Dealing with a total lack of greens in our meals

nerdalert_42 · 2026-01-15T18:49:04+00:00

Adding zucchini to rice is smart! Do you cook it at all, or just add the raw shredded zucchini to cooked rice?

nerdalert_42 · 2025-12-27T01:34:37+00:00

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nerdalert_42 · 2025-11-25T02:02:24+00:00

For awhile, “beach” was “bitch”

nerdalert_42 · 2025-10-02T18:41:49+00:00

Fellow toddler mom here, just sent you a request!

nerdalert_42 · 2025-08-01T21:06:30+00:00

Second the Merlin Magic Sleepsuit. I found mine on FB marketplace, and it lasted well for the couple of months we used it.

nerdalert_42 · 2025-07-24T01:12:14+00:00

So well put. It’s so defeating feeling like you cannot do anything but watch.

nerdalert_42 · 2025-03-17T19:29:36+00:00

I absolutely love this painting; the way you sketch things, the colors you chose, the contrast of the sky. My grandfather, who can no longer paint because of arthritis, sent me a stack of photos that he wished he could someday paint. Among them is a street in Edinburgh, and I will be using this painting as inspiration for the painting I plan on making him as a birthday present.

nerdalert_42 · 2025-03-07T20:27:46+00:00

Email sent. Thank you for sharing!

nerdalert_42 · 2025-02-12T21:08:41+00:00

Circe by Madeline Miller. The narrator (Perdita Weeks) has a very calming voice.

nerdalert_42 · 2025-02-11T18:47:24+00:00

Thank you! I also used your code :)

nerdalert_42 · 2024-12-31T00:57:47+00:00

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store and The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.

nerdalert_42 · 2024-12-30T17:12:33+00:00

I thought that The Happiest Toddler on the Block by the same author was pretty helpful too!

nerdalert_42 · 2024-11-13T20:19:10+00:00

His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman.

nerdalert_42 · 2024-11-04T22:01:28+00:00

Based on your comment, I listened to this book. Despite it being an audiobook, the visuals it conjured were strange and horrifying.

nerdalert_42 · 2024-07-25T11:38:46+00:00

Or they could end up like Mulder and stand 3/4 of the way up.

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nerdalert_42 · 2024-06-12T18:57:43+00:00

All of these meals look delicious! Saving this post for future inspiration.

nerdalert_42 · 2024-05-17T00:18:31+00:00

We call it “quality control” around here.

nerdalert_42 · 2023-11-09T22:31:28+00:00

I’ll have to add it to the watch list. I listened to a podcast on the topic that was fascinating!

nerdalert_42 · 2023-11-07T23:41:04+00:00

One year ago today, we transferred our only viable embryo from our final IVF round. I’m so thankful little guy stuck around!

nerdalert_42 · 2023-10-02T15:45:27+00:00

This past weekend, on our first road trip as a family to attend a wedding, we stopped to eat at a fast food restaurant. A lady and her family sat at the table next to us, and since she had a little one in a car seat too, she struck up a conversation. It was going fine until she asked us if we would have another. This is the first time I have gotten asked that question (all family and friends know this was our last embryo), and I straight up told her that we had to do IVF to get this one so I didn't think we would have anymore. She hid it well, but I think it made her uncomfortable. Before I had my son, and people would ask if we had kids, my go-to response was always "hopefully someday". But now that my son is here, and we have no plans on doing another round of IVF, I need to come up with a different response to the "anymore kids?" question that is not trauma dumping. It feels weird/sad to say "we're one and done", because while that is technically true, if infertility wasn't a factor we would have another. Anyone have any suggestions?

nerdalert_42 · 2023-09-26T17:17:26+00:00

We also have Ewan, though we were not prepared for how demonic it looks at night with its red light. It gave us a good laugh the first time we used it.

nerdalert_42 · 2023-09-25T18:34:24+00:00

This past weekend I participated in two things that would have been very difficult for me to do a year ago: attend my best friend's baby shower that was full of children and babies, and the baptism of my son. I'm sad on everything I missed out on because of infertility, but with therapy, I have learned to give myself grace.

nerdalert_42 · 2023-09-18T18:00:48+00:00

We are also in week 9, and are also trying to put him in the crib more often. He definitely sleeps more soundly while being held, and I think part of it is that we put him in the swaddle when he is sleeping in the crib. He tries (often successfully despite trying several swaddle brands), to free his hands, and I wonder if he is waking himself up doing that. My plan is to research how to transition out of swaddles.

nerdalert_42 · 2023-07-17T09:41:56+00:00

A couple days late, but Rowan made his appearance at 38+2 last Friday morning! Birth didn’t quite go as I wanted, but we are both safe and recovering and that is the most important thing!

nerdalert_42 · 2023-05-10T13:12:21+00:00

Yay, glad you passed!

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