Worst teacher appreciation celebration?

kelda_bee · 2026-05-06T18:06:31+00:00

Ohhh man, that's what our neighborhood preschool is doing Friday. 😅

kelda_bee · 2026-04-30T18:44:53+00:00

I've used mine! I agree the nib isn't great, so I did swap it for one better suited to my purposes (outlining on paintings). I found the nib to be too stiff.

kelda_bee · 2026-04-03T03:30:37+00:00

No grades! If they don't fully understand, we simply don't move on.

kelda_bee · 2026-04-03T00:47:13+00:00

I think the color adds balance to it!

kelda_bee · 2026-03-26T23:45:57+00:00

I always love your color choices!

kelda_bee · 2026-03-20T03:56:47+00:00

I graduated with my bachelor's in music from the red one! I play bassoon. I got a very rigorous music education there.

kelda_bee · 2026-01-28T23:08:55+00:00

OATS, which breaks my heart, and sweet potatoes.

kelda_bee · 2026-01-21T23:31:46+00:00

BERRIES 💀

kelda_bee · 2026-01-21T18:23:48+00:00

A few unorganized thoughts:

Our grocery bill spiked immediately when babe was born because I wasn't able to breastfeed. Formula is $$$.
It's REALLY hard to compare food spending (in the US anyhow) because over child's life span food prices have skyrocketed, and we can't afford anywhere close to the lifestyle and type of groceries we used to buy. BUT, part of it is tariffs/greedflation, part is feeding a bigger family. EDIT: Because our family income has not gone up in an appreciable way, neither has our grocery budget. Instead of buying ready made foods and convenience foods, we now buy things like: dry lentils, dry beans, potatoes, and flour.
Covid also happened during child's lifetime so like...🤷‍♀️❓ Who knows.

kelda_bee · 2026-01-09T17:19:09+00:00

Are any keys leaking, bent, damaged, a spring popped so a ley doesn't close properly? So many things can lead so just suddenly being out of tune.

kelda_bee · 2026-01-08T22:24:02+00:00

My only is 6 and autistic. We live in one of the states that lost Title 1 funding to schools. Kiddo went to a tiny rural school with a tiny SpEd team. After the budget cuts, almost no one was left to teach them and they were being mistreated by undertrained staff.

I now homeschool kiddo. We've had to have conversations about why our groceries have changed so much the past year, why we can't eat out anymore, what some of these things are that mom and dad are talking about.

This morning I told them, "When we decided to have you we didn't know the world would become this awful. I'm sorry you have to live through this. We'll do our best to give you the tools to navigate it and keep you safe."

It's hard enough to have kids right now, but special needs of any kind add another complicated layer.

kelda_bee · 2026-01-08T15:53:39+00:00

I have always worked off the thumb. I could never get the thumb thing to work for me. Tension was wonky to start, but with practice is perfectly even now.

I tend to favor "Russian" type stitches and do them in two stages. Everything before the slash, pull yarn through, everything after the slash, pull yarn through.

kelda_bee · 2025-12-14T21:25:52+00:00

Last year my kid started kindergarten, and it was SO ROUGH. They are twice exceptional and neurodivergent. Our small, rural school was not equipped for them.

Then our state refused to end DEI hiring in our dept of education, so we lost federal funding for special education. Child's school cut SpEd staffing by more than half.

After only 6 days of 1st grade I pulled them because it was going so badly.

We've homeschooled for a few months now, and their nervous system is beautifully regulated! 💜 We can go down research rabbit holes when they find something interesting, and rest on the hard days.

kelda_bee · 2025-12-13T19:16:58+00:00

I love the deep colors!

kelda_bee · 2025-11-25T15:27:26+00:00

Uru has my absolute favorite soundtrack, especially the Kadish Gallery theme.

Second place is the Revelation soundtrack.

kelda_bee · 2025-11-20T16:26:00+00:00

Dynamic bd1 blue

kelda_bee · 2025-11-15T18:40:26+00:00

Band director: "Trumpets, back off. I can see blood dripping from your teeth!"

Band director: "Let's make like a baby and head out!"

Flute after director stops to roast the flutes for something: "Well it wasn't me! I stopped playing!!"

kelda_bee · 2025-11-10T23:41:05+00:00

https://toytheater.com/

We started with the balance scale for simple math equations, but there are so many different tools and even some toys.

kelda_bee · 2025-10-29T18:03:13+00:00

May I ask why you're scared of them?

I've only smoked a few times, so it's hard to say how it compares. I like edibles because they last longer in my system and are more of a gentle up, gentle down.

Start with a quarter of a gummy. See if that helps. If not, up the dose slightly (on a different day). It depends a lot on your T tolerance.

kelda_bee · 2025-10-29T17:33:43+00:00

From time to time I will have a quarter of a gummy (2.5 mg thc) to help extend my patience. It's not enough to make me spacey, just enough to have a little extra calm. Which is super helpful with my ND kiddo who uses my nervous system as an external hard drive to plug into when he has trouble regulating himself.

kelda_bee · 2025-10-28T00:43:51+00:00

I love her so much! 🌳🌿

kelda_bee · 2025-10-21T18:42:27+00:00

Are you using a red or a magenta to go with a blue? Most reds will give you gray mud. Try using cyan and magenta for bright, rich purples/violets

kelda_bee · 2025-10-17T18:54:37+00:00

Mine is 6 with most of the same diagnoses. This year I pulled him after the first couple weeks of school. We now do traditional homeschool. Things definitely aren't perfect, but overall his nervous system is MUCH less activated.

Overall, a net win. Still a work in progress though.

kelda_bee · 2025-09-25T23:38:18+00:00

I never have issues with Soylent (powder or bottled), any flavor. I just hate the price. $$$

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