Amanda Gapp
@amandagapp.bsky.social
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Today's email- "My child has been asking (both in person and via email) for six weeks. Now I'm asking."
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today's email- "My child has been asking (both in person and via email) for six weeks. Now I'm asking."
Day 1 of new piano class and a girl just had to stand up and inform 11 that tomorrow she turns 12 but is in 7th grade because she skipped a grade.
11- "Only one?" 💅🏻
(This morning 11 had her first call with her Algebra 2H teacher, which is... 11th grade.) 🤣
11- "Only one?" 💅🏻
(This morning 11 had her first call with her Algebra 2H teacher, which is... 11th grade.) 🤣
December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Day 1 of new piano class and a girl just had to stand up and inform 11 that tomorrow she turns 12 but is in 7th grade because she skipped a grade.
11- "Only one?" 💅🏻
(This morning 11 had her first call with her Algebra 2H teacher, which is... 11th grade.) 🤣
11- "Only one?" 💅🏻
(This morning 11 had her first call with her Algebra 2H teacher, which is... 11th grade.) 🤣
Things said by 15 today-
"Most villians aren't evil for the sake of being evil. They have a very justified reason for it."
"Weeping Angels aren't evil, they are just higher on the food chain."
"EM* is actually evil for the sake of evil."
"Most villians aren't evil for the sake of being evil. They have a very justified reason for it."
"Weeping Angels aren't evil, they are just higher on the food chain."
"EM* is actually evil for the sake of evil."
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Things said by 15 today-
"Most villians aren't evil for the sake of being evil. They have a very justified reason for it."
"Weeping Angels aren't evil, they are just higher on the food chain."
"EM* is actually evil for the sake of evil."
"Most villians aren't evil for the sake of being evil. They have a very justified reason for it."
"Weeping Angels aren't evil, they are just higher on the food chain."
"EM* is actually evil for the sake of evil."
Class notes have gone cute
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Class notes have gone cute
139 dancers ages toddler-70+, 38 dance numbers, 1 hour of call time and 2 hours of show, at then end of which I took my own turn dancing.
My feet are tapped (ha!) out, but being back on stage was wonderful.
My feet are tapped (ha!) out, but being back on stage was wonderful.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
139 dancers ages toddler-70+, 38 dance numbers, 1 hour of call time and 2 hours of show, at then end of which I took my own turn dancing.
My feet are tapped (ha!) out, but being back on stage was wonderful.
My feet are tapped (ha!) out, but being back on stage was wonderful.
Me,being funny out loud as the radio plays- "Rudy fungus-face"
From the passenger seat- "that was probably one of the mean names they called him"
From the passenger seat- "that was probably one of the mean names they called him"
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Me,being funny out loud as the radio plays- "Rudy fungus-face"
From the passenger seat- "that was probably one of the mean names they called him"
From the passenger seat- "that was probably one of the mean names they called him"
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Hello! I used to do this on Twitter. I am thinking of doing this again over here so am running experiment to see if putting up threaded stories on here is worth the extra step. If you want a non-threaded version, the entire story is at my Patreon account, not behind a paywall.
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hello! I used to do this on Twitter. I am thinking of doing this again over here so am running experiment to see if putting up threaded stories on here is worth the extra step. If you want a non-threaded version, the entire story is at my Patreon account, not behind a paywall.
My kids are big and I need to occasionally be amused, so I have pitched the idea of wrapping and equal number of presents and not labelling anything and letting them work out whether the milk frother or bread cookbook is theirs.
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My kids are big and I need to occasionally be amused, so I have pitched the idea of wrapping and equal number of presents and not labelling anything and letting them work out whether the milk frother or bread cookbook is theirs.
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The Munsters poses the chilling question, what if your parents were a vampire and a Frankenstein? The Addams Family poses the chilling question, what if your parents were openly sexual?
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Munsters poses the chilling question, what if your parents were a vampire and a Frankenstein? The Addams Family poses the chilling question, what if your parents were openly sexual?
Radio is playing as usual and my children have decided that music falls into one of three broad categories- a religious experience of some sort, sex, or death/murder of some sort, with some having a foot in two.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Radio is playing as usual and my children have decided that music falls into one of three broad categories- a religious experience of some sort, sex, or death/murder of some sort, with some having a foot in two.
The kind of cookie I need for teachers who are convinced that all homeschoolers are uneducated because the few that have ever ended up in her class were behind as a remind to them that they, in fact, are the uneducated one.
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The kind of cookie I need for teachers who are convinced that all homeschoolers are uneducated because the few that have ever ended up in her class were behind as a remind to them that they, in fact, are the uneducated one.
I absolutely did not immediately go searching for a copy of the sheet music for this
Yet cut for the Broadway premiere (even if it stayed in the overture)
Rosie Ashe's rendition on the 1984 recording is sublime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-q...
Rosie Ashe's rendition on the 1984 recording is sublime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-q...
Its Nicer In Nice (from The Boyfriend)
YouTube video by Rosemary Ashe - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I absolutely did not immediately go searching for a copy of the sheet music for this
11 to 15- "You have the survival instinct of a pebble."
No clue what led to this, but far less cutting than the time she declared that she wished she was twins so that they could both hate him.
No clue what led to this, but far less cutting than the time she declared that she wished she was twins so that they could both hate him.
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
11 to 15- "You have the survival instinct of a pebble."
No clue what led to this, but far less cutting than the time she declared that she wished she was twins so that they could both hate him.
No clue what led to this, but far less cutting than the time she declared that she wished she was twins so that they could both hate him.
15 wanders into the room- "I have an ancient "get rich quick" pitch"
He is grinning way too hard.
"Yeah?"
"Step 1- meet jesus. Step 2- prophet."
🤦🏼♀️
He is grinning way too hard.
"Yeah?"
"Step 1- meet jesus. Step 2- prophet."
🤦🏼♀️
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
15 wanders into the room- "I have an ancient "get rich quick" pitch"
He is grinning way too hard.
"Yeah?"
"Step 1- meet jesus. Step 2- prophet."
🤦🏼♀️
He is grinning way too hard.
"Yeah?"
"Step 1- meet jesus. Step 2- prophet."
🤦🏼♀️
11 this morning- "did you like dinner?"
Me- "it was really good. now I don't need to cook anymore."
11- "but we're just babies!"
Me- "it was really good. now I don't need to cook anymore."
11- "but we're just babies!"
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
11 this morning- "did you like dinner?"
Me- "it was really good. now I don't need to cook anymore."
11- "but we're just babies!"
Me- "it was really good. now I don't need to cook anymore."
11- "but we're just babies!"
11 as she dances around the room- "As the other classes were coming in, I was laying on my front on the floor trying to become one with it because it was comfy."
Me- "Puts a new spin on 'Marley and Me'". 👯🏻♀️
Me- "Puts a new spin on 'Marley and Me'". 👯🏻♀️
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
11 as she dances around the room- "As the other classes were coming in, I was laying on my front on the floor trying to become one with it because it was comfy."
Me- "Puts a new spin on 'Marley and Me'". 👯🏻♀️
Me- "Puts a new spin on 'Marley and Me'". 👯🏻♀️
Singing without amplification =/= lip syncing. Not sure why I'm surprised this is lost on so many.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Singing without amplification =/= lip syncing. Not sure why I'm surprised this is lost on so many.
The kids cooked. It was fabulous. Very excited about putting myself out of a job here.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The kids cooked. It was fabulous. Very excited about putting myself out of a job here.
(Just In Time)... "I want to see that!"
(Ragtime)... "I want to see that!"
(Rockettes)... "I want to see that!"
The Broadway* marketing is working well here.
*Yes, I do know the Rockettes are not Broadway, thanks.
(Ragtime)... "I want to see that!"
(Rockettes)... "I want to see that!"
The Broadway* marketing is working well here.
*Yes, I do know the Rockettes are not Broadway, thanks.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
(Just In Time)... "I want to see that!"
(Ragtime)... "I want to see that!"
(Rockettes)... "I want to see that!"
The Broadway* marketing is working well here.
*Yes, I do know the Rockettes are not Broadway, thanks.
(Ragtime)... "I want to see that!"
(Rockettes)... "I want to see that!"
The Broadway* marketing is working well here.
*Yes, I do know the Rockettes are not Broadway, thanks.
My daughter is chilling wearing fishnets, a ruffly mini skirt, and some fabulous red boots to watch the parade on TV.
She takes style seriously every day.
She takes style seriously every day.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My daughter is chilling wearing fishnets, a ruffly mini skirt, and some fabulous red boots to watch the parade on TV.
She takes style seriously every day.
She takes style seriously every day.
"Wait, if you decapitate Big Bird, you get a hand?"
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Wait, if you decapitate Big Bird, you get a hand?"
Girlkid- "Can I make that chocolate cake?"
Do I look like the kind of person to say no to a homemade chocolate cake?
Do I look like the kind of person to say no to a homemade chocolate cake?
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Girlkid- "Can I make that chocolate cake?"
Do I look like the kind of person to say no to a homemade chocolate cake?
Do I look like the kind of person to say no to a homemade chocolate cake?
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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Yes Gotham Coffee Roasters café does sell hot chocolate. It’s fabulous.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(French chocolate mmmm, and it’s available online - gothamroasters.com )
(French chocolate mmmm, and it’s available online - gothamroasters.com )
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Yes Gotham Coffee Roasters café does sell hot chocolate. It’s fabulous.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(French chocolate mmmm, and it’s available online - gothamroasters.com )
(French chocolate mmmm, and it’s available online - gothamroasters.com )
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@amiberger.bsky.social What if you’re a triple threat?
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@amiberger.bsky.social What if you’re a triple threat?