@robyn4senate Hi @robyn4senate , we're already enrolled in a childcare facility actually, but with the new FY budget changes we're newly eligible for financial assistance to help cover costs but were told there's no funding available for said assistance. I'll shoot you an email!
I was excited that @MassGovernor expanded childcare assistance eligibility - we're now eligible! There's no funding though, the wait-list is long, and the only way to get on the wait-list is to call 211, who I can't get a call back from.
I finally was able to talk to a person with the Family Resource Center at Seven Hills, who is the one who told me there's zero money, but wasn't sure if there was any coming or not.
@TheDrugMoney Most of my home improvements have been under $500. But my faves... High efficiency window ACs, daylight detecting light bulbs in porch lights, well placed hooks, paint, a few freestanding furniture pieces in the kitchen off FB marketplace, storm door with dog flap.
@msmaysunshine Yes! I gained about 17lbs while pregnant, most of it came out with the 9lb baby. I can barely eat to keep up with breastfeeding, and we started eating really healthy once my son started solids. People keep asking what I'm doing and I'm like I dunno I had a baby π€·ββοΈ
@veganmoongirl @CartoonsHateHer Sorry, I guess the framing had me on a tangent. "Drinking at a kid's event and driving home" keeps separating in my head into two different threads I guess. Drinking at kids events, and then driving.
@YEP7@CartoonsHateHer I typically am the designated driver since I'll have two regular strength beers over a 3-4 hour event and be sober by pretty much any measure
@cmclymer I'm finding her more recent albums (basically Evermore and Midnights, and now TTPD) have taken me quite a few listens to get my arms around and really enjoy. What drives me absolutely crazy is the people who insist because they don't like something it is BAD.
@NoetheMatt Our house is 3 bed 1 bath, 1400sf built in 1923 and not really updated at all and we paid $310k a year and a half ago. Just saw a super similar house listed for $395k. AND interest rates are higher. Smdh
@james_jordan_ks@luinalaska Ya but if everyone moved to the Midwest because it was more affordable it wouldn't be affordable for long. I love in a city that is considered an affordable alternative to the "big city" an hour away and let me tell you that's changing fast
@therealmissjo@JanuaryDoNoHarm Parents are no longer the trusted people they once were. As others noted, the screeners and other tactics are to help kids who might be being abused by their parents.