MdmeAlbertine
@mdmealbertine.bsky.social
Iowan, mom, reader, accountant, long-covid disabled, liberal in a rural place. Love Thy Neighbor. she/her
Just picked up my second sick kid from school. They said they've hit the 10% threshold of the student body out sick.
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just picked up my second sick kid from school. They said they've hit the 10% threshold of the student body out sick.
How many sweaters/cardigans/sweatshirts/fleeces does one woman need on the back of her chair?
Apparently, for me, fully stocked is 8
Apparently, for me, fully stocked is 8
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How many sweaters/cardigans/sweatshirts/fleeces does one woman need on the back of her chair?
Apparently, for me, fully stocked is 8
Apparently, for me, fully stocked is 8
"Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers will always keep me close to you..."
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers will always keep me close to you..."
Had to look up what the ReliaQuest bowl was: figures, it's the Outback Bowl.
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Had to look up what the ReliaQuest bowl was: figures, it's the Outback Bowl.
Helped with shoveling snow this morning for the first time in forever. If there's one silver lining of all this perimenopause bullshit, it's that it seems to have relieved a lot of my long covid symptoms.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Helped with shoveling snow this morning for the first time in forever. If there's one silver lining of all this perimenopause bullshit, it's that it seems to have relieved a lot of my long covid symptoms.
I'm about ready to tell my remaining ovary "thank you for your service" and yeet it into a medical waste bin
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm about ready to tell my remaining ovary "thank you for your service" and yeet it into a medical waste bin
Me: Wow, I wasn't cold at all today
*pulls of layer after layer of clothing*
Me: oh
*pulls of layer after layer of clothing*
Me: oh
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Me: Wow, I wasn't cold at all today
*pulls of layer after layer of clothing*
Me: oh
*pulls of layer after layer of clothing*
Me: oh
My Amazon package is delayed, so 10yo is wearing 8yo's volleyball knee pads as shinguards for indoor soccer camp tonight. It looks like it might actually work.
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My Amazon package is delayed, so 10yo is wearing 8yo's volleyball knee pads as shinguards for indoor soccer camp tonight. It looks like it might actually work.
Dammit, snow plow took out our mailbox
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Dammit, snow plow took out our mailbox
Or Randy Feenstra running for office
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Or Randy Feenstra running for office
Feels so weird to be doing this in November
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Feels so weird to be doing this in November
Starting off our snow day with pumpkin pancakes.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Starting off our snow day with pumpkin pancakes.
Tucked in and ready for the weekend snowstorm. I forgot to take back the library books and I have a prescription ready, but it can all wait until Monday.
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Tucked in and ready for the weekend snowstorm. I forgot to take back the library books and I have a prescription ready, but it can all wait until Monday.
Every year we drive all the way to Brighton for a Christmas tree, and every year I swear I'm going to start planting my own.
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Every year we drive all the way to Brighton for a Christmas tree, and every year I swear I'm going to start planting my own.
Time for leftovers and Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Time for leftovers and Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Ah, nothing like spreading manure on Thanksgiving morning.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ah, nothing like spreading manure on Thanksgiving morning.
I am creeped out watching this guy perform a duet alone with a dead woman. At least there are no holograms.
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I am creeped out watching this guy perform a duet alone with a dead woman. At least there are no holograms.
I am glad not to have to do all the cooking this year. First Thanksgiving not by ourselves since 2020, when I got covid for Thanksgiving and couldn't taste anything because I lost my sense of smell.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am glad not to have to do all the cooking this year. First Thanksgiving not by ourselves since 2020, when I got covid for Thanksgiving and couldn't taste anything because I lost my sense of smell.
LOL. I forgot about the fuckity-fuck-fuck scene.
Oh dear. 10yo is picking up on innuendo. Watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
LOL. I forgot about the fuckity-fuck-fuck scene.
Oh dear. 10yo is picking up on innuendo. Watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Oh dear. 10yo is picking up on innuendo. Watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
I am making my pie crusts vegetarian for Joe's aunt, and my shortening has gone bad. Glad I tasted the crust before I put my filling in/baked it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I am making my pie crusts vegetarian for Joe's aunt, and my shortening has gone bad. Glad I tasted the crust before I put my filling in/baked it.
Me: [reading reddit post about a guy whose girlfriend broke up with him because he was "lazy" for having a cleaner]
Joe: I could never have a cleaner.
Me: Because you don't like people in your space, I know.
Joe: I could never have a cleaner.
Me: Because you don't like people in your space, I know.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Me: [reading reddit post about a guy whose girlfriend broke up with him because he was "lazy" for having a cleaner]
Joe: I could never have a cleaner.
Me: Because you don't like people in your space, I know.
Joe: I could never have a cleaner.
Me: Because you don't like people in your space, I know.
So my cholesterol is through the roof now, too. Thanks, perimenopause.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
So my cholesterol is through the roof now, too. Thanks, perimenopause.
I don't remember ever seeing dandelion leaves with orange pigment before
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I don't remember ever seeing dandelion leaves with orange pigment before
My kids are wiping down the stairwell walls with magic erasers and I don't know why this is so appealing to them, but I'll take the parenting win.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My kids are wiping down the stairwell walls with magic erasers and I don't know why this is so appealing to them, but I'll take the parenting win.