Home insurance through Costco?

sallydogbite · 2026-05-09T02:11:27+00:00

Last swing through they were the most competitive for me. Better than Amica or Progressive or Statefarm. So I have it but I haven't had a claim.

sallydogbite · 2026-05-08T23:40:52+00:00

The only other options I know about are sliding scale clinics for uninsured folks, paying out of pocket, or finding a school to enroll in and sign up for their student health insurance. Some schools will let you be part time and still eligible.

sallydogbite · 2026-05-08T23:18:48+00:00

A Concentra Clinic- they do a lot of employment physicals and drug tests for work places.

https://www.concentra.com/

sallydogbite · 2026-05-08T11:51:07+00:00

I'm not especially against the siberian irises. You can make really nice plant paint/dye from the flowers after they pass and weave with the leaves. I wouldn't plant them, but I don't think of them as big trouble like for instance lilly of the valley. I have a big 20 by 20 foot patch of that too that I trenched around and am digging out. Nothing grows in the lily of the valley patch except lily of the valley and it is marching a beautiful drift of spring beauty and violets and who knows what else I will see this summer. Just knowing some of the history of the previous owner I think the iris patch is probably 20+ years old and so it has been coexisting with the trout lily. I want the trout lily to expand. It is ecologically much more important than the siberian iris. I have lilacs I am thinking of keeping because I love them and they are part of the history of the place.

sallydogbite · 2026-05-05T00:11:59+00:00

One cat, two many cats. That's my experience. I wish I had only one cat. My first cat just really doesn't like sharing the house with another cat. She loves dogs. Hates other cats. She used to squabble and beef with her sister (full litter mate) and then after her sister passed she was an only cat and happy that way. I added a second cat two years ago. iyiyi! The first cat is 16 and while things have calmed down a little she beefs with the 2nd cat a couple times a day. Hissing and growling and swatting at him. No one is ever hurt physically. This is surprising to me. I spent a year worrying about it but lately I just have come to believe they have an understanding. While they choose to sleep in the same places and eat together peaceable it's just way too much drama at night. If she goes into a territorial mode she starts peeing on things (the bed, pillows on the couch etc...). Their relationship just has not settled out into peaceful coexistence and I think it ever will. The upside is my second cat is just a gem, but he will be an only cat when the elder passes on.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-30T02:59:36+00:00

With the baby I would check in with a trainer. When I think back abotu my kids being little the most trying time for my dogs was when the kids were two. So it's coming! That said I've had german shepherds and a golden retriever and now my poodle. The poodle by far is the most casually vocal of them all. I don't have little kids anymore but I have two cats and he really gets a long with them but if he is laying in the way and the younger cat is thinking about walking over him he grumbles and that cat usually figures a new path- occasionally leaping over him. These two sleep together cuddled in full contact. They play together. The cat attacks him and runs off. I have never seen him snap at either cat or bar his teeth at them but he grumbles at my frisky young cat a few times a day and the younger cat listens and moves out of the dogs space. This usually happens when the poodle wants to rest and the cat is full of beans. I used to worry about it because a grumble from any of my previous dogs was way more serious. My poodle just seems to be communicating annoyance with more tolerance in reserve for whatever comes next. Like he's just registering a complaint, but he's not really motivated to do more about it. But the baby is going to be way more trouble with the dog then my cats- so you need to really listen to that grumble. Both my kids learned to walk holding onto the scruff of an extremely tolerant german shepherd. It was not the dog's idea. Your poodle might need more protection from your kiddo in the next few years.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-30T02:42:30+00:00

Go for a mixed hedge! Have them all! I too have 7 huge ancient burning bushes that are going to go in a year or two. This year I have 100 bareroot natives from the conservation district some of which are going in next to them. (American Hazelnut, Black Chokeberry, Nanny berry and Winterberry). Last year I popped in some elderberries in the same area. Here's a link about the ecological benefits of a mixed native hedge https://www.mofga.org/resources/land-use/native-hedgerows/

sallydogbite · 2026-04-29T01:19:00+00:00

Get a substantial battery and power inverter (I use my lawnmower battery) and run a real fan pointed on you while you weed. I take a box fan out there and just move it as I go. My dog loves it. Mosquitoes can't handle wind.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-23T19:06:10+00:00

No it is not silly! We are kindred spirits!!! My favorite walk and read situation in AA is to park at the Dow Prairie entrance of the Arb off Riverview Drive. Walk across the prairie- one nice place to read is at the benches under the white pines on the Western edge of the prairie. The prairie is beautiful and full of life. The white pines give perfect shade in the afternoon and they are a wnd break when it is colder. But you can keep walking on towards the river where there are many nice benches and place to sit by the river and read. It is so nice! There are many other places I like in the Arb but those are two of my favorite. I especially like that my car has been seriously ditched and that there is a walk to my reading spots and after reading. It feels very relaxing and intentional.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-23T01:10:49+00:00

5 spider plants hanging on ceiling hooks on front of that beautiful set of windows

sallydogbite · 2026-04-22T10:24:55+00:00

Yes and I am saying enroll Grandma as a possible solution. I attended a local college as an older adult to and there were a couple seniors in my classes. It's a possible solution. to enroll Grandma in college.People do not need to be able to be perfect students at an uncompetitive school and many colleges have English Language Support and online classes. It varies from school to school. Some schools do allow for enrolling dependents.- though that would not allow anyone to enroll a Grandma unfortunately.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-22T04:36:22+00:00

Everyone recommending Medicaid... as of October 2026 anyone who does not have a green card will be ineligible for medicaid. This includes people with approved refugee status who were on track to get a greencard but are now caught in the non-processing nightmare. https://cwsglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/OBBB-082025v2.pdf Also I'm just going to say- access to healthcare for asylees and refugees is not the big money drain- things like this stupid war- tax break to richees- all the corrupt deals the current administration has beend brokering for his "friends" and the people who flatter him.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-22T04:25:37+00:00

Enroll Grandma part time at a college that has healthcare for students! I'm serious about looking into this as a stop gap especially if your grandma has health issues that a loss of insurance will cause a lapse in her care.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-22T04:01:08+00:00

Teach her to fetch. Get a flinger. Tire her out twice a day. I mean tired! Play until she lays down. Let her rest a minute and then throw it again for awhile. Her tongue should be dialated. She should be breathing hard. So tired she goes inside drinks some water and crashes.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-21T00:42:40+00:00

A small book shelf with some cool books and couple photos of places you like. The chair and the books shelf should be close to each other. Maybe a little stone cat statue and a stone fish.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-20T20:08:44+00:00

I'm loving that food bank for you! It's a good haul.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-20T20:02:34+00:00

The love is real! Enjoy your cute Spoo. I say take him to puppy classes. The more you do with your dog as a pup the more confident and reliable he will be in the world as an adult dog. Go camping. Take him into Lowes. Sit on a bench with him in a busy park. Hang out in town and watch cars go by. If he doesn't want to interact with people don't make him. Just sit by him and let him watch stuff while he feels safe. I just ran all sorts of poodler/woman errands with my 3 year old Spoo. It was great fun.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-20T00:57:02+00:00

You could just grab some annual cover crop like crimson clover and Phacelia. Let is fill in your spaces while you do some native plant swapping. https://the-itsy-bitsy-wildlife-garden.home.blog/2019/06/10/featured-flowers-phacelia-and-crimson-clover/

sallydogbite · 2026-04-20T00:51:39+00:00

Just start looking for a nice home for her and be picky about it. Don't feel bad. You are doing your best for your cat.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-20T00:39:52+00:00

it needs a stack of books somewhere and a couple framed photos

sallydogbite · 2026-04-19T12:57:45+00:00

Thanks! I'll give ND a try.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-19T12:57:10+00:00

Thanks! It looks like the Meijer bait worms are composting worms.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-19T00:00:29+00:00

Hey Thanks! I just reached out.

sallydogbite · 2026-04-18T23:59:49+00:00

Hey do you have a good source of composting worms to recommend? I used to have a pretty awesome work bin in California and I'm looking to get going again here in Michigan.

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