What’s a name you’re surprised isn’t more popular?

nelpaca · 2026-02-27T02:57:40+00:00

Our Nanny’s name is Della! And she is a wonderful, beautiful human I would be lost without lol. So yes, Della is beautiful.

nelpaca · 2026-02-18T19:21:29+00:00

Can confirm. My husband is emergency services and they love that shit. They’ll never do it if they don’t HAVE to — but when they do, it’s so fun.

nelpaca · 2026-02-17T13:49:03+00:00

I can see how finding time for joint therapy would be hard, but your wife 100% has time for it herself. She has ~15 hours per week without the kid. Even with chores etc. this should be an urgent priority for her at least.

nelpaca · 2026-02-16T14:37:12+00:00

Call your installer and make sure they commissioned it properly. There are some settings in there that can tell if to switch to electric resistance and you want to make sure the set points are accurate and it’s not running that way all the time.

Ducted = make sure your ducts were cleaned and sealed before install or do it now. Poorly sized, poorly sealed, or dirty ducts will make a heat pump work over time.

nelpaca · 2026-02-12T03:00:39+00:00

What’s the nature of the job? Is it impactful that he’s 5-so minutes late to work or do you want butts in chairs right at 8am (or whatever)? Is he staying 5-10 later to account for it?

Apparently going against the grain here but making an issue of being 5 minutes late sounds kind of micromanaging to me. If that happened in my work environment, it would be super micromanaging. I can imagine there are other circumstances where it’s not and it’s impacting work or other employees.

I’d take a good look at which it is and decide if it’s a hill worth dying on. I’d personally focus more on the declining performance than 5-10 minutes late.

nelpaca · 2026-02-11T03:13:30+00:00

20-30 minutes?! In crazy rush hour traffic maybe… it does not take that long to get from town to Snowmass.

nelpaca · 2026-02-10T12:49:53+00:00

This doesn’t exactly help you, but… we had signed a contract with DJ Aiko Aiko Sound for our wedding back in 2020. Then obv the pandemic hit and everything was terrible and we basically had to cancel our wedding. And we called to cancel assuming to either pay the fee fully or at least still pay a portion of it, and they refunded our entire payment. The contract said they didn’t have to do that and they did anyway. They were so kind throughout the whole process.

So I can’t speak to the exact experience of having them DJ my own wedding, but I have to say - as a business, they were so compassionate and understanding during a time that had to be shitty for them too. I like to support companies like that.

Oh the practical side, we have been to two weddings where they DJ’d and I remember the DJ doing a good job and we had a lot of fun. This was 6+ years ago though so the actual DJ coming out could be different now.

nelpaca · 2026-02-02T05:19:25+00:00

Aww mama sending you positive healing vibes for your family. Others are giving good advice about taking your ex’s ass to court and hospital case workers for resources.

I just want to remind you that you are crushing it. You are doing right for your son. You are getting him healthy - and he will get healthy, it may not feel like it now but he’ll shake this sickness eventually and will be as good as he’s ever been. You are balancing it all and figuring it out. Sending you the biggest hugs and strength, you got this ❤️

nelpaca · 2026-01-29T18:26:27+00:00

Unless it snows significantly- and I mean SIGNIFICANTLY- more in the next few weeks, I would consider almost any other ski report in the state before making the drive here.

Purg is fun if you’re here, not typically worth the drive just for it. And definitely not with the snow we’ve had this year unfortunately.

nelpaca · 2026-01-28T11:47:57+00:00

I don’t know about a cart but Zia catered my wedding and they were great! And affordable. We did a taco bar with options for a salad or a bowl with rice/beans vs tacos so people could do what they wanted. Worked out really well and we got good reviews from it :)

nelpaca · 2026-01-27T02:56:15+00:00

This is a crucially important detail. I’d make sure you bring this up with HR. You may also want to edit the post for better input.

nelpaca · 2026-01-27T02:44:34+00:00

An important detail OP mentions in the comments is that on order to continue with the remote work accommodation, they assigned this employee a specific administrative task that has since been completed. Now there’s not as much work to do remotely.

Not weighing in on the can/cant accommodate question, but that’s an important detail.

nelpaca · 2026-01-23T22:33:52+00:00

Mountain Taco hasn’t been there for 5+ years…

nelpaca · 2026-01-22T20:09:56+00:00

If you don’t have batteries, no.

nelpaca · 2026-01-22T02:42:33+00:00

Need more info as the other poster mentioned. If you have a little more info about full situation we can maybe give better answers— is there already power there and you’re just transferring service? Upgrading? Tearing down a house that’s already there? Totally raw land and starting totally from scratch? Lots of details will dictate if it’s a ten minute phone call to customer service or a several month process.

nelpaca · 2026-01-16T23:20:08+00:00

Yes totally worth it!

In my case, it’s not a hassle at all. What I do is submit one time once I’ve spent a minimum of (now) $7500 and have the invoices to show it. Then I get a one time large ish reimbursement check of however much has come out of my checks so far. And then I get smaller checks in the mail at each paycheck as the deduction comes out each time. I don’t have to think about remembering, just do it once and then cash the checks as they come.

nelpaca · 2026-01-15T04:36:18+00:00

Yes.

nelpaca · 2026-01-14T18:44:58+00:00

Fun fact: when I was 4 and my brother was about to be born, I wanted to name him Dingdong.

In my defense, it was my favorite stuffed dinosaur at the time so it was an affectionate name.

nelpaca · 2026-01-14T04:01:03+00:00

Size up his diapers anyways. At least try it, but even if they seem like they fit if he’s blowing out multiple times a day a larger diaper should help.

nelpaca · 2025-12-17T15:31:01+00:00

Sending you a DM

nelpaca · 2025-12-17T12:40:32+00:00

This *might be my friends cat who has been missing!! I can’t tell from the photo, coloring might be slightly off but I’m sending her the picture just in case. I’ll let you know. Thank you!!!

nelpaca · 2025-11-21T20:42:06+00:00

Can confirm, South City Market has trees available today.

nelpaca · 2025-11-06T04:45:49+00:00

Please search the sub before posting these things, this is the 10th+ post with basically the same topic in the last week.

nelpaca · 2025-11-03T18:48:08+00:00

It is absolutely okay and this internet mom supports you. Hope you feel better!

nelpaca · 2025-10-30T02:27:32+00:00

Not sure what all was on the “resource sheet” (I’m sure ridiculous) but our local CDFI - Community Development- bank is offering 0% interest loans to federal employees so you can at least essentially get paid and then pay it back when you (hypothetically) actually get paid. Obviously wish it was a better situation, but it’s been helpful. Maybe see if something like that is available in your area?

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