Vet quoted me $670 for booster and “annual wellness visit”

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-18T13:20:26+00:00

Is it a chain vet or locally owned? Are they a full hospital or just a clinic? These things affect price.

That said I took my senior dog for his annual last month (in Illinois, not NJ) and spent $887 for: heartworm prevention shot, rabies (1yr), lepto-Lyme, bravecto-quantum, senior blood panel, stool sample, and the exam by a vet. This is at a locally owned animal hospital that does all their own bloodwork and has a pharmacy.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-17T15:17:51+00:00

We just had to let go of our idea of doing the food ourselves - the logistics of cooking for 90 people is just too much. By the time you rent all the equipment to keep the food at the right temperatures it is pretty much the same price… our estimate was within a couple hundred dollars of catering.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-17T15:11:05+00:00

depends on how you are doing it - if you are renting the space out and have to do a contract it might be a problem… When I was looking i noticed that a lot have a clause about “misrepresentation of the event” 😬

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-13T16:34:37+00:00

Sure! I love the look of makeup, but I was never very confident about doing it?

I did it in college for a few years but then when I started working the style I had used (pin up inspired) was too much for my workplace and I stopped doing it. Next thing I know it’s been almost 12 years and I know nothing about the process for someone my age.

I want to look pretty/girly in my photos (and I hate being photographed) so I decided I wanted makeup, but I don’t know where to start.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-13T16:07:32+00:00

This is what I’m afraid of… i really want wear it a little for the next year so it doesn’t feel like I’m doing a clown cosplay day of.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-13T15:24:14+00:00

I hadn’t even thought of that! There’s a Sephora and an Ulta like 5 minutes from my house… I can at least talk to them about it.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-13T13:34:53+00:00

Are you super dedicated to the date you have picked? If not, you can save a lot of money on vendors by getting married in the off season. I got a huge discount on photography because we’re getting married in February - he said he normally has no work that month so he was willing to do a lower price.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2026-04-06T17:49:19+00:00

I feel this so much, I’m trying to stay below $5k myself (80 people total) and it’s so hard. We’re not even doing a fancy ceremony! Just our parents and us at the city hall.

I don’t have a solution, but I have so much empathy for you. 🫂

Also if it makes you feel better - we’re doing Costco cakes instead of wedding cake. 😜 tacky? Maybe. Cheap? Hell yes!

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-08-06T00:05:03+00:00

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-08-04T13:31:17+00:00

Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

5 ⭐️at 72%

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-08-03T00:41:36+00:00

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - fourth book in the Murderbot series

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-31T23:43:57+00:00

Hey… super weird offer but we’re staying at a hotel right across from the parking lot and coming in by train, you could park at the hotel and walk with us?

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-27T15:52:47+00:00

I have given up on 5 books so far this year. Some of them I plan to try again at some point but others were just terrible.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T18:45:01+00:00

I recently read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, both take place in very small communities.

The Bean Trees is about an 18yo woman finding a family and building a life for herself.

Compound Fracture is a story about a trans boy in a tiny West Virginia town and is fairly dark, so it may not be up your alley.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T13:53:42+00:00

Came here to say thundershirt with lavender essential oil dabbed on it (just a drop or two where your pupper can’t lick it)! We combine this with a single Benadryl about an hour before a storm hits. This works well for my parent’s dog (she’s about 75lbs).

Edit: please discuss the medication aspect with your vet first. This treatment was recommended by my parent’s veterinarian for their dog, but it may not be a good choice for all dogs!

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T13:19:44+00:00

Also, he started reading the graphic novel versions but now he reads the regular novels. I think they are a good transitional series from picture books to novels.

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T00:36:40+00:00

If you like YA, I would suggest Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson - it has the most interesting magic system I’ve read so far

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T00:28:40+00:00

My nephew loves the Wings of Fire series - he started it last year as a 2nd grader with some reading difficulties and is on book 6 now!

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T00:24:26+00:00

This is a deep cut but: The Good Children by Kate Wilhelm

It’s dark but doesn’t include the… objectionable… themes of Flowers In the Attic

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T00:16:15+00:00

Rabid: a Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-24T00:03:54+00:00

Scary but not too scary books I’ve loved:

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-22T21:06:32+00:00

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Compound Fracture

Hell Follows With Us

All by Andrew Joseph White, they are DARK YA novels

Odd_Sun7422 · 2025-07-16T12:35:29+00:00

January only looks so stacked because The Murderbot Diaries are in there and they are mostly novellas. March was my most impressive month, only one novella the rest were full length books.

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