sleepypasture

Ⓥ Mom of a 24 week micropreemie. Using my experience to help other NICU families. Wife to @CourtEWakefield. she/her

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

During the Renaissance, people in Venice would vote by dropping little balls into an urn.

The Italian word for “little ball” is ‘ballotta.’

Now any kind of secret voting, by ball, piece of paper, or voting machine, is called a ‘ballot.’

[krista @kristabellerina]

a man asked me if I even come close to working 40 hours a week as a stay at home mom and all I could think was “I can’t wait to tweet this”

[Glennon Doyle @GlennonDoyle]

I cannot believe how intense the basketball is. Sorry harder to live tweet when can't breathe

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

@BallySportsSW @DallasWings But what happened at the end of double OT? Couldn’t tell ya because you stopped airing it at 5:30.

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

@BallySportsSW @DallasWings Would’ve been nice to see the entire @DallasWings game instead if your coverage abruptly stopping in the middle of *double overtime* at exactly 5:30pm. Useless. #dallaswings #wnba

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

We’re in double OT and @BallySportsSW just STOPPED airing the @DallasWings game. Useless app, waste of money.

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

I played and sang this song by @brandicarlile constantly during our three months in the NICU in 2019. It will always be one of the most special songs to me, and it will always bring tears to my eyes. Thank you for this song.

[AXS TV @AXSTV]

We’re celebrating Brandi Carlile's birthday with a beautiful performance of her song "The Mother," featuring a duet with her daughter, Evangeline Ruth. Happy birthday, Brandi! 🎉

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

it's another lovely spring day to REMIND YOU DELINQUENTS TO STOP "RESCUING" BABY ANIMALS. THEIR MOMS ARE MOST LIKELY NEARBY - SO MIND YOUR BUSINESS.

FAWNS, DROP EM'.
BIRDS, LEAVE EM'.
RACCOONS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
FOXES?! -SWIPER NO SWIPING.
ARMADILLO?¿? ARMADILL-NO.

[Wendy Davis @wendydavis]

"Coney Barrett at one point suggested that Idaho had little reason to challenge the federal government’s EMTALA enforcement. “Why are you here?” she asked Josh Turner, the attorney representing the state."

Exactly.

https://t.co/qIzt1ZZg7v

[Dallas Police Dept @DallasPD]

We are investigating a shooting at the State Fair. The park is being evacuated. Please avoid the area.

[Visit LGBT Dallas @visitlgbtdallas]

Dallas Theater Center presents The 💋 Rocky Horror Show until Oct. 29 at Kalita Humphries Theater (the ONLY Frank Loyd Wright theater in existence). Great fun for adults and a perfect way to celebrate the 👻 Halloween season! Find tickets here: https://t.co/sLB8Npc8dl

[Caroline Fitzgerald @goalscaroline]

Bar owners, take notes: This is what happens when you go all-in on women’s sports. 🇺🇸🏆 #USWNT

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

Did the male commentator refer to one of our players as a “soccer mom?” And does he refer to any of the men’s team as “soccer dads?” Am I missing something? #newishsoccerfan @GlennonDoyle

[Wendy Davis @wendydavis]

This is really happening, y'all: The state is literally arguing that since their BS abortion ban compromised a plaintiff's reproductive health, she no longer has standing to sue because she won't be affected by the law in the future. There is no hell hot enough for these people🔥

[Wendy Davis @wendydavis]

Your boss now has to accommodate pregnant workers, from morning sickness to abortion care https://t.co/FfwY3sIzjq via @19thnews

[Dan Savage @fakedansavage]

Not a drag queen.

https://t.co/q4u4zxgjbv

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

@teganandsara @GlennonDoyle Yesssssss

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

@GlennonDoyle Maise Hill - she has a fantastic book about Peri Menopause that’s blowing my mind! ⭐️

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and caused some students to be sent home and to miss instruction). I sat down with the group and we worked together to come up with a plan on what to do during lunch. One of the boys asked if we could start a knitting club, since his Auntie had recently taught him how to knit. Since he was a leader of the group, the other boys agreed. I asked them to come back tomorrow with some ideas of what to knit. The next day one of the boys said that he wanted to knit little hats for the preemies at the hospital, since his little cousin was there and that a nurse mentioned that they had run out of the little hats. The boys knitted daily and we delivered the hats to the hospital. We received many heartfelt thank you notes from families, nurses and doctors (and even an in-person visit with a personal thank you and cookies from a newborn's mom). This group continued to grow as did our ability to create knitted hats for preemies. This became a huge success for the participating students. There was significant improvement in the students’ behavior, attitude, achievement, and attendance. It is so important to think outside of the box for “win-win” solutions. It really isn’t the WHAT you do that is important, it is the WHY you are doing it! Our knitting group become a team, family, and community.

#maslowbeforebloom

[sleepypasture @sleepypasture]

@DavidFinfrock @wayword I grew up in the midwest but have been in NTX for about 20 years, and also use both interchangeably. If memory serves, “lightning bug” was used more in Indiana/Illinois/Missouri growing up but I remember hearing both.