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    Upholstery/ carpet cleaning machine

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    That price is crazy! The last time we had it done we paid $250 for a carpet, sofa, two chairs and stairs. That was pre-pandemic by a month or two. The only machine I would buy is the Bissell professional model, but I would rent one before buying one as it's over $400. I believe you can get extra long hoses for stairs. None of the machines that look like vacuums work as well as the Bissell professional model. We used to rent the machine twice a year. It's cheap, they sell all the cleaners right there, and so many stores have it available around here.

    Our Maine/NE vacay WOW!

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    Sounds like a great trip! We were just discussing a Maine trip - we haven't been in quite a few years and I love the Maine coast. Did you visit the US Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle? The Heritage Trail is really cool. We only found it while looking for a Starbucks on one of our road trips, and it was a great find!

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    Bivalent vaccine?

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    My son and I will both get it in the beginning of October as we have a wedding to attend on the 21st or 28th of October, I forgot which Friday.  Dh has decided to skip it. I had Covid in June, and while it was mild it did stir up my autoimmune conditions and leave me out of breath while exercising for quite a long time, so I'd rather be safe and keep Covid mild. We've all had the initial 3 rounds and suspect at least a few in the household had asymptomatic Covid before I was sick. 

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    Please help! I need boot advice for a wedding.

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    1 hour ago, Frances said:

    Is the wedding indoors? The dress seems very summery to me and might be cold for October, depending where the wedding is at. What do you wear for shoes normally? If you want to wear the boots because they work for you, I think I would look for a different dress.

    It is indoors, and while the other colors look summery, the navy doesn't in person. I've been wearing slippers lately, lol. I may look for another dress. I've seen similar dresses but with a print paired with boots, so I may go in that direction. I saw a picture of a very similar dress to the one I have paired with sparkly silver boots, but that's not me, lol. 

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    Please help! I need boot advice for a wedding.

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    1 hour ago, prairiewindmomma said:

    A few thoughts:

    1. If your feet are such that you can't go even a few hours without severe cracking, I hope you and your derm are looking at biologics or laser treatment or something to help you get to a better place. You're always fighting an infection risk with psoriasis. You might want to investigate options with wound care specialists also--I could see clear hydrocolloid bandages maybe working for you. It would keep it moist, it would be clear, and studies are showing something like 50% of plaques resolve after 10 weeks of use.

     

    We're investigating options at the moment. My neurologist has been seeing studies about certain biologics worsening MS, I've already learned that my normal course of prednisone during an MS relapse will cause my feet to flare. 😡 It's hard to navigate multiple autoimmune disorders! 

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    Please help! I need boot advice for a wedding.

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    I bought this dress in navy for an upcoming wedding: https://www.macys.com/shop/product/dkny-balloon-sleeve-faux-wrap-dress?ID=13632265&lid=pdp_details

    I have skin issues on the soles and sides of my feet (psoriasis) and can't wear shoes without socks and tons of lotion to keep my feet from cracking. I thought a pair of dress boots/booties would look nice, so I purchased a pair in navy. It's impossible to match navy colors and they looked terrible with the dress!!! They were super comfortable though. They had the same boot in an almond color:   https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0981DD69H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    Are there any other colors or styles I should consider? It is an October wedding. Also, I need to have wide shoes lately. I guess I'm having a lot of inflammation, too. 😭

     

     

    Were there food items that your parents wouldn’t buy when you were little, but when you got married or moved out you went crazy buying those things for yourself?

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    We never had fast food growing up. There was one hot dog place we would go to when my parents sold a house, but that was it. I went a little crazy on fast food when I started working. We had treats like cookies and cake, but they were always off-brand, rationed and not readily available. I can eat a half a package of Oreo's (which we never had!) in minutes, which is why I rarely buy them. Growing up, dinner was always a main, side and a vegetable, so I feel like dinner is incomplete if we don't have those three categories on the plate, lol. We always had food, and I don't recall ever feeling hungry beyond normal before meal hunger, but I was very aware of how difficult it was for my parents to put food on the table. I feel more secure when we have lots of food in the house, and like my dad, buy extra when items are on sale. My husband is the same, and his family had periods of food insecurity and instances of relying on charity from the church, but also never went through actual hunger from not having food in the house. His parents always purchased name brand expensive foods, though, which I find odd. Also, they rarely ate leftovers. I can't stand food waste, which is probably part of the reason I struggle with weight and staying with my preferred diet - I feel I need to eat things so they don't get thrown out. 

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    Help me organize myself in my new role

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    I'm a paper person, and I can't live without my bullet journal. If I were in your shoes I would start a page in my bullet journal every time I'm in a meeting for taking notes. I would add it to the index with the date of the meeting and subject of the meeting. When I have time, hopefully right after the meeting, I would go through the notes and add any to-dos to my current day tasks, or to the monthly task list or the future log, according to when any actionable items need to be taken care of. 

    I don't have any meetings (yay!!) but I have a phone call log in my bullet journal for customer calls, and I usually take notes. After the call I go through my notes and add to the appropriate task list when necessary. 

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    Update last post: Help me think through this work situation

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    I personally would take the long commute over a toxic work environment and long shifts. After years of working in a high stress job with long days that started very early while dealing with chronic insomnia probably in part caused by the toxic work environment, it definitely had an effect on my health and most likely contributed to the onset of the autoimmune diseases I struggle with now. I don't know how old your kids are, but working in that environment may spill over to your interactions with them.  Sometimes we have to judge the quality of the time we spend with our kids versus the amount of time. 

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    PRIME DAY — post deals here (as well as deals you’re hoping to find!) NOT JUST AMAZON!

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    18 hours ago, Arcadia said:

    I have these and they pair with iPhones and Android phones. Noise canceling is great and the passthrough feature (https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GY8XYA36SLULDPUC) is great too especially when you want to be able to hear traffic. However I don’t like Echo Buds or Air Pods, they irritate my ear channel. 

    Thanks for the link! I went ahead and ordered them, hopefully they won't bother my ears. I did see a separate fit kit that I may order: https://smile.amazon.com/Echo-Buds-Ear-Tips-and-Wing-Tips-Fit-Kit/dp/B0876MHG94/ref=p13n_ds_purchase_sim_1p_dp_desktop_sccl_1_1/143-8457044-1499837?pd_rd_w=ehot0&content-id=amzn1.sym.86ed191f-b9a7-4e41-ac80-b0637c13c687&pf_rd_p=86ed191f-b9a7-4e41-ac80-b0637c13c687&pf_rd_r=16A1AZGYP6XG9EZR9ZA7&pd_rd_wg=0JBl6&pd_rd_r=27b51cb5-69e5-468e-9fb8-73bed7074671&pd_rd_i=B0876MHG94&psc=1

    My other choice would have been the Air Pods Pro. The regular ones will definitely hurt my ear. The wired ones are very painful and I usually end up with a headache, and the shape looks the same. I had a cheap pair of no name ear buds similar in shape to the Echo ones, and they didn't hurt my ear, but one fell out frequently so my ear must be odd shaped on that side lol. 

    Absolute mildest, non-drying hand soap

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    I had an issue for the first year of Covid with excess handwashing. One thing that I didn't realize was making it worse for me was lotions containing urea, and my skin became extremely sensitive to it. It got so bad that I was having layers of skin cracking and peeling off. Eucerin probably did the most damage, I don't remember which one. I was using it every time I washed my hands. 

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