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I’m not saying I have a favorite child, but one of them wants to wear a costume she already has for Halloween and the other wants to dress up as a scale model of an NES controller.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There’s some sort of colony of abnormally large (for here) worms around our fire pit area and every time I start sawing branches they start popping out of the ground like an incredibly low budget version of Dune.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trying to figure out what books to get everyone for Christmas and I’m down to myself, so now that the algorithm knows I’m shopping for a middle aged white lady all of my ads are for “A Twee History of a Niche Craft/Food/Science”, self help, or murder mysteries. 🙄

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m going to need the whole month until next Lego Club to recover

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Went to the Big E first thing this morning in spite of the forecast, caught Mass at the circus tent, ate our weight in fair food and tried not to get blown away by the wind for 4 hours, then got home just before the skies opened up and dropped a nor’easter on us.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was trying to figure out what this yarn reminds me of and I think it’s the milk at the end of a bowl of lucky charms

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This house needs more bookshelves. Should I get some unfinished ones and have them anchored to the wall on top of the mantle?

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For the group chat and whoever else wants a nice autumnal lasagne recipe

2 tsp. Oil
1-1/2 cups thinly sliced red onion
1-1/2 Tbsp. sliced garlic
6 oz. baby spinach
¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
1/3 cup milk
3 oz. provolone cheese, torn into pieces
1-1/2 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 large eggs
1 - 20 oz. butternut squash
1 cup ricotta cheese
1-1/2 oz. gruyere cheese, grated

Yield: 1 - 8x8 glass baking dish.
Preheat oven to 350.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add onion and garlic; sauté for 4 minutes. Add spinach and sauté until wilted; remove from heat.
Place yogurt, milk, and provolone in a blend, blend for 20 seconds. Add flour, salt and eggs; blend 1 minute.
Peel the neck of the squash. Cut the neck from the bulb; and slice the neck into 24 long slices 1/8 inch thick. Place squash slices in the baking dish, cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 4 minutes or until almost tender.
Remove the squash from the baking dish. Coat the dish with cooking spray; spread ½ cup of the yogurt mixture in the bottom of the pan.
Shingle 1/3 of the squash over the yogurt mixture. Top with 1/3 of the ricotta, 1/3 of the spinach mixture, and 1/3 of the remaining yogurt mixture. Repeat twice ending with the yogurt mixture.
Sprinkle lasagna with Gruyere. Cover dish with foil and bake for 60 minutes. Remove foil and broil until lightly browned.
A double recipe will fit in a 9x13 pan.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Perkins’ meatloaf recipe for the chat

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Maple Five Spice Snickerdoodles

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don’t if it’s the weather or if Amish Pastes are that different from my usual San Marzanos, but there’s been full size tomatoes on the vines for almost a month and almost none of them have started to blush

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today’s sign of decline - they no longer make the $1 school fundraiser candy bars, now a smaller box at $2 each is the cheapest option.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The 5yo is mad at me because the double chocolate zucchini bread I made “tastes too much like chocolate cake!”

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

So many pears and probably more to come!

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Terrible picture of the excellent Portuguese food we had for dinner

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Pro tip: if you loan your Apple Watch to your 10yo for a 5K then the only ring you have to close is the standing one.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I don’t remember who here recommended Mortedant’s Peril, but thank you! That was the best piece of fantasy I’ve read in quite awhile.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

They really need to have perfume testers, but for the post grooming sprays for dogs, because I really wouldn’t have guessed, when I picked Apple Blossom off the list I was presented with, that apple blossoms smell somewhere in the realm of urinal cakes or a freshly cleaned porta potty.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Grant’s gotten it into his head to read Watership Down to the kids as a bedtime story. This isn’t going to end well 🤦‍♀️

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thea is thoroughly miffed that I can’t read the prayer card the Maronite monks sent for her.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New MN State Fair Food Day!

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Rocinante: 1 Irreplaceable sewing tool from @abigailmarkov.com: 0 Darn dog 😒

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Goose and the blubber barrel on a whaling ship.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

When the menu said potato puffs with a side of gravy I didn’t envision 5 - 1/4 cup scoops of baked mashed potatoes. Not exactly a lunch for a 90° day.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

@gengrant.bsky.social who can rarely be convinced to play cards with my family. At least he’s up for the cutthroat games of Trivial Pursuit.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“In my defense, there was a bunny that needed catching” - Clyde

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

No one is cooing over her at the vet so she must lay here extra dramatically and yowl the song of her people.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Arcade party was excellent!

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The cake for T’s birthday party tomorrow

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ah, time to go down the rabbit hole of finding a reasonably priced upgrade from Ticonderogas for next year’s school pencils. Ticonderogas just don’t seem to sharpen as nicely as they used to.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

“Hey mom, why isn’t the holy card scratch and sniff?”

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Walked into the fancy mall with the intention of visiting the Lego store, walked out the owners of a peacock blue leather sofa(and also some Lego).

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Looking over the school supply lists for next year and just a bit baffled that the kindergartener needs 10 - 24pks of crayons, but only 3 glue sticks for the whole year.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Enjoying the breeze and a quiet playground because the local schools aren’t out until next week

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My MIL always gives me money for my birthday with directions to spend it on something frivolous. Thus I long ago revised my definition of “frivolous” to include things that are practical and make my life easier.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

At the family farm it was a combination of Cat Ballou, The Man From Snowy River, and Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Went to the library and found my new argument against electric scooters:

Note the bike rack that they had to drive right past to leave it smack in the middle of the library walkway.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Sharing the sofa with a couple of donuts

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Casting on a cupcake sweater because my brain decided it needs something novel

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Casting on a cupcake sweater because my brain decided it needs something novel

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

*feral mom screech* I’m pretty sure my least favorite thing about sending my kids to a small school with involved parents is the amount of participatory plastic junk the moms buy to “make things special!” Earlier this week it was all the class color shades/sweatbands/stickers for field day.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We have a new winner for “Worst NA Beer I’ve Ever Tried”!

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Attempting to get an account set up on a spare pc so I can put 90’s educational games on it for the 9yo really shouldn’t be miserable and rage inducing.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Things nobody warns you about before you move to Massachusetts - basement snakes.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Getting myself psyched up to help with Battle of the Books for the area’s parochial schools tomorrow.

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Local news coming in hot with the really important stories!

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Katie N @kdnewman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Always weird when a not particularly online sibling sends me an insta post featuring a screenshot of an internet acquaintance.

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