Ditto on golf carts. I almost hit one in my own neighborhood.

I can see that. I DEFINITELY think the fact that she's a historian probably hurts her with an oppositional audience. Well, not the fact that she's a historian but the fact that she's making an historical argument. They'd have no reason to think the Medieval church got it right, either.

@OttakeeI listened to all of Making of Biblical Womanhood, but I will admit to blanking out on some of the historical details. I'm already in her camp so I wasn't listening to disagree or even really to think critically, so I approached it more as a casual listen. YMMV.

Ah! By the author of the Vanderbeekers! It can't help but be good!

I'm in something of a reading slump. We're on a family vacation right now and I have a couple of things with me: Midnight Library and African Town. I've read part of both of them, but stalled out in both. We'll see if I can restart and make progress.

I so relate to this. I have been very frustrated by almost every therapy experience I've ever had. It's like I could counsel myself because I already know what they're going to say, and when I say it, they just back me up. It has been mostly pointless for me.

Well, my problem is that if I DID stay home until my youngest is 18, I'd be 57 when attempting to return to work. Because I work in education (& because we're not DESPERATE for teachers or librarians here), I'm pretty certain the type of job I'd have to take would end up not being worth it based on paycheck alone. I did return to work at 45-ish after "only" working part-time as an adjunct for our homeschool years and I definitely think age discrimination is a thing!

I agree 💯and I also don't watch the news. I tell people that if something serious happens in our region, state, or world, CALL or TEXT ME.

I voted wrong. There's no "and" in our beanie weanies here.

I don't know. I just wanted to say hi to Lance and also to say thanks for the tip about the pasta water. I wonder if my fiddle leaf fig would like it. My fiddle is actually 2-3 (4?) plants that NEEEEEEEED to be divided, but I'm afraid to do it because this plant is the healthiest, happiest plant I've ever raised, and I don't want to upset what surely must be a delicate balance.

This is the only one I've seen that I can recall. I do love it. Now I need to watch them all!

I totally understand this. I have about a decade left before I'll (probably?) be a true empty-nester. I'd like to finish this leg of parenting with the presence of mind I had when I was a SAHHM. The downside is I'd lose what little momentum I've built up after returning to the workforce full time almost 5 years ago. Then again, by that time, I'd possibly be "too old" to go work anyway, so the point would likely be moot.

Green beans Roasted broccoli

Same. We even had backyard chickens twice, and I had no idea!

This is how I feel!

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Interesting! Did you read a book about her? I'd be interested in reading something about her.

That explains it! 🤣

Wow. That is a lot. I remember thinking so many times when I was a classroom teacher that I had done more by 8 am than many people do by lunchtime or possibly all day. I still stand by that. But I think your "laid back day" might rival a teacher's!

A children's author

I have been/am both. Isn't perspective a funny thing? 🤔

I think a pool is a polarizing thing. Haha. It was the main selling point for our current home (for me, anyway). I have always had relatives with pools that we could use almost literally anytime we wanted, but having one in my own backyard was a dream of mine. Ours is used nearly daily from May through September. I will also say that I have a handyman husband and two boys who are not yet old enough to take on pool care but will be (not sexist--just they're the ones young enough to be home!), so that's not on my to-do list.

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How are they so brilliant?

Congratulations and best wishes to your son!