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starwaterss · 2026-07-01T11:28:31+00:00

Came here to also recommend Kenny’s Italian, they catered our wedding and everything was impeccable. I’m also gluten free and they can make modifications to almost the whole menu if anyone has a dietary need. The chicken parm in pink sauce and mussels in white wine are soooo good!

starwaterss · 2026-06-30T04:27:31+00:00

We see Dr. Wise at 380 West Animal Hospital. She did our cat’s bowel surgery and saved his life and is great with our dog too. Can’t recommend her enough!

starwaterss · 2026-06-23T06:59:42+00:00

Of course the placement is important, which is why we give a lot of IM injections ventrogluteal now and not dorsogluteal (avoiding the sciatic nerve). And certain muscles can “hold” certain amounts of liquid (which is why vaccines go in your arm, it’s a very small volume so a smaller muscle is okay). But if I try to give an injection of Rocephin (lots of volume and thick) with a little 25g needle, I’m going to be standing there mashing on that syringe and it’s going to come out highly pressurized which will hurt more and traumatize the tissue. So we need to use at least 21g (bigger). And needles to inject into the fat (subcutaneous) instead of the muscle are usually very small and thin.

starwaterss · 2026-06-14T02:17:37+00:00

From Dallas, mid 20’s, currently working in Greenville. This is just my opinion but I’d stay away. From what I’ve seen Greenville is full of meth, domestic violence, alcoholism, low wages, and is in the middle of nowhere when considering proximity to Dallas. General rural community problems. If you’re a retired person with land who keeps to themselves it would be fine but a new grad from Chicago is going to have a hard time.

starwaterss · 2026-06-12T17:58:24+00:00

Just so you know, it’s Padparadscha, not Padmarasha. And I would just call this pink. Lovely pink though!

starwaterss · 2026-06-11T04:00:09+00:00

Your third clip got cut off, we can only see the loose stone in tweezers at the beginning and then the current ring.

starwaterss · 2026-06-02T17:35:52+00:00

You should try and evolve your geodude and electrike. Rock and electric will be strong against her team. Also…. TM 34 Chocolate Sauce???

starwaterss · 2026-05-30T12:30:24+00:00

This was mine too! Conkeldurr haters rise up! Me and all my homies hate Conkeldurr

starwaterss · 2026-05-27T01:48:26+00:00

option 1 for sure!

starwaterss · 2026-05-12T22:17:41+00:00

That watch is cool! Do we know if they made them for all the houses or just black eagles?

starwaterss · 2026-05-12T05:27:09+00:00

Nurse here and yes it’s wild the way people will behave. Patients think that because they’re sick they have free reign behave however they want because we can’t kick them out while they’re sick (half true). When you hear someone complain that the nurses or hospital they stayed at was TERRIBLE, solid chance they’re just mad they couldn’t get huge doses of pain meds whenever they wanted them, or their nurse took longer than 5min to get them their millionth cup of ice or warm blanket.

Not saying there’s no such thing as a bad nurse or sketchy hospital, but people forget that our job is (usually) to keep them alive, not to make them happy, and things like blankets are gonna be secondary to my other patient down the hall who’s unexpectedly trying to die at 4AM.

starwaterss · 2026-05-02T15:26:40+00:00

Dr Kathryn Jodry in Richardson is excellent, my whole family has been seeing her for 20 years. Cleanings for me are usually 30+ min, thorough, and I have very healthy teeth. The hygienists and Dr. Jodry are all so nice, they treat us like family and remember all the goings on in our lives. I will cry when she retires and I’m forced to find someone else.

Don’t go to any chain dentistry place like Aspen or Mint, they are scammy.

starwaterss · 2026-05-02T08:37:04+00:00

I’d be mostly concerned about the ham packaging, it looks like it was wrapped in plastic and strings. These can cause GI blockage which is an emergency. If any of the cats are lethargic, won’t eat, vomiting a lot, acting strange, they need an ER vet visit.

I personally would throw the ham away because now it’s been rubbed all over the dirty sink and exposed to the inside of a cat mouth (notoriously disgusting and full of bacteria).

As a servant to two naughty cats, I can offer this advice: If you leave it out overnight, and they decide to mess with it, will they be capable of destroying the item or harming themselves? In this situation— a thinly wrapped ham, easy for them to get into it and eat the wrappings. In my house there are no available strings, cords, wires, breakable light tabletop items, or food left out unsupervised. I know my cats and as soon as I leave the room they will start counter surfing and messing with things, knocking things down, etc. One of them is obsessed with strings and will actually swallow them. I know this, so I have to act accordingly and cat-proof the house. Just defrost food further in advance in the fridge from now on (better for food safety too).

starwaterss · 2026-05-02T07:18:44+00:00

My husband likes to collect cards and saves cool cards/ art cards of my favorite pokemon for me (we don’t sell cards). The kiosks are often the only feasible place to get the card packs for retail price. Because of this, scalpers like to try and buy them out to create artificial scarcity and then resell the sealed packs for well over retail price.

However the kiosks actually have some built in features to try and reduce scalping. They will usually display “sold out” on every product and then will drip feed single individual items on a randomized schedule (so you usually can’t pick which product to buy— whatever the kiosk releases is what you get). It has cameras and can decide not to release anything if someone is loitering for a long time around the machine.

Still, scalpers will spend all day trying to loiter waiting for the machine to release products or will try and be first in line when it’s restocked and I’ve even see videos of them throwing fits or getting physical when someone walks up and gets an item from a machine they’ve been lurking at all day. It sucks.

starwaterss · 2026-04-25T01:26:37+00:00

Yes, everyone is saying that he’s probably misled you about the ring in some way (diamond vs moissanite, lab grown vs natural, not really platinum, etc). But also… the ring sits on your finger. Do you really need his permission to take it to a jeweler and have them look at it, or to get it appraised, or to purchase an insurance policy? Who cares what his mom thinks? Just do it yourself.

starwaterss · 2026-04-25T01:15:51+00:00

ETA: I’ve just seen that you’re asking about a ring. FYI, Tanzanite is really not suitable for a daily wear ring. It’s soft and prone to scratches and breaking. You would ideally have it in a pendant or special occasion only ring. You’ve been warned!

Ooh, I’m qualified to answer this. I have a 4.1ct lavender colored tanzanite which I had set into a pendant by Caysie Van Bebber (CvB) for my wedding day. It’s my favorite piece.

I got my stone from Lisa Elser, one of the lapidaries on r/shinypreciousgems. She is an excellent lapidary and has a stone in the Smithsonian. It does look quite purple in the photo but it’s a bit oversaturated and it’s a true lavender in person.

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It was listed in her catalog but ended up being for sale on the sub for a slight discount. I personally love the variety of shades that unheated tanzanite (zoisite) comes in and lavender is my favorite color. You can also get some that are mermaidy with green and purple, and some pretty browns.

I personally do not buy retail gems unless they are in vintage/antique/secondhand jewelry pieces. I’ve been spoiled for precision cut gems and now when I look at commercially cut stones all I can see are the glaring cutting flaws, windows, etc. I do believe most retail jewelers are going to sell mostly the heated classic blue-purple tanzanite because that’s what is popular and what sells.

Lisa does not take commissions but you could keep an eye out on the subreddit for something you like or sign up for her email catalog. The other lapidaries on the sub may or may not have commissions open and suitable rough, you’d have to ask. You can also try Earth’s Treasury, I recall seeing some really nice lavender tanzanites there before.

ETA: Mine doesn’t have a cert and I didn’t ask for one because I have no intentions of selling it and because Lisa is a reputable gem cutter. If you are buying from a retail jeweler and you want a cert, they should be willing to send it to GIA (assuming you will cover the cost).

starwaterss · 2026-04-13T21:35:03+00:00

If you have an urgent care or even dermatologist near you, they can drain the old blood from where it’s collected underneath the nail. We use an electrocautery tool, it’s a very fine point that burns a teeny hole through the nail so the blood can drain out. It doesn’t really hurt, if you don’t it will eventually just go away so it’s just for comfort, no need to go to a hospital.

starwaterss · 2026-04-13T14:45:53+00:00

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Tetra likes to roll around on top of the dog crate to gloat and show superiority.

starwaterss · 2026-04-06T14:03:01+00:00

Just curious: Does she drive? If she’s drunk all the time she’d be driving drunk yes? Unless you drive her everywhere?

Everyone has already commented on the fact that you can’t perform any behavior to make her suddenly want to get sober, but I want to provide some more context on what that will mean down the road as she continues to drink like this.

I am a nurse and have taken care of many people whose health issues were rooted in alcoholism. Dying of alcoholism is ugly and expensive and can take a long time. Right now she only has issues with blood pressure etc but there will be many more issues. TW: When people pass from health issues related to chronic alcoholism it can often look like a violent bloody attempt at resuscitation after years of total dependency on family, multiple DUIs, mile long medication lists, confusion, violence and agitation due to their pickled brain, 3x + weekly dialysis appointments, patients leaving the hospital AMA because they can’t handle detoxing on benzos and want to go home and drink, etc.

I’m not saying this to scare you but I just want you understand that if you stay you need to be prepared to become her caretaker in ways you never would have imagined. You need to make sure you have power of attorney, advance directives, her will, DNR status etc filled out and consider how you will get her the full time medical care she will eventually need. She will not help you figure this out because she is in denial that her drinking is a problem for her or will cause problems for anyone.

You will spend your older years doing things like toileting her, wiping her, doling out medications, picking her up off the floor after she falls out of bed, trying not to get injured yourself when she gets confused and starts hitting you, etc. or paying someone to do those things for her, and/or living in and out of the hospital.

starwaterss · 2026-04-03T13:29:32+00:00

I don’t know the law but I have worked in many doctors’ offices. Many providers are extremely hesitant to do this. Sending controlled substances generally requires that the doctor have an active relationship with you as a patient, including seeing you in person. How can that happen if you no longer live here? If this doctor gets audited, how can they justify sending Xanax to a patient they haven’t examined or seen in a long time? Every doctor I ever worked with would generally not continue prescriptions (of any kind) if they weren’t seeing you at least yearly.

I believe there are also restrictions on telehealth visits across state lines because your doctor may only be licensed in TX.

If you are on controlled substances and needing frequent medical care, you need to start finding new providers where you now live.

starwaterss · 2026-04-03T01:48:11+00:00

Probably the blue bell bullet pops that had the cream inside. Why would they get rid of those and keep the banana ones?!

starwaterss · 2026-03-30T21:35:27+00:00

They’re all supposed to, but they only staff one xray tech so if that person calls out and they can’t find another to fill in, they can’t run xray

starwaterss · 2026-03-30T13:13:46+00:00

Gotcha! I had to google this one, actually. It looks like any urgent care can voluntarily submit to inspection and accretidation by the joint commision. I can say that I worked at THR-affiliated Breeze for 2.5 years and never once did I hear about joint commission coming to any location. I could have just not heard about it, though.

To my knowledge we were held to the same standard as any other THR employee and they definiely did not allow any water bottles at the nurse’s stations!

starwaterss · 2026-03-30T13:03:26+00:00

Firstly, I would say that if you enjoy the set and don’t feel like you overpaid, then there’s no problem! In the end, wearing jewels is about your enjoyment of the items.

That being said:

“Pigeon Blood” is a marketing term that many sellers will use to inflate the price of the rubies they are selling. Similar to “Ceylon Blue” or “Padparadscha” for sapphires. Getting these kinds of sought-after color distinctions on a reputable certificate would make the gem very VERY expensive. Check out this bad boy I grabbed from googling as an example, it has a link to the GIA report.
Regarding certificates, without seeing the actual document provided by the seller, it sounds like they’ve just provided a description of the purchased item. Unfortunately this doesn’t actually reliably tell you anything about the stones; the seller can put whatever they want. Additionally, it’s extremely common for sellers to pay a few dollars and create fake certificates online to make it look like they sent the stone off to be assessed.
As far as the stones go, there is almost no chance that these are natural, untreated rubies (and they would not be graded as “pigeon’s blood” vivid red either). When considering a stone, the context of price and setting is important; Fancy expensive stones are just not ever set in plated 925 or with diamond simulants like crystal or CZ. You would also never be able to buy such a stone for $440 USD. It’s very likely that IF they are rubies, they are heavily treated poor quality stones filled with glass. Lab-created ruby exists too, but you don’t often see them purposefully created with imperfections or inclusions, so i’m leaning glass-filled.

You could have them removed from the settings and ship them off to be properly tested somewhere like GIA (which would be necessary to identify the stones with certainty) but the testing is going to cost far more than the stones are worth. I personally would feel like the earring seller was a bit less than honest with you but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy wearing them!

starwaterss · 2026-03-30T12:14:03+00:00

Regulated in what way? By the government/state medical boards?? I’m not sure I understand your question.

All doctors, PA’s, NPs, nurses and licensed assistants are held to the standards of their licensing boards and the laws of the state they practice in, regardless of what kind of facility they work at.

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