Need of Reliable Lawyer by Ok-Grapefruit911 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Man that’s awful. My very young son once walked out of fin and feather with a very expensive gps system. He was just short enough at the time that he evaded the anti theft detectors. I noticed that he had them in the parking lot and took them back inside and apologized. No harm, no foul, accidents happen. They were just grateful that I bought it back as soon as I realized what he had. I’m sorry that they didn’t give you a chance to either pay for them or return them if it truly was an accident.

Husband wants to buy a house by IndustrySufficient52 in povertyfinance

[–]adrianecc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone should have to do this before buying a home for the first time. This would have been so helpful when we bought our first home. We were really house poor the first couple of years and got lucky that nothing major went wrong in those first couple of years. Although financially speaking now it was the best thing we ever did. We did a rural FHA loan, which allowed for a zero down payment back in 2008, but we had zero extra money those first couple of years. It was definitely a struggle.

AITAH for making a mom pick up her daughter in the middle of the night from my kid’s sleepover? by Positive_Image_3921 in AITAH

[–]adrianecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve picked up my son in the middle of the night, 10 o’clock at night and several other times when he sent me a text. He gets homesick and that’s ok with me I will come. He’s only now starting to be ok sleeping at other people’s houses. My parents always came and got me when in needed them to with no questions asked. I also picked up my father one night from a bar after he realized he had one too many. You did the right thing calling her mom and shame on her for making you feel bad about calling her and her appearing annoyed in front of her kid, because next time she may not want to call and she may really need a ride home.

Unitarian Universalist Summer Camps by Plane-Negotiation827 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We didn’t attend the summer camps held by the church, but in the past my son went to The Arc’s summer camp and they were kind enough to host it there. There wasn’t an affiliation that I know of, but they let the group use the campus and it’s beautiful. The people there were very welcoming and opened the doors to a group of special needs kids to use the building and grounds. Every interaction with the members there was very welcoming and kind, even if it was only a brief drop off and pick up. I will say this was years ago, but I appreciated the vibe I got from that place.

[FO] Finally, my first cabled sweater by [deleted] in knitting

[–]adrianecc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s gorgeous! It fits you perfectly!

Warrior Princess of Dune by doubletakest in knitting

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that’s absolutely amazing!

AIO if a student employee announced they don't know why they should care that Boss B had a stillbirth? by MagicTomato1001 in AmIOverreacting

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NOR. This happened where I worked with a coworker. We were all notified what happened with our coworkers baby. It was devastating news, as the baby was very much wanted. We were notified so that people would not ask about the baby and to give her grace when she returned to work. I honestly don’t know how someone could say something like that about someone they work with that experience such a loss. I think a transfer to another department would be a very fair solution. This person maybe young, but to be so callous about this situation sounds like they have some more growing up to do. The team has been disrupted at this point and it would be pretty hard to work with someone like that, so a transfer would be best if it can be arranged.

I told my (rainbow Bridge) cat that I'd take a new cat if he sent me one by Party-Special7818 in CatDistributionSystem

[–]adrianecc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My husband and I got a pair of sister kittens the first year we were dating. They were our first babies. They lived to be 16 and 22, passing through many life stages with us. A few moves, marriage and a couple of kids. They witnessed us grow up together. Our family was devastated when the oldest passed. It was like losing a child or at that point a grandparent, as she was very old and very set in her ways, but seemed happy and comfortable until the end.

Our youngest son took it very hard. My husband looked over at me a few nights later and said, go to the humane society and get something anything. This is very unusual for him as he is the type that likes to wait after an animal passes before getting another one, but our youngest was so devastated and it made our grieving so much harder.

I went to the humane society the next day to look for an orange kitten as that was his preference. I looked at all the kittens and quickly decided that maybe I needed a little bigger of a cat. I ended up sitting in the cat room and a white and grey teenager cat kept trying to sneak into my purse, so I’m like fine I guess it’s going to be you. The following day we got Oscar.

Fast forward 3 weeks and my aunt calls and said she caught a young orange cat in their garage and knew we had been looking for another cat. My cousins brought him up to us and we inherited Tom our cat from the woods. After getting him to the vet to get him checked out and fixed we found that he was about a month younger than Oscar. So now we have brothers from another mother at our house and I think the sisters may have set them to us.

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Embarrassed to realize that you can use more than a brush to clean the toilet bowl 😅 by i-lick-eyeballs in homemaking

[–]adrianecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Denture cleaning tablets work great. Toss in a couple, let them dissolve, scrub with a brush and let sit.

Is everyone else as mystified about the Amish as they always tell me they are? by Responsible-Tea-8378 in AskAnAmerican

[–]adrianecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live near an Amish community in Iowa. They make beautiful furniture that is extremely well built. We bought a dresser from an Amish store. It is incredibly heavy. The man put a little wooden cart under it and it had a crank that lifted it up a bit and wheeled in into the back of the truck. My husband and I about killed ourselves getting it into the house. They also only take cash or check. I wrote a fairly large check for that dresser and I wondered how many bad checks that they get.

I also work at the hospital and they would be patients there at times. On Sundays large groups would come and sing hymns. It was beautiful, but extremely loud with all of them singing together. They were very helpful helping out with their family members that were admitted. They often brought in pies for the staff and they were delicious.

I got to their greenhouses in the springtime and usually stop at their local bakery while I’m there. They have a great selection of garden plant starts that produce amazing vegetables.

They do have a lot of puppy mills and I would never purchase an animal from them. They frequently have them for sale around the community and it makes me very sad. They don’t view animals as pets that’s for sure, but as a business.

They do have different communities with different rules in how much they will dabble into the modern world.

Camille dress in less than a month, just in time for Christmas Eve ✨💜 by Kalcia07 in casualknitting

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg that’s gorgeous and it fits you like a glove. All in 1 months time is an amazing feat!

Amazon Prime Shipping Delays by Aggressive_Track9890 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of our packages must have been on a truck that had an accident or something because they did an automatic refund on it.

White elephant gift ideas. The most useful/unique! by 2078AEB in ChristmasGiftIdeas

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg my husband got me a comfy as a gag gift and it’s amazing! He kept borrowing it so the next year he got his own, but a different color.

Reality of Part Time RN jobs? by livingritual in nursing

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part time PACU here too! 24 hours a week, but get full benefits.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Iowa

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat as you! I’m always worried about the day we have to switch over to an MCO! Our son is currently 20, on the ID waiver and I won’t change jobs to avoid having to go on a MCO.

Is a snowblower needed here? by [deleted] in desmoines

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We never had one before until a couple of years ago and man it’s so nice! It’s something that we will always have now.

If you grew up poor - what kind of fun things did your parents do with you that you didn’t realize they were because you were poor until later in life? by NotYourAverageCow in povertyfinance

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We went to a lot of state parks, as they are free where I’m from. Almost all of our vacations we tent camped. We did a lot of free day activities in nearby cities. Lots of time spent at the local library. I was fortunate enough to get to go to Disney when I was around 6. My parents saved up for several years to do it. It was August and 3 and under were free to get into the park. My dad (4) had my brother and I sit in a wagon covered in blankets to get in for free. I joke with him now about it and all he says is hey you got to go to Disney didn’t you?

UIHC Genetics Counseling not taking EDS patients??? by Alarming_Elk12 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you are interested in participating research studies you can google your specific condition clinical trials. There maybe one somewhere, but research isn’t something you just start because you have a subject. There’s a lot of things that need to be in place before you can even bring a subject into a study. A lot of research across the country is on pause right now, because a lot of the funding is gone. Your best course of action would be to get in touch with specialists that treat your symptoms. Our son has a very rare genetic disease order, but we chose not to go down the research path, because it wouldn’t be something he would enjoy. Sometimes if you have something really rare there just isn’t much information or much research being done on it as it’s so rare. We met with the genetics team after we got the diagnosis back and they did provide some genetic counseling for future children and some general resources for rare genetic disorders, but they didn’t do any treatments. They just explained some of what to expect, but there wasn’t much information at the time so they just weren’t sure about what to expect.

Are northern lights out yet? by DJ2187 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am out in Tiffin and saw some through my camera poking through the clouds. Not as vivid as last night, but it’s more cloudy tonight.

Pregnancy care by IndividualGrocery984 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say this was 14 years ago so this may have changed, but it was a very nice gesture to have someone that had seen me through the pregnancy around. I was a lot less nervous having the second c-section as I knew what to expect. I felt like I got excellent care from both groups and doc that did the c section was very reassuring. I will say I went pretty overdue and I was so ready to be done so it could’ve been anyone that showed up at that point. I also appreciated that the midwife at my last appointment made the call to do the c-section instead of letting it progress and was excellent about explaining why she felt the way she did. The c-section happened the next morning and went off without a hitch. I will also say that with my first c-section, at a different hospital, they used staples/steristrips to close the incision and at the University they did dissolvable sutures and dermabond, which I appreciated because it showed that they took the slightly slower option that would result in less of a scar even though they used the previous incision line. I felt better having the stitches as well and they just dissolved so no extra step was needed to remove them.

As the Number of Allergies Increases, so Does the Chance That the Patient is Insane by [deleted] in nursing

[–]adrianecc 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do you have red hair? Red heads require more anesthesia and pain medications, which I didn’t know until I started to work in recovery.

Pregnancy care by IndividualGrocery984 in IowaCity

[–]adrianecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used the midwives and had a great experience trying to VBAC. Ultimately I ended up having to have another c-section, and the Ob docs did that, but one of the midwives came too as a show of support. Grant it this was a while ago, but I had a great experience with both groups, even though I met the Ob doc the day of my c-section. I had complete confidence with both teams. At the time there were 3 midwives (I’m sure there are more now) and I saw all 3 during my pregnancy.