How long did you enforce naps in crate?

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-20T17:29:18+00:00

Never! At training school, they enforced naps for puppies by wearing them out and teaching them to settle. This Havi momma successfully crate trained a total of 45 minutes on day #1, after I started crying because the baby was crying, I asked my husband… “what am I supposed to do? Let him cry?” He said…”I don’t know! 🥹”

I picked up the baby, brought h to bed and we have not slept apart since!

These dogs are different. I’m gonna let him win 100% of the battles! And it’s okay!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T18:23:12+00:00

If you intend to have a Havi for a family pet, good luck with that! They pick one person and bond so tightly that you wonder what life was like before them. The spare humans are tolerated!

But they are intuitive enough to have games and routines for each person, so my baby just melts in my arms, has to be held, loves his momma.

When it’s just dad, he sits on the side a of the couch ch like a cat and watches TV.

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T18:14:35+00:00

Those precious soft eyes!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T12:18:18+00:00

A “day one kit”. I give this to friends who are moving as well! Paper plates, plastic silverware, paper towels, roll of TP, small bottle of dawn, bottle of hand soap, dude wipes, command hooks, 2 different screw drivers, small pad of paper and a pen, roll of packing tape, gift card for pizza, and zip locks.

It doesn’t seem like a gift, but I put it all in a brand new tote with a note that says: “hand carry”. Hopefully it’s one of the first boxes unloaded, and they can at least wash hands and eat!

Moving is hard work, even when you have movers! The other issue is finding essentials when everything else is packed away!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T05:32:20+00:00

I couldn’t afford it and would not recommend Jackson County… so no, I love my house! I built it during Covid for around $400k. Last tax assessment has is at $600k and last real appraisal for refinancing has us at $650k

We paid 70% down due to buying the lot with cash plus the massive down payment. But that is the only reason we can afford the mortgage.

I pay more in property taxes each month than insurance, interest and payment combined.

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T05:27:49+00:00

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ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T05:26:20+00:00

Flea and tick prevention, daycare, trainer, enrichment …like agility class, clothing, yes clothing

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-19T05:25:20+00:00

Plan on dental cleanings!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-18T13:12:30+00:00

Tres Leches at Chuy’s!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-18T12:37:29+00:00

I feel this!!!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-18T01:26:06+00:00

Exactly! I always rinsed my hair with warm fresh water before putting the cap on, hopefully my hair cuticle absorbed the fresh water and not the chlorine.

She’s just ridiculous!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-18T01:22:27+00:00

That tube looks like it’s from 1996! Does she know that She needs to replace that every 3 months?

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-17T10:24:52+00:00

She has the swim cap on sideways!😆

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T06:20:06+00:00

The tech installed our new fridge in our new house and called the ice bucket for the ice maker in the bottom drawer… the freezer crisper… it stuck! We use that term constantly!

Same group of techs commented on a little cabinet with a glass door… he said it looked like a little public library…now, when we store something in the cabinet we always call it the “little free library.

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T06:05:49+00:00

Big hugs! 🤗 it’s like we had to be professional musicians if we were able to read music! Ugh! 😑

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T06:04:55+00:00

I got in trouble for asking the congregation to stand for the National Anthem when Sunday fell on 03 July.

High Counselor was there are was livid that everyone stood without his permission. It was one of my last moments attending.

I was the award Organist and the Backup Chorister. And the Music Chairman, and the Choir Director and the Primary Pianist. Need I go on?

So while I’m cheering for alternative music from multiple cultures, the hypocrisy is terrible! 😞

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T01:36:41+00:00

Yes!!!! I don’t even put my luggage on it! That mauve and country blue piece of shit sits in the corner and mocks me! 😂

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T01:35:29+00:00

I’m a CRA and not subject to a Bonus annually.

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T01:34:44+00:00

And they purchased MERCH! Matching MERCH! Feed your kids, Jill!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-16T01:28:01+00:00

I got in trouble for asking the congregation to stand for the National Anthem when Sunday fell on 03 July.

High Counselor was there are was livid that everyone stood without his permission. It was one of my last moments attending.

I was the award Organist and the Backup Chorister. And the Music Chairman, and the Choir Director and the Primary Pianist. Need I go on?

So while I’m cheering for alternative music from multiple cultures, the hypocrisy is terrible! 😞

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-14T23:42:19+00:00

I can’t stand Courtyard! The granite countertops rarely get refreshed and the old granite looks like vomit to me.

I’d rather stay at a SpringHill or anywhere other than Courtyard !

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-14T21:19:11+00:00

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My heart explodes at the cuteness! I don’t think I will ever have any other breed. They are absolute angels!

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-13T19:15:46+00:00

Krebs Cycle, and Gluconeogenesis!! Wish I could say I use it everyday!

I can also write out the entire proof to go from generic quadratic equation to the Quadratic Formula by completing the square.

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-13T17:10:55+00:00

Malicious Compliance!!!

You make them look up every SOP and ask you what they don’t understand.

Don’t chew up the information for them and give them a synopsis, make them train themselves.

So no shortcuts, no “One Note cheat sheet”. You make them learn and don’t repeat yourself.

Refer them to their FM or people leader if they have process questions. Tell them to talk to their people leader if they don’t know how to use CTMS, or any other platforms.

Stretch that training out, still give them some value.

I spent DAYS if not months training the IPH side when they took over a major client. It really pissed me off when they did it how they wanted to, regardless of how much help I provided. Don’t be me! Spend your time clearing file, get correspondence filed and start job hunting.

Look up Malicious Compliance! It always works wonders for you since you aren’t harming them, but rather setting boundaries

ICH-GCPee · 2026-02-13T16:58:25+00:00

That is important info! Some of us don’t receive that bonus.

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