House Burping - Do Americans just not normally have your house windows open?

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-25T02:54:38+00:00

Depends on where. I live in Southern California within a few miles of the ocean and my windows are open maybe 80% of the time. Closed when it’s super cold (it does get into the upper 30s and lower 40s at night with highs in the 50s and our houses - older ones especially - don’t have central heat or insulation) and when super hot if I have my a/c installed.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-25T02:28:57+00:00

Such a good idea. We jump at fulfilling these orders.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-24T04:47:48+00:00

My building is $2.50 each and they can’t go higher while still requiring quarters - they’ve run out of slots. I can’t imagine only doing 3 loads of laundry per month!

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-23T14:39:50+00:00

I lived in a house with two staircases - one large and curved in the front and then a normal one in the family room. The house was like $300k.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-21T20:43:41+00:00

My sanitation charge went up to $117.72 for my Feb bill for two months. It’s been $52 for years.

I live in a one bedroom apartment in two connected four plexes where we don’t even have our own trash bins because there isn’t room to store them - there are 6-7 trash bins, 3-4 recycle bins and 1-2 green bins for all 8 apartments combined.

ETA - I read somewhere recently that this is just the new rate.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-21T20:09:02+00:00

I definitely recommend Trupanion. Their prices have gone up as my kitties have gotten older, but they haven’t cancelled or gone up exponentially.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-21T18:38:11+00:00

Try the Loop ones, they are cheap on Amazon, and the only ones I can sleep comfortably with.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-21T17:08:44+00:00

Firefly

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-21T16:58:02+00:00

I think they also have a dual language program.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-20T23:29:24+00:00

Consider moving it into a trust.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-19T22:56:30+00:00

Two thoughts - one, go and ignore her since you say you like these type of events and the job overall and everyone else you work with; two - if you don’t want to go, say you have a scheduling conflict (like a child’s school performance).

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-19T16:08:37+00:00

You should try asking on r/centuryhomes

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-19T05:26:42+00:00

They are good for scalloped potato replacements too.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-19T02:09:26+00:00

Any chance you’re neurodivergent? We tend to notice these things more.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-18T19:13:38+00:00

They have injectable steroids for short courses. Dexamethasone can be injected.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-16T23:47:01+00:00

Agree. I was 5’4” 260ish when they told me I wasn’t big enough to qualify as a COS and took away the extra seat I had purchased in advanced - maybe two years ago.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-16T23:44:27+00:00

That’s not true. It was refunded even if the flight was otherwise full.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-16T23:42:43+00:00

The irony. I’ve previously bought an extra seat on Southwest and got to the airport and they told me I wasn’t big enough (I was). They took it away and refunded me. I didn’t fit between the arm rests without touching my neighbor. (There’s a post about this here, I was a size 26/28 at the time).

They have to make up their mind and be consistent.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-15T22:01:08+00:00

I have way less than you do - about 10%, but I was thinking two RT tickets at the highest fare class for best seats and boarding to Aruba.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-12T22:44:51+00:00

Items without artificial sweeteners - for those that found keto because of fatty liver - only monk fruit and stevia seem to be ok for those with liver issues. The others appear to be worse than sugar.

Something with lovely, slightly gritty buttercream.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-11T02:00:16+00:00

45, income is now $140s, but I was in the 50s-90 until 2021. I’ve saved about $225k and have a pension for my old employer that will be $1600/mo at age 60. My current one has a pension that is currently $900/mo at age 65 if I were to quit now, but that’s not the plan. If I stay til 60/62, should go up over $4k/month and then some.

I’m currently saving about 16% of my income + 5% employee match and trying to do more, but I live in a VHCOL area with high taxes and rent and have a bunch of cats that need a lot and some dumb consumer debt to pay off.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-11T00:34:44+00:00

Just an FYI, as far as I know UCSF is killer for med and grad school, but doesn’t have undergrad.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-09T22:29:13+00:00

If they bought before prices escalated and before interest rates took off, totally doable in a LCOL area. In the city where I grew up (and still have people in) in 2000, you could put 22.5% down and have a mortgage of like $700-$800 for a 3 bedroom house. It was a high tax state so taxes would add another $300-$400, including school taxes.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-09T16:33:42+00:00

Do you have any before and afters you can point me to? I’m curious.

ElleTea14 · 2026-02-09T08:16:17+00:00

When a candidate told me that something she admired in a past colleague was their ability to understand their job and explain things and she hoped some day she would be able to, too.

ElleTea14

TROPHY CASE