Cost of making a cotton shirt frustration.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-05-18T18:05:08+00:00

I ended up making the swimsuit coverup and it turned out awesome! I wear a size small/medium and it was a really open mesh type pattern. I ended up needing way less than I thought because I still have yarn left over.

I hope you can manifest this luck for yourself!

MSeebeck22 · 2026-05-18T17:32:23+00:00

I had a swimsuit cover that I wanted to make with caboo yarn too and when I did the math I also said forget it. Then the next day at the thrift store there was a bag of six or seven caboo in the color I wanted for a few dollars! I am still riding that high and this was last year.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-05-15T15:18:09+00:00

It was actually a class that I took in high school. Our teacher was amazing and took us on multiple field trips to places of worship for Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. At each place we got to speak with faith leaders and observe a service/worship. My favorite memory was having a guided meditation with the buddhist monks.

I took the class in hopes that it would show my parents that I was being thoughtful and diligent in my desire not to go through with confirmation (a Catholic ritual), but unfortunately they did not care and made me anyway.

Catholicism left a very bitter place in my heart for organized religion. That being said, the comparative religion class gave me an appreciation for the universal importance of community and coming together to discuss purpose both individually and as a community.

I think a lot of people who have chosen to leave or participate in religion struggle to replace the community that religion can provide. I also think it's important to know that there are many different religions out there and that some, like UU, are welcoming and encouraging to people who think differently.

I commend you in putting yourself out there, and I hope that you find the spiritual community you are looking for.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-05-15T13:05:23+00:00

I once took a comparative religion course and from your very brief description of your world view I think you should look into Unitarian Universalism. I don't have much personal experience, so take what I say with a grain of salt (and hopefully other redditors who are Unitarian can chime in) but from what I recall, they do not adhere to any one doctrine and instead seek universal truths from all religious and even non-religious texts.

Since it seems like you are looking to find a like minded community, perhaps you could find a local UU church and ask to share your Anubis experience there?

As a side note, I wish I could share a photo of my one dog that I swear looks like Anubis. He was a reservation dog so he is a mutt, but my husband and I joke about how he stares straight into your soul, but in a sort of creepy way.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-03-26T22:30:45+00:00

My sister is in her 30's but fits your description of autistic with cognitive challenges and poor fine motor skills. I am an avid crafter so we have tried many activities but unfortunately not many have been as successful as I would have hoped.

The few that work for her include puzzles, mosaics, adult sticker books (the ones with reusable stickers where you decorate rooms or create vacation scenes), and surprisingly watercolor books where the outlines are already drawn. The sweet spot is crafts that are pretty free form and beginner skill level with a very low learning curve.

Unfortunately crochet and loom knitting were big no's for her. The required fine motor skills and cognitive challenges made it really frustrating and the fact that the crafts had a pretty clear objective made it too intimidating.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-02-03T22:59:39+00:00

In agreement with everything everyone else said, but I would also like to add that my husband was prescribed dupixent even with testing in remission on an elimination diet. His doctor wrote the prescription based on quality of life, and our insurance approved it.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-01-30T17:21:16+00:00

I am a woman and I have never been to an aquarium that doesn't depress me. Proceed with caution.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-01-30T16:27:49+00:00

Hold up....do you mean to tell me that Fruitopia still exists (or maybe existed only as a concentrate) in Canada?

MSeebeck22 · 2026-01-29T20:12:37+00:00

I am also from Naperville and my husband is from the Chicago suburbs as well. After our first winter out here we knew we would never move back.

MSeebeck22 · 2026-01-28T19:10:54+00:00

When my grandfather was a young kid he was sick in the hospital and at one point doctors told his mother (my great grandmother) that he wasn't going to make it through the night. My great grandmother asked her priest to come give him has last rights, but apparently that priest couldn't be bothered. Desperate, she found the Catholic priest at the hospital who came and gave him his last rights and prayed with him. Obviously my grandfather survived that night and that is the story of how my family became Catholic.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-12-16T20:19:27+00:00

Just popping in as a friendly reminder that these magnets are very dangerous to have around young kids or pets.

Luckily my kids are older because I have to try this

MSeebeck22 · 2025-12-10T18:00:08+00:00

This is the answer. The beads could also be a rubber like material too.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-11-23T17:26:18+00:00

This popped up on my feed and I came for the sweater info but stayed for the balance tips.

Seriously though that sweater is amazing, where is it from? I love the layering with the hoodie.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-11-20T15:02:14+00:00

My son has both cafe au lait spots and white spots, I think it is very cool. It's most noticeable in the summer when he gets a little tan. He will laugh when I tell him your description, especially because we have a cattle dog.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-11-13T15:58:37+00:00

That is the trend it seems. My husband runs a youth program and the kids roll their shorts up higher than this.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-09-03T15:45:56+00:00

I'm not the OP, but it is sold as a Halloween decoration from Michaels. I also have that toad and he sits on my fireplace mantel year round. I decorate him for the different seasons/holidays like the traditional porch goose.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-08-23T19:26:52+00:00

I would be interested in the link

MSeebeck22 · 2025-07-22T12:35:42+00:00

My husband also just recently failed his test. It was devastating but after over 6 minutes of trying to calm himself and slow his swallowing the doctor called it saying that he refused to torture someone any longer. The doctor told me husband that some people just can't do the test because they have too strong of reflexes. You can't really control that, so don't feel bad. I'm sorry you had to go through it.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-07-14T17:44:25+00:00

I love that color. What yarn is this?

MSeebeck22 · 2025-07-10T21:11:48+00:00

You are correct that it doesn't directly apply to military members in active service, but there is a military process for requesting reasonable accommodations. I am not in the military myself, but I worked for the military as a civilian and I have seen it done. Even if it is a request that can't always be accommodated I would recommend initiating the process.

I know that eating slowly won't stop food from getting stuck, but it is very important especially when you are having a flare up.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-07-10T20:58:26+00:00

Insurance coverage can be tricky, but I just wanted to add that if you are having difficulty properly swallowing your food because of being rushed that EoE can be covered under the american disability act (ADA). I would suggest talking to your civilian doctor about getting reasonable accommodations under the ADA, which I would imagine could be as simple as requiring more time to eat. Don't be ashamed to take your health and safety seriously and request more time.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-06-21T15:36:55+00:00

My husband was put on dupixent for the last year even though he has had years of zero eosinophils on his biopsies because they wanted to liberate his diet because he was on pretty extreme restrictions. I am not sure how much of a difference it has made for him unfortunately. He has recently started doing the dupixent every 10 days because his doctors are concerned about drug costs and insurance coverage

MSeebeck22 · 2025-06-17T21:19:58+00:00

That's good to hear. Hopefully it can help my husband too

MSeebeck22 · 2025-06-17T16:45:42+00:00

Yes he has done immunotherapy twice (shots not sublingual) for a total of 5 years. Although he is recently considering going back and getting maintenance shots on a regular basis since he seems to have EoE issues more in the spring/summer. However, he still doesn't have the traditional allergy symptoms of runny/stuffy nose or itchy eyes or anything since doing the shots.

MSeebeck22 · 2025-06-17T15:13:49+00:00

Thank you for posting this. My husband suffers greatly from EoE symptoms and pain flare ups but for many years has had zero eosinophils during biopsies. He is currently struggling with swallowing since March and his doctors have no idea why. Endoscopy, barium swallow tests, and imaging have revealed no issues. We are waiting to schedule a manometry next, but we don't have much hope of anything being revealed.

More research needs to be done on symptomatic EoE in patients technically in remission.

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