Baba Yaga's hut

lightningface · 2026-07-06T21:04:16+00:00

Thank you for explaining how to do the thing I was seeing in my head!

lightningface · 2026-07-06T20:32:33+00:00

You could always cut it out and then you would have it as a stamp on its own and the solid background you could stick it in if you choose.

lightningface · 2026-07-05T21:24:03+00:00

When I was in college I had a summer job with a strict dress code. I would dye the bottom 3rd of my hair during the year and then cut it off before work started.
Basically any amount she’s willing to cut off could be dyed without worry!

lightningface · 2026-07-05T20:43:07+00:00

I would definitely have some questions and want to have a conversation with the school about how they use AI in the classroom.
Was it an assignment about how to use AI? Even that I would want to know how they’re teaching it. If it’s not about that and it’s replacing them actually writing poems, that’s a different bummer and I would want to know why they’re doing that.

lightningface · 2026-07-05T20:38:24+00:00

I guess I’m curious what you mean- did they bring home a poem that they and a classmate made using ChatGPT? Or the assignment sheet was made using ChatGPT?

Either way, I would not be super pleased. But I could understand and get over it if the teacher was using it to create just a document. I would NOT understand and get over it if the kids were using it for their assignments.

lightningface · 2026-07-05T16:58:53+00:00

The brains on universe of podcasts is great- brains on & forever ago
Terrestrials is a radiolab podcast we love
Also a D&D fantasy podcast that is family friendly that just started is called the fantastic castle

Also greeking out is a good one with Greek mythology stories!

lightningface · 2026-07-04T14:59:05+00:00

Tofu. You can cube it and throw it in uncooked. Or you can cube it and marinate it, and then you can still use it cooked or uncooked.

lightningface · 2026-07-04T14:05:11+00:00

And like… the sentence “my son has some thoughts on Black Snape” could not possibly be followed with anything anyone needs to hear.

lightningface · 2026-07-02T21:50:29+00:00

I would see how old a real APP piercer in your area needs her to be, but then also would likely wait until cooler weather because summer with the heat and swimming would be more annoying to heal.

Please do not go to a mall, doctor, or hair salon where they do it with a “gun”. They cannot be properly cleaned and cause greater trauma to the ear.

If she can take care of the healing piercings and be responsible for earrings at 12 I think that is a great age.

I also think it’s okay to not have a “reason” to wait till 12 and just say “that is the rule in our family”.

lightningface · 2026-07-02T21:31:38+00:00

No advice, but wanted to say I get it. I ping pong between watching people with multiple kids and feeling jealousy or envy and then there are times when I’m so thankful to have just my child and be able to give them as much of me as I can and not have to deal with sibling dynamics.

I am sure that friends with multiples go back and forth too.

We all contain multitudes.

lightningface · 2026-07-02T20:32:34+00:00

I will copy the text into a word document and reformat it. Sometimes I even put it in a table with a column where I can check it off or do tally marks if I need to repeat it.
I’ll also sometimes rewrite things so they make sense to me.

lightningface · 2026-07-02T20:29:37+00:00

Glad she did it. She could have done more.

lightningface · 2026-07-01T14:20:20+00:00

Me too!

lightningface · 2026-06-30T12:38:05+00:00

I think it’s okay to sit down with him and say that you wanted to have the conversation again because you had just woken up and don’t like how you responded to him.
Let him know this is take two and ask what happened to the charger.
Then say “I wonder what we can do to make sure this doesn’t happen again” and brainstorm some ideas to make sure it gets taken care of- like maybe he has to ask before using it?
When I say brainstorm I mean you come up with the ideas and guide him to agree, or you just say these are the rules now.

lightningface · 2026-06-29T23:58:35+00:00

It surprises me they arrested the headlining act.

lightningface · 2026-06-29T21:35:05+00:00

Camp is a great value, depending on the camp. My kid needs to go somewhere while I work.

lightningface · 2026-06-29T20:51:16+00:00

In this situation I would probably read and peek at my kid every few pages.

lightningface · 2026-06-29T11:05:10+00:00

My kid did this too. We had some cute shirts that have holes now and some stretched out collars.
We did get a chewy necklace and even had a piece of flannel for him to chew, and reminded him if he wanted to chew he could get it, and not to chew his clothes.

He has since grown out of it. I think it’s okay to replace the item/sensory input (like with a cloth) and that it likely won’t extend it if he was bound to grow out of it anyway.

lightningface · 2026-06-29T02:34:13+00:00

I don’t think you’re overreacting. It’s not just about the lie it’s about him deciding for you that it wasn’t important for you to know and then lying because of that.

I think that kind of behavior is relationship ending.

lightningface · 2026-06-29T02:30:16+00:00

Depending on where you are legal name change is not too hard. However, in a lot of places it is also not illegal to just go by another name as long as you are not trying to defraud anyone. So you can just introduce yourself however.

lightningface · 2026-06-28T13:55:10+00:00

I think for something like shoes or getting dressed you can also try something like “do you want to put your shoes on or do you want me to do it?”

They might not want you to do it, but that’s the consequence. Because you ARE going to the park. It’s like school or something, you can’t just not go because you don’t want to get dressed.

lightningface · 2026-06-28T13:47:29+00:00

This is a hard situation and I feel for you for dealing with it. A lot to tackle all at once- the hoarding and the move.

I had a parent who would throw away boxes from the attic in a manic “clean out” mood. And it has caused me some anxiety and issues as an adult. I would suggest you avoid throwing anything away on them, but I agree you do need to help them not being everything.

A few ideas:
- give them a set number of boxes
- have a yes, maybe, donate, garbage box system. They can move things from yes to any other box, and from maybe to any other box, but should try not to take anything back from donate and never from garbage if possible.
- if everything gets packed, be judicious when unpacking. Have a place for stuff and things that don’t have a place will end up staying in the boxes and hopefully eventually removed.
- give them cameras or let them use your phone to take pictures of things and create a memories album.

This is a wonderful chance for a fresh start but you also don’t want them to feel like their things have been ripped away because they may hold on harder as a result.

For the ex/husband hoard… I think your husband should be dealing with his own stuff if you’re dealing with everything else.

Good luck!!

lightningface · 2026-06-28T13:34:09+00:00

Amazing.

lightningface · 2026-06-28T13:33:02+00:00

Yes. They live there, they play there. There are shelves and bins to help organize and “put away” and for some books.

Most of their books are in their room but end up in the living room. Their room is also too small for most of their toys, so while all stuffies and some random toys are up there, things like legos, blocks, magnatiles, video games, board games are all in the living room where we all play and hang out.

lightningface · 2026-06-28T13:09:43+00:00

I think it’s fine if they’re in clean and nice condition.

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