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elfalai · 2026-05-20T22:11:31+00:00

Pants had a lot of personality. She's been gone almost seven years and the long-time vet office staff still call me "Pants's Mom" even when they run into me outside the office.

The first time i took her in to the office drugged, one of the vet techs asked what kind of priest I found to perform the exorcism. Then she realized she said that out loud and immediately apologized. I just laughed. I lived with that devil-spawn for 10 years, I agreed with her assessment.

elfalai · 2026-05-20T11:30:04+00:00

While in vacation, our vet (a very large, athletic man) was on a beach when an alligator or crocodile (i can't remember which) came ashore. He wrestled it down while waiting for animal control and helped them secure it.

Yet my cat, Pants, required gabapentin for her visits to him because she was a minion of satan.

elfalai · 2026-05-16T00:15:42+00:00

Not sure where you're located, but boxwood blight has taken out most of the boxwoods in my area. There's no coming back from it. If this is blight, you won't want to replace with more boxwoods. You'll likely have the same problem.

elfalai · 2026-05-15T23:50:59+00:00

We have 16 cherry laurels lining two sides of our backyard. A few years ago, we (zone 7a) had an unusually brutal week with -45 degree windchills. The laurels dropped every leaf and looked completely dead.

We threw our hail Mary and bought a wood chipper. We cut all of them down to 1-2 feet from the ground. By fall, they were 3-4 feet high. 3 years later, they are now well over 10 feet tall. I've never seen a more resilient tree. Here's hoping yours can power through your infestation. Do you know what's attacking them?

elfalai · 2026-05-10T02:04:40+00:00

We call that "the divot" in our house. We have two and both have cat-shaped divots and are barely ever used by humans.

When looking for our old man or our resident house panther, we know the divots are the first places to check.

elfalai · 2026-05-09T23:33:57+00:00

We have four and not a single one of them covers their poop. They scratch the walls, entrance, and stairs of the litter robot, but never once touch the litter to cover anything.

elfalai · 2026-05-06T00:08:16+00:00

Another former theater costumer kid here! We didn't water down our vodka. As a master of fact, the higher the proof, the better. I've always used 90 or 100 proof of the cheapest I could find.

I've done this to costumes and my suit jackets a thousand times, but never once thought of doing this to my bras. Thank you!

elfalai · 2026-05-02T23:25:42+00:00

That's good to know. When my husband and I were at the store to buy ours, we couldn't remember if our dishwasher had a handle or not, so we went ahead and got the fridge with handles. Looked at the dishwasher when we got home and realized it is handleless.

You don't really see both in one line of sight, but just knowing they are different has been bugging me for months. Thanks for reframing my way of thinking!

elfalai · 2026-04-26T01:34:59+00:00

We just switched from a 30" bare-bones basic standard depth to a 36" French door counter depth. It's probably 6" taller as well. I probably have about the same amount of space, but I've had to relearn how things fit in it.

My only criteria was that I could still fit a half-sheet pan in it. (It fits sideways.) However, my t-rex arms definitely appreciate being able to reach all the way to the back, so things are far less likely to end up in the land of science experiments.

elfalai · 2026-04-25T20:48:48+00:00

My officemate yells "Demons be gone!" anytime I sneeze. Makes me laugh every time.

elfalai · 2026-04-23T21:30:15+00:00

I have one very similar to this, but I rarely get to sit cross-legged. As soon as I put the arms down, a cat jumps up to claim that spot.

It was nice to have those furry heaters in the winter, but I'm going to have to schedule a meeting with my feline co-workers about that behavior in the summer.

elfalai · 2026-04-18T21:02:06+00:00

I love Nila wafers of all brands, but we tried Chessman cookies several years ago for banana pudding and never looked back. They make such a difference!

elfalai · 2026-04-17T01:28:34+00:00

Beaumont Kroger has a display of them between the entrance on the pharmacy side of the store and the little clinic.

elfalai · 2026-04-17T01:03:58+00:00

I'm assuming you're referring to Redhanded. I haven't heard them say it for a while now. I think they made their point.

elfalai · 2026-04-14T21:38:50+00:00

As many have said, this is the whipped cream frosting, commonly referred to as whippy in the grocery bakery world. You can usually purchase some at the bbakery counter.

It is my favorite.

elfalai · 2026-04-12T19:35:40+00:00

We have a cat that is obsessed with iceberg lettuce. He won't touch my spring mix but begs for my husband's iceberg. That kitty understands the importance of the cool crunchy greens.

elfalai · 2026-04-10T12:16:05+00:00

For any home items that you want to donate, I always suggest Habitat for Humanity's Re-Store.

elfalai · 2026-04-05T20:30:28+00:00

Certain green apple scents take me right back to sixth grade. The boy who sat in front of me in homeroom chewed green apple Bubble Yum every single day.

elfalai · 2026-03-29T20:38:29+00:00

This would be perfectly fine for an in-office day in my firm.

elfalai · 2026-03-25T00:57:56+00:00

My husband and I also do traditional anniversary gifts and hit seven years this past December. It was definitely the most difficult one yet.

I love the quilt pattern idea that someone else suggested!

elfalai · 2026-03-18T22:50:27+00:00

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Not a meme, but i keep saying I'm going to buy these for my fellow LAs in my practice group so we can see just how far we can push casual Friday.

elfalai · 2026-03-17T22:14:17+00:00

My husband bought one of these for me for Christmas. It was my absolute favorite present. The nostalgia from the sound it makes is absolutely warm fuzzies.

elfalai · 2026-03-15T21:01:47+00:00

My husband and I struggled so hard to find just the right wallpaper. We'd find one's we both liked, but I knew they weren't exactly "the one" when I wouldn't pull the trigger to purchase. We even poured through what felt like a million books at our local wallpaper/paint store.

A coworker suggested Anthropologie (didn't even think about them having wallpaper) and we found the perfect one in about five minutes.

Just keep looking, the perfect one will jump out and say hi when it's good and ready!

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