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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 12m

He should if he’s going to bounce in and out of here all winter.

Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 12m

But I do know that having Connor here and Griff coming later will calm he down. It makes me feel protected. My day is pretty much the appointment later and hockey this evening. Connor has rehearsal until 8 and maybe he should learn hockey tonight?

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 12m

Good morning! Baby, it’s cold outside. And where I’m sitting. But I slept great and it’s finally MRI day for the guy with dementia. Hopefully he will get over this horrible patch of anxiety and go back to being mostly complaint, but his brain is so jumbled that I don’t know if he will.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly I just want to point him in the direction of snacks and make sure the outside lights are turned off.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 9h

I am sitting up waiting for my 33 1/2 year old child to come home, lol. On the phone earlier I said something about his going right to bed and he asked permission to stay up about an hour and unwind and that’s when I knew I was being weird for no reason.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 9h

It helps to turn the one squash into two squashes and then peel the sections separately, but it only helps a little.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 10h

I’m hoping they will keep casting him here in town so I’ll bake again next week if that helps.

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mave @mave.bsky.social · 11h

Always surprising when you think something will be spooktacular, but then it turns out fangtastic

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 11h

I packed up 48 cookies for my kid to take to his tech rehearsal tomorrow and then the guy with dementia got up and wanted a bagel and then the annoying guy across the street called to ask what I was baking and I hung up on him so I could hand was a bunch of dishes.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 12h

I’ll pick you up, bring disguises.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 12h

Nope! I’m putting together three kinds of cookies to send to the theater with my son tomorrow since it’s the start of tech for his show. I am disappearing at the holidays.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

I haven’t tried them yet, but soon!

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

I have made these but with the icing. My son self identifies as a “snickerdoodle slut” which is funny.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

I’m going Sunday, we might need to start a group chat thingy after.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

In things that are pretty and layered, tonight we have this morning’s cookie bars and this evening’s sky.

Cookie bars with one layer of chocolate chip, Oreos and a brownie topping

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, rum extract and nutmeg.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

Back to rolling balls to keep myself out of trouble. Eggnog Snickerdoodles

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16h

I hit a bleeder taking my b12 shot and I think I locked myself in my room again but I got jeans with a velvet stripe down the sides and now I’m smiling again. I’m so fussy/fickle today.

Jeans with a velvet stripe on the side seam

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 17h

I tried to register for the Damien Rice presale in May, in Toronto and it would not let me without an Canadian mailing address so I gave up and also maybe I don’t want to cry that much anyway?

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 17h

He will crash later and I’ll have help and a break this weekend. I’m disappointed in my lack of patience today but I’d give anything for a week, not away, but alone here. To just do one freaking thing without interruption would be amazing.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve written and deleted a few angry posts about how frustrated I am with this afternoon. He’s not sleeping today and I planned otherwise and his presence is sometimes dangerous because he has no awareness of anyone but himself and insatiable needs that come before all else.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 18h

I NEARLY DUMPED ALL MY BAGELS ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE THAT GUY CANNOT JUST STAY QUIET ON SOME SORT OF SCHEDULE. Anyway, we may never talk about them again. I’m hoping the oven does some magic.

My bagel, looking innocent before boiling and baking

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 19h

I’m in Western New York, between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. This rose bush was planted 50 years ago by a previous owner and it’s the thing I’d miss the most if I ever move.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 19h

Just one of my beloveds trying to make me swoon today.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 19h

Why are you showing me a red dress when I already have a full day?

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 20h

Taking a few minutes in the wind before lunch and then bagels. Cookie bars are done, roses are ongoing.

Me in my newest Pixies shirt, I have many

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 20h

I’m making BIG MESS but that’s ok.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 22h

Lfg! Today is one big baking dance party.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 23h

Okay, I think the plan is: 2 dozen molasses cookies from the freezer A pan of triple stacked brownies Boil and bake the bagels 2 dozen egg nog snickerdoodles Collapse in front of the tv with a little butter and sugar behind my left ear

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 23h

I’m going to bake my way through it. Stay warm!

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 23h

I told the guy with dementia that Dennis Gilbert, who went to high school with our younger son, scored a goal last night and he keeps saying “Filbert” which is the name of an old friend if you want to know how my mornings are.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Today I have bagels to finish and cookies to bake and my kid will be moving in for the weekend and the Sabres won so nothing can hurt me right now.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Before I woke up, the person assigned to me told me I was lazy because I didn’t know what I wanted. So weird and dude, I know what I want and it’s better things than this store offered. Anyway, I need to block that text number, I know what I’m getting and when it’s due to arrive.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

This made me fussy and that made my shopping guides hate me but I wanted lamps and a printer and a ton of baking chocolate. Plus baby stuff and I kept saying I was wasting my time if these things weren’t available while the other people who won the same thing were picking out sofas.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I had won an unlimited shopping session in a store that was a combination of Target and Trader Joe’s but my selections had to be observed by a store employee and when I’d walk by things thinking I’d come back to them later, they would no longer be there.

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Good morning! I slept well but had a rando text message at 5:52am telling me for the 4th time that my medication had shipped. It’s not even my medication, it’s all his blood sugar stuff. That woke me enough that when I miraculously managed to get back to sleep, I had a dream that

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Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026