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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • For kitchen stuff - If it’s not dishwasher safe I don’t get it or don’t keep it (if it was given to me).

    We have a robot vacuum and litter box. I am grateful for them every day.

    Getting myself and my kid out the door in the morning feels like climbing Everest every day. One thing she almost always forgot was to put socks on when she got dressed, so she’d have to go back upstairs. Since she’s also neurodivergent there was a good chance she’d get distracted upstairs and 1. forget to get her socks, 2. lose track of time or 3. both. I put a bin by our shoes and now her clean socks go in there.











  • We still pay allowance in cash for our preteen. It gets divided into save, give and spend. If there’s something she wants purchased online, she pays us the cash and we order it with our card. If the purchase is going to take most/all of her current spending money we do point that out but don’t prevent her from spending it.

    I’m not sure yet what we’ll do when she gets closer to driving age. Most likely get a debit card so she can get that experience before going out on her own after graduation. But for now we want to build a more solid connection of physically parting with the money when it’s spent.

    edit: fixed autocorrect error





  • Baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, pasta, yogurt, steamed veggies, lots of rice dishes, pulled pork, chicken, venison, Thanksgiving turkey breast when it’s just the 3 of us

    It’s extremely helpful when I forget to thaw meat for dinner (which is more often than not)

    There is a trick to the pasta, but it saves me from panic dashing into the kitchen when the pot boils over because I forgot to check it

    I cook most of our meals in it. We even have 2 so I can cook the meat separately since I’m vegetarian

    But wait! There’s more! (not really, I just know I sound like an infomercial)