Erin Tinsman
@erinjoy.bsky.social
Just an Erin married to an Aaron (@atinsman) with a beautiful blended family across 2 states. Follow if you like nerdery, emotional honesty, parenting stories, thoughts on co-parenting long distance after divorce, politics, and exvangelical takes. 🪴
Pinned
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
- Emily Dickinson
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
- Emily Dickinson
My daughter was sick when I picked her up from school for the start of my Christmas break week with her and her brothers, and while I'd trade places with my miserable sick baby in a heartbeat, it is still such a special privilege to be the one to care for her through influenza B.
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My daughter was sick when I picked her up from school for the start of my Christmas break week with her and her brothers, and while I'd trade places with my miserable sick baby in a heartbeat, it is still such a special privilege to be the one to care for her through influenza B.
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Don’t tell me I shouldn’t care what other people think because that simply does not apply here, sorry.
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Don’t tell me I shouldn’t care what other people think because that simply does not apply here, sorry.
Some favorite Christmas movies, in no particular order:
Klaus
White Christmas
Elf
Muppet Family Christmas
☺️🎄
Klaus
White Christmas
Elf
Muppet Family Christmas
☺️🎄
Favorite x-mas movie? me?
~Scrooged
~it’s AWonderful Life
~Elf
~Muppet Christmas Carol
Y’all make me smile everyday…yours?
@erinjoy.bsky.social @therealcavey.is.thrifting.fyi
@mattbusch28.bsky.social
@vforvicious.bsky.social
@dgans.bsky.social
And everyone I can’t find in the search 🥺 but ❤️
~Scrooged
~it’s AWonderful Life
~Elf
~Muppet Christmas Carol
Y’all make me smile everyday…yours?
@erinjoy.bsky.social @therealcavey.is.thrifting.fyi
@mattbusch28.bsky.social
@vforvicious.bsky.social
@dgans.bsky.social
And everyone I can’t find in the search 🥺 but ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Some favorite Christmas movies, in no particular order:
Klaus
White Christmas
Elf
Muppet Family Christmas
☺️🎄
Klaus
White Christmas
Elf
Muppet Family Christmas
☺️🎄
My kingdom for the ability to cross stitch so I can make a little thing for the bathroom featuring Tom Bombadil and this part of one of his songs:
You shall clean grimy hands and wash your weary faces; cast off your muddy cloaks and comb out your tangles!
You shall clean grimy hands and wash your weary faces; cast off your muddy cloaks and comb out your tangles!
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My kingdom for the ability to cross stitch so I can make a little thing for the bathroom featuring Tom Bombadil and this part of one of his songs:
You shall clean grimy hands and wash your weary faces; cast off your muddy cloaks and comb out your tangles!
You shall clean grimy hands and wash your weary faces; cast off your muddy cloaks and comb out your tangles!
Every time I'm on the Ohio Turnpike and I cross over Waggoner road, I think of @brentwaggoner.bsky.social and I do a little something like this
a man in a pink shirt is sitting on a couch
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December 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Every time I'm on the Ohio Turnpike and I cross over Waggoner road, I think of @brentwaggoner.bsky.social and I do a little something like this
Almost halfway through the book! The oldest is still fully engaged, and the second oldest is mostly listening. The youngest complained when I turned it on today, but he also giggled when Tom Bombadil told the hobbits they'd only get "grass and rainwater" if they were late to breakfast. 🤭
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Almost halfway through the book! The oldest is still fully engaged, and the second oldest is mostly listening. The youngest complained when I turned it on today, but he also giggled when Tom Bombadil told the hobbits they'd only get "grass and rainwater" if they were late to breakfast. 🤭
Driving my babies home like
a muppet family christmas sign with a car on the background
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December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Driving my babies home like
When it seems like Lightning McQueen really was just in it for himself and didn't care about the good vehicles of Radiator Springs
Mateer not having fun anymore.
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
When it seems like Lightning McQueen really was just in it for himself and didn't care about the good vehicles of Radiator Springs
I am so proud of this woman for fighting as she has. I can't imagine it was easy to persevere in the face of such cruel carelessness.
Statement from Maria Farmer: “This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job. 1/
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I am so proud of this woman for fighting as she has. I can't imagine it was easy to persevere in the face of such cruel carelessness.
The Sandlot has got to be the most perfect movie ever made.
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Sandlot has got to be the most perfect movie ever made.
Me: (watching this movie with them) Wow, that lady is thirrrrrsty.
7yo: How do you know she's thirsty, mom?
7yo: How do you know she's thirsty, mom?
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Me: (watching this movie with them) Wow, that lady is thirrrrrsty.
7yo: How do you know she's thirsty, mom?
7yo: How do you know she's thirsty, mom?
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Thus redacted Zarathustra
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thus redacted Zarathustra
Watching a Christmas classic with my kids in this hotel tonight: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix).
It came out when my second-born was nearly 5, and bless him but he called it "Elijah Ding-Dong" for the longest time. 🤔
If you haven't seen it yet, it's a must!
It came out when my second-born was nearly 5, and bless him but he called it "Elijah Ding-Dong" for the longest time. 🤔
If you haven't seen it yet, it's a must!
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December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Watching a Christmas classic with my kids in this hotel tonight: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix).
It came out when my second-born was nearly 5, and bless him but he called it "Elijah Ding-Dong" for the longest time. 🤔
If you haven't seen it yet, it's a must!
It came out when my second-born was nearly 5, and bless him but he called it "Elijah Ding-Dong" for the longest time. 🤔
If you haven't seen it yet, it's a must!
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Shoes with bad support are my arch nemesis
December 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Shoes with bad support are my arch nemesis
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The 18th-19th century Great Awakenings aimed at a religious revival that would increase the Christianization of American society. Respectfully, that's one of the most dangerous trends right now, especially within the US military, and is the last thing progressives should promote.
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The 18th-19th century Great Awakenings aimed at a religious revival that would increase the Christianization of American society. Respectfully, that's one of the most dangerous trends right now, especially within the US military, and is the last thing progressives should promote.
I read this as "Alabama" at first and I was more incredulous that the animas were flown to Germany than I was thinking that this happened in Alabama.
A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being illegally kept as pets on a private estate. https://cnn.it/4qlnfEr
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I read this as "Alabama" at first and I was more incredulous that the animas were flown to Germany than I was thinking that this happened in Alabama.
Less ho ho ho and more yo yo yo, amirite 😎
Not Christmas Caroling.
Gift rapping.
Gift rapping.
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Less ho ho ho and more yo yo yo, amirite 😎
My kids might have an ice day tomorrow due to the weather & resulting road conditions. It's doubtful my ex will let me pick them up earlier, even though it would mean being able to get to VA without needing a hotel, getting out of the bad weather, etc.
Either way: I GET MY BABIES TOMORROW!
Either way: I GET MY BABIES TOMORROW!
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My kids might have an ice day tomorrow due to the weather & resulting road conditions. It's doubtful my ex will let me pick them up earlier, even though it would mean being able to get to VA without needing a hotel, getting out of the bad weather, etc.
Either way: I GET MY BABIES TOMORROW!
Either way: I GET MY BABIES TOMORROW!
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨
I interrupt your daily doom scroll with an urgent report of a thrifted Viking themed baby outfit ‼️
An eyewitness tearfully described the clothing as having a booty flap and a charming Nordic motif ‼️
The pint-sized fashion plate was unavailable for comment. 🏃♂️💨
I interrupt your daily doom scroll with an urgent report of a thrifted Viking themed baby outfit ‼️
An eyewitness tearfully described the clothing as having a booty flap and a charming Nordic motif ‼️
The pint-sized fashion plate was unavailable for comment. 🏃♂️💨
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨
I interrupt your daily doom scroll with an urgent report of a thrifted Viking themed baby outfit ‼️
An eyewitness tearfully described the clothing as having a booty flap and a charming Nordic motif ‼️
The pint-sized fashion plate was unavailable for comment. 🏃♂️💨
I interrupt your daily doom scroll with an urgent report of a thrifted Viking themed baby outfit ‼️
An eyewitness tearfully described the clothing as having a booty flap and a charming Nordic motif ‼️
The pint-sized fashion plate was unavailable for comment. 🏃♂️💨
Shoutout to the me who signed up to bring donuts to my 4th grader's Christmas party AND made a reminder in my phone the morning of. I had it in my mind that the party was Friday, but it was, in fact, today! Had the reminder not chimed at 8, I wouldn't have had time to get treats and make it on time.
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Shoutout to the me who signed up to bring donuts to my 4th grader's Christmas party AND made a reminder in my phone the morning of. I had it in my mind that the party was Friday, but it was, in fact, today! Had the reminder not chimed at 8, I wouldn't have had time to get treats and make it on time.
Do you know what I cherish?
"We vacuumed a path through the basement. The pillow cases are freshly bleached, but stained - my mother in law wears heavy foundation, even to bed."
"I'll be in and out; eat whatever you can find, I'll see you later this afternoon."
My people. ❤️
"We vacuumed a path through the basement. The pillow cases are freshly bleached, but stained - my mother in law wears heavy foundation, even to bed."
"I'll be in and out; eat whatever you can find, I'll see you later this afternoon."
My people. ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Do you know what I cherish?
"We vacuumed a path through the basement. The pillow cases are freshly bleached, but stained - my mother in law wears heavy foundation, even to bed."
"I'll be in and out; eat whatever you can find, I'll see you later this afternoon."
My people. ❤️
"We vacuumed a path through the basement. The pillow cases are freshly bleached, but stained - my mother in law wears heavy foundation, even to bed."
"I'll be in and out; eat whatever you can find, I'll see you later this afternoon."
My people. ❤️
Maybe he was thinking they'd edit it with dramatic lighting and change the background? 😬
Nothing says “You’re insignificant,” like a photographer posing you next to a light switch and thermostat.
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Maybe he was thinking they'd edit it with dramatic lighting and change the background? 😬
I got to read to my first grader's class this morning and few things fill my soul like the sound of little voices chirping with so much excitement that their hands don't always remember to go up first 🤭
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I got to read to my first grader's class this morning and few things fill my soul like the sound of little voices chirping with so much excitement that their hands don't always remember to go up first 🤭
That thing when it's very cold outside and you're in a drafty house and you're just pulsating with warmth under a blanket on the couch but you have to go to bed and brave the chill in the house
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December 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
That thing when it's very cold outside and you're in a drafty house and you're just pulsating with warmth under a blanket on the couch but you have to go to bed and brave the chill in the house