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Heidiknits

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Gemini. Hockey mom. Wife (not yours). Naturally medicated. Fiber artist. Lover of most music. Romance audiobook fan. A little witchy. Brainfog aficionado. New Englander (US). Horrible chef, excellent baker. Mathphobe (shut up, it's a thing.) Migrainer. Meditator. Awkward, but cute. Chronically ill #POTS. Yankees fan, but not an asshole about it. Obsessed with dresses & square dancing. (Yes, for real. Don't knock it til you try it.) Vaguely agoraphobic, which can be fun. She/her. Be kind. #JoinIn

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Heidiknits, to random
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Last night I noticed a headache starting behind my eyes as I meditated but I fell asleep. I honestly don't know if I dreamt this or if it actually happened - I woke at 3am to the room spinning & my vision flashing but I fell back asleep.

What's odd- I think I dreamt it. My Fitbit didn't register me waking at that time. And typically I can't get back to sleep if it's as bad as I think it was.

I'm a bit migrainey this morning so I took an Excedrin when I woke up. Maybe it wasn't a dream?

Heidiknits,
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One of the weirder parts about being migrainey is I'm also emotional fragile. Don't look at me, don't ask me what's wrong & definitely don't ask me if I'm ok. I will start to cry & not be able to express what's wrong.

Heidiknits,
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@MsHearthWitch OTC migraine meds only go so far I guess. Lol.

melissabeartrix, to random
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Being trans has shown me .... {If your trans fill in your biggest surprise you found out, after you came out}

Hugz & xXx

Heidiknits,
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@melissabeartrix I hate this. I hope you get some love from your community here. Hugs.

Chrishallbeck, to random
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My body - "Pretty tired, should probably go to sleep now."
My brain - "But consider this alternate proposal: snacks."

Heidiknits,
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@Chrishallbeck My brain usually starts with: "I wonder what would happen if the house blew up." 🤣🤣

18+ Heidiknits, to random
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Scraped up the energy to get a 34 minute walk in. At first I was only going to walk the driveway, then I convinced myself to go to the stop sign. At the stop sign there was a neighbor who left their house to walk also. She is lovely but chatty & nope. I want to get my freaking 7000 steps, not the news of the neighborhood. I kept walking, faster, thinking I'd go around the block. Then I remembered Husband telling me about this:

Heidiknits,
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Shit. I forgot the hashtag. Sorry.

Anyways, I walked 34 minutes when I barely wanted to leave my house. 🤣 Yay, for having energy!!!

I'm home. I'm medicated. I'm going to empty the dishwasher then do my pilates.

Not 5 months ago I would have had to pick one of the things- walk, dishwasher or pilates & it would have worn my ass out. I wouldn't have been able to do the pilates. I could have done the walk but I would need 2 days to recover from it.

shansterable, to accessibility
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Warning: Rant
My husband and I are both left-handed.

There are approximately 708 million left-handers in the world.

Over 9% of people are left-handed.

Apparently these numbers do not meet the threshold for inclusion in product design.

My former Mr. Coffee coffeemaker had ambidextrous functionality. The flap over the water reservoir opened to the back, allowing someone to pour water easily from either side.

My new Mr. Coffee coffeemaker includes a design change. The flap over the water reservoir opens to the left, making it almost impossible for me pour water into it.

I just bought a new electric water kettle. The first time I filled it with water, I guessed at the fill limit because I saw no markings inside.

Then I read the instruction manual that referenced the maximum fill line. What? Turns out, I can only see the fill line markings if I fill the kettle while holding it in my right hand. 🤦‍♀️

If you are a product designer, you commit design malpractice if you fail to acknowledge the existence of left-handers.

End rant.

A black electric water kettle on a kitchen counter. The handle is oriented to the right and the pour spout is on the left. The lid is flipped up. On the inside, stamped into the stainless steel, two fill line markers are visible.

Heidiknits,
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@shansterable So frustrating! My mil is left handed & asked for left handed kitchen scissors. It took me months to find the right pair. I didn't want ambidextrous scissors, I wanted left handed. She loves the one I got her, but they were costly because I ordered them from a left handed specialty store.

Heidiknits,
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@flowerpot https://www.leftyslefthanded.com/Left_Handed_8_75_Kitchen_Shears_p/906971.htm

It took some digging but these are the ones I purchased. I remember the scissors I got her being much more expensive. Just to warn you, they feel light (and possibly not up to the task) but she's done everything including spatchcocking chickens with the scissors & never complains.

Heidiknits,
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@Aviva_Gary Yes. There's some that you can comfortably hold in each hand so technically they're ambidextrous. But the issue is, they're technically still right handed because when you hold them in your left hand you can't see where you're cutting. In order to see where you're cutting the blades need to be on the opposite side. That's what makes a left handed scissor truly left handed. (I hope this makes sense.)

Heidiknits, to random
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I'm just home from a wonderful but long night of with new friends. So, I love you, Mastodonlandia friends. Thank you for sharing pieces of your life with me. I'm grateful.

melissabeartrix, to random
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Looking a mess already this humidity is making me melt ... Pout

Hugz & xXx

Heidiknits,
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@melissabeartrix If you have a huge forehead I've got a fucking billboard. 🤣🤣🤣😏

Heidiknits, to Rowing
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Got my on for 404 strokes in 20 minutes & did upper body free weights.

Every Sunday I mentally set a goal for exercising. This week I wanted to row 3 days & weight train 2 days. I did the opposite, which is fine. 🤣 I'm not slacking. I got my step count in 5 days (and will probably get it today also). I moved my step count up to 7000 (from 6k) on the 1st. I'm feeling so energetic & strong.

Heidiknits, to Iceland
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I would like to visit . But not tourist Iceland. I want a native Iceland trip. Know what I mean?

Where do you want to go, just to see the real place?

Heidiknits,
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@deweyritten I have a friend who has traveled all over the world & her favorite place is Vietnam. She said the people are lovely, the food was excellent & it has beautiful scenery.

thegiddystitcher, to knitting

A1) Hi all, Michelle here, multicrafter extraordinaire but mostly fibre crafts if I'm honest 😁

It's been a pretty unproductive couple of months due to illness that really knocked me off my game, but this week I finally completed these socks that were started all the way back in December!

Naturally I'm also halfway down the first leg of my next pair, because it would never do to be without a sock project on the go.

Pattern is Eskarina Socks by Rachel Coopey and needless to say I love them!

@makershour

Heidiknits,
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@thegiddystitcher Wolf whistles at socks

Heidiknits,
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@thegiddystitcher I'm envious of sock knitters because handknit socks are the best.

Heidiknits,
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@MsHearthWitch I can't wear socks in bed either. And my feet are cold when I first get into bed.

deweyritten, to random

my asshole dog wreaks of death.

Heidiknits,
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@deweyritten That's an unpleasant way to start your day.

Heidiknits,
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@deweyritten 🤔 Interesting

Heidiknits, to random
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I'm am a horrible human. A friend's son a couple of weeks ago was hit by a car while he was crossing the street. He's in an inpatient recovery hospital which has a system that allows family & friends to send messages. It's a website & an admin prints out & delivers the message to patients. I know about this because my uncle was in there & I sent him jokes daily. Omfg. I sent the first joke last night & it was a joke about why toilet paper couldn't cross the road (it got stuck in a crack).

Heidiknits,
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What was I thinking!?! I can't find how to cancel it. Hes a 21 yr old. Maybe he won't think about the joke vs his situation? I'm a horrible human. I feel sick. And embarrassed. Omfg.

Heidiknits,
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I texted his mom to see if she could intercept the paper & she said that he'd find it hilarious. ("Heidi, stop. He's 21. He'll find it hilarious." was her response.) Gah. Fuck.

girlonthenet, to random
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What’s your best piece of relationship advice?

Heidiknits,
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@girlonthenet It's hard to remember in the moment though.

Heidiknits, to random
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Today at the food bank I sized & organized summer shorts! Winter can bite my ass.

(For those new to me, I volunteer at a food bank twice a week.)

Heidiknits,
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Today at the food bank someone donated 5 or 6 obviously well used snorkels, a plastic grocery bag filled with other grocery bags that were all sticky & unusable & 17 bottles of cheap bubble bath.

Heidiknits,
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Today at the food bank I took home the most glorious unicorn sweater that's been kicking around for months. I put it in the sweater rack & people commented on it, then for the last 2 weeks it's been on display right in front and no one took it so I asked everyone who walked in today to please take it. No one wanted it so I nabbed it. It's in the wash. I'm going to wear this thing proudly. It has sequins and a bell. You are going to be so jealous. Unicorn. Sequins! A BELL. How do you refuse??

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