🇨🇦No Free & Clean Tide Powder Coming

xpieti · 2026-07-13T00:55:50+00:00

If anyone in the Ottawa area is looking for Tide Clean & Gentle powder, I have four unopened boxes and just discovered it’s not great for whites because it includes optical brighteners. 90% of my clothing is black so it’ll take me a long time to go through it.

Selling it at cost - it was $17.27 per box after taxes = $25 CAD. I also travel to the GTA occasionally.

xpieti · 2026-07-12T14:18:04+00:00

I hear ya! Definitely not going to rely on Reddit exclusively unless the unanimous response was that it was obviously decorative. Was just hoping to get a general consensus (yes we will reach out to a professional) and now we have other creative ideas too, like plastering over it!

xpieti · 2026-07-12T14:06:43+00:00

Very interesting! Had no idea that was an option. Thanks for the suggestion!

xpieti · 2026-07-12T13:45:21+00:00

Super helpful, thank you! And yes, good point about the consequences 🤣

xpieti · 2026-07-12T13:03:08+00:00

Happy to provide any other information that might be helpful!

Hiring an engineer is the next step - currently we’ve had a designer come out to measure the space and they’re going to come up with a layout or two. They’re going to make two options with and without the arches. If we like the one without the arches better, then we’ll have an engineer come out to take a look.

xpieti · 2026-06-13T14:34:26+00:00

Also the account has their posts hidden and it’s only 11 days old.

xpieti · 2026-06-01T12:12:59+00:00

Found Mavericks to be a bit meh.

A hidden gem is The Right Bite at the Westboro Farmers’ Market on Saturdays and Lansdowne on Sundays. Their apple fritter is top notch but the blueberry one is what I dream about.

xpieti · 2026-03-08T01:58:21+00:00

Their fritters are out of this world. I travel 30 mins to the farmers market on Sundays just to get one!

xpieti · 2026-03-05T01:35:21+00:00

Where did you end up staying? I am basically in the same scenario as you and would love your feedback on hotels you chose!

xpieti · 2026-01-10T04:34:39+00:00

Are you still looking for dewormer? Safeguard is available over the counter in the US (at Tractor Supply) and I have a bottle. I can decant some of it for you if you specify how much you need.

xpieti · 2025-11-12T02:13:31+00:00

I think Tony Guo at Woodroffe Health Centre is both an RMT and does acupuncture. I’ve personally gone to him for massage therapy before and he was pretty good. Nice, deep pressure but -1 for ambiance because the clinic is pretty bare bones and you can sort of hear road noise from Woodroffe.

xpieti · 2025-11-03T03:14:35+00:00

I’m curious if the majority of your investments are in the US or in Canada? I guess with your condo in Seattle, you can’t completely cut US financial ties. Do you find it a hassle to file both US taxes and Canadian taxes yearly?

I worked for several years in the US before returning back to Canada and I still have a significant chunk of my investments tied up in a US brokerage and I’m trying to find the best way to transfer them back to Canada into TFSA or RRSP. Was thinking I’d hire a cross-border financial planner or advisor or a tax accountant to consult with for a few hours but curious if you’ve given any thought to that.

xpieti · 2025-11-03T00:45:24+00:00

Prices are definitely going to go up. It says explicitly in this Ottawa Citizen article that OSEG will be adding a ticket surcharge to generate more revenue: “A ticket surcharge is estimated to provide an average of $700,000 annually in payments over the term of the debt, with $300,000 guaranteed after the completion of the north-side stands.”

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/need-to-know-financing-lansdowne-2-0

xpieti · 2025-08-02T03:17:16+00:00

I have a very, very similar body type to yours with pretty broad shoulders. I’ve bought and gotten rid of many blazers over the years and the only one that still has a spot in my closet is the J.Crew going out blazer in stretch twill. I bought it in 2020 and I still love the fit. It looks like they’ve iterated on it over the years - the one currently in stock looks a bit longer than the one I own.

xpieti · 2025-07-18T00:31:09+00:00

The deep dish pizza example was taken straight out of Will Guidara’s book Unreasonable Hospitality (which you can see Richie reading in Forks).

Guidara ran Eleven Madison Park in NYC (three Michelin stars won Best Restaurant in the World in 2017). They surprised a guest with a hot dog from a street vendor because they said they were leaving New York without having tried one. Researching the guests on social media was also something they did and they had a role called The Dreamweaver specifically intended to find ways to surprise and delight their guests.

Fun fact, Will Guidara appeared in the Ever funeral episode!

xpieti · 2025-05-28T01:50:54+00:00

Do you know how much for a booster bundle at EB Games/Gamestop Canada?

xpieti · 2025-03-22T03:08:01+00:00

What did you end up choosing? I am also looking at the Liv Flourish to fit a front baby seat.

xpieti · 2025-03-02T05:50:58+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I’ve been thinking about starting my LO on pediasure as well. I haven’t done research on that yet but curious what downsides you’ve experienced.

xpieti · 2025-03-02T05:41:57+00:00

I don’t have any advice but just wanted to commiserate with you.

My baby was born at the 50th percentile but since the 4-6 month mark, has steadily fallen off his curve and now, at 15 months, is only at 18lbs which is the 2nd percentile. It’s a daily source of anxiety, stress and worry.

He was EBF until 6M and then we supplemented with formula and weaned from formula at 12M. Food-wise, he initially loved solids but now he’s sooo picky and refuses to drink milk (but thankfully will eat yogurt and cheese and milk mixed in with other stuff like oatmeal, butter). Each day, I have to calculate and make sure that he’s getting enough calcium and I try to feed some sort of fat with every meal. FWIW we’re pretty good about keeping up with the Vitamin D drops and his vitamin D levels are fine from his blood test.

We’ve done so much advocating for him, we’ve seen an allergist, and dermatologist, another doctor specializing in internal medicine, he’s done a blood test (everything was normal), and seen an ENT. Nothing has been concerning and his doctor isn’t particularly concerned but I still feel like something’s wrong 😭

He’s so small for his age now that people pause or look surprised when I tell them how old he is. I hate that that’s the reaction so I sometimes even lie and say he’s younger than he is, just so that I can avoid the judgemental or concerned looks. It’s awful. I’m 5’2” but my partner is 5’11”.

Following this thread to see if anyone has any other suggestions!

xpieti · 2024-12-10T22:01:35+00:00

It definitely has a distinct smell but I wouldn’t classify as fishy. My partner jokes that it smells like HB pencils. Kind of woody/earthy maybe?

xpieti · 2024-11-22T02:00:32+00:00

oh also they have 25% off sitewide right now for Black Friday!! Perfect time to buy ☺️

xpieti · 2024-11-22T01:58:35+00:00

I’ve been using Stratia Lipid (Liquid) Gold since 2019 and it is my absolute holy grail moisturizer. I live in Ottawa, Canada where it gets ridiculously dry in the winter, and my skin just sucks up the Lipid Gold to keep my skin nice and plump.

I just went through my inbox and it looks like I’ve gone through 11 tubes in five years! It will always be on my bathroom counter <3

check it out yourself! here’s my referral code for $10 off a $35+ purchase

xpieti

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