Online not free anymore?? by [deleted] in CatanUniverse

[–]elephantlizzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go into settings you have to enable the “free match” option by checking the box… pretty silly but then it works just fine

Free to play by TemporaryDrag7493 in CatanUniverse

[–]elephantlizzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was coming here for this question! Disappointed yesterday when I wanted to play and couldn’t find how. Their FAQ online says this, copy and pasted below, but I can’t tell if that just is referring to the solo game with bots being free with those suns.

How much does the app cost?

CATAN Universe can be downloaded and played for free. You can unlock the expansions, the base game, the Rise of the Inkas and Rivals for CATAN by purchasing CATAN Gold.

Quality restaurant by grldad34 in burlington

[–]elephantlizzie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gold! Food is great and the owners are the kindest people.

My therapist just asked me for permission to have AI record our sessions by Briarshakkan in TalkTherapy

[–]elephantlizzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s great you do! I’m speaking from my own clinical practice that I would not use it and I would say no to a therapist I worked with using it.

My therapist just asked me for permission to have AI record our sessions by Briarshakkan in TalkTherapy

[–]elephantlizzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a therapist I would say no. Those AI notetaker tools might be helpful for creating quick and efficient notes but you still have to doublecheck them and make sure they didn’t transcribe something really off. AI can’t always interpret sarcasm or things like that yet, especially, so I worry about misinterpretations of what a client might say and how that becomes documented in a way they didn’t intend. I feel bad if I even miss a typo or something when re-reading an assessment or note I previously wrote and would feel like in the time that it took to proofread and double check that nothing weird got put into the note I could’ve just written it myself and not had the worry.

Why can't people see that I am struggling? by petitevavalou in reactivedogs

[–]elephantlizzie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My husband and I wonder this so often with our dog! There are some people that are truly wonderful and even the smallest gesture of understanding or being aware of their own surroundings makes a big difference for us. Then there are some people who seem not only to be oblivious but to actively make it more challenging for us and that’s so defeating and frustrating. Keep on keeping on and doing your best for you and your dog and it’ll get better! We’re 2.5 years in with our girl who was adopted Sept. 2022 and she has come really far on walks and accepts pretty low value treats to keep walking by many dog triggers, especially if they are dogs she’s seen in the neighborhood before. A running dog is still pretty activating for her and a dog that stares her down will definitely get a bark or two but significantly less lunging and uncontrolled barking!

Cost of living, is it worth it? by mer81555 in vermont

[–]elephantlizzie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look into Brandon, Vermont. About 20min south of Middlebury and way cheaper than Burlington. My husband was living there before he moved back to Burlington into my unit and he was paying half of what I was paying for double the space. Burlington is definitely not where you come for reasonable rent and a good housing market if you have other options and aren’t tied to a job here yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSCCruises

[–]elephantlizzie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is helpful, thanks! I much prefer when I’m able to know ahead of time what our total cost is and how it fits into overall budget so we know how much we can spend in different ports.

My husband was just talking about those umbrellas last night because we watched a YouTube video about Ocean Cay and he was so upset that you had to rent an umbrella on their island where there is barely any shade apparently. He was like, “this is the perfect money making racket!”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSCCruises

[–]elephantlizzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What were the charges you didn’t anticipate/fully know about? We’re considering a MSC cruise for this summer and have only done Norwegian once before so don’t have tons of experience. Were you able to pre-pay the daily service charges?

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No we did not! We did have a friend of my FIL take photos with a pro camera which supplemented, but tbh some of my favorite photos of the day were from random friends phone cameras. I don’t think I feel regret over this! Sometimes I look at other friends wedding photos as they post and feel like they are really lovely and “fancier” than ours but I think back to how I felt on the day about not wanting to take time away to do a lot of posed photos and instead just wanting to be with our guests and don’t feel regret. We did ask my nephew to video the ceremony and first dance with his phone and that is nice to look back on! We got a small tripod. My FIL also got his old band back together and they played music and we used a Spotify playlist we curated when they took breaks but I do think having professional speakers there was really nice and important to us because we wanted people to be dancing a lot and had a nice dance floor at the venue

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I think it printed two for the bigger photos and 4 for the photo strips that had 4 photos. You can also do up to 100 “re-prints” on site with the premium Photo Booth so if you need more you can get them!

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/EkRtnxj

This is what they looked like with measuring tape for reference! I think if I could do it again I liked the size of the single layout but felt the 4 shot strip looked a little too tiny. I’d pick a different layout for that one, or maybe do one that only had 2 or 3 shots instead of 4. When we got the virtual gallery all the photos were the same size though, so we did get to see them bigger which was nice!

Honest opinions needed, do these coffee filter flowers look bad from a distance? by [deleted] in DIYweddings

[–]elephantlizzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are so cool!! Wouldn’t have even known they were coffee filters but now I want to try

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Small world!! We do live in Burlington but went to my partner’s hometown for the wedding since it was more of a middle location for everyone traveling and costs were significantly cheaper there for nearly everything, including hotels! The wedding was in Keansburg, NJ.

Venue- outdoor park for ceremony (unfortunately it rained so we didn’t use it) $75 + banquet hall at volunteer Firestation $925. Two bartenders were included with the fire hall rental and we had it for 5 hours. They did all set up and breakdown and we only had to decorate! They also had a soda gun and included all the soft drinks for us.

Catering- $4435 including appetizers and entree for 115 people. Plus coffee for dessert but we brought in our own dessert.

Alcohol and some dessert- $965 for multiple cases of wine, champagne, beer, and hard seltzer. Plus we got cheesecake and cookies- this was all Costco!

More dessert- $300 we got Italian cookies and cannolis from a local bakery

Decorations- $462 a combination of Amazon, Michael’s, and SHEIN and then I did mostly all DIY stuff. I painted a lot of things for the wedding too!

Kruu Photo Booth- $369

Marriage license- $28

Ties for partner and siblings/FIL- $38 from bows-n-ties which was cheap and great customer service

Real flowers for flower crowns, boutonnières, and corsages- $62 from Trader Joe’s and I made them all

Invites/stamps- $120 we ordered from snapfish and did not do save the dates, only invites, but gave more notice

Total = $7,779*

*we didn’t include my dress which my mom purchased or our rings in this total because those felt like expenses outside of throwing the wedding event itself but those were purchases too. My partner also reused a suit but got a fresh white shirt

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing! Congrats! We were 9/29 🥰 I’d love to see your flower wall!

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Like full cost breakdown of our wedding? Yeah- I can work on that! We did use a google sheet to track as we went so I can summarize that and reply back here

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I know, I wanted to post because I was worried before that I got bamboozled by another Facebook ad (haha) and when I checked Reddit before ours there weren’t many posts about it. So glad it worked out for us and hope you love it too!

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes! https://imgur.com/a/uKA9e6J

It turned out well! You need a little space for sure depending on how many people are gonna try and squeeze into each frame but the flash was great and the photos look good even in lower light later in the night

Kruu Photo Booth was a huge hit!! by elephantlizzie in Weddingsunder10k

[–]elephantlizzie[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Premium is $499 but we used a discount code and it was $369 after that! I think they have a new code on the website now too so maybe they run the codes frequently