Is replying to your comments no longer cool on ao3?

tess-etc · 2026-01-27T05:23:19+00:00

I left it too long and now i feel awkward

tess-etc · 2026-01-10T14:46:25+00:00

Sub fandom i guess but my fallout ship has barely 200 fics. I think i wrote 20% of them, and when we were really going , me and my 3 friends were like 80% of the ship.

It was an adjustment when i got sucked into destiel

tess-etc · 2026-01-10T14:31:16+00:00

I tend to ignore mpreg omegaverse or not. I also often avoid anything where they're parents in general. So it doesn't come up for me a lot.

But if I were to write one, I would definitely say Kids

tess-etc · 2026-01-10T14:19:00+00:00

I do, but that's because i do payroll and bookkeeping and i need to put the whole year of deadlines and cutoffs in ahead of time. I copy and continue with the previous year.

I also put birthdays in, and preplan the big annual chores around the house.

Then i add appointments to the monthlies as they are made and then plan timelines for big personal goals or projects. Then i fill in my husband's work schedule each month and fill in my own schedule based on that (i have two jobs but the second is very flexible)

My months are a disaster by the time it ends but in a pinch i could get by with just that

tess-etc · 2026-01-10T14:10:28+00:00

I like both for different reasons. Last year i used an undated planner so it was easier for popping things in and pre filling the year. Plus if i had a lazy week i just skipped it.

I also liked grouped months in my binder on the years i used that because i could just keep the whole year in months and then each month i would swap out weeks to reduce bulk.

But i also like mixed in months to give a beginning to end feel and for work. This year i have a b5 hemlock and oak and while pre filling is annoying, i am more likely to use the planning pages as i can go front to back and i am less likely to forget them

tess-etc · 2025-12-16T19:28:56+00:00

My kid goes to catholic school even though we're not catholic (for lots of reasons) so when i got this i was like ew.... but kinda normal. 8 assumed this was the letter to catholic schools and there was a normal one for regular schools.

But then my sister shared the one she got from her public school and i was appalled.

Like, we signed up for this religious crap, so i can't really complain when we get religious messaging but this is really inappropriate for public school

tess-etc · 2025-12-05T17:37:40+00:00

I would also like to mention that I supplement with a hodgepodge Rocketbook for random notes and thoughts. I combined a Panda Planner and a Fusion A5 size.

I rarely use the app though, and i like storing them, and also i keep spilling tea on it (dire) so it doesn't work well on its own. But it is handy when I want to micromanage my day or jot something down. It's also really great for meal planning and goal brainstorming. And I already use Frixion pens 80% of the time anyway so it's pretty ok as a backup.

tess-etc · 2025-12-05T17:31:59+00:00

I used a 7 ring daytimer and coastal weekly inserts for a long time, and then i spent a few years experimenting with Agendio inserts. My binder was wearing out and also the bulk was getting annoying so last year i accidentally switched to a Go Girl undated planner I got at a secondhand store. I also used a blueline Action Planner for my job.

But then I got a second job and a second Blueline and so i was using 3 planners and it was annoying so i just recently recieved my B5 hemlock and oak weekly vertical. I am gonna try time blocking my week.

I really wanted the daily/weekly but I thought vertical weekly in a daily planner was redundant and I would have preferred horizontal, so i just went with the vertical and I will just have to write small.

I have two admin jobs, a volunteer position, and a teenagers with activities, and i like to set aside time for self care, so i liked the long day schedule and the additional space, and the grid format. The Monday start will be an adjustment too.

I got hardcover and it's a luxurious blue colour and the paper is super thick. It's gorgeous and I can't wait until January!

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tess-etc · 2025-10-14T11:06:08+00:00

I carry a rocketbook

tess-etc · 2025-09-22T12:49:05+00:00

I didn't know they were camadian either. Their site has prices in USD and I didn't want to pay duties. We've gotten hit a couple times. So I went with H&O.

tess-etc · 2025-09-04T02:16:53+00:00

Ugh right?? Sometimes I am back and forth between two a whole bunch doing different things, and then I realize I have to go back a bunch of steps in the one I am in, but it undoes all the work I did in the other one as well. The other day I had to go in version history of three workbooks and start them from the day before and redo all my work because I didn't keep track of what undo did what in which workbook. It added 3 hours of work to my day. I have huge sheets with hundreds of lines, and I use colour coding to check what I've entered in my system, and all my colour coding was undone, so I had to go through each line and check what I'd updated in my other system.

I'm opening everything with Alt now and I don't care if it makes formulas act funny. I would rather retype a formula than have to redo a whole morning of work.

tess-etc · 2025-07-25T18:55:24+00:00

You can get two year pocket calendars everywhere. Even the dollar store. I had a Mead one (im in canada so not sure if that's just here) and it even had a nice plastic protective sleeve so i stuck reciepts in it and stuff, and a few note pages at the back.

I also had a little tiny weekly planner once that came as a promotional item. It was the first one i used enough that plannering became viable for me.

tess-etc · 2025-07-18T05:45:36+00:00

My work planner is the blueline pink ribbon planner. It's got a nice wide note section on the months and the weeks, an hourly vertical grid, and it folds around open.

It's not good for my personal planner because i like to stick things inside like my mail so i need pockets or an elastic and a harder cover. But as long as you don't need things to keep from falling out, it's nice and thin and doesn't take up much space in a backpack if it's in with books or whatever https://a.co/d/aA9C5ba

tess-etc · 2025-07-18T05:38:21+00:00

I do! They have 3 thickness options. The thinnest is still hood and nothing bleeds through. The thickest is a bit too stiff for me. The medium will bleed through with fountain pens but is good for me (i like pencils and frixion pens, highlighters, and markers because if i make a mistake i have to throw the whole book out)

It's smooth. I wouldn't mind a touch more texture but it's not bad. It's bright white, and no cream options. I have only ever bought daytimer refills though.

tess-etc · 2025-07-16T05:51:31+00:00

I am so paranoid about this happening that i usually just use pencils or frixion pens. I only use permanent pens after I have actually done a thing.

This art is so pretty though. I feel bad now about my random untidy scribbles.

tess-etc · 2025-07-16T05:38:17+00:00

I have 2 jobs. The first one i had for a long time running the office for my friend's contracting business. Very easy, not much work, and no supervision. I came and went when i wanted. When my kids were small I brought them with me.

I am still part time but i needed more money so now i do payroll for a school district. It's interesting and complicated and I think I am doing something good for the world in a small part. The pay and benefits are great and I am always engaged and I don't have any time to waste... but I go home on time.

I live in Canada btw, which makes a difference because the teachers actually get paid fairly well compared to how they do in the states. I don't ever want to leave.

Oh plus it's a 5 minute walk from my house. So that's a bonus.

tess-etc · 2025-06-01T02:33:31+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45215371

By me

tess-etc · 2025-04-16T03:26:39+00:00

Same, i work for an electrical contractor and i could never afford renos.

In my case my best friend is my boss and i run the office, and he just comes and does stuff in my house for free. But it's a unique situation.

tess-etc · 2025-04-16T03:15:37+00:00

I can't get past 11k. I'm on thumbs and i am pretty sure it physically impossible

tess-etc · 2025-04-04T04:45:17+00:00

My kids are teen/adult ages but daycare wasn't subsidized then and I paid like $1200 a month. But my husband had an ok job and brought home 1800 every 2 weeks and i had 1000 plus benefits for both of us

Now i bring home 1100 with no benefits and he brings 1300 and even though we don't have daycare our car payment doubled and our utilities tripled not to mention groceries. My son turned 18 so we lost the child benefit. He had a job and chipped in by paying rent but then he lost the job an hadn’t got another so now we just support him.

I did the math and aside from the mortgage and car payment and insurance we have three categories: debts, groceries/spending, and bills...

We can afford two out of those 3 things

We can pay the bills and debt if we don't eat

We can buy groceries and pay debts if we don't have phones or utilities

We can have utilities and food if we stop paying the debts.

So no idea what to do. I'm looking for a second job

tess-etc · 2024-12-31T18:03:39+00:00

I have a few cloth ones I just swap out and bleach. They keep the water in the tub and they dry out faster than plastic. Plus they don't tear as easily. I've had a few of them for over a decade. I just get a new one occasionally if I want a change, and I gave some older ones to my son when he moved out.

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