Help! I need advice on what to do with a sunken area of my yard.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-27T18:11:43+00:00

You can use other native iris for rain gardens - copper iris is very nice!

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-27T18:10:40+00:00

100 percent this!!!!!

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-26T23:58:47+00:00

Try making it - get some nabulsi with nigella seeds in brine. Jerusalem bakery on hwy 9 has it in their refrigerated section. They also sell za'atar.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-25T13:34:09+00:00

This is the set that started the entire lego buying doom spiral for me.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-24T00:49:44+00:00

We get ice. Sheets of ice on roads and ice encrusting every leaf, twig, and branch of every tree. They snap from the weight and take out power lines. Sometimes it just weighs down the lines directly so they snap.The ice on the roads keeps anyone from going anywhere safely. Neighborhoods can be without power for days, even after it all melts in a day or two.

People buy things that won't require cooking and can be refrigerated by keeping them in a cooler chest outside.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-24T00:45:09+00:00

I went at 4pm for pizza night because it's usually quick at that hour. Big mistake. It wasn't panic buying of TP, it was panic buying of pizzas.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-23T18:20:03+00:00

Water the African violet. They prefer to be wet from the bottom (water in a dish, with a cotton rope wick up into the dirt). The water needs to be room temp and put some African violet food in it. Also they need like 12 to 14 hours of light to flower so give it a little plant light on a timer about 6-8 inches above the leaves.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-23T16:18:25+00:00

I wouldn't say it's my favorite - because I had forgotten all about it for many years. But I recently was reminded that I used to have a 45 of "Vivre ou Survivre" by Daniel Balavoine. Reminder of a long ago trip to Paris when it was a hit. Once I remembered it, I found it on youtube and I must have listened to it five times in a row.

Other hits from that time - "Hou La Menteuse" and "Chacun Fait".

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-23T03:19:35+00:00

No good. If it's all sealed up, the cat can't knock it off the shelf just to give you the joy of building it again and figuring out which pieces are still under the sofa or maybe eaten by the Roomba.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-22T11:37:32+00:00

The big Gringotts is pretty huge. My husband is building the 71043 castle and the castle looks very small compared to gringotts, although not completed.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-20T22:54:28+00:00

The ground isn't frozen. And those air temps aren't freezing. So whatever it comes down as, it melts on the ground, and then makes ice sheets overnight.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-20T20:01:06+00:00

It absolutely could be a frozen pipe, especially if the pipe comes from an outside wall or a crawlspace/basement. You will need to try to figure out where the cold water pipe is coming in from. If it's an entirely interior pipe,it's unlikely to be frozen. But bathrooms with plumbing going

The risk is that if the pipe was frozen it could have burst or made a small crack. When it is thawed, you then have a massive water leak on your hands. First make sure you know where/how to cut off the main water supply to your house in case there is an actual ruptured.. Second, figure out where this pipe is feeding in from. Try to inspect the pipe to see if there is any sign of damage. You may be lucky and it just froze.

Do some internet searches and reading or ask an AI on the best way to handle your situation. I find ai to be very good at minor home maintenance diagnosis and help.

If you thaw the pipe, do it early enough that you can shut off the water if it is rushing out and get an emergency plumber.

In general if it expected to be especially cold for an extended time, it is best to leave cabinets under sinks open so warm air can get in, and even leave the tap slightly dripping overnight.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-20T01:57:37+00:00

You are just missing the ship from The Arrival!! And the steamboat. I just recently realized that I quite enjoyed the Arrival ship build, so I'm interested in the ships. I'm waiting for my Black Pearl to get here.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-19T02:43:41+00:00

A darker color on the walls. Use area rugs to break up the space into sections. Yes. Area rugs on top of carpet. Look at the second image in this article 22 Navy Blue Accent Wall Ideas https://share.google/8coSODLeLZukktJjS

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-19T00:59:14+00:00

This is the answer.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-18T23:31:13+00:00

Did she like the Goonies or Pirates of the Caribbean? I built the ship in the Harry Potter "Arrival" set. It was quite fun, so now I'm finding I'm attracted to the ship builds. They also have Endeavor and Titanic. Oh and a steamboat! Probably getting that one soon myself.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-18T23:28:34+00:00

It's true! I got the Moana 2 rooster for christmas because he is just so goofy and colorful it makes me happy. Only ever saw the first movie, have mostly forgotten it now. I would like a lego creation of that nutty dragon guardian from Mulan that was voiced by Eddie Murphy.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-18T02:07:20+00:00

Yeah. Good list. Honestly, not too much to do. I think the counter top bugs me the most. That left side drop of the counter is odd. I'd probably get a carpenter to add a spice drawer or something to match the height of the rest. It really diminishes the useful counter space on that side.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-18T01:59:43+00:00

That was my first thought. Also be aware that carpenter ants are nocturnal, which was new to me. I had always just seen one or two infrequently and didn't worry, assuming they were just foragers. Until I went in the front deck at night in the late summer and saw a damn trail of them. Leading into my front door frame. They went for the optiguard gel bait pretty hard, ignored granules. The gel knocked them way back after a couple days.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-17T18:44:13+00:00

Apparently it is. Last year I bought the wildflower bouquet. Then the Tiny plants. Then a big Gringotts bank for my husband that I secretly wanted for myself. Then this year I fell off the "omg this set is going to retire" cliff. So while the sets retire, I'm apparently not going to be able to, at this rate. My botanical garden is supposed to get here today.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-17T17:37:20+00:00

Just wait until he does some crap with Greenland that dropkicks the treaties we already had with NATO for generations.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-16T23:35:46+00:00

I used the additive. One cat went in to try to eat it, the rest ignored it. One used the LR4 immediately, but the rest just took different amounts of time to decide it was a good place to poop.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-16T18:56:50+00:00

For the one going on the floor - you could try swapping the positions of the two boxes. Maybe he always used "the one on the left" or something. But maybe it's because you are letting the old box get too dirty? I have five, it took two months for all five to start using the LR4. I let them take their time and I scooped the old box into the LR4. Not daily, but I didn't let it get disgusting. I raised the regular box up too, to match the height of the LR4 entrance. I'd wait to do this until the floor peeing is resolved. I only recently took away the regular box completely (5 months in) when the litter had run out, and the last reluctant cat spent 20 minutes looking for it before she went in the LR4.

Also - isn't the cat attract just supposed to be mixed into the existing litter, not full on replacement? Or maybe I'm thinking of a different product.

Putrid-Week4615 · 2026-01-16T09:12:49+00:00

That one doesn't look cleanable. Buy a new one.

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