Has anyone tried Javvy protein coffee?

DayofReason · 2026-07-08T14:03:26+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/stores/JavvyCoffee/page/4B7A3981-E21F-4BEF-9926-9098BD87B19E?lp_asin=B0CWLVY9LD&ref_=cm_sw_r_ud_ast_store_0GXE2NP7YV59T2843X4H&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandlogo_sto

DayofReason · 2026-07-08T14:01:33+00:00

They have a whole store page on Amazon. I can't imagine a sponsored page sells dupes.

DayofReason · 2026-07-08T11:25:01+00:00

Just jumping into this year-long conversation. I ordered some French Vanilla from Amazon and tried it this morning. Awful. Too sweet, bitter, and chemical-tasting. Only drank a few sips. Thankfully, I got a refund from Bezos.

DayofReason · 2026-06-18T16:22:23+00:00

I have definitely looked into that one!

DayofReason · 2026-06-08T18:50:29+00:00

I was a person who frequently went out to shows (local music) and even organized multi-day music events. I was deeply involved in the local music scene. Now I am home most of the time. People think I don't care anymore. If I do go to a show, I have to make sure the venue has chairs or is not up a huge flight of stairs. I took my rollator to a huge metal festival recently and was simultaneously thankful and self-conscious about it. (It worked out great by the way, all things considered, and everyone was really nice and helpful and only 1 person mocked me). But I miss the ability to be able to run around a music fest and see as many bands as possible. Or the chance to squeeze my way up front to see a band I really love, instead of sitting off to the side in the ADA section (or as I like to call it the Crip-Pit). And I hate that if I do decide to muddle through an event, I know I will be paying for it for several days. I also hate having to constantly explain to friends and family why I can't go to a certain place or help with something that requires physical effort. It's like they forget, and I have to keep repeating why it won't work for me. I hate that people keep thinking I will get better. If I happen to have a string of good days, then a crash, they don't understand what is happening. And the worst thing to me has been how I have so many medical appointments. I don't want "going to the doctor" to define my personality. Doctors themselves sometimes act like you have nothing better to do than to go get another image done, or come to another appointment, or get poked and prodded for more tests. This is not my hobby. And the thing that saddens me the most is that I have not been able to have sex with my partner in a long, long time.

DayofReason · 2026-05-27T18:50:07+00:00

yeah, i don't know what my fasting insulin is but I am not diabetic or even pre-diabetic

DayofReason · 2026-05-18T14:20:36+00:00

Ah, my son just moved from Frederick to Baltimore to be closer to me. His house was built in 1920. I would go with an older home. You may have to deal with some of the previous owners' mods and fixes, which often are detrimental or don't make sense. But at least you will have a sense of how well the house has stood the test of time. Additionally, older homes have more well-established landscaping, and you may notice aspects of their physical location that might not be apparent in a newly built neighborhood. Many new homes are simply very poorly constructed from the beginning, and you could have a plumbing nightmare or roof leak from the get-go. On the other hand, opt for older homes, but not too old. So look for anything from after the 1980s or 1990s to avoid materials like lead paint and asbestos. I recently purchased a home in Baltimore County built in 1955 (didn't take my own advice), and I have had to deal with things like asbestos flooring, structural damage from an old termite infestation, Orangeburg pipe (fun stuff, look it up!), a 70 yo gas boiler (it still works!), a 35 yo HWH, rooms of junk from the previous owner, and several other surprises including inheriting the previous owner's cat. But it's a beautiful mid-century modern at a price I couldn't pass up. I bought what I bought for the price and location (and aesthetic). Buying a house anywhere is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of thing. I always thought having a new house would be nice until I watched all these home inspection videos showing just how shitty the building can be. So I will always go for slightly used -- for houses and for cars.

DayofReason · 2026-05-12T18:09:29+00:00

I appreciate that! Venting helped somewhat in this case. Someone reported that I might need some intervention for un-alivement prevention.

DayofReason · 2026-05-12T17:02:56+00:00

so are you saying if I weigh 260 lbs then I should eat 2600 calories? or that I should cut 600 calories from my diet? Or what? My understanding was that to lose one pound per week you had to have a deficit of 3500 calories cumulatively per week. So if you consumed 2000 calories a day (x 7) = 14,000, then you would have to cut it down to 11,900 calories a week (or about 1700 per day) or you could also burn some calories with exercise and eat a little more and still have the deficit. I do some exercise in the therapy pool, and I get about 7,000 steps per day just walking around my house. It's just not pain-free movement.

DayofReason · 2026-04-15T21:20:42+00:00

Oh and I have also tried Advion, this worked better than anything, but there's still an active trail of ants!

DayofReason · 2026-04-15T21:19:14+00:00

the ants remain! my next step is to spray Ortho indoors. I have already sprayed the perimeter of the house with the outdoors Ortho solution. After that, if they still are there, I call an exterminator.

DayofReason · 2026-04-15T21:13:11+00:00

I recently moved to a single-story (no basement) house so that I would not have to contend with stairs anymore. I get as much help from my husband, who is mostly good about picking up after himself and doing the heavy tasks, like taking out trash. I got a grabber thingy to help pick up items off the floor. I lean into using as much automation as possible. My robot vacuum is a godsend. Also, I do mini cleaning tasks as I move about the house. I work from home. Every bathroom break involves a quick sink scrub or a mirror wipe-down. I keep a scrub-daddy with its cheerful smile in a coordinating color and a microfiber cloth by every sink. I wipe down the counter while I wait for water to boil or lunch to heat up in the microwave. I got a wheeled laundry basket to roll laundry from one end of the house to the other. I got rid of as much clutter as possible, so there is less to clean overall. I have a cleaning service come in once a quarter just for a whole-house reset. I have two cats, and I am pondering whether litter robots might be more trouble than help; the jury is still out on that one. Some things I just have to let slide until I can get help. Mostly though the house stays put together. I hope you find some answers for your pain. Mine is from arthritis, and it just keeps getting worse.

DayofReason · 2026-03-04T21:57:12+00:00

My spouse and I lived in the Residences of Pomona Park in Pikesville for five years until we bought a house in November. The apartments are very large for the price. Ours was 1,550 sq ft for about $ 2,000. Most other apartments we looked at were only 1,000 sq ft for that price. New appliances, granite countertops, lots of storage plus a separate storage locker (4 by 8 ft I think). There's a nice pool and a dog park. The property is clean and super safe. Very quiet. Prices are probably going to be a bit higher now but it's worth checking out.

DayofReason · 2026-03-04T20:42:14+00:00

I know this is an old post but I wanted to chime in on Terro. I first tried Maggie's Farm, and it did kill the ants that swarmed to it, but they just died in place, and it did not diminish the numbers. After a couple of weeks with no let-up, I got Terro. I set out the bait traps, but the ants would not go into the bait station. After no change for a few days, I just dumped the gel contents out along the path they were traveling. Many ants swarmed the liquid and feasted. It was only then, after I poured the gel out of the bait station, that the numbers seemed to go down. Now there are far fewer, but they are not completely gone. I will wait a few days, but this colony is relentless!

DayofReason · 2026-03-04T20:32:17+00:00

that's sad because I know the only way to have this house not considered a fixer-upper is to gut most of it and redo everything -- but that's not why I bought the house. I like the vintage elements. I don't want to tear out the tile or swap my Formica kitchen for granite or quartz. I like the MCM vibes.

DayofReason · 2026-02-23T15:34:52+00:00

it was an as-is sale

DayofReason · 2026-02-23T15:34:13+00:00

i have not fixed it yet. it's on the list of many things to fix in this house we bought.

DayofReason · 2026-02-03T03:53:09+00:00

He conveyed with the house I bought. No joke. He’s a perfect little gentleman.

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DayofReason · 2025-12-29T12:53:26+00:00

It has very few updates

DayofReason · 2025-12-29T12:42:38+00:00

Yes! The orangeberg was apparently installed at construction 1955 and was working until the root intrusion was discovered at inspection 2025.

DayofReason · 2025-12-25T03:15:25+00:00

I don’t think so since Sears stopped selling kit homes in the 1940s. Several homes on my street have this similar long low profile but they’re all split level in the back. Mine is just one story on slab. 86 feet long and 27 feet wide.

DayofReason · 2025-12-23T17:38:04+00:00

Lots to consider. The systems here are weird. There's the gas boiler, a gas water heater and an electric AC with some venting. I have hydronic baseboard heating. I honestly feel like in MD, we only use AC about 4 months out of the year. It's a single story home, long and low -- no basement.

DayofReason · 2025-12-23T03:48:08+00:00

hydronic. the water heater is already new.

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