aww yay! ours got a kick out of it too

re-plating is a game changer in not wasting food for us

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

i’ve been thinking about this too! they were like “but what will they look like when you’re old?” um… cool? i don’t understand the question

my toddler left half a banana out for an hour and then didn’t want to eat it because it was “old.” i sliced off the brown end, then cut the rest into “banana coins” and she ate them all! that’s the type of shit i get excited about these days.

Well, Shit HAZEL: I hate you, Daddy.

the second is in response to a comment i got on that screenshot from the first substack.com/@amberrollo/...

This is not like me, I would normally not do this, it took me 2 ½ years to do this, but it has been tough recently. First, a couple months ago Hazel got walking pneumonia, which then Matt and I caught, which then developed into bronchitis in him. Then she got walking pneumonia again. Then our fridge broke, it took a month for Frigidaire to fix it. Side note, afterwards they sent me a survey to ask if I'd recommend them to friends. So friends, if you are reading this and love just the ice chests part of camping, buy Frigidaire. If you love kinda soggy babybels and being not quite sure if that cream cheese is good, buy Frigidaire. If you are lonely and want a technician to come to your house every week but you want it to always be a surprise, just outside the specified 5 hour window, sometimes early, sometimes late, buy Frigidaire. If you want to have diarrhea for a month, buy Frigidaire. Yes, during all of this Matt started having stomach issues, for a month. He has always had IBS but this was a new level, every day I was cleaning up

i forgot to put my most recent shit posts here. first one is for paying subscribers only. but i did post this @frigidairecare.bsky.social review on insta substack.com/@amberrollo/...

i am a mean witch daddy. would you like to hide?
- our 2 yr old just now

i know, it just i’m a caregiver and my wants are not the only ones to consider

going to a pool party today that says it’s 4pm till midnight. i’m up at 5:30am every morning, kill me now.

i do mean to be dramatic and it feels like a god is playing with me like a doll. like i am their sims character and they’re the type to put me in the pool with no ladder.

Give a Care, Take a Care I am driving Hazel to school and I remember that I wanted to talk to her about something.

He makes a dracula face at me, the shadow of a soy face. open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...

tonight our 2 yr old said “live with arms wide open and hug your seltzer” so true

she’s fucking amazing.

last week we transitioned our toddler from her crib & into a toddler bed. first couple of days i ended up sleeping on the wood floor next to her. but i just heard a “clunk” & checked the camera. she clearly fell out of the bed & looked annoyed, but she just crawled back into bed & went to sleep.

i’m pretty sure the whole building is part of the same medical group.

it was the fanciest office he’s ever gotten blood drawn at too. the had a beautiful waiting room with big windows and fancy sofas and cube shaped marble tables. very different from the bare cement labcorp with folding chairs, if you’re lucky. i would think they could afford a fedex pickup 🤷‍♀️

matt got blood taken today. we
see a lot of doctors and have gotten a lot of blood drawn, but i’ve never experienced this before. they put a vile of his blood into a box, gave it back to us, along with a fedex bag and told us to drop it off at fedex. it was bizarre.

Arms Wide Open HAZEL: What’s this song about?

staring at the blank post before you. i wrote about explaining “unwritten” by natasha bedingfield to my 2 year old. but it’s really about the power in facing discomfort head on.

open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...

it’s national caregivers day. about 1 in 5 people provide unpaid care to a loved one. you probably know one. it’s hard to understand until you are doing it (and you likely will) but it is heart wrenching, backbreaking work. do something nice for a caregiver you know. no advice please.

Nunya STRANGER: Did you break your arm or your leg

i wrote about the way strangers approach matt and the way it makes me feel open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...

i am so tired of ai on google. not a promo but just switched to duckduckgo and it was super easy to turn off all the ai features in the settings. you can hide ai generated images too. still unfortunately plugged into google for email, but nice to have a simple way to search.

i don’t want to brag but our fridge has been broken since last friday and i still didn’t buy anything today 💁‍♀️

oh also, if you have a library card you can print up to 25 black and white pages a day for free!

Neighbor Intro Hi Neighbor, My name is ________ and I live at _______ (you can say on the corner of _______ or your address if you’re comfortable). You might have seen me _________ (if you walk around your neighbor...

you know what, i’ll just post it here! the point is to keep it broad, this could be sent anytime because you felt like it. hope
it helps! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

can you send me a message? i tried to send you one but it won’t let me

General Strike Jan 30th If you are planning on striking and not buying anything on Jan 30th, hell yeah!

here is the substack link for an easier read if you like open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...

consider me on the picket line in LA jan 30th! ✊ and also here are some things i think we should consider moving forward ❤️

I just wrote to my sisters about a letter I’m writing to my daughter about stopping breastfeeding and I wonder if I would be this dramatic if my life wasn’t so dramatic. I bet I would. I’m grateful I’m not in another timeline making a romantic substack about my matcha latte routine.

Every one of these announcements reads to me as "we don't have enough people and supplies to occupy more than one city at a time"