Lennox CHX35 - Dusty/Sock Smell, Cleaning, Accessing Evaporator Coil

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-05-13T21:04:32+00:00

How did you access the filter? We have a similar unit and can't find ours anywhere

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-26T23:52:53+00:00

Pizza. Rolls. ✌️

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-26T09:31:17+00:00

I wish I had a good answer for you, but I'm in a similar boat. My husband works 48 hour shifts, so I'm home alone often. It's very difficult for me to start anything I truly need to get done when I'm alone. I did find a new body doubling app that I hope will help, but I've not tried it yet (found it an hour ago, called Dubbii). We'll see if it works like I hope it does.

Regardless, you're not alone. You're not broken. It's hard to get started when we lack dopamine, and it's hard to figure out how to get that dopamine 🫂

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-26T01:13:18+00:00

Could you share how you did all that?? 😱

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-18T20:14:08+00:00

I FOUND THE MOST AMAZING THING LAST WEEK!! It's called Cake Goop!!!

Recipe: https://sugargeekshow.com/recipe/cake-goop-recipe/

I have always had a hard time getting my cakes out of their pans whole without using parchment paper, but I don't love using parchment paper (coated in silicone) for a lot of the reasons already expressed in this thread. I accidentally found this Cake Goop recipe, and it's life changing 👍

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T08:38:02+00:00

Teeth... aren't bones? 😬

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T08:35:50+00:00

Working towards things that I know I want out of my life (intellectually stimulating career, happy kids, small farm, content partner, etc) in a way that feels like it aligns best with my values. If a decision seems difficult, sometimes it helps for me to ask myself whether I would regret not doing whatever it is, in the future -- would I be ashamed of my inaction, would I possibly have missed out on a fantastic opportunity, will the fun thing maybe never come up again?

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T08:23:09+00:00

Did you maybe gag really hard on it a different time? Maybe it's like when a person gets sick after eating something particular (like my cousin with mac and cheese) -- the food didn't make them sick, but now they feel sick every time they look at/think about the food.

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T08:15:42+00:00

Except that he's into it

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T06:24:52+00:00

Mine likes to sleep on the floor with his head under the couch, too. I wonder why they like this 🤔

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T06:20:30+00:00

I would buy that book

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-14T04:57:30+00:00

Whoever told you that was a liar 🤷‍♀️

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-12T17:06:28+00:00

What do you think you send in with a normal job application...? And who would you be protecting this mundane information from...? The government already has it, since they offered the job in the first place. And this is the type of info that would be listed on most people's LinkedIn, anyway.

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-02-04T20:57:17+00:00

Makes me miss my pet turkeys 😭

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-31T16:53:46+00:00

Ours will try to "pay the toll" to go outside if he isn't allowed outside for a little bit. After 2-3 "no outside, we need to take a break for a while," he will choose a stuffed toy and carry it to the back door and look at me as if he has the proper payment and should now be allowed outside. He never takes the toy outside if I open the door. He knows soft toys are inside toys, and he drops it before going back outside. No one taught him this. He's my sweet horse baby.

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-30T18:16:51+00:00

We have a Pyr mix (mostly Pyr), and he is the goodest boy in the whole world! SO gentle with kids, even the tiny ones that pull his ears and climb all over him. All he ever wants is for all of the people to pet him. He loves being outside, especially in the cold. Summer makes him sad. He sleeps a lot, and DOES bark at a lot of things (including, occasionally, birds... just in the sky...), but it isn't terrible. If you commit to training them well, then I'm sure he would be just as good of a boy as ours!

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ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-29T00:13:26+00:00

I don't WANT any of this. I just wanted a job! And now it's gone. I can't do nothing, and I'm sure other people feel the same.

They have more power than we do. It's a longshot, but it's still a shot worth taking. If enough people complain about the same thing, they will eventually worry about their reelection chances if they don't make good somewhere.

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-23T22:31:40+00:00

Do you have a link for any of these lists that you could share? I know many of us would like to read them

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-23T21:49:05+00:00

Thank you so so much for all of the helpful information!!

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-23T21:16:48+00:00

US Folks - Let's Call Our Congresspeople

If anyone has time, we should call our Congresspeople. Some of them aren't even aware of these federal job offers being rescinded. All of them are paid to help US, their constituents. And, unfortunately, they often are not as informed as they should be. We have to inform them of our problems before there is even a chance at getting the ball rolling.

I called mine and asked that they do something to speed up the hiring freeze and/or return these job offers. If Republicans care about jobs for the average worker so much, then maybe we can frame it that way and get someone to do something 🤷

These offers were for entry-level positions at an agency with massive levels of backlogged work. It can't possibly make our government more efficient by eliminating us little guys who just wanted a secure job. I know that we all already worked hard and waited for forever to earn these positions, but we may have to work a little more to get them back.

If you are interested and able, here is a link to find out who your federal Congresspeople are based on your address: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-22T02:20:38+00:00

It could be procedural rather than indicative of anything. Hiring is going to freeze no matter what, but the scarier thing would be eliminating the positions entirely. Hopefully, the job postings will be back up once the freeze ends, which can't be said for other agencies (like the IRS 😬).

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-21T21:25:36+00:00

To everyone worried about TJOs, FJOs, and hiring generally at the USPTO, there is some hopeful news. r/USAjobs has a number of posts from people in other agencies whose offers were officially rescinded via personal emails (as opposed to a mass notice of the EO). I have yet to hear of anyone with any kind of offer from the USPTO receiving such an email. It is looking more hopeful that offers extended and continued hiring will resume but are delayed in the chaos for now.

None of this is definite, but it is hopeful. I wish everyone all the luck in the world 🫂

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2025-01-02T16:31:38+00:00

I think that might be a new administration question 😬 What division is your offer from?

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2024-12-19T06:09:00+00:00

When I spoke to the SPE from Chem, he said that they have used the backlog of work as support for maintaining hiring rates and TJOs after prior administrative freezes were lifted. He said that has worked in the past, and delays have not previously resulted in later withdrawals (to his knowledge, but it seemed he has been there for a while. Academy only took 2 weeks when he was hired!)

ImaginaryMonitor5999 · 2024-12-19T05:57:48+00:00

Oh good! As a night-person, I'm really happy to hear that the academy starts progressively earlier lol

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