Sam
@blueyedbutterfly.bsky.social
Invincible, inscrutable, easily irritated, often tired, single mum to 2 children. Blue eyed but not actually a butterfly. Also a nurse.
Every Tuesday night without fail, my new neighbours start drinking in the afternoon and end up blasting music and having screaming matches until around 3am. They’re not happy drunks that’s for sure.
April 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Every Tuesday night without fail, my new neighbours start drinking in the afternoon and end up blasting music and having screaming matches until around 3am. They’re not happy drunks that’s for sure.
I was watching Gladiators earlier with my 9 year old. She’s decided that I should apply to be on the next series because I’m strong and have big biceps. I mean she’s massively over estimated my physical ability but I’m extremely flattered that she thinks I’m strong. I’m no Eunice Huthart!
April 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I was watching Gladiators earlier with my 9 year old. She’s decided that I should apply to be on the next series because I’m strong and have big biceps. I mean she’s massively over estimated my physical ability but I’m extremely flattered that she thinks I’m strong. I’m no Eunice Huthart!
My new neighbour is getting pissed in the garden with her mates. They are just shouting and swearing at the top of their voices. The kids keep telling me what swear words they can hear. We can even hear them with all the windows and doors closed. Welcome to summer.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My new neighbour is getting pissed in the garden with her mates. They are just shouting and swearing at the top of their voices. The kids keep telling me what swear words they can hear. We can even hear them with all the windows and doors closed. Welcome to summer.
Trying to sleep after a night shift when the sun is shining is the absolute worst. And it’s school holidays. So I get to listen to the neighbours cutting the grass and chatting loudly and other peoples kids playing, when mine aren’t with me.
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April 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Trying to sleep after a night shift when the sun is shining is the absolute worst. And it’s school holidays. So I get to listen to the neighbours cutting the grass and chatting loudly and other peoples kids playing, when mine aren’t with me.
I have the next 6 days without my kids. It’s gonna be hard. It doesn’t happen that often but my youngest is not well and I just want to be cuddling up with her right now.
April 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I have the next 6 days without my kids. It’s gonna be hard. It doesn’t happen that often but my youngest is not well and I just want to be cuddling up with her right now.
When you go to communicate important information about your child’s mental health to your ‘co-parent’ and see that they’ve blocked you on what’s app again.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When you go to communicate important information about your child’s mental health to your ‘co-parent’ and see that they’ve blocked you on what’s app again.
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April Fool’s Day.
A day where you shouldn’t trust anything you read or anything anyone says.
So basically the same as every other day then.
A day where you shouldn’t trust anything you read or anything anyone says.
So basically the same as every other day then.
April 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
April Fool’s Day.
A day where you shouldn’t trust anything you read or anything anyone says.
So basically the same as every other day then.
A day where you shouldn’t trust anything you read or anything anyone says.
So basically the same as every other day then.
Same tactic can also be used with children but you might have to leave the room or put it on a different coloured plate or bowl to increase the chances of it being accepted.
Cat: “I cannot convey to you just how much I genuinely despise this food.”
Me: “Here, have this instead.”
Cat: “OMG I LOVE IT.”
Me: “It’s exactly the same bowl of food. I just took it away for six seconds then put it back in the same place.”
Cat: “I am fire and the wind. Do not attempt to know me.”
Me: “Here, have this instead.”
Cat: “OMG I LOVE IT.”
Me: “It’s exactly the same bowl of food. I just took it away for six seconds then put it back in the same place.”
Cat: “I am fire and the wind. Do not attempt to know me.”
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Same tactic can also be used with children but you might have to leave the room or put it on a different coloured plate or bowl to increase the chances of it being accepted.
Who is Benny Blanco and why in all the clips from that interview does he just get it. I mean do people like this really exist?
March 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Who is Benny Blanco and why in all the clips from that interview does he just get it. I mean do people like this really exist?
This Mother’s Day I’ve received 6 cards. I only have 2 children that I’m aware of.
March 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This Mother’s Day I’ve received 6 cards. I only have 2 children that I’m aware of.
Trying to guess the tunes the neighbours are blasting from just the bass line or tinny higher notes. I’d buy them better speakers if they had better taste in music or I didn’t have kids who were sleeping.
March 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Trying to guess the tunes the neighbours are blasting from just the bass line or tinny higher notes. I’d buy them better speakers if they had better taste in music or I didn’t have kids who were sleeping.
When your ex is on social media telling everyone HE escaped an abusive relationship.
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March 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
When your ex is on social media telling everyone HE escaped an abusive relationship.
Today I did some online training for work. It was a group session via teams. It was made out to be ‘essential and very important’. It was actually someone telling me how to complete a datix form by reading out all the drop down options and info prompts. How is this someone’s job?
March 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today I did some online training for work. It was a group session via teams. It was made out to be ‘essential and very important’. It was actually someone telling me how to complete a datix form by reading out all the drop down options and info prompts. How is this someone’s job?
I hate that my oldest child is nearly 10 and I still have IVF debt. I wouldn’t change it for the world. The girls are my entire world. But I’m resentful of the debt and also that it’s left to me to single handedly repay when there were two of us that desperately wanted these children.
March 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I hate that my oldest child is nearly 10 and I still have IVF debt. I wouldn’t change it for the world. The girls are my entire world. But I’m resentful of the debt and also that it’s left to me to single handedly repay when there were two of us that desperately wanted these children.
I missed a comedy gig last night because the kids dad didn’t have them. I accidentally let this slip to my 9 year old who then decided to put on an impromptu comedy show for me. She got a few good laughs. Very sweet of her.
March 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I missed a comedy gig last night because the kids dad didn’t have them. I accidentally let this slip to my 9 year old who then decided to put on an impromptu comedy show for me. She got a few good laughs. Very sweet of her.
Today in ‘only in Bristol’, we saw a man taking his polecat for a walk on a lead around a big retail park. My eldest thought it was an otter which made a few passersby chuckle. I thought it was a ferret. The man in question very proudly corrected us and told us it was clearly a polecat.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today in ‘only in Bristol’, we saw a man taking his polecat for a walk on a lead around a big retail park. My eldest thought it was an otter which made a few passersby chuckle. I thought it was a ferret. The man in question very proudly corrected us and told us it was clearly a polecat.
It’s really convenient how all of my ex’s problems happen on a Friday evening,once a fortnight, when he’s due to have the kids. So as usual I have to cancel my social plans and my work shifts.
Not to mention the upset it causes to my kids who don’t cope well with changes to routine
Not to mention the upset it causes to my kids who don’t cope well with changes to routine
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March 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s really convenient how all of my ex’s problems happen on a Friday evening,once a fortnight, when he’s due to have the kids. So as usual I have to cancel my social plans and my work shifts.
Not to mention the upset it causes to my kids who don’t cope well with changes to routine
Not to mention the upset it causes to my kids who don’t cope well with changes to routine
Went for a walk with the kids in the sunshine because it’ll be raining tomorrow. My Youngest collected leaves, my eldest raced me up a hill. I then fell over a rock like a complete plonker but I styled it out, did a roll and got back up again. Only my mud stained knees gave me away!
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March 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Went for a walk with the kids in the sunshine because it’ll be raining tomorrow. My Youngest collected leaves, my eldest raced me up a hill. I then fell over a rock like a complete plonker but I styled it out, did a roll and got back up again. Only my mud stained knees gave me away!
In other news, I’ve had my first mini eggs of the year and they were good. Expensive but good. Easter is very late this year but we’re all being encouraged to buy eggs now. They usually come out in December. So I’ve held out until March. Go me!
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In other news, I’ve had my first mini eggs of the year and they were good. Expensive but good. Easter is very late this year but we’re all being encouraged to buy eggs now. They usually come out in December. So I’ve held out until March. Go me!
Tried instantalks as a friend of mine had said I needed to see how bizarre it was. I’m like 95% sure it’s like AI ‘men’ talking. It’s surreal. There’s a lot of supposedly widowed men with a very similar look. And they just talk in prompts. I’m not sure why anyone would pay beyond the free try it bit
March 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Tried instantalks as a friend of mine had said I needed to see how bizarre it was. I’m like 95% sure it’s like AI ‘men’ talking. It’s surreal. There’s a lot of supposedly widowed men with a very similar look. And they just talk in prompts. I’m not sure why anyone would pay beyond the free try it bit
Well the neighbours were blasting music until 1am.Then they decided to wake up at 3am and just play 1 song really loud so they could shout and scream at each other.Then it started again at 6am. As a single female with young kids,I don’t feel I can confront them. I have no back up. I don’t feel safe.
March 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Well the neighbours were blasting music until 1am.Then they decided to wake up at 3am and just play 1 song really loud so they could shout and scream at each other.Then it started again at 6am. As a single female with young kids,I don’t feel I can confront them. I have no back up. I don’t feel safe.
I hate my new neighbours with a passion. They cannot close a door or cupboard door without slamming it. They stomp up and down the stairs. They shout and scream at each other all evening, especially after my kids have gone to sleep. I’m constantly on alert because of the noise.
March 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I hate my new neighbours with a passion. They cannot close a door or cupboard door without slamming it. They stomp up and down the stairs. They shout and scream at each other all evening, especially after my kids have gone to sleep. I’m constantly on alert because of the noise.
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Reminder that it's World Book Day on Thursday, which means, parents, that it's time to celebrate the great magic of reading and literature by helping your kids cobble together some kind of lacklustre outfit from stuff wot you found in a cupboard.
March 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reminder that it's World Book Day on Thursday, which means, parents, that it's time to celebrate the great magic of reading and literature by helping your kids cobble together some kind of lacklustre outfit from stuff wot you found in a cupboard.
We had costumes figured out for world book day with a whole day to spare and then my youngest comes home in tears saying her best friend isn’t doing the joint costume thing they planned. So now we have to come up with something new from scratch.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We had costumes figured out for world book day with a whole day to spare and then my youngest comes home in tears saying her best friend isn’t doing the joint costume thing they planned. So now we have to come up with something new from scratch.
Why Mr Pringles would you market these mystery flavour Super Mario Pringles at children, But then make them way too spicy for children to enjoy?? They’ve got chilli powder, jalapeño powder, garlic powder listed in the ingredients. I had 2 very upset kids earlier. Not cool
March 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Why Mr Pringles would you market these mystery flavour Super Mario Pringles at children, But then make them way too spicy for children to enjoy?? They’ve got chilli powder, jalapeño powder, garlic powder listed in the ingredients. I had 2 very upset kids earlier. Not cool