u/ancienteggfart

There was a special election to fill the seat that was vacated by the former GOP incumbent that left in March. The Democrat challenger won the seat by 88 total votes. The seat has been held by Republicans since the ‘90s. Pennsylvania House Democrats now hold a 103-100 majority after having a 102-101 majority since they flipped the chamber in 2022 and maintained it in 2024.

The same candidates will face off again in November for the full two-year term.

Special elections matter, folks!

So, I’m new to YNAB, obviously. I imported all my stuff into the plan yesterday.

I’m looking at this month through the end of the year, and while my income seems to meet my expenses, it’s really tight. One of the things that seems to be causing the extra squeeze are the property taxes, due Dec. 31. Because they’re $3,000, that’s $600/month I have to budget.

It seems that in January 2027 when I have a full 12 months to budget, my monthly costs will go down on a few things.

Was just wondering if anyone else had a really tight budget the first few months.

My 7-month-old golden retriever is doing well with training, but one thing we struggle with is polite/calm greetings. When I have him on a leash and someone approaches, he starts lunging and wants to jump on the person.

How do you curb the over-excited behavior and stop the urge to jump? That seems to be the only thing that he’s struggling to understand.

I am watching 6x13 “ALDC Does Vegas.” Ashlee made the comment about social media saying that Brynn is having a better season than Kendall. Kendall screamed in Ashlee’s face and stormed out. The moms obviously hate Ashlee.

How do we feel about this? I’m torn. I feel like Ashlee is just giving it back to the moms because they’ve made their comments about Brynn. I feel like it’s a case of “everybody sucks here.”

I thought this was ridiculous even for Abby. Out of nowhere she calls out JoJo for advertising a masterclass and insinuates JoJo was actively deceiving people by calling herself a master teacher. It was just downright mean, and her comment about “daddy not making enough money, so she has to do things like this on the weekend” was just gross.

I hope Abby made herself look like a huge ass to these big-name choreographers in LA.

Sometimes the buttery topping on my popcorn has a rank smell. I don’t know if it’s my nose or what, but I was wondering if anyone else has felt that it sometimes smells…odd. I still eat it and enjoy it, which probably says a lot about me, sadly. 🧐

I have a 6-month-old male golden retriever, and he has never pooped in the house. The only accidents he’s ever had were pee accidents. He hasn’t had one in over a month but had one today.

My last golden was the same way- never pooped in the house but was slow to learn with peeing.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I started tirz on October 6 at 2.5 mg and stayed on that for about five months. I am currently only 5 mg.

Today, I had my yearly physical with my PCP, and I have lost 74 lbs. It’s likely more than that since my last weigh-in was June 2025, about three months before I actually started tirz.

I’m so excited! I don’t have a scale at home because I am known to be obsessive over the number, so this is the first real confirmation that it’s working! I love it! I feel great, but it’s also nice to see that number going down on the scale.

I have a 5-month-old golden retriever. He’s my third puppy. I have always crated until I could trust my puppies, but I never really followed an enforced nap schedule until reading this subreddit when I first brought him home in March.

Well, for the first two months, I had a strict schedule with him. He would be out the crate for an hour and then in for a nap for two. Rinse and repeat.

About a month ago, I wanted to see how he would settle outside the crate since I enforced all his rest in the crate. I was a little worried he wouldn’t learn how to rest outside the crate.

I’m happy to report that he has done phenomenally well since I have ended the strict crate schedule. He does not have free rein of the house and likely won’t until a few more months like my other pups. He stays with me in whatever room I’m in. He entertains himself with a chew and then puts himself down for a nap. It’s honestly amazing. I think the strict schedule in the early days really set a solid foundation for him and taught him how to “be bored.”

Really grateful for this subreddit!