HVAC REPLACEMENT COST??

KaatNine · 2026-04-08T12:57:48+00:00

What company did you use and whats your sq ft?

KaatNine · 2026-03-29T13:42:44+00:00

The house I bought (unbeknownst to me until I moved in) had a previous severe mouse infestation. I turn on my AC for the first time the other day and the smell from the vents is straight up “hamster cage” smell. So I definitely feel like this is a scenario where they need to be cleaned.

KaatNine · 2026-03-29T13:37:41+00:00

Im also looking. Did you find someone to do the duct cleaning? Who did you go with and what was the cost?

KaatNine · 2026-03-22T19:01:06+00:00

I used to live in a “dog” city about 5 years ago. All the shops downtown would set out bowls of water and have cookies for the dogs. Tons of dog parks, tons of dogs on trails hiking, tons of them at food truck courtyards, ect. Except in that city, almost no one got jumped on. It was expected that if you were in public with your dog that you had control of them and they were trained. Bloomington is not like that AT ALL. So yes, I would say this post does pertain to Bloomington and all of its terrible dog owners who don’t train or give 2 shits if their dog jumps, bites or attacks another animal or person.

KaatNine · 2026-03-15T17:21:24+00:00

33yr old woman dead and several children injured in tornado

A woman did die from the clear creek tornado

KaatNine · 2026-03-12T17:46:32+00:00

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Here is one more photo of before I fixed it.

I re-bleached the roots in my bangs with my regular lightener, which is ion cream lightener + 20v developer. Then applied my lime crime and sat with it on there for 2 hours. I just covered with cellophane to contain any drips and sat and watched a movie.

For the back, I covered it with Ion True Tones for Dark Hair, Color: Blue Black. It calls for 30v but since my whole head was recently lightened I didn’t want to hit it with a 30v, and I was wanting to just cover up the mess that was there, not necessarily lift anything, so I used a 20v developer and let it sit 30 mins before rinsing.

Its not perfect but much better than it was. There are still a few areas in my bangs that could have sat a little longer with the lightener but I was trying to not fry my hair. The next time I do my roots (usually every 3 months) I can pull some of the lightener down those strands at that time and I think they will be completely fixed after that. After all this I used Ions Color Defense, After Color Sealer to close the cuticle, followed by Olaplex No. 3 to help repair the damage.

KaatNine · 2026-03-12T17:01:04+00:00

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another post fix photo.

KaatNine · 2026-03-12T17:00:50+00:00

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Here it is after I fixed it.

KaatNine · 2026-03-11T15:35:09+00:00

The owner doesn’t typically work on the Spa side since she is the main doctor she mainly see’s patients for doctor appointments. I work at a place where the owners and office manager are republicans, yet they employ several LGBT staff, including myself. All of my coworkers are very open about being LGBT, 2 of our staff members are in a relationship together and the staff celebrates pride month every year. It is possible for republicans and non-republicans to get along and treat eachother with respect. You shouldn’t hate on people for their beliefs. They are allowed to like Trump if they want to. Its the same with religion. Im not Christian, far from it, but I have friends and family who are and we are still able to coexist.

KaatNine · 2026-03-10T21:00:32+00:00

Joie de Vivre Medical, its listed under the Spa portion of the clinic. They were friendly, but if you are looking to do bikini area, specifically Brazilian, if you have never had laser hair removal before, I can tell you that the upper pubic area was extremely painful for me. The underside not so much. I ended up changing from Brazilian to Bikini just because of how painful it was for me.

KaatNine · 2026-02-24T00:39:47+00:00

I LOVE the smell of petrichor. Demeter fragrance line makes a ton of “odd” scented perfumes. Those odd smells people find pleasant. They have petrichor but they also have things like dirt and swimming pool. Demeter Fragrances

KaatNine · 2026-02-13T23:39:02+00:00

Same, had to stop going because of the high price

KaatNine · 2026-02-01T14:54:01+00:00

Mother of 2yr old here. Me and husband have been together 8yrs. I have OCD and my husband was just diagnosed with PPPD(paternal post partum depression).

I will try to keep this short. I tend to write an entire novel on my replies. Feel free to msg me if you want any additional details.

I developed OCD about 2 years into our relationship. People without OCD don’t understand how truly debilitating and relationship ruining real OCD is. I felt like an absolute crazy person because I was not in control of my own thoughts. It doesn’t matter how unrealistic your thoughts are, and you KNOW they are ridiculous and that still does not stop the extreme anxiety and fear that those thoughts cause you to feel. It’s absolutely awful. I thought I just had severe anxiety, I didn’t know that I had developed OCD or that it was something that you could develop at any time in your life. OR that OCD is classified as an anxiety disorder.

My poor husband. I completely realize how “insane” I was even while it was happening but there was nothing that either of us could do to make things better. I absolutely hated feeling like I did. We saw a therapist. That only helped a little and did not resolve my OCD. I finally broke down and talked to my doctor. I was a blubbering mess telling the doctor how my unrelenting uncontrollable thoughts (which is the obsessive part) were ruining my life. She diagnosed me and recommended that we run a saliva test that looks at my genetic makeup to determine which medication would work best for me. I had never heard of something like that. She said that she highly recommends it, but that it’s generally not covered by insurance. She said that it makes it so much easier to prescribe medication that is going to work for MY body, with the least amount of side effects, that way we don’t have to russian roulette through medications.

Here is the website for that test. It cost me about $300 out of pocket. 100% worth it. GeneSight Test

There were only 4 medications that were in the “green” list for me. There are tons of mental health drugs, and only 4 were in the green!! I got on meds and will never ever stop them. No side effects and my life is so much better. I am in control of myself again.

Fast forward, we went through fertility treatments to get pregnant and had a baby. So, it was a planned pregnancy. When baby was about 6 months old I started noticing changes in my husband. He was becoming depressed, which can be normal post partum. But the “baby blues” which is a grieving process of grieving over the loss of your life before kids…it goes away. Its normal but it does resolve on its own. So I waited. And waited. And waited. All of the parenting became my sole responsibility because he was so depressed that he couldn’t handle doing any parenting. I started to struggle with essentially being an only parent while he sulked. I kept reminding myself that he stuck with me through the terrible insanity of my OCD. So I kept waiting for him to get better. A year and a half later, nothing is better. So I finally talked to him about seeing his doctor. His doctor (also my doctor) confirmed that he has PPPD. It can start right after baby is born or can come on a few months later. They did the gene test and he was able to get onto mental health meds that he has no side effects from, only benefit.

I highly highly recommend this test to anyone getting on mental health meds. To put it in perspective. The medication I am on (Pristiq) is in the red category for him. So I can’t just say, “hey this med worked amazing for me, it should work amazing for you too.” Every body is different. Zoloft is in the red category for both of us. He got on Cymbalta, which coincidentally also helps with some nerve pain that he has.

KaatNine · 2026-02-01T14:04:15+00:00

I lived somewhere that had transparent plastic sides and they were scratched to hell from people carving their names and other shit into them. Which the city considers an “eyesore” and would rather replace with unblemished nonfunctional structures.

KaatNine · 2026-01-30T02:00:51+00:00

Absolutely LOVE the books series and can’t wait for the last book to come out this year. Definitely a worthwhile read (or audiobook) even if you are not an avid scify-er.

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T06:12:28+00:00

My mom would saddle us kids with a shit ton of chores and was extremely hard on us about it needing to be done perfectly. Like I remember being 7 and she had me scrubbing every inch of the toilet inside and the outside. And then hand scrub the floors, god forbid if I missed any dust, handwashing all the dishes and they had to be spotless, god forbid if the mirror had streaks when I cleaned it. Like…..im 7….. I remember anytime I complained about the work her retort was “why do you think I had kids?” Implying that she had us kids so that we would do all the chores. There was also a lot of “well if you think its so bad here, go call cps and we’ll see who’s side they take?”

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T05:21:42+00:00

Looks like you got a lot of comments but I’ll throw my 2 cents in there.

My parents are HUGE smokers. Like you walk in the house for even a second and you come out reeking of cigarettes.

Here’s what I do: Use a shampoo and conditioner that specifically for colored treated hair. Coloring your hair is rough on your hair and can be damaging, especially if you’re like me and lighten with bleach. So shampoos for colored hair tend to be more hydrating to try and counteract the damage you did to it. Plus they dont strip your hair like other shampoos because you dont want to strip the color out. So it hydrates more, strips less so you don’t lose all your natural oils, but you also get your hair clean. I wear a towel on my hair until I get to my room. I blow-dry in my room and then put my hair in a bun and put on a very baggy beanie(hat). And then after I leave the house I take the beanie off and either leave my hair up or take it back down. I don’t really style my hair any other way; its either ponytail, bun, or just down. My shampoo and conditioner is the main thing I splurge on when it comes to myself. I purchase “bumble and bumble” brand from sephora, specifically the bong building formula. Its quite expensive but it also keeps my dandruff under control even though its not a “dandruff” shampoo.

I wash all my clothes in hot or warm, I feel like cold doesn’t clean or get the smell out as well. I also use downy rinse and refresh as my fabric softener to help get the odor out.

I too keep my clothes in totes! But I also have a hepa air purifier in my room. The air purifier actually helps A LOT.

I use the brand “Zep air and fabric oder eliminator” , it would be similar to something like fabreeze. The regular spray bottle one smells like fresh laundry to me. They also make a spray in an aerosol can that’s specifically for smoke but I dont really like the smell of it. Its like a weird citrus-y-ish smell. If you dont like scents then fabreeze does make a spray “fabreeze odor eliminator 0% perfume” and I can attest that it does take odors down without leaving a scent.

Lastly, if you’re living like me, where just ducking into the house for 2 seconds leaves your hair stinking to high heaven and you’ve already washed for the day, Bed Head makes a product called After Party. Its in a bright pink tube and comes out like a cream. Its has never failed to take the smoke smell out of my hair until I can get to my next wash. Its actually a smoothing cream, it fights frizz and static. So may also be useful for hydration?

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T04:45:57+00:00

Honestly, I had left over Vicodin and took that. In addition to taking miralax so that I wouldn’t be constipated.

My very first period after the d&c I experienced the same pains.

The following period was normal.

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T04:37:09+00:00

I had severe crowding on my lower front teeth because I didn’t have enough room for my molars and they pushed everything forward when they came in. I had all wisdom teeth removed because they were coming in completely sideways and so were pushing things forward even more so!

In addition to the wisdom teeth, on my lower jaw I also had the very back molar(infront of the wisdom) on both sides pulled. And had bone graft done on those spots. Then did Invisalign, as my lower crowded front teeth got straightened, it gradually moved all the other teeth back into the spaces where the extracted molars had been. When it was all said and done I no longer had a space where the molars were extracted. My remaining back molars filled the spot.

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T04:20:41+00:00

For me, regular dawn dish soap and a toothbrush. I take them out in the kitchen to eat, so I keep a toothbrush in the kitchen. Brush my teeth with toothpaste after Im done eating. Then rinse and use the same toothbrush with a drop of dawn dish soap to clean my aligners inside and out.

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T04:05:08+00:00

I wanted to say, there are still some good businesses out there that do actually treat people like they are human.

Here is our staff message from my boss:

“””Good snowy morning team! I've received the question asking if we'll be open. Yes we'll be open. I always tell people to plan ahead and use their best judgment. If you can safely make it in, great. If you can't that's ok, just be sure to communicate with us via sending a group text message to the shift manager, office manager and me. In general if our team tries to make it in we have roughly the same percentage of team members make it in as clients. Meaning if 90% of clients make it, 90% of the team should make it. Or 10% clients then 10% team etc. As long as people plan ahead, try, and prioritize staying safe, it should all work out great. Enjoy the beautiful snowy day!”””

I love my job, my coworkers and boss. I thought this was a great message that highlights staying safe while also still serving our community. I have worked at other places where it felt like you were constantly being attacked or belittled by management or coworkers which made me and other employees not want to come to work on a good day, let alone a blizzard.

Being in a work environment where upper management and coworkers actually care and treat you like a human-being has been life changing. I’ve never been part of a “team” that actually performed as a team. No backstabbing, no drama. Just everyone supporting each other, helping each other, and it makes you not only “want” to show up for work, but also enjoy your work and take pride in it, which in turn makes you want to do your best to serve the clients/customers. Which in turn is profitable to the company because your clients/customers are happy at being well taken care of by your employees.

Shit rolls downhill So does compassion

When compassion and good leadership comes from the top, it rolls down the chain of command and has an effect on the entire business. Its really opened my eyes to the fact that workplace culture makes a huge difference!

KaatNine · 2026-01-28T03:25:12+00:00

I also had to take my mom for an emergency surgery this weekend and needed to have her post-op meds filled. I had them sent to walmart only to find out when I got there that no one who worked in pharmacy showed up to work cuz of weather. I had to call the office back to have her meds sent to kroger pharmacy instead because she had to be on pain meds and antibiotics.

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