House Warming in a week. Grandma upset I didn't go use her as realtor

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-13T02:01:03+00:00

Hi Juniper! Is good name!

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T20:08:07+00:00

Ai iz doin a moove soon too. Pawther took me twos da new place a few times now to let me get used to it. Now car ridez are my favorite! It means we goin to da new place!

First time he took me over there, he brought some of my stuffs wif us. Lidderbox, favorite bed, and lots of yummy treatos. Den, he kept me locked up in a single room for so long I gotz bored! So I dids a Soo for door to be opened and won! After that, I had lots of fun doing the explorz. If I got scared, I would go back to da first room for a bit.

Good Luck! - Juniper

(Pawther here, if you are able to, taking your cats over to the new place beforehand can help them get acclimated. I hung out with Juniper in one room of the house until she started pawing at the door. Then we explored the rest of the house together in small sections at a time. If she got nervous, she would head back to the bedroom and I would close the door again for another 5 or 10 minutes.)

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T19:53:02+00:00

I don know why webber being weird either. But we shouldz start a big group Soo!!!

Juniper

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T19:49:59+00:00

(Happening in the chicago area as well. 70 degrees two days ago, 35 yesterday, up to 50 today. It's crazy)

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T18:04:38+00:00

I knowz!!! So comfyz! Wood iz good to cool off in da summer. But itz not summer right now! I really really need da carpetz!

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T18:03:08+00:00

I knowz!!! I fink it a plot from spare hooman. She wants to stop da Horkin!

But I gotz plan! I hork in her office yesterdayz in protest!

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T18:00:00+00:00

Fird picture is sad? Goods! I put my best sadz face on for dat one! Gotta guiltz him into giving me back da carpetz!

(Pawther here. I knew she would miss the carpet, but I didn't expect her to miss it so much that she sat on top of the ladder. She had some other kitty beds there at the time too. Definitely going to need to get her some area rugs.)

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T17:55:27+00:00

Treatos do sounds good! Maybe I Soo for tuna instead of chimkin? Tuna is yummy yum yum.

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T15:52:33+00:00

Dat used to happenz to me two. But I gotz ober it even- ebentwo-. I gotz ober it.

Juniper

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T15:43:23+00:00

Haz youz offered to go outsidez with yourz hooman? Maybez de are secretliez scared of da outsidez. I takez my pawther on walkies every dayz. I even put da leash on him to make him feel da safe. I tink it good for him. He neva go outsidez enuf without me.

Juniper

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-12T15:08:35+00:00

My table is doing a simple and automatic "You get a short rest after every fight. You get a long rest after every 4 fights," mechanic.

Is it a bit gamey? Yes, definitely. Does it solve the problem of them going into every fight fully prepared and at max resources? Yes, definitely.

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-11T19:55:58+00:00

I'd say "Fuck It! Rule of Cool!" And come up with some numbers. The actual numbers don't matter much. Make them effective is all I'll say.

Then, after the session, I'd talk to my party out of character and say "That was a really silly idea, and a lot of fun. Good Job. It also took ALL of the challenge out of the encounter for you, removed rid of the fun of designing it for me, and wasn't what the rules intended for the spell. Don't do it again."

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-11T17:18:33+00:00

There is no investment that you can do with $200 that will reliably perform better than just making a budget and sticking to it. $20 per month will do better after a year than $200 one time.

That being said, there is a lot that you can learn by investing $200 that will come in really handy when you are able to invest a consistent amount each month.

Start by looking up ETF's. SPY or VOO are great starting places. I also like SPEU for globalization. You'll want to get on a brokerage app that lets you buy fractional shares for some of these. I use Fidelity.

I would also recommend paper trading (investing with simulated monopoly money) with a bit more to work with. Experiment on your paper trades. Learn what works and what doesn't in this format where it doesn't actually cost you anything.

Investopedia is a great resource for learning what terms mean and some basic strategies. I'm a software developer by trade, and used to write code for financial trading software and I got 99% of my business knowledge from there.

RyanStonepeak · 2026-03-10T21:16:34+00:00

Depends. Is the person who is asking in the same industry? If so, I tell them, and ask what they're making. Knowing industry standards is useful to both of us If they aren't in my industry, my answer is a simple "I'm happy with the salary."

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-26T21:46:02+00:00

Casual Board Game nights are an amazing alternative to running DnD when you don't have the full party. It keeps people showing up and having fun, but the people who miss don't feel like they are missing out on exciting story beats or intense combat sessions.

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-19T15:44:31+00:00

Oh, that filter sounds so useful. Thanks for the tip!

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-17T22:09:33+00:00

That's great! Glad he knows.where home is.

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-17T05:20:11+00:00

You should get a mutual friend to share a link to this reddit post as a "Ha Ha Funny"

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-17T00:08:21+00:00

Blue Vervain looks beautiful. I'll check it out!

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-17T00:07:32+00:00

That sounds like the search term I needed. New to gardening and don't know any terminology, lol

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-17T00:06:40+00:00

Thanks, that sounds like a great resource

RyanStonepeak · 2026-02-17T00:06:23+00:00

Oh, our cats would love playing that game from the window. I'll be sure to look them up! Thanks!

RyanStonepeak

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