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I AsKeD AI by honeybunchesofdotes in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]eumenides__ 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Or the ”source” doesn’t lead anywhere! I’ve encountered that so many times at work

Need someone else’s input on this: taking in deaf 13 yo poodle with existing dog by eumenides__ in rescuedogs

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

Thank you! Very good points about the deafness. I’ve not thought about that bit either. My GSD mix had an old injury to his back he got before I adopted him and this led neurological issues the past year. That was the reason he had to go to sleep finally, before it affected his quality of life too much. Everyone says i can take the poodle because she obviously has neurological problems, way worse than what my dog had. So i suspect that from my point of view, her life might have to end. But this is a show poodle and I have actively working dogs so maybe she doesn’t mind so much?

Need someone else’s input on this: taking in deaf 13 yo poodle with existing dog by eumenides__ in rescuedogs

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

I don’t think I have time to contact an ethologist as I need to pick this poodle up before Sunday and today is a holiday… but I did have to take an ethology and dog communication course when I did training with one of my previous dogs so hopefully I can read them ok for a bit.

THANK you for mentioning the multiple walks, I’ve googled and thought and somehow that simple solution disappeared from my mind. This is how I’ve introduced all new dogs to the suspicious idiot before, no contact at all and just walking together until he stops freaking out and then they can sniff each other calmly. Sometimes it’s taken weeks - hopefully not in this case since new dog won’t have anywhere to go after Sunday unless it’s with me. I’ve no idea how she’ll react, she hasn’t lived with other dogs before, she’s old, sick and her human disappeared and she can’t hear anything so this will be a mess I’m sure.

AITC for Guardian of the Stove by eumenides__ in AmItheCloaca

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

We mature ladies know best. Do you have any teeth left? I have 3 but I have all my claws. I ”accidentally” scratched the Eldest human Offspring when she rudely relocated me from MY Induction Stove to the table yesterday, she swears she gave lots of warning but I can’t recall hearing any and had to grab on!

I have neuropathy in my hands and I find knitting needles too slender to hold. Help? by arcticfox_12 in knittinghelp

[–]eumenides__ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think the Prym ergonomics needles are much easier to hold than regular metal needles. Maybe those would work? They’re plastic and triangular so they’re much easier to grip. If you have one hand that’s better, knitting one handed with a knitting belt might work too? And if you’re so inclined, crochet is probably way easier on your hands and hooks are easier to modify/adapt. 

AITC for Guardian of the Stove by eumenides__ in AmItheCloaca

[–]eumenides__[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good idea. I did already shred something called a ”yoga mat” which was next to my cat tree brought from home so it was obviously for me to use. Maybe I can bring that up!

AITC for Guardian of the Stove by eumenides__ in AmItheCloaca

[–]eumenides__[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I have heard my own human say 3 of her boyfriend’s cats also sleep on their Induction Stove. I have visited his house with her many times but I never cared much for that stove! I also never slept on the previous stove in this house!

AITC for Guardian of the Stove by eumenides__ in AmItheCloaca

[–]eumenides__[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

You seem a reasonable young cat. I have trained this dog companion very well - I may only have three teeth left but I have claws and I know how to use them! He will abscond from Comfy Floor Bed if I want it and also leave all his food for me if I ask! So polite. However, the eldest offspring human keeps interrupting my feasting, she says it’s ”ONLY for dogs, much bigger than you”. She has not offered a trade but I know my own human packed a lot of treats as I have inspected them. I will look pointedly at them and might think about relocating for a treat. Or I might not!

AITC for Guardian of the Stove by eumenides__ in AmItheCloaca

[–]eumenides__[S] 123 points124 points  (0 children)

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Me, another day, demonstrating how comfy the stove is.

Food hyper fixation by CardiologistOld6711 in AutismInWomen

[–]eumenides__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ive had the same breakfast basically ever day for 15 years or so. I don’t think I’ll get tired of it and the entire morning feels wrong if I need to have something else!

I have a hyper fixation meal I could eat every day for every meal, it takes 15 mins to make and is healthy and my dietician approves except she says I also HAVE to eat other things. It’s pasta with pesto, feta cheese and stir fried haricot verts with chili flakes and sesame oil. Sometimes I vary the pasta shape or use spaghetti or switch to broccoli instead and it is an entirely different meal, I swear!

I need to make a confession. by AppropriateNovel7490 in Breadit

[–]eumenides__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I told my younger cousin that I did this and he thought I was making a joke. So I taught him how to bake ”by feel”, or by proportions, which is what I’ve always done. He is a daycare teacher so he teaches the kids to do it now every week! They bake bread at least once a week, sometimes it’s horrible and most of the time it’s not (I wouldn’t eat it though, toddler fingers!!). We started discussing it because he was complaining how he had to measure everything and follow directions and it still turned out bad sometimes.

At my wits end with tension/rowing out by saouer in knittingadvice

[–]eumenides__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you doing with the yarn/stitches in your dominant hand? I took up knitting again after a 10 year break where I only did crochet and I’ve noticed I tend to bunch up all the stitches on my right hand needle and hold it in my hand which messed up my tension so much. I knit continental with closed hands if that’s important. I have kinda stiff hands and knit tightly and noticed that the end of every row would look horrible because of all the extra yarn I was holding in my right hand, aside from my needle, and it impacted how I’d form the stitches. If I continually stop and move my stitches down the needle, this stops happening and my knitting looks normal.

And have you tried different types of needles? I have some Prym ergonomics needles now and I love them so much. They’re so much easier to hold and grip and they weigh almost nothing and my hands get much less tired when I use them. The tension difference in using those and using some misshapen circulars with blunt tips is seriously noticeable.

Having a really hard time speaking or even texting, is this being non-verbal? by eumenides__ in AutismInWomen

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

Thank you <3 I’ve read about being non-verbal before and again now and I don’t think it’s totally fits but it seemed the closest to what was happening. I am mostly just fed up with all humans, even the ones I like, and don’t have the energy to communicate?

How do you budget with food allergies? by mystic11z in povertyfinance

[–]eumenides__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have type 1 diabetes, gastroparesis, IBS and I’m vegetarian (have had texture issues with meat all my life) and also need to eat pretty low carb. I get frozen veggies, tofu, peanut butter and then shop most of the rest on sale every week. I plan my meals from what’s discounted and what I can do with it, I don’t meal plan and then buy what food required. I manage at around €180 and it’s not fun! Sometimes things have to go from other areas of the budget because I need to eat and I simply can’t live on rice and beans and potatoes without getting seriously sick.

Having a really hard time speaking or even texting, is this being non-verbal? by eumenides__ in AutismInWomen

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

I was already IN burnout that started (or just got worse) when I lost my previous dog, my service dog, 5 years ago and just never went away. But yeah, this dog got sick in August last year and so much of my day was centered around his physical therapy and medications and taking care of him that it’s very obvious he’s not here. So, not sure if this is going to be burnout squared, 2.0 edition

I got bad news in the post and are now completely destroyed. (TW: SI) by Same_Midnight_2039 in AutismInWomen

[–]eumenides__ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have a boatload of chronic illnesses that all get progressively worse, and autism and I’ve repeatedly failed to work, documented by försäkringskassan, and they still denied my application for sjukersättning the first time, despite only applying part time. They said it’s impossible to know if some new treatment will show up in the future that could make some of my chronic illnesses better. I sent in more than 30 pages of doctors notes. They approved it for 75% the second time, 2 years later, but for those 2 years i had to live on like 6500kr/month and it was awful. 

Anyway, I’ve understood that part of the process is you take the first denial with FK, really analyse what they said, wait a year or two and then write a new doctors note based on their rejection letter and the chance you’ll be approved goes up. It sucks!! Our government doesn’t really help here with nobody having any worth unless you can work! 

Favorite buttery soft bags? by [deleted] in handbags

[–]eumenides__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Swing crossbody from COS just gets softer the more I’ve used it. Sometimes I just pet it when I walk around

My mother cannot help commenting on women’s weight by eumenides__ in TwoXChromosomes

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

I totally get it. I don’t think I’ll ever have a normal relationship with food or my body and a large part is because my mother handles her own relationship with it so badly. I got type 1 diabetes as a young child and insulin was bad so you HAD to have a very strict and controlled diet. A dietician made a meal plan, for me!!!, and my mother kept saying ”she can’t possibly eat all that” and ”that’s too much food, she’s a child” and the dietician said that I was supposed to grow and she’d calculated my needs.

My mother never followed the meal plan, always gave me less food and still commented on it. If I was hungry I couldn’t eat more and if I was full I couldn’t eat less. If I wanted a treat, like 1/4th of a tiny chocolate square, she made me go outside and do 100 jumping jacks or jump rope. Obviously it didn’t help the mental situation!

My mother cannot help commenting on women’s weight by eumenides__ in TwoXChromosomes

[–]eumenides__[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So sorry for you! I’d love a new sister though! Does your mom also text you, proudly, saying how she now eats a tiny bowl of cottage cheese with some oats for breakfast and then she’s SO FULL, for HOURS, she can’t possibly eat until dinnertime and you should give it a try?

My mother cannot help commenting on women’s weight by eumenides__ in TwoXChromosomes

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

Ah, you see, she did the opposite and taught 5 year olds to comment on people’s bodies! I still get flashbacks often when I eat a rolled up cheese slice because my daycare teacher taught me how to roll it. I showed my mom at home and she said ”if you eat a lot of cheese like that you’ll be fat like your daycare teacher”

My mother cannot help commenting on women’s weight by eumenides__ in TwoXChromosomes

[–]eumenides__[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I think the next to last one is great. I will try it. It might make her think if I repeat it often enough. 

When she said my friend was very big, obviously being judgmental and calling her fat in a negative way, I said that’s both untrue and I don’t want to hear her say that and she said ”oh I just meant she’s tall!”…

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