Xandwich Gen (she/her)
@xandwichgen.bsky.social
Married mother of two teenagers, living with Baby Boomer mother-in-law. Enjoy running, archery and reading a good book.
We've lived as a Sandwich Generation household for a year now. Spouse, Daughter, Son & I have smartphones. MIL doesn't use the internet AT ALL. I've thought about installing an "In & Out" whiteboard because keeping everyone informed about activities has been a huge pain for me.
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We've lived as a Sandwich Generation household for a year now. Spouse, Daughter, Son & I have smartphones. MIL doesn't use the internet AT ALL. I've thought about installing an "In & Out" whiteboard because keeping everyone informed about activities has been a huge pain for me.
Daughter was unraveling an old knitting project. Daughter's goal is to return fire on a friend who yarn bombed her.
Me: Reuse. Renew. Retaliate.
Me: Reuse. Renew. Retaliate.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Daughter was unraveling an old knitting project. Daughter's goal is to return fire on a friend who yarn bombed her.
Me: Reuse. Renew. Retaliate.
Me: Reuse. Renew. Retaliate.
Me: Nock or string walker are good #archery names for pets
15-year-old: Nock would be a bad ass dog name
Me: Dachshund. Long and skinny and coming after you
15: [raises eyebrow]
Me: I regret that sentence
15-year-old: Nock would be a bad ass dog name
Me: Dachshund. Long and skinny and coming after you
15: [raises eyebrow]
Me: I regret that sentence
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Me: Nock or string walker are good #archery names for pets
15-year-old: Nock would be a bad ass dog name
Me: Dachshund. Long and skinny and coming after you
15: [raises eyebrow]
Me: I regret that sentence
15-year-old: Nock would be a bad ass dog name
Me: Dachshund. Long and skinny and coming after you
15: [raises eyebrow]
Me: I regret that sentence
My 15-year-old has a girlfriend.
My reaction: I don't know the SOP of an SO.
My reaction: I don't know the SOP of an SO.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My 15-year-old has a girlfriend.
My reaction: I don't know the SOP of an SO.
My reaction: I don't know the SOP of an SO.
Cheers in CO!
Last year we moved into my Republican boomer MIL's house. MIL doesn't want to leave & can't maintain it. Today, I brace for hearing how awful this school meal program will be.
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline share.google/jedkXoSSOOGU...
Last year we moved into my Republican boomer MIL's house. MIL doesn't want to leave & can't maintain it. Today, I brace for hearing how awful this school meal program will be.
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline share.google/jedkXoSSOOGU...
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado's universal school meals program, Propositions LL and MM, led in early results Tuesday night.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Cheers in CO!
Last year we moved into my Republican boomer MIL's house. MIL doesn't want to leave & can't maintain it. Today, I brace for hearing how awful this school meal program will be.
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline share.google/jedkXoSSOOGU...
Last year we moved into my Republican boomer MIL's house. MIL doesn't want to leave & can't maintain it. Today, I brace for hearing how awful this school meal program will be.
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline share.google/jedkXoSSOOGU...
Looked at my calendar and my brain said: "ohhhh, Halloween is done. Now it's the frantic plan for Thanksgiving/Christmas/work & school holiday parties time of year."
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Looked at my calendar and my brain said: "ohhhh, Halloween is done. Now it's the frantic plan for Thanksgiving/Christmas/work & school holiday parties time of year."
We live with my elderly Republican mother-in-law. (MIL couldn't maintain her large house, refused to move.) My 15-year-old was invited to the "No Kings" protests.
Me: If Grandma asks where you were, tell her you hung out with friends. You don't need a lecture from someone whose never sent an email.
Me: If Grandma asks where you were, tell her you hung out with friends. You don't need a lecture from someone whose never sent an email.
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We live with my elderly Republican mother-in-law. (MIL couldn't maintain her large house, refused to move.) My 15-year-old was invited to the "No Kings" protests.
Me: If Grandma asks where you were, tell her you hung out with friends. You don't need a lecture from someone whose never sent an email.
Me: If Grandma asks where you were, tell her you hung out with friends. You don't need a lecture from someone whose never sent an email.
I grew up in Southern USA, & have lived in Colorado for 20+years. My accent is almost nonexistent compared to other long-established Southern transplants. After a long day with Spouse & Offspring, my drawl reemerged. "Mom said 'earl' instead of 'oil'! You sound like a hick!" This may explain things
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I grew up in Southern USA, & have lived in Colorado for 20+years. My accent is almost nonexistent compared to other long-established Southern transplants. After a long day with Spouse & Offspring, my drawl reemerged. "Mom said 'earl' instead of 'oil'! You sound like a hick!" This may explain things
I was gripping my recurve bow. My 15-year-old Son advised me to relax.
Me: Have you ever seen me relaxed?
Son: After a couple of drinks.
Me: Archery and aperitifs is a *bad* idea.
#archery
Me: Have you ever seen me relaxed?
Son: After a couple of drinks.
Me: Archery and aperitifs is a *bad* idea.
#archery
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I was gripping my recurve bow. My 15-year-old Son advised me to relax.
Me: Have you ever seen me relaxed?
Son: After a couple of drinks.
Me: Archery and aperitifs is a *bad* idea.
#archery
Me: Have you ever seen me relaxed?
Son: After a couple of drinks.
Me: Archery and aperitifs is a *bad* idea.
#archery
This comedian summed up my childhood better than I could.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This comedian summed up my childhood better than I could.
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18-year-old is preparing for their freshman year of college/dorm move in.
Me, over the past months: how are your applications? What do you need? Have you talked to friends going to the same university?
18, this morning: Feels like I'm doing this all by myself.
Me, over the past months: how are your applications? What do you need? Have you talked to friends going to the same university?
18, this morning: Feels like I'm doing this all by myself.
August 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
18-year-old is preparing for their freshman year of college/dorm move in.
Me, over the past months: how are your applications? What do you need? Have you talked to friends going to the same university?
18, this morning: Feels like I'm doing this all by myself.
Me, over the past months: how are your applications? What do you need? Have you talked to friends going to the same university?
18, this morning: Feels like I'm doing this all by myself.
Taffy-Tabby emerged from the carrier like a Xenomorph chest buster as I drove to the veterinary clinic. We arrived safely, and Taffy will have clean teeth. #cats
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Taffy-Tabby emerged from the carrier like a Xenomorph chest buster as I drove to the veterinary clinic. We arrived safely, and Taffy will have clean teeth. #cats
Took Daughter to incoming college freshman orientation. Followed by driving practice with Son. Teaching young adults life skills is adulting squared. #parent
June 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Took Daughter to incoming college freshman orientation. Followed by driving practice with Son. Teaching young adults life skills is adulting squared. #parent
Spouse cooked dinner tonight because I "never try anything new." (I cook for myself, Spouse, 2 teenagers and my MIL.) An hour into preparing this new recipe, Spouse stormed out of the house. I stepped out and listened to a 50+ year old complain about feeling judged & unappreciated for his effort.
May 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Spouse cooked dinner tonight because I "never try anything new." (I cook for myself, Spouse, 2 teenagers and my MIL.) An hour into preparing this new recipe, Spouse stormed out of the house. I stepped out and listened to a 50+ year old complain about feeling judged & unappreciated for his effort.
May is a crazy month for our household. It kicked off with a debate between Son (nearly 15) and I about school night curfew. "I'm a night owl, Mom!" vs "The school district doesn't care about your circadian rhythm. I'm the legal adult that has to answer for you being tried at school."
May 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
May is a crazy month for our household. It kicked off with a debate between Son (nearly 15) and I about school night curfew. "I'm a night owl, Mom!" vs "The school district doesn't care about your circadian rhythm. I'm the legal adult that has to answer for you being tried at school."
Son (15) started started archery a couple of years before I did. On the range today, Son said, "I want to concentrate on my shots, but I keep thinking about what you're doing wrong."
Me: So I'm your mother AND your problem child.
Son: Yes! #archery
Me: So I'm your mother AND your problem child.
Son: Yes! #archery
April 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Son (15) started started archery a couple of years before I did. On the range today, Son said, "I want to concentrate on my shots, but I keep thinking about what you're doing wrong."
Me: So I'm your mother AND your problem child.
Son: Yes! #archery
Me: So I'm your mother AND your problem child.
Son: Yes! #archery
Breaking: The Royal Canadian Ornithological Society has declared that henceforth the American Robin shall be known as the Canadian Robin.
Please welcome our feathered friends as they return home from their winter vacations
Please welcome our feathered friends as they return home from their winter vacations
April 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My car radio played the emergency broadcast signal followed by dead silence. For a few frantic seconds, I thought the world ended.
March 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My car radio played the emergency broadcast signal followed by dead silence. For a few frantic seconds, I thought the world ended.
Talking to Son on the drive home and I suspected he wasn't listening.
Me: Your sister is taking fentanyl
Son: What!
Me: Anesthesia for wisdom teeth removal. I scheduled that for next month.
Me: Your sister is taking fentanyl
Son: What!
Me: Anesthesia for wisdom teeth removal. I scheduled that for next month.
March 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Talking to Son on the drive home and I suspected he wasn't listening.
Me: Your sister is taking fentanyl
Son: What!
Me: Anesthesia for wisdom teeth removal. I scheduled that for next month.
Me: Your sister is taking fentanyl
Son: What!
Me: Anesthesia for wisdom teeth removal. I scheduled that for next month.