u/AMothersMagik — reddlx

Just Wanted To Show Off

First time using acrylic paint to do a design. Just wanted to show off cuz im pretty proud of how they turned out. Im just starting to really get into doing my own nail designs.

u/AMothersMagik — 6 days ago

▲ 42 r/CongratsLikeImFive

I turned my sons bedroom into a jungle

Let me preface by saying not only am I a person with chronic illnesses and daily pain, I also have mental illnesses and currently have 4 acute health problems that will require a surgery, including an abdominal surgery.

That being said, some back story: we are financially on the bottom of the lowest tier. We are only two steps up from actively homeless, going strictly off financials. So every year we have to temper our sons wishes and dreams for his bday and christmas with reality. And it sucks.

He has been asking for a jungle themed bedroom for two years. He's been asking for a Dairy Queen ice cream cake as his birthday cake for four years.

This year, I managed to sell enough homemade jelly, save the scraps from each paycheck, hunted every garage sale and thrift store, and get a little tiny bit of help from family members in the shape of handmedowns. But its done. His jungle room is done.

Allow me to set the scene: Every year the kids get to pick an activity or experience for their birthday. (Instead of a party.) This year, our AuDHD (important cuz SENSORY) boy, who will be 8 on Wednesday, picked camping. He wanted a boy bonding camping excursion with Daddy. 🥰🥰 So I worked the extra hoirs and sold some jelly and was able to reserve a campsite, THE campsite, if you ask my husband who has lived in the area his whole life, and get the supplies needed (ice for the cooler, packable food, propane for the heater just in case, etc) and make sure the gas was full.

The Tuesday before camp, I took our son to DQ to pick out the design for his cake.

"REALLY?? Mom you mean it???!!!"

He picked a Jurassic World design with Blu the raptor.

**Freeze.

Additional info: back to that sensory issue. We recently had to repeater his room because of a flood in an upstairs bathroom. During that time, my sister got him a new big boy bed because his twin over full bunk bed was falling apart. Full size loft bed acquired and put in place long before July hit. He loves it.

He was, however, very sad that hia favorite sheets. The sheets that FELT right and SMELLED right and looked right and were also a cool design featuring his special interest 🦕 were no longer needed because they dont fit his new bed.

Devasted doesnt cover it when he realized.

I found them. On ebay. The exaxt same set, WITH THE DRAPES. ...... more jelly sold, extra hours at work. Got 'em! 😉🤫**

Friday hits and I get home from a full work day to load up the vehicle before his baby sister (20mos) and i drive him and dad to the campsite. I helped unload and set the camp and drove me and sister home.

14 hours. 14 hours it took. Was up at 5a and finally turned off the lights and "closed the door", satisfied with my work at 730 Saturday night.

I fell off that stupid bed so many times. Fell off the chair i was using as a ladder. Got caught on stuff, but my head, twisted body parts....... so many injuries 😅😅

But oh so worth it.

Sunday I got the house cleaned and got them home.

And he was speechless!! He absolutely loves it!! Dino sheets and all. When he got to the top of the bed and saw the sheets he openly wept as he rubbed his face in the bed and told me thank you i love you over and over. My heart hurts its so full of joy for that boy.

Anyway. First video is before. Second video is after.

[I didnt realize this group doesnt allow attachments. I am also posting this on my profile. Please view there if you wish]

Cake (prepaid) is being picked up on his actual birthday on Wednesday :)

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u/AMothersMagik — 2 months ago

▲ 12 r/finch

It is finally finished!🥹🤩🥰🥳

I have been trying to finish this room since March 2025!

It is a sports room centered around my son (Monkey, for online purposes. We never use the kids' real names online unless necessary. His nickname has been Monkey since he was 4 months in utero. It used to feel like he was using my ribcage as monkey bars. He hasnt never held still. Even rolls around and talks in his sleep lol! ).

He is a huge soccer fan and player. This past season (ended July 20) was his fourth season. He has been playing since 4 years old and has played every year. So I designed the room to have a little bit of each color from each team he has been on. He is in the community rec league, since he is home schooled. So each season he is a different color.

Year one he was the Green Geckos, year two was Blue Dolphins, year three was the Burgandy/Red Lions Club, and this year was Orange Team Winsert.

I figured I'll build the base room and then each year once I know what team he is on, I'll make sure to have an outfit for Flora to wear of the right color. Its finally finished! The room has all the pieces and uses all four of his jersey colors! 💚💙❤️🧡

So this year was orange, and I have the orange outfit. The micropet is a Monkey wearing his favorite color, and the nickname has been renamed to an anagram of his name (which i wont be sharing for obvious reasons). Her body colors also encompass all four colors :)

Being a literal soccer Mom is one of my Glimmers. So this made me really happy to finish. Now we are soooo ready for next year!

u/AMothersMagik — 2 months ago

▲ 91 r/finch

Micropet Variations (Spoiler!)

Updated micropets and variations. I dont have #64 - Pixel The Gamer Cat. Will update post once those have been added. As accurate as possible as of 08/02/2026.

ETA: Please feel free to ignore the green/red annotations. They are the nicknames I have for or have planned for each micropet (red) and then markings indicating if I have it (green check), which ones I really want but dont have (green star) and then my ultimate favs (green heart)

u/AMothersMagik — 2 months ago

▲ 35 r/finch

Just some Room designs Im working on acquiring. Pt 1

Just felt like sharing. Im really proud of these designs. Im working on collecting a full set of each season in pre-planned color schemes as well. These ones I designed around event/holidays :)

u/AMothersMagik — 3 months ago

▲ 4 r/finchie

Questions regarding posting rules for this group

Im looking for the Finch group that is not against discussing hacks and exploits?

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u/AMothersMagik — 3 months ago

▲ 0 r/FinchUnofficial

Oops 😅🤦‍♀️ I may have messed up...

So, I have heard repeatedly about gift fairy and the trick they use to gift multiple times in a day.

Ive ive ignored it for fear of getting caught.

Yesterday was a really rough day for me. I was not doing well mentally at all. One thing that brings me joy is making other people smile in some small way.

So I finally did a test to see if that (*SSSHHHHH*) "x-ploy-t" was actually utilizable.

It is.

I got way too excited and promptly gifted away probably 1/3 of my inventory to a bunch of my tree friends, including my son, and then to 2 or 3 random on the trading threads. Not for trades or anything. Just to give some gifts and bring joy.

Figured one solid day of using that process, just to ease the burden on my mental and emotional health, and then id go back to using the app as designed. It made me so happy to watch my son's face light up as he got multiple gifts from his momma. 🥰

I know I made a few other friends smile too, as a couple of them and I have now (thanks to reddit) made it off platform and we talk through other social media. And I do have one or two that I knew prior to Finch.

Today I found something in my inventory I didnt even remember getting, and while ill happily utilize it, I know my son would love it more. I tried to gift it to him and keep getting "something went wrong" messages.

Have i accidentally gotten myself in trouble and they've taken away my gifting? 😭 is that even a thing they do? Someone please soothe my anxiety 😭🤦‍♀️😅🙃

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u/AMothersMagik — 3 months ago

▲ 9 r/finch

YAY! SPECIAL QUESTS ARE BACK!

I was so bummed when they got rid of the special quests for me (partial trial, I believe, as my son still had his the whole time). This morning I went to say good morning to Flora and they have been added back!! I am so super stoked! I love the special quests because they are something long term to look forward to. I wish we could add our own? Like "Complete this goal 100 times". Or ive heard lots of chatter about the old journeys feature. From what I understand it was similar to the goal groups but it was geared toward a specific end goal/accomplishment and you could have progressive goals but also step conpletetion goals [thats what I call goals that change and morph and grow over time (like do 5 push ups turns to 10 after 2 weeks or something) VS the ones that are individual steps towards a larger goal (ie clean out hall closet would be a step in the grander journey of cleaning out the house for a move or whatever). I tend to make up "official" terms for myself so that I feel more organized 😅]

I would love a feature like this as I Have SEVERAL long term projects and goals i am working on that this would be so helpful for! Like my health journey, and the pollinator garden im trying to make with the kids.

But in the meantime time, I am happy to gave my special quests back, as it gives me solid proof of how much I have already accomplished within the app. [I realize a lot of people felt the special quests were materialistic because of the ibtain items goals. In my brain it translates to: you've done enough goal completeiong to have enough stones to have "bought" this many things! Way to go! Its a tangible proof of hard work. Like doing chores for an allowance so I can work towards something I want kind of thing. Makes my inner child pleased. ]

u/AMothersMagik — 3 months ago

▲ 65 r/finch

MICROPET SOUNDEFFECTS??!🤩

I just clicked on Flora's Monkey (We named him Anaro) by accident and it made monkey noises at me!!! Im so excited!!

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u/AMothersMagik — 3 months ago

▲ 11 r/finch

GREEN!?? 🤩😍

One of Flora and My's birb friends has a GREEN PLUSHI!?! OHMYGOODNESS!! How come I cant find it in the cataloge? Is it super rare or something? Green is my FAVORITE color! Im hoping i have enough gems when (if) it comes up in the store because WOWEE that would be awesome! But its weirding me out i cant see it in the cataloge. Please someone tell me its not a retired item?😢

u/AMothersMagik — 3 months ago

▲ 63 r/finchie

Micropet Variations (Spoiler!)

Updated micropets and variations. I dont have Sage variations yet, nor Krypto. Will update post once those have been added. As accurate as possible as of 06/17/2026. EDITED: I realized I had a repeat photo in there. Fixed photo slide in comments. (Section #10-15)

u/AMothersMagik — 4 months ago

▲ 25 r/FinchUnofficial

Micropet Variations. (SPOLIER!)

u/AMothersMagik — 4 months ago

▲ 17 r/finch

(SPOILERS: MICROPETS) Micropet Variations

u/AMothersMagik — 4 months ago

▲ 5 r/finch

A couple of questions....

Edited for spelling/grammar errors 😅 its seven am. Im not awake 😆

Okay, so, two big questions. One, for the March event, the cherry blossom, we got the challenge badge. We got one for the Oz thing, too, but we also got that wall decor piece that matches the pin. Was there a wall decor piece for the cherry blossom one?? Did i miss it?? Cuz I would have LOVED a wall decor piece of my Flora dancing in the petals!!!

Second question about shared goals.

Okay, I made a post about backing away from sending daily vibes for a bit because im entering a chaotic period of time in my life. I'll be back, but I wanted to let my tree peeps know that I was first of all okay and, second of all, not ignoring them or going inactive permanently. I just know myself well enough to conserve my energy where I can to complete the Humungous tasks we have coming up. So....I made the post. Then, I made a daily goal (see attached photo) that I then shared with as many Cheepity Peeps as I could ( I was surprised! Ive never done a shared goal just for tracking progress rather than budding up to do the goal together, so I was all prepped to have to make multiple goals to tell each peeps, but was super grateful that progress tracking goals can be shared with multiple cheeps!). How can I tell if they've seen it? Like, for them to show up in the list of peeps I shared it with (in the editing of the goal page, it says "shared with...." and then a list of my peeps i sent it too, but it certainly isnt every cheep) do they have to accept the share request? Or are they in there regardless?

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u/AMothersMagik — 5 months ago

▲ 278 r/finch

Trying Not To Cause A Scene....

EDIT: (sorry it took so long, was on the phone, obviously, and then had to dash to work) We have gotten on with the vet. Based on security cameras we have determined the cat got to the flower bwtween midnight and 1:12am. Vet says not to panic if cat isnt already showing problems, as its bee over 8 hrs. They gave me a list of symptoms and signs to watch for but said otherwise not to panick. Addtl edit: I also want to clarify. I summarized events to keep the post slightly shorter, initially, but my son did in fact pick this flower on Friday, and said it was for Mothers Day. (He has no sense of time, part of his AuDHD, and hasn't quite yet nailed down his days of the week. He just knew mothers day was this weekend. To him, as a homeschooled kid, the weekend is Friday/Saturday/Sunday). Sunday morning we had decided to preserve it so we had already hung it in our drying rack at the very top of our biggest window. Im still not even sure how the cat got it down. My husband, after id left for work today, did go looking to see if he could figure it out. He didnt, but he DID find 2 more petals, mostly dry, just like the one still attached. So it seems like she may have just played with them, not eaten them. We updated the vet and they said the petals being partially dry will also help the risk factor go down.

At 613am. Im the only one awake.

I got up ahead of everyone else so I could take a shower. Im a mom of two. Its been a very long hard journey to get here. Been through a lot. As a person and as a family.

We are at the bottom of the financial totem pole. We are poor. We are broke. We are all the things.

Im the primary money maker. I literally save all year for us just to be able to get ONE present for each of the kids for their birthdays/Christmas.

Which is why, even though it does sometimes make me sad, we never do anything for pretty much any other holiday. Including Mothers Day. And my birthday goes by unnoticed most years too.

My kids are too young to really understand (7 with special needs, and not even a year and a half). And my husband is not great at planning and has no money for gifts.

So most years, special days for me mean I get to sleep in a tiny bit on the day, and come home from work to a homemade cake or my favorite meal and a relatively clean house and he does what he can to keep the kids off me for the day so I can enjoy my own pursuits or just relax. This is enough for me 🥰🥰 The love of my family and a bit of being able to self care and put my load down for the day.

I work VERY hard to make sure my family has everything they need. Not everything we want, thats for sure. But everything we NEED is covered and there without fail. Sometimes I feel so underapprrciated. Burnt out. Overlooked. Unloved.

Its not true. But that doesnt prevent me from feeling it sometimes.

This year was different slightly. This year my son remembered Mothers Day. This year he saw the most beautiful red and yellow tulip growing in our yard and demanded Daddy cut it and put it in a vase for Mommy. Its was so beautiful! And so sweet....

This morning I woke up to the attached picture. The stupid cats ate my flower. 😭😭

So now im venting to yall and trying not to cry or scream in frustration and wake everyone up at quarter after six in the morning.

How come everytime something nice that is meant for me, it always has to go sideways?

And why am I so stupidly upset over a damn flower 😅😭

u/AMothersMagik — 5 months ago