My first review! I’m definitely not new to reps, I’ve bought locally via private sellers, I’ve been locked in a secret room in Shenzen, I’ve had better quality bags brought to me at various international markets, but I am new to purchasing reps via a seller on what’s app and all the wonderful factory information I have found here at Wagoon. Let me know if I’ve missed anything in the review format.
**Disclosure** Seller asked if I would do a review after I told him how pleased I was with the bag. I had planned on writing a review regardless. I have not received any incentives for this or future purchases for this review.
**Seller** Lau
**Price** 1932Y including shipping
**Shipping**
**Timeline**
10/5/23 - Initial enquiry 11/5/23 - Payment
13/5/23 - PSP: I had some concerns with the PSP images as the angle of the photos made the bag look the wrong size/shape. Lau was super accommodating and took the time to go and actually measure my bag and take more photos with a tape measure so I could check it.
14/5/23 - Second PSP - Lau supplied more images with tape measure to reassure my concerns and I gave the GL
16/5/23 - Tracking info provided 23/5/23 - Bag Arrived
**Pictures**
- [Factory photos] https://imgur.com/a/pqtpH3C
- [PSPs] https://imgur.com/a/a7Ov5h9
- [PSPs V2] https://imgur.com/a/7ws4KC1
- [Your Photos] https://imgur.com/a/6XcPdfv
- [Authentic] https://imgur.com/a/ENOJeMh
**Quality **(9/10) - Don’t let the 9/10 fool you into thinking I’m not obsessed with this bag. This is a high quality leather bag and the smell is amazing, there was no evidence of fufu or glue smell on arrival, just gorgeous leather. Even my husband has commented on how good it smelt and he is fussier then me! It is super soft, supple and smooth, and without holding it side by side to the auth, I would say it’s near identical in feel and texture, as I have held the auth numerous times in recent weeks.
I’ve deducted -0.5 mark here because after having it a week I notice the inside lining scratches easily (also beautiful soft leather), hard to avoid when you are putting things in and out of your bag, so something I’ll have to live with. I’ve buffed it with a bit of leather conditioner and it seems to have helped. The auth is just as soft as this, that’s how you get those nice peekaboo drop side/sags so I do wonder if it also has the same issue.
-0.5 mark deducted for some lumps on the lower side of the bag, quite visible in the psp photos now I look at them, missed it in the PSP stage, and can be felt by hand. I believe these are probably from the inner lining joins (thickness of base leather) and because the leather is so soft it shows them a little. Not a deal breaker for me, it’s really only one side which you can feel the most - which is the side against my body, and not really noticeable to the naked eye unless you are studying it intently.
Materials - As mentioned above the leather is top quality, although I do feel it is high care due to the soft smooth texture of it to avoid scratching. This isn’t a beater bag by any means. It looks and feels like a high end luxury bag.
Construction - the bag is beautifully constructed, the stitching neat, construction sturdy and an accurate shape to the Auth. There are no loose stitches. Only comment on construction is the bulky base inner joins which I’ve mentioned above that I can feel some lumps through the leather.
Hardware - The hardware is a lovely soft gold, not yellow, and has the Fendi engraving etched nicely into all the relevant places including the feet. There is a leather code engraved on the inner pocket and fabric pip label inside also.
**Accuracy** (10/10) - I have handled the auth numerous times, studied images online and without holding it side by side, I would say this is 100% accurate to my eye. It’s missing the plastic rain coat you get with the authentic, a little bit of a gimmick I guess but would be cute to also have it. I am not deducting points for this as it is a rep. Dust bag was good quality and cleanly printed.
If you have an auth I’d love to know how you care for the leather. Any tips welcome!
Dimensions - - Rep W270mm H208mm D110mm
- Auth - W270mm H210mm D110mm
Not going to complain over a 2mm difference, that’s normal and I doubt every auth is exact to those dimensions.
Color - Beige with pink and brown lining. Color is pretty spot on with the auth, it’s a hard color to photograph, so likely looks different (darker) in the photos, but I have held the auth in this color and the external and internal colors are all pretty close. I actually don’t think the colors on the Fendi website are accurate the auth of this I’ve held in my hands. In real life it’s a lovely honey beige color. I love that the two sides have contrasting lining just for a bit of fun and interest.
Materials/Construction - Leather feels on par in terms of feel, quality and texture to the authentic.
**Rep Satisfaction Rating** (10/10)- I am super happy with this bag, can you tell? It’s sitting next to me now while I write this, and I just love it. It’s definitely one I need to be careful with, not just throw on the seat of the car or back floor as I ferry kids around.
**Seller Satisfaction Rating** (10/10) - First time dealing with Lau and I am so happy with the service and the speed of which this baby arrived in my hands. They have been helpful answering questions on quality/factory etc (for this and other items I am looking at), fast on their communications, and I was super impressed they took the time to take extra photos with the tape measure to ease my concerns over the initial PSP shape/angle. I’ve got some more goodies on the way now, and a wishlist a mile long.
**CPR [Cost Performance Ratio] (10/10)** - is it great *for the price*?
This is a high quality rep of an expensive ‘it’ bag. I think the pricing was very reasonable for the high quality of the bag I have received and honestly wouldn’t spend the money on the auth if this holds up after some wear & tear.
**The Wrap Up (8.9)**
I wouldn’t let an SA handle it, they have no business touching my bags, but I would wear it into the brands store, just not the one I go to regularly as it might raise some questions as to why I didn’t purchase it there.
Would also wear it in any other luxury brand boutique - you def get better SA service when you are wearing a ‘brand’ bag in store!
Would I let my friends and family touch it, yes, it feels amazing, they should be jealous!

Tuesday Cautious Intros & First Trimester Questions/Concerns Thread
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I recently purchased boon bottles for my 6m. He has never had any issue adapting to different types of bottles. This is the first time we are having an “issue”. Normal feedings taking as an example como tomo bottle 7oz takes him around 15min to fully drank. While with the boon one it can take him up to close to 30 min. Today at around the 16min mark he just fell asleep and didn’t care to continue drinking, he just drank 3oz :( I have tried this bottles more than a couple of times and it’s always similar situation. I thought of buying next stage nipple since it comes with a medium one, but my baby is used only to medium and not fast flow yet. Am I supposed to do something specific with the bottle? Im making sure the bottle is properly assembled… but there doesn’t seem to be much of a complexity, but makes me wonder if I’m missing something I saw great reviews on these bottles, and my baby never struggled before, so that’s why my confusion

I beg for kindness. I've been in a dark place for a long time. I posted this on careeradvice also, but I think this community is a good place for it too....maybe?
TL;DR: Promotions at work over the years + being an individual contributor on the team has led to my 3rd (and worst) burnout at the same company over the course of about 11 years. I feel unhappy with every role change for different reasons. What can I do to accept being overwhelmed at work with the volume of work expected and stress with what I'm doing? Will I just always be unhappy no matter what?
If youre still here, this is super long, so please bear with me. It all leads to my question at the end. I have an MSW. I graduated back in 2012 and couldn't find a job since I didn't have post grad work experience. I took the first job I was interviewed for and offered - at a temp healthcare staffing company. I started in August 2012 as a Recruiter...then less than a year later, all within 2 months of each other, 3 of the 5 of the team members left. I took on more work willingly, but my role changed since I was promoted, etc. Additional duties included a phone sales kind of role which I hated, since I'm an introvert, plus I was managing people while being an individual contributor on the team with screening and hiring temps. We had a huge project May-August 2014 where I worked all the time and was on-call for the Temps I'd hired 24/7. I was burnt out by August 2014. I got an opportunity to switch roles at the same company as a Contracts administrator in August 2014. I switched and have been in the same department since, save for a brief hiatus at the end of 2021. In this role, I put together our company contract template for clients, reviewed and negotiated terms to Client agreements, etc. It was more analytical and not at all sales-y which was perfect for me. As time went on, my original Manager left, and she was replaced by the Assistant Manager at the time (who is now over me and a bunch of other people). She's still my boss to this day, and you cannot find a better boss. She's wonderful, supportive, fights for her team, she's easy to talk to, great to work for. She and I are very close. She is also my opposite - she's very extroverted, outspoken, and quick to think on her feet. She handles things being thrown on her plate with grace, although she may complain to me privately. 😉 COVID hit our company HARD - but in a good way. We grew exponentially due to helping staff soooo many nurses throughout the country. Things also changed drastically. 3 of the 4 of our executives - who I was close to and worked closely with - left, and they were replaced by baby VPs so that our executive team dynamic changed a lot. Now, the days of being able to review and negotiate contracts are gone (the goal is to sign sign sign so the salespeople can close their sales), as is the support we received at the exec level. Since COVID, we've been so much more busy, to the point that I have been overwhelmed at my job since sometime in 2020. I would regularly work 8a-9p, weekends, holidays. I would break down in tears regularly also. I crashed and burned in Oct and Nov 2021. I decided I wanted a complete career change, so I landed a job at an ABA clinic working with autistic kids and studied for and obtained an RBT certification. I resigned from my job in Contracts, although they begged me to stay. They offered me a promotion and more money, and they offered for me to take the last couple of months of the year off paid, but I was tired of always being super stressed and having no support from the execs, who we work very closely with. When I say no support, I mean nonresponsive to emails, requests for help, lack of knowledge and accountability, never being available etc. (When COVID hit all the executives were allowed to work completely remotely, and most of them moved out of state.) After I resigned, I started working at the ABA clinic, BUT - within 2 weeks I realized I hated it. I liked the kids, but the job was so monotonous and did not challenge my brain enough to keep me interested. I had to be over the top enthusiastic and extroverted with the kids which was draining to me. I also had no flexibility whatsoever- if my kid was sick, my husband had to be the one to work at home and I realized I'd never be able to get off work to attend any of her school functions, which is very important to me. I let the ABA clinic know that I was sorry, but the job was not the right fit. I also asked my old boss if I could possibly come back. She told me in confidence that the executives had a meeting and agreed they needed to be more supportive to our department and be available, so that made it more positive to go back. I'd also have occasional remote work flexibility, able to attend kid's school stuff, and I could use my brain. It just seemed like the grass was greener on that side. I was welcomed back with the promotion and pay raise offered when I'd resigned. Well...since I returned at the beginning of 2022, I've managed a team of 5. I remain an individual contributor on the team as well, so I do the same job as several others + Manager duties, tons of meetings, etc. If COVID seemed bad, how I feel now is no comparison. I need about 16 hours in each workday to get done everything I need to do in between meetings now. I have started having to work most nights from about 10pm-1am just to keep up with my day to day stuff. As a disclaimer, I don't like working outside of work hours when my kid is around. I get too focused and I'm only half focused on her, and I get grouchy due to stress. I still break down in tears regularly, but usually on the way home from work. When I walk up to the building each morning, I feel like a heavy weight settles on my chest and I have to mentally prepare myself for the crap I'm going to have to deal with that day. I work with a lot of salespeople now, and I hate being a prime factor in them closing their sale (because they promise the client they'll get a contract over to them same day). When I can sleep at night, I've started having nightmares about work, where I freak out because I forgot something and wake up panicked. There are days I just want to get up from my desk chair, walk out, and never return. I also had something personal happen in my family in December that has affected my mental health drastically. I did seek therapy for a while for it, but I just didn't have the time to spend a couple of hours in session each week or text with my therapist....it became something else I fell behind on which made things worse for me, so I terminated the relationship. I did talk to my wonderful boss about how I feel overwhelmed all the time, and she wants to keep me, so we set a plan in motion to restructure duties in our department. It's been needed for a long time anyway. We'd talked about it in 2022 but didn't follow through with it. But now, I don't know if I'll be happy JUST managing people! OH MY GOODNESS....ALL of that to say...am I just destined to be unhappy, no matter what my job is? What in the heck is wrong with me? Why do I let the work stress get to me so badly? I know everyone has stress about work, how do you not want to leave your jobs and find something different? How can I do better?

I beg for kindness. I've been in a dark place for a long time.
TL;DR: Promotions at work over the years + being an individual contributor on the team has led to my 3rd (and worst) burnout at the same company over the course of about 11 years. I feel unhappy with every role change for different reasons. What can I do to accept being overwhelmed at work with the volume of work expected and stress with what I'm doing? Will I just always be unhappy no matter what?
If youre still here, this is super long, so please bear with me. It all leads to my question at the end. I have an MSW. I graduated back in 2012 and couldn't find a job since I didn't have post grad work experience. I took the first job I was interviewed for and offered - at a temp healthcare staffing company. I started in August 2012 as a Recruiter...then less than a year later, all within 2 months of each other, 3 of the 5 of the team members left. I took on more work willingly, but my role changed since I was promoted, etc. Additional duties included a phone sales kind of role which I hated, since I'm an introvert, plus I was managing people while being an individual contributor on the team with screening and hiring temps. We had a huge project May-August 2014 where I worked all the time and was on-call for the Temps I'd hired 24/7. I was burnt out by August 2014. I got an opportunity to switch roles at the same company as a Contracts administrator in August 2014. I switched and have been in the same department since, save for a brief hiatus at the end of 2021. In this role, I put together our company contract template for clients, reviewed and negotiated terms to Client agreements, etc. It was more analytical and not at all sales-y which was perfect for me. As time went on, my original Manager left, and she was replaced by the Assistant Manager at the time (who is now over me and a bunch of other people). She's still my boss to this day, and you cannot find a better boss. She's wonderful, supportive, fights for her team, she's easy to talk to, great to work for. She and I are very close. She is also my opposite - she's very extroverted, outspoken, and quick to think on her feet. She handles things being thrown on her plate with grace, although she may complain to me privately. 😉 COVID hit our company HARD - but in a good way. We grew exponentially due to helping staff soooo many nurses throughout the country. Things also changed drastically. 3 of the 4 of our executives - who I was close to and worked closely with - left, and they were replaced by baby VPs so that our executive team dynamic changed a lot. Now, the days of being able to review and negotiate contracts are gone (the goal is to sign sign sign so the salespeople can close their sales), as is the support we received at the exec level. Since COVID, we've been so much more busy, to the point that I have been overwhelmed at my job since sometime in 2020. I would regularly work 8a-9p, weekends, holidays. I would break down in tears regularly also. I crashed and burned in Oct and Nov 2021. I decided I wanted a complete career change, so I landed a job at an ABA clinic working with autistic kids and studied for and obtained an RBT certification. I resigned from my job in Contracts, although they begged me to stay. They offered me a promotion and more money, and they offered for me to take the last couple of months of the year off paid, but I was tired of always being super stressed and having no support from the execs, who we work very closely with. When I say no support, I mean nonresponsive to emails, requests for help, lack of knowledge and accountability, never being available etc. (When COVID hit all the executives were allowed to work completely remotely, and most of them moved out of state.) After I resigned, I started working at the ABA clinic, BUT - within 2 weeks I realized I hated it. I liked the kids, but the job was so monotonous and did not challenge my brain enough to keep me interested. I had to be over the top enthusiastic and extroverted with the kids which was draining to me. I also had no flexibility whatsoever- if my kid was sick, my husband had to be the one to work at home and I realized I'd never be able to get off work to attend any of her school functions, which is very important to me. I let the ABA clinic know that I was sorry, but the job was not the right fit. I also asked my old boss if I could possibly come back. She told me in confidence that the executives had a meeting and agreed they needed to be more supportive to our department and be available, so that made it more positive to go back. I'd also have occasional remote work flexibility, able to attend kid's school stuff, and I could use my brain. It just seemed like the grass was greener on that side. I was welcomed back with the promotion and pay raise offered when I'd resigned. Well...since I returned at the beginning of 2022, I've managed a team of 5. I remain an individual contributor on the team as well, so I do the same job as several others + Manager duties, tons of meetings, etc. If COVID seemed bad, how I feel now is no comparison. I need about 16 hours in each workday to get done everything I need to do in between meetings now. I have started having to work most nights from about 10pm-1am just to keep up with my day to day stuff. As a disclaimer, I don't like working outside of work hours when my kid is around. I get too focused and I'm only half focused on her, and I get grouchy due to stress. I still break down in tears regularly, but usually on the way home from work. When I walk up to the building each morning, I feel like a heavy weight settles on my chest and I have to mentally prepare myself for the crap I'm going to have to deal with that day. I work with a lot of salespeople now, and I hate being a prime factor in them closing their sale (because they promise the client they'll get a contract over to them same day). When I can sleep at night, I've started having nightmares about work, where I freak out because I forgot something and wake up panicked. There are days I just want to get up from my desk chair, walk out, and never return. I also had something personal happen in my family in December that has affected my mental health drastically. I did seek therapy for a while for it, but I just didn't have the time to spend a couple of hours in session each week or text with my therapist....it became something else I fell behind on which made things worse for me, so I terminated the relationship. I did talk to my wonderful boss about how I feel overwhelmed all the time, and she wants to keep me, so we set a plan in motion to restructure duties in our department. It's been needed for a long time anyway. We'd talked about it in 2022 but didn't follow through with it. But now, I don't know if I'll be happy JUST managing people! OH MY GOODNESS....ALL of that to say...am I just destined to be unhappy, no matter what my job is? What in the heck is wrong with me? Why do I let the work stress get to me so badly? I know everyone has stress about work, how do you not want to leave your jobs and find something different? How can I do better?

I should preface this by saying I think I’m grieving my breastfeeding journey and also working through some PPA. My 11 week old has been combo fed with standard Enfamil Neuropro (yellow) and just switched to EFF last week.
He is a very happy baby, rarely fusses. Eats about 5 ounces every 3-4ish hours. He has a lot of gas, but just passes it and is unbothered. I can count on one hand the times he’s spit up in his life. His poops seem a bit runny sometimes, but his pediatrician thinks the consistency is fine. However, I keep getting in my head about the formula maybe not being the best fit for him. The formula smells so bad to me (like metallic) & so do his poops. I keep researching Kendamil and almost buying it, but I’m also scared to mess with something that is technically fine just to see if I can find something better. So I guess my question is.. is Kendamil all it’s cracked up to be, really? I don’t want to regret my decision if it messes with his stomach, but EVERY review is so good and makes it seem like the traditional US formulas are inferior.

Bub had her meningococcal vaxs this morning. We used Dymadon after hearing rave reviews of baby liking the flavour. I can confirm my girl did not like it. I now want to use Panadol instead after the four hours has passed as the mL is less for her weight so it’s easier for her to swallow vs Dymadon where the mL is a bit more. Is this okay?

My babys always been a Terrible sleeper, but it got better from 2-4 months when we got her a magic Merlin suit. She would sleep a 4-5 hour stretch then wake up every 2-3 hours to eat but would go back to sleep. The four month sleep regression hit us. HARD. Initially she wouldn’t sleep more than half an hour to one hour stretches at night and wanted to be awake. Now she gives us an initial 2 hour stretch from 8-10 and then wants to stay awake for a few hours, goes back to sleep at midnight, wakes up every two hours till 4:30 ish and wants to stay awake from 4:30. Not to mention it literally takes at least an hour to get her down. Her naps are crap too, I don’t even know how to put her down for a nap, she has to decide she is tired enough for it and it’s so flip of a switch. I’m so tired. She’s a barnacle baby too and the kind that wants you to stand up all the time. I literally have no break
We tried sleep training but it was a disaster and she vomited everywhere and then got ill afterwords.
Does this get better? I’m dying. It seems like everyone’s baby is doing better now with sleep, but ours are a disaster.

Previous threads
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Fan Translations

• Aiyoku No Eustia - 100% Translated and edited and TLC
  
• Akatsuki no Goei ~Principal-tachi no Kyuujitsu~ - 100% translated, 41.38% edited, 25.29% through QA
  
• Akatsuki no Goei ~Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron~ - "15/169 Total scripts. Act 1 finished. Working on Act 2."
  
• Amagami - 3rd public Beta patch released
  
• Aonatsu Line - Translation starting
  
• Baku Ane 2 - Prologue, Ritsuka Fully translated, Wakana 8/8 Lessons, 5% route, Mashiro 5/8 lessions, Miran 2/5 events and Sayaka 1/3 events translated, Ritsuka patch released
  
• Bishoujo Mangekyou -Kami ga Tsukuritamouta Shoujo-tachi- - 30% translated
  
• Caucasus - 100% translated, image editing complete, editing, QC/TLC , and playtesting remain
  
• CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu Chu! - 65.04% translated, 6.17% edited
  
• CHAOS;CHILD Love Chu Chu - Being translated
  
• Chicchakunai Mon - 100% translated and 39.5% edited
  
• Chusingura 46+1 - 21227/82770 (25.65) lines translated, Kuranosuke route partial patch released
  
• Clearworld - Translation starting
  
• Deatte 5-fun wa Ore no Mono! Jikan Teishi to Atropos - Common Route patch released
  
• Dekachin Kozou - Released
  
• Dragon Knight 4 - 57% translated
  
• Fate/Extra CCC - 100% translated, 25/2499 main scripts edited
  
• Fukyou no Hana - Snow Flower - Released
  
• GinIro Haruka - Mizuha route released, Mizuha edits finished, Yuzuki route fully translated and ~50% edited
  
• GOS01 - Oshioki no Kyouiku Jikan ~Watashi, Kareshi no Tame ni Kyouiku o Ukemasu~ - Released
  
• H2O √ after and another Complete story Edition - 100% translated, 64.2% edited
  
• Hakuchuumu no Aojashin - Restoration patch focused on Case 1 released, work being done on the rest of the untranslated scenes
  
• Haruka na Sora - Sora and Yahiro routes translated, Kozue 29% translated, overall TL 70% TLC 70% ED 26%
  
• Hikage no Himari - sun in the shade - Released
  
• Houma Hunter Lime - Patch in development
  
• If My Heart Had Wings: Snow Presents - 23% translated
  
• Junketsu Megami-Sama - 2nd Alpha patch released, Astarotte route finishing up
  
• Kareshi Inai Reki = Nenrei - Translated 19442 / 58264 text lines (33.37%)
  
• Koukan no Toriko-Tachi - Prologue, common, and Cuckold Play route translated, Swinging Route 35%, Yukari POV 40%
  
• Kud Wafter - 23,835 / 31,579 (73.5%) lines translated
  
• Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~ - "Translation finished. Rest of the processes ongoing."
  
• Lover Able - 100% translated and edited, 2928/34467 lines approved (8.49%)
  
• Lucky Star ~Ryouou Gakuen Outousai~ - episode 1 patch released
  
• Maji Koi A-5 - 85% translated
  
• Manakashi no Yuri wa Akaku Somaru - 66% translated
  
• Miagete Goran, Yozora no Hoshi o - 1 of 4 routes translation finished for the restoration patch, Houkiboshi Hika 2 of 4 H-scenes translated
  
• Nursery Rhyme - 100% translated and edited, text insertion 100% complete, testing ongoing
  
• Otogirisou - 100% translated
  
• Planetarian Snow Globe - Editing and proofreading finished, finishing up images and technical work
  
• Pure Pure - 100% translated, needs proofreading, partial patch released, all routes have been inserted
  
• Rui wa Tomo o Yobu - 19.51% translated, 4.20% edited
  
• Sakura Wars 2 - Being translated, demo patch released
  
• Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki - Both original and fan disc 100% translated, in need of editing
  
• Shabura Rental - 20760/33358 lines (62.2%) translated
  
• Shangrlia 2 - Menu patch released, patch in development
  
• Shin Hayarigami - 48% translated
  
• Shirotsume Yubiwa - 100% translated, 50% beta patch released
  
• Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu - 100% translated, TLC and Editing upcoming
  
• Tokimeki Memorial 2 - Being translated
  
• Tsukihime - A piece of blue glass moon - Arcueid route patch released, Ciel route 100% translated, days 3 through 13 edited and days 3 through 12 finalized
  
• Tsuma Netori - 35% translated, 20% edited
  
• Umi kara Kuru Mono - 85/138 scripts translated
  
• Watashi wa Kyou Koko de Shinimasu - 100% translated, 99% (2254/2265) lines edited, 36% (826/2265) lines QC
  
• Walkure Romanze - Common + Celia + Lisa + Mio routes patch released
  
• Yosuga no Sora - Translation finished, editing and TLC ongoing, Total: TL 100% TLC 71% ED 55%, Common/Kazuha/Motoka routes fully edited
  

Official work

MangaGamer

• Shiei no Sona-Nyl - In Beta
  
• The Pillagers of Raillore - About to enter Beta
  
• Ciconia - Phase 1 Released
  
• Hadaka Shitsuji fandisc - Picked up
  
• Rance 03 - 48% translated, 29% edited
  
• Rance X - 56% translated, 5% edited
  
• Luckydog1 - Translation nearly complete
  
• Funbag Fantasy 4 - 51% translated, 49% edited
  
• Eve of the 12th Month - 91% translated and 8% edited
  

JAST

• Sumaga - Slow progress ongoing
  
• Katahane - Progress being made again
  
• Django - Not actively making progress
  
• Gears of Dragoon: Fragments of a New Era - In Testing
  
• Tokyo Hero Project - Translation finished
  
• Machine Child - Still being developed
  
• Onigokko! Fandisc - Fully translated
  

Age titles

• Kiminozo - Kickstarter for English release planned pending success of JP Crowdfunding

Spike Chunsoft

• Anonymous;Code - September 8th release

Sekai/Denpa

• Amairo Chocolate 2 - Through QA, awaiting approvals
  
• Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
  
• Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 20% edited
  
• Hoshizora no Memoria (retranslation) - In QA
  
• Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
  
• Sumire - Picked up
  
• Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
  
• Glass - Picked up
  
• New Glass - Picked up
  
• Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited
  
• Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 90% translated, 30% edited
  
• Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
  
• Gakkou no Seiiki - 100% translated and edited, Waiting on build
  
• Imouto no Seiiki - 100% translated and edited, Waiting on build
  
• Chiisana Kanojo no Serenade - 50% translated, 20% edited
  
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi - 10% translated
  
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
  
• Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 40% translated
  
• Re;Lord 3 - In QA
  
• Marshmallow Imouto Succubus - In QA
  
• Hamidashi Creative - Announced
  
• Happy Saint Sheol - 100% translated, 25% edited
  
• Inupara - In Development
  
• Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
  
• Nie no Hakoniwa - 90% translated, 10% edited
  
• Parfait Remake - In translation
  
• Raspberry Cube - Announced
  
• Uso Kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu - 50% translated, 30% edited
  
• Animal Trail Girlish Square 2 - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
  
• Animal Trail Girlish Square LOVE+PLUS - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
  

VisualArts

• LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild- - 2023 release
  
• Tsui no Stella - 2023 release
  
• Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release
  

Nekonyan

• Clover Days - Rejected by Steam, "Additional image editing in progress"
  
• My Klutzy Cupid - 100% translated, 60% edited, Image Editing in Process, Through Steam Approvals
  
• Dracu Riot - "Waiting on Warmsoft for a QA Build"
  
• Melty Moment - 80% translated
  
• Aoi Tori - "Porting work is still ongoing"
  
• Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
  
• Secret Agent of the Knight Academy - "Image editing complete, Engine work wrapping up, Nearly ready for QA"
  
• Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 60% edited
  
• Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 15% translated, 5% edited
  
• A Colorful World - 100% translated and edited "Image editing/integration of HD assets in progress"
  
• Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated, 17% edited, "Unity port in-progress"
  
• Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
  
• Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 17% edited, "Image editing complete, Engine work in progress"
  
• Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, "Image editing in progress" working with developer on engine work
  
• Tenshi Souzou Angelic Chaos RE-BOOT - 10% translated
  
• [Secret Project 2]() - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
  
• [Secret Project 3]() - 100% translated and edited, image editing complete, waiting on QA build
  

Frontwing

• OPPAI Ero App Academy Bigger, Better, Electric Boobaloo - Released
  
• Sharin no Kuni - August release
  
• Grisaia Chronos Rebellion - Announced
  

LoveLab

• Sugar Sweet Temptation - Through Steam review, finalizing the build

Aksys

• Jack Jeanne - June 15th release
  
• Radiant Tale - July 27th release
  
• Norn9 ~Norn + Nonette~ Last Era - August 24th release
  
• Virche Evermore: Error Salvation - 2023 release - Fall 2023 release
  
• Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II - Fall 2023 release
  
• Tengoku Struggle -Strayside- - 2024 release
  

Shiravune

• Queen of the Otaku: THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE - July 18th release
  
• Succubus Sessions: Mami Mamiyas Sweet Slice of Hell - July 21st release
  
• ONE. - December 22nd release
  
• Nukitashi - 2023 release
  
• Sacrifice Villains - Announced
  

Success

• Akai Ito - Released
  
• Aoishiro - Released
  

Kagura Games

• Spiral Dystopia - Released
  
• Samurai Vandalism - Upcoming release
  

Other

• Magic Charge Duet - Released
  
• The Princess in the Mirror - Released
  
• Charade Maniacs - June 27th release
  
• Venus Blood -Gaia- - Kickstarted succeeded, July 28th release
  
• I want to have your babies! ~Long-awaited reunion! My childhood friend got sexy and horny~ - Announced
  
• Monkeys! - English release planned
  
• Haunted Obachestra Vol.1 Awaking - Upcoming release
  
• NarKarma EngineA - Announced, in development
  
• Taimanin Asagi - Page for the Trial of episode 1 back on Steam
  
• Fault Milestone 2 - Side Below - Upcoming release
  

Hi I’m Jess! I’m a stay at home mom of two kids and a fur baby (bunny). I enjoy spending time reading and writing blog content. I am a blog writer for Honest Honey Reviews, I also run an online clothing store: Annco Digital Designs. Thank you for your support, Busy Bees!
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My stepson (11M) has been kept from us since right before Thanksgiving. My boyfriend and I have been together 10 years and I met his son at 2 years old (he’s almost 12). He has lived with us every other week since age 5. His mom is literally insane (accused me of doing voodoo to make her keep the son from him) among other crazy accusations. We now have a 5 and 9 mo old and it’s been hard since he has hardly seen the new baby and his little sister who adores him. My mother in law has been able to request to have him for some holidays (Christmas Day) for an hour or two and we occasionally see him this way.
My bf has a lawyer. She filed for child support right after she stopped letting my stepson visit. We saved some money up and were also able to obtain a lawyer. First court date was to set up child support, second was to make sure paperwork was submitted regarding child support. Third is to “review paperwork submitted”. We were told visitation has to be a separate court date. We do not have this court date.
Is this normal? To take so long to get this all established? Is there truly no way to see him in the meantime? I just feel we are at the mercy of this lawyer and don’t really understand.

Baby is 4.5 months. We did the Halo sleep sack for the first three months until she no longer liked being swaddled. Then we did arms out but she would continue to startle herself so we started Merlin sleep suit. We have been doing the Merlin sleep suit for a month now.
Tonight we tried to put her in the Halo transition sack (arms out) and she rolled over in the crib. However, after rolling over she started crying and screaming in that position because she does not know how to get out back on to her back. We put her back in Merlin but she's showing signs she may roll over in it like she did in the transition arms-out sack.
So what to do? Do we just try an arms out sleep sack and keep putting her back on her back if she rolls? More arms out sleep sack during the day? Do we practice more tummy time? If she rolls on to her stomach does that mean she's safe there?
Regarding tummy time, she can roll into it but cannot roll back to her back.
Any advice would be appreciated!

30 years of this Motormouth
On three decades of cars, controversy, and cow dung at the Sunday Times (May 28)
By Jeremy Clarkson
Thirty years. That’s how long I’ve been writing for The Sunday Times. When I joined the paper, back in 1993, John Major was in power, Neil Kinnock was a fan of Ford Sierras, they were still digging coal out of the ground in Yorkshire and other columnists on the paper included AA Gill, Michael Winner and, not long afterwards, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
I’m the only one left now. Still here. Still bashing away at the keyboard. And still feeling like a fraud. I went recently to a party celebrating the newspaper’s 200th birthday and during a film that had been made to commemorate the milestone, I was left reeling at the amount of truly important stories it had broken over the years. And the journalistic colossuses who’d translated these shapeshifting events into readable, punchy prose.
Me? Well, I got a job in journalism — on the Rotherham Advertiser — simply because my grandfather, a doctor, had gone out during an air raid in the Second World War and delivered the editor’s first baby. “I’ve always wanted to pay him back,” he said, “so you start on Monday.”
He sent me on a block release course to learn the tricks of the trade and I was terribly shit at everything. I only managed to pass my 110-word-a-minute shorthand exam by using a two-speed tape recorder and very long hair to cover up the secret earpiece. But while there I did meet a chap from the Harrogate Herald who told me about a great gig. If you could get a motoring column in the newspaper, carmakers would send you a brand-new model every week, fully insured and brimmed with fuel. All you had to do to keep the gravy train running was say how brilliant it was.
So I became a motoring journalist — that’s the profession’s bottom rung, just below being a travel hack. And that was fraudulent too because I had no clue how a car works. Back then my peers and colleagues in the specialist motoring press would talk about gear ratios and steering racks and tread shuffle, and I had literally no clue what they were on about. In my mind you turned the key, witchcraft happened and you moved about. The gearbox? That was pure sorcery.
In some ways this ignorance helped, because if you know how a car works you aren’t all that surprised when it does. With me, I always have a boyish, tinkle-grabbing excitement when I push the throttle pedal and the whole car moves. It excites me. And I don’t think that excitement would be there if I were on some kind of a know-how par with the engineers who’d made it possible.
To get round the problem of not knowing what I was talking about, I wrote mostly about how a car made you look and feel. And that seemed to go down quite well, so pretty soon the gravy train became a foreign junket jus train as carmakers started inviting me to product launches. A lot of product launches. In the mid-Eighties I spent more time in Cannes and Barcelona than I did at home. And all I had to do in exchange for all the private jets and champagne was write a piece saying that the car made me feel and look very nice. And that it would do the same for you too.
At one of these product launches — for the Citroën AX, in case you’re interested — I bumped into a BBC producer who asked me to appear on Top Gear, and pretty soon I was so busy doing that, I didn’t have time to go to Cannes and Barcelona any more. Which meant I had nothing to lose and could say what I liked.
Many of the carmakers didn’t like me saying what I liked, so an association of car industry press officers despatched a chap from Ford called Harry Calton to speak to my bosses. They told him that my directness was bringing more viewers to Top Gear and that this was good for the motor industry. Which in turn was good for Ford. He agreed and pretty soon I was rushing about, refusing to review the Vauxhall Vectra because it was too boring. And likening the new Toyota Corolla to a fridge-freezer. And saying that the Ford Scorpio looked like a slightly melted waxwork model of Marty Feldman.
This brought me to the attention of The Sunday Times, which asked me to do something similar in print. Which is quite an achievement if you think about it. Being asked to write for one of the most prestigious newspapers in the world, on a subject about which I knew nothing.
I couldn’t even drive very well back then. This was a bit of a hindrance, because to write about how a car behaves “at the limit” you have to be able to take it to the limit, and to find out where that is you have to go beyond it, which meant doing some kind of skid. It was my old colleague Tiff Needell who taught me how to do that, at Kemble airfield, in a Lamborghini Murciélago.
I still don’t do it properly. Instead of using power to break traction at the back, which is what the professionals do, I use too much speed. I arrive at the corner far too quickly, lift off the throttle to pitch the weight of the car forwards and therefore reduce traction at the back, and then turn the wheel while rubbing some rosaries. It’s messy and smoky and scary sometimes, especially when you’re doing it three feet from the back of a camera tracking car. But it looked good on television, and it convinced millions of people that I was some kind of cross between Ayrton Senna and Adrian Newey, all wrapped up in a sandwich filled with idiotic metaphors and similes.
Soon The Sunday Times asked me to start writing about other things as well, which is how I ended up with Adrian Gill, in Baghdad, in 2005, reporting on the Iraq War. I was useless at this as well, choosing to use hyperbole instead of actually finding stuff out. “There were a hundred million soldiers” is so much easier than calling the MoD and finding out how many there really were.
I also had a terrible nose for news. Back in the autumn of 2013 — I did look that up — I was in Kyiv doing some kind of Top Gear live show when I received a call from a different editor of The Sunday Times, asking me to go down to Independence Square to see if the protests were as big as he’d been led to believe.
I was thrilled because this was my big chance to be a proper hack, at the pointy tip of a breaking story. So off I went with a notebook and no pen. No journalist ever has a pen. And having talked to the lone policeman and signed autographs for the six rather bored-looking protesters, I called the editor and said the whole Russia/Ukraine thing was a nonstory.
Incredibly, after 30 years on the paper, I’m still here. But will I still be kicking around after 40 years? With cars I think not. I recently borrowed a 2005 Ford GT and, on a beautiful spring evening, I took it from Chipping Norton to Badminton House, along some of the loveliest and quietest and fastest roads that Britain has to offer, and I truly loved it. But in the not too distant future drives like that will simply not be possible. And cars like that will be gone. It’ll all be 20 mph and giving way to cyclists and pulling over for 60 hours to fill up the batteries. And I want no part of that.
I may not know how proper cars work. But at least they interest me. The new breed? I have even less of a clue what makes them move along and I find them all to be more boring than Jane Austen giving a four-hour talk about Chaucer.
When I began doing this columnism lark you could say that the combustion engine was brilliant and that men can’t have babies. These days, though … you can still say those things. It’s just that now people get very angry with you. And I like that because I’ve always liked throwing rocks in ponds. It’s all I’ve ever done, really. Tried to mess things up. It’s been fun.
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Does the red trouser mob speak fluent nimby? You better you bet
By Jeremy Clarkson (Sunday Times, May 28)
I have some experience of not getting planning permission, and what I’ve come to understand is this: whether you want to build a conservatory, or a funeral home, or a nuclear power station, you’ve got to get the language right. Sustainable. That’s an important word. Your conservatory may feature window frames made from depleted uranium, but that doesn’t matter if you describe it as sustainable. And mental health. That’s critical. You need a sustainable sun room full of eco-plants because it’s good for your mental health. Plus you will empower the local building trade in a way that will be “transformative” to the low-income “community”.
Sadly, however, no matter how well versed you may be in modern government-speak, you will come up against a neighbour in red trousers who knows the even more powerful language of nimbyism. And he’s going to say that your new conservatory will cause more “pollution”, “traffic” and “noise”. That’s the holy trinity for those who worship at the altar of Laura Ashley. And if that isn’t working, they’ll wheel out the trump card: dark skies. They’ll argue that your new conservatory will cause light pollution, and then, I’m afraid, you’ve had it. Especially if there’s even a suggestion that you might harm a bat.
All of which brings me on to the Duke of Beaufort. He recently applied for permission to stage two summer concerts in the agreeable grounds of Badminton House — the Who and Rod Stewart, in case you’re interested. And I’m sure his representatives used all the right words.
They’ll have glossed over the fact that it’s bloody expensive to run a big house and new income streams are necessary, because that sort of argument doesn’t sit well in a country where anyone with a big house is wrong. That’s the law. So the duke’s advisers will have relegated the business angle to page 12 of the application and concentrated instead on how the sustainable, low-impact, green events will empower the low-income rural community and boost the mental health of the region’s bats.
Sadly, though, the duke’s neighbours are not just well versed in the language of nimbyism. They are fluent — they are past masters — in the art of objecting. So they started by pointing out there’d be increased traffic in the area and that noise would “reverberate” in nearby villages — presumably causing many bat deaths and “mental health issues”.
Naturally, they also said the concertgoers would engage in “rowdy behaviour”, even though it’s the Who and Rod Stewart we’re talking about. Most of the audience will be in their sixties, and when Roger Daltrey sings, “The kids are all right”, they’ll turn to one another and say, “They really are. Henry’s a commodity broker now, and Harriet is doing ever so well at Freuds.” Then, when it’s all over, they’ll go back to Stanton St Quintin in their Teslas, and Keith Moon will not head over to the local hostelries to blow up the lavatories because he died 45 years ago.
Fearing perhaps the council might cotton on to the fact the audience are extremely unlikely to drive their cars into the nearest swimming pool, the red-trouser people decided then to open up with sustained machinegun fire. Crime. Disorder. Public nuisance. Emergency services. Road safety. Pandora’s box. This was the Middle England playbook, and if they’d stuck to it, they might have got somewhere.
But they got high on their own supply and became silly, saying, “With 11 to 12 hours’ drinking licences, drunks will camp overnight . . . increasing the potential for a major fire incident.”
Right. I see. So this 65-year-old reveller overdoes it on the noon balloons and the Whispering Angel, puts up a tent he’s somehow smuggled into the venue and then, using some of the kindling he’s brought from the wicker basket in his snug, gets a fire going, which, despite the constant rain that goes hand in hand with British summertime concerts, somehow turns into a major Australia-style inferno that completely engulfs three neighbouring villages and ruins the dark skies for miles.
It’s the most preposterous argument I’ve ever heard. There was, once, a fire at an outdoor gig. It was caused by a faulty light on the stage and was quickly extinguished using stamping and a blanket. No one was injured and Bruno Mars was back at the mike eight minutes later. So the fire argument doesn’t wash.
And I’m delighted to say the duke’s local authority saw it for the nonsense it was and gave the gigs the go-ahead. And before you write in saying, “How would you like it if your neighbour invited the Who to perform in his garden?”, I’d say: “I’d like it a lot. Especially if they bring some lasers and do 'Baba O’Riley'.”
I fear, however, that this is not the end of the story, because now “sustainable” has been balanced out by “traffic”, and “empowering” by “light pollution”, the red-trouser brigade is going to become increasingly desperate in its constant battle to keep Britain as it was in 1957.
Mr Sunak announced recently that planners will be encouraged to look favourably on rural schemes, but they’re going to be up against a tub-thumping army that will quickly recognise that the fire argument was a bit of an oxbow lake and will start to argue that the new housing estate for the low-income community will cause a plague of luminous locusts that will spoil the dark sky. Or that it will attract immigrants who all have ebola. And that your longed-for barn conversion is actually a Russian missile silo capable of turning all of Chipping Sodbury into a nuclear desert for the next 10,000 years.
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The Driving website of the Sunday Times has also published a freely accessible interview with Clarkson, on his 30 years at the paper. It's part of a larger feature that also reproduces several old columns.
And here's the Sun column: "Three things bother us in the UK..."
Clarkson's columns are regularly collected as books. You can buy them from his boss or your local bookshop.

My husband and I just assembled the baby’s bassinet (she’s coming in 2 weeks) and we noticed it’s very wobbly on top - doesn’t seem sturdy at all. It’s all out together properly and I did see a few Amazon reviews where parents experienced the same thing…
Anyone have experience with this bassinet?
This is the second one we’ve tried and just want a sturdy bassinet for next to our bed (I may be getting a C-Section so we wanted one like the Halo Swivel).
And no, we don’t want to use a pack n play due to space - we have one but it is going downstairs.