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Abigail

@abigail.bsky.social

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Passionate about the power of creativity and connection. Teaching sewing in Belfast. Posts about sewing, cats, dogs and random ramblings. Was @abbyjss at the other place.

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Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 8h

Please tell me they have an epic saying that we can start using in response to all of Trump's declarations.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 15h

I wonder what the equivalent of "over my dead body" is in Norwegian.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly - this week has been hard. Wasn't going to reply to you but then woke up from a nap to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize still means something and now everything seems a bit more positive.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

😆

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

I think I'm going to have to stop feeling bad about waking my husband in the mornings, which is what has put me off doing this sort of thing for years. 😆

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

Is it usually phrased like that for peace deals that have been driven by the Americans? Can you imagine the Good Friday Agreement being known as the Blair/Ahern/Clinton Peace Deal?

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

Don't question it! 😆

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

My two cats and dog all seem to be night owls. The older cat sometimes meows for food but even that I'm sleeping through ATM. Which is really not like me at all. 😬 Going to try the light. Just remembered my husband got one years ago which has been gathering dust on a shelf. 😆

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

I have about 3 different alarms. I'm currently accidentally falling asleep after I snooze and/or turn them off. 😱

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

I'm thinking flask of coffee might be a plan. Might put a timed coffee maker on my Christmas list. 😉

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

I'm usually reluctant to sit in bed as I worry about waking up my other half who has various chronic conditions but realistically it's kinda hard to wake him. I think I might start doing that. 😊

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

If the other things don't work I think I'll be back at the Drs. I feel like I live there ATM. 😬

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks for the answers on this.

Definitely going to try the SAD light and go to bed with a flask of coffee.

Wish me luck!

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 23h

Weird question - does anyone have any tips on getting up in the morning?

I've really struggled for about a month now to get going in the mornings. All the advice online seems to be go to bed earlier. Late nights are not the problem here.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 21h

Every time I hear people talking about Trump's middle east peace deal I want to scream. He didn't come up with it, advisors did.

I'm so sure that it is usually phrased as the [insert president] adminstration's deal.

Am I right or do I just hate Trump that much?

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 23h

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers.
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe

Book cover for Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

Book cover for Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan

Book cover for Birdie by J. P. Rose

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 23h

Weird question - does anyone have any tips on getting up in the morning?

I've really struggled for about a month now to get going in the mornings. All the advice online seems to be go to bed earlier. Late nights are not the problem here.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

What one thing is more ridiculous than marriage advice from Donald Trump?

What one thing is more ridiculous than moral guidance from the evangelical right wing?

What should you ignore more than cancer health warnings in the Daily Mail?

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

On one hand if she hadn't signed her name to it I wouldn't have known a thing about it. On the other I do know it exists but have exactly zero trust in an essay backed by someone so far out of touch they may as well be on another planet.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I am so, so sorry. 💔 I hope the time you can remember him and smile comes soon. xx

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

I would but there are some things you just shouldn't say on social media.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

Being lectured about my kid's screen time would be less galling if it wasn't from a member of the country's most dysfunctional family who has a whole staff of people doing the BS hard graft of life for them.

I give her full permission to fuck off.

Kate warns too much screen time damages family life

The Princess of Wales says that smartphones and digital devices are causing an

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

I do love this passive aggressive sign that makes it sound that children need to see sanitary products more easily.

A sign that reads:

LADIES

PLEASE USE THE SANITARY BINS THAT ARE PROVIDED

THE FLOOR IS NOT THE IDEAL PLACE TO LEAVE SANITARY ITEMS FOR CHILDREN TO SEE OR CLEANERS TO PICK UP.

THANK YOU.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

You've done it! You've found a use for AI search engines that will actually help humanity.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

We could just lie and tell Trump he won the Novel Peace Prize.

He'll never know because no one will ever question him when he says he won because no one ever questions any of his other delusions.

Side note: sure sign the world if fucked is we are even talking about this.

Abigail @abigail.bsky.social · 1d

What I wouldn't do to be a cat rather than me.

Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 1d

Time to get up

Grey cat lying on his back in bed. Back paws like rabbit feet. Looking at me upside down.