Macaron Baker 🍪 🪡

Watching the opening ceremony with Little Bit, as soon as Cupid comes on:
“That’s a BEAUTIFUL FAIRY, She’s so pretty”

Sorry Cupid, you’ve been downgraded from Demi-god to fairy.

Little Bit is obsessed with hedgehogs, so @macaronbaker.bsky.social decided to use her new 3D printer to print a hedgehog soap dispenser. Little Bit loves it so much she has declared it her new best friend.

Unsung parenting milestone, “being able to entertain themselves for a hour” even if it’s just watching Bluey. It’s a major help this morning while she has a snow day but both @mithradatesvi.bsky.social and I have to still work from home.

Listening to a classical music card on Little Bit’s music player, thinking this sounds so familiar so I looked it up.

Jupiter by Holst. Huh never heard of it.

In the “influences” section on Wiki, “has been an influence by bands and for film scores such as those for the Star Wars series”

Oh!

You are telling me!

A two color 3D print setting on the print bed. The gold abruptly ends about 2/3 of the way up and switches to blue

A roll of 3D printing filament with less than 1% of the original total remaining on it.

Lost one round of filament chicken, but won the second!
#3Dprinting #filamentchicken

On Best Song for the Oscar’s, it’s going to be a tough call between Golden and I Lied To You from Sinners.

I don’t know if they are judged on just the music, or if they take into consideration the movie and storytelling aspects of it.

Because just music Golden has it, full movie Sinners wins.

And as a follow up, I bet you anything some of those places have had the conversation of “how can we get younger people to our activities”

And the answer is remember 20 years ago when you were working full time? Schedule things that fit into younger people’s life.

Why are all the cool crafting class only available to people who aren’t working regular hour jobs?

Make your own leather purse at the local quite shop - Tuesday’s 2-6 PM

Learn how to weave at the art community in town - Thursdays 9-11 AM

I just want to do fun crafts!

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Omg! Need it right now!

Quickly logging into Libro.fm to find it!!!

As a Mom whose child loves playing “the colors game” in the car, I’m begging more brands to use purple in their signs and logos.

Purple is always the hardest! Taco Bell and Planet Fitness aren’t enough.

A set of wooden train tracks with two loops, bridges, and one derailed train.

10 days ago Little Bit had 0 trains.

Then we went to the Polar Express and got a small set.

Then I found a listing on marketplace for a box of track/terrain

Then I unboxed my 3D printer.

Now “The Neighborhood” has overtaken our library.

I don’t know who’s more excited, me or her.

A metal tin that says “London, H 👑 L, Since 1767,” setting under a peice of machine embroidered silk, ready to add the hand details to. And the instruction booklet that says “Hand & Lock and Bernadette Banner, Regancy Floral Embroidery Kit”

Very excited about this present from my Mom and Dad!

It’s a Hand & Lock embroidery kit. It has everything I need to finish a regency style embroidery pattern, complete with gold passing, rough, and pearl beads.

Owners of vacation stay rental properties, please for the love of god and my sanity, stop only buying aesthetic glass cutting boards.
😖

We are pretty sure that she has tricked a little boy who likes bugs into playing families with her.

Little Bit has a new friend at school, and she had been saying for weeks, “I played hornets with M at school today”

When asked how to play hornets, she would say she didn’t know.

We got more information on hornets, apparently there is a Mama Hornet and a Papa hornet.

Welp, one gift won’t arrive before we exchange presents, but a note is now wrapped under the tree and that brings us to everything ready for Christmas!

Fine I won’t coordinate all of your family’s gifts next year 😋

In my defense, the whole box had been sitting unopened for at least 4 days, and we almost forgot the box to give to his parents on Saturday.

All the presents, food, and Little Bit were already in the car, I ran in opened the box, and grabbed the first thing that looked right.

A plate of decorated cookies. A Christmas tree, a stocking, a cap, a magic wand, and a Texas!

Annual cookie decorating party with the family!

a man in a suit and tie is dancing with the words everybody do the wenis behind him Alt: a man in a suit and tie is dancing with the words everybody do the wenis behind him

Listening to the classic novel “Foundation” today, and in the third section there is Prince Regent Wienis, who is supposed to be a very serious character.

But my 2025 brain can only think of this dance from Game Changer

I was explaining the Pantone color of the year pick to my very stereotypical boomer mother and her response was “well I like it, it’s very clean and at least it’s not 🤢 pink”

🙄

A stark white hallway, floors, walls, and ceiling the same color. From the AppleTV show “Severance”

Pantone color of the year, sponsored by Lumon.

Jeez @pantone you had so many options to choose from though

Top songs of 2025: 1 - “You Need to Calm Down” by Taylor Swift 2 - “Baby Shark” by Super Simple Songs 3 - “Going on a Bear Hunt” by The Kiboomers 4 - “The Chemical Worker’s Song” by Great Big Sea

Top Songs of 2025 5 - “United Health” by Jesse Wells 6 - “The Revolution Starts Now” by Steve Earle 7 - “The Ants Go Marching” by Super Simple Songs 8 - “Peanut Butter & Jelly” by Super Simple Songs

Top Songs of 2025 9 - “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” by Phil Ochs 10 - “5 Little Ducks” by Super Simple Songs 11 - “Skidamarink” by Super Simple Songs 12 - “I am Woman” by Helen Reddy

Recap season in here. My music is a fun mix of Little Bit’s car ride playlist, and protest songs I had put on an “Angry 2025” playlists.

Hey, middle aged Moms can also read your books!!!!

Being said as a middle aged mom who has read and re-read many of yours over the years.

Also Target not honoring their websites “Cyber Monday” deals in store, and not allowing me to buy it online to ship to store either.

Dishes from Friendsgiving - washed and put away.
Christmas Tree Put - put up, not decorated yet
Presents Wrapped - 50% of the ones that are here.

Productive Sunday!

A table set for 8 adults, with chargers, the good china, and folded napkins.

A close up of the place settings. The red napkins are folded like Christmas trees

A kids picnic table with a make shift table cloth, “the good plates”, and napkins folded like roses.

Setting up Freindsgiving at our house. And I believe that the kids table deserves as much love as the adults.

And yes I asked Little Bit to put her favorite plates out and she chose the hello kitty ones.

#freindsgiving #usethegoodplates

A late sunset that is a beautiful burnt orange color

Burnt orange at night, Longhorn’s Delight! @mithradatesvi.bsky.social
#longhorns #aggiessuck