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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Childcare tip: LAUNDRY BASKET. Bassinets are useful only until baby starts to roll, then they're just a huge waste of space. You know what's about the same holding size as a bassinet, easy to move around, and reusable? A laundry basket. #childcare #parenting #parentinghack #lifehack

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Childcare tip: Babies can roll off of changing tables. They can't roll off of a clean blanket on the floor, meaning you can wash your hands before picking baby up. #childcare #parenting #lifehack

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Childcare tip: a private Discord server can work as a baby monitor. #childcare #parenting #lifehack #babymonitor #discord

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Childcare tip: if you don't have a bottle warmer, an old-school coffee maker with just clean water in it will keep the water warm all day so you don't have to worry about pans and heating time when baby is hungry. #childcare #baby #parentinghack #coffeemaker #bottlewarmer

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Where did you come from, beautiful #flower ? I didn't plant you! And you weren't here any of the years I've lived here!

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There's something gratifying in my shy #cat hiding under my gaming chair when my big cat is bullying him. It's like he's acknowledging that I'm his safe space, even though he doesn't like cuddles.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Now that it's been gifted, I can share this knighting dress I made for a friend! She wanted witchy elf vibes. Mallorn, ivy, oak, and ash leaves are machine appliqué. I don't have an embroidery machine; it's all freehand. #LARP #garb #sewing #amtgard #dress

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I was part of a group reading contest, where the winning group gets a pizza party. My group implied I was cheating with comments like "audiobooks aren't reading," "no one can read that fast." When confronted, they doubled down. I stopped participating. I'm not winning pizza for people who bully me.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Movie: idgaf about plot; film where running gag is a Background Music Violinist *just trying to practice* After a whole film of the leads finding/interrupting violin practice with *actual plot* credits roll, violinist is delighted, playing credits music, at the very end gets shushed & smashes violin

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Movie: idgaf about plot; I want a film where the running gag is a Background Music Violinist *just trying to practice* Romantic Scene: lead characters embrace, soaring music swells to a crescendo, they look annoyed over at violinist. "Can we get a little PRIVACY?" Violinist throws up hands & leaves

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Movie: idgaf about plot; I want a film where the running gag is a Background Music Violinist *just trying to practice* Intense Scene: music is doing that string-sawing EEE-EEE-EEE-EEE music, actors pause their intensity to glare at a violinist practicing in the corner, violinist huffs & leaves

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

After a lifetime of being bullied for being too strong, too smart, too skilled, too much... It still hurts. Especially when it's coming from someone I thought was a friend. #betrayal #strongwoman

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Had a great LARP event this weekend! Made two new outfits for it, won the kingdom Arts and Sciences Tournament, and forgot to take ANY pictures 🤦‍♀️

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

My future mother-in-law asked me for one of my recipes. Clearly, I have won. #inlaws #motherinlaw #success

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Small rooms don't make me claustrophobic. Rubber gloves that just stretch instead of coming off make me claustrophobic.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"He's too nice NOT to get mugged." --9yo. describing stepdad

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hot Take: if you can't get readers to come back for the next book in your series without ending the current one on a massive cliffhanger, maybe you're just not that great of a writer.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

My kid picked a fight with me while they were in the shower, so I reached in and turned their hot water off. "WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT??" is not something to yell when you're in such a vulnerable position. #kids #parenting #fafo

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Sleeping is always a gamble with hEDS. Will I get a good rest? Will I wake up in intense pain with 2 dislocated and 3 strained joints? Who knows! #hEDS #chronicpain #ehlersdanlos #chronicillness

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I made *throws spatula into the sink* Homemade pie *rips off apron* For Thanksgiving with my in-laws *slams cupboard* And my fiancé *shoves pie in the fridge* IS SICK

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Finished my #goblin #garb and got to wear the whole ensemble for the first time at #meepleathon last weekend! I was running a demo table for my #larp and made some new friends!

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Fiancé is practicing dissertation defense on us. Kid has a notebook prepped, w/ sentence starters including "What is ...?" "How can you be sure ...?" and "What the fuck (optional) does ..... mean?" Literally wrote "optional" over the bad word so it can be used or not based on the depth of confusion

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I'm in the era of my #hair growing out where it somehow looks fantastic when I wake up but isn't long enough to have that many tangles. Unfortunately, this is also the length that annoys me most because it's long enough I HAVE to do something with it but short enough I CAN'T do anything.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Took a leather pouch class Saw stitching chisels make a row of holes Realized a grid wouldn't be much harder Long story short, I cross-stitched on a leather cuff to match the outfit it goes with

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Yesterday was a low pain day so I enjoyed being able to fight at my #LARP. Today the shoulder I dislocated in my sleep is screaming at me. My knees decided to go on strike & not work. Just because someone with #chronicpain can do something today, doesn't mean they can do it tomorrow. #EDS #zebra

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Budget #larp or #renfair garb idea: Christmas Tree Skirt. It's a little pre-made shoulder cloak, and some of them look like they should be worn as such. #budgetgarb #garb

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Wizard Chain: The Making Of! I saw a picture of "Wandering 4-in-1 Chain," lost the picture, and recreated it from memory with steel and aluminum rings left over from my fiancé's previous projects. It works great with my Wizard ensemble! #chain #chainmail #amtgard #larp #wizard

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Fiancé went shopping for #kid #clothes yesterday. We buy from thrift stores for us, but Kid has specific texture sensitivities so he bought new-new clothes for the 1st time in ~3 yrs. He is AGHAST at how much everything costs. I watched part of his soul die as Kid's pants got rung up. #inflation

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Anime Nebraskon was a blast this weekend! I'm never good at taking pictures at events, but I especially loved all the beginner how-to panels and classes, including this #leatherwork pouch class! #animenebraskon #nebraskon #convention

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Went to #Nebraskon and forgot to take any pictures at the #con 😅 Fiance's feet wore out, so here's an after-con #selfie of my Sitholorian! (Yes, I wore a #mask all day; my lungs are trash and the last thing I need is the Con Crud)

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

First time helping with a #Halloween Trunk or Treat! I got so many #kids asking if I was a girl! I told them #Wizard School doesn't accept girls so I'm in disguise, then shushed them like it was a big secret. Everyone likes to be in on a plot!

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

My therapist said it doesn't count as anxiety or paranoia when someone is actually out to get you. Unsurprisingly, this was not helpful. #therapy #stalker

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Messed up. Put #bananabread in too late for it to fully bake before I had to leave the house. Didn't want my house in flames. Turned the oven off, left the lil loaves in. Figured at worst they were already a loss, at best the oven would cool slowly enough to finish #baking. IT WORKED! #success

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I love washing my kid's sheets. I shake them out before the wash, find 5 missing plushies in their folds, and now I'm a hero! #parenting #kids #laundry #plushylife

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Every night before I fall asleep, I tell my fiancé I love him. Because even if he's already asleep, maybe his subconscious will hear and assure him he's treasured. And even if I was upset with him, if one of us shuffles off the mortal coil in the night, I want my last words to him to be good ones.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I made a chain for my Crow ensemble! It's a Half-Persian weave in purple, blue, and green coated aluminum rings. In Amtgard LARP, an unadorned chain is a symbol of knighthood. #garb #chain #larp #amtgarb

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I tried to buy something off Etsy and the order was cancelled by the seller, with a polite message to let me know that they can't afford to eat the cost of the tariff hike, and they refuse to make their buyers pay an additional 20% of the item's cost just for a new tariff.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I made this shirt to go with my #goblin #garb in my #larp. It was made using scraps from old projects, also known as #cabbage, and is intentionally inside-out with all the seams showing! #sewing can be as crazy as you make it!

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

When designing Cabbage Garb, I usually measure carefully, mark out how large an area the fabric needs to cover, then start throwing pieces on the floor until they fit. (Cabbage= scrap fabric left over from other projects) #garb #sewing #chaos #cabbage

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Master Rose Hood awarded for service in my #larp The #phoenix is a personal design created for the wearer based on elements from an Anhinga and the phoenix of a beloved #Amtgard player that has passed away. And yes, it has #pockets #sewing

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Waggling my eyebrows and making suggestive comments to my fiancee and he's rolling his eyes like this isn't what he signed up for. Why do you think we're getting married, sir?? This is literally what you signed up for?? #couples #partners #love

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I held babies this weekend! I love it when friends bring babies! I love how new and perfect babies are. I love whispering to them kind things they won't remember but their souls will know. I love the relief in their parents eyes when they see that they have help. I am the village I want to have.

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I made some sashes for my #larp! The color denotes the class being played, and the silver trim shows that the wearer is a Paragon, an expert in that class. They have hidden pockets to hold spell lists. #sewing #amtgard

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I hope whoever threaded this bobbin stubs both their pinkie toes! It came with the machine, apparently full, and has run out of thread three times so far because they just wound new lengths of blue thread over top of old lengths. #sewing #thread #bobbin #bobbinchicken

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Bitches be trippin'! It's me; I'm bitches, And I'm tripping on cats. (No #cats were harmed in the stumblings of this #morning)

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Trista Tulnata @tristatulnata.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Knighting surcoat for a pal in my #larp! The crown on the front is part of our kingdom #heraldry. The stars on the back are our family heraldry, and the shield with wolves is his personal heraldry. I incorporated northern lights and maple leaves (some pockets!), as he lives in #Canada. #sewing #garb

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