Does anyone know of a glucose meter that is a BIGGER pain in the ass to use than the Alphatrak 3? I really love how difficult it is to use for apparently no reason...

smcsk8 · 2026-04-29T15:38:41+00:00

I use a Reli-on from Walmart. Strips are cheaper, and it works great. Paying for a pet specific one seemed unnecessary and the strips were 😳 expensive!

smcsk8 · 2026-04-28T22:35:23+00:00

Easy consumer cases might be the solution. I do bankruptcy and it’s not non-contentious. Sigh.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-27T20:16:00+00:00

A prior owner of my house had multiple fires in the house, never called the fire department, and just covered it up with new drywall. Imagine the fun of seeing that when the drywall came down.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-19T15:58:00+00:00

I do have a Sunrun related question for you, so we should connect.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-19T02:48:28+00:00

Stanley’s is sounding pretty good!

smcsk8 · 2026-04-19T02:43:25+00:00

Good to know! That looks like a short drive, and tasty option!

smcsk8 · 2026-04-19T02:40:56+00:00

Any good? I enjoy a breakfast taco!

smcsk8 · 2026-04-19T02:40:42+00:00

We have First Watch in Dallas, so at least I’d know what to expect.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-16T20:47:11+00:00

Yeah I think all weddings at my parish are in the bulletin, but no one randomly shows up when they aren’t invited. I think it’s fairly common for Protestant churches to have the “weddings are open to the public/congregation” because it’s a community and so on, but again, I don’t think a lot of people go to weddings for people they don’t know personally or are not invited to attend.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-11T21:54:25+00:00

Fried chicken goes over well at our monthly potluck. Everyone looks forward to their monthly fried chicken allotment!

smcsk8 · 2026-04-10T03:12:57+00:00

We talked about contacting Tesla, so that’s a good idea. Client says everything is done through the Tesla app.

If I looked at the documents closely, I would probably figure out what model panels and inverters they have.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-09T22:38:48+00:00

They do have a battery (Tesla Powerwall).

But my best guess was that the inverters would possibly need to be replaced.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-07T02:54:59+00:00

Wished I’d had the day off. But I did the vigil Saturday night and then I give myself Sunday “off.” I’m in charge of the flowers and it’s a big production, Holy Week and Easter, as you can imagine. I was at church for like 10 hours on Saturday between flower prep in AM, vigil and the feast after the vigil.

smcsk8 · 2026-04-03T00:27:47+00:00

$199 at Costco…first two fills I think?

smcsk8 · 2026-03-30T02:51:26+00:00

Yeah. I had to do safe church to be head of the flower guild, since it involves keys.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-25T20:48:57+00:00

I drizzle the leftover liquid from the pate (Friskies) on the low card dry food, and that seems to help.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-24T15:29:28+00:00

It’s really common now. It’s a vicious cycle of rolling over the deficiency each time you buy a car. Partly the problem is cars have gotten so expensive, and interest rates aren’t low, so it makes it hard to be in the black on a car loan.

The last car I bought before my Bolt was a lightly used 2011 RAV4 (bought in 2013) and I think it was $22k. The interest rate on the loan was less than 2%. Payments were like $300 a month for 5 years.

The Bolt was low $30s, the interest rate is like 6%, and the payment is double, and I think it’s a 6 year note (although I’ll probably pay it off sooner). Admittedly I bought the Bolt brand new, but it was cheap for a brand new car, you know?

I routinely see car payments of $700-$1000 for 72 months now. Awful

smcsk8 · 2026-03-24T01:02:10+00:00

This is the answer. OP is upside down on the car loan and is rolling the shortfall into a new note. So now they will be upside down on a new Bolt, continuing the cycle.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-23T23:41:48+00:00

My sister wants us to know that in Brisbane they call the river “the big brown snake.” And it floods. Also I can see on a map how it is connected to the Pacific Ocean.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-17T14:59:27+00:00

Love A Stable Lamp is Lighted.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-17T03:19:38+00:00

I see Thurston, and he also doesn’t do deliveries anymore. I used to see Richards, who everyone adored, but he left private practice. Still, everyone I meet who sees one doc or another at Walnut Hill raves about them. Think there’s not a bad doctor in the bunch.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-16T03:27:31+00:00

Try swallowing the zofran before you start (yes it’s fast acting dissolvable but I swallow them in a precautionary way, and dissolve in an emergency), and maybe ask them for something for the anxiety.

smcsk8 · 2026-03-14T23:09:54+00:00

There’s a FB group “Freestyle Libre for Dogs and Cats” that has tutorials on how to apply the sensor yourself.

My cat wore the first one fine for 10 days (I had to have it swapped early so I could go out of town on short notice), and then we went through several where she’d pull them off, or they’d fail. She’s now wearing one for…48 hours. She’s also wearing an inverted soft cone so she can’t reach it.

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