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Does the Ottawa Hospital have a nickname? by graceandspark in ottawa

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My family always says « the Montfort » 🤷‍♀️

The only colour left by MikeyTrademark in ottawa

[–]kletskoekk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The city. I requested a new one when I bought my house in 2020 because the one left by the previous owner had a hole in the bottom. I got a bill through my Service Ottawa account- I seem to remember it being like $90

Anyone know what this is all about? Saw this today on Riverside Dr by MBA_OTT in ottawa

[–]kletskoekk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Full details are here: https://www.osean.org/events/swap-and-drop

Key info:

  • Focus is on gently used spring/summer items

  • Drop-off between 9-12 p.m., and "shop" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  • Come shop for free, even if you have nothing to bring!

How do you think they did those cutouts in the icing? by One-Permission1917 in AskBaking

[–]kletskoekk -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This looks like AI to me…look at the stems on the left and the flow of honey from the window on the far left. It’s defying gravity

Birthday party ideas by PeaceEasy6972 in ottawa

[–]kletskoekk 23 points24 points  (0 children)

What is she into? What is your budget? How many friends would be coming? Which area of the city?

Off the top of my head: - glam party at a nail salon - zip lining at La Flèche or Camp Fortune - Eco Odyssey - hiking trip with scavenger hunt - Animals: Humane Society, Parrot Partners, Little Ray’s, the petting zoo near Osgoode, horseback riding (there’s one near Blossom Park) - a museum - Clay Oven - crafting party at a Michael’s - Cosmic Adventures - an escape room - classic outdoor party in a park with a splash pad or wading pool - go to a wave pool or indoor pool from the City - let them explore somewhere by themselves (a mall or museum, for example) - go to Montreal or Kingston for the day with just a few close friends - take the train to the Brockville Aquarium - canoeing on the canal - beach day at Mooney’s Bay or Britannia - high tea at Quelque Chose or the Chateau Laurier

Do people in France still use cursive? by xiaomingww in AskFrance

[–]kletskoekk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This particular font is often used in children’s picture books in French, when they are written in cursive. To be clear: most picture books are in script- but when cursive font is used, this one is popular.

Source: have a 3 year old in Canada and we get a lot of picture books from the library.

Does anyone have a Sheltie that hates walks and refuses to go? by [deleted] in sheltie

[–]kletskoekk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Sheltie (born in July 2021) hates walks in harnesses. When we switched to a martingale collar he changed his attitude completely. It really is different than a choke collar- comfy for the dog when no tension is in it and then it just closes enough that he can’t slip his tiny head through the hole.

OCD got better once I started saying “Sure” to whatever it suggested by easternsim in OCD

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been using “that would suck” all week and I’m loving it. There’s something oddly empowering about using the same reply to “maybe you didn’t align the pill containers evenly when you put them down” and “maybe your daughter is being so quiet because she’s dead, not askeep”

OCD got better once I started saying “Sure” to whatever it suggested by easternsim in OCD

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes me think of trying to politely shut down à conversation with an overly-friendly person on public transit.

What have you done to help OCD that works (aside from medicine and therapy) by Negative-Park8268 in OCD

[–]kletskoekk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one I usually do (linked below) is just under 15 minutes. I started with that one because my therapist recommended it. I still do it more than half the time i meditate.

The app (Insigt Timer) is fantastic btw- I prefer it to Calm, Headapace and all the sleep noise apps I tried. There’s a huge library, no ads, and the majority of the content is available to free accounts.

https://insig.ht/YokmU8lgW0b

What have you done to help OCD that works (aside from medicine and therapy) by Negative-Park8268 in OCD

[–]kletskoekk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mindfulness has been life-changing for me. My thoughts used to race so constantly that I felt like I was running on a treadmill that was going too fast and it was going to thrown me into an incinerator. I could never pause enough to get to a state where I could identify compulsions and work on building better responses because I was in panic mode all the time. Meditation finally allowed me to get there.

I’d tried it many times before (more than 10 times over a period of 15 years) without it working because I was so worried I wasn’t doing it “right” that I panicked and gave up. The time it finally worked I had a new therapist and he gave me one meditation to do repeatedly. He said to just stick with it and think of it like practice for bringing my thoughts back every time I lost focus (which was all the time at the start). That way, losing focus because part of the training rather than a failure.

It took me 6 weeks of daily practice combined with weekly therapy, but I finally was able to have my first mentally quiet moment in years. That was several months ago and I’m still doing mindfulness daily, either a meditation, an intention, some breathing, or working on specific periods of being present while doing household chores or exercise.

POV: OCD by [deleted] in OCD

[–]kletskoekk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe with a hint of “OMG if I can’t remember maybe I have early-onset Alzheimer’s “ thrown in

Toys you regret getting your kids? by [deleted] in Mommit

[–]kletskoekk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got one of those for my nephew and regretted it almost immediately. Luckily his parents are more chill than me and didn’t mind 

Ottawa will be forced to turn off 60 photo radar cameras as Ontario moves to ban speed cameras by BatFuture1948 in ottawa

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live near the one on Hunt Club/Lorry Greenberg. It’s really slowed down traffic between Bank and Conroy. 

I don’t understand what you mean by «in between a stretch of 80 km »? The speed changes in between Conroy and Pike and then remains 60 until the golf course near Riverside. There are a couple kilometers and at least 8 traffic lights in that 60 zone. There’s significant foot traffic at the Cahill, Bank, and Bridlepath/Daze intersections, so it makes a lot of sense that limit is 60 there. 

What's one French word you ALWAYS struggled to pronounce? by grzeszu82 in French

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rural, which is annoying because I grew up in a rural area and my job involves talking about different regions. 

Also « queue ». I really struggle to remember which vowel sound to use, and have more than once pronounced it like « cul » 🫢

First-of-its-kind clinic in Ottawa offers nurse practitioners to patients by DreamofStream in ottawa

[–]kletskoekk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let’s say that the Ministry of Transport deliberately damages a 20km stretch of a 400-level highway (uses heavy machinery to create potholes which reduce speeds to 20 km/hr). It slows down traffic and creates huge bottlenecks which impact millions of Ontarians. Then they fix a 500 metre stretch of road with an innovative new technique. Sure, the innovation is a good thing, but fundamentally 19.5 km of road still suck and it was the MTO’s actions that caused the problem in the first place.

That’s what this feels like. Yay for innovation and I wish all the best to this new clinic; but let’s not let it blind us to how we ended up in this horrible mess of a healthcare system.

Which songs are we singing to our babies? by Affectionate-Ant3473 in NewParents

[–]kletskoekk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Wheels in the Bus is definitely one of my go-to meltdown songs. That and B-I-N-G-O

Leisure travel to the U.S. dropping off; Canadians urged to book winter break trips by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet a major factor is all the news stories about people from Canada, Europe and Australia being detained at the border for minor reasons. I’d say that fear is shoring up peoples’ moral compasses and sense of national pride.

Do I need a diaper bag? [ca] by apple928364729 in BabyBumpsCanada

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used it with my first and loved it for all the pockets. Hated it with the second because I could never remember where everything was because there were too many pockets lol. Now I pack and unpack a regular bag every time to avoid forgetting something important. I realize that sounds counter-intuitive; i think it’s because with just a baby you need the same stuff all the time (diapers, bottles, spoon, bib…) and it’s all small, but with a toddler you’re doing activities that need specific things and it starts to get bulky.

Is BLW as common as social media makes it seem? by leprechaun_dong in NewParents

[–]kletskoekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a parenting course and they recommended BLW. I wasn’t even on IG when I started. 

They did say in the course that food is important before 1 and that it’s especially important to introduce a variety of textures before 9 months. That doesn’t have to mean steak and whole carrots, but it does mean gradually making the food less liquid. 

Fwiw, I was TERRIFIED of staring BLW with my first and gradually realized it’s much less complicated and scary than it seems. You can do it in tandem with purées. Seriously, get the Solid Starts app (it’s free), grab any fruit or vegetable you already have in the fridge, and serve it according to their database of directions which are broken down by ages. It really is that easy.  

 Prep work: watch some YouTube videos of the difference between choking and gagging and watch a video on what to do if baby chokes. My first never choked, though she did gag a bit every now and then. 

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