Jen the Tired RN
@jenthetiredrn.bsky.social
Science Nerd that swears a LOT w/degrees in biochem, nursing. Our home is a bit of a zoo, with the cats and dog. Mom of a grown adult & unsure how that happened. Raised in Northern WI, but now a proud Minnesotan who’s often too direct for the locals.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
Humblebrag:
Ridiculous thing happened again today—I was at the dentist with my daughter and the dentist thought I was my daughter’s friend—and was shocked to find out that I was her mom. I could see this happening more if I had been a teen mom, but I had her when I was almost 30 years old.
Ridiculous thing happened again today—I was at the dentist with my daughter and the dentist thought I was my daughter’s friend—and was shocked to find out that I was her mom. I could see this happening more if I had been a teen mom, but I had her when I was almost 30 years old.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Humblebrag:
Ridiculous thing happened again today—I was at the dentist with my daughter and the dentist thought I was my daughter’s friend—and was shocked to find out that I was her mom. I could see this happening more if I had been a teen mom, but I had her when I was almost 30 years old.
Ridiculous thing happened again today—I was at the dentist with my daughter and the dentist thought I was my daughter’s friend—and was shocked to find out that I was her mom. I could see this happening more if I had been a teen mom, but I had her when I was almost 30 years old.
Chicken broth has been achieved!
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Chicken broth has been achieved!
I have a large stockpot going with chicken broth. Ah, so much fun (/s) having to make EVERYTHING from scratch, when celiac disease has made you suspicious of everything premade. Also up this evening: homemade condensed cream of mushroom soup and French fried onions.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have a large stockpot going with chicken broth. Ah, so much fun (/s) having to make EVERYTHING from scratch, when celiac disease has made you suspicious of everything premade. Also up this evening: homemade condensed cream of mushroom soup and French fried onions.
Emergency 🚨!!!
I have inadvertently run out of coffee!!!
I have inadvertently run out of coffee!!!
patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in a dark room .
Alt: patrick star and spongebob squarepants are screaming and running around in a panic.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Emergency 🚨!!!
I have inadvertently run out of coffee!!!
I have inadvertently run out of coffee!!!
My contribution to the pie discourse:
I like pecan pie, but only the smallest of slices and I must have a bunch of milk afterwards, as it goes from yummy to cloyingly sweet very easily.
I like pecan pie, but only the smallest of slices and I must have a bunch of milk afterwards, as it goes from yummy to cloyingly sweet very easily.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My contribution to the pie discourse:
I like pecan pie, but only the smallest of slices and I must have a bunch of milk afterwards, as it goes from yummy to cloyingly sweet very easily.
I like pecan pie, but only the smallest of slices and I must have a bunch of milk afterwards, as it goes from yummy to cloyingly sweet very easily.
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I have another Thanksgiving suggestion! It’s this luscious pumpkin cheesecake – which is made with canned pumpkin, by the way – and I recommend it eagerly to you.
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
Pumpkin Cheesecake
The pumpkin component here may come out of a can, but I don’t see that’s anything to be apologetic about. By all means, make your own purée if you prefer (making absolutely sure it is as drained as dr...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I have another Thanksgiving suggestion! It’s this luscious pumpkin cheesecake – which is made with canned pumpkin, by the way – and I recommend it eagerly to you.
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
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Video forecast update: snow totals going up, timing and strong winds still the same.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Video forecast update: snow totals going up, timing and strong winds still the same.
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Humans are terrible. But also humans are amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Humans are terrible. But also humans are amazing.
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The turkeys, brothers from Thailand, run a crypto fund and made 10-figure investments in Jared Kushner’s enterprise.
Justice will be served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardons a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. https://cnn.it/48iywxI
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The turkeys, brothers from Thailand, run a crypto fund and made 10-figure investments in Jared Kushner’s enterprise.
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Folks, it’s ok to let people have a little snow panic, as a treat
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Folks, it’s ok to let people have a little snow panic, as a treat
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
All of the Twin Cities right now, with this season’s first winter storm warning:
a woman is sitting on a couch and saying i 'm so freakin ' excited .
Alt: a woman is sitting on a couch and saying I’m so freakin’ excited .
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November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
All of the Twin Cities right now, with this season’s first winter storm warning:
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This is the content today needs. lmao
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is the content today needs. lmao
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* When you bite on a wintergreen Lifesaver, it creates a visible "spark." This phenomenon has been observed with various foods, and scaring the crap out of people in the process, since the 1600s. The science behind it helps us understand how things break in nature.
snackstack.net/2023/06/07/t...
snackstack.net/2023/06/07/t...
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
* When you bite on a wintergreen Lifesaver, it creates a visible "spark." This phenomenon has been observed with various foods, and scaring the crap out of people in the process, since the 1600s. The science behind it helps us understand how things break in nature.
snackstack.net/2023/06/07/t...
snackstack.net/2023/06/07/t...
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Latest Monday evening 0Z HRRR continues southward trend with Tuesday storm. If verified that would increase snowfall totals forecast for MSP area by Wednesday AM. Stay tuned, snowfall forecast may "inch up" Tuesday before the snow flies.
#mnwx
#mnwx
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Latest Monday evening 0Z HRRR continues southward trend with Tuesday storm. If verified that would increase snowfall totals forecast for MSP area by Wednesday AM. Stay tuned, snowfall forecast may "inch up" Tuesday before the snow flies.
#mnwx
#mnwx
One of the funniest benefits to having larger boobs is that you may lose one of these gorgeous earrings from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social , but then you find it later in your bra.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
One of the funniest benefits to having larger boobs is that you may lose one of these gorgeous earrings from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social , but then you find it later in your bra.
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My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’m happy to report that our home got 99/100 for its energy score. We lost a point as we need to get an insulated thing to go over the attic access ladder thing. We found out that not only our attic but our walls have closed cell foam in them. And our home is pretty much air tight. Yay!
Running around my house cleaning, as we have a home energy audit at noon with CEE.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’m happy to report that our home got 99/100 for its energy score. We lost a point as we need to get an insulated thing to go over the attic access ladder thing. We found out that not only our attic but our walls have closed cell foam in them. And our home is pretty much air tight. Yay!
If you have celiac/coeliac disease or are gluten sensitive, see if you can find these Walker’s gluten free shortbread cookies/biscuits at your local grocery store. Holy crap, do these taste wonderful—not like sadness at all! And no tapioca/cassava flour!
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If you have celiac/coeliac disease or are gluten sensitive, see if you can find these Walker’s gluten free shortbread cookies/biscuits at your local grocery store. Holy crap, do these taste wonderful—not like sadness at all! And no tapioca/cassava flour!
You can tell that it’s starting to cool off today, as Millie is burrowed under the fuzzy throw blanket.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You can tell that it’s starting to cool off today, as Millie is burrowed under the fuzzy throw blanket.
Just imagining someone coming home with her for the first time. They’re looking forward to having sex…and then the person sees her dog bed. Or the bare mattress without sheets that she’s now using.
I’d be noping out of there so quickly.
I’d be noping out of there so quickly.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just imagining someone coming home with her for the first time. They’re looking forward to having sex…and then the person sees her dog bed. Or the bare mattress without sheets that she’s now using.
I’d be noping out of there so quickly.
I’d be noping out of there so quickly.
Running around my house cleaning, as we have a home energy audit at noon with CEE.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Running around my house cleaning, as we have a home energy audit at noon with CEE.
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Box... singular...
Oh no.
Oh no.
Bluesky, how big is your box of old cables? If you know you know.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Box... singular...
Oh no.
Oh no.