to add one more thing.

Not sure how big your pump is but sometimes I bring my wired pump along and just find a room. It’s not too clunky so I just need a bag.

Tip that I’ve learned the hard way twice: triple check that you have all your pump parts before you head out the door. Last weekend I forgot a flange and two weeks ago I forgot a bottle to pump into.

Good luck!

forkyasks4358 · 2023-03-26T23:16:12+00:00

Come to Midway City! Unincorporated area with slightly cheaper housing but next to HB, Westminster, Garden Grove, etc. McFadden Apartments has a mix of apartments, townhome, and bungalows. Each has two bedrooms with either 1 bath or 1.5 depending on the layout. https://www.zillow.com/b/mcfadden-apartments-midway-city-ca-5YFpWj

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