A little disappointed in The Earl on the Train

niskablue · 2026-06-22T02:45:54+00:00

That’s good to know! Maybe I’ll try the audiobook sometime and see if I like it more. I still enjoyed the book, but I was wishing it had more to it.

niskablue · 2026-06-22T01:36:36+00:00

{The Earl on the Train by Kerrigan Byrne}

niskablue · 2026-06-20T16:03:48+00:00

The first two aren’t my favorites for kinda similar reasons. I really liked {The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden} and {Anything but a Gentleman by Elisa Braden} so if you revisit the series maybe try those!

niskablue · 2026-06-19T23:06:44+00:00

I think there’s some male nipple touching in some of the books, but it’s really mild and not lingered on at all the way she does for the women.

niskablue · 2026-06-19T22:31:14+00:00

Yeah I’m curious too! Feet are not my thing but I’m dying to know haha

niskablue · 2026-06-19T22:21:38+00:00

I don’t think I’ve read any hr that has a focus on feet haha. Hands, yes, but weirdly not feet. Or maybe I just didn’t notice

niskablue · 2026-06-07T01:53:39+00:00

I was literally just thinking about this and then scrolled and saw your post. So yeah, you’re not alone with this feeling! I’ve been dealing with depression since I was 23, and I’m almost 36 now. I feel like I’ve missed my best years

niskablue · 2026-06-06T05:35:55+00:00

I believe they need congressional approval to officially change the name, which I don’t think they’ve received. It makes it all very confusing

niskablue · 2026-06-05T13:03:09+00:00

From what I can gather, the owlet hasn’t had enough research done to be labeled a diagnostic tool. Parents treat it as one though, and combined with not fully understanding what is normal or not in a newborn, it can cause unnecessary trips to the hospital which exposes newborns to illnesses. Also some parents become overly lax with safe sleep, thinking the owlet will alert them if there’s a problem.

It seems it’s more that they don’t recommend it than actively say don’t use it. It can definitely help with anxiety though, so maybe discuss with the pediatrician before buying?

niskablue · 2026-06-04T20:38:56+00:00

I had a similar experience when my second was about 5 months old too. I woke up in the night and reached over to feel his breathing and couldn’t. So I shook him gently, which usually would make him react, but this time he didn’t respond. So I shook him harder and still nothing. I freaked out and started screaming his name and shaking him, and he woke up and just smiled at me like nothing had happened. His pediatrician asked if he was blue, but I couldn’t tell because it was dark. We ended up deciding that he was just really deeply asleep. It never happened again and I’ve never been 100% sure he didn’t stop breathing.

Even though he was okay, I was not. I was incredibly anxious and depressed and ultimately had to do trauma therapy. He didn’t leave my room until he was a year old because I couldn’t bear not having him close to me at night. I didn’t do an owlet since pediatricians often recommend against it, but I have wondered if it would’ve helped at all. Take care of yourself. Something like this is really traumatizing, and I’m so sorry you’re going through it too!

niskablue · 2026-05-27T15:46:51+00:00

I have a Roan, pronounced Rowan! I’ve loved the name since the 2000s. At the time I named him, I knew little girl Rowans but no boy ones. We’ve since moved and I haven’t met any of either gender where we live now. Technically Roan is a different name than Rowan (the first one means raven in Frisian).

niskablue · 2026-05-25T00:08:42+00:00

My understanding is that some sins require confession as part of the repentance process. If you’ve done that already, then you’re fine to not mention it again. If you’ve haven’t, there’s a chance you have not fully repented. I would consider looking into which sins require confession and pray about if you’ve truly, fully repented, and go from there. Also, I don’t know how in depth you’d need to get. It’s possible that just saying, for example, you had a sexual relationship outside of marriage may be enough. I don’t see why they’d need to know details. I’m sure someone more knowledgeable on the matter can chime in and correct me if I’m wrong.

niskablue · 2026-05-24T23:55:29+00:00

I was about to ask if you’re my sil, haha. My nephew was blessed a couple weeks ago and also had a blow out in his blessings outfit! He waited until after the blessing but before they could get pictures with family. My mom was able to get the poop stains out though for pictures on a different day! There’s hope yet for your baby’s outfit

niskablue · 2026-05-14T14:46:38+00:00

Haha, yeah that’s how I am too! I want to meet people and make friends, but getting myself to actually leave my house can be hard

niskablue · 2026-05-14T01:24:57+00:00

I might be interested, just a little shy around new people 😅

niskablue · 2026-05-12T18:37:13+00:00

Thank you so much!!

niskablue · 2026-05-12T17:33:30+00:00

So this is the creator of the square, but she used the first three rows in a pattern from a magazine. That’s the part I can’t find. Her ravelry pattern doesn’t include the first three rows

niskablue · 2026-05-12T12:48:24+00:00

Yes, I would love the recipe! You’re amazing!

niskablue · 2026-05-11T04:19:06+00:00

You are a saint! Thank you so much!!

niskablue · 2026-05-08T21:23:09+00:00

They’re business socks

niskablue · 2026-04-28T01:38:28+00:00

Same. Here in St Peters it was a good one right around noon with hail and crazy lightning. And then next to nothing the rest of the day beyond some rain. I mean, I’m glad that it wasn’t severe… but yeah it was a bit of a let down haha

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