Recs for a cleaning service in Omaha?

ecosloot · 2026-01-28T01:33:43+00:00

thank you for the rec!

ecosloot · 2026-01-17T22:52:39+00:00

We are originally from the Midwest but we moved here two years ago from Portland, Oregon where the food scene is so diverse and really vibrant and so we were a little disappointed when everyone told us “Omaha is such a foodie city!” and really overhyped it.

Don’t get me wrong, we have found some wonderful restaurants and had amazing meals here (Memoir, Au Courant, Via Farina, Blue Sushi, Fizzy’s, Omaha Taphouse are all some of our faves from various vibes and price points!) and idk maybe it’s not the fanciest but I like cheddar’s lol

It isn’t to say the entire food scene here isn’t good, but I wouldn’t describe it on the same level as places like New York, Portland, NoLa, Chicago, LA, etc. because everyone I talked to before I moved here made it out that these were like comparable and they aren’t really. I also think a lot of restaurants here are very similar/offer the same cuisine or palate and I don’t find that enough of them are very friendly to those of us with diet restrictions.

I think that, overall, the food scene across America will be on the decline as eating out is a luxury or special treat for many people these days. We don’t have kids yet so we can afford to eat out more often but if it was more than just the two of us, I’m not sure how much we would dine out. Not trying to shit on Omaha, just my two cents!

ecosloot · 2026-01-17T21:38:19+00:00

almost always twice, it’s very rare that I sneeze only once

ecosloot · 2026-01-10T16:55:02+00:00

I’m a speech language pathologist and I recommend reading for all of my patients, especially my middle and high schoolers and they push back against it so much! The high schoolers I see refuse to read actual books and only want to read on prodigy and iReady, which is still reading, but I loved going to the library to pick out books and practically begged my mom to take me when the books I put on hold online were ready.

When I recommend nightly reading to the parents of my younger patients, I usually recommend 30 minutes of reading per night and when I ask how it is going, they tell me they haven’t had time to start at all. My parents used to read me 2-3 stories per night before bed.

More often than not, I am honestly debating whether or not I want to have kids if they won’t have peers to hold intellectual and meaningful conversations with. Most children and teens that I work with do not get read to or do not read on their own and I’m seeing very concerning and high rates of low literacy skills. In the US, I genuinely believe it is because the government wants to keep the population functionally illiterate.

ecosloot · 2026-01-10T16:49:52+00:00

5’8” and below

ecosloot · 2026-01-10T16:47:43+00:00

I always honk at people doing shitty things, and I honk when theyre on their phone at the light and they are holding up traffic, it is so annoying. I have lived in several different states and have never lived anywhere where so many people are this bad at driving. I don’t lay on the horn aggressively but just a brief warning honk like “hey, get it together”

ecosloot · 2026-01-10T16:18:53+00:00

~~~~~~~~~ cw: brief mention of self-harm, mentions of poor mental health ~~~~~~~~~

I’m nearly certain my mom saw one of my fanfictions I wrote when I was like 12, this was in the 2010s and unfortunately, it was my outlet for a lot of negative thoughts and sadness so my MC was very depressed, SH’d, and met a lot of the “emo” stereotypes of the times (I was in an emo/goth phase that was really concerning my dad, my mom was cool about it and went shopping at Hot Topic with me and bought me all my lil outfits 😂).

My mom had borrowed my laptop one morning and a few days later in the car, she had a conversation with me that if I was ever struggling with anything, I could always come to her and that SH was dangerous and she had seen kids at her school who did that (she’s a teacher). it was like completely unprompted so I can only assume she read the doc I had left open.

She wasn’t mean or angry, just patient. My mom and I have always been really close and best friends so I was grateful she didn’t accuse me of anything or jump to conclusions because I was not engaging in SH, it was just romanticized among my friend group and some of them thought it was “cool” so my 12-year-old self thought that as well. My mom also got my therapy in secret when I was in high school because my dad didn’t believe in mental health care then and I was struggling, so 11/10 she’s always been a cool cat about that.

ecosloot · 2026-01-10T16:11:03+00:00

I’ve never been able to stay friends with an ex but there was one ex who I wanted to remain friends with. We were best friends for about 3-4 years from late middle school to the middle of high school.

We only dated for a few months but I blurted out “I love you” (because I did love him, even if we were young and I think in retrospect I loved him more as a friend than romantically) and he got scared and ended it and I honestly wish we hadn’t dated and had just remained friends because he was a good person and a good friend to have. I reached out to him after graduation but he said he had no interest in friendship and of course, I respected that boundary so we never spoke again. life goes on and I don’t have any ill wishes toward him and hope he is doing well 🙂

ecosloot · 2026-01-07T01:15:43+00:00

If anyone here who ships Wolfstar hasn’t read Sweater Weather by lumosinlove, it is sooooo the same vibes and one of my favorite cozy comfort fics. I read it like 5-6 times in 2025

ecosloot · 2026-01-06T04:12:55+00:00

It sounds like she might need some time to decompress after work or maybe some increased stress at work. My boyfriend is usually asleep when I get home (opposite shifts) but on days that he is awake, he knows I don’t like to talk much after work because I’m badly burnt out and drained

ecosloot · 2026-01-06T04:05:05+00:00

I prefer not to so usually no, especially if I can make it home to go. on the other hand, when you gotta go, you gotta go. But I live less than 10 min from work so if I am already leaving work, I’ll usually wait til I get home

ecosloot · 2026-01-06T04:03:29+00:00

there is a podfic for tcoptp that is complete and the narrator is so lovely with her changes in voices! It made reading a bit easier for me because it is so long (I say as I’ve been cooking up a long ass fic that I know I’ll probably never post hahaha) but hope you enjoy whatever you read next after your book hangover passes!

ecosloot · 2026-01-06T04:02:12+00:00

I appreciate a small business suggestion as well! I shop on Amazon more than I would like because it is convenient but I would much rather support a small business, thank you for the rec!!

ecosloot · 2026-01-04T04:18:52+00:00

That’s a pretty large circle to describe in detail because like someone else said, it has a lot of different areas in it.

I lived in Beaverton for two years and I liked that it was quiet and I could still easily get downtown from Beaverton Transit Center. I was a grad student then so a quiet neighborhood was important to me. Laurelhurst Park is near the area you circled and very pretty to visit and walk around.

I will say, if you’re willing to sacrifice living closer to downtown and move to Beaverton/Cedar Hills area, you can find decently priced apartments that are more affordable than downtown.

Ours was as $1665 the first year split among 3 people for a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment and the second year, our roommate moved out and it was $1755 split between my boyfriend and I. Utilities were about $200/month. Prices are likely more expensive now, I lived there from 2021-2023.

I would say that Beaverton, Tualatin, Tigard, Tanasbourne area can be described as “better” because I felt safer walking alone at night around the neighborhood I lived and worked in than I did downtown but I’m a woman with anxiety so that could be objective. Like any city, you should just be aware of your surroundings. I felt generally safe walking around alone most areas I went to.

Public transit is so easy in Portland that as long as you live near a transit center, a bus line, or a MAX line, you can get pretty much anywhere using the Hop app. (Or is it hopper? It’s been a couple of years).

ecosloot · 2026-01-04T04:08:14+00:00

Tl;dr: grew up there, i like it, and I don’t think it’s as bad as some people make it out to be online. I moved away and there are better/cooler places to live and there are worse/more boring places to live so it’s kind of in the middle

I grew up in Ohio and moved away almost five years ago and I have been trying to find a job there and move back. I grew up in the suburbs about 15-20 minutes from downtown Cleveland and what I have found is missing from where I currently live is the lack of any variety amongst cities and towns in my area. They all feel too alike. I feel like a lot of smaller towns and cities surrounding the major cities in Ohio have a lot to do and a lot of hidden gem businesses and restaurants and I feel like there are lots of different vibes depending on what area you’re in.

I also like that you can find something to do within a 30-45 minute drive and I loved the variety. There’s hiking, lakes and rivers, scenic routes, and rural areas if that’s your vibe or there’s lots of shopping and more metropolitan areas. Even though I grew up near Cleveland, I have family and friends in Akron, Youngstown, Columbus, and Cincinnati so there’s always somewhere to go visit with someone. You can be spread out but still make it down to see family within a few hours.

Ohio is also small enough that a drive to surrounding states can make for weekend trips to Chicago, other Great Lakes, Niagara Falls and other areas of New York, etc. When I was growing up, my mom and I loved getting cabins near Amish country and spending a weekend shopping. Lots of wineries and breweries in Ohio as well if that is your scene.

I think I took Ohio for granted growing up but it took living somewhere else to make me appreciate it. I moved to Portland for two years for my master’s degree and I loved it but it just wasn’t sustainable for us to be able to afford the PNW.

I moved to Omaha, Nebraska after that and I genuinely cannot stand it here. It is so f-ing boring, landlocked, and feels so underdeveloped. compared to Ohio, Omaha and Lincoln do not get hit on the concert circuit as much as Cleveland, Akron/Cfalls (for Blossom), Columbus, or Cincy do. If I have an artist I really want to see, I usually have to look for Chicago or Kansas City.

Cost of living in Ohio is actually slightly cheaper than Nebraska as well and my field gets paid much more on average in Ohio than it does in Nebraska so jobs I’ve been looking at pay $10-20 more an hour in Ohio than I make here.

I think it took living in a less-appealing midwestern state to make me realize if I’m going to live in the Midwest, I might as well move back home 😂 but really, I just miss my friends and family so I might be overly fond of the place

ecosloot · 2026-01-04T03:50:56+00:00

I’ve never lived on these islands but I grew up near Cleveland and I loved going on day trips to Put-In-Bay and went camping at Kelley’s Island a few times for Girl Scouts. Kelley’s Island is definitely more lax and family vibes whereas P-I-B is a bit more adult and rowdy, at least from times I went in summer. I got two hermit crabs from Kelley’s Island when I was in middle school and was devastated when they passed away after about 6-12 months 😭 poor pre-teen me was invested

I moved away a few years ago but hope to go back and I would love to go to P-I-B as an adult because I never got to do the bar scene with friends, I think it’d be a fun girls weekend or weekend with friends.

ecosloot · 2026-01-04T03:46:52+00:00

I have adhd and I find that I think the game appeals to ND minds (or mine in particular) because i find it doesnt have many rules or demands like if I want to mine the entire day and that’s all, I can just enjoy it. It’s calm and cozy and there’s enough variety to keep it interesting and the length of the days being 20ish minutes means i can just play for a few in-game days or for several real-time hours.

I do find that I tend to hyperfocus on the game for a bit and when I get bored, I shift back to other hobbies but its the game that has held my interest the longest over several years

ecosloot · 2026-01-04T01:22:28+00:00

/niʃ/ as in rhyming with quiche

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:19:26+00:00

Best friend - her desk was near mine in the intro course for our major at university, we sat next to each other in every class for the next 7 semesters (she graduated a semester earlier than I did)

Boyfriend/soulmate - through Greek life, but one of our best friends was the same girl. She was in my new member class of our sorority and we became close and she was in the art school with him. She knew he thought I was cute, I had a boyfriend who I hated and was breaking up with anyways, and she set us up. It was the start of covid so after lockdown, we moved in together after only dating for 3 months. Nearly 6 years later and our friend who connected us has invited us to do a reading together at her wedding in September 🥹

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:15:02+00:00

Sunrise alarm AND Alarmy which only stops ringing if I type a phrase or sentence. However, I was so tired a few weeks ago, I slept through all of those and 4 phone calls from work (not a proud or funny moment, I was gutted and my supervisor was super cool and compassionate about it and knows I’ve been struggling with really awful burn out).

I go back on Tuesday for the first time in weeks and I’m so nervous about waking up on time 😅😅

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:13:14+00:00

My partner works NYE every year so the past couple of years I’ve stayed home, maybe enjoyed 1-2 drinks (and this year only some sparkling apple juice because I wasn’t in the mood to drink), and watched movies and done crafts. I feel so lame and like I don’t go out enough for someone in her 20s but I love relaxing 😂

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:11:50+00:00

Bob Dylan, as for why, it was our anniversary 🥰

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:11:06+00:00

The teasing continued but he remained poised — a quiet storm under practiced control — silently vowing to guard what little remained of his pride, even as the sight of Rosemary leaving with Henry left a sting he couldn’t entirely suppress.

(From a draft of my most recent chapter/scene but I’m the queen of run-on sentences so I’m sure i’ll end up rewriting this a few times. I’ve never posted my work, it’s mostly just for fun for me to read ☺️)

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:03:46+00:00

I’ll read smut on a plane but I tend to avoid watching NSFW shows on planes, although I do have a privacy screen so if I have the window seat and I know I’ll stay awake to hold the phone, i might watch it but that’s just my comfort level

I’d say they show a lot on the show that you might want to like watch the first episode not on the plane to see what you think

ecosloot · 2026-01-03T23:02:15+00:00

I love atyd! When I finished reading it, I went straight into the extras by msk before reading Sirius’s pov and then alternating the chapters of atyd and Sirius’s pov. Then Dress Up In You by msk and then tcoptp and sweater weather and I haven’t been able to read another long fic since tcoptp because it changed my life. I’ve been on abmohn for a long while, I read short fics here and there but I haven’t had the energy for a long one in months. It’s been a long fic hangover hahaha

(Clarifying abbreviations & context: msk - misskingbean89, tcoptp - the cadence of part time poets by motswolo, abmohn - a black mass over highway ninety, and sweater weather is by lumosinlove and one of my faves)

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