I just went to the city recycling place to get a rain barrel. Can I buy a rain barrel? I said. Do you know what that is? They asked. We just stared at each other

My 5yo has so many questions about leprechauns and I thought I knew a reasonable amount of information about them but it turns out I know NOTHING about leprechauns ??? Did you know they are canonically only male ????

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

I was bragging to a rival mom about passing Adult Beginner Skating Level 1 and she told me she was a competitive speed skater for 6 years 🙄😒

This and decades of people disparaging Arts degrees as useless

I'm looking for a soft headboard for my tweens room as he's going through a reading phase that I want to nourish. I never thought I'd say this but headboard trends are shocking me! They have built-in outlets (antithetical to my goals) and secret storage pockets (!) This is on Pottery Barn ✨️Teen✨️

I have SO much trouble decluttering toys. I want to avoid throwing them in the garbage, but I hate giving away incomplete sets so hold onto things indefinitely thinking I'll find the pieces, and I always feel like if I time a rotation right, the kids will want to play with the thing again.

We were playing croquet in the yard (Vancouver) and when we went to tidy up one of the balls was gone. Despite extensive searches, in which the children used Flashlights and a grid search of the lawn, the ball has not been found

Everytime I read someone's rant about how only corny, aging millennials post out-of-context song lyrics, I'm like wow. How am I going to be an optimist about this?

I just forgot the word "football" and referred to it as Cleated Rivalry

On top of donating money to the library and helping with my kids' school library field trips, what can I do to support literacy in my community?

the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock

In the coffee shop a tiny baby was standing right behind a woman, and I needed to alert the woman to not suddenly step back, but I didn't want to say "baby" because this baby-sized person was a standing and I didnt want I misrepresent the threat, so I said "look out! there is a tiny man behind you"

Thank u to my sister @epiellie.bsky.social for being the only person who kind of sees what I'm saying sometimes even though I haven't explained it at all and she doesn't get what my point is but does understand if you see what I mean but not really but ok

Miranda rights? but officer, I'm a Samantha

Sort of neat that John Nash won the Nobel Prize for essentially what Carney is describing in his speech

I'm not sure what I was expecting

Men are so funny because they are often STAUNCHLY against astrology as made-up nonsense, but then they'll be like yep says right here in this magic book, girls aren't allowed to be in charge of stuff

The Baha Men Uncertainty Principle states that you cannot observe the number of Baha Men without changing the number of Baha Men

I recently learned that the number of Baha Men fluctuates. There have historically been as many as 18 Baha Men. As of this date, there are nine, ten, or eleven Baha Men depending on what source you check. Even their own website is vague about how many Baha Men are currently in the Baha Men.

Gandalf's "a wizard is never late, nor is he early" and Kesha's "Now, the party don't start 'til I walk in" are essentially the same sentiment

I'm in trouble because I wouldn't stop guessing "Heated Rivalry" during family pictionary

My 5yo rolled around in the mud, got absolutely filthy soaked, and now is in a warm bubble bath, lights off, scream-singing The Twelve Days of Christmas. I'm honestly so inspired

Children should engage in independent risky play because it's crucial to their development, unless I'm the only adult supervising in which case no they shouldn't

Constantly thinking about the AskReddit where they asked people who had served prison sentence what was the worst thing about it, and one guy said that someone had ripped the last page out of every book in the library

I dreamed I went to a screening of an indie documentary called "Is Reality Good For Women" and I sat next to Hank Green

Thinking of this #goldenglobes

I poured myself a fancy bath with my new Christmas bath stuff, and my youngest got very excited and eager to help,but didnt know how, so he observed me get in the tub and then brought me my fanciest high heels

It's crazy how every other city's sports team are villainous brutes and yet our home team is a bunch of loveable scamps

My 5yo smacking his paper with his hands as hard as he can, yelling: "painting can be kind of noisy!"

It was then that I carried you

I had my first adult skating lesson and went from scared-to-let-go-of-the-wall to skating, turning, stopping, going backwards and skating on one foot within 40 minutes. And not to be dramatic but it made ✨️everything✨️ seem less hopeless? We aren't stuck. Things can improve

I procrastinated cleaning a junk drawer for 8 years. Finally booked today off to start to tackle it. It took 30 minutes

Rewatching the first Knives Out movie and it is by FAR the worst of the three

I can't believe biopic is pronounced biopic. I've been pronouncing it biopic this whole time

When I was 20 I went to Florida for a week and slept on the floor and ate nothing but Corn Nuts and had a fabulous time. Now I'm 42 and I stayed out until 1130pm last night so I'll be on the couch for the next week recovering

I signed up for adult skating lessons. I used to skate before I had kids and then I blinked and 14 years went by and I'm in a completely new body that has NO balance

Canadian girls trip planners are suffering right now 😫 Trying to find a warm destination close enough for everyone to sneak away from kids&work AND not go to the US is not going well

He asked if I had a nice time and i'm like its none of your business????????

I really hold my privacy with both hands... just made my husband of 18 years my In Case of Emergency contact on the Uber app and tbh it feels kind of too soon

Do not ask for whom the Dyson Airwraps It Airwraps for thee

Do u guys want to come over and play w my Dyson Airwrap

why is this the first I’m hearing of Alexander Camelton

Saw a tip on reddit that for very high energy kids, physically running them ragged is impossible. Instead you have to try to tire out their brains with puzzles, problem solving and fine motor skills. Anyway this is how we ended up buying our 5yo his own hammer

Finished the year at 8 total: after these 6 pieces I bought a fancy coat and some shoes for a party. Not sure if shoes count? Trying to hit the goal of only 5 new pieces of clothing this year!

twenty twenty sicks

I want a PINK GLITTERY ADULTS CSA-Approved hockey helmet, why are these not available at CANADIAN TIRE???? Seems anti-Canadian to me!

My 5yo says his New Year's Resolutions are "to make a water balloon", turn 6, and go on a Rollercoaster for the first time. Excellent list let's go

My New Year's Resolution is to fix all the things I do wrong in life and also find new wrong things about myself and fix them too, while also maintaining a positive attitude about how wrong I am as a person

Christmas cheese plate 🧀✨️