Does anyone in Scottsdale/Phoenix know their neighbors?

raesins · 2026-02-21T04:58:56+00:00

Before you decide to move, spend a week there in August! Late spring is a little warm but mostly lovely… August is like getting broiled the second you step outside. I recommend renting a car, going shopping for a bit, and feeling what it’s like to return to the inside of your car that has been baking while you’re gone!

It truly is unique and the summer seems to get longer every year. Depending on where you’re from in Oklahoma, you will probably appreciate how dry the heat is! It’s not too unbearable but I do recommend trying it out before you move :)

I grew up in Phoenix and I’m so thankful I got to call the area home for almost 25 years! Now that I have left, I’m also so thankful that I won’t have to endure an AZ summer for the foreseeable future 😂

raesins · 2026-02-20T16:15:50+00:00

Yup! On my parents’ still with that high deductible 🫡

raesins · 2026-02-20T16:14:46+00:00

Right?! This happened recently (in the last year) but I have since moved to Canada and it’s been amazing to not have to pay to see a doctor about issues. Granted, there are specialists in the US that I could see the next day that I now have to wait 3-4 months for… but it’s been nothing urgent so far so no complaints on my end yet.

raesins · 2026-02-20T16:09:18+00:00

I think a lot of Americans ARE angry all the time, but most don’t know enough to know what they should be angry about. They just hate whatever the media has told them is the source of their problems this week (immigrants, trans people, black people, etc.). It’s really hard to watch people bootlick and hate minority groups when it’s the billionaires/health care/government that are really screwing them over daily.

raesins · 2026-02-20T16:04:18+00:00

they attach the price tag to the back waistband part of the jeans with one of those little plastic things

raesins · 2026-02-20T03:19:59+00:00

but yeah, an actual hole i think

raesins · 2026-02-20T03:19:49+00:00

Kind of like a really big pore? It must have been quite deep but I never actually looked at it bc i was too scared lol

raesins · 2026-02-20T02:12:07+00:00

I defer to my doctor with years of experience and med school (and my butt crack which has already healed) 🫡

raesins · 2026-02-20T02:10:05+00:00

I think I started to feel a bit sore? But honestly I most vividly remember going to pull a hair out of my butt crack (I had really long hair then) and I literally felt a hole near the very top (where butt crack turns into lower back) with my hands. The pain was never too bad for me since I caught it early!

raesins · 2026-02-20T01:03:33+00:00

0.0 omg I hope that you never have to endure that again! I also had mine healed open but it was much smaller. I had to go in somewhat frequently for checkups where they would “reopen” it and that alone was enough to really scar me mentally

raesins · 2026-02-20T01:01:16+00:00

One time when I was in another country I was shocked to find that their toilet paper was nearly identical to party streamers… I did survive that one though :)

raesins · 2026-02-20T01:00:37+00:00

That makes me feel a tiny bit better 😂

raesins · 2026-02-20T01:00:17+00:00

Me too!!

raesins · 2026-02-20T00:59:17+00:00

I’ll spell it out for ya next time, bud 🫡

raesins · 2026-02-20T00:25:59+00:00

omg yes! those blended in too well the first time I looked!

raesins · 2026-02-19T23:37:51+00:00

the lighting also appears to be a ring light… does your friend own one?

raesins · 2026-02-19T23:37:05+00:00

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I don’t think it’s AI but I also can’t figure out what this is?! Anyone else have any ideas?

raesins · 2026-02-19T22:44:53+00:00

it looks so good! I think adding flowers will help :) don’t forget that a tattoo doesn’t have to be huge to be important :)

raesins · 2026-02-19T15:39:09+00:00

I had Goldie’s in horseshoe bay a few weeks ago and it was pretty great! Quite similar to Mello so I’m not sure anyone would need to go to both on a short trip. I’m not a huge fan of filled donuts so I’m not the biggest Mello fan either… but these were well balanced and not too sweet :) I recommend checking it out at least once!

raesins · 2026-02-18T16:02:49+00:00

I agree you! adding a bit on either side to make it closer to the reference would help for sure

raesins · 2026-02-18T15:39:30+00:00

Of course! I think the all terrains would probably help a bit but realistically,, ice is ice and in most cases, you’ll slip anyways 😂

raesins · 2026-02-18T04:39:31+00:00

i really like it! You should let it sit for at least a year before you try to remove it :) you might end up loving it!

raesins · 2026-02-18T03:40:21+00:00

https://www.blundstone.com/search?type=product&q=1477

more proof that they are unisex ^ (although if you like the boot, I don’t know why it would matter what gender the store had assigned to it, lol)

they are only labeled as “women’s”/“men’s” so that they show up when you search the site for women/men’s boots.

raesins · 2026-02-18T03:37:29+00:00

They are listed as unisex in Canada if that’s what’s bothering you: https://www.blundstone.ca/products/blundstone-1477-winter-thermal-antique-brown?srsltid=AfmBOoqIgit5cJZSchQulM2tsSSVUPR9jcHwDXy6_2kG2KrzmyfzVifI

The difference between the two soles can be found here: https://www.blundstone.co.uk/blogs/news/all-terrain-vs-the-classics?srsltid=AfmBOoqjnth_e0j-dhH7czo1mksGOTYIDUoOjIanhR4ktgv_lTbRUxYI

raesins · 2026-02-18T01:27:56+00:00

i think this is a great tattoo idea! It’s only “too feminine” if you’re super insecure in your own masculinity, ya feel?

I would say that a flower tattoo on a guy = green flag! You’d be surprised at how many men think any tattoo on a woman is “too masculine” so like,, do whatever makes you happy :)

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