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Shay

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Bought a “brand new” pill organiser off eBay and it arrived with a pill already in it

A rainbow coloured pill organiser with different compartments for each day of the week a.m. and p.m. In the Tuesday p.m. compartment, which is open, is a capsule pill. I looked it up online and it is omeprazole.

November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

[exercise]

Graduated Couch to 5K this morning!

The programme gets you running for 30 mins rather than 5K, so for me it’s been “Couch to 3.5K” as that’s how far I actually get in 30 minutes…

Next goal: actually 5K!

#C25K

you’ve earned your Couch to 5K medal. illustration of a gold medal with a running shoe on it.

screenshot from the Couch to 5K app. text Reads: Week 9 • Run 3
You've graduated!
You've done it! You are an official Couch to 5K
Graduate. What an achievement! From 60 seconds to 30 minutes of continuous running - you should be so proud of how far you have come on your journey. Congratulations.

November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

A purrfect circle

A black-and-white cat curled up asleep in a circle on a bed.

February 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

It’s Juniper’s adoptiversary! 8 years with us. The shelter said she was about 5 when we got her, so she’s now a teenager!

A black and white cat curled up on a sofa, mid yawn

February 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

I’m so pleased with the title of this playlist

(“Nightswimming” is the most effective lullaby)

screenshot of a Spotify playlist called a way to put myself, my children to sleep: bedtime R.E.M.The R.E.M. songs I sing at baby bedtime.

January 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

Books I read in January!

Screenshot from Storygraph: @fuzzyfelt’s January 2025 reads. Covers of six books: Ellen outside the lines by AJ Sass
The vanishing star by Maureen Johnson
When Hitler stole pink rabbit by Judith Kerr
this is how it always is by Laurie Frankel
Some like it cold by Elle McNicoll
unmasked by Ellie Middleton

January 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

Getting so much satisfaction from collecting wooden food lately

A crate of miniature wooden fruits and vegetables, including red pepper, peapods, butternut squash, broccoli, carrot, pear, orange, potato, cauliflower, cabbage, banana, and avocado. Some of the fruits and vegetables are scattered on the carpet around the crate.

January 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

Trying a jam tart for the first time!

January 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

Look at him

A green frog ornament hanging on a Christmas tree

December 19, 2024 at 5:51 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

I still think about this tweet every (work) day:

Tweet by @legacyrussell
have you ever tried to copy and paste text from a PDF it's like scraping plastic off a frying pan

November 29, 2024 at 9:17 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

I'm on a long-term quest to find the perfect mid-century bookcase. I haven't found it yet but I did find the antiques bus:

A decommisioned yellow double decker bus with a patio table and chairs outside.

The driver's cabin of a bus with a tin man and large red vintage vase where the ticket machine is.

The downstairs of a double decker bus filled with antiques. Visible is a mirror and small pictures on the wall, a mahogany looking folding table and various bric a brac.

The upstairs of a double decker bus. The seats have been removed and replaced with metal shelving full of vintage bric a brac such as boxes, pots, vases and ornaments.

November 25, 2024 at 1:10 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

We finally got the snow

Juniper the black and white cat looking out a glass door at the snow outside.

November 23, 2024 at 11:48 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

The three genders

Drop down menu for buying baby bibs online. The options are girl, boy and festive

November 21, 2024 at 8:02 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

Want to do a teal/turquoise for our hallway but both these sample colours are reminding me of 2010s university library soft seating areas

Two large test areas of a dark turquoise/teal paint on a wall

November 10, 2024 at 3:40 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

There's a Best Leaf competition at work and I went to submit my entry but reread the rules and saw your face had to be in the pic to prove you didn't just download it 🫠 Enjoy my leaf anyway

It looks like a maple leaf and it's shades of red, orange and yellow.

October 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

Last night's aurora!

The night sky lit up in green and pink over the woods.

October 11, 2024 at 6:20 AM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

I love this "reframing Autistic stereotypes" table from Unmasking Autism by Devon Price content.randomhouse.com/assets/97805...

Reframing Autistic Stereotypes

I was told I was:
Arrogant
But actually I am:
Confident Principled Independent
I value this quality in myself because:
• It helps me stand up for what's right
• I'm often the first person to speak out about a problem
• I can set a positive example for others

I was told I was:
Cold & Unfeeling
But actually I am:
Analytical Rational
Thoughtful
I value this quality in myself because:
• I notice things others miss
• I don't get swept away in the heat of the moment like others do
• I'm good at noticing connections and systems others can't see

I was told I was:
Annoying & Loud
But actually I am:
Enthusiastic
Alive
Outspoken
I value this quality in myself because:
• I am my own best advocate
• I raise other people's energy levels
• I experience intense happiness and recognize beauty

I was told I was:
Childish
But actually l am:
Curious
Open-minded
Joyful
I value this quality in myself because:
• I'm great at learning and growing
• I experience the full range of human emotion
• I take pleasure from the small things in life

I was told I was:
Awkward
But actually I am
Authentic
Unique
Don't Blend in with the Crowd
I value this quality in myself because:
• If something is hard for me. other people probably need help with it, too
• My way of moving through the world is entirely its own
• I don't conform to unfair standards
...

I was told I was:
Clueless, Pathetic
But actually I am:
Reflective
Unassuming
Open About Vulnerability
I value this quality in myself because:
• I recognize we all need one another
• I know how to ask for the help ! need
• I value my connections to other people

I was told I was:
Sensitive
But actually I am:
Perceptive
Emotionally
Attuned
Compassionate
I value this quality in myself because:
• I recognize mistreatment very well
• I'm good at taking the emotional temperature of the room
• I'm in touch with my feelings and with the feelings of others
I was told I was:
Weird
But actually I am:
One of a Kind
A Trailblazer
Unconventional
I value this quality in myself because:
• I make the world a bigger, broader place
• I challenge old conventions and unfair rules
• I'm the ultimate authority on how my life should be

October 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

A few new guys for my Kitty in my Pocket collection

Three miniature toy cats. One is brown and sitting on knitting. The next is ginger and sitting by a red phone. The last is black.

September 29, 2024 at 5:23 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

She'd also say a weak cup of tea was "like mazzy watter", or it seems more accurately:

Maziwat - Originally a make of tea, 'Mazawattee; often used to describe a weak 'cuppa'.

September 24, 2024 at 1:38 PM

Shay

@shaynanigans.bsky.social

I wondered if my Nanna was the only one who called the floor "the dogshelf" but I've just seen this in a book on East Midlands dialect. I'm determined to carry this on!