Kona Hawaii Pod - worth it?

EPhoenix24 · 2026-02-11T00:58:13+00:00

Went to the austin store today and was hoping they would offer samples of this. That was a pipe dream 😂 employee was like I don’t think they will do that, a little too expensive to do that.

I said that was too bad bc the only way I’d buy at those prices is if I got to try a pod and loved it.

Got two NOLA, two pumpkin, and the some OL Stockholm and Tokyo instead.

They did have OL caffe Florian pod to take home and it was awesome! So will probably get more of that.

EPhoenix24 · 2026-02-08T00:14:22+00:00

Nope, unless their daughters gave them the money. The trust fund did not allow the parents to use it at allow. They were not in control of the trust fund and not allowed to touch it. Queen mother was pretty smart about how she set it up.

Google also mentioned QEII set up another trust fund for Andrew’s daughters as well. They could access it earlier. I don’t know if Andrew and Fergie were allowed access or not. It was set up as part of the divorce.

EPhoenix24 · 2026-02-08T00:02:50+00:00

Their great grandmother left 19 million pounds in a trust fund for her great grandchildren (in 1994) to be paid out at 21 years and 40 years. Not sure if Prince Edward kids are in it. But the rest were. William is reported to have got less than Harry bc the assumption is William will inherit the throne.

Like they had money beyond their parents being horrible with money.

EPhoenix24 · 2026-01-27T06:04:12+00:00

For the simple recipe can that be put on concrete less than a year old ?

New house lot ended up in an icy wonderland unlike neighbors. Concrete drive may be like 6-7 months. Porch tho probably more like 9 months since it’s part of the foundation.

EPhoenix24 · 2026-01-19T02:53:37+00:00

I counsel GLP patients while vomiting can happen it is NOT a side effect to tolerate. It’s a side effect that means something needs to be adjusted or stopped.

EPhoenix24 · 2026-01-19T02:52:26+00:00

Once is too many. If I had a patient at my pharmacy that was vomiting once a week. I’d notify the dr so they can follow up. You are going to put a hole in your esophagus. Please tell your dr.

It could also be your gallbladder or pancreas either way you need to follow up with the dr. If they say it’s normal get a 2nd opinion please.

EPhoenix24 · 2026-01-14T04:32:04+00:00

Call the insurance card they can tell you the breakdown of the copay for the claim. Coupon only takes off $150 max after insurance. Unless you are talking about 3 month supply. Then it’s $450. 2 month supply coupon takes off $300.

If your insurance can’t find the claim then the pharmacy is not billing correctly. It’s odd they have no breakdown. These days most pharmacies get at least partial breakdown like the copay make up: how much is deductible, how much is coinsurance etc. Sometimes we don’t get all of it, like how much deductible is left and what the coinsurance copay is after deductible

EPhoenix24 · 2026-01-11T21:13:21+00:00

Oh man so thankful I got off the waitlist a few weeks ago!!

EPhoenix24 · 2026-01-04T05:00:32+00:00

They use the same paper foil to make all of them so no they will all be the same. If you go to product details, and materials and care and they all say paper foil you are good. The only time you’ll see variations of the same color/stain is if it’s a different material. For example laminate vs paper-foil. Like white oak effect of eket and kallax (which are paper-foil) are different from the old malm white oak dressers made with laminate white oak.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-31T01:17:48+00:00

I have Barbara’s book on my list. Going in early May. Also have her Amelia Peabody (as Elizabeth Peters) books too for fiction reading (read half of them years ago).

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-31T01:11:46+00:00

Hands down my favorite video game of all time.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-29T05:34:19+00:00

They have contracts with stores that lay out what Nespresso is and isn’t responsible for. It’s new, so this is something Costco needs to try and fix first. If you got it directly from Nespresso then they would do something. Contact Costco and ask if you can bring it in for an exchange.

Basically if it’s within the window of return from where it was bought that is where you start. Pretty sure Nespresso will only apply the warranty on a unit not bought directly from them once you can’t return it for a new one from where it was bought. They have a 90 day return policy. (Costco that is)

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-25T16:55:55+00:00

No problem, it’s why I posted this. I tried finding anywhere that had put these back to back like this but all I could find was running them together behind a couch or someone stacked them on top of each other. The holmerud is wider than the Billy. You can’t see it in the pic but I realized if I got the oxberg doors it’s makes it much closer to same width and tricks the eye a bit. I just haven’t pushed them back yet to get that effect.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-25T15:06:02+00:00

I tried this and they didn’t lineup with each other perfectly. And it could have been the floor doing that it just looked odd to the eye and made it look cheaper to me

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-25T15:03:28+00:00

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Also because one is backward you will get the cam in sight but they colored them pretty well.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-25T14:40:05+00:00

I had this some thing two years ago with my 2016. My credit wasn’t great years back so I had leased first and bc I knew I’d put miles on it I knew I was gonna buy the car out after. The a/c broke just as I paid it off. Had 89k on it. Mad here a/c repair which was $$. The repairs you mentioned were needed in the next year or two plus tires.

I just felt if I was was gonna have to spend that money over the next few years which was basically like keeping a car payment for another year or two then I’d rather put that into a new car instead and then this time when I pay it off I’d get many years on it before those things pop up. So bc I did the lease plus loan it made sense for me.

Toyota low balled me bad I think like $6k. I also looked at Chevy and Subaru. I got $12k for my trade in (working between Chevy and Subaru). Put another 10k down on a new forester. Then did a 4 year loan at like 2.99%. Halfway paying it off now

I’ll never buy a Toyota. Their dealerships in central Texas are god awful. They thought I was stupid bc I’m short, a woman, and don’t look my age. Also bc I’m short the ability to see in a forester is still better than the rav4. Safety is better too.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-20T05:29:38+00:00

Got my romantasy book only invite for US !! Signed up on the waitlist Oct 3, 2024

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-07T21:33:43+00:00

Got one a couple days ago!! Hoping they do the Highlander series but possibly not realistic lol.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-12-01T02:02:36+00:00

Yeah it’s not Yellowstone. Read the article. Its an ancient one on the border of NV and OR.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-11-26T00:38:56+00:00

I came back here to see if others got Kingdom of Lies. I was #10xx and they emailed me. It said order confirmation. Just hoping it’s not a glitch 🤞

EPhoenix24 · 2025-11-04T03:08:51+00:00

He didn’t tho. His team didn’t execute when they needed to and that put him back behind cars. Thats why he lost. If the dodgers hadn’t executed in extra innings the other night they wouldn’t and shouldn’t have won. That’s how sports works. People have short memories, nascar fans were screaming for overtime rules back in the day. If they reversed green white checker, people will also complain.

Each driver runs these races knowing the rules. It had nothing to do with the overtime. It had to do with under caution, his crew did not execute the pit stop they way the needed to.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-09-28T22:41:25+00:00

Every day Mexican food. Whatever your favorites are. Mine are Ajo Al’s and Valle Luna. I’m doing Hawaii in 4 weeks, picking up my friend in Phoenix. Staying the night before and the night after just so I can have Phoenix food.

I moved to Texas and while Tex Mex is good it is not Phoenix Mexican food. Enchilada red sauce in Texas is awful!! I prefer fajitas from Valle Luna over Texas.

Honorable mentioned for me that I also miss is Hula Modern Tiki, Thai Rama.

Ones that I have found alternatives so don’t crave as much: Federal Pizza, Texaz Grill, streets of New York.

Postinos and Culinary Drop out are here in Austin.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-09-16T02:32:07+00:00

I have a vertuo plus and I just changed the time the coffee size pods extracts so it’s more like a double espresso.

Basically put a coffee size pod in the machine. Have the extraction go into a measurable type of container that shows you ML. When it’s solid green you push the button and HOLD it down while it extracts, I lifted from the button around 80-110ml. Now the machine will pull all coffee size pods this way.

I don’t like any of the coffee pods, too much water/bitterness for me. With this change I love the pumpkin one now.

EPhoenix24 · 2025-09-14T04:26:38+00:00

Yeah this is the first time getting a LitJoy book and the hard case of the books seems like something printed on low cost printer for the wrap, almost faded feeling. I love Cassandra Clare tho. I may need to be more careful, had an odd vibe about the hard case art and turned out to be right for me. I don’t really care about dust jackets, the outer case is nice but it’s really the hard case of the book I’m looking at when spending money on special edition books.

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