Today had been a shitty day... no I don't mean it was necessary bad, I mean literal shit.
*TMI warning 😅
Earlier I had just changed my son's diaper when he was being kinda weirdly fussy, then made grunty notises that usually indicate that he's pooping. I'd taken off his pants a bit earlier cause it was kinda warm inside, so he just had a onesie and diaper, and then as he was standing, a big dollop of poop sloshed down on my folded leg. I'd been trying to be quiet before that cause hubby was napping, but I spoke at a normal volume at that point, causehim my hubby to turn around and ask what was wrong 😅
"My 'Oh shit' was literal" I told him. Then he pointed out that there was another dollop in a different spot 😬🙄 I hadn't seen it cause of the angle.
Well, I handed our son to my husband who then brought him to the sink while I wiped the poop off of my leg so I wouldn't spread it around as I moved.
Then I took over and cleaned up our son, and his onesie.
I'm really glad I'd taken off his pants so I didn't need to clean those too, and I don't even want to think about what it would have been like had he had those on, as I didn't even notice when the first dollop had come out, so... would it have eventually slipped lit the bottom of his pant leg, and spread everywhere!?! 😬😱😬
A few hours later, he pooped again, but not as all as much and I caught it when it happened so I changed his diaper before there was any spillage at all, though it wasn't very much, so less likely that that would have happened.
So, if you're like I was before I had a baby, let me inform you. Baby poop is like a yellow liquidy foam. 😖😒🤣🤣🤣
Thank you nostr:nprofile1qqsfepkhw5m6vwqvudc78fyxp0r7r7e2mwegyxl34rcu6n5vuq3ypjgprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ycmgv43kktndv5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap09r92yd for your assistants!!!
Ah, right, that makes sense. Thank you for letting me know! ☺️
Are you crocheting or knitting? Do you do both depending on the project?
I've mostly knitted and found it started to hurt my fingers after a while, so I'm curious, if you do both, which one is easier on the hands? 🤔😃
I've experienced -40 once.
My mom was just gonna dress us warmer and still send us to school, but the teachers' cars wouldn't start so they canceled school that day.
That was the only time I ever had anything close to a "snow day".
I don't usually make memes, but this one feels very relevant, so I wanted to share it visually. 🤣🤣🤣
A while ago nostr:nprofile1qqs8a474cw4lqmapcq8hr7res4nknar2ey34fsffk0k42cjsdyn7yqqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz78wwyvs posted something about people who didn't want to drink water because it wasn't fun enough (I might be mixing in comments in my memory, but it was something like that)
Later I realized I live with one of those people 😱 he's been exclusively avoiding water for over 4 months now!
Don't worry though, I'll make sure he grows out of it. I'll blink a few more times and then he won't be in diapers anymore either 🤣😬
Yes! Exactly!!!
It's fun to know that God used me to emphasize it again! 🤗
We've been looking for a church and may have finally found ours. The pastor is preaching on identity now, and there has been a few core beliefs about identity in Christ that my husband and and I believe as it's what the bible actually says, but it's been hard to find Churches that actually preach it. So, finding this one church where the pastor is preaching about identity, and the ACTUAL identity in Christ, is so refreshing!
That's cool! Thanks for letting me know.
Hebrews 10:14 (NIV):
"For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy."
If you're a Christian and think that you are anything less than perfect, it's time to renew your mind, accept the truth, and admit the truth. Christ has made you perfect! 😀🎉
I just caugh out 4 month old son going "Hi, I love you" to me! 😱🥰😱🥰
Okay, so I know it's too early for actual speach, and he doesn't use real letters yet, BUT, the sounds he made were the notes of "Hi, I love you", and as a new mom, I will take it! 🤗 It counts!
He's been watching my mouth when I've been saying it to him lately, and he paused at the end, before he started making other noises after.
I just caugh out 4 month old son going "Hi, I love you" to me! 😱🥰😱🥰
Okay, so I know it's too early for actual speach, and he doesn't use real letters yet, BUT, the sounds he made were the notes of "Hi, I love you", and as a new mom, I will take it! 🤗 It counts!
He's been watching my mouth when I've been saying it to him lately, and he paused at the end, before he started making other noises after.
I've heard a lot of Christian's say things like, "less of me and more of God", and "not what I want, but what God wants".
They say this as if what they dream of or desire is all bad, but I'm pretty sure they haven't really thought about it.
The reality is that God put the desires in our hearts. We are made in the image of God. If even bad man wants good for his children, how much more wouldn't God the Father? This indicates that those who don't even know God already wants some good, at least for their own kids.
We are a new creation as soon as we accept Jesus and Lord and Savior in our hearts and confess that he is with our mouths. We are no longer sinners, but saints, one with Christ.
So, if you have ever struggled with the idea that what you want is bad, I'd suggest taking some time to write down 25-50 of your dreams, and then look at them. What are they actually? Do you want dysfunction and debauchery, or do you want good things? My guess is that you actually do want good things, and if so, I humbly suggest stop listening to the devil telling you that you're nothing, and start listening to God who thinks you're worth giving His life for!
I'm not sure they use any sense... 🙄
😟 Were they too busy locking people down and demanding people to verify ID to go online to care about real things?
I feel so sad when I hear about things like that.
Back in 2018 PG&E (a power company) caused the city of Paradise to burn down due to not clearing around their powerlines like they'd been paid to do. After that, whenever there was heavy winds, they would just shut down the power instead of clearing the lines, cause I guess it was cheaper, but it really sucked for anyone who lived on their grid, cause it would be off for up to 3 days so a bunch of food would go bad, there was no heating or cooling using power, unless they happened to have solar installed already.
I'm sad to hear that Australia seems to be doing very similar Anti-Human things like California.
😟 Were they too busy locking people down and demanding people to verify ID to go online to care about real things?
I feel so sad when I hear about things like that.
Back in 2018 PG&E (a power company) caused the city of Paradise to burn down due to not clearing around their powerlines like they'd been paid to do. After that, whenever there was heavy winds, they would just shut down the power instead of clearing the lines, cause I guess it was cheaper, but it really sucked for anyone who lived on their grid, cause it would be off for up to 3 days so a bunch of food would go bad, there was no heating or cooling using power, unless they happened to have solar installed already.
I'm sad to hear that Australia seems to be doing very similar Anti-Human things like California.
But aren't you gonna be a mom first? They say time moves really fast when you have kids, so 11 years will basically just be two blinks away 🤣
I guess the VP also has an age limit? Well, I'm guessing JD Vance will take over in 3 years, he'll lead for 8, and then we'll have Hodl, so would you be old enough in 11 years? 🤔😃 double bitcoiner rulers!? 🥳
So... vice president? 🤔😃
I know that's not what Forest Gump did, but still, it's an idea... 😇😎
I was a little surprised to see someone like that on Nostr. I almost thought I'd accidentally opened X somehow 🤣
I like this, well said!
I've heard a lot of Christian's have negative self talk, and my mentor who did inner healing things would confront them by asking them to say those same things to him, and they'd be shocked and horrified at the thought because, of course they wouldn't say those things about him!! So, he'd ask why they they thought it was okay to talk to themselves like that.
"This now also relevant for white leftist females" 😬🤣🤣
Nice. I'd probably want to add some meat... 🤔🤤
My husband's cooked ground beef in tomato sauce and cheese, and it's been so delicious! (With some seasoning too)
Pizza bean seem similar but like they swapped the meat for beans.
They did use to medicate "hysterical women" back in the day.
Yes, I think the fact that life is easier has contributed to this, since it's a lot easier to avoid reality.
My husband and I were just discussing this, as there's a difference in cultures in the north and south of Sweden, since the north gets really cold and people have to face reality or they will die, which is more like how it was in the olden times, even 30 years ago.
I think another factor is that they've been telling kids, for the last 30 years, that everything is relative, and reality is up to me, I can change any part of it.
This is extra evident in how they believe men and women can change and become the other.
When rules and boundaries are removed, when the kids become the rulers instead of the one's being taught reality by adults, they never grow up.
25 year olds are now acting like 5 year olds, because they've never been told that how they're behaving isn't okay.
In fact, like you mention, throwing tantrums have even been celebrated, coddled, and to some extent worshipped. "If I want all the attention I need to be the loudest."
So, they celebrate victimhood, hysteria, and drama.
Posting things like that online also adds to them behaving that way cause now their audience is even bigger, and algorithms promote it, so it's breading even more of it, cause people crave attention.
Nostr might help change this...
What are pizza beans? 🤔😃
Thanks! I just saw some fingers poking out, and quickly covered them again. He's a sneaky one 🤣
Yes! If someone gives me 21 bitcoin, I want an ACTUAL 21 bitcoin, not just sats! That's false advertising and extremely confusing and defamation of bitcoin!
Why do they want to introduce deception into truth money!? Don't be deceptive, be honest, call sats sats and bitcoins bitcoin! They are NOT the same! But they are parts of the same.
I don't call my arm "body" because I think people are so stupid that they can't understand that I'm talking about a part of a whole 🙄🤣
I didn't watch this, but saw the "how China escaped poverty" title, and my first thought was.... "Their dictator told them they were no longer poor, and so they weren't, regardless of if people had food or not." 😅
Agreed.
God made us with free will, because He wanted us to freely want Him, and if we don't want Him, He will not violate that free will. He sees all and knows all, but He wants us to want Him, and to want to share everything with Him.
I'm not sure if it's true that He doesn't need anything... or maybe it's just that He wants us rather than need... he has community within Himself with the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and the Father, yet He wants us.
What?! 2025 was great! I basically started it by finding it I was pregnant, and I'm ending it with a son who will be 4 months old in 2 days! Becoming a mom covers whatever political or horrible events happened in the rest of the world... 😅🥰👶😎
What are your New Year's Eve traditions?
I grew up in Sweden where everyone shoots fireworks at the stroke of midnight!
My home church always had a huge potluck with a fancy get together with some sort of program including games.
Not sure what we'll do tonight. Probably work until Starbucks closes at 9pm and then try to pick up something nice for dessert before going home.
America doesn't seem to celebrate New Years Eve very much except dropping some ball or something... 🤔🤣
So, what does this actually mean?
"To fully insulate his wife from all external stressors and responsibilities"
I love being my husbands partner. I'm extremely grateful that he includes me in his plans and ideas of how to provide for us.
When we first got married, I had 3 months of work to finish up, so I brought him to Sweden. Then we moved to America where I wasn't allowed to work for 2.5 years, and son after finally getting my greencard, I got pregnant. I've had it for a year now, and I've actually only worked for 3 days total.
Our son is almost 4 months old, and we both got some work for his dad, hubby painted and I cleaned, and our son could be with us.
I would take breaks to deal with our sons needs, and my hubby didn't even stop for lunch (I brought him something but he ate while working).
It was fun, but a lot for me, since I got paid for the time I worked, not took breaks, and our son is super chill, but he decided he wanted to talk for 10 minutes or something, instead of eating, so I felt the pressure of wanting to get back to work.
Generally speaking, I am way better suited for a normal job than my husband, temperamentally, and there are things I enjoy. However, I much prefer being a mom!
I'm currently helping to edit his upcoming book, because as a new mom, I found that my time is extremely fragmented, so working on one of my own books would be much harder to keep track of. For example, coming up with a scene and then having my hands occupied so I wouldn't be able to finish writing it down while it was fresh in my mmind. So, editing his book, where as long as I finish reading the paragraph, I can make a note and come back whenever sounded great! And it has been!
So, letting him be responsible for active work is something I'm extremely grateful for. And as someone's comment, is actually something that weighs on my husband as a man much more than on me. Yes, I want money to survive and thrive, but I don't have a need to provide like he does. I do however have a need to care for our son and make sure he gets opportunities to learn and grow, which I didn't know I had in my until I had him.
We've had car issues since June, needing a new transmission, and then realizing we actually need a new car cause it's really well-used and has other issues too. 😖 I wouldn't want to be insulated from that, in the sense of not knowing what's going on, because we practice secret minimization which is an extremely healthy way of making sure our marriage stays fun and intimate. However, I don't want to need to deal with the car, as well as tending to our son every 2.5h, cause that's already a lot.
We are partners, co-reigning, he takes on the ultimate responsibility for providing and protecting, because those are actually in his nature even if I can do them, and I take on caring for our son, but also, I'm the one who started collecting points at Starbucks where we go to work on our books, so we can occasionally get something "for free", and I'm the one who takes care of the Safeway digital coupons, because it's way too gimmicky for my husband, but it does save us money so he really appreciates it! We are partners!
So, "being insulated from the external stressors and responsibilities" doesn't make sense to me.
Him having the ultimate responsibility to take care of those things practically, while I tend do our son and future kids, while still getting to be involved in the idea process of how to get them done sounds way better to me.
I love when my husband tells me his idea, but asks me for my input, cause there are times when I have valuable intel from God, the Holy Spirit inspired female intuition perhaps, that has seriously aided us in some decisions we've made!
So, I wouldn't want to be insulated from it, unless you mean in the practical application aspect of insulation. Like, I'm not the one responsible for getting that stuff done even if I help come up with ideas for how to do it. If that makes any sense.
Thanks for reading my mini book of thoughts on the topic 😅🤣
Also, I totally read isolated at first, not insulated, so perhaps what you meant wasn't isolated, separated, cut off from, but rather, having a buffer inbetween, and if so, I'm way more on board 😅
Make covenant marriage great again!
No need to have a custody agreement about your dog, or kids!
Yeah, I was still out of it, but repeatedly said, "we don't want the eye goo!" Until they acknowledged what I was saying.
It's not only stupid, it's also insulting to even offer to a married couple!!!! It's agaisnt STDs like gonorrhea.
I'm not sure. My son is 2 months old so I don't quite understand what he says yet 😅
Well done!!!! That is so much fun! I love how it turned out with the numbers! ☺️
Eh, is the bible copywrite protected? 🤔😳
If by loyal, you mean will stick around because I like it, then yes, but if loyalty means not using anything else, then I'm not. I still get on Facebook on occation as that's where all my old friends and family can be found.
But I barely ever post there.
I post here because I really like the interactions, and the fact that I can get paid for what I write.
At first, I wasn't allowed to work in America, then finally, a year ago, I got my green card approved and was allowed to work, but we traveled so I didn't get on it, and then in the beginning of january I found out I was pregnant and now I have a baby that requiers a lot of my attention, but at least I can come no here, read some fun, funny, or interesting posts, and usually I'm able to at least wrote a post myself at times, though possibly interrupted 😅 But every sat I recieve is a blessing and help to our income as we write our books.
I am an author, so getting paid for my writing even if people aren't buying many of my books yet is really encouraging!
Plus, the community here is amazing! I haven't met anyone from here in person (except my husband) and yet I have lots of friends! 🤗
Yes, and that's fine. Sorbet has been around for ages, I was being fake outraged at the virtue signaling with the "vegan" part. 😅🤣
I'm fine if people make new kinds of ice cream, calling it "guac cream" if it's from avocados or something (not sure if that's a thing but it could be)
Yes, apparently more than 2%. Which is probably why it tasted so weird...
This is our goal, and what I'm doing right now. I consider getting a job because we need money, but then I look at my son and ask God to bless our book sales instead, cause I don't wanna go anywhere!
This is also why we love in America and not Sweden, because we can homeschool here, and it's illegal there!