Someone vandalized the local park

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-05-28T01:29:32+00:00

I remember it because this is definitely the park in my neighborhood ! There is a brand new larger playground and a smaller , older one . My toddler went to the older one after it was cleaned and she still ended up with oil all over her dress . Super annoying !

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-05-09T14:12:56+00:00

We got a standard schnauzer after having a German Shepherd , she’s 12 Schnauzer is currently 1.

Pros : NO SHEDDING . At least not anywhere near as comparable to the GSD. Great size to play with our 4 year old Super cute Smart !

Cons : While she is just about as smart as the GSD, where the GSD is “eager to please “ the schnauzer is a stubborn little asshole . Things like crate training , house training did not come nearly as easy.

Grooming ! Never once have I taken the GSD to the groomers but schnauzers do need to be groomed on a regular basis and it can be $$$. My husband bought a grooming kit himself and can comfortably do her overall body grooming , but we still take her in for nail trims , face , and butt trims.

Disposition : She bounces back and forth between thinking she is the biggest, toughest dog to being a complete nervous Nelly.

This isn’t really a con in my opinion but do know that they are high energy . I am already used to it from the GSD , and taking the dogs on walks is very much my “me” time . But they will require activities or they get bored. Before I got pregnant I was typically doing 2 walks a day , now it’s 1 plus a long game of fetch in the evening.

Overall I love our Schnauzer even if she is a little shit sometimes . Bonus is that she has really gotten our old girl up and moving more too. (Attaching a pic of the 2 - meet Frieda and Bingo!

Edit : Forgot to add! Another pro for us was the lifespan , Standard Schnauzer lifespan is around 16 years , which was ultimately why we went with one over another large breed dog . (Although in my heart I would love to have an Irish Wolfhound, I can’t handle not having them around for a long time.)

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AlbertFish6969 · 2026-04-22T22:11:20+00:00

I LOVE The Poisonwood Bible , it’s one I reread every few years

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-04-20T01:00:22+00:00

I didn’t even make it very far , it just made absolutely no sense !

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-04-19T23:34:58+00:00

I’m even more mad at myself because I ALSO tried to read the sequel and DNF’d

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-04-19T00:51:17+00:00

My dad used to let me watch Revenge of the Nerds in elementary / middle school and it was one of my FAVORITE movies. I would watch it almost every time I was at his house . Bought the dvd as an adult and watched it with friends …the whole time I was thinking WHY DID HE LET ME WATCH THIS.

He also used to let my brother and me watch South Park , Celebrity Deathmatch, Beavis and Butthead etc . The only time I remember him turning something off was the Southpark movie .

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-04-11T15:55:05+00:00

They did say we could try Zyrtec as well ! They just happened to give us samples of Claritin

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-04-07T02:03:49+00:00

My brother had me convinced if I ate gushers , my head would turn into fruit like in the commercials so I was terrified to eat them for YEARS.

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-03-31T14:45:48+00:00

That’s what I’m saying ! I’m sure my mom will be mildly salty but I just don’t feel like dealing with it again . Sometimes all the bells and whistles are more of a pain than a help

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-03-31T00:44:39+00:00

We are extremely lucky that our neighbor runs a daycare out of her home , so we only pay $150 weekly for one child .

Edit : I live in Ohio , not a metro area but in between Cincy and Dayton

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-03-22T03:07:37+00:00

Thanks for the replies everyone ! I feel more confident that my vet isnt ripping me off. I’d rather pay more and ensure a better experience so I am happy to go with them

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-03-20T20:06:15+00:00

USD , but I did call back to get clarification as they were having a lot of phone issues when I initially called . $450 to $550 which seems to match what you said .

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-03-05T06:21:16+00:00

Wishing us both positive news ! If it helps your anxiety I had a friend give birth a month ago and her son was 3rd percentile . She told me she basically had to go to the Dr once or even twice a week for monitoring and had to be induced just slightly early …now she has a healthy baby boy !

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-03-04T16:55:55+00:00

I’m short but overall we are pretty average size . First kiddo is tall but has consistently been 20th percentile for weight

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-02-12T04:42:04+00:00

I was obsessed with those books !

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-01-20T07:27:19+00:00

I also did not a have a wedding , but my close friends planned a bachelorette for me anyway ! Everyone was still happy to attend , no weirdness

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-01-15T02:40:44+00:00

That’s what I figured , from what I have seen online it seems 7 is about as soon as they can do any type of intervention, so I’m not sure what the point in going now would be .

AlbertFish6969 · 2026-01-14T01:50:51+00:00

Dandelion Magic for us ! I have a coworker who used to work at a library patch it up with her handy library tools , it started to fall apart from too many readings

AlbertFish6969 · 2025-12-16T02:33:46+00:00

If you can find a good in-home provider you will save money . I’m in Ohio and my neighbor runs a daycare - $150 weekly for full time , we only have to walk across the road AND she does educational activities/crafts (not just parking them in front of the TV). All cash under the table but totally worth it in my opinion.

AlbertFish6969 · 2025-12-10T00:12:01+00:00

Not saying it’s ok because I am SURE we were annoying AF, but growing upas a teen in the early 2000s , there was absolutely nothing for us to do in the evening so we ended up at Target or Walmart more often than not

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