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crunch munch

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What are you thoughts on horses?

There’s only one possible answer here:

#I love horses so much #I’ve always been a Horse Girl #though I find Horse People to often be manipulative and duplicitous #but learning to ride horses was one of the great joys of my early life #and I hope I have an opportunity to share that with my kids

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*things that I was very into for a memorable period of time from the age of 7/8 to early/mid teens.

Honorable Mention for The Count of Monte Cristo which I was obsessed with at age twelve but never had anyone to talk to about because it is Not Really A Children's Book

Please reblog if you like! And tell me what you voted in the tags!

#I was a Percy Jackson kid so #Greek myths

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Not me out here watching Forensic Files like it’s 2009 and most of these people and techniques haven’t been discredited in recent years

#this is why we can’t have nice things

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“White people have no culture” said the rootless urbanite who has rejected every tradition his family had.

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#hhhhh nice

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my biggest flaw is that I believe that if i didn't have ADHD I would be an intellectual force to be reckoned with. but I do so

#god if my brain worked the way it was supposed to…

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Every time I think about, “Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend.” I start laughing because IT HAPPENED LIKE TWELVE YEARS AGO and THE ONLY PEOPLE THERE WERE SIDIOUS AND PLAGUEIS like there’s no way for the Jedi to even know this story existed, it’s not a millennia old tale, it was INCREDIBLY RECENT and they were Sith Lords IN HIDING, yet Palpatine just says that entire story with his whole chest like Anakin’s never going to go go the Jedi and say, “Hey, what’s up with never telling me about that Sith Legend Darth Plagueis?” so the Jedi can go “who the fuck is Darth Plagueis????” and Palpatine is RIGHT, Anakin’s brain is just like a hamster on a squeaky wheel, “oh okay I don’t know enough to tell if that’s true or not but I’m just gonna believe it”.  ABOUT A STORY THAT HAPPENED A DECADE AGO, NOT SOME ANCIENT HISTORY.  The absolute gall of Sheev Palpatine, there will never be another villain like him, he’s the bestworst.

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unfortunately a lot of the corny self help advice turns out to be true but the thing is you have to come to those conclusions yourself otherwise it just sounds dismissive and dumb

#I’m in this post and I hate it

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If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽

#peanut butter toast #or if I’m short on time an untoasted peanut butter sandwich

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That one 1987 Ducktales episode where scrooge is about to marry some golddigger but Goldie intervenes by jumping out of the wedding cake.

#shit like this is why the OG show was better #17!Scrooge would never

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my favorite customer service slip ups

#i am weeping omg

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sick of “scottish independence” this and “irish reunification” that

theres 3 of us and 1 of england

i say we just kick the english out the uk

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unsolicited parenting advice of the day tell your kids what to expect! If your two year old is anxious about when dad is going to get home from work, teach him to recognize what patterns indicate that dad is coming home soon! After lunch we will do an activity and then clean and THEN dad will get home. Listen when the calendar day starts with an S dad does not have to go to work!!

and if something goes wrong and today does NOT go according to the plan your little guy expects, tell him!! Hey, dad has to go to work after all today, but he will be home after lunch! Today dad has to get groceries after work, so he’ll be home later than normal. But he will return with more bananas! Focus on the positives too, give them things they can understand. Don’t just say “not today,” they understand the concept of grocery stores and unexpected trips. Just tell them the problem. You’d hate being in the dark about everything that happens to you also. Let them control their situation, even if it’s just their own emotions and expectations.

or even! Teach them to read an analogue clock! Let me tell you, church nursery in the 1.5-3.5 age group got so much less stressful and anxious for EVERYONE when I taught my kids how to read the clock. They don’t have to ask me anymore how much time is left and fish for answers I can’t give them. They know that their guardians will come for them when the long stripe on the clock touches the 2, and that if they aren’t there then then they’re LATE and they get to hold this over their parents head. Because they know their parents can be late. And they LOVE knowing when this has occurred. There is so much less anxiety.

anyway explain stuff to your kids, they want to know. This has been an unsolicited parenting advice PSA

#something that low key blew my mind when I had my first baby #kids don’t know A N Y T H I N G until you teach them #so that was and continues to be a bit of an adjustment

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Waiting for the ADHD meds to kick in because I’m too bleary and confused to get dressed or unload the dishwasher or start laundry

#the little one woke up at 6 am for no reason