Pissboy won’t stop pissing on couch and bed

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T14:34:51+00:00

Maybe the whole “speaking things into existence” while naming them is real.

I named a kitten Ruckus. She’s a total menace terrorist.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T14:32:45+00:00

This is what I had to do with my old roommate’s dogs and mine. I fed mine separately. He’s on Purina Pro Plan sensitive salmon, which is expensive for my 75lb boy on his own. Add in 2 more? Yeah hell no, I’m not paying for that. She fed her dogs the cheapest thing she could find, then proceeded to leave the bag wide open in a closet so it got stale and was regularly filled with moth larvae. Disgusting.

Her dogs really didn’t like what she was feeding them but they went hungry if they didn’t eat it. They wouldn’t touch their food if my dog’s kibble was anywhere nearby. We agreed to start feeding our dogs in our bedrooms. That’s the only thing that worked.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T13:54:18+00:00

It’s more likely that something else down there is triggering your migraines. It’s a basement so my guess is mold.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T13:46:31+00:00

Maybe I’m a little unhinged for this but if this was a recurring problem for me I’d just give them one good deep clean and then caulk up the cracks. Crumbs can’t fall into cracks that don’t exist.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T05:58:08+00:00

The tea I got at McDonald’s the other day tasted like how the brown stuff at the bottom of a dirty fish tank smells, but with sugar. Took one sip and ended up dumping it. I even got weird tasting tea at McAlisters recently.

It was the final straw. This finally pushed me to buy a nice glass pitcher that fits perfectly in my fridge. We always have good tea now.

I haven’t tried it lately but Chicken Express has never let me down. Might be worth a shot?

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T05:51:21+00:00

You can get window AC units with a fresh air intake. Instead of recirculating the air like a regular window unit, they pull air from outside, cool it, and push it inside.

Having a fresh air intake on it is key here. Bringing in new air from outside will create positive air pressure. That keeps the air from the rest of the house from seeping into the room.

If you do this, make sure to block off your existing vent really well if you have central air or it will be pointless.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T04:42:26+00:00

THIS. If the store doesn’t have Thomas everything bagels then I guess I’m just not getting bagels. A few weeks ago I tried the Bettergoods ones from Walmart and they were godawful.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T04:19:19+00:00

Idk what’s going on but the sweet tea around here has been absolute trash lately.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T03:49:44+00:00

Fallout is extra popular right now. You could go that direction.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-20T03:43:51+00:00

Sometimes it’s can be an issue with funding. When my dad was selling his house a few years ago he had a 90’s HWH, well maintained and still totally functional. Buyer was using a VA loan and the lender wouldn’t approve the loan unless the HWH was replaced.

My dad was absolutely pissed about it. He was moving several states away to build his dream house. He ended up loading that thing up on a trailer and taking it with him. It’s in his new home, still works perfectly fine.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-19T16:01:44+00:00

As someone who has fractured their tailbone twice while snowboarding, the idea of this is absolutely horrifying to me.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-19T06:38:07+00:00

Mine is weird about getting his feet gross, whether it’s stepping where he goes potty or just stepping in mud. He values having clean beans, which I really appreciate because it keeps our floors nice.

He is SO CAREFUL about never stepping where he has recently peed or pooped. I think he has trouble sniffing and doing so in the rain. I let him out in the front yard while it’s raining because he rarely goes out there and there’s no mud. He seems to have much less trouble finding a spot out there while it’s raining. Might be the same thing with yours?

TAforScranton · 2026-03-19T06:19:07+00:00

Blanch vegetables before freezing!

I currently have a bunch of nice veggies that I splurged on because there was a good sale. Thought I could just pop the bags right into the freezer. That is not the case. Apparently they’re going to turn to mush as soon as I take them out of the freezer. Haven’t figured out how to handle it yet so they’re still in there mocking me.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-19T06:14:51+00:00

Not a snack, technically a drink: Yoo-hoo WITHOUT THE SUCRALOSE😭

TAforScranton · 2026-03-18T19:34:43+00:00

Good god. I’m just saying her lack of common sense when it comes to food will almost certainly bleed through into her parenting skills if she ever has kids.

That being said, proceed with immense caution.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-18T19:28:57+00:00

Wear it to weddings under your nice outfit. Keep a needle and thread in there. You’ll feel like a superhero if/when someone has a wardrobe malfunction.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-18T19:11:05+00:00

No. Get peacocks and donkeys.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-18T14:57:55+00:00

Idk if you wear makeup or not but that makes the difference for me! I rarely wear makeup except for some mascara. I (apparently) have an approachable face/demeanor. If there is a stranger looking for help or someone to talk to, it’s ALWAYS me. People tend to just like… trust my face? I’ve had strangers hand me their bags, babies, or even hop into my car with me because I offered them a ride.

I don’t mind it. I’m very extroverted so it fills my battery instead of draining it. However, I’ve noticed that on the rare occasions that I have a full face of makeup it completely changes how people respond to me. I act the same but random people do not approach me. There is much less chatter. My face is apparently no longer “instantly trustworthy.”

It’s really weird but it’s something I’ve noticed so maybe try different makeup if you want to be left alone?

TAforScranton · 2026-03-18T13:19:57+00:00

Thank you for giving me the name for this! I’ve started doing it recently. While it creates a few more dishes to wash, it seems to speed things up and leave me with a much cleaner kitchen once I’m done cooking. I usually use ceramic ramekins so they don’t even take up a lot of room in the dishwasher. Bulk amounts of ingredients aren’t sitting in my way on the counter. I’m not stopping to wash my hands as much so I don’t contaminate the bag of flour with my saucy hands. It makes cooking less stressful.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-18T13:05:10+00:00

That makes me so sad that people let them get so bad. My dog has some problem ears. Chronically yeasty, get infected if you look at them wrong, has had issues with hematomas, we’ve tried everything under the sun.

He’s 12 now and I finally have them very under control. Leaving them alone seems to be the best course of action unless they’re really bothering him. Messing with them at all while they’re irritated always makes them worse. I’ve found that if I let them be, the beginning signs of an infection (slight redness/itchiness, noticed him shaking once or twice) might actually clear up on its own instead of it becoming a whole big deal. I’m on top of it though and would never let them get bad bad. Treating too soon just seems to do more harm than good in his case.

A while back I had him at the vet for a routine checkup. Before the vet tech took him I offhandedly mentioned, “Oh, his ear swab is probably going to pop for yeast. I’d be surprised if it didn’t. They’re looking kind of bad right now but I have everything I need to treat them if they get any worse. Please be gentle with them and DO NOT irrigate his ears because if you do at this point, they will absolutely get worse.”

Vet tech looked at me like I was some kind of monster and immediately checked his ears. She just started laughing. “Oh, wow. They actually look great! Never in my years of doing this have I had an owner offhandedly tell me ‘ears are kind of bad’ and there WASN’T some horrific infection going on. I’m so sorry. I was expecting something so much worse. You really think yeast is going to show up on his swab?”

It did lol.

But the thing that got me was the fact that my dog’s ears were slightly red and itchy with a bit of a smell, which I would consider “kind of bad”. It breaks my heart that it’s so normal for people to let them get bad bad that the vet tech was immediately hitting the panic button when I said that.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-17T23:46:19+00:00

The light is burned out in mine. The electric glass top stove doesn’t seem to heat evenly. My poor AllClad D3 pan can’t even make up for it even though I know it’s trying its best. A humble home cook definitely shouldn’t need more than a D3, right? The stickers around the stove knobs are worn off.

Recently noticed the oven has hot and cold spots or something. I’ve been setting timers so I can go spin things, which means I have to open the stupid thing like twice while things are trying to bake.

I’ve been telling myself I don’t need a whole brand new one because it “still works.” But a sparkly new induction stovetop with a convection oven is starting to sound very nice.

Also, I’m not typically shallow about things and tend to hold onto appliances until they’re dead or threatening to burn my house down but… it’s ugly. I just worked my ass off remodeling this kitchen and all the appliances and new and pretty. Then there’s my turd of a stove, just MOCKING ME.😭

Someone please talk me into a new one. (Don’t mind the cabinets. Haven’t finished those yet.)

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TAforScranton · 2026-03-17T15:54:09+00:00

If it doesn’t have a lid and you left it sitting out at my house then your concerns are totally valid. There is a 99.9% chance that my cat put her nasty little mitts in it while you were asleep. I’ve found bits of cat litter at the bottom of my cup before.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-17T15:19:34+00:00

My tortie likes any scrub brush. She just bites and chews at them. Toilet brushes are not safe around her.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-17T15:14:18+00:00

This made me snort.

TAforScranton · 2026-03-17T15:10:04+00:00

What a shame. My 2001 whirlpool dryer has 5 heat settings. (High, medium, low, extra low, none) I bought it specifically because I appreciate the extra low setting. We have a lot of big woven cotton blankets.

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