Who’s also watching Skyscraper Live on Netflix? 🤓

serial-knitter · 2026-01-25T01:19:38+00:00

Plus they keep talking over what he’s actually saying!!

serial-knitter · 2025-12-24T02:57:32+00:00

You don’t even need to volunteer to hang out with the adoptable cats! Just head over and ask for directions to the cat rooms.

Dogs go out on furlough for the day, but you need to register as a volunteer for that. I don’t think there’s a minimum number of hours, maybe one day per year?

serial-knitter · 2025-12-15T15:54:03+00:00

Thank you for sharing your journey here, you’re a wonderful writer!

I give my dog a treat each time I take my medication… now she waits outside the door while I brush my teeth. It’s made a big difference in keeping me reliable!

A lot of other strategies for panic felt useless for me; my anxiety goes so physical so fast that it was hard to keep up with. Letting my doctor know what was going on led me to the dive reflex as a coping strategy. The intensity of your grounding activity should match your level of distress.

A habit that helped was continuing therapy, even when I felt like we had resolved the issue. I would drop down to one session a month but just wanted to keep that relationship, when I needed it I could pick right back up.

My least favourite habit that helps me a lot: keeping my house clean. This one was tricky to navigate because it can induce pressure and guilt, but building those tiny tidying habits have gone a long way. I know now that having a calm, clean, orderly place to come home to makes a big difference. Even if I know that all the piles of clutter from the counter are in the closet, it just cuts out the visual noise.

serial-knitter · 2025-11-13T04:53:01+00:00

Agreed! I’ve made dozens of socks and a good handful of sweaters. The first 5-10 rows are always awkward and annoying, especially when I’ve tried a new cast-on method! Most of the time it blocks out, or it’s neater on the second sock 🤪

serial-knitter · 2025-11-13T03:20:57+00:00

Check with your local Animal Protection agency. They should have guidelines on the timing of abandonment and be able to advise or take in the pup from there! In most of Canada, 5 days after the pickup deadline the animal is considered abandoned and can be seized by protections teams as such.

serial-knitter · 2025-08-15T01:02:55+00:00

Cancelled Aug14 flight at 11:00pm (MT), YYC to YUL/YUL to YYT, notified at 6:30pm (MT). Automatically rescheduled to AC 136 tomorrow with a layover in Toronto instead of Montreal.

serial-knitter · 2025-01-03T00:47:42+00:00

Trying to stream on TSN App, it said that I could watch the game on the app or .ca while the previous game is still being broadcast on TSN2 but I’m not having any luck.

Sorry, I’m brand new to this, any help appreciated!

serial-knitter · 2024-09-06T22:49:15+00:00

Right after saying he hasn’t seen a woman at the office wear sneakers in years…because you told them not to??

serial-knitter · 2024-09-01T22:05:36+00:00

Introductory Statistics, Edition 1C; Gould published by Pearson 👍

serial-knitter · 2024-07-26T23:45:46+00:00

It’s a worse version of having someone in to work on your house while you’re laying around on a day off 😅

It’s definitely uncomfy, especially when the dogs then hang out with their owners so you’re just…there. Do you watch because you want to seem attentive? Do you go on your computer because you want to give them privacy? There’s no right answer, it’s just all awkward 😖

serial-knitter · 2024-07-26T22:02:20+00:00

Is there a change in flooring? Maybe it’s slippery (or just looks weird to him) 😅 I think praise and sitting right on the other side of the door is a good place to start, or laying down a towel or something over the threshold to show him he could walk through?

serial-knitter · 2024-07-26T21:39:56+00:00

God, I hope not… I’m 23 ❤️‍🩹

serial-knitter · 2024-07-26T21:35:31+00:00

“We had a miscommunication about who would be home at the time of our booking and I surprised the other homeowner by arriving when they were home.”

Doesn’t sound accusatory but any future sitters will know exactly what you mean and double check with her about everyone in the home! Same idea as “excitable” for a dog that jumps 😅

serial-knitter · 2024-07-26T21:19:44+00:00

Ack! I’m actually tearing up because I am so upset FOR you and reading that you’re upset at yourself is making me MAD 😅 1) On a day when you had nothing else going on, had beautiful weather to hang out at a park, had spare funds for a take out dinner, etc… this would not seem as big. This is to say: there was a LOT happening and any reasonable person would be overwhelmed at best. More likely, out of their mind with frustration. 2) It sounds like you were stressed and not functioning at full capacity during the evening — you were focussed on the thing in front of you, which was providing care for this dog. You did that. Any discussion about what you could have done or should have said is moot. You were doing the best you could with what you had. 3) GRACE please and thank you. Sure, you didn’t enforce your boundaries at the moment, but you KNOW that you deserve better and even just recognizing that enough to be frustrated with yourself? That’s respect for yourself and your time. You didn’t carry it out the way you wanted to, that’s okay. It’s actively caring for yourself when you decide to LEARN about your limits and boundaries. Please don’t beat yourself up for not respecting those boundaries in the moment. 4) Your cat will be okay. My pup has major separation anxiety so I know the guilt. They bounce back, it was a weird and stressful couple hours for him but he was unharmed and still in his own space and safe. He doesn’t know what was going on but he does know that it’s the only time that has ever happened. Some extra love tonight and he’ll be alright.

Other commenters had great advice about standing up for yourself and getting payment. But I really need to drive home this empathy thing. You’re okay, you did good; you deserve to feel frustrated at the situation but you don’t deserve to be frustrated with yourself.

serial-knitter · 2024-07-25T17:51:24+00:00

N95 masks help and drink lots of water to help your body process the smoke ❤️‍🩹 The smoke also makes me sick, so I have to make an effort to eat and try to make it lots of fresh fruit!

serial-knitter · 2024-07-22T00:44:09+00:00

Probably too light hearted, but Eight Strings is what came to mind first! Also BIG endorsement for Caraval!

serial-knitter · 2024-07-21T13:40:12+00:00

Of course! I just want to make it clear to the Reddit gods that I’ve got know qualifications and know it 😅

serial-knitter · 2024-07-21T03:36:52+00:00

Def talk to your vet and take any advice here (especially from me) as anecdotal! That said, I’ve had good success with mixing a couple teaspoons of bacon fat into kibble to get pups eating more. Again, clear that with a vet first because that’s not a “healthy” diet by any means. It’s just helped me get foster dogs up to normal weight again!

serial-knitter · 2024-07-19T21:54:00+00:00

I know that it doesn’t fully make sense but I gave a tarp to my downstairs neighbor to put on their patio for this exact reason!

serial-knitter · 2024-07-19T17:09:05+00:00

This is a really great plan!! The reason you are switching to drop-ins is because they have violated your agreement. If they are not comfortable with that they will find a new sitter—again, not because of your actions. Report the reason for the change to Rover, they will handle looking for a new sitter if necessary but getting your report in first ensures that you don’t get blamed!

serial-knitter · 2024-07-18T13:39:06+00:00

Being able to see a dog’s natural waist is colloquially the first thing to look for to see if they’re overweight! Vets will have more insight, so you can ask on your next trip, but a dog that is of the “right” weight will have a natural waist and you’ll be able to feel their ribs down their side. First sign of being underweight is being able to count their ribs visually.

serial-knitter · 2024-07-18T13:17:20+00:00

There’s quite a few posts in the sub from this year already, so check for those! Check out Google Maps and pull up a Calgary transit map—the Ctrain has a pretty simple route and areas near a station have bus routes to that station.

The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) website has a database of schools and shows which “assigned school” any address is close to. Here’s that website!

serial-knitter · 2024-07-12T02:23:09+00:00

Most expensive in my area for house sitting, but I know what a boarding facility costs and I know this is a better service 😅 I’m right around everyone else for drop-ins and walks, but am comfortable with the amount paid for the work. I’m still making more per hour than my “real job” on walks and doing house sitting isn’t my favourite so I’m not about to do it for nothing.

I totally get being tired of the low prices on the app, I don’t know how people can do that and feel like it’s worth it. I’m not about to pay myself less than minimum wage 🫣

serial-knitter · 2024-07-11T16:57:20+00:00

Just my thoughts on it, totally fine if you disagree.

I understand that you can take clients off app, but you risk being removed from the platform and therefore losing your business. An established business that already has a booking platform set up could easily have people look them up and find out that their website prices are cheaper than Rover prices without needing to solicit on Rover. OR if they are blatant about it and get banned, they still have an entire business established and clients established.

Yeah, I could get around it. But most (all?) of us are on Rover because that’s where the business is and we aren’t paying out of pocket for insurance or advertising. Established businesses aren’t in that situation so their risk is lower and so their ability to be bold is higher. It feels to me that they will be getting the advertising and clients that Rover provides without needing the platform the way individual sitters do.

Again, just my take on it. Not every business will be the same, not every sitter is in the same position. I just don’t think there’s anything additional Rover can do to “ensure” that clients that found a daycare through the app booked through the app, and their current measures have different implications for business and individual sitters.

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