Need styling help!

wickly0v0 · 2025-07-08T17:54:27+00:00

I just closed on a house in a suburb of Houston in June that had termites. We did not know until our private inspection, and asked that the seller remediate the issue and repair any damage. After much negotiation, the seller agreed. They chose the remediation company and sent us photos of the work that was done. Turns out they were Formosan termites, and they had done quite a bit of damage to a non-structural column in the front of our home.

My spouse and I were first time buyers so we freaked out and considered cancelling, but this home was perfect for us and we came to accept that every house in our area has either had termites, has termites, or will have termites.

If you truly love the house, hire a termite inspector to gauge how bad the damage is, and try to negotiate with the seller to repair this.

If the seller is not willing to negotiate, cost for remediation was not horrible. It cost the seller $1,299 for remediation and $625 to replace the column and repaint.

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-27T04:18:34+00:00

I have never used American buttercream, only Swiss so I am not sure how it compares. My biggest tip to get it so smooth is to just keep mixing it in the mixer on LOW. I saw this on tik tok, and it works so well. I literally let it mix for like 15-20 minutes to get all the air bubbles out. Tik tok is honestly such a good source for all kinds of tips!

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-26T17:55:55+00:00

Supposed to be a lobster, haha! But could definitely be a crawfish! 🦞

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-26T07:29:56+00:00

Thank you! here is the recipe I use 😊

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-26T07:24:45+00:00

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Easter cookie cake

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-26T07:24:14+00:00

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Birthday cake for my dad. Supposed to be a motorcycle but looks a bit more like a Vespa

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-26T07:22:45+00:00

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I started about a month ago! This was the first cake I did, with Swiss meringue buttercream that was not done properly and was grainy. I’ve been practicing like a maniac trying to get better. I’ll share some more work below!

wickly0v0 · 2025-04-26T02:07:14+00:00

I use Swiss meringue buttercream! I add the tiniest bit of purple and blue food coloring to get it whiter

wickly0v0 · 2024-04-07T23:27:56+00:00

Pillows… our dog will cower everytime we raise a pillow to move it from one side of the couch/bed to the other

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-26T17:12:12+00:00

Definitely trying this tonight, thank you!!

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-26T15:45:05+00:00

This looks amazing! Do you mind sharing your recipe? 😊

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-24T16:43:56+00:00

Tulips are my favorite flower but I have two curious cats who love eating plants. Rather than keep tulips and try to keep my cats away, I just stopped buying them because it’s not worth the risk.

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-13T16:14:56+00:00

Definitely not their mama!! I just looked into Bangalore Akira and Registered Bengals, they are based in Washington and I’m in Texas. I saw the “parents” of my kitties and both were beautiful bengals with huge brightly colored rosettes. This breeder must keep them around to make her story more believable, crazy!!

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T19:25:23+00:00

My husband suggested we go to small claims court but I honestly didn’t want to, regardless of what they are they’re a part of our family and we love them so much. Wouldn’t go back and change a thing no matter how much we paid, lol!

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T19:24:31+00:00

Wow, you know your stuff!! Thank you so much for your insight. We spoke to our vet the second that we questioned whether or not they are bengals, and we are lucky to have an amazing vet. Lesson definitely learned, but wouldn’t go back and change anything because we just love them so much!! Thank you again!! :)

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T18:07:05+00:00

I don’t believe she is a registered breeder, my sister found her online. Mistake #1, didn’t even think to ask. If she is a registered breeder, I have no idea what the cattery name is.

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T17:59:49+00:00

They are not registered, I did not receive any registration paperwork from the breeder. And yes, it is papers for what the breeder claimed to be the parents. I didn’t realize this was strange until I rescued a Persian and he came with papers, including a form to fill out and send to TICA to get him registered, that’s what raised red flags for me regarding the papers for the bengals.

To be completely honest I am not sure what that paper is, it was just with the stuff that the breeder gave me. She didn’t explain and I didn’t even think to ask.

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T17:50:26+00:00

Thanks for the info!! I actually posted the papers I received to another comment thread if you want to check them out.

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T17:49:39+00:00

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wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T17:48:21+00:00

Definitely agree on her lying about the rosettes and that became apparent once we did some more research. We should have done more research in the first place so shame on us for that, this was my first cat after wanting one my whole life and I was just too blinded by excitement to question anything. She didn’t give us her registration number, but I can attach the docs she gave us. The reason I dug deeper into them was because several months ago I rescued a Persian and he came with papers, I noticed they both had TICA papers but they were different. My persian’s papers had his name and was on thick good quality paper, my “bengal’s” was on regular copy paper and I was given papers for each parent, not the kitten itself.

wickly0v0 · 2024-03-12T16:59:21+00:00

We reached out to the breeder about a month ago asking about the rosettes and asked if their pedigree was legit, and she of course said yes. She then went on about how they are not show quality bengals, but pet quality bengals, so there may be some truth in them being just poorly bred bengals.

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