Christian Clothing CEO: You finish that sweatshirt about saving as many souls as possible? Christian Clothing Designer: Sure did, boss. Real fuckin’ ominous and with an implied threat of mass murder, just like you asked. Christian Clothing CEO: What.

Sometimes people say “wow you’re in the trenches rn” about having a few small kids and I usually think “nah I have a cushy life I just like to complain” but that all goes out the window when a stomach bug is in play. I’m literally at war

I really love our town I never want to leave

Would be a really tremendous couples costume

Step on a crack, make your mom throw it back

I’m a single issue voter and my issue is that those busses that bend in the middle should make accordion noises

Original watercolor illustration for Tomie dePaola’s The Lady of Guadalupe, at the Marian Library at the University of Dayton, Ohio.

Genuinely disturbing

Freak 4yo didn’t like pot roast w carrots and potatoes But had multiple helpings of salad w arugula, apple, Gorgonzola, pine nuts ?????

2yo is into Cinderella lately and calls him “prince charmy”

Telling people "if you speak up while you're with your child, you're putting them at risk" is just a naked threat to hurt your children if you don't shut up.

The kids watch Scooby doo mostly for their screen time which is cool but they will sometimes try to make conversation with people by talking about the headless horseman

4yo asked to play “tie dye is the sky” and it took me a couple asks before I realized he wanted to listen to “the tide is high”

I dislike winter

what can you even say

4yo was describing his magnatile building plans as “splendid”

We have enough cranberries to make another one so I think I will

My kids have full water bottles in their beds to prevent “one more sip of water” bedtime delays/middle of night wake-ups But nothing. NOTHING. Is as good as drinking from mama’s bedside table water glass

Trying to explain to my kids the difference between me having eaten the last piece of pie, not having eaten the whole pie

It’s amazing how going from very bad sleep to merely bad sleep can improve your entire outlook on life

Good Morning

I’ve been trying to have better posture/less tension at least a little bit and it is kinda nuts how much I tense up my shoulders for absolutely no reason

I meant to this year but 2026 I think I will get proficient at using a sewing machine

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

thinking of her today

Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...

Cranberry upside down cake in the oven ama

Me, to 2 and 4yo: give the baby space! Also me: [inserting my nose directly into his mouth to get a good huff of baby breath]

I wish my grandma were still alive for a lot of reasons but I really would’ve loved to hear her thoughts on being a mom. She was the best conversationalist and I would’ve loved to talk to her about it.

Making Marry Me Chicken tonight. God who is not bound by time and space has made it work in advance

Love walking away from the table and returning to 18 photos of the lunch I was eating (leftover lasagna) on my phone

Showed the kids their Xmas pjs from grandma and 2yo did a Gene Parmesan scream

just learned that the Dutch for “auxiliary bishop” is “hulpbisschop”

Thinking about becoming gay to improve my lattes

Whatever you say bud

Being a perfectionist may be unrealistic, but it’s also psychologically painful

BlasphemyBot:

New project—crocheting a rug with strips of old clothing and some scrap yarn

I’m getting new not crooked glasses in an actually updated prescription. Maybe soon I’ll exercise. I’m getting new pants that actually fit. Gonna do skincare. It’s time to be hot folks

Yesterday during mass 2yo was snuggling me and stood up on my lap and said “GIMME THAT FOREHEAD” to kiss me

I have to say getting the kids little (real) hand vacs has been great. If they make a spill with a bunch of crumbs that difficult to pick up by hand I just say “ok go get your vacuum” since they’re too little to do a good job sweeping

One of my grinchiest parenting opinions is that I hate goodie bags

4yo watched a little hockey with me before bed and was asking a million questions about everything. Saw a graphic about the 2018 draft class so I was explaining teams picking younger people “Oh. None of them picked me I guess”

The baby thinks 4yo is the funniest person in the world

the AI-generated chapter titles for our episodes are making me believe in the power of AI

If I see a gift your wife will like I’ll tell you. I’m that kind of gal

“Mama can you hold this for me while I go to the bathroom”

I wonder what sort of entities are *this* scared of prayer

2yo with a pretend cash register, beeping the scanner: “do you want me to scan a witch. And a bumblebee. And GOD”