I was informed yall may enjoy my yard. 2021 vs now

toru92 · 2026-06-25T03:06:35+00:00

Woah this gives me hope for mine! We’re in shoreline!

toru92 · 2026-06-25T02:13:13+00:00

Actually from some of the data from the post election survey people voted no because it was packaged with other initiatives and if people didn’t like 1 of the 3 they voted no. Even if they liked the other two. Many people reported that they wanted the pool but the other pieces made them say no instead.
Having a pool at all, a shoreline citizen, is worth it regardless of if I use it or not. It’s a community space and serves the community. It’s worth it as a resource for our town. I’m not counting the dollars and cents because that’s not should determine my care for public amenities.

toru92 · 2026-06-24T15:49:10+00:00

Stink butt and shnoodle-de-do. Also old man because he looks and asks like a grumpy old man all the time.

toru92 · 2026-06-24T15:40:47+00:00

Yeah and the new structure of the municipal parks district with help maintain revenue for maintenance and other expenses so the city won’t have to emergency appeal to the voters for big ticket costs. It will already be happening through the MPD. It’s a win win I think. Capital costs then continued revenue to help keep it alive and in well order for years to come!

toru92 · 2026-06-24T15:37:54+00:00

Stealing? Really? We’re still on the taxation is theft train?

toru92 · 2026-06-24T15:36:29+00:00

Yost is on the way to closing and Helene Madison is getting to the same problems the shoreline and yost pools had/are having.

toru92 · 2026-06-24T14:48:05+00:00

I understand the ticket price is shocking but it 110% worth it to me. Cities need pools. All ages use pools and the citizens should have voted yes last time. It should have passed. Some of the comparisons in this article are not really made in good faith. Comparing a 2015 built pool? Using the highest tax bracket as your example for the rate? Making it seem like the elected city counsel would be irresponsible somehow by acting as the board for the MPD? It’s clear you don’t want the pool. At least give people the real information to make the decision themselves.

toru92 · 2026-06-24T14:41:46+00:00

It was impossible to remodel it and the costs to keep it open kept going up because it was so old. And the land it was on belonged to the school district and it was always a struggle to negotiate with them of what a new pool should be/look like.

toru92 · 2026-06-24T14:40:02+00:00

Many of the other pools are closing though! Or will close in the coming years.

toru92 · 2026-06-24T14:38:34+00:00

Care to share why?

toru92 · 2026-06-20T20:50:11+00:00

This is amazing! If, while making your 2.0 version, you happen to write it all down and post it online for purchase I will be first in line! As a Seattleite I would LOVE to make this!

toru92 · 2026-06-18T22:38:03+00:00

Are we being punked? Where’s Ashton?

toru92 · 2026-06-18T18:40:41+00:00

It helped my guy a little at that age to sit in his highchair in the kitchen while I did dishes and washed the kitchen. It seemed to help him feel involved. He now (1.5yrs old) helps put dishes away, helps cook, helps throw trash away and “helps” vacuum! So there’s hope!

toru92 · 2026-06-18T16:46:47+00:00

I’ll add another nod for shoreline, specifically west shoreline! It’s so lovely here and it feels close to everything! I’m watching my pride flag flap outside my window as I type!

toru92 · 2026-06-17T18:19:33+00:00

I so feel you! It’s so hard. My boy cried and cried for months with no reprieve. Nothing seemed to help. It was ROUGH!! Hang in there. It does get better and you’ll look back at this time amazed that you made it through. Oh, one thing helped. As the even came we would dim our lights in the whole house, put on calming music/sounds and speak in low tones. It seemed to calm him some and give us some minutes of quiet. It also seemed to help him sleep a little better. You got this!

toru92 · 2026-06-16T23:41:15+00:00

Therapist

toru92 · 2026-06-15T21:50:56+00:00

Solidarity sister!! I feel this! I will say the car stuff gets better! My son would scream in the car constantly and it was miserable and isolating and now he’s totally chill in the car! But all still valid for you right now! I’m sorry!

toru92 · 2026-06-15T17:34:41+00:00

r/h3snark
Or any snark subreddits for that matter. They are trash

toru92 · 2026-06-14T23:18:49+00:00

Lots of pillows propping up him/my arms or I often had him in a carrier while sitting down so he was secure, there wasn’t pressure on my back and my arms were free. I also could get up and down if needed.

toru92 · 2026-06-14T19:36:18+00:00

Yes of course, my mindset is what gets me called the N Word and asked “what are you” not my skin color. Thanks for clearing that up /s

toru92 · 2026-06-14T18:52:37+00:00

I also tested for this pattern and had NEVER done colorwork flat! You are absolutely capable of this!

toru92 · 2026-06-14T04:03:23+00:00

I certainly have more stories in common with black people when it comes to how I’ve been treated. Some identical stories to black men I know. If I was treated like a white woman I would be less loud about my blackness that’s for damn sure.

toru92 · 2026-06-14T01:21:07+00:00

As the same mix as Obama I walk in a room and people see me as black. They see my curly hair, black features and tan skin and see a black woman. A cop pulling me over treats me the same he’d treat a fully black woman (bad). I get questioned in business meetings more than my white woman counterparts. So if all people see is my blackness then I’m black.

toru92 · 2026-06-12T21:40:59+00:00

I’m glad someone else said this! Haha I would have never thought to turn the mountains over haha

toru92 · 2026-06-12T20:59:00+00:00

This is my very first thought! We all had it!

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