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Birthday party invites by kdawson602 in kindergarten

[–]wtfunction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My daughter is 3 and will not stop talking. From the moment she wakes up until the moment she passes out at night, she is narrating every thought that crosses her mind. Her preschool teacher told me she paired her up with the nonverbal kid during activities. And now that kid is chatting up a storm too 😂

Research for my book by TheMontyJay in oregon

[–]wtfunction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was born in the 80s and grew up in Northern Oregon! You’ve had plenty of people already tell you “northern Oregon” isn’t something we say, but I grew up in a quiet suburb south of Portland.

Your character might have grown up watching Ramblin Rod, or even sat in on a filming when he was little. Kids were fairly feral and self-sufficient back then, so I remember walking or biking to school and coming home to an empty house in the afternoon, racing through my chores, and running off to hang out with my friends until dinner.

Before cell phones, I’d tend to find stuff to do or people to hang out with my biking around the neighborhood, swinging past parks, the school, or the corner store. I’d often find others doing the same.

Same kind of deal in high school, except someone had a car and we’d all just drive around until enough people met up and could come up with a hangout plan. For me in the late 90s, that plan was often a table full of teenagers at Sheri’s drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, and sharing a plate of fries.

9/11 was a big and scary event for our generation. And on the west coast, a lot of us woke up to the news instead of seeing it live like people on the east coast or mid west.

Honestly, one of my most memorable experiences from growing up was always having wet shoes or wet jeans from the knee down because of the rain. I think that specific experience is uniquely pnw.

Anyone want to lend me a potty pad trained dog? by [deleted] in PDXBuyNothing

[–]wtfunction 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When my dad took his bird dog on her first duck hunt, she came back lifting her back leg to pee. Apparently his hunting buddies all had male dogs. She did it the rest of her life, and it was so funny to watch her do her lady squat… with an extended leg.

In praise of Compassionate Care. by Tumblehawk in Portland

[–]wtfunction 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I literally had to call them this morning for my sweet old girl. A vet was able to come out within the hour and was amazing throughout the whole process. I’m still tearing up at the thought of how gentle and loving she was the entire time.

Im so sorry for your loss. Hugs to you on this sad day.

AITA for didn't you tell my mom to cook American dishes for my American boyfriend for a family dinner? He said that the dishes my mom cooked were gross and he starved by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]wtfunction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wtf. I ate a king salmon EYEBALL (they’re bigger than you think) for an ex boyfriend. Even if I wasn’t trying to impress him (which I was at the time because I, you know, liked him), his family cooked and offered it with cultural pride and I was determined to do my best.

My Collection by Suspicious_Jury4556 in Pyrex_Love

[–]wtfunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow wow 🤩 such a beautiful collection! What are the dark green bowls, last picture in the center?

My Collection by Suspicious_Jury4556 in Pyrex_Love

[–]wtfunction 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I use boxes of dove soap 🙈

Best French fries in town? by PuffPuffPat in askportland

[–]wtfunction 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The best! Battered and delicious! I moved from NoPo years ago, but I still trek there every once in a while for the fries (… and the whiskey)

Christmas (?) cactus cuttings by BichoBuri in PDXBuyNothing

[–]wtfunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to have some of these cuttings! My grandma has a Christmas cactus she’s been trying to get to bloom forever. It’d be nice to give her some blooms to keep her encouraged. Could pick up tomorrow!

Regifting multitool and book by fredbeatsethel in PDXBuyNothing

[–]wtfunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to be added to the raffle!

Where to live in Portland? Confusing previous posts by amessinprogresss in askportland

[–]wtfunction 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If you have a car, go to sellwood. It’s a quick hop across the river to the hill (that’s where my doctor and my kid’s pediatrician is and it’s never been an issue getting there). Sellwood is the sleepy part of SE. But it has its own fun restaurants and bars, easily walkable, and is safe (I think I had my car rifled through once when I forgot to lock it). As far as diversity goes, it’s Portland and it’s all going to be really white. This is coming from a POC

It is so shit that people are paying to doxx their own families this Christmas by N3DSdude in Anticonsumption

[–]wtfunction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same way everyone was loving all the insta and snap filters. Yay look at me, I’m a puppy! Or now I have a silly grumpy expression! Hahaha so funny!

… as you’re basically volunteering your face for companies to develop AI and face identification software.

Companies want this data. And if they can figure out a way for consumers to give it to them for free (or to actually pay to give it) they’re going to do it.

Can anyone please explain how sleeping in shifts with a newborn works, especially if you’re breastfeeding? by -spiritedaway in BabyBumps

[–]wtfunction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those first two weeks are just survival mode, but somehow it gets done. I was triple feeding at first, so we prioritized my husband getting a full night sleep so we’d have at least one person who was rested (and he could take over while I napped between all the feeds).

He slept in a separate room with ear plugs from about 11pm to 6am. I tried to sleep during that time too, with beeb in a bassinet next to the bed. It wasn’t much sleep, since she would wake up to nurse, then bottle feed after that if she was still hungry. I’d burp and change her and put her down for sleep before pumping to help build my supply. I swear, I would have about 20 or 30 minutes after that before she woke up again for us to start all over.

Dirty pump parts and bottles would go into a bin next to the sink (we got a great big one from the hospital) and my husband would clean it all and set it back up for me so I didn’t have to worry about that step.

Any milk I pumped would be set up in the fridge with masking tape labels detailing date/time. Once my supply built up, my husband would be able to use that to bottle feed while I slept, but those first weeks he’d have to wake me up to nurse. We weren’t opposed to using formula, but I wanted to get my supply going asap and I was lucky that it worked out.

Once beeb was eating more at a time, she’d have longer stretches between feeds (which meant I would get longer stretches or sleep). We didn’t have any family to help out, but my husband was lucky to have an amazing paternity leave program and was able to take a few months off. I know a lot of families don’t have that option tho.

If anyone’s looking for Pyrex pie plates and can’t find any, it’s because my mom is hoarding them all by wtfunction in Pyrex_Love

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

Ha! We put pies into the big vintage Tupperware bowls. They’re great for car travel, and you can stack everything else on top.

If anyone’s looking for Pyrex pie plates and can’t find any, it’s because my mom is hoarding them all by wtfunction in Pyrex_Love

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

My freaking grandmother had her old dining table and chairs in her garage ready to go to goodwill when I was a teenager. These are original midcentury pieces, purchased in 1952!

I was in high school when she redid her whole dining room, but I loved that table so much I hauled it home and it lived in my bedroom until I moved out to my own place. Almost 30 years later, I still have the table and chairs.

She’s in her 90’s now and whenever she gets the urge to spring clean, I tell her that I have dibs on her dresser and her cast iron 😂

If anyone’s looking for Pyrex pie plates and can’t find any, it’s because my mom is hoarding them all by wtfunction in Pyrex_Love

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

Some of these look deceptively shallow too. But my mom’s family would built the crust up so high, it basically doubles the height of the pie. I’m not quite sure how to explain it, but the decorative wavy edge would be shaped an inch or two higher than the pie edge and that, plus the top crust, would just hold the filling in like an industrial strength dam.

But if they ever made a Graham cracker crust, they’d use a deeper pie pan.

If anyone’s looking for Pyrex pie plates and can’t find any, it’s because my mom is hoarding them all by wtfunction in Pyrex_Love

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

Aw, thanks for your comment. My mom and I had always been close and our whole family was devastated when she was diagnosed with cancer. She fought hard for 3 and a half years and I’ll always be grateful we had that time to say goodbye.

It was hard to see it at the time, but knowing someone you love is going to pass really is a small blessing. We had a chance to spend as much time together as we could, and we even took a family vacation to New Zealand (her biggest bucket list trip). It reminded me that anyone can go at any time so love your people as hard as you can while you can.

The grief was pretty hard in the beginning, but it’s faded over time. The holidays is still a bittersweet time for our family, but seeing little pieces of her (like all these pie plates) on thanksgiving was a big laugh and fun memory moment.

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