Allie ✒️📚

Going to nod sympathetically and tell a breastfeeding mother “fed is best” just to see if it finally clicks for yall why it’s a shitty and condescending thing to say

reminder that self-care isn’t just buying a sweet treat. it’s also doing the “boring” things. wash your face, brush your teeth, take a shower. you’re important and you matter. you deserve to take care of yourself. 💚

Wanting to stay informed, but not wanting to lose my sanity has me like

The instinct at first is to move your entire head to change where you're looking in the lens, but just shifting your eyes will help the seasick feeling go away.

I've had then since I was in university - they definitely are an adjustment, but overall vision quality is so much better in the long run. I've also had better luck with buying in person to make sure that all the measurements are correct.

Screen grab from CBC Gem shows the federal leaders debate with Cree translation, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.

This is what Poilievre wants to defund:

#booksky

Yep. Last week, 2yr-old was sick, so we stayed home and put off errands for several days. This week he's healthy and full of energy, but I now have the virus and desperately need rest. Aaaaaand we still have errands that need running.

Is your child texting about Holes by Louis Sachar? Check their abbrevs

btw - big thumb water
ily - is lizard yellow-spotted?
mmw - mysteriously missing shoes
ilysm - it's listed yelnats, stanley ma'am
tbh - this big hole
smh - some more holes
gtg - get this garlic

buys a new book: i can’t wait to read it.

also me: puts in on the shelf with the other piles of unread books.

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

Grateful to have finally reached the end of the longest January in my life.

Truly, I've had entire years that felt shorter than this month has.

YES. I was at a play cafe last week with my 22-month-old, and it was wild how many toddlers were running around completely unsupervised.

Bold of me to assume I'd remember what this was supposed to mean, a year after I put it in the outline.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky

Hey! I'm Allie, finally migrating over here from ✨all the other places✨

I'm a sahm, bread baker, an aspiring novelist (currently writing 90s small town romance), and a voracious reader.

If you resonate with any of those things, let's be friends!