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Wrangler of goblin children. Book, craft and gardening dork. Bread wizard.
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I made a church potluck amount of japchae because I had to return a Tupperware to a neighbor. It makes sense I swear.

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It's a good day in the garden when you are covered in dirt freckles

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The multicultural night was a success and sweet and we ate so many foods and I learned about Sandwich de mezcla which is like a pimento cheese sandwich but more things and I love it. I also scored a bag of Russian dulce de Leche filled cookies which are also great I'm gonna have the best picnic

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Older kid finished all the Riordan books and the Aru Shah series and I've been slowly nudging her towards Pratchett. She just finished The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents and adores Prachett's gentle but ever so naughty style and wants more. Wee Free Men next and then where to?

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Oh my lord. The family secret to making red bean paste is adding more salt than you'd expect And a stick of butter

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

I'm making red bean paste from scratch for the first time because the kiddos have a multicultural night and I really do not understand how I got here

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I went to a school meeting today and left with two tomato plants and an invitation to a knitting group.

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These parents clamored to enroll their children in the Covid vaccine trials. But they say it'll be tough — and unethical — to enroll children in placebo trials again. And they feel betrayed that their sacrifices are now going ignored. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Tried to take out my contacts before putting them in.

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Kids decided they like kale but only if they're giraffes and I'm feeding them.

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To celebrate dragon boat festival today we had tzongtse, dumplings and the tzongtse of North America, the taco bell hard shell taco pack

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I might be a little sun punchy because I just told my husband that I'm headed to the cluuuuub and it's members only and flashed my costco card at him.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

I really love that our school recognizes kids for acts of compassion and kindness in addition to the usual slate of accolades. It's just a tiny duck trinket but it made our kid feel good for doing the right thing for her friend.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Got an old ipod nano charged up again and I don't know why we stopped using these things

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Tide pool field trips are magical. We saw a bunch of kelp and critters and ate sandwiches by the ocean.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

The older kid is almost 10 and is emerging from the buttered pasta picky phase and I'm so excited.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

I think in the next few years you're going to see companies pitching their hand crafted bespoke code.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

The late sunset is really throwing the bedtime schedule off and I'm just kind of flailing at what to do about it

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

The amount of stress these kids will put themselves through to complete a museum scavenger hunt for a sticker is fairly impressive if a bit concerning

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The kids just learned about BLTs today and it's really funny to hear them order one very slowly like its a brand new thing

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Therapist: "for this week try to keep track of the things that preoccupy you or make you spiral" Me: "no problem! I'll keep an anxiety spreadsheet" Me today: "I wonder if this little swallow is getting confused by the cottonwood tufts. It got awful close to our window. Can I fix that?"

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