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    I have a suite of work apps on my phone. One that is sort of non-negotiable is my second factor authentication app. I theoretically could trade that if for a physical token, but then I’d have to keep track of that too. 2FA can notify me -- if only does so if I’m trying to log into another device. I also have an email…

    Jane’s making a wise choice. My mom was only a few years older than her and had a lot of health issues following a fairly “easy” surgery. Surgery always has risks, especially for seniors. 

    Yang was kind of a one trick pony. I kinda hope he finds a cabinet or advisory position in the future. He has a perspective on the economy and labor that will need to be considered. 

    They also inadvertently put one of the names neighborhoods in the wrong place also. 

    At the toddler phase, big public bathroom sensory overload went way beyond the automatic toilet. The automatic hand dryers that sounded like a jet taking off constantly frightened my eldest (in particular), not to mention the general loudness of echo-y tiled bathrooms. We chose family bathrooms whenever possible.

    Usually, we can find friends to help out with the cat while we are out of town, but everyone was weirdly traveling or busy last summer. The cat sitter I found also cleans houses, so I ponied up for cat care + house cleaning. It was so wonderful to come home to sparkling tile and no dust bunnies.

    This is haw bad partisan politics is: we can’t all agree that kids should eat their vegetables.

    Yep, Pittsburgh, home to the bus in the sinkhole a while ago, also had a whole road fall off a hill last year (route 30). Before that, route 30 had a recurring problem with “dips” in the road. In other words, subsidence was giving lots of warnings and PennDOT just kept topping off the dips. But here, have a donut: http…

    Yep, in out house, food is only allowed in the kitchen and dining room. I’m not cleaning up food messes anywhere else. I openly laugh at parents who have ant problems in their kids rooms.

    Yep, in out house, food is only allowed in the kitchen and dining room. I’m not cleaning up food messes anywhere…

    We aren’t screen free, but at 8 and 10, my boys still have limits, which we enforce. We have a shared Switch and the kids have a shared Chromebook. E-E10 games only the Switch. The Chromebook has parental controls; they have a whitelist and we need to approve any sites they want to visit. YouTube Kids only. Total…

    I wear wool slippers with a really thick sole. It helps. Mine have mostly transitioned from BeyBlades to “Lego Beys”, which I think I prefer. 

    Let’s not forget the most expensive part of having a baby: unpaid leave. I got 5 weeks of short-term disability (60% salary) with each baby and banked a bunch of PTO, but that still left several weeks without pay and we had to shell out to keep our health benefits going. It’s really no wonder the US’s birth rate is…

    100% Argan Oil. I buy mine from Trader Joes for not much. One dropper full on my hands and feet when I get out of the shower, and my feet are in the best, smoothest shape of my life. I haven’t had to exfoliate my feet since I started doing this, and I’ve long had trouble with cracks around the heel. My hands are also…

    100% Argan Oil. I buy mine from Trader Joes for not much. One dropper full on my hands and feet when I get out of…

    We’ve had one for years and love it for quick pasta as well as tea. Now my son uses it to make instant oatmeal in the morning. 

    I have the same problem with mega.

    I have the same problem with mega.

    I agree that people shouldn’t be trashing the original character of older buildings. I also think one of the reasons MCM is popular is that it works in smaller spaces, for those of us that aren’t working with rooms of Victorian proportions. I loved my antique early 20th c dressers in my 1910 house. When we moved into…

    Cat food. Because my sister thought I wasn't feeding my cats a high enough quality cat food. Mmm, cat food with a side of judgement. It wasn't even really for me.