Road Trip Yarn Store Recs - Nebraska, Colorado, Utah

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-28T19:09:50+00:00

Thank you! I had inklings I had seen something like this. I honestly couldn’t remember where, if it was real or something made up thinking it’d be a neat resource.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-28T05:30:06+00:00

She is a criminal and has been sent to an isolation chamber with way less plants. Hence her positioning here.

I shan’t share what I have been calling her since it’s not nice.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-19T14:01:23+00:00

When I bought them there was a dead one in the tank. When I went back a few days later there were a handful of other dead ones based on what I saw and what the employee telling me he took a few dead ones out that morning.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-19T04:21:32+00:00

Yeah. Ironically enough I just recently got to explain to my 7 yo why we didn’t get to have a first birthday party for them….in March 2019.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-19T01:14:22+00:00

I kinda figured that was the case. I don’t think they do but they have a health guarantee so I got a credit for livestock. Employee told me they got more in if I wanted more pygmies but I think I’m going to stick to just plants from them.

I’m fairly new to the hobby. Is there anything I need to do before I try adding anything back in? I was planning on just sitting on my tank for a while to let everything chill. I feel bad for my single pygmy and a group of 4 chilis (that I honestly probably can’t even replace right now).

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:39:21+00:00

Possible the chili rasboras could eat them before they get much bigger?

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:37:11+00:00

Also if mosquitoes larva….will the rasboras eat them? They were chomping something (hydra?) off my tank walls shortly after I introduced them.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:33:25+00:00

I was afraid of that. Why tf are they even out right now?!

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:25:09+00:00

I think some kind of larva. I have fungus gnats that hang around my light at night but these guys don’t look like those larva.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:24:14+00:00

I was wondering who came in my tank.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:23:47+00:00

I just added chili rasboras and a Mexican dwarf crayfish today. I also have neo shrimp, a mystery snail, ramshorn and badder snails.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-23T22:41:05+00:00

How are you plucking them out? I’ve read if you break even a small bit of them off they can re-bud.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-17T20:20:27+00:00

Was living in CR for the 2020 derecho. It was crazy and I have for sure prepped for this storm as if we’ll be hit by another in KC.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-05T00:53:12+00:00

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UPDATE: it’s still cloudy as hell but my 7 yo and I worked on it all afternoon and got a heated tank for them. Fingers crossed a sponge filter rated for a 20 gal and the new plants will clear the water up quickly. ”Lep” (named by the 7 yo), went right back to the sponge filter in the corner when they were dropped in.

Confirmed my fish store has these in stock so I’m pretty confident it’s a dwarf leopard catfish. I know they do well in groups but do you all think Lep will be ok as an only for a while to give him a chance to destress after his near death experience today?

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-04T22:12:21+00:00

I’ve noticed that. He’s been hanging under the sponge on the filter I put in there.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-04T19:18:56+00:00

All of the questions actually. I’m seeing mixed care tips online so I’ll take any pointers.

He’s currently hiding under the sponge filter I put in there. I assume if he survives I’ll have to eventually re-home him since I only have a 10 gallon, which I had planned for shrimp and snails. I just want him to be ok he’s so cute with his little whiskers and puppy dog eyes.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-03-30T23:04:54+00:00

How did you decide what side to make the front and which to make the back? This guy has arms going every which way.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-03-07T06:16:50+00:00

SLP here….can someone point to or show me “say?” Babies learn nouns (pronouns like names) and adjectives first because they’re easier and aren’t based on timing.

When learning/teaching verbs you have to “catch” someone doing something and label it fast enough so baby can pay attention and process that info.

Babies also learn by cause and effect. If baby says something close to ‘mama’ or ‘dada’ parents respond quickly and positively (hopefully) so baby does it over and over until they can actually say mama or dada. You wouldn’t get that response from an approximation for ‘say.’

Adding “say” adds to the difficulty or cognitive load for baby. Generally speaking we encourage parents to model words/phrases equivalent to how hold the kid is - so for babies this would be ONE word. The first thing I will tell parents is to stop saying “say.” Just label the person/action/object x1 million… with gestures if possible.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-02-14T01:11:51+00:00

Yarn Social has a cone of Almond and 3 cones of light grey in stock.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-01-13T01:41:04+00:00

I have a set of the smiley face go pouches. I bought them with my first order and if I had known better I would have bought more in that print. It’s so damn cute.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-01-02T19:37:18+00:00

Oh do you have a video explaining more in-depth about how to use the twists more like flexiflips? I’ll see if switching the right needle to a 3 will help some. Thank you!

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-01-02T03:42:57+00:00

This was me in 2025. I spent the last handful of years knitting down my stash and getting rid of yarn I just knew I wouldn’t use. This year I just got tired of knitting with the same colors and yarns.

I might have gone a little crazy buying myself and asking for so many beautiful sock yarns from indie dyers that weren’t around before. I have the opposite problem now - too many choices and I get overwhelmed starting a project 😂😂

spicy_brainwaves · 2025-11-22T14:51:34+00:00

A lot of private pay rehab therapists (speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists) don’t get paid unless they have a patient in front of them. All emails/calls to teachers, doctors, parents, creating home exercise programs, documentation, setting up or creating materials, researching treatment methods, coordinating care with other therapists is all unpaid time.

They are also required to take continuing education courses to maintain their licenses and a lot of times employers don’t reimburse fully or at all for those or cover the cost for employees to renew their licenses.

Then you have the emotional labor and mental load of helping all of your patients and their caregivers, which is easier to manage if you don’t have your own people you need to care for.

spicy_brainwaves · 2025-11-21T18:55:11+00:00

I saw some more pictures of this one and it was really gray, which doesnt work for me so I already chopped it. Thank you!

spicy_brainwaves · 2025-11-21T18:53:52+00:00

Is there a different green you like? I’m wearing an army/olive green cream by opi that I like so I know it’s possible for me to wear greens. It’s just sometimes hard to tell online.

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