Our fridge has been making this noise on and off for the last two to three days. Last night it started going continuously and will not stop. I think it is coming from the freezer. Our leasing office is closed and we don’t have an emergency maintenance number.
What is it? Is it a cause for concern? And can I fix it myself?
I need some recommendations for a hairdresser that SPECIALIZES in these style of cuts. If I had to guess, my hair is currently 24 to 26 inches long and very thick so some thinning/texturization will definitely be needed. Please point me in the right direction! This will be a huge chop and I really don’t want it to come out botched 😭 Here are some inspo pics.
Saw this on FB and thought it was so sad how many of us can relate.
EDIT: Okay, we can agree that the 80’s may not have been the right year to make this comparison but there is no denying that having a “village” in 2026 is objectively harder to achieve.
Also, when did this become an argument about women giving free labor? To call a family member helping out with their RELATIVES every now and again out of their own free will, “free labor” is wild.
For me, I am what most consider a germaphobe. I am constantly cleaning and disinfecting the surfaces that need it. I even had my son’s toys on a strict schedule for it. Every single block, tiny toy, play food, and teether, the floors, the sink, countertops, you name it. I also cook almost all of our meals from scratch and usually have our finances accounted for down to the penny.
Recently, I felt like I hit a brick wall OUT OF NOWHERE! We’ve eaten out more this past month than we have in the last six. To give some perspective, there is currently fluid from a rotten sweet potato sitting on my counter that has been there for longer than a few days and I just cannot clean it. Like quite literally I CANNOT physically get up to go and clean it.
The physicality of it all honestly just hit me yesterday like a freight train. Outside of keeping both my son and I fed and alive, I can’t do anything. I want to, but it’s like my body is physically refusing and forcing me to sit still. Idk how to explain it.
I should mention that this is all after I spent the last two months, deep cleaning, stocking our deep freezer with enough meals to last us two weeks, not sleeping right for the last two months, all while being pregnant (currently 37 weeks) with a chronic illness and running after a toddler my entire pregnancy.
I knew I was pushing myself a little hard but I thought I could handle it.
What were your signs that your body and mental just finally clocked out?
I am going to try to make this as straightforward as possible.
In T minus 3 weeks I will be a SAHM to two under two. My husband will be staying home for the first month postpartum but after that, it’s just me and my beautiful babies.
I am super excited but I also realize that life is going to look a lot different for us and the workload of caring for a family is going to require a different strategy.
We value home cooked meals both for financial and health reasons. I realize that there may be times where both kids need me and I simply cannot cook a labor intensive dinner.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on getting an air fryer? Have you found that it’s worth it? Are there any factors I am not considering? I think it’s worth it to get dinner on the table, my husband thinks it’s more dishes and can cause more stress as a result (not to mention more money than just using our oven). What are your thoughts?
Also, what gadgets, organizational tools, and systems do you recommend to help homemaking run a lot smoother with two under two? TIA!
I am going to try to make this as straightforward as possible.
In T minus 3 weeks I will be a SAHM to two under two. My husband will be staying home for the first month postpartum but after that, it’s just me and my beautiful babies.
I am super excited but I also realize that life is going to look a lot different for us and the workload of caring for a family is going to require a different strategy.
We value home cooked meals both for financial and health reasons. I realize that there may be times where both kids need me and I simply cannot cook a labor intensive dinner.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on getting an air fryer? Have you found that it’s worth it? Are there any factors I am not considering? I think it’s worth it to get dinner on the table, my husband thinks it’s more dishes and can cause more stress as a result (not to mention more money than just using our oven). What are your thoughts?
Also, what gadgets, organizational tools, and systems do you recommend to help homemaking run a lot smoother with two under two? TIA!
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This is more of a rant than anything else but the fact that living on one income doesn’t stretch nearly as much as it used to is frustrating. The fact that society has normalized isolation in motherhood and majority of our parents generation refuses to be decent grandparents is frustrating.
It’s exhausting trying to do everything right. Worrying about what’s in your food (apparently strawberries cause cancer now?!?), what’s in your water, what’s in the clothes you wear etc. Not to mention that I feel like most of us didn’t have anyone who passed down any practical tips on how to run a home so we are all just trying to learn in the midst of this chaos.
You can’t even afford a treat these days without feeling guilty or going into debt. And don’t get me started on the flakiness of mothers in general. Maybe it’s just society in general but the constant “We should hang out” and never scheduling anything or my FAV “let me know if you need anything” then being left on delivered for days on end blows my mind.
I know for many of us it’s team husband and wife against the world and some don’t even have THAT (literally can’t imagine doing this alone).
We live in a world that is so messed up we don’t even feel comfortable leaving our kids with anyone. I’m tired of never having a break.
Having kids was never supposed to be like this. The family unit was never supposed to be this broken. Finances were never supposed to be this tight.
How do you guys keep up morale in spite of all these things?