Maryanne
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That sounds like Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems (one of the Elephant & Piggy books). Also available in French but originally in English! We have that one.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
That sounds like Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems (one of the Elephant & Piggy books). Also available in French but originally in English! We have that one.
I'm trying different search terms, and "custard cup" is no good, because you'll get the other things. "Vintage glass dessert bowl" or "...cup" seem to work. The word "footed" helps. "Sundae cup" (with all those other terms) works too. Honestly, "vintage glass pudding goblet footed" should work.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm trying different search terms, and "custard cup" is no good, because you'll get the other things. "Vintage glass dessert bowl" or "...cup" seem to work. The word "footed" helps. "Sundae cup" (with all those other terms) works too. Honestly, "vintage glass pudding goblet footed" should work.
My kid called him "the old guy" and I reminded her that I'm a couple of years older than Scherzer. E: "Yeah mom, I know."
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My kid called him "the old guy" and I reminded her that I'm a couple of years older than Scherzer. E: "Yeah mom, I know."
Oh, it's definitely real. I have one and my good friend has four, including twins that are a few months older than my kid. When the twins were toddlers, she'd bring them over and we'd have to run around putting all the hazards from my house up high, because I hardly babyproofed for one baby.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Oh, it's definitely real. I have one and my good friend has four, including twins that are a few months older than my kid. When the twins were toddlers, she'd bring them over and we'd have to run around putting all the hazards from my house up high, because I hardly babyproofed for one baby.
Do you know about the Canadian 90s classic, Theodore Tugboat?
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Do you know about the Canadian 90s classic, Theodore Tugboat?
The nice thing about living in a 1950s house that we refuse to flip: extra Formica countertops in other rooms. (Built-in buffet in what's intended as a dining area of the living room, massive wet bar in the basement.) (All of said surfaces are covered in stuff.)
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The nice thing about living in a 1950s house that we refuse to flip: extra Formica countertops in other rooms. (Built-in buffet in what's intended as a dining area of the living room, massive wet bar in the basement.) (All of said surfaces are covered in stuff.)
Is there something waterproof that a hot water bottle could be put into, to keep it safe? (I confess that my own kid used to use one in bed, and we learned the HARD way that they sometimes just pop. The rubber just gives out and it's literally a hot mess.)
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Is there something waterproof that a hot water bottle could be put into, to keep it safe? (I confess that my own kid used to use one in bed, and we learned the HARD way that they sometimes just pop. The rubber just gives out and it's literally a hot mess.)
Do you save your own seeds? I'm curious about whether it's a hybrid.
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Do you save your own seeds? I'm curious about whether it's a hybrid.
Staying with DST really is the main good choice that Saskatchewan has ever made. It's fantastic. But September Halloween would be BETTER.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Staying with DST really is the main good choice that Saskatchewan has ever made. It's fantastic. But September Halloween would be BETTER.
I just want this to happen for real so badly, Nathan. I've been thinking about it since you said it on Facebook a few days ago, and I keep thinking, "But I want this now. I want September Halloween with easy costumes."
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I just want this to happen for real so badly, Nathan. I've been thinking about it since you said it on Facebook a few days ago, and I keep thinking, "But I want this now. I want September Halloween with easy costumes."
Honestly, Babycenter is pretty good about banning that kind of nonsense. (It gets a bad rap for sounding like Mumsnet, but it's actually okayish.) If someone tried that on Bargain Hunters (chaotic catch all board there), it would get mocked into oblivion and then tagged as spam and deleted by mods.
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Honestly, Babycenter is pretty good about banning that kind of nonsense. (It gets a bad rap for sounding like Mumsnet, but it's actually okayish.) If someone tried that on Bargain Hunters (chaotic catch all board there), it would get mocked into oblivion and then tagged as spam and deleted by mods.
Congratulations! Well deserved.
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Congratulations! Well deserved.
Ah yes. I'll have to go and buy a 20 pass before it's gone. (I like the flexibility of the bulk passes instead of the limits of the monthly rec family pass; it's hard to get a family to the pool more than 8 times a month, to make it pay for itself.) At least the 10 pass option is still there.
September 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ah yes. I'll have to go and buy a 20 pass before it's gone. (I like the flexibility of the bulk passes instead of the limits of the monthly rec family pass; it's hard to get a family to the pool more than 8 times a month, to make it pay for itself.) At least the 10 pass option is still there.
I can't find this online: are the prices for the 20 bulk admissions blank in future years because they're phasing out that option, or are they keeping the price the same? (Deciding whether I have to fill up our family pass immediately.)
September 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I can't find this online: are the prices for the 20 bulk admissions blank in future years because they're phasing out that option, or are they keeping the price the same? (Deciding whether I have to fill up our family pass immediately.)
😮 I love this so much!
September 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
😮 I love this so much!
Casino Regina! Which is so much less exciting of a venue.
September 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Casino Regina! Which is so much less exciting of a venue.
I have tickets to see them in November, and the new album is getting me so hyped up about it. I love Sloan SO much.
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I have tickets to see them in November, and the new album is getting me so hyped up about it. I love Sloan SO much.
I love that their matching outfits make them look like they are wearing uniforms for the tiniest moving company.
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I love that their matching outfits make them look like they are wearing uniforms for the tiniest moving company.
Costco has good ones (I saw a study that said their relative accuracy rate is 97.1%) for a reasonable price per test: www.costco.ca/medsup-covid...
www.costco.ca
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Costco has good ones (I saw a study that said their relative accuracy rate is 97.1%) for a reasonable price per test: www.costco.ca/medsup-covid...
I did a search for those tiny ones, and I think that might be the size of the Wilton round candles (like the 2.5" Wilton round rainbow candles, which are primary colours).
September 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I did a search for those tiny ones, and I think that might be the size of the Wilton round candles (like the 2.5" Wilton round rainbow candles, which are primary colours).
I can only find those candles at the dollar store these days (plus sometimes in random spots at my grocery store).
September 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I can only find those candles at the dollar store these days (plus sometimes in random spots at my grocery store).
Based on the "What's for dinner" threads on Babycenter: crockpot meals, prepared stuff from Costco, meal kits, one pot and sheet pan meals. A lot of grocery store rotisserie chickens (I eat a lot of those too, as an urban Canadian, because they're so inexpensive).
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Based on the "What's for dinner" threads on Babycenter: crockpot meals, prepared stuff from Costco, meal kits, one pot and sheet pan meals. A lot of grocery store rotisserie chickens (I eat a lot of those too, as an urban Canadian, because they're so inexpensive).
This is the trouble with most sour cherries too, but I've found that my pitters do the job pretty well (especially the hopper style one). I'll bet the electric one will handle them too.
September 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is the trouble with most sour cherries too, but I've found that my pitters do the job pretty well (especially the hopper style one). I'll bet the electric one will handle them too.
Cherry pitters and similar unitaskers forever! Alton B is wrong about those. I own two cherry pitters now with zero regrets. (OXO good grips one that does 6 at a time, and this fancy German hopper plunger kind, both of which can handle the cherries from my Evans sour cherry tree.)
September 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Cherry pitters and similar unitaskers forever! Alton B is wrong about those. I own two cherry pitters now with zero regrets. (OXO good grips one that does 6 at a time, and this fancy German hopper plunger kind, both of which can handle the cherries from my Evans sour cherry tree.)