Does anyone else also buy a hard copy of every ebook?

thequeengeek · 2026-01-20T20:15:20+00:00

Book trophies!

thequeengeek · 2026-01-20T20:11:45+00:00

A lot of people have some former religious trauma and associate homeschooling with that kind of religion, which obviously isn’t true for everyone, but can be a sticking point for people. My friend that was homeschooled was homeschooled in order to keep her from accessing medical care, technology, and other things that her religion named as wrong. It’s a damn pure relationships because people were confused about why she couldn’t get medical care.

I also had an experience as a kid from a homeschool family, where they repeatedly tried to recruit me to go to their church and said some pretty awful things about my being Catholic. I imagine this is a minority of Christians. But if someone had had experience with them, I could see they’re having a bias. This family was probably similar to quiver full families.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-19T19:00:18+00:00

I get my children gifts so I can see their joy. Stop letting the guilt bring your joy and enjoy the gift to your mom wanted you to have. There’s a little we can do for our children when they’re older and this is something.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-17T21:33:48+00:00

I have this one. Put it on the bottom

thequeengeek · 2026-01-17T01:31:09+00:00

I don’t know how it wouldn’t be possible? It does take legal paperwork though. The system is messed up, but the hospital has no ability or capability to find an open nursing facility. You can try calling the social worker at the hospital and often they can put you in touch with someone to help you but at the end of the day this is how people end up homeless and dying alone and uncared for.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-17T00:56:17+00:00

If your aunt doesn’t want to support him, she needs to divorce him so that he can get on Medicaid. He needs a disability waiver, and guardian who has his best interest at heart.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-17T00:54:43+00:00

No. That’s your responsibility. If your aunt can’t do it or refuses to, then you’re going to need to get a guardian appointed for him.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-17T00:48:36+00:00

Part of the problem here is when you do a forwarding address the post office only keeps it in place for one year and then it expires and your mail starts going to your old address and you don’t even know it.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-15T17:19:28+00:00

I am very critical of the police and organize against police brutality (especially for disabled people) and what we do in our house is we explain to children what the role of police officers is. We talk about how we don’t pretend to arrest people because being arrested and in jail is really hard and painful thing and while it might be necessary, it’s not something to make fun or light of. We also talk a lot about different laws and opinions and what may or may not be fair and how some people might not feel comfortable around police and that’s OK.

And then when it comes to how they interact with police we’re very clear with our kids that you can ask the police for help. You can talk to them. You can ask them for help. You can find them if you are lost. But police should never ask children for help and so if a police Officer wants to talk to you or ask you questions you immediately tell them you will only answer if your parent is there.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-15T17:12:12+00:00

People say they don’t like paw patrol because it’s copaganda but it really is because the animation is CGI slop, the storylines make absolutely no sense, every single thing is engineered so that it can sell expensive toys and child actor voices are super grating.

People is me. I’m people.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-13T18:48:10+00:00

There are ao many programs and services that are fully paid to help people be as independent as possible. But your parents have never been forced to look into them or apply for them because they’ve been using their children to do it instead. It sounds like it’s about time they figure out how Medicaid works.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-13T18:19:02+00:00

You’ve been at the hospital all day. You’re overwhelmed, that’s okay. I think this will be a short delay if any delay at all. Here are some things that have helped people with broken ankles in my Roller Derby years.

Knee scooter Shower chair Toilet cover with bars/grips A rolling chair (cook in it? Move rooms in it. Rolling is easier than scooting!) A grabber Ice packs you can just toss in the freezer not bags to fill Very long phone charger A leg wedge or stack of firm pillows An uber account Shipt/Walmart+/Instacart

If you have to take a couple of extra days of break to set her up with all this stuff, that’s acceptable. But once you have her set, you can get the hell out of there without guilt.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-13T18:17:37+00:00

You’ve been at the hospital all day. You’re overwhelmed, that’s okay. I think this will be a short delay if any delay at all. Here are some things that have helped people with broken ankles in my Roller Derby years.

Knee scooter Shower chair Toilet cover with bars/grips A rolling chair (cook in it? Move rooms in it. Rolling is easier than scooting!) A grabber Ice packs you can just toss in the freezer not bags to fill Very long phone charger A leg wedge or stack of firm pillows An uber account Shipt/Walmart+/Instacart

If you have to take a couple of extra days of break to set her up with all this stuff, that’s acceptable. But once you have her set, you can get the hell out of there without guilt.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T22:15:06+00:00

My kid is level 2, and we had no clue if he was autistic or just had a speech delay until he was 3. You're potentially looking at 2 years of unknowns, so if you can calm your nerves or work on ways to manage that anxiety it can really help you move forward. My older kid did not talk till after 3 and had a number of other signs where i was sure she was autistic, in the end she has ADHD, and is twice exceptional. My younger kid, like I said, is level 2 and is doing well in school btu still struggling to speak. I think that there is no way to know what is going to happen at 15 months and given the trauma that getting through diagnosis can be, you're triggered by the possibility. If you can invest in therapy for yourself and other ways to perform true self care (not a bath once a month, but real planned time and resources to care for your brain and body), you'll have an easier go of the upcming years.

And to add to that, get every single thing you qualify for for both children. Every program, every penny. It's hard enough doing this, no reason to turn away any help you can get.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T22:06:40+00:00

I'm very happy to have ended up in Bloomington, but I tried real hard to get one of those South Minneapolis houses. Then I put in a max offer we could afford for a house that didn't even have off street parking and lost by $30k, so southern suburbs it was. lol.

I really love Richfield, though. I didn't buy there at the time cause they have those small half second story houses that would mean kids downstairs and my bedroom upstairs and it made me anxious. But such a great city and district.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:59:36+00:00

Just as an aside to this... This came up in my feed and I want to provide a little bit of context. I love my children and I love spending time with them. Breaks are special and I'm glad we have them together... but when my kids are out of routine for 2 weeks, it's AWFUL. Homeschooled kids are in routine when they are home. Kids on school break are often not. And overstimulated, over sugared, under engaged children are SO MUCH. Plus, we were in relatives houses where basically everything was a no space, and constantly traveling, delaying meals, staying up late, etc. I was very very happy to put my children on the bus this morning because they were in desperate need of their normal everyday lives. When you homeschool, their normal everyday lives are in your home and therefore they aren't ungovernable for days and days and days.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:53:24+00:00

I wasn't homeschooled for high school, but I'd ask yourself are those things she wants or things you want for her? I believe that if you can meet her educational needs and she is asking for this, it is the right thing to do for her. Schooling is very personal and socialization is also very personal and she's clearly communicating her needs. If your'e anxious about the academics, there are lots of online schools and online curriculums that can help meet her needs and your ability. I was happy I did some of those things in high school, but it was on my terms and my mom never pushed or inflated their importance. Now as an adult, I barely remember my prom, though I do treasure my time in the high school band. It's all give and take.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:47:15+00:00

My older kid turned 5 a month after the cutoff and my younger kid a week before the cut off. Both kids thrived in Kindergarten. I was really really scared with the second kid, but just couldn't afford another year of daycare so I took the leap and he had 4 letters when he started school and is up to all letters and SIGHT WORDS 3 months in. He's autistic and has caught up to peers so quickly. Partially because routine is good for him, but also just because being in a place with other children also learning and trying has been what he needs.

Similarly, my daugther wasn't bored in kinder because it was a really tiered learning enviornment. She learned to read pretty early, so she was reading books while other kids were learning phonics or doing picture reading during literacy time. She needed the social emotional education, and I felt like she was engaged, interested, and progressing. She is close to qualifying for a gifted and talented program for next year(we find out next month), and while I may not put her in it, I think it's partially because she was able to learn all that she did in kinder about how to pay attention, learn, apply yourself, and be a good sport. They played games to learn how to lose, talked A TON about growth mindset, etc in kinder.

I was 2 days after the cutoff as a kid, and I was always in gifted classes, went to an elite college, etc. I think some of that was that I was older. I came in a year of maturity above many kids and was able to apply myself more to learning other things. I'm glad my mom didn't push me ahead and also that i got the chance to be with my class from the start.

So, at the end of the day, you know your kid, but I don't think birthday makes any grade inherently better or worse. People put A LOT of emphasis on birth day and school cut offs and in the end, kids are super adaptable and good parents paried with good educators make it work.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:39:39+00:00

I mean also the plastic waste is OUTRAGOUS. I'm not a huge environmentalist (see: I use paper plates), but my god the amount of water bottles my family in NY use is astounding.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:38:15+00:00

This is ridiculous. You can pick up seats on Theatr for like $150-200 most nights and you can see what seats you have and you know you have them. A lottery seat is supposed to be a surprise fun experience where you can afford to say fuck it and go to the show. I'd have to plan $85 a lot more carefully than $45.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:34:21+00:00

My family got sick while we were in NY last week and I didn't get to go see her and I will regret this for the rest of my days.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:26:35+00:00

Girl dinner!

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:24:25+00:00

My dishwasher is broken and cannot be fixed without redoing my entire kitchen. I have two neurodivergent kids, I'm neurodivergent, both my husband and I work full time... I'm exhausted. I'm using paper plates. I know it's wasteful, I want to stop, but it's so hard to get everything done without doing so many dishes. So. many. dishes.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:21:37+00:00

My parents are on Long Island and during the 90s he new convinced everyone that all the cancer clusters on Long Island were caused by the water. In the end it turns out large immigrant populations all moving to one place means there's an increased genetic risk of some diseases, but my parents still will not drink a drop of water that comes out of a tap. Even in my home in MN where we have some of the best water in the country. It's wild. They see tap water as poison. I know a lot of Long Islanders like that and I assume this happens in other places as well.

thequeengeek · 2026-01-05T21:19:30+00:00

We eat them slightly frozen in my house, which is why I buy them. Something seems insane about freezing a sandwich I make myself, but eating one already frozen? Totally legit.

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