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barbjackson

@brendajackson.bsky.social

FOUR! cats 🐈‍⬛ Two dogs 🐕‍🦺 * Pretty sure the purpose of my life is to serve as a warning to others * Having my only child in my 40s was easier when I was in my 40s * Narrowly escaped Florida * Pure Michigan * Boomer Gen Z mom * 🇺🇲🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

created November 10, 2024

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Sigh

Red maple leaf on the ground
3/9/2025, 11:50:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤮

3/9/2025, 6:32:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm watching a cooking video and I can hear @chefreactions.bsky.social in my head

3/9/2025, 5:16:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hate 3 a.m. There must be some brain chemistry toxicity at 3 a.m.

3/9/2025, 7:30:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hmmm. Snoop is a judge on The Voice this fall.

3/9/2025, 1:48:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you for not letting it go

2/9/2025, 11:38:07 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you. I've been waiting for the right comment on that and this is it

2/9/2025, 10:41:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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(Because I'm RIGHT on the verge of cooking)

2/9/2025, 10:40:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There we go!

2/9/2025, 10:38:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's what I was looking for... thanks

2/9/2025, 10:37:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fact

2/9/2025, 10:35:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Those little grins... what a beautiful child

2/9/2025, 9:30:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They must be so embarrassed

2/9/2025, 9:17:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But at least we have mosquitoes!

2/9/2025, 8:36:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not to be confused with the teeny black flies that hang around your eyes and nose and ears and leave a huge lump when they bite you on the back of the head

2/9/2025, 8:36:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just no

2/9/2025, 8:34:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mackaracka.bsky.social We jinxed my Subaru entertainment system. I've had intermittent problems before that spontaneously corrected, but it's really jacked up as of yesterday

2/9/2025, 8:26:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We're mostly past fly season. Those things are awful up here

2/9/2025, 8:24:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Really? That seems odd for a Tuesday

2/9/2025, 8:10:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dang... you aren't kidding about the weather turning

2/9/2025, 8:03:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Omgosh it's a perfect day

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2/9/2025, 8:02:43 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Space Command is stupid

2/9/2025, 8:01:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gorgeous day. Glad I was off. Wetmore Landing

Rocky shoreline of Lake Superior
2/9/2025, 8:00:11 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I knew it was going to be something stupid

2/9/2025, 6:01:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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💔

2/9/2025, 1:56:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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❤️❤️

2/9/2025, 1:44:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In CADILLAC?! That's fantastic. Can you imagine?

2/9/2025, 12:31:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is that normal? I've never seen anything like that. It's beautiful

2/9/2025, 12:10:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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THIS is the kind of nonsense going on over on Twitter? Weirdos.

2/9/2025, 12:07:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The sheer relief of the observers on the ground. And those rescuers should never have to buy another drink

1/9/2025, 10:24:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Free delivery to US! (I just bought one)

1/9/2025, 10:09:50 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was recently thinking about the fact that when I was a kid, my mom would put a piece of white bread in with freshly baked cookies to keep them soft and I wondered if anyone else does that. She'd also put a bunch of butter on the heel of a loaf and use that to butter corn on the cob.

1/9/2025, 2:31:39 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Houses. A bunch of them. All over

1/9/2025, 1:47:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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On the other hand... who cares what someone calls THEIR OWN account?

31/8/2025, 9:34:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The springs are the absolute best thing about Florida

31/8/2025, 8:26:19 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes!

31/8/2025, 3:39:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hadn't visited in a while, but Pinterest is basically unusable these days

31/8/2025, 9:32:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That is definitely wild

31/8/2025, 3:48:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Damn 💔

31/8/2025, 3:47:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, I just plug in my phone an use it

31/8/2025, 3:16:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Same. Mine is an air fryer and a convection oven and a helicopter or something. I heat up water

31/8/2025, 2:26:13 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not as of model year 22 anyway

31/8/2025, 2:13:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wanted white or silver or grey. Green. Blue and red and black were not on my list. I'm one of a zillion, though. There are plenty of red Outbacks up here

31/8/2025, 2:12:20 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There's a warranty extension on the entertainment system. It just randomly... stops working. Literally goes dark. I'll be glad when manufacturers go back to knobs and dials. I don't like having to "read" the screen to turn the fan down or whatever

31/8/2025, 1:07:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's what I drive. For some reason I'm not emotionally attached to it, but it has been reliable. I paid way too much for it two years ago when inventory was really low (low enough that my choices were blue and red).

31/8/2025, 1:05:02 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay, that's cool

31/8/2025, 12:59:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ugh

31/8/2025, 12:51:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's so cute

30/8/2025, 10:00:43 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 9:55:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 9:54:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In your kayak again?

30/8/2025, 9:33:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They look amazing

30/8/2025, 5:44:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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✅️

30/8/2025, 5:35:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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(Sorry I forgot the alt text)

30/8/2025, 5:34:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You kill me. Although I do want to make homemade muffins from the wild blueberries I picked

30/8/2025, 12:34:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My friend died four months ago (today in fact) and at the time there was still snow and ice on the two-track on which he died, and today the leaves are turning. Short summer has never been more evident

30/8/2025, 12:26:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's a pretty day here, but cool

30/8/2025, 12:23:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't (didn't) follow you but you showed up in my feed and I wonder where you're going and was it planned? I went back a couple of weeks in your time line but it's not clear - lots of recent travels. It looks like you were in Florida so congratulations if you're leaving there.

30/8/2025, 11:55:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nice. I had the 3000 different possibility thing going and barely solved it

30/8/2025, 11:40:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seriously? That's incredible.

30/8/2025, 8:41:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Omg Bluesky is funny tonight

30/8/2025, 8:26:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Four days off...

30/8/2025, 1:46:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There wasn't one single actual medical doctor available?

29/8/2025, 9:08:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope every last fucking dead one of them voted for this shit

29/8/2025, 9:01:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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✅️

29/8/2025, 8:57:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, that beautiful baby

29/8/2025, 6:39:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These are FANTASTIC

29/8/2025, 6:38:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I figure if I take my air conditioners out..

29/8/2025, 9:57:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Teabree Shark (@nurse.fish) reposted

Repost if you still, to this day, refuse to let auto withdrawal happen from your bank/credit union.

29/8/2025, 7:39:44 AM | 33 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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Prize for someone who got the joke

29/8/2025, 9:29:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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❤️❤️

29/8/2025, 9:26:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dang...36 degrees. I don't like it hot, but I'm not sure I'm ready to skip straight to 30s

29/8/2025, 9:24:01 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not this early, right??

29/8/2025, 9:09:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's going to be awkward

29/8/2025, 9:01:37 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Temporarily, I'm sure

29/8/2025, 8:57:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*Seeger

29/8/2025, 8:57:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Long time passing..."

29/8/2025, 8:56:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And a couple of straight-up assholes. 🚫

29/8/2025, 2:38:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you been here that whole time?

29/8/2025, 2:32:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I haven't been there in a while but are they not still doing tittie Tuesday and thirsty Thursday over there? Back when everything didn't suck?

29/8/2025, 2:31:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This thread exposed a couple of seriously weird people. They're breasts. Many of us have them. Find a way to cope.

29/8/2025, 2:27:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I... don't follow.

29/8/2025, 2:21:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Winning!!

29/8/2025, 2:18:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I know no one asked but I have a friend who uses something like this and she really likes it ruffrover.com/products/ruf...

29/8/2025, 2:16:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They need to stay off Deer Lake. This was Bancroft

29/8/2025, 2:10:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How long have you been gone?

29/8/2025, 2:09:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gretchen... hello...

29/8/2025, 2:00:29 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I saw a pair of swans in a nearby lake this morning

29/8/2025, 1:58:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@upbeachbum.bsky.social

29/8/2025, 1:57:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dark times

29/8/2025, 1:50:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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💔

29/8/2025, 1:50:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Poor baby. Thank you... and your lovely child

29/8/2025, 1:49:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I should have taken a picture

29/8/2025, 12:37:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I just got back from the downtown summer concert thing (Ish, not MQT) and it was uniquely yooper. Everyone was bundled up on coats and hats and mittens and scarfs and blankets. In AUGUST

29/8/2025, 12:36:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's what I thought. If it's 39 here you're going to get frost

29/8/2025, 12:34:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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39? It's going to get to 39 tonight??

28/8/2025, 8:35:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean this in the nicest possible way... fuck that freak of nature

28/8/2025, 4:24:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In my mind, supporters are looking around and rethinking this whole thing... but in reality they aren't. It's full on kool-aid. It's beyond my comprehension

28/8/2025, 8:45:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My mid-80s yo dad was visiting recently and while setting up his new used phone I happened to see the first line of an email from his asshole wife that said, "go trump! That man is on fire!" and I can't stop thinking about it

28/8/2025, 12:52:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) reposted

Despite the heartless Taco government, Compassion n Kindness still exists. #notofascism #kindnessrules

27/8/2025, 7:46:54 AM | 330 100 | View on Bluesky | view