u/Acluelessfish

It has been about 23 hours since the initial rash.
Not exactly sure why the photos make the redness look lighter but I assure my face is very red in the circled areas. It was burning, itching, and tingling. Lesson today kids: do the patch test and don’t apply a new product all over your skin right away. I neverrrr had issues with skipping a patch test. Only had an allergic reaction once to something on my skin (10+ years ago) and it cleared up within a few hours.

If you have any recs for moisturizing (my skin is dry) and clean sunscreens for sensitive skin, please share them. I recently got La Roche Posay Anthelios UV Hydra but their ingredients are concerning.

Got this recipe from reddit user LetsCookie.

I used another redditor’s recipe (u/letscookie) for these. Never made oatmeal cookies before so trying to figure out when they were done baking was tricky. Otherwise these were easy to make. I think I’d like them baked about a minute less. So if you make these, I would do 10-11 minutes only. My picky husband and son approved of these cookies too.

On the back it says, “Blooms spring to early summer”. And it takes about 110-150 days to flower from planting the seed. 😬 It was an impulse buy and I didn’t even think to check this info before buying them. (I DO know they are toxic. I just didn’t pay attention to planting time.)

I feel like its tail is VERY long too lol

This is a video of Flash when he was perfectly fine.

I noticed over the last few weeks though he was looking bloated and his color was much duller. I posted around asking for advice on what to do. Everyone said, “Oh he looks like he just overeats.” His behavior never changed.

I don’t feed the fish in this tank daily. I clean the water and refill it weekly or every 10 days. I feed high quality food. Water is 80° F. Lots of plants. I added botanicals and botanical tea to the water too. The other fish (two sparkling gourami and a bunch of red chilis) appear to be perfectly fine.

I got him last June/July. He always greeted me at the front of the tank. I found him dead this afternoon. Wish I knew what went wrong. Has anyone else experienced this with their gourami?

We dropped my husband’s truck off at an automotive shop (not the dealership) yesterday because of an issue we were having with the truck struggling to start sometimes. Most days it starts up fine. It happened twice that it wouldn’t start and when it finally did it was shuttering. These situations happened months apart. Our check engine light only turned on this past Friday and has remained on.

Anyway, yesterday they confirmed that it was the purge control valve. We agreed to the work and they replaced the valve. Suddenly today they sent us this text message in the photo. Some questions:

1.) Did we even need to get the purge valve replaced?

2.) Should we request to be refunded for the purge valve install since it wasn’t even necessary?

3.) Do we HAVE to agree to this new work order? In other words, is this something that can wait on while we get a second opinion?

4.) Is price reasonable or high? This location has already charged us higher than what other places charge (we didn’t know that until we drove it down to their shop).

5.) Should we decline the work and take it somewhere else? My plan is to contact our normal place (they had no availability this week which is why we went to this new place) and see what they would charge for this work.

6.) Can this be a DIY fix?

7.) Lastly, why didn’t this issue with the ECM show up during their inspection yesterday?

This cake tastes phenomenal!! This is the recipe if anyone is curious: https://bakefromscratch.com/london-fog-bundt-cake/.

I greased the hell out of the pan and I let it cool for only 10 minutes in the pan before inverting (per the instructions and what I have always done). Not sure what went wrong. Any advice? I really want to make this again. 🥺

EDIT- These quotes are from a private auto body shop. Not the GMC dealership. We stopped going to the GMC dealership 2 years ago.

The main issue of the truck is the faulty purge control valve (which we have agreed to have them fix). These other issues were discovered during their inspection.
Is that price very high for just the rear brake pads and rotors? Should we take the truck somewhere else for that work?

Also the diagnostic test for the rear differential seems high as well. We have already spent almost $5k on this oil leaking issue 1.5 yrs ago (among other issues I don’t recall because this is my husband’s truck). We haven’t noticed fluid leaking in our driveway. If this is something worth paying for, could we wait on getting it addressed?

Truck is a 2019 GMC Sierra SLT 1500. Apparently the purge valve issue is common with this truck.

When we added the cost for all the things they are suggesting, it comes to about $1800.

Pretty sure it’s a cottonmouth but I want verification. Thanks!

Google is letting me down. I’m hoping someone has a good authentic recipe to make these. My MIL (mother in law) is coming to visit us next month and I want to make these for her birthday. I’d be so appreciative if someone had a recipe for these and the sweet cream dipping sauce. Thanks!!

Is this fixable without replacing the whole bumper? If so, what do you suggest? Is there some epoxy you recommend? Thank you!

They quoted us $2000 to replace the bumper and I’m not doing that. The SUV is 9 years old and I drive it maybe once a month (we usually take my husband’s truck places). I’m just tired of looking at such an eye sore whenever I go in our garage or if I to take it out somewhere by myself.

This is literally the best tasting vanilla cake I have ever eaten! I bake constantly but my vanilla cakes are always lacking. The frosting is mocha (a recipe of mine). Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms today!

And not the last! I still can’t figure out the “cup swirl” to make them more rounded but they still taste delicious.

Idk of anyone can help here or not. This is my honey gourami, Flash, and I got him a year ago from a lfs. He lives in a 20 gallon community tank.

He is normally brightly covered with yellow, orange, and red. He started turning pale about 2 weeks ago. Now after feeding him bloodworms (his favorite) several hours ago he looks very bloated. He gets bloodworms maybe twice a month because I worry about bloating issues.

He hasn’t looked bloated before today. His behavior is normal. I feed high quality Hikari and Xtreme brand foods typically every other day (sometimes I’ll do two days in a row if I’m feeling sorry for the little guys because they beg). I do a pinch of Hikari food and a little dusting of the Xtreme flakes.

Tank gets cleaned and topped off about every 10-14 days. I also added botanical tea to the water this evening when I noticed his bloated belly. Other fish are thankfully perfectly fine. Any clue what’s going on? He looks like he is starting to pinecone. Advice?

Found a German bakery over an hour away from us and we are going tomorrow. Very excited. Which of these breads must we get? Idk what any of them are. We love rye breads and sourdough. We would just spread butter or cream cheese with smoked salmon on the bread. Thanks!

Just when we thought there are still good and honest people in the world someone steals from us anyway. What a mind fuck.

I got these kernels and a Whirly Pop popcorn maker. I also picked up Ghee at the grocery store today. I do have butter and olive oil here too. We like a buttery slightly salty popcorn. Any tips for using the Whirly Pop for the first time and making sure our popcorn tastes great? Thank you!