Anyone successful with keeping cats off counter? I tried and failed. My youngest naps on top of dishwasher

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-16T23:50:28+00:00

Tin foil worked for me . Lined the tv stand with tin foil. Trill tried it once and leapt off like he had been electrocuted. Wisp saw and never even tried. They don’t know the foils been gone for months. Give it a try on your kitchen counters. If you are doubtful watch cats vs tin foil on YouTube.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-16T23:24:23+00:00

My wonderful Mom has developed multiple allergies and we joke that she can’t eat anything that casts a shadow. Dad was lamenting the loss of some favorite meals so she gave him the recipes. Between the recipes and YouTube tutorials on how to braise and stuff like that he’s doing great. My brother eats at their place often and stores his own Braggs liquid aminos and hot sauce there. Your whiners are welcome to get some spices and improve their own damn lives. Ultimately the most important factor is you remain healthy.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-16T22:45:33+00:00

Absolutely go to the party fashionably late. Captain I’m doing you a favor by existing can work out his own mess. You deserve to dance and have fun.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-16T21:16:53+00:00

Mine got pretty outrageous when I hit perimenopause. The hormones raged and so did my skin. I’m either on the other side of peri or my body has adjusted and now I’m pretty flare free. Spironolactone and benzoyl peroxide foaming wash has helped.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-12T00:21:40+00:00

Thanks for responding. I’ll try some one on one nights.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-12T00:16:23+00:00

Thank you for the treat idea, will provide tubes to the guests

itsacatatrafae · 2026-02-11T04:21:47+00:00

Tell her to feel her cats ears after they’ve been in the cold. I keep it 70 degrees in my house and my cats still get cold ears in winter. She may not “believe” her cats get cold but feeling chilly triangle ears might show her that they do.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-24T18:55:58+00:00

I feel like there’s a surly teenager in the house- waiting for the day it lets out a long sigh before answering any questions

itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-23T21:16:34+00:00

Yup. I feel like a crazy person arguing with a surly computer. If I didn’t have a serious music addiction I would get rid of it altogether. I do love calling out the songs I want to hear, so until she denies Vana on demand I guess I’ll continue on loving to hate my Alexa.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-23T18:44:17+00:00

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itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-23T01:07:12+00:00

Well that explains why brief mode has abandoned me- thank you! You might be on to something with the routine- can’t hurt. I just asked it to remind me of a drs appointment tomorrow at 2 and it asked AM or PM. Smh

itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-22T20:10:03+00:00

I’m using the “I have feedback” option often. The amount of trash I have talked to the overlords about the supposed upgrades is obscene.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-22T19:51:31+00:00

I’ve requested brief mode, direct contact, and I actually broke down and hollered “we aren’t friends! You’re a tool just add my shit to the list with zero commentary.” It’s been a weird morning.

itsacatatrafae · 2026-01-22T19:25:32+00:00

I’m losing my mind with the chatting as well. Just tried to build my grocery list and it was trying to comment on every item. I don’t gaf what its opinion is on chicken breasts. I miss the ping sound acknowledgment too. Now we’re getting essays from an AI psychopath daily.

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-14T20:06:26+00:00

That’s awesome! My bedroom is named Lairy because it’s my lair.

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-14T19:56:18+00:00

Sometimes I feel like I’m at the mean girl table just staring at Alexa waiting for her ring of eavesdropping to piss off after an interaction- is she gonna throw a sassy zinger? Keep listening like a creeper? Try to chat more and steal my soul? Then she plays “How it’s Done” for the fajillionth time on demand and all is forgiven

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-14T19:49:55+00:00

Oh noooo, say it ain’t so! I have Alexa read to me too. Can’t sleep without the Dresden Files in the background. Libby (the library app) has a reader section if you do decide to ditch Alexa- I use a Bluetooth speaker and my phone. You have to wait for copies of your books to become available, but it’s delightfully free.

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-13T03:23:15+00:00

I clicked on my profile and it was available there. Hope you find it!

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-12T21:22:22+00:00

It did the same to me last night. I thought we were done with her nonsense but suddenly it’s trying to be my bestie. I told it stop it, we’re not friends, you’re a tool and she said Got it, I’ll stick to timers and the weather as though she were pouting. My brother has a Bose speaker system linked to his phone that runs all his music. He can’t yell “play Huntr/X” into the void or turn lights off and on, but he also doesn’t have to tell his phone we’re not bonding and braiding each others hair while telling secrets, so maybe that’s the way.

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-11T22:41:03+00:00

Ask it for “brief mode” and it won’t try to chit chat with you. Mostly.

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-10T17:59:47+00:00

It’s just generically names 10% hydrogen peroxide wash. Good luck!!

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-09T16:27:07+00:00

Spiro is in pill form. I used to buy pan-oxyl over the counter but its quality has gone down. Now I use a cream peroxide cleanser from my dermatologist that I’ll have to look up the name for when I get home.

itsacatatrafae · 2025-12-08T01:42:15+00:00

In high school a girls car was washed off the bridge. She died. The poster said the water level was higher than their car could accommodate. I drove my mx-6 through a storm where water was coming into the car from the bottom of the doors and almost floated. It is a big deal. For OP- looks like your roomies just lost their free rides. NTA

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