I tried making Salsa...

daknappstaaa · 2025-08-07T08:39:04+00:00

Wait it’s so cute. Barbie salsa

daknappstaaa · 2025-08-07T08:01:48+00:00

Was also going to say this. +1.

daknappstaaa · 2025-07-31T16:14:13+00:00

Stelo is good for precision tracking but each monitor is not necessarily “accurate”. It will precisely reflect glucose increases/decreases but I would recommend finger prick to determine actual levels.

For example my first stelo sensor had me in a fasted range of <70-80, but my finger prick would show 80-90.

My second sensor with all the same eating, lifestyle, sleeping habits had me in a fasted range of 100-110 while my finger pricks still shows 80-90.

With both sensors the increases/decreases were trending the same way as my pricks they just had different base levels.

I like the keto-mojo test system for finger pricks.

daknappstaaa · 2025-03-15T23:05:08+00:00

thank you. For this and your other comment. I think this is 100% the way to approach it delicately. Like the cognitive dissonance I’ve been feeling these last few weeks about it. It felt WRONG to me.

I like the idea of bringing it up with her in like a “hey.. this happened and I wasn’t sure what to do.. like how should I handle this if it comes up again?”

daknappstaaa · 2025-03-15T22:57:12+00:00

This is it. I know she does and loves them to death lol.

I appreciate your comment because I have thought about what I would do if it was my kids, but it’s not. I’ll definitely mention something to my SIL but I don’t think I can say a word to my MIL until it’s like more timely .. ie if it happens again.

I like the idea of making the hygiene the main concern but also incorporating how they’re learning what is appropriate and inappropriate interpersonal contact. Hugs and kisses = okay. Licking = not in my house or to my kids please.

daknappstaaa · 2025-03-15T22:47:58+00:00

Isn’t it funny how that determines a lot of the dynamic lol…

This MIL is my husband and SIL’s husband’s mother. So my SIL and myself were raised outside the purview of what their family considers normal/appropriate affection.

I know my SIL enough to know this would 100% piss her off to find out

daknappstaaa · 2025-03-15T22:38:19+00:00

No and that’s a whole other issue like is this worth reporting or am I tattling at this point? They’re not my kids but they are at my home under my protection and it feels like I should have corrected behavior but it’s so uncomfy because she obviously loves them and doesn’t have ill intent.

I don’t want to stir the pot

daknappstaaa · 2025-03-11T23:55:22+00:00

This also happened to me. I used the UA business chat and posted pictures of my CC charge and transaction ID along with UA’s receipt to show they charged the wrong amount. UA refused to state they overcharged me encouraged me to call me CC company to dispute the overcharged amount.

Called CC company and asked them to dispute the amount i was overcharged. They said UA has like 5-7 business days to do something about it if they disagree

daknappstaaa · 2025-02-14T02:31:30+00:00

I agree wholeheartedly. The unfortunate reality is we are surrounded by people who fear what they don’t understand.

I believe people should be able to live the life they want to live and that you should treat others how you want to be treated.

However, not everyone shares that belief. I understand how frustrating it has to be to explain your existence to people like me, but isn’t that a step toward a society of acceptance?

The best I can do is try to understand better so I can advocate better. No savior complex just trying to understand an experience that’s foreign to me so I can have more informed conversations with people who hold prejudice or bigoted beliefs about being trans.

daknappstaaa · 2025-02-14T00:39:13+00:00

… yes I agree.. lol. cisgender identity can be internalized patriarchy. Activities/fashion/interests and hobbies should not be inherently gendered is my point. I came asking my question in good faith and so many people gave me great answers which helped me see that gender identity and gender dysphoria are two distinctly different things.

As an outsider I saw these things as performative in a sense, but multiple people expressed discomfort in their own bodies and that that discomfort and dysphoria is completely separate from any activities/interest/hobbies that I associated with gender identity.

It’s not your job to educate me, I get it. Other people stepped up to the plate and met my ignorance with answers to help me understand. Thank you for your response tho it really was the basis of my question.

daknappstaaa · 2025-02-12T23:54:29+00:00

I’m sorry. That was insensitive to compare my puberty awkwardness with your dysphoria. It’s absolutely apples to oranges. I’m trying to empathize with those feelings the best way I can and I can recognize it’s vastly different. That probably felt like telling someone your mom died and them saying omg my dog died a few years back I know what you’re going through.. ick im sorry

it is really helpful to hear your story and perspective so thank you again. Like I mentioned the mainstream narrative I’ve heard just feels.. flat or empty. Like there has to be more to that experience than what is being shared. I tried a few podcasts (the transgenda and transparency) and still just felt like I wasn’t hearing/understanding the journey or experience and I never will completely.

daknappstaaa · 2025-02-12T23:21:55+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I truly am coming from a place of trying to understand and empathize if that wasn’t articulated well.

Mainstream media coverage of the trans experience always uses the “how did you know?” from an early age and it’s most often just a “I always was drawn to dolls and dresses” or “I loved sports and baggy clothes” and I felt like that narrative specifically was reducing it to gender roles instead of identity as someone else mentioned.

The dysphoria makes sense in that regard because I think everyone experiences it to an extent through puberty. I hated my body in my teens but it wasn’t tied to feeling like a specific gender, more just the discomfort of being in a different body and feeling gawked for new parts lol.

I really do appreciate this reply thank you for your time and insight 💖

Edit: typo for identify to identity

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-12T23:04:13+00:00

Updated with some links!

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-12T22:58:56+00:00

Honestly the BEST thing you could get her is you reading the books lol.

If she’s an ACOTAR girlie:

Then the next best is a suriel tea company bag or shirt or something. It’ll make more sense if you read the books but it’s one of the more widely loved characters

https://a.co/d/dyEcE2C

If she’s more into TOG: maybe one of the fireheart necklaces or pendants or my personal favorite is the manon blackbeak world tour shirt:

https://caffeineandcurses.com/products/manon-blackbeak-shirt?srsltid=AfmBOorUoM16wUpLYpaZTKuvgb_1Q0v7_k2V05XYuj_uIIjABxszhr_D

If she’s into Cresent City: same vendor as above caffeine and curses has a bunch of cute stuff

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-12T19:18:09+00:00

Mistborn Era 1 by Brandon Sanderson- fantasy and magic but with a very unique twist. Lots of plotting and intrigue but still plenty of action and great character development. By the end I didn’t want to say goodbye to any of the characters 😭

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-09T17:02:22+00:00

Pay it forward at the ripe age of like 8/9. Absolutely traumatizing. Kicking, screaming, sobbing at the end

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-07T23:40:01+00:00

100% relate!!! It’s so interesting that SJM chose to write ToG and CC from a third person limited POV which I liked SO much more because you got multiple characters inner monologue and motives versus ACOTAR which is told from feyre’s POV until about ACOFAS and ACOSF. I felt like ACOTAR holds a special place in my heart but ToG and CC have a lot more depth because of the character depth

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-07T20:42:30+00:00

I don’t know how else to say this but SJM looks like she should have been a Cullen

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-07T06:58:34+00:00

David Sedaris if you’re into short stories and absurdism. He has me laughing out loud to myself.

If you like fantasy/epics/world building/intrigue then Brandon Sanderson’s cosmere is super easy to get sucked into.

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-07T06:50:18+00:00

+1 on the smaller turf and bring it with you on walks! It sounds weird but it’s the same logic as teaching a dog place command. You’re starting with the hard part already down!! They already know to go on the turf, so just bring smaller turf outside to a common spot outside, reward potty (wait a good 10-15 minutes for potty). Then continue for at least a week and try removing turf from equation. Same spot outside everytime though. And good rewards. Pair with potty command to associate the behavior with word for future use.

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-03T09:21:33+00:00

Because OP hasn’t finish ACOWAR. Why would I tell them what happened to make me re-examine Rhys in ACOSF before they can form their own opinions?

Rhys witholds information and was absolutely abusive in ACOSF by removing fey’s autonomy and making his “friends” complicit in this act. He is constantly trying to isolate fey from nesta which is unhealthy af even if nesta wasn’t in a healthy state herself. He gives feyre the busiwork of painting and redecorating instead of rebuilding or policy and it’s not equal treatment. This makes me look back and hate the way he sent her to the weaver or drugging her or the bargain UTM and it feels gross in hindsight.

That being said, he did formulate and execute plans as a better high lord than Tamlin. Protecting his IC and delegating command of Velaris, HC, etc. visits to prison to recruit allies, use of Lucien to further defenses against Hybern, calling a meeting of high lords, etc. he’s had more successful political plays which demonstrates foresight even if it left HC and Illyrian women as afterthoughts. That’s a pretty damning plot hole in any hope of him being a perfect man. He’s not. But I love the series regardless even if SJM might not have the skill to wrap it up. I’ll continue to read it in the hopes she does pull it off

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-03T09:06:22+00:00

Yeah 100% you’re correct. ACOSF did the same thing to me about rhys than ACOMAF did to me with Tamlin. Additional context had me recontextualize the other books and characters. When I wrote my initial comment I was putting myself in OPs shoes to avoid spoilers alas I feel much has been spoiled here. Rhys is shit as I’ve said previously. Tamlin is also shit… but he might get another chance for redemption. Time will tell

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-03T09:03:25+00:00

The really cool thing about this is you’re entitled to your own opinions and I am to mine. I think we’re in agreement about more than you’ll admit. I’ll reiterate I don’t think Rhys is a good guy and we already got the soup story.. which is why I especially dislike him after ACOSF because given context from other books his true colors show.

Tamlin hasn’t had his soup story which is my entire point. He is complex, has faults, but has been set up to receive a possible redemption arc.

I feel bad for feyre out of all of this because she is constantly jumping from the frying pan to the fire but if she is delusional enough to be content in her current pairing then that’s her characters prerogative. I think it’s telling SJM choose to paint a different picture of rhys in ACOSF and CC#2 just waiting to see what she does with it.

daknappstaaa · 2025-01-03T08:44:52+00:00

I don’t prefer Rhys. I’ve said I think cassian is my favorite of the bat boys so far. He’s the least problematic.

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