Eryn
@eryn.bsky.social
Venomous, egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal. Wait, that's a platypus. Fan of compound adjectives.
I buy & sell antiques & vintage & am a hobby ceramic artist. Rural, progressive mom of 2 adult trans kids. Loves rocks & mushrooms.
I buy & sell antiques & vintage & am a hobby ceramic artist. Rural, progressive mom of 2 adult trans kids. Loves rocks & mushrooms.
If an artist's website says they ship within 3 days & it's been 14 & it's 14 days til Christmas, do you ping them politely & if that's too soon to ping them, when do you?
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If an artist's website says they ship within 3 days & it's been 14 & it's 14 days til Christmas, do you ping them politely & if that's too soon to ping them, when do you?
My poor husband has fallen to the cold. Sadly for him, he has like 36 hours to kick it, because he has to drive me to my re-mammogram an hour away on Friday.
Get busy livin', husband!
Get busy livin', husband!
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
My poor husband has fallen to the cold. Sadly for him, he has like 36 hours to kick it, because he has to drive me to my re-mammogram an hour away on Friday.
Get busy livin', husband!
Get busy livin', husband!
PCR test came back & negative for covid! Just a terrible rhinovirus (so the common cold).
Which means that hopefully I should be on the tail end of it tomorrowish. This has been effing terrible.
Every time I get a cold, I think "Damn, I really don't want covid/the flu."
Which means that hopefully I should be on the tail end of it tomorrowish. This has been effing terrible.
Every time I get a cold, I think "Damn, I really don't want covid/the flu."
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
PCR test came back & negative for covid! Just a terrible rhinovirus (so the common cold).
Which means that hopefully I should be on the tail end of it tomorrowish. This has been effing terrible.
Every time I get a cold, I think "Damn, I really don't want covid/the flu."
Which means that hopefully I should be on the tail end of it tomorrowish. This has been effing terrible.
Every time I get a cold, I think "Damn, I really don't want covid/the flu."
My mom called & I love her soooo much & am glad she's in a great mood, but she was SO talkative & kept saying "& now I'll let you go rest your voice. OH AND!"
And now I have no voice & need a nap 😭
And now I have no voice & need a nap 😭
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My mom called & I love her soooo much & am glad she's in a great mood, but she was SO talkative & kept saying "& now I'll let you go rest your voice. OH AND!"
And now I have no voice & need a nap 😭
And now I have no voice & need a nap 😭
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Please Pass the Potatoes is up for donate/free on itch!
This #game is great to teach the social script of passing food around a table at meals. There are also optional coloring pages!
I hope this brightens up a holiday meal for you & your loved ones.
abetterjulie.itch.io/pass-the-pot...
This #game is great to teach the social script of passing food around a table at meals. There are also optional coloring pages!
I hope this brightens up a holiday meal for you & your loved ones.
abetterjulie.itch.io/pass-the-pot...
Please Pass the Potatoes (A Kids' Table Game) by abetterjulie
abetterjulie.itch.io
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Please Pass the Potatoes is up for donate/free on itch!
This #game is great to teach the social script of passing food around a table at meals. There are also optional coloring pages!
I hope this brightens up a holiday meal for you & your loved ones.
abetterjulie.itch.io/pass-the-pot...
This #game is great to teach the social script of passing food around a table at meals. There are also optional coloring pages!
I hope this brightens up a holiday meal for you & your loved ones.
abetterjulie.itch.io/pass-the-pot...
I was really close to my Gramma who passed when I was 19. I grieved HARD.
One night I dreamt I wished her back, but she was like a wind up doll, she kept winding down. It was clear she wasn't herself & no longer belonged with us. The nightmare has stuck with me for 20 years.
Now it's real.
One night I dreamt I wished her back, but she was like a wind up doll, she kept winding down. It was clear she wasn't herself & no longer belonged with us. The nightmare has stuck with me for 20 years.
Now it's real.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
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December 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I was really close to my Gramma who passed when I was 19. I grieved HARD.
One night I dreamt I wished her back, but she was like a wind up doll, she kept winding down. It was clear she wasn't herself & no longer belonged with us. The nightmare has stuck with me for 20 years.
Now it's real.
One night I dreamt I wished her back, but she was like a wind up doll, she kept winding down. It was clear she wasn't herself & no longer belonged with us. The nightmare has stuck with me for 20 years.
Now it's real.
Also, since I'd posted about sleeping through the flood warnings, my family's totally safe.
We do get cut off from the rest of town by flooding (this actually happened to us yesterday morning & we had no idea), but I never stopped keeping the shutdown suggestion of keeping 2 weeks of food on hand
We do get cut off from the rest of town by flooding (this actually happened to us yesterday morning & we had no idea), but I never stopped keeping the shutdown suggestion of keeping 2 weeks of food on hand
I just got off the phone with the National Weather Service and am alarmed to hear that the Skagit River will peak 4-5 feet above the record crest level. Please please please stay alert and follow evacuation orders. This is not just another flood.
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Also, since I'd posted about sleeping through the flood warnings, my family's totally safe.
We do get cut off from the rest of town by flooding (this actually happened to us yesterday morning & we had no idea), but I never stopped keeping the shutdown suggestion of keeping 2 weeks of food on hand
We do get cut off from the rest of town by flooding (this actually happened to us yesterday morning & we had no idea), but I never stopped keeping the shutdown suggestion of keeping 2 weeks of food on hand
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I just got off the phone with the National Weather Service and am alarmed to hear that the Skagit River will peak 4-5 feet above the record crest level. Please please please stay alert and follow evacuation orders. This is not just another flood.
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I just got off the phone with the National Weather Service and am alarmed to hear that the Skagit River will peak 4-5 feet above the record crest level. Please please please stay alert and follow evacuation orders. This is not just another flood.
Gonna yeet myself out of bed & do a self care task & a Christmas task so I don't fall into despair about being sick & losing a whole week of Christmas cheer
I had dragged allll my vintage ornaments out to start making an ornament wreath, but I think it's time to sideline that project.
I had dragged allll my vintage ornaments out to start making an ornament wreath, but I think it's time to sideline that project.
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Gonna yeet myself out of bed & do a self care task & a Christmas task so I don't fall into despair about being sick & losing a whole week of Christmas cheer
I had dragged allll my vintage ornaments out to start making an ornament wreath, but I think it's time to sideline that project.
I had dragged allll my vintage ornaments out to start making an ornament wreath, but I think it's time to sideline that project.
Look at these precious babies! Look at Nettle! Look at her!
Cloud, Phyll, Nettle, and Pyewacket are all available for adoption now! All of them are extremely sweet, social, good with cats and dogs (Phyll would prefer dogs that are small and don’t want to bother him). Please help them find their homes for the holidays ❤️ Elkton, MD crits4cats.petfinder.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Look at these precious babies! Look at Nettle! Look at her!
OMG the despair of my youngest when my eldest broke their Garfield mug. This is hilarious.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
OMG the despair of my youngest when my eldest broke their Garfield mug. This is hilarious.
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I saw a lot of people posting their favorite cover songs and thought I’d add mine to the mix
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I saw a lot of people posting their favorite cover songs and thought I’d add mine to the mix
A terrible part of my dad's dementia was when he started the uncontrollable crying. It was one of the meds, but it was terrible. He'd cry all the time.
Watching Trump dissolve before our eyes has been extremely familiar. I can't even imagine what happens to us as a country if he starts the crying.
Watching Trump dissolve before our eyes has been extremely familiar. I can't even imagine what happens to us as a country if he starts the crying.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A terrible part of my dad's dementia was when he started the uncontrollable crying. It was one of the meds, but it was terrible. He'd cry all the time.
Watching Trump dissolve before our eyes has been extremely familiar. I can't even imagine what happens to us as a country if he starts the crying.
Watching Trump dissolve before our eyes has been extremely familiar. I can't even imagine what happens to us as a country if he starts the crying.
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My grown kids loved the embroidery projects from Cozyblue Handmade. I just ordered new ones for gifts.
cozybluehandmade.com
cozybluehandmade.com
cozyblue handmade
get cozy. get crafty. get (back) in touch with your unique creativity. the world needs more happy people, so let’s keep stitching!
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December 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My grown kids loved the embroidery projects from Cozyblue Handmade. I just ordered new ones for gifts.
cozybluehandmade.com
cozybluehandmade.com
Slept completely through Monday's flood watch, woke up for 4 days of flood WARNING.
I don't think I can sleep through all that, but I'll give it a go.
Not feeling better at all, the symptoms are just kind of moving around
I don't think I can sleep through all that, but I'll give it a go.
Not feeling better at all, the symptoms are just kind of moving around
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Slept completely through Monday's flood watch, woke up for 4 days of flood WARNING.
I don't think I can sleep through all that, but I'll give it a go.
Not feeling better at all, the symptoms are just kind of moving around
I don't think I can sleep through all that, but I'll give it a go.
Not feeling better at all, the symptoms are just kind of moving around
Second giant A&W root beer float of the weekend.
Floats will continue until morale improves!
Floats will continue until morale improves!
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Second giant A&W root beer float of the weekend.
Floats will continue until morale improves!
Floats will continue until morale improves!
Some people watching good news from last week. I was picking up my groceries & could hear one of the Gen Z employees earnestly explaining to his coworker why he needs to stay away from all of the betting sites, not just the casino, if he "wants to get his financials together".
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Some people watching good news from last week. I was picking up my groceries & could hear one of the Gen Z employees earnestly explaining to his coworker why he needs to stay away from all of the betting sites, not just the casino, if he "wants to get his financials together".
Home covid test is negative, so 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Pretty sure I have covid for the first time. Flu neg. Didn't test for strep because symptoms didn't fit. So I coulda just picked up a flu/covid test & stayed home
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Home covid test is negative, so 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
The biggest issue here is that my re-mammogram is scheduled for Friday. I'm really effing pissed off to have to reschedule that. Surely that'll push it past New Year's.
Pretty sure I have covid for the first time. Flu neg. Didn't test for strep because symptoms didn't fit. So I coulda just picked up a flu/covid test & stayed home
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The biggest issue here is that my re-mammogram is scheduled for Friday. I'm really effing pissed off to have to reschedule that. Surely that'll push it past New Year's.
Pretty sure I have covid for the first time. Flu neg. Didn't test for strep because symptoms didn't fit. So I coulda just picked up a flu/covid test & stayed home
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Pretty sure I have covid for the first time. Flu neg. Didn't test for strep because symptoms didn't fit. So I coulda just picked up a flu/covid test & stayed home
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
Clinic is back to sending out tests, so I'll know Tuesday (if I don't get a quick test before then).
Had a good run, I fucking guess.
First person at urgent care, already checked in & in a patient room with my vitals done.
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
First person at urgent care, already checked in & in a patient room with my vitals done.
Loving the rural hospital & clinic closures! Love being told the only open urgent care between now & Monday is over an hour drive away
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Loving the rural hospital & clinic closures! Love being told the only open urgent care between now & Monday is over an hour drive away
Update, 3 cats
I'm sick in bed. 😭
But 2 of my cats are actively watching The Day After Tomorrow with me & this happens to be the room where I've been hiding all the Christmas snacks.
My husband made me a peppermint mocha & I cozied up the room recently, so I guess things are as good as they could be.
But 2 of my cats are actively watching The Day After Tomorrow with me & this happens to be the room where I've been hiding all the Christmas snacks.
My husband made me a peppermint mocha & I cozied up the room recently, so I guess things are as good as they could be.
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Update, 3 cats
I'm sick in bed. 😭
But 2 of my cats are actively watching The Day After Tomorrow with me & this happens to be the room where I've been hiding all the Christmas snacks.
My husband made me a peppermint mocha & I cozied up the room recently, so I guess things are as good as they could be.
But 2 of my cats are actively watching The Day After Tomorrow with me & this happens to be the room where I've been hiding all the Christmas snacks.
My husband made me a peppermint mocha & I cozied up the room recently, so I guess things are as good as they could be.
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I'm sick in bed. 😭
But 2 of my cats are actively watching The Day After Tomorrow with me & this happens to be the room where I've been hiding all the Christmas snacks.
My husband made me a peppermint mocha & I cozied up the room recently, so I guess things are as good as they could be.
But 2 of my cats are actively watching The Day After Tomorrow with me & this happens to be the room where I've been hiding all the Christmas snacks.
My husband made me a peppermint mocha & I cozied up the room recently, so I guess things are as good as they could be.