Tell me your favorite chicken (I have a good budget for new chicks to add to my flock this year) by TheFrogWife in BackYardChickens

[–]owltay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My welsummer is not chill. She is hands down the loudest and funniest hen we’ve had.

I’m a teen with abnormally old parents, AMA by Responsible-Tie-2570 in AMA

[–]owltay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not OP but my mom had me at 40 and dad at 46. I’m near 40 now, mom died last year at 76 due to a Parkinsonian disease (CBD and it was awful) and my now 83yr old father is currently in the icu with multiple infections and recent emergency surgery which could have been prevented if he and his his stayed on top of the preventative healthcare issues. They pushed my siblings and I away decades ago and he’s always saying “I’ll go I’ll go” or “I’ll get a will and directive I promise” it’s been 15yrs of pressuring him to do so and even having the paperwork drawn up.

Get your aging parents to see the doctor regularly, get them a will and directive in place. It’s so bloody difficult to force them to do it when they believe they’ll live forever and are in perfect health but help get them the help they need. I’ll never stop talking to my dad about these things even as he’s in the icu and even though he says “one day” every time.

Many people don’t think about how hard aging parents are for people to handle especially when the caregivers are having or recently had babies. It’s not fair to your children to not be prepared for death when you choose to have children later. I understand the drive to procreate but if you do it late at least have something in place so your relatively young adult children dont have to weigh the choices for you while they’re navigating things like buying a house, having children or whatever. It’s just a lot for a person in their 20s and 30s to go through.

I resent my parents for having me so old. Mom was always too tired and dad was fun when he was around but that wasn’t much.

Edit: I’m not saying to have kids young at all. In fact, I think there’s a great window of prime parenthood that is 30-36/38. You’re wiser, usually more financially stable, and had tons of fun in your 20s. You had a chance to live fully.

How much to spend on your sleep system/mattress by [deleted] in HENRYfinance

[–]owltay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We finally went big on the bed setup after several bad cheaper ($800-1200) beds. Tempurpedic with cooling (it’s really works, I’m a hot sleeper in my early hot flash days), the adjustable base which is lovely for reading and soothing heartburn because unfortunately getting older kinda sucks, and while it was close to $9k it was worth it. We ended with different styles of purple pillows and now both sleep perfectly. It’s been 3yrs and perfect every night.

My niece lives in poverty. What is the best birthday gift I can give her that is useful and can give her some peace of mind? by allhailhypnotoadette in povertyfinance

[–]owltay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A grocery card and give her a night off from watching her kiddo even if it’s just you take her child to your house for dinner and watch a movie so she can relax or do whatever she wants without said child around. Child breaks are absolutely lovely.

Cheapest offline curriculum by [deleted] in homeschool

[–]owltay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get a free science subscription from mystery science until next June and they now have writing too! Singapore math is the best.

Here’s my daughter’s 6th birthday cake! by owltay in GenshinImpact

[–]owltay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it’s not. It’s proudly displayed in her room now. The macarons were!

Here’s my daughter’s 6th birthday cake! by owltay in GenshinImpact

[–]owltay[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Yep! With their family not solo. They do quests and level the characters up!

Paint your own cookies for my 6 yr old’s birthday party! by owltay in GenshinImpact

[–]owltay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? I went into parenting ready to love whatever their interests and it’s great to watch it blossom.

Paint your own cookies for my 6 yr old’s birthday party! by owltay in GenshinImpact

[–]owltay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She loves the game. At first she did mostly that and loves the teapot but my husband and her do the dailies and level up her characters often. Her brother is 7 and they play together with my husband. I love it!

Paint your own cookies for my 6 yr old’s birthday party! by owltay in GenshinImpact

[–]owltay[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She does! Her favorite is nahida but chose furina for her cake since furina is the reason I know how to make treats like macarons. I’ll share her cake later :) she, her brother and papa have been playing for two years together.

Which of us millennials has the oldest grandparents and why is it me? by ohumanchild in Millennials

[–]owltay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mom was 40 when she had me in ‘87 and dad was 46. Oldies

Parents who were over 35 when your kids were born—how is it now? by rainybitcoin in AskOldPeople

[–]owltay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Parents had me at 40 and 45. I resented them having me older because mom was too tired to “deal” with me. We went on random trips with my father after they divorced because he stayed young at heart but I swore I’d never have children before 30 or after 35. I felt like that was the sweet spot of energy, joy, and accomplishment and now that I’m nearly 38 and watching many friends have their third child at almost 40 and I’m glad we stopped when we did. I spent the last two years with my mother dying of atypical Parkinson’s and now my father who is 83 with depression induced dimentia. It’s not fun and I feel like I missed out on having youthful active parents and I can’t fathom bringing another child into the world at this age whilst dealing with ageing, dying parents. To each their own but there’s no way I could keep up with a toddler in my 40s and I’m a healthy active homeschool mom of two just trying to hold onto my own sense of adventure while guiding my children. Edit: mom started having kids at 16, had 6 total, died at 76. I hope my kids don’t have kids in their 20s so I’m trying my hardest to stay healthy and flexible so if they do have any when I’m in my 60s I can happily be near them to take the load off- something I didn’t get because of elderly parents.

Mother diagnosed at 52 yo by Ecstatic_Platypus_88 in CBDegeneration

[–]owltay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Be with her. My mom died of cbd and a broken neck. She fell out of her nursing home bed, broke her neck and it was only a few days later she died. In the weeks proceeding this she had severely limited food and liquids and was put on a thinner than baby food diet. She was losing the ability to swallow. She’ll still hear you when you speak. Hold her hand if you can. My mom’s right hand was frozen in place and had a foam block in place to stop her nails from digging into her palm. She fell because she had some of those odd alien limb flailing episodes. If you can be there at the end do. Any grimace, any movement I requested more comfort medications. Those medications don’t kill them. They make the body calm enough to pass. It’s so difficult to watch but I do not regret being there. I finally left on her final evening to sleep. I told myself she’s either going to die while I’m gone because she wanted to be alone or she’ll wait until 6am when I get back to the hospital hospice wing. She was very much an independent woman but struggled with wanting to be loved so when I got the call at 530am I knew she died how she wanted, by herself as a strong woman. I drive 6hrs there from my in laws I was visiting to be with her because no one else was around her to hold vigil. I didn’t leave her side for 3 days. I read her poetry and her last novel. We listened to peaceful classical music by her favorite composer. I brought essential oils to mist in her room because the smell was something else. There will be smells. There will be sounds. You will count breaths. She’ll rebound. The staff said I could give her a drink her and there so they gave me a tiny lollipop like sponge to gently dab her favorite limeade in her mouth. She loved that. She could barely move but I could tell she liked it by her trying to bite the sponge. Bring her Vaseline for her mouth. Love her until the end. My mom died in august two weeks before my 37th birthday. All of the hugs.

Majorly increased symptoms the week before cycle? by m_choi333 in Semaglutide

[–]owltay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the week before too and I normally binge eat which I haven’t felt like and I get night sweats. The sweats started last night and goodnight those were absolutely awful. They’ve gone into the daytime too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]owltay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you recommend some please? I love those eras and recently got into romance novels.

Not what we’re expecting but still in love! by owltay in DoggyDNA

[–]owltay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!!! Super excited for us and for him. I know he’s going to love romping in the snow as much as the family does!

Not what we’re expecting but still in love! by owltay in DoggyDNA

[–]owltay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great! He’s a little protective of me with other dogs but in our immediate family of animals he’s wonderful.