karo

I've already bought four mattresses 😮‍💨
we have a mini crib in our room and a full size crib in his room. for both, I bought what I thought was reasonably priced mattresses but they SUCKED. I ended up splurging in better mattresses and it was totally worth it.

2024-10-04 22:17:57

Murphy's Law: Parenting Edition
#34
You will run out of wipes when baby has the biggest poop
which rules do you know?

2024-10-04 05:34:00

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I'm also 4 hours away from my bestie and hardly ever see them. we try to make an effort to do a yearly trip but who knows if it'll happen this year or next cuz we're both super busy. I miss the youthful days when we could just be like "Vegas? this weekend? yeah? yeah. pick you up Friday after work."

2024-10-04 00:09:35

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I'll go first ✋
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love you guys ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

2024-10-04 00:08:11

speaking of friendship, who is your nostr bestie? what friends have you made through nostr?
#nevent1q…8krp

2024-10-04 00:07:19

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I met my best friend in high school. it's been decades now. we've had periods of time where we saw each other daily and other times when we didn't talk to each other at all.
The friends I spend the most time with now are through my husband. his bestie from college and his wife. his other college friends. Husband is much better at socializing and maintaining friendships.
I met my husband pretty late in life and we met through online dating. So I guess that counts?

2024-10-03 18:07:47

In a few days, I'll be heading to Taiwan, my second home. I'm really excited for taro to get on a plane. He won't remember it because he'll be too little just like I was on my first flight.
I hope as he grows up that he'll see Taiwan as I do. Not a travel destination or a vacation spot, but home.
It'll be the first time I'm flying with an infant. I feel prepared but can't help feeling nervous about doing something for the first time.
I'm focusing on that moment when I get out of the Taoyuan airport and take that first breath of Taiwan air. I'll feel more grounded then. #momstr

2024-09-29 16:00:50

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yeah it looks pretty cool but I don't have long stretches of free time to sit down for video games like that anymore 😔

2024-09-29 05:28:23

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ewwww 🤮

2024-09-29 05:20:28

in parenting, there are good days and there are bad days. Then there are "I can't believe you pooped into my hand" days. #momstr

2024-09-29 05:18:45

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what a fun competition. I'm afraid I wouldn't have done well. I suck at cracking eggs even though I've done it hundreds of times.

2024-09-27 18:02:01

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the colors are gorgeous!

2024-09-27 03:37:32

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there's also a distinction between "I live with my parents" and "my parents live with me"

2024-09-27 03:35:01

for the last 6 months, taro has been my alarm clock, waking me up in the morning long before I'm ready to start the day.
today I beat him to it! hah!

2024-09-23 05:09:14

every introvert needs a friend that understands what it means when we say "I need some introvert time right now. see you in an hour or so."

2024-09-20 11:43:44

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what an interesting exercise! definitely more contrast and saturation. looking forward to more of these

2024-09-19 20:39:38

baby has started flipping over to his stomach to sleep and I'll be honest, it kinda freaks me out even though I'm a stomach sleeper myself 😬

2024-09-19 20:36:29

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hat and matching mitts! or a small shawl
such pretty yarn 😻

2024-09-19 20:33:28

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I'd used them as a planter. also 🍑 👀

2024-09-19 20:02:22

while folding taro's laundry, I realize why I was so drawn to this nail polish color at the store...
https://image.nostr.build/7a6ad2e21f5f8e7a2dc2d8f7994fc5fda27021e8805aec96d2adf5b028fce448.jpg

2024-09-18 17:02:25

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the stuffing settles over time so I think you'll be ok

2024-09-18 06:32:09

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the face detail is so good!

2024-09-18 06:29:50

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wow what a steal. I thought there was inflation? 😆

2024-09-18 01:21:10

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congrats on the finish! hope your kid feels better soon 💕

2024-09-17 21:21:47

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I love this 😆

2024-09-17 21:12:32

today in #momstr, it's half a banana. how messy could it possibly be?
taro: hold my bottle

2024-09-17 19:31:38

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I'm sorry but is that a boob in the corner? 😆

2024-09-17 19:29:55

taro's new move: alligator roll 🐊

2024-09-16 05:50:17

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they're just button mashing, hoping they'll get it right at some point 😆

2024-09-15 18:56:51

how I nostr:
scroll my feed a little, reply to anything interesting.
look up the hashtags that I'm in the mood for. today was #momstr and #knitting
go to profiles of people that I like and reply to their posts even if they're days, weeks old.
make a post about whatever
get distracted and get off my phone

2024-09-15 18:50:45

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beautiful ❤️ shawls are so fun to make

2024-09-15 18:48:33

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my husband is in charge of all bath times. he sits in the shower on a tiny short stool with the baby in his lap and bathes him. then he hands the baby off to me and takes a shower himself. it is so much easier than messing around with a baby tub.

2024-09-15 18:37:43

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man, what I'd give to shower with a chair when I have to wash my hair.

2024-09-11 23:09:56

I can't help but laugh at taro when he's really fussy sometimes. dude, what do you want. do you even know. I don't think what you're doing is helping. 😆

2024-09-10 23:07:48

a baby crying makes red lights a million times longer 😭

2024-09-10 17:48:46

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pretty! do you have plans for it already?

2024-09-10 14:32:57

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getting them printed is easier than ever now though

2024-09-09 11:53:02

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hello fellow collector of craft supplies 👋 a hobby unto itself 😆

2024-09-09 05:33:26

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👀 what're you gonna do with all of them?

2024-09-09 05:32:01

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oh jeez what an abomination

2024-09-09 05:31:30

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same 😭 and then when I organize it and put it away, it disappears from existence 😆

2024-09-09 02:05:56

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I'm not that rustic either. I used a hand mixer. the splashes got outta hand towards the end.

2024-09-09 02:05:24

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omg now that's a workout!

2024-09-09 00:12:35

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how is this hummingbird still enough to take a photo wow 😲 all the ones I see are flitting all around

2024-09-09 00:11:08

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did someone say crafts? tell us more :D

2024-09-09 00:10:24

if you don't get it, I don't have time to explain it to you. byeee
#nevent1q…r6lt

2024-09-09 00:09:21

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what method did you use? making butter is pretty fun but can also be a workout!

2024-09-08 05:26:43

since he was a newborn potato, taro has been joining us at the table during mealtime as a passive participant (and table side entertainment, let's be honest)
now he is finally big enough to eat with us! we've done rice porridge and steamed carrots so far. next week, I'm gonna make some chicken broth for his rice and maybe let him get in on some meat as well.

2024-09-07 19:17:57

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thank you ❤️

2024-09-07 19:13:07

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gorgeous!

2024-09-07 19:11:03

sadly I vacuum sealed all my yarn with no plans to knit or crochet in the near future. I have a huge craft room and it is just piled with too many years of supplies, suffocating whatever creative spirit I have at the end of the day taking care of taro. I want to have space to sew and get back to my floor loom.
I didn't throw away my yarn though, because I know I will come back to it one day.

2024-09-05 18:00:15

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yuck exactly.

2024-09-05 04:28:47

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sorry I can't commit. I hope you have a good time with it 😊

2024-08-24 09:29:56

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If you want to write by Brenda Ueland

2024-08-11 12:42:54

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👀

2024-08-10 14:53:21

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dang so many episodes and the first time I've heard of it!

2024-08-10 14:52:25

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my guess is hedgehog?

2024-08-10 14:50:12

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have you tried boiling or steam sterilizing?

2024-08-04 22:55:48

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good luck to you ❤️

2024-08-03 02:38:28

we went to Home Depot today and picked up clothesline and a pack of clothespins. kinda dumb that I'm excited about being able to hang cloth diapers to harness the no cost drying, sanitizing and stain removal powers of the sun 🌞
#momstr

2024-07-31 16:32:39

I finished crocheting this spooky doily. gonna dunk it in some glue and shape it into a bowl. https://image.nostr.build/cc1e954567f351d38bc108430499ef981e5e617f609536988fccd6b5eb8701f9.jpg
#crochet #handmade

2024-07-27 18:06:24

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I cook mostly by intuition so I'll try my best with a recipe.
add water, soy sauce, spices (I used ginger, star anise and this spice mix that my mom got which is just labeled "marinade spice")
the ratio of soy sauce to water affects how salty the marinade is which in turn affects how long you marinade for.
bring the marinade to a boil and add in your chicken wings and drums. if you're doing a mix of wings and drums, add the drums first. they're thicker so need a little more time.
keep the heat up and boil everything. my mom says to turn the heat off and put the lid on when the wings plump up. imo, a little imprecise so I stuck a meat thermometer into one of the drums and waited for the meat to hit 140F or so.
once it hits that temp, turn off the fire, put the lid on and remove from heat. leave it to marinade and transfer to the fridge to continue cooling. you can eat it anywhere between an hour after or the next day. the intensity of the marinade increases the longer it's in the marinade.
hope that helps!

2024-07-27 04:17:47

marinated chicken wings. so easy and so good. #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/20f08f70590d886ca2299a7c0cf0d56e554f2b803ac08ae0cfc6a68bcb11ad3d.jpg

2024-07-27 04:16:43

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knitting has made me doubt several times my ability to count to ten properly 😆

2024-07-26 18:37:49

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cuuute! taro has been playing in my scrap fabric pile. so many colors! textures!

2024-07-26 18:36:41

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or you can make what we call American carbonara. Italians, close your earholes.
this is for a two person serving
boil up some pasta. we use spaghetti.
fry up some chopped up bacon, about 4 slices, to your desired amount of crispness. take the bacon off the pan and pour the grease off.
beat one whole egg.
let the pan and grease cool a bit. add about half the grease back in with all the bacon. pull the pasta out of the water and straight into the pan. add the beaten egg in and stir the crap out of it to emulsify the egg and grease. you wanted to cool the pan and grease earlier so you don't scramble the eggs immediately. usually the wet pasta hitting the pan is enough to suck some heat out.
when its all come together, season with salt, pepper and your favorite grated cheese (use parm from a can if you must. we grate some off a parmesan block)

2024-07-25 18:40:50

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congrats on the finish!

2024-07-25 18:39:34

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this sounds so easy!

2024-07-25 18:35:38

what I've been up to
making a halloweeeny crochet doily for a friend's birthday. I may or may not use some stuff glue to shape it into a treat bowl.
what taro has been up to
blowing raspberries at both ends, turning his play area into a drool swimming puddle during tummy time and getting very interested in big people food 🤤
#momstr #crochet

2024-07-21 19:31:42

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I'll give this a listen soon. nice to see a podcast like this :)

2024-07-21 19:30:54

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welcome!

2024-07-16 21:52:47

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how interesting... did it work?

2024-07-03 22:43:21

taro is an absolute nap champ today. there's a wood chipper working overtime on our street today and he's all like 😴💤

2024-07-03 00:58:14

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an empath

2024-07-02 13:25:41

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lol this idea is so adorable 😍

2024-07-01 22:57:57

taro has been really good. I just put him down for his nap. he was awake and in complete nap defiance but I put him in his crib after singing him his nap time song and walked out of the room.
he quietly fussed and I got started on my kitchen chores. when I looked at the baby monitor a few minutes later, he was completely zonked out.
#momstr

2024-06-22 21:15:17

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love it! hand sewing is so relaxing.

2024-06-21 19:25:39

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I think Elizabeth Zimmerman might fit the bill.

2024-06-20 05:02:40

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oh good, I'm not alone in doing that then, haha. I talk to him all the time when I'm doing stuff too but haven't done any spelling yet. I'm gonna start doing that.

2024-06-20 01:25:14

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yes! that's exactly why I got them. I'm so excited to teach him all the farm animal noises 😆

2024-06-19 23:10:21

this afternoon during taro's naps, I made these flannel blankets. they're so useful just to have around with the baby. plus the prints are SO CUTE! https://image.nostr.build/e2ccd2189d593547b6cb165416d0feca7acb17e424db4b746fb2ceab308a99d2.jpg
#sewing #handmade #momstr

2024-06-19 20:16:56

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love this update! sounds like you're having a great start to summer

2024-06-18 23:50:00

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thanks ❤️

2024-06-18 19:58:41

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I haven't been to my Joann's in a while. the last time I was there it was so chaotic. none of the shelves were stocked but the aisles had huge boxes of stuff waiting to be put up.
looking forward to seeing your pink pillow 🩷

2024-06-18 18:23:53

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yeap! that's what I did too. the first sketchbook I finished, I made myself. it was small and had only a few pages haha.

2024-06-18 16:44:22

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I would look at what windy clouds look like and incorporate textural stitches into the dye pattern in the background fabric.

2024-06-18 16:42:22

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wow 😯

2024-06-18 06:13:24

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no I wasn't. because I never used Twitter for anything Bitcoin 😆

2024-06-18 06:12:19

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this would be a perfect plate for a dessert featuring boba 青蛙下蛋 hahaha

2024-06-17 21:03:43

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😱😱😱

2024-06-17 21:03:21

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seriously I do the same amount of laundry this little baby as I do for two grown adults and the house.

2024-06-17 20:51:34

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oh noooo 😱

2024-06-17 20:50:16

I'm very much looking forward to the day when things will stop smelling like milk vomit