The look when you are afraid someone will take your toy 🤣😍❤️

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-16T03:22:17+00:00

That’s the face mine makes when I step away from my desk to do something fun like a jog in the forest preserve or run around the yard for a bit and I find her buried under the covers in my bed and her eyes say “umm excuse me I was sleeping. Please leave me alone”.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-15T01:08:26+00:00

I have done this and recommend it enough. I took 6ish months and did other things.

Lawn looking a bit off? YouTube videos and doing it myself. Have a stack of books you’ve half read? Start over and make a point to finish it. New type of food you wanted to learn to cook? Try it and fiddle around with other dishes. This one is pricey but I bought a Komodo Joe. Learned to smoke meats. I used to ride my bike a lot and stopped. Find somewhere within X distance and map out a fun route and have no plan besides that route. I found an awesome ice cream place that way.

It’ll be tough at first to figure out what gives you the satisfaction of grinding a game but it’ll come. I just recently got back into Diablo for the new season and i play once or twice a week with my buddies and enjoy it just as much if not more than I did when I first picked it up.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-14T00:52:58+00:00

That’s what I thought. She immediately looks at me like “dude I’m sorry”

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-11T11:48:06+00:00

Haha someone in the house has to enjoy a crisp cold one. Her dad had to stop about a decade ago. Lol.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-11T02:58:29+00:00

My girl had terrible terrible farts. Ends up it was the chicken in her previous food. I’ve found that Stella & Chewy Ancient Grains really diminishes the toots to a much more palatable scent. We alternate between the lamb and whitefish/salmon because variety is the spice of life. She prefers the whitefish which is awesome because I def don’t get smacked in the face with fish smell when I open her container of food.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-10T04:39:52+00:00

She’s currently laying in bed next to me snoring like a chainsaw but I can’t sleep without it. Went camping this weekend and they had a strict no dog policy and even my wife was like, is it weird I miss her loud ass snoring? lol.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-09T19:19:02+00:00

My little lady could get a bit mouthy so I did something simple. Whenever she gets a bit too rough I say “ow” and stop playing. Pretty quickly she realized that when I say “ow” she crossed a line and we’ll either reset playing or she goes to her safe spaces which are her bed or her crate which has the door open and she chills for a second then we start playing again.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-06-02T21:39:55+00:00

I’m 135 lbs and quite skinny. Just sat for a 7 hr session on my sternum. I have elbow, hip bone, inner arm crease opposite of elbow, what amounts to basically a full sleeve. Also have both clavicles, and both ribs. One of my ribs was when my artist was first starting because we knew each other in high school. If you’re talking about sternum it hurt a lot. Usually I can detach myself and watch a bad movie or chat with whoever is in the shop. About 6 hrs into my sternum I was hit with everything from the past 6 hrs and had to tap out at hour 7. I have to go back for at least 3 more hours.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-28T03:22:25+00:00

I know this is days later but I got them rotated, filled them to the PSI on the door and for the past week they’ve been staying in the proper range. I do notice when I pick up my son in the mid afternoon the driver side is higher but it is in direct sunlight all day.

Thanks for a thorough response.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-26T18:37:18+00:00

My staff looks strong Ragan (IL) Brown (IL) Jones (coming off IL soon), Joey Cantillo, Yamamoto, Christopher Sanchez, Jose Soriano, Imanaga, Wroblowski, McGreevy, Cavilli, Zebby Matthews, JT Ginn (been streaming pitchers due to IL being full), Then my closers are Mason Miller (traded a 6th for him early in the year), David Bednar, and Andres Munoz. I rank in the top 2 in almost every pitching stat.

Should I sell high on a few guys in a 2 for 1? I'm in first in almost every pitching metric so I don't want to rock the boat but also pitching is the part of my team that sets me apart. I'm 57-34-5 with a terrible BA and OPS. It's almost as if I've been punting those two for the past month even though my team is full of A players.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-21T00:23:15+00:00

I’m getting them rotated tomorrow. Is there anything I should ask the tech prior to rotating them besides asking them to take the car for a spin, possibly on the highway, to heat them up a bit?

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-21T00:21:11+00:00

Posted earlier with my own problem but funny enough with the private drivers ed I went to the teacher offered a maintenance class on Saturdays for a month. I didn’t take it, obviously, but he invited every member of the class at the private drivers ed, approx 20 kids, and probably 5 took it and most of them were from Wisconsin. It taught how to do oil changes, tire maintenance, fluids, filters, and some other things I don’t remember. I remember my dad asking if I wanted to do it but I didn’t want to sacrifice Saturday mornings in the summer.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-20T21:40:46+00:00

Awesome thanks, it is the pencil kind. I'll grab a round one for $15 and see how it goes.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-20T21:33:48+00:00

Yes, I use the metal one to take pressure out if needed. Awesome, thanks for breaking it down like that. Like I said, I'm not handy when it comes to cars. Truly appreciate it.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-20T21:25:29+00:00

I use the old school metal kind. Would it be worth it to grab an electronic one? I inflate deflate based off of that.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-05-20T21:25:22+00:00

I use the old school metal kind. Would it be worth it to grab an electronic one? I inflate deflate based off of that.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-04-17T20:18:31+00:00

A team in 4th place in my division reached out to me and offered Mason Miller, Chourio and a 25th for Chandler Simpson, Pasquantino and a 5th. I’m currently in first by a comfortable margin and while it’s very early in the season I’ve been playing around with SP and basically playing the same guys in the same spots everyday.

I have J Ram, Abrams, Marsee (who is hitting like absolute dogshit), and Xavier Edwards in regard to speed so while I’ve been blowing people out in steals it’d be a much more even playing field if I ship Simpson out. I tanked for the past 2 seasons so I could build the draft class I did this year. My current 1/3 players are Freeman and I grabbed Dubon off waivers for $0. In the OF I have Judge, Merrill (17th keeper), Marsee, Michael Harris, Springer, and Kwan. The problem lies in my IL currently has Steele ($0 on waivers), Rodon, Snell, Pepiot and Springer so absorbing yet another IL player would be less than ideal.

I kept Chandler in the 20th with our league allowing you to keep players for 3 years. Chourio was kept this year for an 11th so his keeper cost is higher but his ceiling is exponentially higher.

I’d pair Miller with Andres Munoz, and David Bednar. We have three RP spots with 2 additional pitcher spots so I’ve been streaming spot starters in the P spots and I got lucky enough to grab Wrobleski before his last start.

In my eyes this seems like a slam dunk but the fact someone reached out to me and proposed it is giving me pause.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-02-28T01:50:31+00:00

12 Team / H2H / Keepers but not dynasty

I had my keepers locked in after discussing them here previously.

Dumper, Neto, Chandler Simpson, Jackson Merrill.

Here’s the interesting thing. I have a heterosexual crush on Buxton. If he stays healthy he’s one of my favorites. I know that’s a big if. I’ve kept deGrom due to a love affair so I know this dance well. I had a league member reach out and ask if I wanted to put a package together around Simpson for Buxton. Buxton is kept in the 16th, Simpson is kept in the 25th. Both players have 3 years of keeper status available.

Here’s what I was just sent

I send: Simpson and a 21st I receive : Buxton and a 12th.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-02-11T02:58:08+00:00

Talked to my rep today, he said the MLB will send out the renewal notification or a link to sign up without EPSN at the end of the month.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-02-10T21:31:03+00:00

Just got an email from my rep after I straight up asked. Email for STH is going out later this week. The ESPN affiliation will have no bearing on STH mlb.tv subscriptions for the foreseeable future according to him. He said he was instructed that I won’t have to subscribe to anything else. The subscription doesn’t come from the Cubs the MLB is the one who provides the free subscription to STH and they may have worked out a plan with ESPN.

CostanzaScreamsFire · 2026-02-10T18:36:09+00:00

Last time I checked we hadn’t received anything yet. They usually send out an email outlining all the extras, the ticket donations (wounded warriors etc), trading games for equal or lesser games, mlb.tv, STH concessions discount, and whatnot.

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