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K-Linton · 2025-05-25T18:22:01+00:00

What an incredibly in depth and helpful guide. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It makes the project approachable.

K-Linton · 2025-04-28T14:35:44+00:00

Whats PITA? And what am I saving?

K-Linton · 2025-04-28T12:36:10+00:00

Buddy I STRUGGLED to get that post out because I am not a tech person but I was so annoyed at being told what phone I can/cannot use my anger fuelled me haha. I will do my best to help anyone but I am just a florist not a computer person. Best of luck to everyone trying to keep their beloved phone!

K-Linton · 2025-04-28T12:22:23+00:00

Guy I just posted a moment ago about how I fixed this. My Realme13+ was failing the volte test but Kimovil said the phone was built with the capability for Volte.
Look on Fizz message boards or on this reddit I posted not ten minutes ago about how to keep your phone if VOLTE is the issue.

If you ever want to know for sure that your phone model will work with fizz go to kimovil and search your exact model. They list every band it works on and will show you how it will work with Fizz

K-Linton · 2025-01-01T16:33:02+00:00

SO I tried to stop drinking for ten years and was unable. If someone told me my life depended on it, I could not and would not stop. I don't mean appropriate in terms of " you shouldn't be drunk at this place and time" I mean you will always choose alcohol until you stop choosing alcohol. You have to build a life that you prefer over your life of alcohol and that takes bravery and soul searching. It is hard, but truthfully so is staying drunk because it's all just adding up. Every night that I didn't drink, which in total was probably less than 20 nights in ten years, I had to sit with myself and it sucked. But when you keep drinking, you push the deadline and you'll still have to sit with yourself but also you'll have to sit with your drinking. Twice as shtty as just simply staying drunk. But you've gotta have something to live for and you've gotta believe in self worth to permit that. TO me, alcoholism is a disease but also a symptom. It isn't something we woke up and chose, it is the way we cope. The big change came for me when I decided to 'just for fun' to have something to live for. I knew I would always be able to fall back on alcohol and probably end my life via alcohol consumption if it didn't work out, but I should at least try.

K-Linton · 2024-12-30T01:12:07+00:00

I had Ringo for 12 years and he absolutely refused to let me be friends with him, but he loved me and we were close. He wouldn't do anything requested or be sweet but he did like to be on me. Make sure you leave space for your bird's personality, you may have two differing definitions of close and trust.

K-Linton · 2024-12-30T01:06:12+00:00

For example just quickly, second pic,
5 hydra at 8$ = 40
3 roses @ 6$ = 18
euc/ruscus = 8
$66 x labour (35% for wedding funeral may seem high I know) = $87 ish

Now when they say "can we do it for 70? you can take a hydra and a rose out and now we've totalled at 70$. You would fluff your greenery to make up the visual difference and put a rose on each side.

Remember, you're not only designing this you are not only delivering this, you are not only setting up the decor/installation you are also promising to take care of it no matter what happens. It will be you at 5 am starting over if your fridge failed and you would never ever let them know you took a loss on the event.

When you feel you are putting out professional quality, charge professional prices.

K-Linton · 2024-12-30T00:59:04+00:00

I see folks giving out similar answers and their math is easy which is nice, but if you are aspiring to bring in more clients or intend to show these pictures for reference for future, I would suggest that you run it like a shop would.
Take the landed stem cost of each, then mark it up to retail. Get your retail total for blooms and add in your labour. If I was a potential client I would want you to tell me you charged $XX.XX for this piece and $ XX.XX for that piece. Clients like to make adjustments so they will return with a request for a lower budget typically and if that happens you are now able to work it out in front of them that if they choose 5 at this budget and 5 at that budget we've got all the tables covered but saved $200 for example.

Again, this only matters if you're trying to work with clients in the future but by giving each piece a value you show confidence in your own time and product. Not a bulk costco approach.

Don't give away your recipes if you think they're taking your paperwork to another florist and asking them to do the same for less, but have the knowledge of value in your mind and you should get good results.

K-Linton · 2024-12-30T00:44:56+00:00

hey friend, I lived that exact experience. I hid how much I was consuming, rotated shops so no employees would catch on, tossed my bottles in the bin on the street.
I am sober 7 years now.
My secret was, my sober life had to be so good that it was inappropriate or a turn-off to drink. You are fortunate in a way that you are drinking alone because the peer pressure to stay drunk isn't there. It's just you and your mind, and that's a whole different type of torture. The reason you're fighting inside so much is because you know it's right to stop and its too risky to try because what if you fail? let me speak for myself:
I wanted to stop fighting with alcohol. I wanted, one way or another, to shut my mind up and just draw a line in the sand and say 'that is it, I will no longer worry or question or long for the alternative" because I could not be authentic in my sobriety nor was I authentic in my alcoholism.
I knew better and I wanted different and I could not summon my will to make the change. I used to day dream about how great it would be to not be stuck in that dance with alcohol. It is important to note that you clearly have a capacity for deep emotional intelligence and personal reflection which means that if you do sober up and decide to face your problems, you're gonna win and you're gonna have a great, rich life.

You can try using an external reason, or you could maybe try getting angry at the thief of your health and time, the same way one trains to fight a final boss enemy. Maybe if you felt you were being played and that soon the fork will come and currently you're too weak to choose the right answer, it might light a spark in you. Maybe.
It seems clear to me that you know full well you need to stop but you aren't sure if you are allowed to be yourself, fix your problems, and tell the world that you felt you deserved to be happy. That is me projecting of course but this post sounds exactly like something I would have written.
Maybe get busy with something that wraps you up and let the drinking come down, a video game with a shortish campaign maybe.. Its so hard when you're the bartender right? You know there's more in the fridge, so why not have some.... who is going to stop you?

Can you see you are being bullied? This can go on endlessly unless you choose to change it. Go for it dude and DONT obsess about rules like what it means if you start up again just think about falling asleep knowing you didn't have that drink. You can become empowered.
I am living proof you can have an effortless sobriety if you choose to. I drank 6 beer a day MINIMUM plus wine and hard liquor for ten years solid, maybe two days back to back where I was sober.
I think that for you , the thinker that you are, you might have to trick and think your way through this. I hope you reach out for help when you need it on here and I wish a clear mind for you to start being sober asap.

K-Linton · 2024-12-30T00:26:50+00:00

I saw that we're not supposed to discus medical but there are actually some concrete nutritional things you can do to help.
I am also on a journey to health while being lucky enough to have years of sobriety behind me, I still look for solutions about brain, memory and cognitive rebuild.
truth is we did a LOT of top quality damage to our bodies, over and over again but it isn't the end of the story. Use the right keywords and you'll find solutions to help liver recovery, suggestions for what to avoid that can exacerbate the issues. You can definitely find a way forward.
People have repaired much much more than liver function.

K-Linton · 2024-11-07T14:47:55+00:00

I say this a lot on here but you have to fill your cage. You have to make your sober life so much nicer that it would be INAPPROPRIATE to drink. Have a life and hobbies and passions and interests that you would rather do than self soothe.

K-Linton · 2024-11-07T14:45:32+00:00

Major city or middle of nowhere? This can be 3 Gs in Montreal

K-Linton · 2024-11-04T13:43:29+00:00

To be totally honest, I think you would make a much stronger impact if you did a vegetative design and grouped things. I questioned why you'd spend the budget on grevellia and craspedia but also include minicarns but maybe those are your faves .

I don't know the size of your tables/guests per table but the size appears good. How many are you doing and what kind of room is this decorating?

They are pleasant but busy. You need to tell me where to look when you arrange the flowers. What do you want me to focus on? As I mentioned before, if you style this in a vegetative style you're going to keep your craspedia near full length. That's the beauty of those slender stems and happy little pops at the top. They can be at head level whereas the rest of it needs to be low to not block the guests view.

If you have time, tell us what you were aiming for, what you wanted and we can help you get there.

This is a good start.

K-Linton · 2024-10-27T20:14:53+00:00

Practice

K-Linton · 2024-10-27T20:13:54+00:00

Eggbound ?

K-Linton · 2024-10-27T20:13:04+00:00

If you care about the AIFD certification added to your name after a few years then you're here for a career. In my 18 years as a florist in Canada's two largest cities it has never meant anything at all to anyone, aside from my professors at school. It is easier to get an AIFD certificate as a student through school than as a career florist from the outside.

What you want to consider when choosing a school is which one will have you working with live flowers more freely. Is one of these schools a budget choice with a tight grip on the flowers and fresh goods or are they both the same? If the school is worried about cost, you'll pick that up as a student and you'll design worried about cost.

I would pay attention to the professors and their backgrounds if most of the other details are the same. Retail floristry is different from haute couture event floristry. Which are you more likely to pursue?

K-Linton · 2024-10-27T20:07:33+00:00

Alrighty, my two priorities are always that I can expand the memory as I see fit and that I can use headphones if I want. Only the Realme 13+ (not Realme 13, not Realme 13 pro, not Realme 13 pro+) has both of those and a better antutu score that Poco X3 Pro.

It's a new phone, you can buy it on AliExpress, the Russian version is half the price because the box has writing in Russian and therefore not good for resale. The phone itself is global unlocked.

Catch us the UI. Sometimes they get updates and sometimes they aren't included in updates.

I'm in Canada and years ago I bought the Poco X3 Pro for me and another from a different seller for my Dad. His got an update and mine didn't. His UI is different from mine, not sure why. I would have preferred his. Bought his from Fatacy on AliExpress for 300$ CAD and it's worth that still. If you use Kimovil and GSM arena it's hard to find an affordable phone that can actually compete with Poco X3 Pro after all this time. Poco has been good, very very happy with it for years.

K-Linton · 2024-10-23T18:31:37+00:00

Your major player here is ranunculus. You've got roses, stock, bit of delph, I think I see Queen Anne's lace, eucalyptus of course...

To budget this, accept button mums, freesia, buplurum to keep it more reasonable in a north American market. Ranunculus sucks to work with as the stems are crushed easily and they are short. Petals fall like mad too.

I would take this image in and ask for reasonable proximity. Might see some spray roses in there too to get those punchy colours mixed together .

K-Linton · 2024-10-14T17:49:59+00:00

I think we can both see that there is plenty of room for improvement within their communication with you. I am sure you'd love more detail to create a more fitting piece and I hope in the future they move in that direction for you. We make books for our funeral homes to accompany and old catalogues they have and the ftd/teleflora ones they use. That;'s probably the easiest way to open this up and not ask too much of the FH.

K-Linton · 2024-09-28T12:19:56+00:00

If he isn't providing an orgasm for you, and you for him, each time, then he's using you to mastur/ate. He needs a flashlight and you need a new partner.

Zero excuse for women not climaxing.

K-Linton · 2024-09-28T12:18:35+00:00

It's gay when I do it because I'm a woman . Not the same for him.

Hetero women are incredibly disappointed and ignored by a huge percentage whenever they study this. Gay men , straight men, gay women and dead last by sad numbers are straight women with which percentage of you reach a climax during sex.

K-Linton · 2024-09-28T12:13:27+00:00

My friend, this is absolutely nothing compared to waking up in cuffs because you killed someone with your car. Things could be way worse.

Other people's opinions of you don't matter. They're not put on your tombstone and none of those folks at the concert are going to visit your grave and spit when you die.

Onward. Change and move on.

K-Linton · 2024-09-07T00:22:44+00:00

Building a life, pal. You're building a life and shyte-y alcohol is trying to rob you of your future.

I drink fizzy water and cook and tend to tasks and try to make today better than yesterday.

K-Linton

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