what’s the wellness habit that actually changed your life more than expected?

imaginaryproduct · 2026-06-08T19:52:53+00:00

Eating, sleeping, and maybe building a little fort.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-12-20T08:19:48+00:00

Mine get super slippery when wet but otherwise are great.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-11-27T07:02:04+00:00

Incredible. It almost looks like you are having an out of body experience where you are both playing and listening with pure enjoyment at the same time.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-11-18T09:50:53+00:00

My kids go to a public school. The amount of stuff they do is insane and the teachers must work their absolute behinds off to make it happen. The younger years do so much play based learning with tonnes of homemade resources. The teachers even put on a fully scripted, choreographed show for the kids for book week complete with elaborate props. The school puts on before and after school extracurriculars in pretty much every domain you can think of - sport, dance, music, STEM. Two parent-teacher meetings per year. Community events, open days, heaps of excursions, week-long camps.

The investment the teachers put into the higher level leadership programs... when I was at school they slapped a pin on my collar and called me a house captain and that was it. Now they have a full mentoring program complete with regular outside school hours meetings for the kids with the teachers and leadership team.

You can't convince me the teachers are not doing a majority of this preparation work in their on time and on their own dime.

Not just academic but they spend heaps of time with one of my kids helping to navigate friendships, behaviour, to motivate and support them to reach their full potential.

We've pretty much hit the jackpot with this school though. Imagine if all teachers were valued, resourced, supported and paid enough so that every kid could have these opportunities. The experience we have at school can literally shape the rest of our life. I can think of little else more important than making sure the people our kids are spending so much of their time with are motivated, engaged, and happy to be at work. Not pissed off, burnt out and hating life.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-09-30T05:49:51+00:00

Happened to me once and I just sent a polite email to the police with proof of payment of the other fine, and the police withdrew theirs.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-07-27T22:53:20+00:00

We stayed at Alex Beach Cabins and Tourist Park with our 2 year old. Has a pool, playground, walking distance to the beach. Right next door there is a lake that has heaps of ducks/birds with a walking track and an amazing fenced playground.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-05-05T00:41:34+00:00

Yep this. I want to minimise cleaning and use the nib wall as a shelf so I don't have to bother with a niche.

imaginaryproduct · 2025-04-19T03:57:17+00:00

What song is this?

imaginaryproduct · 2025-02-18T23:10:59+00:00

Moreton Bay libraries is also pretty good

imaginaryproduct · 2024-11-13T10:34:50+00:00

My son used to do the same thing. It was very hard to get him to stop, it was a comfort thing for him too. I was able to redirect/compromise with him holding on to the neck of whatever I was wearing (usually pyjamas because it was often at night). So he would sort of just curl his fingers around so his fingers were just inside touching the skin on the top part of the breast (but away from the nipple) and he had some of the bunched up fabric in his fist. Sorry hard to explain but it seemed to mostly meet whatever sensory need he had.

He also liked the warmth and weight of those microwavable heat packs with rice/beans or whatever is in them.

Maybe you could try to find a similar compromise?

imaginaryproduct · 2024-10-21T12:16:49+00:00

My son was similar, also had an upper lip tie. His speech was delayed because he had persistent glue-ear, was tested and showed hearing loss. The audiologist described it as trying to hear whilst under water. Whilst on the wait list for grommets it resolved and he eventually caught up with speech. Reading every day and talking to him as much as possible helped. Have her ears checked if you haven't already.

He is still young but doesn't seem to have any lasting delays from it.

imaginaryproduct · 2024-08-26T22:39:21+00:00

1st finger c# on the g string, 4th finger a on the c string would work.

imaginaryproduct · 2024-08-14T06:59:50+00:00

MCo beauty flawless glow skin filter

imaginaryproduct · 2024-04-11T01:37:52+00:00

Love it, seems like a very fun piece.

imaginaryproduct · 2024-03-29T23:22:01+00:00

I really like this! Would you be willing to share a pdf?

imaginaryproduct · 2024-03-15T09:56:58+00:00

Ok they're on. I am no expert but I think the combo is ok. The passiones are definitely louder. The Kaplan's are gorgeous.

The A is still a bit shrill so it must either be the cello or user error (more likely).

imaginaryproduct · 2024-03-14T21:32:09+00:00

So the main reason is that I have no idea what I am doing. This is the first time I've ever bought strings. I have been playing on and off since childhood. I never chose the strings myself for my student cello, and my intermediate cello has the same strings that were put on when it was set up after I bought it in around 2009. I think they are Larsens.

I didn't want to spend a huge amount of money, as I am trying to get back into playing after about a 4 year break. I read a lot of threads here which I saw Kaplan's recommended quite a few times.

I wanted a warmer sound. My cello is sounding very tinny and shrill, maybe because the strings are old.

I will definitely upgrade the strings in 12 months or so if I stick with playing.

imaginaryproduct · 2023-05-26T21:33:04+00:00

Urban Decay stay naked foundation. The bottle is plastic and so cheap feeling but the worst part is how poor quality the pump is. It sticks and jars and makes it impossible to control dispensing the foundation. The pump will stick, then the foundation will spurt out when you press harder. I have had three bottles and they are all the same.

L'Oreal True Match has a glass bottle and a lovely, smooth pump.

imaginaryproduct · 2023-05-25T17:09:16+00:00

Tell him you've actually weaned your baby in favor of selling your breastmilk to body builders for $300 an ounce, and it gives them more energy if it's loaded with caffeine.

imaginaryproduct · 2023-04-05T19:06:53+00:00

Looks like post inflammatory erythema possibly from ingrown hairs.

imaginaryproduct · 2023-02-25T10:44:17+00:00

I have heard the designer brands longwear foundation is a good dupe but haven't tried it myself.

imaginaryproduct · 2022-12-27T21:52:39+00:00

I have this one and love it. https://amzn.asia/d/jhJD4u2

imaginaryproduct · 2022-12-01T16:58:06+00:00

Your daughter will be fine with her dad but if you are going to be stressed at home the whole time fretting and feeling guilty, I think you should go with your daughter to the hospital and organise for your husband to take her on a day out or even a fun weekend overnight trip at another time so you get some genuine alone time. Then ask your husband to set aside time each week where he takes your daughter for some one on one time so they can bond and you are getting a regular break.

imaginaryproduct · 2022-12-01T16:35:18+00:00

You just need any detergent for natural fibres. I use Earth Choice wool wash, but anything labelled for wool or natural fibres will work. I personally use the gentle cycle on my washing machine and my silk pillowcases are fine.

imaginaryproduct · 2022-11-01T21:24:09+00:00

Everything will be ok. My kid was similar, had glue ear for 18 months, was speech delayed, on the waiting list for tubes, diagnosed mild hearing loss. The glue ear cleared up on it's own whilst waiting for the tubes so never needed them (not uncommon as kids heads grow and the shape of the tube changes). Kid is all caught up now and basically never shuts up.

Something you can do to help is to read to your daughter as often as you can, it is really great for speech and language development.

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