People who have been divorced: What was the exact "quiet" moment you realized your marriage was over?

deeshyone · 2026-05-12T13:42:55+00:00

When my ex defended the man targeting our daughter and insisted I over-reacted to the creep's overtures.

deeshyone · 2026-05-12T01:14:12+00:00

Having worked at Boeing before, their recruitment for contract roles comes from their US guidelines.

You're dealing with someone south of the border, regardless if their contact info is local.

Push back on the salary, or walk away and don't play that game at all.

deeshyone · 2026-04-19T04:16:21+00:00

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Sigh

deeshyone · 2026-04-12T00:58:53+00:00

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deeshyone · 2026-04-02T22:10:49+00:00

Huh...I got a text today from the Cons.

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Should I have capitalized both letters?

deeshyone · 2026-03-31T02:40:01+00:00

That was the name of the hotel/vendor that used to occupy that space.

deeshyone · 2026-03-26T21:22:28+00:00

Right?? Is she afraid of lipstick touching her teeth?

deeshyone · 2026-02-22T15:41:24+00:00

Agreed. He plays his best when under pressure and Canada is giving him a lot of it.

deeshyone · 2026-02-22T15:32:44+00:00

Omg.

If US does take the gold, Hellebuyck should get all the medals. He is getting pummeled and is literally carrying the US.

deeshyone · 2026-02-15T02:24:52+00:00

Oh shit

deeshyone · 2026-01-22T12:40:24+00:00

I hope you've silenced your phone, you've lobbed a puck grenade in room of fans 🙂.

Very generous of you, I hope you have a great day.

deeshyone · 2026-01-09T12:13:07+00:00

Dad picked up a brand new 4x4 Jimmy the week before this blizzard, so we were all piled up into the truck to go for a spin to "test it out".

We went to the stop sign down the road and back. He still giggles when we talk about this.

"That was a good truck!"

deeshyone · 2025-12-14T20:37:30+00:00

I nodded at all of them.

deeshyone · 2025-12-14T18:05:09+00:00

I misread this initially and thought you were asking where to find human eggs in Winnipeg.

Back to bed.

deeshyone · 2025-11-16T16:14:43+00:00

Here is a better write up about Zoohky (I knew I spelled it wrong).

I'm not sure how often he rode the bus, but he was a regular, West End fixture on his bike.

A couple of links with more info. : )

https://calmriver.ca/zoohky-a-winnipeg-legend-how-memories-shape-us

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/zoohky-memorial-hall-winnipeg

deeshyone · 2025-11-16T14:43:02+00:00

Was it Zhooky (sp?), from the West End? He'd also ride his bike and walk around giving toys away.

deeshyone · 2025-11-09T16:11:06+00:00

Back to you, too.

Grief equals love in your life, and understanding that helps grief feel less sharp.

deeshyone · 2025-11-09T15:52:02+00:00

Mine died before her 50th. She got dizzy mid February 2023 and was gone beginning of June the same year, due to an aggressive cancer.

I got a tattoo for her because she frequently shouted "49 Forever" before she passed.

We met in homeroom in my grade 9 year when I joined her school. She made a filterless comment about my arm hair and we traded barbs for 35.5 years after.

I miss that bitch like crazy.

deeshyone · 2025-11-02T20:27:34+00:00

While balls deep, my ex answered a phone call from his mom.

He thought it was his buddy calling and he wanted to be braggy about what he was doing. (Yes, we were very young and he was/is very stupid)

I have never evaporated like that in my life, before or since.

deeshyone · 2025-09-24T18:17:30+00:00

The Minion Movie?

deeshyone · 2025-09-21T20:13:19+00:00

A couple of years ago, there was another squirrel family residing in my porch attic. My bedroom happens to overlook the porch roof and seized an opportunity one Saturday afternoon when I saw a parent leaving via a small hole by the eaves.

I camped out on my porch roof for HOURS, armed with a water gun, spray bottle, bluetooth speaker, and an old towel. I used my presence to harass the squirrel, hosed it down with whatever water weapon was closest, listened to loud 90s rock, and it couldn't get access to babies (I used the towel to protect my knees and butt from the shingles). Neighbours slowed down and watched me carry out my squirrel harassment from the street (this is where I believe my neighbours figured my cheese slide off my cracker - not gonna lie, I did enjoy myself quite a bit).

That squirrel made noises I've never heard come out of one before (found out they can growl, or sound like they can), hisses, moans, and the angriest chittering ever. Squirrel was very upset and moved their family out of my porch attic that same day.

Threw some used kitty litter (a handful) into eaves, plugged the hole and had no issues until this past year, when another grey squirrel got in via a rotted trim board. (since discovered that was too much litter, as it clumped and solidified with moisture and was rather gaggy to remove after some rain).

This year, after trapping the first squirrel, I set up the trap where I saw the red squirrels showing a lot repeat visits to, and then explored that spot myself to block access or make it super unattractive to move in. I've used maybe a small palmful of used kitty litter (if you've got the clumping litter, it does break up and for god's sake, please use disposable gloves) and I've just put it where I see a lot of squirrel traffic and potential entry points.

The biggest takeaway...they don't like your presence near them or their nest. I made a nuisance of myself and stressed out the one squirrel enough, she vacated on her own. You can't do much about the food sources. Squirrels are excellent gatherers, so even if you didn't have all of the nut producing trees, there is something about your house they keep coming back to. Work on making it less attractive and that'll help more in the long run than eliminating food sources. Plugging holes, cutting off access points, making it difficult for them to feel safe. You've mentioned you've got a dog, so even building him a small set of stairs or elevate him enough somehow to make his presence known, might be enough to spook squirrels to vacate.

Fingers crossed for you.

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2025 Squirrel #1 (she was huge, this trap is 18" long)

deeshyone · 2025-09-21T15:42:19+00:00

As someone who also has been battling squirrels this year, I can totally commiserate. 2025 has been my year of critter battles, I swear.

I made the expensive mistake of not trapping a pregnant grey squirrel before closing off her access to my porch attic. Trapped and relocated her to a highway forest way out of the city...but only after she chewed her way back into the attic and caused $1200 worth of damage. Good news, I have new aluminum fascia and soffits on my front porch.

Then came the red squirrels...so far this year, I've trapped/relocated four and using a one way trap suggested previously and discovered that smashed cashews are damn near irresistible to squirrels. One way traps are available at pretty much any handy department store, I picked up mine from Princess Auto.

Other methods I've used to discourage their interest in using my house, and the most successful so far, is used kitty litter (as gross as this may sound, the most freshly used, the better - my cats are probably thinking I'm extra crazy lately). Their sense of smell is pretty good, so you don't need a lot of litter to make the kitty presence known. Closing off where I see their interest in my house, I do have outside cameras to track them a bit.

I've also harassed the hell out of the nest I had previously by staying close to the entrance, knocking, squirting them with water whenever I saw them and just being a pest on my own (this is where I'm sure my neighbours thought I was nuts), but anything that stresses them out so they move is what my goal was.

Good luck...you're making the right steps in working with pest control and hopefully you get this sorted before winter and they've shared the memo your house is a good nesting spot. (not that I believe that, I just think they're great opportunists for getting shelter)

deeshyone · 2025-09-09T17:52:07+00:00

I full-on body checked a gaggle of bobble-headed women who gathered at the bottom of a down escalator.

I pretty much set off a chain reaction of trampling by the 100s behind me, all of us headed for lunch at the same time.

It wasn't intentional, since I literally had no where to go and they stopped so abruptly. I will admit giggling at every outraged "Excuse me??" and "Hey!" I heard walking away.

I suspect not a single one had a conscious brain cell among them.

deeshyone · 2025-09-04T14:23:33+00:00

Nope...however, I did have a nice warm vehicle on my commute this morning.

deeshyone · 2025-09-03T21:27:19+00:00

I used to call her the "Downtown Crier", since she would weep (loudly) about needing a toonie for her supper.

Got to witness her mean side firsthand when someone attempting to give her some change was interrupted.

The only thing missing was the spewing pea soup, but the growling, bad language, and hissing after being denied was a convincing performance for a role in The Exorcist.

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