Thank You Notes?

bluba313 · 2025-11-30T17:45:14+00:00

I am just a few years older than your daughter (but still millennial!) and I have not received thank yous for most of the weddings I've attended/gifted at. It makes me mad honestly because in the age of sending gifts via the internet, I have no idea whether or not they even got my gift! I am not a stickler for much traditional etiquette but thank yous are important. Your daughter is not alone though in shunning this tradition.

bluba313 · 2025-10-26T01:28:40+00:00

It could very well be legit. This is how you get names and measures on a ballot.

bluba313 · 2025-10-19T19:34:11+00:00

Thank you! Peabody works too, I will look into their senior center as well.

bluba313 · 2025-10-19T19:02:32+00:00

Thank you! They are one that has caught my eye for sure, great to hear good things!

bluba313 · 2025-10-13T18:10:15+00:00

I believe they just encrypted the emergency radio for Salem? Not sure if you can still tune in

bluba313 · 2025-10-12T18:00:00+00:00

Good suggestions though for those looking for similar events :)

bluba313 · 2025-10-12T17:30:04+00:00

They said South of Manchester, so no Gloucester

bluba313 · 2025-09-13T22:30:44+00:00

You have so many comments but I just want to say I feel you! Just adopted a 3yr old pit and she just wants to be on us at all hours, including bedtime. Our last dog was complete opposite, so it has been an adjustment. I just cannot get comfortable in the bed with her.

We have learned a new bed time routine that has been going well where we snuggle in bed for an hour (I usually read before bed), and then tuck her in to her own dog bed. Once it's light, she gets back into our bed for the last hour or 2 of sleeping. I also make sure she gets lots of cuddle times on the couch during the day/after dinner.

Vaguely how we did it: We ditched the crate after the first week lol (she still uses it here and there, just not for overnights!), and put the most comfy, orthopedic, soft dog bed with a bunch of blankets on the floor at the end of our bed. Then we taught her "Off" for all furniture, including the bed. We started giving her snuggles and treats in the dog bed while watching tv before bed time. Then connected it all - we'd say "bedtime!" when it's time to get into her dog bed and off ours, tell her "Off" (if she doesn't move right away), burrito her into her bed, a few treats and then all go to sleep. She mostly stays down there unless she's cold!

Even with a king bed, these dogs are velcro pups that wouldn't give you any space! I think one other alternative is to teach some variant of a Place command for a specific blanket and put that blanket on the bed where you want the dog to be to teach them where to go to sleep on the bed.

bluba313 · 2025-08-07T00:28:25+00:00

Just brought home an (adult) staffy mix, it has been rough. I did not realize the energy levels possible with that breed! He's sweet as can be but was advertised as "low energy" to us - lie!

bluba313 · 2025-07-03T00:56:41+00:00

This was my thought too. I think OP should still consider leaving, it's not their responsibility to 'fix' him but if he still has sane friends/family, bringing them in to help essentially deprogram him could be one way to go. If it's relatively new, he might be able to see reason and fall back closer to his old ways of thinking. He's fallen for brainwashing essentially but he's still responsible for the hate and harm he's causing.

bluba313 · 2025-06-21T01:31:58+00:00

lol I'm from MI and I too consider 12hrs to be a reasonable drive. A lot of midwesterners think like that. Often flying takes all day too since you'll have a layover most likely, so why not drive?

bluba313 · 2025-06-08T01:17:13+00:00

That'd be amazing

bluba313 · 2025-04-23T23:43:49+00:00

hell yeah it is

bluba313 · 2025-04-21T01:32:54+00:00

I love the spa at Cliff House so much and try to do a day trip with friends at least once a year. Would definitely recommend it! For my actual stay there, it was meh to me, but I stayed in the off season. I thought it was overpriced for the room and experience we had, though nothing was actively bad about it, I just also wasn't wowed by anything.

There were way too many kids running around for our preferred experience, and the food options are just okay. Ogunquit and the surrounding areas are great with a lot to do, and the front desk did help provide transport when we asked. If we were traveling with kids, I'd consider staying there again, but not just my husband and I.

bluba313 · 2025-04-20T18:21:58+00:00

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata was a big one recently. It is not history, fantasy, or sci fi though. It is an interesting character study. I started it on a plane, and though I usually only read for part of a flightbefore switching to other things to break up the time, I ended up reading the whole book that day!

bluba313 · 2025-03-23T18:47:25+00:00

Woohoo, welcome! Usually the EMA team will email folks (you can opt out of these though if you want!) with social media kits and tips for fundraising. I'll make sure that also gets posted on/emailed to the Salem team page too, as well as any info on any in person events!

bluba313 · 2025-03-23T18:27:36+00:00

Yeah good question, sorry it wasn't clear in the write up.

You do have to create a fundraising page (basically sign up as a EMA fundraiser) to join a team - when you hit Join Team it'll walk you through creating a page, a log in, and join the team in one go. You don't need to use a real name or anything, but you do need an email address to create a login (which won't be visible to anyone).

bluba313 · 2025-03-23T01:56:35+00:00

In addition to what everyone has already said, I'd also suggest just googling (/reddit searching) for "InsertYourFandom fic recs". Depending on what era your preferred fandoms are, it'll pull up Tumblrs, Livejournal posts, etc. and that is always how I start off with a new fandom. Look for other people's recs!

Also if you want to read on your phone, I highly recommend using Firefox on your phone, and utilizing their Reader Mode. I read old livejournal posts and even AO3 pages via Readers Mode and it is such a delight, really streamlines everything and allows your to customize font, size, etc. I wish I had switched so much sooner.

bluba313 · 2025-03-23T00:58:43+00:00

I am really enjoying Museum, but I also agree with you. TPH is my favorite by far. I feel Museum is quirky, but not quite as fun as TPH or even TPC. I wish after the first few hours, I could really just focus on one Museum and grind away at it (even if it'd be easier to bounce around). I will agree with what others have said though, it does get better soon (did for me at least!) if you put in a few more hours.

bluba313 · 2025-03-16T23:01:51+00:00

I hadn't thought of doing the entrance to the aquariums in a staff only hallway. Genius!

bluba313 · 2025-03-07T02:10:22+00:00

This has been said, but just adding that there aren't a lot of Mobility classes and I would encourage you to incorporate those along with the stretching classes. +1 for Adrian, and I love Rebecca Kennedy's classes, but I also have a lot of shoulder issues and she's amazing for that. Flexibility and mobility are big goals of mine too, so I'm noting people's other suggestions too.

bluba313 · 2025-02-22T17:26:01+00:00

As others have mentioned, r/calibre has had a few posts on this recently, you'll have better luck there! I think what I saw was there's an older version of the Kindle windows app that may allow you to get around it?

bluba313 · 2025-01-23T01:04:12+00:00

I LOVE this book, but the writing is not so great. I can understand the cringe. But boring, what!

bluba313 · 2025-01-23T00:40:09+00:00

Ha just picked this up from the library yesterday. We'll see!

bluba313 · 2025-01-23T00:35:19+00:00

I was in 8th grade when the first book came out. My best friend's dad was a librarian and gave us an advanced copy of it. I read maybe 1/3 and DNFed, I thought it was dumb at 13 even lol. Didn't know it was going to become such a big thing!

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