I really enjoy how much of my feed on @bsky.app consists of people being adorably proud of the food they've made. It's inspiring!

How to get a toddler to potty:

Step 1: Ask them to potty
Step 2: Withstand the "No! No! No!"s
Step 3: Make a big show of, for once, going potty all alone. It will be the first time you have EVER done this, no exaggeration
Step 4: Watch as they run in desperately to potty with you. Never alone!

I double dislike what they did to Booster as well, but I 100% agree that the whole premise and artwork were great. It would have been such a strong book without the murder mystery.

I received it in July and have been playing it in drips and drabs ever since. It is a lovely puzzle game that, so far, isn't overstaying it's welcome at all. As many have said, the echo select should have been reworked, but otherwise I look forward to picking it up every time.

I just declined a YEAR'S worth of calendar invites for a work committee I am no longer on. It was glorious!

Meanwhile, mine is into Peppa Pig and the jingle is slowly making my husband lose his mind. I envy you!

After 3 attempts at getting my iron levels up, I can finally donate blood again. Wahoo! Come get me, vampires!

4 year old wants to watch Men's Portuguese Soccer (we are in the US) and he is making up names for every player on FC Tirsense's and Benfica's team. Definitely makes the whole experience more fun!

Bester from Babylon 5

I used @grandpoobear.bsky.social's phrase, "Don't yuck on someone else's yum," with high schoolers towards the end of last school year and the suscinct brilliance of it blew their minds. Getting ready for a new KY school year and hoping to pass it on again!

Finally playing Zelda: EoW. One of my favorite parts is seeing how the people of Suthorn Villiage talk about Link when he isn't there. They love that kid and appreciate that he is not just courageous, but kind. A great peek behind the Hyrulean curtain.

Not laughing at the innocently inappropriate things my toddler does is one of my great daily struggles.

A sleepover at a friend's who had an N64 and OoT in early middle school. I had only seen Sega Genesis (at home) and SNES games (at grandparents' house) before that. I immediately fell in love, saved to get my own N64, and have loved the series ever since.

I'm in no way a cook, but making banana bread with a 4 year old will 100% of the time bring joy (and mess) into your life. I hope everyone likes cinnamon because he had total discretion to add what he wanted, and boy did he go to town.

Code Name: Pale Horse by Scott Payne (and read by him) is a relatively short listen and fascinating look at the life of an undercover agent infiltrating white supremacist and other domestic terrorist groups.

I just finished Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo. It's a nuanced look at the fractures and successes within the abolitionist movement, surrounded by the national and international contexts of the time while still focusing on a study of gender and racial expectations of freedmen and women.