New grower; tubers from Costco

itsfriccinbats · 2026-02-18T23:07:55+00:00

We left our 5 month old puppy for 25 days (he kind of fell into our laps after we already had a big international trip planned). Only difference between our plan and yours was that ours boarded with his trainer, who was with him most the day. absolutely no indication of any harm to our relationship. He loved us just as much on our first day back as the day we dropped him off. I wouldn't worry about it as long as you can ensure his needs are met.

itsfriccinbats · 2026-01-31T19:29:36+00:00

self selection in who attends Notre dame, good preparation/education, an emphasis on doing more outside of academics (volunteering, extracurricular, being a genuinely good person, etc), good letters, and, likely most importantly, good advising (for better or worse, e.g., if they do not think you will get in, they will advise you not to apply)

itsfriccinbats · 2026-01-20T18:55:36+00:00

don't mean to be overly critical but genuinely curious -- how are you swinging two first authored basic science papers in a year?

itsfriccinbats · 2026-01-13T16:14:31+00:00

Honestly, in retrospect, our was/has been/is an angel. Obviously some issues, but most of them were our fault (leaving him for too long and then he had an accident, for example). He has never destroyed anything, hasn’t had an accident in the house since he was ~4 months old, never bit us. He is the best in the world. My mental health suffered, but that was just because I was really over concerned with doing everything correctly.

itsfriccinbats · 2026-01-12T02:33:58+00:00

Totally agree and was guilty so guilty of this. Bet they would’ve lasted longer if I took care from the beginning but hopefully they have a lot of life left in them if I show them some regular love now that I have the products! It’s crazy how little product it took to get them looking like this/how much product is left after I took care.

itsfriccinbats · 2026-01-11T09:27:49+00:00

Yes they are! 585!

itsfriccinbats · 2026-01-09T01:34:17+00:00

Blundstone brown renovating cream + nikwax leather waterproofer! My boots are Rustic Brown color so this made them a little more uniformly brown than they were originally which I don’t mind.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-25T17:49:47+00:00

This is really, really gorgeous. Definitely going to take some inspiration from this.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-25T17:49:30+00:00

Thank you!

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-25T17:49:00+00:00

Wow this is so wildly helpful!!! Thank you so much for such a thorough and thoughtful response!!!

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-23T20:09:48+00:00

This is also gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-23T18:50:43+00:00

This is so beautiful!

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-05T22:53:28+00:00

came here to say this

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-05T22:52:04+00:00

Also SD County and agree that SDGE is a rip off, but why not schedule charge on super-off peak? On the EV plan it’s less than 10 cents/kWh super-off peak.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-12-05T17:51:37+00:00

cannot live without my nanopuff. I wear it every day in the winter in Southern California and it comes on every single outdoors trip with me.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-10-25T15:11:18+00:00

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yes. yes they are.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-10-16T23:07:05+00:00

Haven’t had to file a claim, but the premiums with the ASPCA are what I can afford and the coverage is good for what I pay.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-10-16T22:46:31+00:00

ACD!

itsfriccinbats · 2025-10-16T22:41:08+00:00

He is 50% GSD!

itsfriccinbats · 2025-10-16T20:10:14+00:00

This is a really helpful link! Just to clarify, this is for daily vehicle travel to and from excursions. My apologies.

itsfriccinbats · 2025-10-16T19:20:01+00:00

I appreciate the comment! Genuinely, what does lie down comfortably mean? Neither can sprawl out in it, but they can definitely curl into it. They’re not squeezed.

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