Make My Life Easier Thursday: Froach Pods
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Sales of note for 4/24/25
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- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
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- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
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- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
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- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
TMI Q: I know there’s been discussion of toddler constipation here before, but we have the opposite problem. My 16 month old goes 2-3 times/day and at least one is usually very loose and messy. This isn’t illness, it’s been going on for months (since we stopped her iron supplement around 12 months). The ped said it’s within the realm of normal, and probably related to her diet (lots of fruit, lots of water, no cow’s milk despite our best efforts). It’s so frustrating because I really thought we were past the blowout phase. Anyone in a similar situation? Any advice, besides encouraging her to eat bread and meat?
my parents want to buy my twins one of those toys (well actually two) they can push to help them learn to walk, but i feel like they seem kind of silly because as soon as they can walk, which for one of them i anticipate will be quite soon, they won’t need it anymore. seems like a toy like that has a very short lifespan? any recs?
I have $50k of student loans at a locked in interest rate of~2.5%. I don’t care about paying them off early. I make more money in my retirement accounts, investments and 529s, and the monthly payment is not noticeable. You’re not alone. I think a lot of people have more significant debt and/or higher interest rates. In those cases, it makes sense to focus on paying them off. For me, I just keep paying the minimum.
I feel like I’m the only one on this board (or in the world) who just can’t bring myself to care enough about my student loans to pay them off aggressively. I have around $55,000 at this point, and so many other things in life are just a bigger priority. Maxing out retirement, daycare, furnace that doesn’t work, etc. etc. It isn’t enough to make me feel like we absolutely must address it, but it’s also big enough that it is not like I can just go ahead and pay it off this year or something. In the end it’s working fine for our financial situation and that’s what matters. But I often feel like I’m doing something wrong by just not caring enough about that debt.
I’m curious if anyone here bf’d past 2 years? I’m still nursing my 2.5 year old, and it’s a strangely lonely place to be. I believe that it’s the right thing for my son and myself — I didn’t really plan on this, but here we are, and I don’t see us stopping anytime soon. But it’s so frowned upon for some reason. I don’t know anyone that has kept going this long. And because of that, I feel kind of like I have to keep it a secret — I’m just vague about it, or refer to “snuggling” instead… but it feels icky to lie about something that’s healthy and good as though it’s a dirty little secret.
Can I get a “chin-up, you’ll be ok?” Was up early this morning finishing a research project in not-my-area of law for a partner because I had to leave early last night because my husband had a migraine and couldn’t watch our son and I am 8 months pregnant and too tired to do work after son goes to sleep these days. Didn’t really finish (and totally blew my time budget because 4 hours is not enough when you don’t know the law and there maybe isn’t even an answer to the question) before I had to leave for work. Then I couldn’t find ANY pants to wear (like literally, not I couldn’t find any I liked), and when I did finally dig a pair out of the laundry hamper, I fell over trying to get my foot in. At which point I started crying. Husband gave me a hug and tried to make me feel better, but life is just such a grind sometimes, you know?
You don’t need this. Add some water to the pan and cover it with a lid. That’s how I learned to fry eggs as a child, and it is still how I do it. If my frying pan doesn’t have a lid, I just use a saucepan lid that will cover the eggs. But these days, I pretty much only eat poached anyway, which is so easy.
Can we talk about raising boys in an era of toxic masculinity, me too, etc? My toddler gets really worried if other children are crying and I was reassuring him and someone overheard and told me he’d have to toughen up! I want to encourage empathy, comfort with emotions, gentleness but it seems like the predominant cultural narrative encourages the opposite. How do you counter this?
Is there a salary level you could be offered for a 40-hour-per-week desk job that would make you accept and do it without hesitation or second guessing? (i.e., no asking those questions like is this really the best thing for my family, should I be staying home, should I cut back to part time) If so, what would that be?
Anyone ever successfully get dry erase marker out of clothes? My daughter managed to get it all over her new dress. She’s normally super neat AND her preschool doesn’t use permanent markers buttttttt here we are.
I tried rubbing alcohol, which was a good housekeeping tip i found online. no luck at all. It’s currently soaking in shout.
My colleague is listening to a Celine Dion album w/o headphones and I am dying laughing but check on me in 40 minutes in case of murder.
Completely different but more tasty egg hack: I recently discovered I can make shakshuka in my Instant Pot. GAME CHANGER. (Saute the aromatics, dump in the sauce, crack the eggs in, cook for *one minute*, never babysit a pan of spattering tomato sauce again.) You’re welcome.