I love Jesus, my husband, and our son. Bitcoin is a monetary story of truth. Author of: How to Prepare Yourself for Marriage - 10 000 sats Novels: The Blizzard - 10 000 sats Snökaos(Swedish Blizzard) - 10 000 sats The Prophetic Detective: Kidnapped -10 000 sats ebooks for sats are available for purchase through Nostr DM, or fiat at FikaTimeBooks.com in Kindle, Audible, paperback, and hardback.
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Last Notes npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Today I learned that some lady eats sandwiches with raw onion and a whole garlic bulb. Hubby commented that she was probably single, and the person who told us confirmed it, and added, "she's looking for her next exhusband". However, I'm sure there is some man out there who likes those things as much as she does. I hope they meet, cause that's quite an intense smelling habit not a lot of people could handle 😅 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Hate requires fuel, so if they ignored him they would be more indifferent than actually hating him, so it does actually kinda make sense. 🤔 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yep, basically, plus how to go about it and then how to pick someone else who also had their shit together instead! And then tools for how to keep your shit together once you're married. 😎 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist If you're Christian and single and wanna get married, I highly recommend reading our book, "How to prepare yourself for marriage". You can find it through FikaTimeBooks.com or if you want a pdf for 10k sats, comment below and send a DM. https://npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr.blossom.band/2133cb950dd82b7e8071eeaa6505ae233962aa14e82c6f7e43fc155e32eb4685.jpg npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Is your sorry about the fact that it's not the entire process so we will never see the finished product?!?! 😭 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Actually I do, and that's why I'm so awesome 😎🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Aaah I see! That's fun! Did it gain a bunch of views? npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I don't quite get what your recommendation is? Is it to do it like what you linked or to just listen to that? Also, I'm not at all interested in crystal's and magic. I do have a book called The Prophetic Detective, as a PI partners with God and gets visions and impressions from God that help her solve crime. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist We've been thinking about what we could do/talk about if we did a podcast. The other day we got stories from Gemini and the first section he gave us were clearly all leftists being insane and refusing to understand that stealing and lying about stealing is always wrong, so if someone puts real milk in an oat milk carton and you steal your roommates milk and get violently I'll due to lactose intolerance, it's still 100% on you! And similar stories. We both felt drained after just reading a few of those stories, even after he upgraded the style or stories. We're not drama people. Today I thought about reading my/our books. But I don't want to edit, and I don't care about getting a quiet place, so basically my idea would just me to reach a chapter of my book, with any and all interruptions that might happen, like our son coming up and squealing next to me, and trying to get to my laptop etc. Basically, a look into the raw life of us, while also getting to hear a story. And then if someone wants to read the story without interruptions, they can go buy the book themselves, either audio, kindle, or physical. And then I can move on and read my hubby's books too, though not novels, and his latest book has a few REALLY long chapters, so I might split those if I do this 😅🤣 I'd probably do it live on YouTube cause I don't wanna edit and don't have enough storage to record and then upload, and then YouTube would do all the storing for me 😎 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist How come the ingredients start with dried potatoes then? 🤔 or are they no longer potato molecules then? npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Bots, lurkers, and people without original thought? 🤔 perhaps... npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Trains, clouds and rain... and lots and lots of sand! 🤣 https://npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr.blossom.band/2225e42caca681111181fac8b7eadc81416085d8275a3eb20b83bd9d13f88330.jpg npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Hubby went outside as it smelled like rain, and then our son woke up from his nap and now I'm sitting in the doorway, while my guys are outside in the sprinkling rain and wind, and NOT HOT (finally!) And our son comes back to me for a moment here and there for some warmth and then turns and wants back out to the adventure with his dad! Yep, we made an adventurer, I'm not sure there was a way to avoid it based on our genetics 🤣 also, he's half Swedish, so being cold isn't that big of a deal 😅🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist "Oh no it's raining, we can't go anywhere!" 😇😎🤗 I guess we're just gonna have to stay home and relax 😅🥰🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Is it called a car accident even if someone used the car on you on purpose? If so, I was in a car accident a bit ago, as my son grabbed his car and happily moved his hand up and down, where down was right into my knee, and I stopped him and told him it hurt, but then he went again with smile on his face as he was thinking we were playing 😅🥴👶🤣🤣 (then he stopped) npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I want to live somewhere with grass outside our door so I feel comfortable setting out son down. 🤗 Now we're surrounded by sand and cactus and evil little needle plants that spread everywhere so no where is safe. 🥴 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Aah, I'm glad that still worked out for him. Me, on the other hand, I now want donuts 😔🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Nice! 🥳 Did the coffee give you enough energy to take him to the donut shop? 🤗 I don't like coffee so I'd be on his team and wanna go to the donut shop too 🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Our son woke up with a high pitched squeal scream around 1am and 4 am last night... somehow I still feel okay even though I soothed him back to sleep both times. I think he might still be asleep now though, which is kind of unusual. 🤔 his sleep score would be better than mine 😅👶🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I did that to my husband but he's got plenty left on top 😎🤗 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Was he making it for you, or himself? Did it also come with a request of some sort? I see you mention it as a good bribe...? 🤔🤗 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Then he proceeded to use my face as I laid down to push himself up at least 3 maybe 4 times, falling straight back onto my face/eyesocket 😅 but he was practicing hands free! 🥳🥳 #nevent1q…jsty npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Ooooh!! Our son was just standing using a flat hand against his dad, and then let go for a split second! He did it a few times this evening! He's getting there! He's getting there!!!! 😃🥳😃🥳🤗🥳👶 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I thought they made a change in Luke 2012 or something. Before then that was part of the purchase I'm pretty sure, but after, they focused on "being healthy" or something. I don't buy their food, but I've had some undelivered delivery food from there, and it was delicious (and free, and sometimes cold 😅) npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Oh, ours puts everything in his mouth, he'll even bite down and pull away with his hands at the same time! He even bit my shoulder a few times, which was very painful! I think he was just biting down on the seam of my dress, but caught extra 😬😅😖🥴👶 He hasn't done that for a while now though, so I'm happy about that 😅 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist He got one of those from his grandparents and it disintegrated a bit too fast for my preference 😅 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Our son went up to his little basket of toys and what did he pick out? An old grey plastic cover to something he found previously. 🤣🤣🤣👶 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I have mo idea what you're talking about, cause I stopped listening to that stuff a few month ago. Plus the last month and a half have been very intense and insane in our private life so we've had too much other stuff to wrap our heads around to keep up with whatever the latest big stuff is going on. 😅 I did catch the "war in Iran" thing though due to the gas prices going up so much! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yes, I love it! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist No, it's my 10 month old son, but he does remind me of the cats I grew up with at times! 🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I have a follower in real life. If I go to the other room, so does he. Even if he seems to be happily playing and I pass him, very shortly, he is wherever I am. I love being a mom! 🥰👶 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist It's more like listening to an ethereum podcast, cause she keeps hinting at possibilities, never based on any fact, and going bigger and bigger each time, plus from what I was hearing when it started going off track, possibly holding onto unforgiveness, which quickly poisons ones thinking. I stopped listening to her cause I don't like filling my brain with lower quality when there's a lot of high quality options. But I don't think it's gay, so go on post hole digging if that helps you feel distracted from the manual labor part 🤗 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yeah, I've thought of that too, it's easier to plant trees than change the government, so if we move somewhere with better government but not our preferred trees, we can plant those! We don't have water here though, so the trees wouldn't last long if we tried it. I grew up in the North of Sweden, and my husband got to take a drive down the coast in spring and it's one of his favorite drives cause it was like 12h of lakes, ocean with islands, and pine the whole way down! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist That looks like heaven! Outside my window I have sand, cactus, and the only visible trees are short cactus trees, not pines! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I recently came across an image (probably AI hemerated) talking about the lies and truths about eggs, and it got me thinking about how many lies people have been fed about food that has seriously damaged their health. I grew up drinking whole milk and using read butter, but kept seeing all those people avoiding fat. Whenever I saw "fat free yogurt", I'd feel almost scared, because I thought the reason yogurt was thick was because of the milk fat, kinda like heavy cream, so what the heck did they do the the yogurt to keep the thickness after removing the fat!? 😬 So, on that image I saw, it mentioned that some people believe the lie that egg yolk is extra fat and that's why they don't eat it, but the truth is that that's where most of the nutrition actually is. I didn't know that's why some people have avoided egg yolks, and I'm appalled by this lie yet again! Fat isn't bad, it just breaks down differently, so if you eat a bunch of carbs with it, the body breaks down the carbs first and then triggers hunger feelings to get more easy carbs instead of breaking down the fat. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I'm so glad I know God, so my security isn't in money. I know He is my provider, and I will always have enough for each day to survive, but even to thrive! ☺️😎🤗 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Well, hyperinflation means they're more willing to spend their money as soon as they get it rather than save it, so if they've wanted to go, they're gonna do it now, cause next time they might not be able to afford it at all! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yes!!!! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist We need a bigger inverter, cause when it's over 100f and we need to turn off an AC to run the microwave, it's hot 😅 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist If someone thinks that putting all people together, so in 100 years they all have the same culture, and thus fighting will cease, have obviously not thought about how siblings who grow up in the same culture still fight, because they are still different so thinking that adding completely different core worldviews together who aren't even learning the same core values, how could that possibly be any better? Especially when a lot of those cultures are fine with or even promote killing those who are different than them 🤔😬 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I got some plant after my grandpa passed away, I think I had it for almost 2 years and then my brother took over and within weeks it started blooming. I didn't know that one did that either! 🤣 I think he cared for it better tha I had, so maybe you've grown in your gardening skills lately 😎🥳 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist We've been married for 4.5 years, and got into bitcoin shortly after we got married. We experienced the below 16k price and were excitedly buying cause we made more than enough and knew whatever we put in we could save, and we did. As it went back up in price, it helped up buy land and a motorhome for much less than if we had only saved in dollars. Now we've reached the 2nd 4 year dip, but we're in a different financial position. 😔 Now is a great time to buy! But not just now as in today or this week, but more like now as in the next 3-6 months, since if it does keep going with 4 year cycles, it may never reach 60k again after this season. Bitcoin is not our savior, but it can be used to save our time at a later stage, like it did for us in the last cycle. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Having lived in the desert for over 2 years now, I have discovered that even the prickly, poky, and stabby plants can make really pretty flowers, but they tend to look kinda weird, especially little single flowers on big cactus! Yours looks really nice! I've mostly seen pinkish ones here. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Weve been thinking a lot about this. There are watcher cultures like California where people watch other people's business, And there are minded cultures where people mind their own business. We found that a lot of the people, especially in the rural areas of Arizona are more mindrs, however, the government are watchers! It seems like Wyoming might have both government and people primarily being minders. So we're very curious if that might be a better state for us. One mayor way we do it is by thinking of it like dating, if we date a town/city/state/region and don't like more than 30%, or there are dealbreakers, we move on. We did the same with churches in our area. We have a few deal breakers we won't compromise on, and we keep looking until we find a place and community that don't cross those deal breakers, and that we like 70-80% of, cause we'll never like 100%. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Interesting. Do you know when it all ends? npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist We went to a Buc-ees once. We had seen the Babylon bee miniseries of Californians move to Texas, so we had to! It was too fun to skip when we passed one! There were so many gas pumps outside, and the inside looked like a mini mall! I'm not sure we got anything but drinks, but we did look at all of it! 😎 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Is it not over yet???? 🥴 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist He's 44 weeks / 10 months and a week. How old is yours? Ours has been standing up using furniture for at least 2 months. This time I was laying down, and he pushed himself up some but then he was taller than my leg so he went the rest if the way in his own. I had just enough time to check that he wasn't touching anything else, cause he usually leans against something if he goes hands free, but not this time 🥰 I LOVE all of the little new's! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Haha, wow! I'm glad something good came out of it! So far our son is easy... but he's starting to want to go places I don't want to go, or want him to go unattended, like the stept by the door... I caught him getting through my barriers night, but when I came to pick him up and bring him away from them, he grabbed by hands and used me to step down... he melted my desire to move him so I followed his lead and then brought him to tell his dad, cause it was too cute 🤣 But yeah, I think I'd probably need to be more aware of markers and such in other people's places than ours too, cause we don't keep anything like that accessible. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Ouch, that's touch! I hope there was glass on all of those so the actually pictures weren't ruined 😬 He has used a marker once, but in my hand, when he drew his first and 2nd drawings. First for his dad and 2nd for his grandpa on father's day. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Our son just stood up without holding onto anything for the first time!!! 😱🥳😱🥳🥳😱👶 He pushed himself up with my leg, but then he was hands free for a full second before he tipped 😱🥳 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I washed my hair and a long legged spider crawled out of the drain... at first I thought it was just my hair but then I realized what it was 😱 I'm really glad I had something I could kill it with directly, or I would have splashed water all over the place as I had already rinsed my hair 😅🤣🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Well, now you know where your audience is at 😎 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I'm not sure about my honor, but certainly my mental ability and being a mom. I was myself, pray a lot, and trust that if anyone who sees me without skewed eyes can tell the truth, and they could! 😎 then I use their character witness to those who only see me for seconds or minutes. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist You can go to the ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, and their glasses are made of ice so you actually can bite into them, or smash them, it's fine 😎 My baby son likes biting into the glasses if we let him try drinking from one, maybe you just didn't fill that need as a baby 🤔🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yes! Next time do a little haul and well enjoy it with you! 🫂 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist It's not that hard to keep kids quiet, just always have snacks 😇🤣🤣🤣 Though giving them directly to other people's kids is apparently frowned upon, so just give them to the moms next time, to distribute to their kids. 😎 I know how to get around coming across as creepy! 🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Thank you! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I almost gave myself a new noshole, not to be confused with @nprofile…wl7z My 10 month old son will sometimes put his open mouth over my nose as his version of play eating. Well, this time be was above my head as I was laying down and he tipped to the side as he did so he scratched my nose with his teeth, which hurt, but that's not where the extra noshole came from! As he tipped, I quickly moved my hands towards him to catch him and reduce the pain, but instead I accidentally somehow got my own thumbnail into one of my nostrils and almost gave it a 2nd entrance 😖🥴😅 I'm fine, my son's fine, and he did it to me again a few seconds later from a better angle where he didn't tip from, but I still felt a bit of his sharp teeth 😅😬👶 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist "I can't right now, but soon!" Is a much better line 😎 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist You know that dude that discovered gravity? Well, my son is only 10 months old and he's been exploring gravity lately. If they were born at the same time, I think my son would have won in the gravity discovery 🤣🤣🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Here's a key to a happy connected marriage that I realize not everyone is aware is possible: If I ever find myself getting caught on thinking negatively about my husband or thinking how I could have responded after an uncomfortable conversation with my husband, I say "No", because I refuse to engage in those thoughts. If there is something I actually need to bring up, I've probably already done it, or my husband caught himself and already apologized and I forgave him! So, any such thoughts are not Gods thoughts, nor are they productive and loving thoughts, so I stop them and I choose to think about the good things, how amazing my husband is, or how grateful I am that I got him as MY husband! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist But butter is actually good for you, as long as it was actual butter and not mixed with seed oils. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist In my 20s while visiting the US, I'd get nutella cause it was a nice treat that sometimes came from Canada so it didn't have high fructose corn syrup in it, so it was basically healthy... right?! 😅 They've gotten way too expensive now, so even if I've wanted it, it's been years since I last had some. I've had cheese puffs but I'm not sure I've ever had cheese balls in America. I probably have at some party, but unless we got some really early in our marriage, I haven't had American ones, so that's been years as well. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist It's 1000 meters... 😅 If you drive 112 kilometers per hour, you're simultaneously driving 70 miles per hour... My mom bought a previously imported from America car, and 70 mph was much bigger and easier to see than 110 km/h which is what the speed limit usually is on highways in Sweden. 😇 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Oh I am too! I'd like a Costco sized container of cheese balls... and nutella... 😇😅🤣🤤🤤🤤🤤 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist My home town turned 400 years old a few years ago 😅 In countries, do 250 represent 18? Or did America basically just now become a teenager and they were a preteen until now? 🤔🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I didn't get fruit, but I did get a donut with AMERICAN Sprinkles 😃 Gotta celebrate today!! https://npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr.blossom.band/ee5f8315f2752aecc5d559c2483b5ea9be51f88a023108e13d14ce8b92f44213.jpg npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Was it because fruit isn't cheese? Might need to get him some fancy blueberry and strawberry cheese, and he'd be both surprised and excited 🤔🤗 I'd be excited with you!!! I might need to figure out something red white and blue myself. *inspired* 🥳 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Oh, multiple times! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Said goodbye to our sons grandparents today. Words cannot express how extremely grateful I am to them and all they did this past month! In such a horrid experience, their generosity and willingness to drop everything and drive 2 states over, bail us out and our son in until we could get him back. Letting me come over all day, every day, for 3 weeks when my hubby couldn't see our son, and taking over the night shift so I could still go home with my hubby, and even caring for him when others had given him amoxicillin that caused him extreme tummy pain for a couple of nights. I'm not even sure I fully understand just how blessed we are for their sacrifice! They did get to bond with our son and though they were ready to leave, they had a hard time saying goodbye to him, cause he brought them so much joy (once the tummy ache was gone!) After the absolute worst moment of my life, when I wasn't sure I'd ever get to see my son again, they thought of me and figured out how to get me their number so I was able to find out that they were on their way, hubby had called them and they went into action and applied for temporary custody and were coming for us as well! I was never even in trouble with my parents growing up, so that whole event was just so surreal. So, even though in a way I'm glad to see them leave, I also feel sad to see them leave. And forever grateful for all they did! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Okay 🤗 I used to make it in Sweden but I don't remember what temp, just whatever the normal oven temperature for food/fish. In a glass dish, I'd put 4 salmon fillets, (could also be done with half a fish but I never got those) then I put a little butter between the fillets. I put salt and lemon pepper on both sides of the fillets (they were skinless) Then I poured about 1 cup of heavy cream around the fillets, and put it in the oven until the fillets reached the right temperature. Usually served with some boiled potatoes. I'd mush them on my plate and soak the sauce into them and it was so delicious! I usually used smaller dishes so the heavy cream reached at least halfway up the sides of the fillets, but not over the top. So if made with a bigger sized fillet, in a bigger dish, it might require more heavy cream. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I used to cook 4 salmon fillets in heavy cream, in a glass container, and it would take about 20-30 minutes in an electric oven. However I checked the temperature, I did not rely on a time more than as a reference. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Today was a good day! Took our son to church for a dinner and a bible study tonight. He loved crawling around and exploring everything and even got a hold of someone's fingers and took them for a walk 🤣 (she was in on it and looked really happy about it!) Some girl with younger siblings apparently asked my husband if she could hold him and he said yes so she picked him up. I didn't see it cause it happened in a different room while I was eating. Oh and when we came home I totally wondered what we should have for dinner and then I remembered we already ate it 🤣😅 Today started by our son waking up after 5 and then didn't go back to sleep after eating, so he napped earlier than usual, but I finally managed to do the "sleep whole the baby sleeps", so I got two naps today and it was great! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Oregon and New York seem to be in the crazy zone too. It's so sad! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Wow! I'm so glad I don't live there! Also, totally makes sense since it's Minnesota. They get what they want, and unfortunately it's utterly gross and anti-reality. Eventually, that reign will also pass though, as all evil societies have. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist That's amazing! I love convertible things. And for things on Facebook marketplace, it's good to get on it when it's there, cause I'm sure there are others but not as nice looking as that if you were to wait until next year or whenever it is closer to being needed. I'm ready for more babies 😅👶 my son is about to turn 10 months in a few days 🤯 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Congratulations! Soon you'll start feeling the movements! I remember often wondering "was that a bowel movement or a baby movement?!" Cause people kept talking about "little flutters", but what does that mean?! I'm pretty sure they were all baby movements when they were low center belly, but it took a while to dare to believe what I was feeling was actually our son! That is a NICE crib! I like it! Does it have a shallower setting or is that more for when your baby is a bit older? Those first few weeks with our son, I was having a hard time even getting him over an edge that was less than a foot tall, during the night, as he slept next to me but wanted food every 3h. A couple of times I pumped and my husband was able to let me sleep more, or I asked him to put our son away cause my arm muscles were still asleep and refused to wake up 😅 I've heard of those moms/parents who are absolutely exhausted and often wonder how far away their baby slept from them, cause if I had needed to go to the next room, or even just get up and go sit in a chair next to the crib across the room, I'd probably been even more exhausted 😅 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I'm so glad I was never into that stuff in the first place! When I came to Nostr, I felt peace because it resonated with who I am and who I know I am already. People are all different and we don't always agree, but whenever there's someone on Nostr writing toxic things, they stand out like a sore thumb. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Sounds interesting! I had an awesome one as a kid! It could be put on the floor and one side had a steering wheel and the other a big table. I recently googled them and they're mostly Swedish from the 70s called Hokus Pokus. I remember having so much fun playing with that as a kid. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yep, and I might also need to inlist my husband to feed me while I help feed / keep our son from going all over the place while he feeds himself. (We should probably invest in a highchair 😅) npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I got hungry so I made myself an egg... I forgot I have a baby who now eat everything I eat and more... 🤣 I got some of it myself though, but mostly because I took a big bite after giving him a little one 😅🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Being nurturing is not being less than or subjugated. Being nurturing is a super power! Men and women are different and that's a good thing, but it doesn't mean one is less than the other. We are supposed to reign together as one unit, being responsible for different things. So, Noshole, where was Puzzles in all of this!? Or did he... "get a really important phone call"? npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Yeah, I'm super happy we live in a rural county and at least the child related part (DCS or CPS whatever they're called) is here now, cause they're super used to dirty vehicles cause even in town some roads aren't paved! If it wasn't for criminal charges in the posh area, the case would already be closed with DCS most likely. I'm extremely grateful my in-laws managed to get that case moved up here to our county! Things also move a lot faster cause they have a lighter caseload. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I thought that was the midwits, but those are also the ones who think they are intelligent, but they actually aren't. 😅🤣 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist It's probably because you have higher intelligence than the general public. I haven't used Claude, but I've tried Grok, ChattGPT, and Gemini for research and while making my books (I write everything myself, but use them for research and giving me a review or editing advice) and yeah, they're kinda stupid! 🙄 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Some lady recently wrote a book about how feminism destroyed a bunch of it and what she shared was very true. (I didn't read the book, but she went on Joe Rogan's show) npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist We had someone recently point out that since my husband is highly educated, he could easily get a good job, but he's organized his life in such a way that he can be present for our kids! We hadn't really thought of it like that, but it's true. I wasn't allowed to work for our 3 first years of marriage due to immigration, and then I got pregnant with our son less than 2 months after o got my greencard, and once our son was born, I realized just how much time they take. In the beginning they want food every 3h or so, and for about 30 minutes, plus diaper changes and burping and play time and snuggle time, and just staring at this incredibly adorable new human I got to call my son! Oh, and if his dad took him, I'd be busy watching my husband being an amazing dad so I still didn't go do whatever I'd been thinking or doing, be it write something or use the bathroom 😅 I still managed to read and edit my husband's latest book in just a couple of months! I needed that because it helped balance my time so it wasn't 100% baby. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I just read another disgusting post that talked about how a mom who chooses to stay home with her baby "pause her entire identity, put her career on ice, let her ambition shrink, in the name of stability, sacrificed her salory, and sanity so their kids could grow up held herd and safe." Eh, this is all based on the lie that a career is more important, and selfishness should be celebrated. Plus, a dad who chooses to go to work is sacrificing his time to get to be there and see all the milestones and be present and father his kids himself! To push that it's better for kids to be raised by strangers than their own parents is a disgusting lie that's actually hindering parents from loving their kids. Our son is absolutely amazing! I chose a husband who wanted to be a present father. He has chosen to do things for money that allows him to be with his kids! Sure, I was able to focus a lot better on writing books before our son was born, but I'm not putting my dreams on hold, I'm living my dreams! I can be an author for the rest of my life, but I can only see my baby while they're a baby! That's not very long at all! Our son is already almost a year old 🤯 Plus, my identity didn't get paused, my identity increased! I started as a daughter, then I became a wife and now a mom, they're all true at the same time! And yes, writing a long post like this has had me stepping away multiple times, but I'd much rather have my son with me than "being able to focus on 'what I wanna do'!" https://blossom.primal.net/446fb31d478634733d497e39d426a590fbbaf4d25b930eb7f59bb7615ce09790.png npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist I had a dream where I killed a mouse last night, and when I was asked if it was dead, I said I think so and poked at it as the body kinda split in two halves 😅 Sure it was cute too, but we've had them come inside and poop everywhere, including the kitchen counter and on our bed, so their cuteness holds no value to my mama bear instincts of yes, getting rid of them for my own peace, but especially for our son! We've kept forgetting to get traps though! Even yesterday at the store I said it but then we got something else first and were home before we realized 🙄😖 But yeah, I get the "what if it had diseases?!" I think dogs might have something in their saliva that helps protect them. But also, I'm not sure I could handle actually killing one myself for real! My dream kill had an extreme lack of gruesomeness! 😅 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist So really, it's more like "another one became part of a thing"? 🤗 well done. Sad to hear your shoulder was hurt but glad to hear it's gotten a lot better. May it go to completely pain free and discomfort free in Jesus name! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Traumatized cops in a posh area freaked out. They should have given us a warning but they decided to put us both is jail, so DCS had to get involved. Praying our lawyers will be able to use the DCSs positive case as leverage to get the criminal charges dropped! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist To hear that we are awesome parents from people who investigate parents for a living is quite reassuring 😎 Someone said it was the fastest turnover they'd ever seen! We got to bring our son with us directly after the meeting 🥳🥳🥳 Still not done, but oh how relieving! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist The car was parked weird because of the transmission leak, so they checked dit and saw a baby foot, and then it moved (cause he was sleeping soundly!) npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist The cops did. And then after already saying he was fine, asked to take him to the hospital to get checked out, and I could sense that it wasn't really a question, it was what they would do or use it against us, so after hesitating and them questioning my mental ability to make decisions (which would have been even worse!) I asked if I could see him first. But since the hospital cleared him, the only thing they could possibly find was "a heat rach on the back of his head" but that's actually his stork bite that's still there and was there at birth! So allowing them to take him works in our favor now! npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist There is no "let me just drop down on the bed" kinda stuff happening at your house, unless all the doggies can be seen, or the covers have first been lifted to make sure no one's hiding under there! 😬 npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Did it go down below 59k? npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Ever realized how all of the things Hodl lists here are actually fiat, and not Bitcoin? Let's just grow the bitcoin ecosystem and set our own prices and live free! #nevent1q…nvsr npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist All of those things are fiat, so yes, just hodl! Our ecosystem is growing and we set our own prices. The more self sufficient we get, the less any of that stuff will matter anyways. npub1ww8hsuav93ktwuq7x9gxz6husfphnvfjk3nm5k5y982evjh3kymqh4wakr AnnSofiNovelist Some first responders freaked out and couldn't believe us when we said we'd made a good decision for our son even though they checked him out and he was fine, and I said we'd never do it again, they needed us to agree with them and we'll never agree with them cause we see nuance not categories, so they arrested my husband and I. Hubby knew his parents phone numbers so he called them 2 states away at like 3am but the sound was so bad his dad turned it off, but somehow he was able to leave a voice mail his dad saw in the morning and heard something about "arrested, come get John". They went into action, they got the case moved from the Valley to our rural county, they brought a motorhome, and filed for temporary custody, and then came and bailed us out. It started around midnight, we were in one jail for about 24h, and in the evening someone came to me and gave me a piece of paper with my in-laws number and showed me how to use the phone that apparently was in the cell. That was the first I'd heard from anyone I knew! Then late at night they transferred me to a different jail. The lady officer who came and told me was incredibly rude and told me to "get my shit and come" and I thought, "you mean the shit you gave me?" (I only had the papers from the court hearing that morning where they told me what I was in for and that I claimed Not Guilty) They put handcuffs and a chain around my ankles but the chain fell off of one of my ankles which I found kind of funny, cause I remember the bible. Then I was put in a smaller vehicle with 3-4 seats lengthways with a wall in the center and then some guys were put on the other side, and then apparently someone was also put in front of us, seemingly forward facing. Someone was talking and then asked a question and I heard my husbands voice for the first time in almost 24h! (We've never been apart that long since we got married!) Then we went through processing for over 12 hours, from station to station, men and women in separate seating sections but the same room, and eventually we were able to talk. Oh, and they put us in black and white striped clothing like the cartoon villains so I looked around for the bars to saw our way out from but didn't see them. It felt so surreal or like we were in a movie, cause I've never even been in trouble with my parents so that was NOT exactly my scene 😅 I moved through processing with some younger ladies who'd need through it before and would randomly share what was next which was great cause it reduced the shock for when it did happen. Then eventually I was put on one of those school bus looking transfers with the single compartments in front and rows in the back. We ladies were in the back, and thru put some men in the cubes up front. I half expected someone to try to break us out of there cause that's the only time I've ever seen one of those! Then I got to a room with maybe 100 bunk beds filled with 200 women! I was there from after lunch to about midnight when I was woken up and told to get my things I was getting released. At past 3am I walked outside with a dead phone and 4 dudes (they let 5 people out at a time) so I wasn't about to ask them for a call, cause who knows what they were in for 😅 But then I spotted my in-laws motorhome and walked over there and knocked on the door saying my name because I know it's no fun getting women up from a knock, but apparently they didn't hear me and thought it was a cop. Then past 7am my hubby was released. This was going into he 30th, and then on the 2nd I had a court hearing where I got my "no direct or indirect contact with the victim" changed so I got to see our son the next day Wednesday and then Friday my in-laws and I picked him up, but hubby's lawyer file the motion until a week ago Monday and this Tuesday it was changed so he could finally see him. I could go to my in-laws and see him as much as I wanted this whole time, (minus the first 9 days before they got him) but my husband missed almost 4 weeks! But good news, the case worker for DCS (or CPS in other states) filed for us to get custody back yesterday because after meeting us, after I've been having supervised visits with them 2x2h per week, and she has NOTHING on me, even wondering why she's there, there is no reason for us to not have our son back. Which will be great for the criminal charges because if I get convicted with the charge they first tried to leave in the plea, I'd get kicked out of the country due to immigration violation! Plus, we are innocent! So, my lawyer will probably be able to negotiate for all the charges to be dropped, cause if they wanted punishment, we've already been through that, plus, who it would harm would be our son, whom they claim they would be trying to protect! He had his first cold when he was gone and taken to a hospital where they gave him amoxicillin which totally messed up his gut and he screamed in pain for hours for the first two night! And they've only ever said he had a cold 😠 I forgive them! At least he's been getting a ton of time with his grandparents and they absolutely love him. He's such an amazing baby! He's usually happy, only cries if there is an actual need that wasn't met when he started fussing (which is when I've been meeting them unless he only gave me 0.5 seconds and I was doing something 😅) So, yeah, that's what we've been through for the last month! Gold told me in the beginning that it was just the enemy pretending to be a big roaring lion, but he has no power. Then God also shared that anyone who would be opposed to us would look like a fool. I don't think like that, so I was taken aback at first but then remember how Jesus talked bluntly to the Pharisees, so I know it was God. And God has been fighting for us the whole time! And God told me that the foster family he was with for a week, who seem to have been Christian, it wasn't our son who was getting blessed by being there, it was God blessing them for letting them meet our son. It was the only family they could find in both counties it sounded like, so God was definitely picking who he was with! But soon he will finally get to come home with us without a chaperone 🥰 and this whole mess will be over! And suddenly Wyoming sounds like an amazing State to live in, with both people and government being pro personal responsibility! In Arizona a lot of the people are "live and let live", but not the government!