I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old, stuck at home, virtual learning. I’m an accountant, working from home, doing my best. I can literally ignore chaos with these babies in. I sprung for them over the weekend when I saw the price drop and gave my husband my “old” (they’re only a year old) airpods. Even without…

I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old, stuck at home, virtual learning. I’m an accountant, working from home, doing…

I make a mean five-spiced sweet potato casserole. where do we stand on adding buttermilk instead of cream in this? will the tang work with the sweetness of the potatoes and the unique flavors of chinese five spice.... or be weird?

My team has implemented a tacit “we’ll give you 24 hour notice if we expect your camera to be on” policy. It’s heavenly. Our ELT is a cameras on  group, and as courtesy, if I’m meeting with the C Level, I will turn mine on and make sure i’m presentable. Other than that, its tshirts and messy hair and not a stitch of…

My mom passed in October 2019 and I am really hoping that my dad received a check for both of them. He could really use it, with all the medical bills for the month and a half she spent in ICU before she passed. If nothing else, will keep him fed for another few weeks so that he doesn’t have to spend as much time…

My student loans are my highest interest debt. We’re fully employed, saving on daycare (we completely disenrolled) as our sitter is about $150 less a week, saving on gas/tolls/lunches out, etc, and are in the very fortunate boat of having built a decent emergency savings due to a fairly significant bonus received in…

We hired a nanny (much needed - cannot work effectively from home with a 3 and 5 yo) and we are having to trust that she’s social distancing. the risk to our mental health and job security of not having help was greater than the risk of getting sick. also, we are seeing my husbands brother and his 3yo son once or…

My husband is chronically late. If he’s supposed to be somewhere at 8, i tell him he has to be there at 7:30. This is the biggest sticking point of our marriage. If he needs to pick the kids up because I’m stuck at the office, he leaves about 20 minutes later than he should, then ends up stuck in traffic (suprise,…

Soooooooooooooo.... my entire family of 4 could fly to Denver for a long weekend for under $400..... I might actually be thinking of this. 

She didn’t speak the most - but she certainly offered the most actual answers. Curious to see how tonight goes, but as of now I’m all in for Warren. 

when you’re a woman? Isn’t average female height somewhere around 5'6"?

when you’re a woman? Isn’t average female height somewhere around 5'6"?

here’s a towel-related question. what the eff is a “turkish towel” and why do i keep seeing it all over my insta feed? and should I buy 10 of them for my family of four? haha

here’s a towel-related question. what the eff is a “turkish towel” and why do i keep seeing it all over my insta…

I am tall (5'10"), I am curvy and proud of it, and i only feel appropriately “covered up” for wandering around all over my house in search of my coffee/underwear/bra/clothes from the dryer/whatever my kid is screaming for this time/etc in a bath sheet. i will die on that hill.

I am tall (5'10"), I am curvy and proud of it, and i only feel appropriately “covered up” for wandering around all…

Probably not the healthiest thing.... but we do “breakfast corn dogs” - those gross pancake and sausage on a stick things from Jimmy Dean. My kids (2&4) LOVE them. They start them while we’re getting ready to leave, and finish them in the car. 

Sur la table has a death star one. I just bought it to put in my husbands stocking. 

No, but should a 21 year old without a degree get paid the same for a 12 week-6 month position as a fully college-educated person in a full-time job? It’s not the same. An internship shouldn’t pay the same as a full time job - but it should definitely pay enough for someone to live on for a few weeks. 

Let’s be real though - are there any/many interns supporting children? Typically interns are college age kids trying to get a foot in the door. Yes, $15/hr won’t go far in DC - I’ve never lived there but our visit was expensive - but from my experience is higher than average intern pay, full stop. Baby steps are still…

I’m with you. My dad’s entire facebook feed is “this is all about destroying due process” and “confirm kavanaugh” and “these women are lying” and i’m just like... and this is why i never told you about my #metoo stories asshole.

you’re partly correct. there is a growing movement of republicans down here who hate Ted Cruz and are considering Beto. Some of them are in my family. Doesn’t hurt that I don’t shut up about Beto any time I get the chance. However, what we really do need is for everyone down here to actually VOTE. so, remind your…

Royals - they are just like us! every single mom here with more than one kid has definitely hidden in the other room “feeding the baby” or “putting the baby to sleep” at least 30 min longer than needed while scrolling Facebook.

I have a dot that’s kind of unused around my house - any idea if it can be “activated” with the freetime to provide essentially the same service? I use the full Echo and the Tap all the time, but am hesitant to buy a new device when I have one sitting in my office rarely being used.