Join us tomorrow (Friday) at 1PM ET for an info session on the hazards of oil and gas waste road spreading and why your community should participate in our upcoming advocacy event at the Ohio Statehouse!

Toddler coming into my room at 5:30am: Mommy? Me: How are you? Toddler: I’m having a good day! Is it your birthday? Me: no Toddler: why not?

This Sunday!

Toddler: “mommy, can I have a sharp thing?” Me: 🤔

My toddler is very funny until I remember that she’s almost always doing an impression of me

Toddler observing her snow boots: Do my shoes have teeth?

Me to toddler upon discovering the latest incomprehensible mess: Why did you do this?! Toddler: I just wanted to make you happy!

This morning I was tired and had cramps, and during breakfast resorted to communicating in grunts and groans. My toddler looked at me and said “Mommy, use your words.”

Whoever’s in charge of naming batteries needs to get their shit together. The ones I need for my kid’s light-up book have *5* different names, and not one of them yields results when searched in instacart, even though I know that Kroger and CVS carry them.

Toddler pulling an uncooked shell noodle out of a box: “it’s a mac and chee!”

Toddler put blueberries under my pillow. And then didn’t want to sit on the “yucky” side of the bed (the side with blueberry smeared on the sheet)

I need a clone with a different menstrual cycle

I’ve recently learned that one of the best parts of being employed as a parent w/very few parent friends is that now I can pay people for childcare and then I have someone with whom to share memes about toddler behavior.

Ya know what does not help a toddler fall asleep? When a sleepy toddler animation loop is interrupted by a very loud advertisement 20 min in.

The past few years my Instagram ads have ranged from prairie dresses to tactical gear to queer fashion to pharmaceuticals to pet products, but today I got a Kitchenaid ad and I know that I am officially an Old.

Toddler: my finger hurts Me: what happened to it? Toddler: maybe a buffalo Me: what did a buffalo do? Toddler: a buffalo scratched me! Like a kitty!

Toddler arguments against different kinds of fruit (proposed by me as an alternative to having chocolate for breakfast): Orange—too juicy. You’ll make a big mess. Apple—too much work. It will fall down. Blueberries. It won’t help.

On Saturday, I not only took an after breakfast nap while my kid watched cartoons in my bed, but I then proceeded to fall asleep at 8pm and sleep for almost 12 consecutive hours (facilitated by my kid sleeping for 12 hours after skipping her afternoon nap).

How can I find a song that was removed from Spotify if I don’t know the artist or title? (It was the only track i had in bedtime playlist for my kiddo, which is now empty 😢)

Among my favorite toddler questions this week (and also, perhaps, the hardest to answer: ‘What does “boo!” mean?’ and ‘what does “boop!” mean?’

Toddler, matter-of-factly, while banging on the doorframe of her bedroom with the plastic mallet that came with her xylophone: “I’m making your house better. This is hard work.”

When I have $ in the bank it takes a lot of self control to not have Indian food delivered to my house every night.

Does a “properly cooked” egg mean no gooey yolk? Is minimizing my risk of contracting bird flu gonna mean being on the torturous pregnancy diet again?

My toddler hid my deodorant inside the wicker globe shade of the lamp on my nightstand. I’d been looking for for about a week when I found it today. Prob a good thing I mostly work remotely rn.

Did Aldi stop carrying unsweetened soy milk? As the parent of a lactose intolerant kiddo this would be really bad news.

I’ve recently gotten in the habit of falling asleep watching History of Curb Your Enthusiasm and I guess I’m gonna have to switch to the podcast unless I want to wait for season 4 to be released on Max.

Misogyny and racism are why pandering to the right didn’t work. They are not why Kamala lost.

Why do we have to keep saying this? www.fastcompany.com/91218439/hig...

My fav pillow ripped open in the wash a few mo ago. I was unemployed & couldn’t afford to replace. By the time I got a job, my neck pain was so bad I decided to splurge & order a fancy one. It was supposed to ship w/in a wk, but due to supply chain issues is still not avail. to ship 3 wks later😔

Toddler upon seeing the moon last night “can I tickle it?”

Just read “beefed with” as “bee-fed with” and was momentarily intrigued by the thought of Azaelia Banks, about whom I know absolutely nothing, inviting people to join in her beekeeping hobby. I should probably sleep soon🐝💤

Issue 47—the COTA levy that will fund LinkUS—is on the ballot this fall. We are hosting a Get out the Vote training this Saturday 9/14 at 11am at the Main Library on Grant, Meeting room 3B.

A century of widening roads failing to solve congestion still does not deter state DOTs from trying it again. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

When I finally get my toddler down for her nap I’m desperate for a break, but it’s the only time I have to get things done until after I get her down for the night. Trying to get into Headstart 🤞

Spent more than 2 hours on hold trying to talk to someone at the state benefits office today before giving up. I’ve been trying to get on Medicaid and TANF since January. They keep sending me letters requesting documents I’ve already submitted.

Why is it so hard to find buckwheat flour? Is this a regional issue?

Just got more than 40 mosquito bites while working in the garden for a few min

The toddler bedding changing paradox: it is not possible to change your toddler’s bedding while your toddler is sleeping. It is also not possible to change your toddler’s bedding while your toddler is awake.

Toddler (watching nature documentary): “Mommy, I’m hungryyyy” Me: “What do you want?” Toddler: “I want to eat butterflies!”

During my toddler’s nap I wrote out a detailed to-do list on a dry erase board. Shortly after waking, toddler erased a big chunk of it with a single playful swipe of her hand🙃

I don’t know if this is just a Pride Month thing, but my IG ads are suddenly all queer fashion brands and it is by far the best thing the algorithm’s ever done for me.

👀 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/06/24/n...

pwunion.org/sierra-club-... Progressive Workers Union at Sierra Club is striking for the first time ever to counter union busting. This is the union I was part of before being laid off from my job there nearly a year ago in violation of my union contract. Please share!

Franklin County Dept of Job and Family Services while denying your claim: “Don’t kill urself ur so essential aha”

My toddler upon hearing KoRn for the first time: “is this Cookie Monster?”

It’s so hard being a toddler parent with lots of yardwork and garden projects. There’s so little time when it’s possible to work on stuff and after I get my kid to bed I often have an overwhelming urge to go outside and start planting things and spreading mulch, but it’s too damn dark out🙃