Me: …that’s awfully sassy for someone who doesn’t control the wifi.
11yo: I guess you could turn it off and I’d grow up without it and be exactly like you…
me: OMG, sick burn. *high five*
@Lynn_CatsRule @estockbridge One of them threw a used snotty tissue under my bed yesterday, and I was just glad she used a tissue. I don’t see self-sufficiency on the horizon anytime soon but they are much too close to nature.
@estockbridge But also no. Our house is at max capacity for living creatures. If anything else comes in, one us has to move out. I don’t even care who, send one of the kids to live at the shelter.
Puppy tearing open trash bags? Buy cans w locking lids. No one will use them but you waste money on a false sense of security.
Fruit flies out of control? Stop buying produce. Everyone will leave egg shells/old fruit on the counters instead.
You can truly live in filth forever
me: knock knock
6yo: who’s there?
me: interrupting [8yo]
6yo: interrupting [8–
me: ACTUALLY…
8yo: what?? what I said was-
me: what you ACTUALLY said?
[She bit me.]
Let this be a warning.
8yo: what’s the word for a task that never ends…?
Me, half joking: …Sisyphean?
8yo: Yes! Like the story about the guy pushing the rock.
@estockbridge have you been teaching the kids Greek and Roman mythology again?
When Kevin Can F*ck Himself was behind a premium paywall, I didn’t know anyone else watching it and it stressed me out too much to watch it alone. Now that it’s on Netflix, I’m interested to hear more people’s impressions of it and picking it back up.
My autistic 1st grader loves to show me who I am as a parent. I’m in pain & suddenly started crying (kids don’t usually see me do this).
“Mom, are you okay? Need a hug? Take some medicine. You’ll be okay. If you won’t take medicine, I don’t know how else to help you.”
🤡💀