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Emily
@mildlyreal.bsky.social
Wrangler of goblin children. Book, craft and gardening dork. Bread wizard.
Watched the Muppet Christmas Carol with the kids (which they really liked) and realized for the first time what the joke is with Jacob and Robert Marley
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I'm so excited. Mom is making Chinese tamales
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Pacific Science Center is auctioning off their dinosaur exhibit and oh my goodness I wish I had the kind of lifestyle that could support purchasing a baby apatosaurus or triceratops head

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December 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I used the phrase "level set* in casual conversation at a school level board meeting last night and I'm gonna go walk into the flood waters now thx
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reposted by Emily
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December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My friend gave me a taiyaki waffle iron and everything is now fish waffles
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Went on a fifth grade field trip and the new call and response for getting kids to pay attention is

ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE

SIX SEEEEVEN
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 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.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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
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
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
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 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.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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
Pros and cons of starting a ferret café go
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 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
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 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?
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Del Toro's Hot Frankenstein deserves a wide theater release
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My copy of @ericheisserer.bsky.social 's book is here.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I just walked in to the younger kid coloring and listening to a new song.

"what's it called?"

"Feminine Rage"
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Meet Clover and Leaf. Blossom is in the bin pretending to be a stick
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 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?
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 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
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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
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