Ok #Halisky, does anyone know where I could find Mike & Ike's tropical flavour? Kid3 specifically mentioned them and I don't think I've ever seen such a thing!

it just got very very dark out in Clayton Park ominous

The cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about

i won't spoil the Bonne Maman calendar for everyone who bought one (i'll put the flavour up tomorrow for people who are curious) but i already had to google translate and i love that for me

We finally all got our covid / flu shots yesterday and to varying degrees it took us all out Kid2 got hit the hardest But none of us could get any energy today for any length of time I had, like, four naps

Kid3 insisted I watch the 2018 The Grinch film adaptation, which I'd frankly been avoiding because I so deeply detest the Jim Carrey one And he was right, this new one is totally going in my regular holiday rotation It's a lovely and faithful adaptation, and an absolute treat for the eyes, too!

Just ordered a bunch of fun stickers and t-shirts to commemorate the Jays' amazing season Soothed my feelings about the total after tax and shipping by reminding myself I got multiple items for four people for less than half the cost of a WS jersey

Holy baby Jesus in a sidecar the Sobeys was a madhouse this morning My advice: if you have to go, go now, before it gets worse But if you can stay home, you should I really am not on good terms with my fellow citizens this morning

why - and i say this as a mum of three boys - why are men

Had a talk with Kid3 last night who asked to install Snapchat as most of his friends exclusively use it to communicate Texting is for old people apparently We had a good discussion, but this whole "most kids have phones without SIM cards" thing blew me away Am I the last person to know this??

I just found out eminem has a grandson and I am very stoned and like, just IMAGINE that you go to thanksgiving dinner and your mom is like, “remember to give grampa a big hug,” and then your grampa is EMINEM, like WHAT

Anybody who starts fussing about a snowstorm in six days in this province needs to be sternly and mercilessly hushed Six days! In this province you're lucky if you can accurately predict the weather in six minutes

8th grader just told us that the school doesn't have enough copies of The Giver for novel study so the class is being read to by the teacher "I have a quiz on the first two chapters tomorrow & honestly I don't retain well when I'm being read to" he said Kobo to the rescue! But also, WTF.

today was a CHAOS DAY but at least i feel productive

one thing about how busy today has been... it's already creeping up on 2pm. and then tomorrow is Friday! and then goddamn November is over for another year!

reheated leftover curry for lunch at my desk, proceeded to find every last one of the unaccounted-for cardamom pods AND whole cloves with my mouth

why is today so busy why does everyone suddenly want everything now

The Jays have signed a big deal with a major free agent starter, Dylan Cease Kid1 bellowed in rapture from downstairs, I'm taking it as a good sign The family Discord server was hopping

kid1 just called from Mumford Terminal - two #1 buses approached Bay 2 for pickup inbound, flipped their signs to "out of service" and then drove away empty he asked me to call 311 for him, i did, the agent was supremely unhelpful and didn't believe what i was telling him i'm tired, fam

if you still have a FB account - and let's be real, gang, most of us do - take my advice and request your data from it. it's not a hugely complicated process, and then you have all your photos etc. in case *barely a week later* you get locked out of your account.

Finished a Ted Lasso rewatch and am wrung out like a damp towel Such a damn flawless show, it's almost not fair to other television

Good: getting a new laptop at work Bad: needing to set up my new laptop the way I want it

I really did spend my whole entire day answering questions from coworkers and gang, if I was incapacitated suddenly what would you all do???

Raccoons threw my garbage all over my carport last night A three-legged deer just hopped past my window and started eating the hedge And then a squirrel ran by along the power line that runs through our backyards Wouldn't go so far as to say Disney *princess* Maybe Disney *lesser duchess*

how is it 11:24AM and all i've done is help other people with their work instead of doing my own, aaaaaaagggghhhhh

trying to distract myself a bit and just saw a 'hack' for making mashed potatoes 1. put a cooling rack over a bowl 2. cut a microwaved potato in half 3. hold the potato in a kitchen towel or wear oven mitts 4. shove the frigging thing down through the mesh i do not understand the point here

When I was learning to drive the idea that vehicles would have proximity alarms and backup cameras and somehow we'd still be running over pedestrians would have sounded insane Yet here we are

At this precise moment I really wish some version of past me had bought a heated blanket My legs are so tired and sore, and I can't just bust in to my regular massage clinic and steal one of theirs

May delete later if this escapes containment, but... Lego village time!

Spicy pony nipped me today because I was standing a bit too close to the business end when another volunteer tightened his girth Getting bitten has been a big fear, and now it's happened And I survived I did also get to work with a very gentle and cuddly draft mare which was super soothing

We tried to go downtown on a whim last night & because we are fools we didn't check the city / Scotiabank schedule Eventually we realized our mistake & left, because with curling & the tree lighting it was just jammed everywhere The sheer volume of bodies in Halifax now still shocks me sometimes

gingersnaps, christmas cracker candy, cheese ball and cream cheese cherry poundcake are all made. most now go in the freezer. the gingersnaps are decoy cookies to keep them from eating everything else.

Kid3 donned the chef's jacket and helped make gingersnaps and the Christmas cracker candy That child can *bake* I make those cookies every year but this year they turned out extra good

Who has a recipe for chocolate peanut butter balls with rice krispies that doesn't overdo the icing sugar? The recipe I used last year had too much sugar.

If you're going to the maker market at the Cedar Center today, please take transit and walk the block. Or get dropped off. Or something. Those of us who live here are incredibly frustrated an hour in because of all the dipshits parking illegally so they don't have to walk more than half a block.

my at-home workspace is great until it's a PD day

does anyone have a bottle of focus? because i sure could use some

after spending all night arguing with my stupid brain, which was determined to posit worst-case-scenario work situations at me every time even a tiny bit of silence crept in, ask me how relieved i was to get an email from the person i was waiting on this morning basically saying "it's no problem"

Today was just a bad day all around but work is done now so... imma try to let it go

not me, calling a tech for my minisplit wall unit when it wasn't broken, i'm just an idiot who didn't have the temp set high enough to make the fan kick in highly recommend Angus at Cunning Energy if you have LG heat pumps. he was extremely kind, didn't make me feel stupid, and didn't charge me

today is a bad brain day. woke up with anxiety yelling "hey, remember me? i'm usually quiet BUT I'M STILL HERE, BITCH!"

Over the past year I've really been trying to live my life with this kind of thing in mind - who knew this whole time there was an Iguana of Imperfection speaking this mantra.

It's cold but gorgeous out there this morning The air is so still and the sunrise is a stunner

Kid1 getting up early to go to school means getting info dumped about the strangest things And that's how I learned that the ninja turtles are an intentional homage to Daredevil

The boys are starting their xmas shopping for one another and it's so cool to see 1. How much they really love one another and 2. How well they know one another. Kid2 may have picked the gift of the year for his older brother, I'm calling it now.

I emailed them yesterday to ask about my data etc. They called today (didn't email! Called! STOP CALLING.) They said this is a feature meant to support their customers who 'aren't tech-savvy' who would be using the online booking system, which... those people aren't using online booking, ma'am.

finally requested my data file from bloody FB and did get the confirmation email that they are compiling it, so - hopefully. if i can actually retrieve all my posts and pictures, i'll be deleting the damn thing altogether. bad vibes machine.

The construction by the IWK means all the express buses that normally come down University are being rerouted to South But guess what Only one stop has a closed sign and it is very unclear where it's sending you The obvious rerouting choice has no closed sign, but is closed

after stewing for a bit, i sent them an email asking some very pointed questions about their data capture and storage we shall see if they respond