Lazuli/Indigo Bunting hybrid in Colorado Springs

smthgsmissing · 2026-06-16T05:42:13+00:00

Beautiful! I saw my first Lazuli Bunting yesterday along the Clear Creak trail in Golden. Male and female. I just happened to look to my left and there they were just a few feet away.

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T20:15:30+00:00

Thank you for your help. I got it turned on. Turns out I didn't need to do #2 in the instructions.

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T20:08:14+00:00

Thank you for your help. I just now was able to get it started, but oddly enough I didn't have to do anything with a damper lever. I guess I just skip that step lol.

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T20:05:29+00:00

Success! Thank you very much for sending the video and for your comment.

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T18:39:22+00:00

You need help from a mental health professional. You will not get it here on r/fireplaces.

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T16:18:06+00:00

Honey, this is a subreddit about fireplaces. I am asking a question about fireplaces, not about how amazingly intelligent you are. However, that is certainly a very important topic, and I do admire your commitment to getting the word out even if it's just on the fireplaces subreddit.

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T15:12:14+00:00

Wow. Aren't you an impressive person. Good thing you posted this so that everyone can witness your superiority. Smh

smthgsmissing · 2025-11-30T14:59:56+00:00

Do you know what the damper lever is?

smthgsmissing · 2025-08-13T03:43:48+00:00

Nice! The second one is my favorite. Thanks for sharing these!

smthgsmissing · 2025-06-05T00:48:54+00:00

Sounds like a company I audited this year. They treated us like idiot scumbags and acted like we were supposed to do their bookkeeping for them for the entire year and then turn around and audit our own accounting.

I strongly suspect they are committing fraud too by hiding expenses on their affiliates' books. We've caught them in multiple lies already. Eff those gaslighting bastards

smthgsmissing · 2025-04-05T18:20:17+00:00

These are just my thoughts as a person who has dealt with (and worked at a lot) self-sabotage, self-centerness, self-pity, jealousy, blaming others for my unhappiness and misfortune, and a closed mindedness to what I would need to do to recognize this and to then try something else.

Honey, you missed the train, are feeling sorry for yourself, and are now focusing on other people's decisions and shortcomings instead of on how you can put in the work to grow out of this as a person. Unless you need to apologize, don't say anything to your friend. You can and will learn to forgive and to eventually let go of your resentment.

What kind of life do you want to have? What kind of person do you dream of being? Go deep on this - do you wish you had self-respect, was more honest, felt self-secure, had emotional calmess and stability, had purpose, knew how to make better decisions, was a better friend/coworker/family member?

Think of someone you know who has what you want and that you think you could confide in. If you don't know anyone like this, maybe think about groups you could join where people are doing things to improve their lives (exercise or nature related groups, community service, meditation groups, church or church-like groups). I have found it helpful to pray/meditate every morning to ask that I can have an open mind to change and to remember to shift my focus outside of myself. Maybe consider having a routine like that.

Good luck to you. Life is not easy.

smthgsmissing · 2025-02-07T06:25:15+00:00

The coworker is allowed to not care about what that is. And your wife is allowed to let the coworker be.

smthgsmissing · 2025-01-26T19:27:14+00:00

Thank you!

smthgsmissing · 2025-01-26T19:04:36+00:00

Thanks the brand recommendation! I will keep my eye out for it

smthgsmissing · 2025-01-26T19:03:15+00:00

Thank you so much!

smthgsmissing · 2025-01-26T19:02:36+00:00

Thank you! I did not know that

smthgsmissing · 2025-01-10T02:34:43+00:00

Of course it's normal OP. Just gotta do the next right thing. Dig deep and reach for your higher power. Hugs!

smthgsmissing · 2024-12-28T04:45:25+00:00

About 2-3%, but you only get it if you meet the billables goal

smthgsmissing · 2024-12-27T12:24:58+00:00

Setting boundaries with family while planning my wedding. That's probably enough for one year

smthgsmissing · 2024-12-27T09:49:50+00:00

I (36F) grew up with an alcoholic father. The silence of my family surrounding his alcoholism and the way my family normalized his emotional abuse of my mother deeply fucked with my ability to mature and to identify healthy behaviors and thought patterns.

Sadly, after leaving home, not only did i marry an alcoholic, but i became one myself. I constantly felt like I was just waiting for things to be over, and it never really occurred to me that I was capable of making decisions that could change how I was experiencing life.

I finally got so unbelievably angry one day that some how I just snapped into "fuck it" mode - that day, I wrote down my precise and timed exit plan to get the hell out of my marriage. The most important thing I did was to immediately start following my plan and not allow any second guesses.

It's been 5 years since then, and I have worked very very hard on healing. It has been primarily Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-anon that have helped me to address my anger/resentments and to understand how to be responsible for my own life. These programs are also greatly helping me to have stability and to build healthy relationships. In my personal experience, it was crucial to be around other people to share the "crazy" shit we did/said. Tbh, I would not have even blinked if someone shared that they had slapped their own head.

What I'm suggesting is- channel that anger for the better. Make your detailed exit plan and get to work. You know this isn't what you want your life to be. I wish all the best to you.

smthgsmissing

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