My birthday present to myself. Salmon and cream cheese for breakfast (with homemade bread) and cheesecake

Found Elijah’s BBQ? #bible #jokes #humour #bbq

Government services are necessary services offered to citizens. They shouldn't have to be profitable to survive. (Can be applied to multiple organisations)

Welcome to the comedy that is #aotearoa

So far this is going pretty well. It’s family clean up day after getting back from a trip. Mum and dad are of course doing most of the work, but we sat down with 3.8 year old Teddie and brainstormed jobs she could do. Many of them were things she really enjoys […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Even if you’re a charity, I still respect you less for having AI generated images on your website. How on earth did charities survive before #ai

We are attending a wedding this afternoon and have thrifted all our family’s clothing for the occasion. However, I think it might be more expensive to take @SimonCHulse thrifting than to buy things brand new. He keeps seeing things that he’s ‘always wanted’ or books to complete a collection that […]

My youngest who is 10 months old has started doing this behaviour where he holds up toys or food to share interest. I know a lot of people are confused by it but it’s actually a neurotypical behaviour. He doesn’t want to you to take it, he just wants to connect with you over it. I swear, I took […]

Will add ‘If I get pregnant I can still take panadol’ to my list of benefits of living in a free country #stayfree #aotearoa #takiwatanga #autism #tylenol #antifa

#bloomscrolling #pond #garden My pond today

https://youtu.be/HlIvH6ozvv4?si=9PEWUx6ql-4YeA6F Political violence is the enemy of democracy. #charliekirk

It’s only awkward when you know but they don’t know themselves. @SimonCHulse #autism

Sent this email to the Electoral Commission and I would respectfully request that you all do the same if Act have a candidate with this BS on your form as well:

Yummy… Strawberry influenza anyone? Apple Covid?

Actually, I could say labour are out of touch if they think poor people are thinking about butter. Well, this poor family has always treated butter as a luxury item, occasionally to be used in baking, but not when canola oil would do. We don’t need instructions on how to mix butter with olive […]

“These adds make Locky Docks free for everyone” Add supported ‘free’ bike parking… because regular, non electronic bike locks are, what? #cycling

I’ve dropped off from posting my #nobuyyear2025 because it turns out, it’s sometimes hard to document an absence of buying things. I know that if I wasn’t committed to this, I would have purchased a fancy sprouting jar and microgreen trays. I thought about doing […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

#dnd #criticalrole #ttrpg Help me out, need a name for a Kenku player character who speaks in mimicry. I’m thinking a random sound effect as their name. Maybe an animal noise, moo, baa, or a click. I will actually do this sound at the table every time I need my character to talk about themself […]

First yield of feijoas (yes, the entire yield of one tree so far that we’ve had for two years) #permaculture #gardening

My response to a mum about not getting enough sleep. You remember the old flow chart where you can have any two, but not all three: Option 1: You can have baby sleep in their own bed. Option 2: You can assist baby to sleep without leaving them to cry. Option 3: You can have short interruptions […]

[NZ race relations discussed] If we want to build the kind of world we want for our future generations, it starts with us. Stop assuming that anyone who’s a little bit different in opinion is your enemy and be careful with your words. You catch more flies with […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

“Prime Minister Luxon erred grievously in agreeing to support the Treaty principles bill to first reading. But the people he governs have ended the charade. Our nation has rejected this bill emphatically. Now we must turn to trying to heal some of the many deep wounds it has caused” -Vincent […]

This is why we don’t need #US #Cars in #Europe

My #montessori educated 3.5 year old: “Granny and Grandad accidentally didn’t buy enough eggs” because there are empty spaces

Today’s episode of my life: Māori language study while parenting

Visual memo I’ve made myself while reading ‘How to keep house while drowning’ #mentalhealth

4 month old has his first ever illness. I’m a giant pacifier until further notice. Or you could say I’m booby trapped.

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At home, sick with the flu, with two sick kids. I feel like a sloth trying to parent rabbits.

Our family committed to avoid synthetic fabrics as much as possible so that our clothing produces minimal #microplastics when washed, and can #compost when it’s worn out. Daughter and I needed more underwear. As much as I would love to purchase New Zealand made […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

En nog even voor ik echt naar bed ga - onze elfjarige houdt sinds kort van fotograferen (voor nu nog met telefoon, er wordt gespaard voor een camera). En hij maakte vandaag een hele serie foto’s van bijen op krokussen. Deze vond ik wel heel tof: #bijen #Bloomscrolling #lente #natuur

Trying to do stockinette stitch. As soon as I start the purl row, every time, it becomes super tight and impossible to work. What could I be doing wrong? #knitting

Whatever the hell is eating those sharks, sure is a reason for me to keep myself out of the ocean ... Wow Hugz & xXx https://au.news.yahoo.com/sharks-found-bitten-in-half-close-to-popular-aussie-beaches-dangerous-consequences-065444753.html

#nonconsumption #nobuy2025 #nobuyyear2025 Everything we bought (excluding food, experiences and bills) in the month of January. Baby gym: $25 Used girls’ shirts: $15 Used baby clothes $10 Baby friendly sunscreen $39.90 Dolls house toy $10 Recycled merino yarn […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Feeling guilty about your child watching cartoons? Don’t pay attention to them, don’t even pay for a qualified early childhood teacher. Let our AI powered app homeschool them!

Our potato plants had died down already due to our cat deciding the potato bed was a nice place to lay in the sun, so we dug it over. 8kg of potatoes, an assortment of varieties called ‘stuff that was marked down at Bunnings’. I don’t remember what we spent on […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

After a whole six weeks of being at home with a three year old and a newborn, the week came for preschool to start back up… and she was sick Monday and Tuesday and now it’s Waitangi day. I’ve never been more disappointed for a public holiday.

A very useful strategy for mentally coping with the state of the world at the moment. https://youtu.be/VWhKvqN3_dw?si=Jk_vloYcc4KKCUoR

So how’s it going so far? - 32 Photos Of Real Talk Graffiti: https://streetartutopia.com/real-talk-graffiti/

I discovered that if you put vinegar in pancakes, it reacts with the baking powder and they are really fluffy… which makes sense, but in all my life, I never thought about it.

#nobuyyear2025 I’ve made an effort to hang out laundry the last few days instead of using a dryer. Easier said than done with two little kids, but with all my sacrifices to save money and the environment, I now look at the dryer and just can’t justify it. I’ve just checked my power app and I […]

No one but the fishing industry (and Shame Jones) want this. Is it worth sacrificing actual protection of the Hauraki Gulf for roughly $14k a year, when we could protect it and rebuild a much more abundant ecosystem there? 🌊 🐟 🐬 Govt to weaken Hauraki Gulf protections over $14k in fishing […]

Success comes not from the absence of mistakes, but the ability to learn from them and keep going #nobuyyear2025

#nobuyyear2025 1/? Day 21, after a couple of weeks of feeling euphoric about how much this is going to change our lives, I had a day that didn’t feel too good. As a family, we voted to spend our entire entertainment budget for the week on going out for breakfast, which was nice, but I prefer […]

Doing #NoBuyYear2025 as a family of 4. We challenged ourselves to avoid buying non essentials for the year. To decide what is essential we use a traffic light list; Green=essential, like groceries; Yellow=Think carefully, like replacing clothes; Red=Don’t buy […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]