Gabrielle Rystedt
@BreadBakingWife
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Catholic mom of 8. Twin mom. Second-generation homeschooler. 🏡 🏫
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Joined December 2023
When he's all like: "You are never setting foot in that thing again." 💅
Me, 2 days ago: "Wow! The Transit is getting up there in mileage. We might need to consider trading it in before rhe transmission dies on me while I'm on 75." My Transit, today: Transmission dies on 75.
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Homeschooling is hard and easy because it's a part of life. There are some things you are really good at and and enjoy doing a lot. There are some things that you are really bad at or don't enjoy doing. I think the biggest conflicts come when these two things clash: your kid
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The twins are 10 months old so naturally all of the other kids are starting to ask for another baby sibling.
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I put inexpensive, functional chairs in my dining room.
What did you do to make the TL hate you?
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Me, 2 days ago: "Wow! The Transit is getting up there in mileage. We might need to consider trading it in before rhe transmission dies on me while I'm on 75." My Transit, today: Transmission dies on 75.
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If you have a truck, put the kids to bed, bring out a futon mattress and every cozy blanket and pillow, order some food, grab a bottle of bubbly and the JBL. You can thank me later 😘
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One time, I accidentally didn't prepare for a decade of baby-making and had 7 perfect pregnancies and 8 perfect babies. We even capped it off with a low-risk pregnancy and natural delivery for 38-week GA twins. Most of this is out of our control. Fertily is ✨️surrender✨️
I spent 9+ months intentionally preparing my body for pregnancy (plus years prior of a nutrient-dense diet). I will not be ashamed or feel guilty for having a smooth pregnancy experience while others haven’t. I do not consider myself merely “lucky” as I do not consider all of the
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My husband "retired" me at age 30. Going to an office every day would be a trillion times easier than homeschooling a 5th grader, two 3rd graders, and a 1st grader, while also keeping a 4yo, 2yo, and baby twins from dying/destroying the house. Monday morning meetings would be a
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We don't send our kids to private school, including to our highly-rated parish school with Dominican sisters, and it's almost entirely because they use screens in the classroom.
Do not, do not, do NOT Replace teacher-led instruction with devices and learning apps Please, I beg you
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I am 40 weeks postpartum from having twins. I've had 8 babies in 10 years. I work out daily at home while kids crawl all over me. I take a bunch of supplements and multiple prescription medications to address extreme inflammation and imbalances from using my body to create and
I am 36 weeks postpartum. I have had 4 babies in 4 years. Don’t believe the lies that having kids destroys you.
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Random woman in Costco: "Wow! TWINS!! Did you do the IVF?! Me: "Uh, nope! We got them the old-fashioned way."
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Being gluten-free has almost entirely cleared up a chronic condition that I've been struggling with for years, but I'm mostly devastated that it worked because now I can't eat bread anymore. Why am I like this?
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Making and destroying giant brioche dragons stuffed with apples and cranberries for Michaelmas. As one does.
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I mean, there are some parts that are harder than others, but I love this man more every day and I would go to the end of the earth for him. (We made 8 babies in 10 years, for reference.)
Anybody’s marriage not hard? Who is excited to see their spouse everyday and it feels light? Can we hear a lil something different? I’m into it.
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I'm not phobic. You're just wrong, and I have no issue with calling it out. I am Charlie Kirk.
"I am Charlie Kirk" means, "I am a racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, anti-immigrant fascist who despises empathy." Thanks for letting us know.
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Our house, when they kids ignore what I've asked them to do.
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Idk. Maybe moms just need to focus on their kids instead of going off to jobs every day and also not give them screens ever. And go to church together as a family, like, a lot. And get romantic as heck with their husbands, because one day they might be taken from us. That's all.
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I have been advised to avoid gluten, so what's even the point of living anymore? (Obviously, this is a joke. 😜)
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