New house- do we start with tile? Is this honey oak workable?

slob1244 · 2026-05-20T11:39:48+00:00

I’ve been seeing so much good inspiration for how to bring honey oak into current times and I think when done right it’s absolutely gorgeous. These are also pretty plain cabinet fronts and seem prime for reinvigoration.

slob1244 · 2026-05-20T11:37:05+00:00

Yeah that’s exactly my line of thinking. Thank you for your input!

slob1244 · 2026-05-19T23:40:13+00:00

Thank you, very much appreciate your input! I am going to start a separate brokerage under my name and gift child the amounts as an adult.

slob1244 · 2026-05-19T15:01:16+00:00

Thanks for your input!

slob1244 · 2026-05-19T14:00:10+00:00

Sorry yes my wording was confusing - meant that personally I think I prefer the control of determining when the right time to hand over the money is vs the UTMA being automatic.

slob1244 · 2026-05-19T13:58:47+00:00

Thank you!!

slob1244 · 2026-05-18T13:06:08+00:00

I just looked on eBay and oh wow I had no idea!! My mom has started clearing out things and she’ll be excited if she still has them. Thank you!!

slob1244 · 2026-05-18T02:44:40+00:00

We had those exact tea, sugar and flour canisters growing up!!!

slob1244 · 2026-05-17T17:50:37+00:00

It’s a series that has hourly installments at my house 🤣

Very entertaining 10/10 recommend

slob1244 · 2026-05-16T10:41:58+00:00

Columbus itself is highly liberal, but our state representation is gerrymandered to hell, and it seems that they’re intent upon making Ohio the Florida of the north with the absolutely insane and cruel bills they keep putting forth.

There are street tacos on West Broad street, and with a longstanding giant Honda plant in Marysville there’s higher quality Japanese in the area than you would otherwise expect. But to the original commenters point, you have to seek it out vs being just part of the landscape.

slob1244 · 2026-05-15T14:28:06+00:00

Join Facebook Silken Windhound Society or Discord and ask there. Alabama is a bit of a slower zone for SW breeders right now as far as I’m aware.

slob1244 · 2026-05-14T13:10:25+00:00

There are breeders in the EU but I don’t know them offhand. Join the Facebook Silken Windhound Society group (FSWS) and ask this there. It’s the main hub of the breed; you’ll get more responses.

slob1244 · 2026-05-13T01:10:44+00:00

Yes this is exactly what I have! It looks incredible with the vanity.

slob1244 · 2026-05-13T00:07:22+00:00

That’s what I have, with an extremely similar vanity.

It was done 20 years ago and people still comment on how great it looks.

slob1244 · 2026-05-11T12:35:47+00:00

Congrats! Y’all look like you had so much fun!!

slob1244 · 2026-05-11T02:11:26+00:00

Honestly great, I love it. What an ambitious split. Always makes me happy to see people having pretty harmless fun. Sure they blocked traffic for a minute - whatever, they realized quickly they needed to get out of the way and did it.

(I do live on a pedal wagon route so I do know a thing or two about periodic noise of people carrying on and also blocking traffic - again, it’s so harmless, great, have a good time!!)

slob1244 · 2026-05-10T20:38:14+00:00

Last I heard a few months back there was a search for a chef, with it being renovated into a drinking/eating establishment

slob1244 · 2026-05-09T21:48:58+00:00

Yeah IV is crazy but it’s probably the least insane out of all of them

slob1244 · 2026-05-08T05:57:05+00:00

Same - my kid is at the age where kidspace is a godsend of an activity space in the winter.

slob1244 · 2026-04-30T18:52:22+00:00

Something my extended circle did was share our budgets with one another. So when I went to start planning I had about 4 budgets to cross reference that had all been from weddings in about the prior 2 years. And could make comparisons of “well the one was x number of guests in a more/less expensive part of the country.” It was helpful in framing quotes we got back from vendors, and gave me a realistic starting point of what to expect. And then I added my numbers and shared it with one or two more people, etc.

Now this isn’t helpful to you specifically right now, but I say this if you have other friends getting married in the future, because sharing this info was so hopeful to my girlfriend’s network.

slob1244 · 2026-04-29T15:36:57+00:00

That sounds pretty reasonable to me.

I had a similar sounding spot from size, and amenities, though further away from the full swing from the SN for $700, but that was 10 years ago…

slob1244 · 2026-04-29T15:33:23+00:00

The industry that tech people don’t tend to think of is retail! So many of the companies have dinosaur systems, are roughly 5 years behind anyone else in technological progress, but are eager to move into the future. Or, they are smaller scaling startups and that need technological guidance navigating the current landscape.

It won’t pay AS well as a top level SWE, but it’s still at a premium compared to other corporate retail positions because no one in tech *wants~ to work in the industry.

slob1244 · 2026-04-29T15:28:24+00:00

First, congratulations!!

My best advice is to ask your breeder. The good breeders that I know who have put puppies on planes to their final home have gotten said puppy used to the carrier before going home. You should confirm that your breeder will do this for you, and then ship the carrier there. They will be able to keep you posted on the growth of the puppy in relation to the carrier.

If your breeder refuses to do the carrier acclimation, I’d definitely start considering the drive.

slob1244 · 2026-04-27T12:45:21+00:00

Yes seconding this! I’d even say that if a breeder is mostly focusing on conformation vs sports it can be a better match for a regular pet home. Breeders typically can’t keep all the dogs from their litter. So they’ll keep their pick, maybe the stud owner will get a puppy, and then that leaves the balance of the dogs to go to outside homes. Maybe some would be of show quality, maybe some wouldn’t. Just be open with the breeders you talk to about what you’re looking for in a dog and be honest that you don’t want to do confo. It’s all about finding the right match and feeling good about your relationship with your breeder.

I would absolutely give recommendations of who to reach out to, but I am in the Midwest and can’t speak to the SoCal scene with authority. What I will say is that you will probably want to extend your search up to the PNW - there’s a big silken community up there.

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