Emily
@mildlyreal.bsky.social
Wrangler of goblin children. Book, craft and gardening dork. Bread wizard.
Walking through Everett tonight and we stumbled on a street festival. We were trying to figure out what everyone was congregating around and I wondered aloud if it was for a tree lighting?
And the seven year old exclaimed "ON FIRE?"
No but now I know where your head is at kid.
And the seven year old exclaimed "ON FIRE?"
No but now I know where your head is at kid.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Walking through Everett tonight and we stumbled on a street festival. We were trying to figure out what everyone was congregating around and I wondered aloud if it was for a tree lighting?
And the seven year old exclaimed "ON FIRE?"
No but now I know where your head is at kid.
And the seven year old exclaimed "ON FIRE?"
No but now I know where your head is at kid.
The kids have been begging me for cell phones so they can talk to their friends and I told them about how we talked to our friends on fixed phones and now they're begging me for a landline
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The kids have been begging me for cell phones so they can talk to their friends and I told them about how we talked to our friends on fixed phones and now they're begging me for a landline
I learned that we get Tillamook cream cheese in this area and used it in a pumpkin Basque cheesecake and I'm ruined.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I learned that we get Tillamook cream cheese in this area and used it in a pumpkin Basque cheesecake and I'm ruined.
Halfway through the epic Thanksgiving prep which is basically mom making food she actually wants to eat and me making Thanksgiving greatest hits and I'm not gonna lie it's pretty great.
Desserts are well on their way. A pumpkin Basque cheesecake, tiramisu and a giant apple pie
Desserts are well on their way. A pumpkin Basque cheesecake, tiramisu and a giant apple pie
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Halfway through the epic Thanksgiving prep which is basically mom making food she actually wants to eat and me making Thanksgiving greatest hits and I'm not gonna lie it's pretty great.
Desserts are well on their way. A pumpkin Basque cheesecake, tiramisu and a giant apple pie
Desserts are well on their way. A pumpkin Basque cheesecake, tiramisu and a giant apple pie
I've been trying to figure out what this weird food shaped hole is. I thought it was a diner that was open last 3 pm (which weirdly is not really a thing here?)
No. I miss Luby's. It's a Luann platter shaped hole.
No. I miss Luby's. It's a Luann platter shaped hole.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I've been trying to figure out what this weird food shaped hole is. I thought it was a diner that was open last 3 pm (which weirdly is not really a thing here?)
No. I miss Luby's. It's a Luann platter shaped hole.
No. I miss Luby's. It's a Luann platter shaped hole.
Oh my god this entire thread is full of delights. We deserve this treat.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Oh my god this entire thread is full of delights. We deserve this treat.
To make @michaelchu7.bsky.social feel something
I clicked on this video because I love this production of Merrily We Roll Along, and something so bad happens in the first ten seconds that I am now forming a commission to investigate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAlV...
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
To make @michaelchu7.bsky.social feel something
Pros and cons of starting a ferret café go
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Pros and cons of starting a ferret café go
Our classroom raises salmon and so there's tank management. I'm looking over the receipts from last year trying to estimate costs and my tired goo brain was trying to figure out why they needed PRIME for the fish tank and did fish need electrolytes like that?
Yeah I need more sleep
Yeah I need more sleep
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our classroom raises salmon and so there's tank management. I'm looking over the receipts from last year trying to estimate costs and my tired goo brain was trying to figure out why they needed PRIME for the fish tank and did fish need electrolytes like that?
Yeah I need more sleep
Yeah I need more sleep
The girls are listening to the Anne of Green Gables audio book and we are enjoying it so much. Has anyone watched the old series recently? Does it hold up?
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The girls are listening to the Anne of Green Gables audio book and we are enjoying it so much. Has anyone watched the old series recently? Does it hold up?
Del Toro's Hot Frankenstein deserves a wide theater release
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Del Toro's Hot Frankenstein deserves a wide theater release
My copy of @ericheisserer.bsky.social 's book is here.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My copy of @ericheisserer.bsky.social 's book is here.
I just walked in to the younger kid coloring and listening to a new song.
"what's it called?"
"Feminine Rage"
"what's it called?"
"Feminine Rage"
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I just walked in to the younger kid coloring and listening to a new song.
"what's it called?"
"Feminine Rage"
"what's it called?"
"Feminine Rage"
Meet Clover and Leaf. Blossom is in the bin pretending to be a stick
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Meet Clover and Leaf. Blossom is in the bin pretending to be a stick
Small child has informed me that their teacher has offered up two free stick bugs to any family that wants a pair.
We will apparently be accepting this generosity
What...do I keep these dang critters in?
We will apparently be accepting this generosity
What...do I keep these dang critters in?
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Small child has informed me that their teacher has offered up two free stick bugs to any family that wants a pair.
We will apparently be accepting this generosity
What...do I keep these dang critters in?
We will apparently be accepting this generosity
What...do I keep these dang critters in?
I am not getting our older kid a cell phone but for this moment when she and two of her friends are all sending each other dozens of three second voice memos on a group text to each other's mother's phones, I understand the temptation
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I am not getting our older kid a cell phone but for this moment when she and two of her friends are all sending each other dozens of three second voice memos on a group text to each other's mother's phones, I understand the temptation
Went and visited Alpacas today. Got spit on more times than expected but mostly they were very good tall sheeps
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Went and visited Alpacas today. Got spit on more times than expected but mostly they were very good tall sheeps
Strategically getting the flu and hpv shots from the fancy grocery store in town for that sweet 10% off coupon before the holidays
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Strategically getting the flu and hpv shots from the fancy grocery store in town for that sweet 10% off coupon before the holidays
Volunteered at the school to be the mascot at an assembly and have an entirely new appreciation for what is apparently performance art in a sauna.
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Volunteered at the school to be the mascot at an assembly and have an entirely new appreciation for what is apparently performance art in a sauna.
My entire timeline and group chats are just people yelling OH MY GOD every three minutes because this is the most bonkers baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My entire timeline and group chats are just people yelling OH MY GOD every three minutes because this is the most bonkers baseball
Okay I really kinda want to know who runs this museum because all of their choices have been top notch
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Okay I really kinda want to know who runs this museum because all of their choices have been top notch
At the MOHAI for the first time and this exhibit where artifacts sing about the Seattle Fire is a really special kind of unhinged
November 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
At the MOHAI for the first time and this exhibit where artifacts sing about the Seattle Fire is a really special kind of unhinged
A field trip mom reported this to me:
Our 2nd grader was being teased by
a couple of kids in her class because someone had a crush on her and they wanted to know if she had a crush back.
Our kid looks at them and declares in Katharine Hepburn
"Sorry boys - I'm single!"
and flounces off.
Our 2nd grader was being teased by
a couple of kids in her class because someone had a crush on her and they wanted to know if she had a crush back.
Our kid looks at them and declares in Katharine Hepburn
"Sorry boys - I'm single!"
and flounces off.
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A field trip mom reported this to me:
Our 2nd grader was being teased by
a couple of kids in her class because someone had a crush on her and they wanted to know if she had a crush back.
Our kid looks at them and declares in Katharine Hepburn
"Sorry boys - I'm single!"
and flounces off.
Our 2nd grader was being teased by
a couple of kids in her class because someone had a crush on her and they wanted to know if she had a crush back.
Our kid looks at them and declares in Katharine Hepburn
"Sorry boys - I'm single!"
and flounces off.
I think I'm a two but I have heard that I'm apparently closer to a 6-8 depending on how much I am not moving my face that day.
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think I'm a two but I have heard that I'm apparently closer to a 6-8 depending on how much I am not moving my face that day.