Amethyst
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We are also vegetarian and use the Weber. One of our favorite dishes uses grilled veggies with grilled polenta. Top it with some mozzarella and marinara. Yum!!
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I would wear dress trousers with conservative blouse.
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I use pods for dishwasher. Convenient. No overfilling like with the powder. The only downside is if your hands are wet and the water gets on the pods, they can stick together.
I have tried pods for washing machine and hate them because they never fully dissolve.
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I feel your pain!!!! I gave up gardenting the year that I went outside to pick the zucchini. I knew they would be ready for picking because I had looked at them the day before and said “one more day!” Those stinkin’ deer knew the moment they were ripe! And what did they do?? Eat one zucchini and say thanks? No way! They took ONE bite from every.single.zucchini!!!! Have a whole zucchini, Bambi, but why ruin ALL of them?? That was it. Done. That area I converted back to grass the following year.
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What a beautiful sweet baby! Congratulations!
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Keep her hydrated
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If you have siblings who live at least two hours away, how often do you visit them? How often do they visit you?
I am one of nine siblings. Naturally, I’m closer to some than others. I’d like to see some of them more often. Others, eh. We tend to do a decent number of family events, and I try to get to some of those. For instance, my mom and dad’s 70th anniversary is coming up, so we (siblings and their children-in-laws) are taking them out to dinner. The problem with the larger events is that they are not intimate and I frequently don’t feel like I’ve connected with the people I care most about. But I feel like the larger events get priority.
From time to time, my two closest sisters and I have made an effort to meet in various locations for lunch, just the three of us. I enjoy those. For a while, we tried to include the husbands, and it eventually petered out.
I wish it was more often. But maybe I’m unrealistic. How often do you see your siblings.
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Lol. I thought this was a pic of my parents’ house! Yes! We had two. I can’t remember what we put in there. I feel like maybe newspaper was stored there until it was thrown out but I could be wrong.
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I have recently started being less obsessive about wearing masks in stores, but will take it with me in grocery stores because if it’s very crowded or there are little kids coughing, I put it on. Also, we recently went to our first post-covid concert in a very very tiny intimate setting, and we wore masks. Definitely still wear on airplanes.
This past week, less than a week ago, I made the decision for our dental hygiene school to stop wearing N95s and go back to level 3 masks. I had been monitoring CDC website regarding Community Transmission and it had gone down in the school’s county and all the surrounding counties, so I felt it was time.
I have not yet had covid.
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Interesting question. The first thing that comes to mind is that I like to plan and be organized. The flip side is not doing very well with spontaneity
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2 minutes ago, KidsHappen said:
You don't know your Hogwarts house?
Me either. I always have to ask my girls what the qualities are supposed to be. I don’t think I easily sort
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ESFJ. Today. I’m always an E. The other categories vary when I take these tests online. In some situations I’m emotional, others analytical. So i think it depends on my mood when I take the test.
ETA: the test I tool said ESFJ-A. I guess the A means assertive? (The other option was Turbulent) I guess it means I don’t struggle with anxiety and second guessing myself.
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I read free. And I read Kitchen Aid mixer. I was all ready to accept. But rodents are my nemesis. I don’t like snakes, don’t like spiders. But rodents!!!! Aagghh. They’re my 1984! Would not take it. One rodent would be enough, but INFESTATION??!!?! Yikes! That’s a big no for me
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Wait before replying to texts. short answers when you do reply. “Yeah, we’ll have to get together some day” - and then never arrange it.
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Best wishes. I hope you have resolution soon.
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Before I went to dental school, I always thought that root canals sounded awful. What I have learned in dental school and afterwards is that one of the reasons that root canal therapy (RCT) is associated with pain so often is that patients frequently show up with a painful infection. The infection changes the pH and makes it chemically much more difficult for the local anesthetic to take effect. So, the patient remembers the pain od the infection AND the pain of not being quite numb enough during the first part of the RCT.
But for most people, especially like you, where you are are not in horrible acute pain with swelling, they will get you numb, and you won’t feel anything. It’s just a matter of keeping your mouth open.
I hope all goes well. I think it will.
Regarding the nightguard, you can get one to cover the lower teeth. It won’t activate the gag reflex
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37 minutes ago, Mom_to3 said:
Hmm, any idea why? I wonder what the reason for the difference in protocol is. It can't be that Canadians are more reliable in reporting onset than Americans?! May be a good reason to get a device like an Apple Watch or do a daily Kardia to be able to prove timing of onset?
I don’t know why. And I could be wrong. I just remember dh and the cardiologist discussing this. I also remember them discussing the pill-in-the-pocket approach.
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1 hour ago, I talk to the trees said:
it was known as “shopping at Curby’s.” 😂
Lol. I love it!
We do have two colleges nearby. But it’s a funny time if year. If it was Aug or September someone might be wanting a sofa. My dd actually took a pic and asked some college friends but they said no thanks
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14 hours ago, Renai said:
We just rented a Uhaul and took everything at once to the dump.
We were just talking yesterday that this is what we might end up doing. Well, probably not rent the U-haul, but maybe put them in the minivan and drive to the dump. But it would probably be two trips, so two charges. Maybe the u-haul. We’ll check it out. But I feel like I should make the most of it and dump lots of other stuff too, if I rent the U-haul Maybe a good motivator to FINALLY clear out the kids toys and homeschool portfolios etc that are taking up too much space in our basement ! I’ve been planning on cleaning that basement every summer for the past five years!
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8 hours ago, TechWife said:
For future reference, both office max and Best Buy will take old electronics free of charge.
Not here they won’t. We asked
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4 minutes ago, Acadie said:
He was the perfect candidate when he went to the ER because it had been just a couple hours. I'm so mad they didn't try. They said they were going to, but then decided not to because they couldn't be sure when his heart went out of rhythm. He is sure--as an athlete with a history of AFib he's very tuned in, and literally felt it change while he was eating dinner.
I feel you. My dh knew exactly when he went into AFib too. In Canada, they probably would have done it immediately. But that's not protocol here.
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10 minutes ago, Acadie said:
This is helpful to hear, thank you.
But my dh saw a cardiologist in the ER. We would have liked for him to be cardioverted immediately, but in the US they tend not to do this. His was new onset AFib, your dh's is not. The CHADS VASC score is probably what they used to determine anticoag or not, and from what you're saying he has a low score. Like someone previously said, they will prob want to anticoagulate him prior to cardioversion. And of course, will they might not decide to go the caradioversion route. Lots to discuss with the cardiologist.
(aspirin is not an anticoagulant, so I'm not sure that would be helpful)
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My dh was very low risk also when he went into aFib. They still had him on anticoagulant until his cardioversion.
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15 minutes ago, Katy said:
Our city takes it for $10/item if you call in advance
Oh man I wish! My little township doesn’t do anything for us.
Houseplant help!
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I think I have fungus gnats near my house (and office) plants! The problem seemed to start when I repotted several of my houseplants. The problem has gotten so bad that I had to bring all my office plants home because it was too dreadful having people waving gnats away when they come to my office. But now I have lots of houseplants at home which are infested and I have an urgency to get rid of them.
I used potting soil that was an opened bag (closed up, but not brand new) that had been sitting in my garage over the winter. A co-worker suggested that could have been infected with the fungus.
I have used sticky traps but all that does is catch them. I want to prevent them. Kill the larvae, I guess.
I read that hydrogen peroxide mixed with water will kill the larvae, so I’ve tried a few treatments of that, but I don’t know how often before I’ll see a difference. And if I use it too often, I’ll be overwatering my plants and/or creating a moist environment for the fungus. Ugh.
Is the only solution repotting ALL my plants? And will that really solve the issue if there are still gnats hanging around? Will they just lay their eggs in new soil?
Any help/experience/insight/suggestions appreciated!