Amanda Alvarez
@gecky.me
tacos 🌮
data 📊
bees 🐝
mountains 🏔️🏕️🧗🏽♀️
fiber arts 🪡🧵🧶
baking 🧁🍰🍪🥐🍞
helping my kids collect hobbies 📷⚾️💃🏽🎶🤸🏽♀️🪴🎮
trying to keep it all together 🙃🍷
she/her/ella
data 📊
bees 🐝
mountains 🏔️🏕️🧗🏽♀️
fiber arts 🪡🧵🧶
baking 🧁🍰🍪🥐🍞
helping my kids collect hobbies 📷⚾️💃🏽🎶🤸🏽♀️🪴🎮
trying to keep it all together 🙃🍷
she/her/ella
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Amanda Alvarez
@gecky.me
· Oct 29
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Google Meet show how late people will be based on meeting history
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Violence
Okay, these are awesome
🔴 Steal the Look: Cherry-throated Tanager
🏡 Working from home? Time to get cozy and stay productive. Wrapped in a heated blanket and perched in an EGGonomic office chair, I've never been more ready to math.
Learn more:
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🏡 Working from home? Time to get cozy and stay productive. Wrapped in a heated blanket and perched in an EGGonomic office chair, I've never been more ready to math.
Learn more:
bit.ly/4qN7oPa
January 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Okay, these are awesome
So jealous right now of my parents with their lifetime senior passes
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
So jealous right now of my parents with their lifetime senior passes
Oh damn, I should have gotten mine last month instead of waiting. 😭
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Oh damn, I should have gotten mine last month instead of waiting. 😭
This is (part of) why Thanksgiving is a problem. People travel, kids pick up new germs, and bring them back to share with their classmates right before the winter break.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is (part of) why Thanksgiving is a problem. People travel, kids pick up new germs, and bring them back to share with their classmates right before the winter break.
Please accept this offering of Sprinkles the fox, who spent most of Monday snoozing under a tree outside my kitchen window.
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Please accept this offering of Sprinkles the fox, who spent most of Monday snoozing under a tree outside my kitchen window.
We actually don’t even use our dishwasher except as a drying rack. It’s really not as useful as I’d like it to be.
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We actually don’t even use our dishwasher except as a drying rack. It’s really not as useful as I’d like it to be.
We learned the hard way last year not to let it pile up, and I was worried we’d get hit harder today, but it’s looking like that probably won’t happen.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We learned the hard way last year not to let it pile up, and I was worried we’d get hit harder today, but it’s looking like that probably won’t happen.
I’d rather spend a few thousand more and get a skid steer. But mostly don’t feel like spending that much.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’d rather spend a few thousand more and get a skid steer. But mostly don’t feel like spending that much.
Nah, we barely got over an inch, but my driveway is so damn long. It’s not the depth, it’s the surface area. And the fact that the sun won’t shine on it again until May.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Nah, we barely got over an inch, but my driveway is so damn long. It’s not the depth, it’s the surface area. And the fact that the sun won’t shine on it again until May.
Right? Where are the people using AI to solve real problems like this, washing dishes, making dinner, exercising, etc
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Right? Where are the people using AI to solve real problems like this, washing dishes, making dinner, exercising, etc
Haha, yeah...I was shoveling while they walked the dogs. I planned to make them help me when the dogs were "walked enough" but I was over the shoveling thing before we got to that point.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Haha, yeah...I was shoveling while they walked the dogs. I planned to make them help me when the dogs were "walked enough" but I was over the shoveling thing before we got to that point.
Shoveling snow sure gets old fast.
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Shoveling snow sure gets old fast.
I wish some of the clouds would have stuck around a bit longer! There were some great ones when it first started.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I wish some of the clouds would have stuck around a bit longer! There were some great ones when it first started.
(Totally messed up the threading here, but oh well)
It wasn’t long before dogs wanted to go out again, since I’d cut their earlier walk short. The colors had waned a bit. Kids joined me for this walk, and the sky lit up again, featuring what my middle kid dubbed “the big pink.”
It wasn’t long before dogs wanted to go out again, since I’d cut their earlier walk short. The colors had waned a bit. Kids joined me for this walk, and the sky lit up again, featuring what my middle kid dubbed “the big pink.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
(Totally messed up the threading here, but oh well)
It wasn’t long before dogs wanted to go out again, since I’d cut their earlier walk short. The colors had waned a bit. Kids joined me for this walk, and the sky lit up again, featuring what my middle kid dubbed “the big pink.”
It wasn’t long before dogs wanted to go out again, since I’d cut their earlier walk short. The colors had waned a bit. Kids joined me for this walk, and the sky lit up again, featuring what my middle kid dubbed “the big pink.”
I rushed back to the house to call the kids out, and the colors exploded. The clouds were moving quickly, so the scene changed dramatically in just a few minutes
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I rushed back to the house to call the kids out, and the colors exploded. The clouds were moving quickly, so the scene changed dramatically in just a few minutes
I first saw a pink glow while walking the dogs. I sought higher ground for a better view. From the street end of the driveway, it looked pretty spectacular with the clouds.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I first saw a pink glow while walking the dogs. I sought higher ground for a better view. From the street end of the driveway, it looked pretty spectacular with the clouds.
Best “to my naked eye” aurora yet!
(More coming!)
(More coming!)
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Best “to my naked eye” aurora yet!
(More coming!)
(More coming!)
The 1st grade teacher 2 of them had did the peanut butter sandwich thing as a class lesson! She also used to say things like, “that’s not a question, it’s a comment,” and I love her.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The 1st grade teacher 2 of them had did the peanut butter sandwich thing as a class lesson! She also used to say things like, “that’s not a question, it’s a comment,” and I love her.
Oh, this does remind me that I had to do this once, ages ago, and found a bunch of LEGO and some cash. Fortunately, no one in this household carries either in their pockets these days.
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Oh, this does remind me that I had to do this once, ages ago, and found a bunch of LEGO and some cash. Fortunately, no one in this household carries either in their pockets these days.
….changing the filter on the washing machine?
Looks like I need to make a bingo card for myself, too.
Looks like I need to make a bingo card for myself, too.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
….changing the filter on the washing machine?
Looks like I need to make a bingo card for myself, too.
Looks like I need to make a bingo card for myself, too.
Ooof, yeah!
I’m thinking of a whole bunch of (mostly minor) plumbing stuff now….
Maybe this will have to be a “new card every month of 2026” thing….
I’m thinking of a whole bunch of (mostly minor) plumbing stuff now….
Maybe this will have to be a “new card every month of 2026” thing….
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ooof, yeah!
I’m thinking of a whole bunch of (mostly minor) plumbing stuff now….
Maybe this will have to be a “new card every month of 2026” thing….
I’m thinking of a whole bunch of (mostly minor) plumbing stuff now….
Maybe this will have to be a “new card every month of 2026” thing….
Ironically, this is probably the only way they know how to make a paper check happen, since I no longer have a checkbook!
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ironically, this is probably the only way they know how to make a paper check happen, since I no longer have a checkbook!
Ooo, shutting off the propane is a good one. And changing the furnace filters!
We’re on a well where we’re living now, and I’m not even sure I know if there’s an equivalent to shutting off the water to the whole house, aside from cutting power to the well pump. 🤔
We’re on a well where we’re living now, and I’m not even sure I know if there’s an equivalent to shutting off the water to the whole house, aside from cutting power to the well pump. 🤔
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ooo, shutting off the propane is a good one. And changing the furnace filters!
We’re on a well where we’re living now, and I’m not even sure I know if there’s an equivalent to shutting off the water to the whole house, aside from cutting power to the well pump. 🤔
We’re on a well where we’re living now, and I’m not even sure I know if there’s an equivalent to shutting off the water to the whole house, aside from cutting power to the well pump. 🤔
I’ve decided to play “life skills bingo” with my kids. I’m making cards with squares like “check the oil,” “reset a tripped breaker,” “sew a button,” various kitchen tasks, etc.
Would love to hear suggestions for things to include!
Would love to hear suggestions for things to include!
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’ve decided to play “life skills bingo” with my kids. I’m making cards with squares like “check the oil,” “reset a tripped breaker,” “sew a button,” various kitchen tasks, etc.
Would love to hear suggestions for things to include!
Would love to hear suggestions for things to include!