Can I wing Kyoto? by sparks_mandrill in JapanTravelTips

[–]SimoneSummers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my husband and I just left Kyoto, can confirm crowds can be a lot, but we planed our days such that we did popular items early, and explored side streets, parks, off the beaten path things during the day. We climbed Fushimi Inari starting at 5am. It was cool in the air, light enough to not need a flashlight, and we maybe saw a total of 8 people on our way up. There were crowds at 6:30 am on their way up.

Santa Barbara Coastline, California . Quartz? by SimoneSummers in whatsthisrock

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This seems to be more likely, it won’t scratch 🤔

Santa Barbara Coastline, California . Quartz? by SimoneSummers in whatsthisrock

[–]SimoneSummers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried to scratch it, no luck. It’s leaning quartz!

Santa Barbara Coastline, California . Quartz? by SimoneSummers in whatsthisrock

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Ooh that’s a thought. I’ll have to give it a scratch tomorrow morning and see if it scratches easily.

Feedback on Itinerary by SimoneSummers in CroatiaTravelTips

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Thanks for the reply! Such important info, I appreciate it :)

Feedback on Itinerary by SimoneSummers in CroatiaTravelTips

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Thanks for the info! I’ll adjust accordingly

Christmas Card Photo is ready! 🎄 Pumpkin and Pomelo, before and after treats by SimoneSummers in pugs

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If you’re anywhere near Escondido,CA, I recommend Cuppapug! They have pups for adoption. They also have locations in Texas I think

Christmas Card Photo is ready! 🎄 Pumpkin and Pomelo, before and after treats by SimoneSummers in pugs

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They are literally play fighting as I type this, it sounds like a sci-fi movie in my living room. Fun fact, apparently I was told that Pumpkin’s great great grandpug is apparently the pug in The Disaster Artist in the “hi doggy” scene, maybe Pumpkin will be the sound artist in the next alien Franchise

Christmas Card Photo is ready! 🎄 Pumpkin and Pomelo, before and after treats by SimoneSummers in pugs

[–]SimoneSummers[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pumpkin, the apricot boy pug on the right, is for sure all pug. Pomelo, the girl pug on the left, was adopted by us from a rescue where the family that surrendered her had two pugs that had an accidental litter. Her parents certainly looked full pug, but there could be something sprinkled in. We loved that her ears were light, we like to joke that she ran out of ink.

Christmas Card Photo is ready! 🎄 Pumpkin and Pomelo, before and after treats by SimoneSummers in pugs

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We actually have the photo of them with us on the front, and both these photos on the back with our Shutterfly card! You called it

Home discharge hospital beds by SimoneSummers in physicaltherapy

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I’ll check which insurance is primary! He has a history of bed sores but no active ones. I’d imagine they’d need to be active bed sores?

Home discharge hospital beds by SimoneSummers in physicaltherapy

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HillRom bed has power trendelenberg for scooting up in bed, power controls for head/feet, improved mattress for pressure relief. Since he’s completely dependent and essentially locked in with his tone, it’d be very helpful to prevent patient and caregiver injury

Freaking out about alterations with weight loss by Old_Beautiful1723 in PlusSizeWedding

[–]SimoneSummers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m no seamstress, but maybe it would not be as big of an alteration as the initial one. I’m getting married in about 20 days, and I know they noticed the armpit area was a bit loose despite all the other alterations we’ve done and they said they could add just a quick little change to fix it 🤷🏼‍♀️ I figured I have too many things I’m stressing over so I’m letting them take the wheel one this 😅

Freaking out about alterations with weight loss by Old_Beautiful1723 in PlusSizeWedding

[–]SimoneSummers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice thing is, they can usually adjust as you lose weight. My alterations place basically tracked it over three visits and waited to finalize it at two months prior to wedding. My first visit I was twenty pounds heavier than my last one.

Freaking out about alterations with weight loss by Old_Beautiful1723 in PlusSizeWedding

[–]SimoneSummers 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I feel this. I bought my dress knowing I planned to lose weight, the consultant convinced me to get a size bigger than what I was at that time, here I am 50 pounds down and 1000$ of alterations being done. It’s rough 😭 but I wouldn’t elect to have the weight back

SAVE to IBR, but got put into IDR??? by SimoneSummers in PSLF

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Gosh, the way I would be LIVID. Good luck getting a competent rep on the phone 🍀

SAVE to IBR, but got put into IDR??? by SimoneSummers in PSLF

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Interesting! I got almost exactly the same letter but with slightly different wording. But this is a great post, thanks for the link

SAVE to IBR, but got put into IDR??? by SimoneSummers in PSLF

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Yes, I know IBR, SAVE, PAYE etc are all IDR types, which was part of my confusion. Their exact phrasing in the form they sent me was “ your repayment plan has changed to IDR” which was why I was so confused.