If more women thought about their health before conceiving the US might put a dent in our abysmal maternal mortality rate. 

• What do you think the favor was that Tyrion asked for from Davos? My first guess was the orchestration of men sneaking into the city to ring the bells, but I’m far from confident about that.

The new message about mother’s day is that it’s for everyone. Everyone nurtures in some way, right?

I’m a 36G and my favs are Fantasie, Freya and Ewa Michalak. 

My pediatrician told us, “It is not your job to make your child eat. It is your job to put healthy food in front of them 3 times a day.” It was good for the feeding problems stage but more widely applicable. You can’t make a kid do certain thing, but you can provide them the opportunities and supplies to do the right…

So I interpreted Jon sending away Ghost as a sign that he is stepping away from his identity as a Stark. Because Targaryens don’t have dire wolves as pets. Although now his dragon is dead. 

I have always been the primary breadwinner. My husband kept some gigs when the kids were wee. Our Presbyterian preschool was
good about this. If only because they only ever saw me a couple times a year. Now that they are in elementary school, DH has a part time job (plus a couple gigs). His name is first on all…

We have banned YouTube altogether because of gaming videos. Bad language, adult jokes, so much screaming. My kids only play E and E10 games, but too much of the streaming is M.

When I traveled for business, it was good to know if I needed to pack supplies. Yes, you can buy them whereever you are. That’s what I did for months at a time, and the next things you know, my linen closet is filled to overflowing with supplies I bought on the road, and I’m on the road buying more.

Is this because older sites are less likely to have secure certificates? Because Google has been warning everyone about how they are going to treat non-secure sites for years now.

I bathed my two boys together for a little while. Until the younger one pooped in the bath. Mommy, why isnthere mud ib the bth are words you dont want to hear. And that was ... A really hard cleanup with lots of crying. Never again.

They must be attracted to the smell. My brothers family was visiting with their dog, who helpfully brought my night guard down while we were eating.

Some local groups do a good job of trying to put a dent the waste. Shout out for https://412foodrescue.org/

My kids are 8 and 10 for now, we have a strict E10 rating rule, which we might revisit in a couple years. My kids know people at school who talk about Fortnight, but it hasn’t been a big deal. It might be because my kids go to a very economically diverse urban school. My nephew, who is 7 and in a up scale suburban…

I thought the same thing! I’ll be sticking with TJ’s serum, thanks anyway, Amazon. 

I thought the same thing! I’ll be sticking with TJ’s serum, thanks anyway, Amazon. 

I lost my phone about a month ago. When found, it was smashed. We had insurance, but because I lost it late in the week, I spent almost 4 days without it until the replacement arrived. It was fine. I learned the backup second factor method for logging into my work computer. I read on my eink Kindle instead of…

People need to chill. They aren’t bad moms, they are stressed out moms blowing off steam. See also: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/201903/mothers-are-drowning-in-stress

I make my own breadcrumbs from bread heels and keep them in a zip lock bag in the freezer.

I always put No Presents Necessary on my kids party invites. Some people like to give them and that fine. There will be Presents at birthday time from the aunts and uncles and grandparents.

I can see trying to enforce an age limit for free meals, but most kids meals I’ve seen are much smaller portions. My 9 yo is ordering from the standard menu now at out favorite family restaurant because the kids meals just don’t fill him up. I’m in the camp that says if an adult wanted to eat from the kids menu,…