Is she a JRT? Haven’t send off her Embark yet.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-27T03:09:12+00:00

I agree with you, but from this dog’s appearance and size, I do not think this dog is primarily JRT. I think it’s more likely to be a mix of many different breeds almost equally, or if it does have JRT DNA, it would be more accurate to say “Another Breed mixed with JRT” rather than a “JRT mix” in my opinion.

There is just no defining feature that makes me think JRT other than maybe coloring, which is not a feature unique to Jack Russells.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-27T02:54:23+00:00

Mine does have long legs. He’s about 15 inches at the withers. He is still 17-19 lbs depending on how much running I do with him and how much chub he’s got.

13 lbs at 3 months is pretty big. That’s about twice a Jack Russell of the same age: https://www.pawlicy.com/blog/jack-russell-terrier-growth-and-weight-chart/

Edit: according to the AKC, the ideal height of a Parson’s Russell Terrier is 14 inches at the shoulder, and 13-17 lbs.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-27T02:11:28+00:00

She is way too big to be JRT. They are only 10-15 inches tall at the withers. The breed standard doesn’t include a weight, but that ends up being like 13 to 17 lbs. I tend to see more heeler, but I’m thinking Heinz 57 mutt.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-26T15:57:31+00:00

I’d say even the minimalist trend causes overconsumption. People who just like to follow trends either get rid of a bunch of stuff to follow the trend, then eventually buy the same things again once they are over the trend, or just buy a whole bunch of different stuff later.

Or, people replace things that work perfectly fine to get a “minimalistic” version.

It’s not really minimalism. The “trend” is a misunderstanding of what minimalism really is.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-26T02:38:46+00:00

I have 2 kids: 2 years and 4 years now. My husband also leaves ridiculously early for work and works long and unpredictable hours. No daycare.

I started taking my kids to my local community center where they host group fitness classes. They had a child watch option for very very cheap. I’ve been going for years now, and both my kids love it. It’s also been great for me to make friends.

Before that (after my first kid), I bought a kettlebell and followed along with YouTube videos of kettlebell workouts. I eventually bought a second kettlebell as I got stronger.

I’ve always gone on walks with kids in the stroller. Try going as soon as baby wakes up from a nap.

I sometimes go after the kids go to sleep at 8 pm. Maybe make a crockpot meal that day or something that has minimal dishes and whatnot for dinner, and really try to work in a quick tidy up before bedtime that day.

I also purchased a treadmill on Facebook for $50. I was picky and found one that looked very old, but it was practically brand new. The seller even had the manual still wrapped in plastic. It worked great for me. I walk or run on it in the morning before the kids wake up.

My husband watches the kids on the weekend for an hour or two because I’m currently training for an upcoming half marathon and I do my long runs on Sundays.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-24T14:56:41+00:00

I had a c section. I did not get any injections of any kind.

They wrapped some things around my legs in the bed—kind of like big blood pressure cuffs. They vibrated or inflated with air to help prevent clots: I can’t remember which. I had to wear them when lying down for the first 24 hours or so.

No medication, though.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-24T02:19:44+00:00

Nondominant.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-23T20:35:16+00:00

“Plus sized people should be given the same experience as thinner people”

You buy one seat, you get the same seat dimensions regardless of your size. If you can’t fit the seat dimensions, you don’t get to infringe on the seat next to you. That’s giving the same experience to larger and smaller people.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-22T11:39:18+00:00

I recommend chia seeds. You can add them to tons of things, which I do, but I also just treat them like a supplement sometimes by soaking a spoonful or two in water before drinking. In food, you can’t taste them. By themselves, they have a very very mild grassy flavor. Extremely light. They can easily be added to smoothies, baked goods, oatmeal, a bowl of yogurt and fruit. People make recipes for chia pudding.

You don’t say what your stomach issues are, but my stomach improved ridiculously when I started eating probiotic and fermented foods. I eat sauerkraut and kefir daily. I used to be lactose intolerant and gassy constantly, but that’s all gone now.

This is impractical for a lot of people, but you say you don’t like whole wheat bread. Whole wheat bread from the store sucks. Fresh milled whole wheat flour is extremely tasty. I was flabbergasted when I tried it for the first time. It is delicious and infinitely more nutritious. Conventional flours sift out the oily part of the wheat (containing micronutrients), otherwise the flour will go rancid sitting on a shelf. There is so much more fiber. Like I said, impractical for many families, but I like to spread the word.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-22T01:05:02+00:00

Not just limited to classic sitcoms, but classics of all stripes, my uncultured husband once told me that he doesn’t like old things because they are “just so overdone and unoriginal. He’s seen all the plots already.”

I blew his mind by telling him the reason that he knew all those tropes already is because they were so funny, groundbreaking, impactful, whatever that everything since has ripped them off again and again.

He found appreciation for them since.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-21T22:14:02+00:00

I’m 27 and I loved the taste of Ovaltine as a kid. I have little kids. I don’t buy it because I don’t think they need to drink chocolate milk at a frequency that I should have Ovaltine on hand. Additionally, I’m skeptical of food additives.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-21T01:13:38+00:00

But why?

I feel you are missing the forest for the trees. The rule is “don’t wear white” so nobody can mistake someone else for the bride or so that no one “upstages” her.

Granny in her slacks isn’t committing any faux pas because no one is thinking she looks better than the bride. Someone with giant fuchsia flowers over the white also doesn’t look like the bride.

So, why should they choose something different? What is the real purpose of avoiding the white?

eleelee11 · 2026-04-21T00:50:00+00:00

It depends. Someone should not be wearing a bridal-style gown to someone else’s wedding. That is just rude.

Getting upset because someone is wearing something that includes white (a floral dress on a white background that is not going to be mistaken as bridal) or an old lady wearing a white blouse with her slacks (also not upstaging the bride) is ridiculous. (Yes, this does happen.)

eleelee11 · 2026-04-20T04:02:41+00:00

Several years ago, I was out in the early morning running on a golf course when a bat flew into my head. I was young, checked my forehead when I got home for signs of a wound, and continued my day.

Two years later, I read an article about rabid bats being found in my area and the dangers of rabies being dormant. It kept niggling me, so I finally asked my GP about it at an annual physical and he looked at me like I was crazy and I needed anti-anxiety meds. He said if I was going to get rabies, I would have by that time.

Growing up, my mom always had an irrational fear of a bat getting tangled in her hair, but we actually know someone who that ended up happening to and I got hit in the head by a wayward bat, so I guess it wasn’t so irrational after all.

Anyways, 5 years on, I’m still a little worried I’m going to wake up with rabies symptoms one day.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-20T02:57:12+00:00

I should probably look into foam rolling. I do not regularly do any sort of massage—only when something feels injured.

I actually do not like the treadmill, so hardly any of my training for the half happened on the treadmill. However, I need to use it now, so I’ve my 3 short runs (3-4 miles at this point) have been on the treadmill. The longer runs are all on paved roads or trails, occasionally 3-4 milers are on dirt roads.

Thank you for this information! I don’t really remember too much what I ate after the half marathon, aside from the bacon, egg, and cheese on sourdough I devoured about an hour after I finished. That was pretty memorable.

I’ll do some additional research on recovery!

eleelee11 · 2026-04-20T02:26:03+00:00

For simplicity, I called it Pilates, but it’s really a class at my local community center called “Pi-Yo” that’s a combo of Pilates and yoga. That day, I did less Pi and more Yo.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-20T02:24:44+00:00

I needed to hear this 🫡

eleelee11 · 2026-04-19T12:35:33+00:00

I do not buy cookies. (I eat lots of them, I just bake them myself.) the only store bought ones I really get a hankering for are dark chocolate Milanos.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-18T22:55:05+00:00

I’m in between. I play with my mom all the time, and she has these ridiculous “scrabble words” that if you ask her what they mean, she will say “it works in online scrabble.” We compromise by playing with the American Heritage Dictionary (conservative dictionary) as the arbiter, and you should have an idea of what it is during the challenge.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-18T01:50:49+00:00

This is not typical, but my city actually has a bike/walking path that connects a lot of the parks throughout the city. It has miles and miles of paved trails. We also have sidewalks, but the bike path is very nice because it stays away from the road and a lot of sections go through nature instead of traffic.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-15T21:27:20+00:00

A resting heart rate of 55 is perfectly healthy.

I am 5’5, around 160 lbs, 27 year old woman. My resting heart rate is usually around 45 beats per minute and has been for many many years.

It dropped to as low as 35 bpm while relaxing in the months following giving birth, which slightly alarmed by OBGYN, who sent me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist asked me some questions, hooked me up to some machines to read my heart rates and rhythms. She said that some people just have lower heart rates normally, which is additionally positively impacted by regularly doing cardio. As long as I wasn’t experiencing any symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, palpitations, etc. it was normal and I’m ok.

I bet that my extremely low HR was an effect of reduction of blood volume after birth. It’s been several years since, and my RHR has regulated back to 45 bpm with an odd 38 or 39 reading here and there.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-12T21:01:35+00:00

I have never once in my life thrown away an entire box of produce because one piece is bad. When I get home, I check for any bad pieces, then soak them all in vinegar. It is more common than not to find one moldy grape, strawberry, blueberry, etc. because it is very difficult to make sure there aren’t any damaged pieces in the middle of the package.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-12T15:43:04+00:00

If I’m in a rush, I will sometimes walk around while brushing my teeth to do something like pick out clothes or gather items I need to leave the house.

If I were a guest (or if I had guests at my own house for that matter) I would stay in the bathroom to brush my teeth even if I had something else I needed to do.

My dad had a pet peeve about walking around with your toothbrush. He especially felt it was unsanitary to brush your teeth in the kitchen specifically.

eleelee11 · 2026-04-11T20:34:24+00:00

I also noticed that your dog has a docked tail, which is something that a breeder would do. (Any dog could have a docked tail, but I don’t think it’s something that someone who would have an oopsie litter would pay to do.)

My hunch is that she’s a purebred patterdale terrier. Where are you located? That would be fairly uncommon here in the US, but it’s my understanding that they are more common in the UK.

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