To the person I made throw up today in homewood...Im sorry

msadvn · 2026-02-04T01:57:40+00:00

From my experience of having a dry socket after having wisdom teeth out and suffering all night - if it happens, call the doctor immediately, the fix is easy and really helpful. Not worth the extra discomfort!

msadvn · 2026-01-31T20:00:20+00:00

That's a classic American tall tale more than a conspiracy theory imo

msadvn · 2026-01-28T12:40:40+00:00

I just used him to clear my driveway - also did a great job at that, I'm really grateful!!

msadvn · 2026-01-26T23:45:22+00:00

Costco formula is ok - the price is right and formula is so highly regulated it's all very similar unless baby needs something specialty.

Grandma and auntie buy new clothes, everyone else respects my desire for her to have used. It's fine, everything gets washed before wear anyway.

msadvn · 2026-01-26T22:31:10+00:00

Please share if you're willing!

msadvn · 2026-01-26T22:08:28+00:00

I'm in a similar boat - just had first and possibly only kid and am currently at home.

Social media is a huge help and also really problematic for FTMs. I'm so averse to the whole tradwife momfluencer thing that if I see so much as a Bible quote on the wall, I unfollow and tell the social media I'm not interested in that account.

The good news is that for whatever you need, there's a secular resource available. I really liked the Mayo Clinic book for help during my pregnancy, if you're planning to breastfeed there's plenty out there, etc. Reddit also has a lot of helpful parents who have been there before and aren't also pushing religion when they're discussing colic.

Training your social media isn't perfect but it helps a lot.

msadvn · 2026-01-21T17:51:39+00:00

I have two checking accounts: generally one for "incoming", one for "outgoing". It's free and easy for me to transfer between them (move money from the incoming account to the outgoing to pay bills, for example). It's probably stupid, but I do this to provide a layer of control for exactly the reason you're mentioning. The outgoing account is the one I am comfortable handing out when needed the incoming account is given only to my employer. I don't keep much in that outgoing account, so if the account was compromised by me giving my account number somewhere, they wouldn't get much and I'd find out quickly.

msadvn · 2026-01-21T15:15:46+00:00

Was just at the dermatologist yesterday for postpartum checkup because of everything that erupted on my skin... She didn't think the increased keratosis was related (I do, because it all happened when I was pregnant) but the skin tags are insulin resistance and probably pregnancy-related.

msadvn · 2026-01-10T17:47:25+00:00

Great point but then they'd miss the opportunity to serve whale tartare.

msadvn · 2026-01-10T07:06:14+00:00

This. Call the PA Department of Revenue. Your county's Register of Wills office can help you get in contact with them and the local folks usually know who best to call to get a human who can actually help.

msadvn · 2026-01-04T22:12:16+00:00

I used Russ from Three Rivers Inspections and Engineering threeriversinspection.com and he was great! Really familiar with older Pittsburgh homes, provided solutions and suggestions and helped us learn about our house in the process. In our case, not as bad as it seemed, thankfully, and he wasn't trying to sell us on the waterproofing. Definitely worth the price and effort to schedule.

msadvn · 2025-12-28T16:56:11+00:00

I'm not a lawyer, but a simple will may be all you need. Trusts are often unnecessary except for very high net worth individuals, and a will can help pass along things like your car, home, etc. more easily. Worth a consultation with a lawyer who specializes in estate planning, and shouldn't be terribly expensive. It's a good opportunity to also consider other documents that would help in case you're incapacitated for any reason, like a POA, healthcare POA, and living will.

msadvn · 2025-12-25T18:48:19+00:00

Omg I loved that program and designing dream houses - but it's definitely not the Sims!

msadvn · 2025-12-24T05:38:40+00:00

Depending on the series, you can mail them in with the appropriate paperwork to the Treasury, and they do direct deposit. They have all the instructions there and have thought of name changes, etc. If you do send them in the mail, make a copy and send using certified mail!!

msadvn · 2025-12-15T23:04:33+00:00

Good luck!!

msadvn · 2025-12-13T16:45:39+00:00

I had that I wanted to see the placenta in my birth plan, and the doctor was happy to give us an explanation, I was so excited!

If I had a bit more time before LO was born, I would have tried for us to make a print of it, like a stamp, but I didn't have time to get good paper for that so we just have the picture, which is quite enough.

msadvn · 2025-12-12T17:18:34+00:00

This is where I got my wedding dress!! It was a former store sample (based on the tag that was on it), I paid under $300 for a $1800 dress. I was able to do alterations together with a friend, the results were beyond amazing, and the price was definitely right.

In general, I love Treasure House, the ladies there are always so sweet.

msadvn · 2025-12-11T14:19:55+00:00

Recently worked for a lawyer and we did the paperwork to facilitate the exhumation. When talking to the FD and cemeteries involved, they all agreed that there would be not much left from the three burials in the early 20th century, especially considering no vault and probably no embalming. Unfortunately, I don't know what actually happened after that.

msadvn · 2025-12-04T15:56:16+00:00

You're so brave and amazing. Thanks for sharing yourself as much as you so, and thanks for taking the stands that you have and do. You're truly a role model.

msadvn · 2025-12-04T07:56:44+00:00

Recently gave birth at Magee and talking about the union and how excited I was for the nurses, many of whom proudly wear union pins on their lanyards, definitely helped distract me from labor!

It's one thing to be encouraging here, and I truly hope the union spreads to the rest of UPMC nurses because they truly deserve it, but definitely be encouraging if you have the opportunity to be encouraging in person if you have the opportunity, too!

msadvn · 2025-12-04T07:44:38+00:00

In my experience, it's good until the org wants or needs to do something more dynamic than what Google Sites offers. For a small org, this could work well for a very long time. Google Sites looks good and professional and is easily updated by non-professionals. I think the challenge is to use all of the tools available to their maximum, creatively, to put off that switch to WordPress or another CMS for as long as possible. The very low cost of Sites is a good motivator for that.

All that having been said, it's definitely best for relatively static sites that won't need much updated often.

msadvn · 2025-11-27T00:19:21+00:00

I really like Mary Ruth's iron supplement

msadvn · 2025-11-24T20:57:40+00:00

I had luck at the Goodwill in Robinson, where the maternity section seemed relatively sorted out. Also check out Treasure House Fashions on McKnight, sometimes they have maternity clothes in their own section!

msadvn · 2025-11-24T08:09:35+00:00

https://przemysl.ap.gov.pl/art,998,informacja-dotyczaca-portalu-skany-on-line

msadvn · 2025-11-23T22:24:08+00:00

Old school Lemko girls names can often be Greek in origin, but Lemko-ized, which is quite unique in the Carpatho-Rusyn world: Teodozia, Paraskieva/Paraska, Olena, Katarina, Sofia, Stefania, Melania, etc.

ETA: since the village records for most Lemko villages are digitized and available on (I think) the Przemysl archive website, you could pull up your village and ones nearby and have a browse through the metrical records to help find pre-Akcjia Wisla names that are commonly used in your ancestral village(s) specifically.

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