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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Same! They know us at Clark’s. This is Susan. When it’s hot outside, she comes over for me to mist her with the hose!

A brown roadrunner standing on a wet sidewalk.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So beautiful! Our girl, Cleo, was a calico with eyeliner like that!

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Penny crawled into my lap 8 fell asleep like this. Rats rarely close their eyes completely, so this is a pretty great moment!

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Our neighborhood roadrunner, Susan, came by to eat some worms & get misted with the hose on this 100° day! I love her so much!

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My husband & I walked around the botanical gardens this morning & we got to pet a horse! Also? Penny the rat is still ridiculously cute!

A small brown rat asleep in someone’s arms.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Pants & I walked around the zoo today & I saw this kookaburra up SO CLOSE. Her name is Tiny and I would die for her.

Up close photo of a kookaburra on a branch.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My daughter & I were doing things around the house (talking on the phone, making dinner, picking up…) and then we found our girl, Penny, waiting for us in her spot on the couch & you just have to stop & think about how lucky you are that a tiny animal loves you!

A small brown rat sits on a caramel colored sofa.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The H is at work & Pants is in a show tonight só it’s just me & the rat. I decided to take a bath, but I put on Bob’s Burgers for her so she would get bored or lonely without me! Here’s a pic of her from this morning! 🤣

Photo of a small brown rat on a lap. A person has their thumbs in the rat’s tiny armpits & is giving them a good tickle. The rat fell asleep in that position minutes later.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Everything is fucking terrible, but last night Penny very purposefully removed that sock from the H’s work boot so she could get in there.

A small brown pet rat perks out of a large, brown work boot.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Yes!! My go to insult is “rancid piece of shit”. Animals are magic. Penny here is proof. ❤️

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

And this just happened to be on the episode I’m watching. 💔💔

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It’s so hard, but they’re just the best.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This is the most beautiful movie ever made. That’s it. That’s the post.

A photo of a scene from Les parapluies de Cherbourg.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

He has always been the melted Kuchi Kopi doll from Bob’s Burgers to me.

A green, melted Kuchi Kopi doll from Bob’s Burgers.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Just had to finish the H’s French Duolingo for him because he had had enough of Duo’s nonsense.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Yay! Here’s ours in our front yard the other day yelling at us for mealworms.

A brown roadrunner stands next to a decorative metal chicken

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Absolutely serious! Rats are great pets! They are smart and silly and love people and snuggling! This is Penny.

A small brown rat sits on a tan sofa near a clear tube

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I WOULD put an upside down flag out, but I hate the flag so much I’d probably try to burn down my own house. So Star Wars resistance it is.

Photo of a Star Wars resistance flag on a green lawn with a purple and yellow Little Free Library.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Everything is fucking off the charts awful, but the H & Pants built a Little Free Library from scratch over the past few weeks, and it finally went up today!

Photo of a yellow & purple Little Free Library in front of a yellow house with turquoise trim

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Our roadrunner interrupted my morning coffee so I could give her mealworms for her to take back to her new baby!

A brown roadrunner stands on an iron chair looking in a window.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I was trying to have coffee in my sunroom. Susan had other ideas about how I needed to spend my morning. We know she & Jeremy have a new baby because they chase the older ones away & they collect the mealworms rather than scarf them down right there. #nmtrue #abqaf

A brown roadrunner stands on a chair looking in a window.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Huge turnout at the ABQ No Kings rally!! Melanie Stansbury was awesome!!

Photo of a woman holding a protest sign that says “A bas les fascistes! Vive la résistance ! »

Photo of a woman bonding a protest sign that says “FUCK YOU! MAKE ME!”

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Two years ago today the roadrunner that we had been feeding (and still are) found his way into our house. It was as shocking for all of us as you might imagine. #nmtrue

A brown roadrunner stands on a kitchen counter. He can’t believe he’s there.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Seeing Sinners again in the theater before we buy it and it’s the only thing Pants watches for the rest of the summer!

A mom and teen daughter both wearing gray smile at the camera while sitting in a small movie theater.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Penny is sending her best ratty vibes!

A brown rat (with pink ears, paws, & nose) sits in a gray basket with a black & white cushion

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Took my original sign to today’s #handsoff rally in Albuquerque, and whaddya know? It was still a HUGE hit!!

Protest sign on white poster board that says “I hated Elon before it was cool” in large blue and red letters.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Everything is terrible, so here’s Penelope!

A small brown rat with pink ears & nose on a tan couch peeks out from behind a gold pillow.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Instead of engaging in reality this evening I taught yoga, ate dinner with my fam, drank vodka, watched Veronica Mars, played with Penny, & watched Superstore. I will also drink more vodka. Here’s Penny. She’s better than everything.

A small brown rat looking at the camera with pink ears & nose in a grey basket lined with black & white gingham fabric.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

When you pick up a rat, you can see them thinking about what an injustice it is for them to be so smart and also so small and pickupable.

Picture of a small brown rat with pink ears and toes against a blue background looking at the camera.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Everything is terrible, so Penelope wanted to say hi!

Picture of a small light brown pet rat with pink ears and a pink nose sitting on a black & white gingham cloth looking at the camera.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Everything is on fire, so meet Penelope and Petunia!

Photo of a girl holding two female rats: one light brown and the other black and white.

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I keep laughing at “World is a fuck”

Drawing of a screaming opossum with the question “Why does the opossum scream?” and the following:
1. World is a fuck
2. He angy
3. Why aren’t you screaming?

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This sign is still up in my front yard.

Picture of a green lawn with a yard sign that says “STOP PROJECT 2025” with a QR code

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Rats are just the absolute best! ❤️❤️ (pic of our late & very great Posey. She was the best snuggler!)

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

If you’re not watching Die Hard then are you REALLY doing December 24 as it needs to be done???

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The sky is STUNNING here tonight. This shot does it no justice!

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I mean come on. Who wants to go to Boston? And in November of all times?? But Cancun??

Photo of toes looking over a beach & blue ocean!

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Steph Cottrell @lifewithpants.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

If you’ve ever considered fucking off to an all inclusive for a holiday but never gone through with it, I’m here to tell you to BOOK THE FUCKING TRIP!!

Photo of a palm tree lined walkway at night at Club Med Cancun

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