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Because I am a champion of healthy coping mechanisms, we are in the process of adopting a third cat. 😬

So cute, I love it!!

Just a quiet, sad little PSA.

If someone is estranged from their parents, please please don’t give them the ‘but they’re your mum/ dad’

They were their mum / dad when they did the worst imaginable things to their own kids.

It’s not up to the children to make it ok. It’s up to them to live well.

I have discovered hell and it is a roller skating rink full of 7 year olds who can’t skate and the same 12 songs blasting on repeat.

Note: I found my baking limit, and it is five dozen cupcakes, two layer cakes, three pies, and 7lbs of frosting over the course of 8 days.

And now I need to plan out my holiday cookie baking. 😬

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Not going to get into specifics, but I just need to say: while all of the healthcare system is incredibly broken, the way seniors in need of 24/7 care are handled is especially egregious. People at all ages deserve to be treated with dignity and compassion.

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A few Indigenous organizations in New England to support:

The Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project is working to restore the Wôpanâak language within the Wampanoag Nation:

www.wlrp.org

Younger child read a story at school about the parade on Thanksgiving and now I’m watching it on TV for the first time in 30+ years.

I forgot how slowly it moves.

A small round cake covered in bright pink strawberry frosting and pink, purple, blue, black, and silver sprinkles of various sizes and shapes. On top is a large purple and blue 7 candle and a 3D-printed topper that says “HUNTRIX” with the upper bodies of the main characters from K-Pop Demon Hunters, smiling and waving. The topper is hand painted.

Another day, another birthday cake. Done with birthday cakes until 2026!

Reeeeeally annoyed that the overpriced package of frozen sausage I bought at the local market was not just 5 months past the “best by” date but also light by over 20% (by weight).

A glamour shot of a homemade pecan pie in a white ceramic pie plate, with whole pecans heavily browned visible on the top of the pie. The crust is perfectly golden. The pie is resting on a dark wooden cutting board on top of a white counter.

PIE PIE PIE PIE

(I am very excited about pie.)

(I panicked that there wouldn’t be enough pie so I made two 10-inch pies. Plus a gluten free chocolate pudding pie.)

Well, it took ages but I’ve got two 10” pecan pies in the oven.

Sifted through another few dozen cat profiles, none that fit everything we’re looking for. Is there such a thing as a cat yenta?? No? Sigh.

BUT I managed to get second child’s favorite breakfast sausage to have with French toast for birthday dinner tomorrow.

Whew. Walked to pick kids up from school, then 1.5 miles to an appointment, then down a block or so to one grocery store, then 3/4-1 mile to a second grocery store, then 1/2ish mile home. Hauling cantaloupes because my children love them and they were on sale.

Today counts as arm AND leg day.

Once again, I scream into the void at rescue organizations that post adoption profiles for cats online - PLEASE STOP CHECKING “OK with Other Cats” WHEN THE BIO CLEARLY SAYS THE ANIMAL NEEDS TO BE AN ONLY CAT.

Please. I am begging you.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Such a good, handsome, perfect pup! 😍

(We have very specific criteria we’re looking for, particularly personality-wise, so in months of wading through pet profiles this was the first one that fully fit what we are looking for in a third cat.)

Oh, boo. The cat we were interested in adopting appears to no longer be available (after we finally submitted an application).

Maybe the cat distribution system will work out for us another time.

Today, I baked a tiny cake for my younger child’s birthday (yes my children have birthdays only a few days apart right around Thanksgiving, it is MADNESS), wrapped birthday presents, and dissociated over cat pictures while trying not to think about my aging parent’s deteriorating condition.

WHEEEE

When social security collapses, we will be told that it was inevitable.

It was not.

All of this is entirely optional. The Republicans are choosing to destroy the programs that keep millions of people who they hate alive, fed, and housed.

There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.

I am baking even more cake (well, cupcakes). The things that happen when you have 2 kids with birthdays 5 days apart.

Also I made a butt-ton of smooth jelled cranberry sauce (I love the canned stuff but it’s too sweet for me these days). I set a reminder to just buy a goddamn food mill next fall.

I was not prepared for how frequently 10yo boys call each other “bro”.

Link in case anyone else has a deep weakness for hand-dyed speckled sock yarn: www.etsy.com/shop/WillowC...

Screenshot of The Simpsons featuring an open-mouthed Ralph Wiggums sitting on a school bus with the caption: (chuckles) I’m in danger.

Uh oh. The “sock sets” I managed to pry myself away from at the fiber festival are on sale via Etsy.

Just for the record, I (and my house) have survived the 10yo’s birthday party. 🎉

Wish me strength today as I host a birthday party for 8+ 9/10 year old boys.

My the house (and my eardrums) survive long enough to endure 20+ 6-year-olds next weekend.

It looks amazing!