Alexa told me that joke.

I think it only works for me if there’s a chance I’ll win some money too. I started using diet bet after an online mom-friend told me about it. That led to step bet. Now I’m also in a beta group for sweat bet. You have to time lapse record yourself doing the assigned workouts. It’s humbling and motivating in ways I…

This is awesome. I was a hard-core teacher pleaser and ended up being labeled a know-it-all, which was pretty tough in junior high and high school. Then I hit college and suddenly it was much harder to 1) get called on and 2) feel confident in my answer. So I just shut up and it was probably part of the reason my…

As much as I wanted to share with my family, my husband really wanted to wait until we were in the second trimester so I respected his wishes. We also told almost no one about our struggles with infertility and that was much tougher. My mother-in-law and father-in-law still have no idea and my sister-in-law only knows…

I did pretty well at the pop up consignment sale. I sold $300 worth of stuff (about half what I tagged) and made 65% of that total, so I got a check for $200. I also donated everything else so that’ll be a nice write-off that’s already monetized for easy tax purposes. I spent $92 myself but with 2 kids they’ll always…

Did you order from a restaurant that was far away? Just the length of time it takes to drive from restaurant to your house may be part of why it was cold. An insulated bag can only do so much. And 80 minutes includes time for the driver to get to the restaurant, place the order, wait for them to make the food, and…

Drawing information out of people by asking the right questions and being friendly. I’m an environmental engineer and I do a lot of property transaction work and litigation support so I interview people and go do research at local agencies and city hall. To really find out the history of a place you’ve got to get…

We definitely do pouches along with BLW, it’s just easier on the go. My toddler still ended up being a bit of a picky water but I think that’s pretty common at age 2. The best part was how easy it was for our day care to go along with it. He was 11 months old when he attacked this sloppy joe at lunch.

I fully support giving candy to older teens, but the lazy ones that show up with no costume and no bag, I don’t particularly like giving them candy. I don’t want to just put a piece of candy in your open hand.

We always do $20, folded between the credit card and driver’s license. Then we ask if there are any available upgrades. Sometimes it’s a better room, sometimes it’s just getting the resort fee waived.

I would love to be woo’d by someone with a large...vocabulary. (Though my laconic husband might mind for more than one reason.)

I’m a little confused, will BCP (and/or other contraception) still be covered but with a prescription drug co-pay?

well, now I have to research this. We love pancakes at my house but I’m lazy and just use the krusteaz mix. Bisquick is too much work for me.

I respect my co-workers that make time to plan and go on elaborate vacations. I wish we could do the same but I knew that saving up my PTO would allow me to have a decent length maternity leave instead. And that was more important. Now I get to use it on staycations where my mother flies out to see her grandchildren…

I’m so glad my last name is easy to pluralize. My cousin’s married name is Niehaus. When I got them a customized for knocker I just went Niehaus Family.

This teledoc thing in general sounds amazing. I just got an offer from my health insurance to start using an app to talk to a doctor. They can even prescribe drugs over the app and it only costs $5 per “visit.” Exactly what you need when you have a nasty cough and just want some codeine or tamiflu.

Not necessarily, surveying techs can apprentice or start with an AA. Civils need to know surveying but you don’t have to be a civil to do it.

Similar here, I’m an environmental engineer and work with geologists and soil scientists in the environmental consulting world. The newbies tend to be outside at least 50% of the time. Now I’m at the desk job because I manage those guys but we still go out in the field occasionally.

I love the zoo idea. Our local aquarium is a good one too.

Clicked through to mention bowling, saw it was already there. That’s where my husband took me on our first date. Unfortunately, it was cosmic bowling so it was really loud and the strobe lights were going.