u/Falkeliehaber

I grew up mormon, so alcohol was never used in my household. As a 21 yo who drinks very occasionally and would like to experiment cooking with it more, im having a hard time figuring out at what point the alcohol cooked out.

A great example, I found cutwater "margaritas" to make a dope ass marinade for chicken/pork. And i made oven baked porkchops; with a marinade using cutwater as the base.

I covered the pork when I baked it. Then panicked once it was done. Since I covered it would the evaporated alcohol condence on the tinfoil, dripping back into the pork? Or would it fully evaporate into the air? Do I now have mildy alcoholic pork that HAS to be dinner instead of lunch because now I cant drive???????

I tried googling it, it hasnt been helpful. I know this is kind of a dumb question, I just dont know what im doing. 😭

Thank you much for the help

I moved to a new place that has a yard, but its on the smaller side. Im thinking I could fit a small tables worth of plants out there?

Im thinking herbs, strawberries, and tomatoes. My mom had a garden when I was a teenager and I remember all those plants having fairly high yields while not taking up that much room.

But id love some more ideas of what could be best in a small space, while focusing on a high yeild.

Im trying to free roam my dog while im at work for the first time after we had an incident with our crate. (Crate isnt ever happening again)

And im having one hell of a time keeping him preoccupied. He really likes puzzles, and is extremely smart. Figured out how to unlock baby gates, lock doors, ect. Level smart.

He'll only play with something if it has treats in it, or has potential to be destroyed. So I need something that is mostly safe if destroyed.

So what's yalls favorite ways to preoccupy a destruction driven master mind dog?

The only place I really struggle with cramping are my calves. Its either really bad, or no cramps at all; seemingly picking up when I excersize more, like swimming.

I never cramp during my workouts, its always when im dead asleep. Ill be torn out of my sleep by my calf cramping. the worst its ever been was 6 times in one night. This is not my norm, it just sometimes picks up for some reason.

I say this is gonna be more than I can chew, mostly because this will be my first time dming, and playing dnd in general. I wanna play dnd and none of my friends have a campaign, so a gal's gotta do what she has too.

I need a one shot so i can get used to how my group plays together, and introduce them to the environment.

the campaign that will be following the oneshot, is somewhat complicated because it's a homebrew within the setting of eberron. Which is why I want something a little easier working up to it, but in the same setting.

Base line, there will be a goddess of dreams, whom can see peoples dreams (And interact with said dreams) within Dal Quor, and is where she resides.

However, she seeks better entertainment and desires to interact with mortals more directly. Obviously she can't since Dal quor is seperated from the material plane.

scouring mortals dreams for a proper canidate she finds a scientist/tinkerer whose been searching for ways to power his creations. She promises to lend her power/energy to him, If he will serve her and allow her to be in his mind during waking hours, a tether of sorts to the mortal plane.

And with her "tether" to the mortal plane she decided that she wants more to entertain herself with, and views the mortals as nothing more than toys. (Basically, think a child playing dollhouse)

The tinker formulates a drug that forces the brain into a sleep like state, while keeping them conscious. In this dreamstate, the goddess is able to alter the reality the victim sees.

which leads us to the actual campaign.

The players are civilians of Propolis. Decades ago monsters overran the world, and a hero named Propolis emerged, deafeating monsters and uniting mortals, creating the kingdom Propolis.

The events just described, aren't real. The goddess is actually the one who layed to seige their homes decades ago, using the tinker's drugs to take over their reality.

The campaign actually sets place in Sarlona. Agents of the Dreaming dark consider this whole kingdom an interesting excperiment and are neuteral/allies to the goddess. basically, They don't bother her and she won't bother them.

Im so sorry if this is all a mess, it's a lot to try to condence into a reddit post.

At a certain point the players will (Hopefully lol) free themselves of the drug, and the goddess' magic, unveiling reality. I don't want them completly feeling like too lost though.

hence the one shot prior to the campaign. I want it be near enough to Sarlona so in passing conversation it can be mentioned during the oneshot; Get them familiar with it they can actually figure out where they are, and assosiate it to something.

Ive just about had it. Ive posted on here a few times before just to vent, but at this point I need results.

Febuary 2025 I moved into my first apartment with my husband. Find out its roach INFESTED. like actually in the walls and outlets, should have been condemned infested.

Unable to break the lease, we lived there for a year just trying to make it work.

January 2026 we moved to a much better apartment.

I KNOW we should have burned all our furniture and started from scratch, but when you're living paycheck to paycheck that doesn't really work.

I sprayed everything with raid, steamed it, ect. Double checked every damn piece of furniture, that is until my husband moved stuff while I was at work. Bringing in a peice of furniture the roaches infested into our new apartment.

I had communicated with the new complex early on the situation I was moving from. And they informed me they'd bring out pest extermination asap.

It then took until March to get the exterminators out due to a change in management.

They have been coming and spraying the apartment, sticky traps, ect since March.

I havent found a single dead roach. Every single one has been alive. The pest company (Burns) has been claiming thats how the spray works. Drives them out of hiding, so we can find where they're living, and then kills them slowly. But its been MONTHS. I keep finding a roach about every week and a half, to two weeks.

Well, today I found another one, this time in a damn sticky trap so I can finially show the exterminators that we still have roaches. (They were discussing today being the last visit)

They are also coming out today.

As a person who is going to be paying for this service

(it'll be a bit over a 100 after the service is fully done. I get a discount since its through the apartment complex)

What can I request that'll actually work on getting rid of these roaches???

General info, theyre German roaches (I know, the actual devil apparently.)

I already dont leave liquids or food out

Roach bait is actually EVERYWHERE. looks like a giant rat shit peanutbutter all over my house lmao.

Im doing weekly checks off all my furniture, and drawers. Haven't found any eggs this entire time.

Sorry if this isnt enough context. So much bs has happened that its easy to loose track of what people actually need to know to help 😅

I want to get a head start on my christmas planning this year.

How do yall handle Christmas trees and dogs? I feel like my dog is just gonna eat everything lol.

I want a sushi bake tonight, and im seeing what I can take from my food job lol.

The sushi salmon we have is kinda crap tasting, so I dont want it raw. Is it safe to bake sushi grade salmon?