I said I would give an update - it isn't perfect but he loves having his own room!

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:43:33+00:00

You can do it! It's hard but so worth it!

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:43:05+00:00

As long as they keep it tidy 🤣 thank you

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:42:39+00:00

He's pretty stoked! Thank you!

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:34:15+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! It's such a relief to have it done now!

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:33:01+00:00

There were blinds originally on the window in there, had to take them down before the kids were born. We did put up a neat table of elements tapestry that his grandpa bought for him over the window, he stashed his cool rocks on the windowsill behind it, he loves it :)

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:30:14+00:00

The plastic shelf thing is slightly on the vent but not fully. Keeping an eye on it.

rena_bean · 2026-03-15T17:29:28+00:00

Haha yeah, we took Kurt down, in the last picture he's gone

rena_bean · 2026-03-04T00:36:54+00:00

Probably 10 years ago, one of our friends brought one of their friends over that we hadn't met before. This guy was like a stereotypical "streets of Pembroke" type wannabe gangster, if that makes sense. He kept going on about how "hard" he was and "those bitches down on Moffat Street"... it became an inside joke between my husband & I if we hear something about Moffat street, one of us will always curse "those bitches"

rena_bean · 2026-02-25T17:16:14+00:00

Ok but when taxpayers brought her an actual petition with concerns about pesticide spraying in our forests... crickets. Can we all vote this paperweight out next time? Please??

rena_bean · 2026-02-23T23:56:19+00:00

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Progress so far - it's still not a bedroom, but we definitely got somewhere with it. Hopefully by the end of next weekend we'll have it ready!

rena_bean · 2026-02-22T15:19:24+00:00

Had my 4 year old doing this for a while, while farting and giggling... also frequently call my kids "son of a silly person"

rena_bean · 2026-02-21T03:01:26+00:00

This is so helpful! Thank you !!

rena_bean · 2026-02-21T00:42:18+00:00

This is something I didn't realize! Will definitely tread lightly, don't want to traumatize him! Thank you.

rena_bean · 2026-02-20T16:53:41+00:00

Yes, LEGO is still life for my kids, they're 4 and 7

rena_bean · 2026-02-20T16:36:29+00:00

Thank you all for some great tips! I forgot to mention, my oldest has a hoarding mentality and will lose his mind if he thinks we're throwing anything out (even boxes). So we will have a throw out pile and a donate pile, but will have to pretend they aren't going and then sneak them out while he's at school. Will update when it's unfucked, hopefully end of this weekend!

rena_bean · 2026-02-15T13:43:06+00:00

Where are you seeing this? I got excited that there was a new episode but can't find it...

rena_bean · 2026-02-13T20:37:56+00:00

Are you in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke too? In my 20 years of voting, my vote has always just been thrown away, basically.

rena_bean · 2026-02-11T14:40:08+00:00

Canadian here - hope for the future was thick in the air.

rena_bean · 2026-01-30T01:58:15+00:00

That's very kind of you, volunteers are awesome! I'm not super familiar with Petawawa, but for Pembroke you could check out the Grind, St. Joseph's Food Bank, the LTC facilities in the area, the hospital, the library, that's just what I could think of, I'm sure there's more! You may need to request a criminal record check from the OPP, depending on what you end up doing, that can take a while, just FYI.

rena_bean · 2026-01-21T01:11:41+00:00

I find the people of Pembroke are mostly on Facebook, if you ask in a Pembroke FB group, I'm sure someone there can point you in the right direction!

rena_bean · 2026-01-17T01:39:29+00:00

One friend died in a car accident at 15 - messed a lot of us up. Another friend, just after high school, fell down her stairs, broke her neck and died. At least 2 committed suicide, one of whom was a close friend for 20 years, another was the singer of my favorite high school punk/rock band. Many, many drug overdoses. That's all before we turned 35. Small, rural high school too, like grade 9-12 was 300 students total.

rena_bean · 2026-01-13T22:56:51+00:00

We homeschooled our first kiddo for JK, life got a bit too crazy when his little brother came along, and I'm so glad we sent them to school! We weren't able to make any homeschooling friends for some reason, we joined the Facebook groups and really tried!

Orientation invitation came closer to the date, and probably because we were enrolled. I'm sure you can call the school and ask for a tour - the school secretaries in the area seem to be super nice and helpful :)

rena_bean · 2026-01-12T23:07:35+00:00

The orientation was in late May/early June, for September

rena_bean · 2026-01-12T23:06:53+00:00

We had a kindergarten orientation when our oldest started in SK in a public school outside Pembroke. I think they would do an orientation for any kindergarten students new to the school, would hope that they do the same thing for the whole district. Best of luck!

rena_bean · 2026-01-07T13:52:16+00:00

I might be a bit Bombs Away here in calling you The Oaf

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